"The great existence will clear the fog of the road ahead for you and remove all demonic obstacles!"
The rotating priest of Tussock Church this week, Royde Connelly, had a smile on his face, just like a kind old man looking at his grandson.
There was no trace of annoyance at being woken up from a deep sleep in the middle of the night.
Cheng An twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Thank you."
Father Luo Yinde called two waitresses in black clothes and waved:
"The petition pool has been prepared for you. Before that, you should take this gentleman to take a bath."
"Please come with us."
These two young women are in good shape and look very similar. They are actually twin sisters.
Cheng An looked at their iconic smiles, his expression slightly stagnant, and he remembered some bad experiences.
Wraith Doll?
Damn it, who invented this? Why are the dolls made of twin sisters?
The first time he passed through the Star Gate, he was almost eaten alive by two wraith puppets, but he still feels sorry for it.
However, thinking that the dolls inside the church were usually well fed, there would definitely be no problems, so Cheng An followed him into the small cubicle.
Toris and Luoluo were waiting in the prayer room outside.
These two dolls were very considerate. They immediately undressed Cheng An and asked him to sit in the bath with warm water.
They wiped Cheng An carefully with towels, massaged him with delicate hands, and said gently:
It is said that the doll also produces some "humanity", so Cheng An is very polite.
The craftsmanship of these twin dolls is so skillful that it is impossible to tell that they are not real people. The service is attentive and very lifelike.
Cheng An slowly closed his eyes and began to review this encounter.
First of all, blasphemy is not allowed and is an absolute taboo.
As Taozi said, there is still hope for blasphemy to go unpunished in the church where the five righteous gods are vacant.
Because what people call blasphemy is actually just blaspheming those churches.
But Cheng An is different. What he is blaspheming is the God of War, a clear and active god! He is really blaspheming the god!
It is already a miracle that he is still alive after blaspheming God.
As a result, not only did he not hide, but he also ran to make faces. This is simply a typical example of seeking death.
Of course, he was forced to do nothing.
It's not like Cheng An never thought of taking the opportunity to escape.
However, the middle-aged man wearing the robes of the Mechanicus Church gave people the impression that he was too powerful and almost inhuman.
It is impossible to escape successfully, and the result will inevitably be exposed, suspected by a middle-aged man, and shot to death.
Cheng An believed that the reason why Toris came to him to ask for a divine revelation was most likely because she and Luoluo had already been suspected by the middle-aged man after they told him about their encounter in the mine!
Otherwise, why didn't you just say reward yourself on the way back?
This is not a reward at all, this is a trial!
As for not coming to directly explore her body, it is possible that Toris stopped her in this regard, so in the end it became her gift of a divine revelation to express her gratitude?
"Is this because she thinks that we are friends of life and death and doesn't want to break up with me? She still has some conscience, but it's a pity..."
"Well, another possibility is that the middle-aged man has completed a visit without me being aware of it at all, but found no abnormalities in my body, so he thought of the divine method and asked the true god to check again.
!”
“Has the world’s malice toward blasphemers reached this point?”
Cheng An sighed slightly.
There was no point in guessing. He could only respect the other party's arrangement and choose Divine Enlightenment.
This is undoubtedly a decision that goes against the teachings of our ancestors.
Having become a blasphemer, you still go to seek enlightenment from God?
I don't think there is anything crazier than this in the world.
But now, Cheng An has no choice.
Moreover, he also has his own theoretical support.
Through studying in the forum during this period, Cheng An knew that divine enlightenment refers to a ceremony in which believers pray for divine favor through prayer and dedication, and pray for divine grace.
But what a great being God is?
You pray, but she may not respond.
You must be pious enough to get God's attention and give you gifts.
I don’t know how many devout believers there are in this world, but there are very few who can successfully achieve divine enlightenment and become extraordinary beings.
Cheng An’s hope is:
As long as my divine enlightenment fails, you cannot call me a blasphemer!
Cheng An muttered something silently in his mind.
"Do your best and obey destiny!"
After a while, Cheng An walked out naked in a red bathrobe and said to Father Luo Yinde: "Father, I am ready to accept the gift of the God of War."
"plz follow me."
Luo Yinde smiled and led the way, leading Cheng An into the petition pool he had seen last time.
Luoluo's father, the middle-aged man sitting on the bench, suddenly raised his head and cast his eyes on the wishing pool, and on Cheng An, who was standing in front of the wishing pool like a little white sheep.
Snapped!
Suddenly, Luo Yinde closed the door, cutting off his sight.
"..." The middle-aged man's expression was slightly startled.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Luoluo asked.
"nothing."
"By the way, Dad, didn't you say that you came here to meet a big shot in Kowloon?"
"...don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
The middle-aged man closed his eyes again and frowned slightly.
He didn't want his daughter to fail in her trip.
Across the entire sky, the so-called convoy from Bai Yujing was not seen, nor was the Daozi found according to the agreed signal.
I feel very bad.
Luoluo asked for trouble and went to look at Toris again, and found that the latter's lips and eyes were tightly closed, as if she didn't want to pay attention to anyone.
"I always feel that something is not right between my father and Sister Jian Ji... Do you think the money is not worth the money? Speaking of giving him the Divine Enlightenment, it is not a big deal, so why are we still waiting here?
"
The eyes of the lolita with blond hair and twin tails gradually became dull.
…
…
In the petition pool.
Father Luo Yinde prayed earnestly and devoutly, and then lit a white candle.
It is made of a special material and is made of silver oil. As soon as it is lit, it quickly turns into a few drops of white liquid and falls into the wishing well.
Then, the entire pool water boiled.
This holy water flows upstream along the body of the pot, and pours back into the pool from the spout, emitting an alluring fragrance.
At the same time, the stone walls around the pool were dotted with ten thousand crystals, which lit up one after another.
The entire wishing pool instantly became dazzling, as if it really attracted God's attention!
Cheng An's Adam's apple rolled.
The more mysterious it appears, the more detrimental it is to him.
He even wanted to tell Luo Yinde, Father, we can do whatever we want, there really is no need to be so solemn and formal!
But at this moment, Royde Connelly, the priest who originally behaved a bit snobbishly and somewhat unseriously, had a majestic and solemn face.
He pointed at the boiling pool and said quickly without emotion:
"Jump in, let go of your spirit, let go of your defenses, and welcome God with all your heart!"
"Only in this way can you hope to gain the favor of the gods!"
"Go quickly!"
Cheng An had no choice but to take off his bathrobe and jump in.
He is a grown man, so there is nothing to be ashamed of. Anyway, there are only two 'inhuman' members of the opposite sex present.
Plop!
Cheng An slowly walked into the center of the pool and felt warmth on his skin, as if there were waves of warmth constantly washing over his body.
He was so comfortable that he almost wanted to scream. His body, which had been tired for a whole day, gradually forgot about fatigue under such a warm current, and every cell in his body regained its vitality.
"It's really miraculous... This holy water seems to have the effect of dispelling disasters?
"Those believers, if they can save enough money to come here once, even if the divine revelation fails, they will never suffer a loss! At least they can cure some of their physical ailments.
"For some elderly people, it can even restore vitality and prolong life!"
Cheng An was amazed.
Luo Yinde said seriously from the side: "Holy water will cleanse your body and soul. You have ten minutes to pray here and ask God to send down her glory and majesty and bless you!"
As he spoke, he took out a golden clock as big as a basin.
As soon as the ding ding is struck, the pendulum begins to swing back and forth, timing.
"Don't be distracted, offer your most loyal faith to the great God of War!"
Father Luo Yinde is very skilled. Although this rhetoric is rarely used, he has long been familiar with it.
Cheng An was very cooperative. He crossed his fingers and looked up at the huge mural of the God of War on the dome, looking like he was praying silently.
Upon seeing this, Father Luo Yinde knew that his mission had been completed, and the next thing to do was to wait.
He took two puppet waitresses and walked into the nearby prayer room without making any sound.
However, although Cheng An was indeed praying at this moment, what he was saying was...
"I'm sorry, you are a good god."
"But what I believe in is the Mother Earth!"
"May the earth take care of me!"
Cheng Anna prayed very, very quietly.
What he was chanting was what Po Zhenzi said, one of the five gods who had long since stopped responding to believers.
Her temple is the womb in the zodiac.
She is the Earth Mother Goddess!
Of course, Cheng An did not recite any corresponding prayer from the God of War Church.
Nor did he recite the few special prayers he knew from the Mother Earth Church.
The God of War is real. Since you want to make fake prayers, the best way is not to do anything involving the other party.
Cheng An believes that countless people pray to the God of War every day.
Even at this moment, at the same time, the number of people praying to the God of War is probably more than 10,000.
And he is not pious enough, so why should the other party, as a god, pay attention to this little shrimp like him?
Fishing, pretending to be dead, showing off!
Every day so many people want God’s attention, but they can’t get it.
As long as I behave well enough, I will definitely not be noticed!
"I don't even have a pitiful piety towards you."
"Then please respect yourself and never pay attention to me! Please leave your attention to those who truly believe in you;"
"I came here today just to do something good. Really, I don't need your blessing!"
If Luo Yinde knew what Cheng An was doing in the petition pool of the God of War Church, he would probably be so angry and frightened that he would lie on the ground and tremble.
As Cheng An continued to 'pray', the water in the pool began to sway and sway.
Cheng An felt it, but the water was "boiling" just now. At this moment, it should be because the power of all living beings accumulated through the continuous prayers of believers in the holy water is being consumed, so it is shaking.
ten minutes later.
“There was no vision, no decree from God, no prophecy!
"It seems that I should have escaped?"
"Haha, my theory is correct. As long as I am good enough, God will not bother to care about me."
"As long as she doesn't bother me, how can she find out that I am the blasphemer?"
Cheng An was slightly relieved of his worries.
Ever since he was forced to enter the Divine Enlightenment, he was always on tenterhooks, fearing that the next moment a phantom of a god would appear above his head and make a loud voice saying, "This person has blasphemed God and should be burned at the stake."
Seeing no vision, Cheng An walked out, cleared his throat, and pretended to say: "Father, I have finished praying. May I ask, have I succeeded in divine enlightenment?"
Luo Yinde raised his head and glanced at the pendulum to confirm that the time had arrived, then stood up and comforted him in a soft tone:
"Lost Lamb, your piety has been heard by God.
"Go back and keep waiting. Maybe not long after, you can become a real priest!"
What this means is that if you fail, get out of here, or come back with money next time.
Of course, Luo Yinde used euphemism.
Every believer who is willing to spend 10 million for divine enlightenment is the most devout supporter of their church.
They are all lost sheep who need their guidance.
Cheng An naturally knew what he meant. He felt quite relaxed inside, but with extremely obvious regret on his face: "I know, Father, I..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the pool shaking again.
And it's shaking a lot.
"?"
Father Luo Yinde and Cheng An looked up at the same time.
At the spout, an extremely dazzling and brilliant light condensed.
That brilliance paved a heavenly road, leading directly to the God of War mural on the dome!
Among the murals, they are relatively mimetic, with only the basic human form of the 'God of War' drawn.
Wow!
The giant seemed to have opened his eyes and glanced down.
An aura of destruction and the end of the world filled the air.
Cheng An's heart was immediately covered by a huge, irresistible sense of fear.
He could no longer look directly at the mural above his head, his legs gave way and he knelt on the ground uncontrollably!
He held it up with both hands, and it was very difficult to keep himself from falling to the ground.
But he only lasted less than ten seconds, and then, Cheng An's whole person turned into a large font.
I don't know how long it took before this powerful aura, which seemed to be able to wipe out the universe, gradually subsided.
There was silence in the entire petition pool room, as if nothing had happened just now.
Cheng An moved his fingers with difficulty, then his wrists and thighs.
The body that had just been washed was already soaked with sweat.
He finally stood up, closed his eyes slightly, and found that there were a few more pieces of information in his mind.
“…I received God’s blessing and gained two abilities;
"The first is that my physique has been strengthened again, and my running speed, endurance, and short-term burst speed have all been improved;"
"The second ability is... I learned the skill [Cross Slash], which affects three meters in front of me. I can use the sword blade to slash out a huge cross-like sword energy..."
Cheng An controlled his spirit and turned it into his body.
A drop of golden blood was spontaneously flowing through his veins, warming and nourishing his body.
He has free control over this drop of blood because it is a gift from God.
"..."
Damn it, I actually succeeded in divine enlightenment?
I, a blasphemer, have been inspired by God?
Did the God of War bless me?
Cheng An pursed his dry lips and looked at Father Luo Yinde.
"..."
Damn it, why is your divine inspiration different from others?
Father Luo Yinde's eyes widened.
His divine robes were also soaked with sweat, and he looked at Cheng An in silence.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
This strange silence lasted for at least more than a minute.
Finally, Father Luo Yinde straightened his back, said without changing his expression, and without any embarrassment: "Congratulations, you have been blessed by a great being! Now let's start the oath-taking ceremony, please read it with me!"
Cheng An nodded.
Luo Yinde took the lead, and Cheng An followed sentence by sentence. The two of them read aloud:
"I, the junior priest, Cheng An, hereby swear an oath!"
"Never betray Wei Gong and offer your loyalty to the God of War!"
There are not many oaths, only two short sentences, and loyalty is everything.
Then, Luo Yinde took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Remember the mission and teachings of the God of War Church!
"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"
Cheng An's heart moved. After hearing these words, the drop of divine blood in his body that came from the divine inspiration began to heat up unconsciously, as if as long as he expressed something, it would release its power and greatly bless him. .
But the divine blood in the spiritual ocean showed no reaction at all.
...In other words, this teaching contains special power, which can stir up the divine blood in the body and release its power?
Toris once performed the stunt of drawing a sword from her chest, which was extremely powerful. Before releasing it, she shouted out this teaching...
This teaching is similar to a spell that activates a skill. It must be recited before it can be released? Or can it be recited to increase the power of the stunt?
I don’t have time to think too much, I still need to think about it slowly later.
Cheng Anfu reached his heart, punched his left chest with his right fist, followed the priest's rhythm, and shouted loudly:
"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"
Father Luo Yinde's smile was so naive: "Congratulations, Priest Cheng An, please follow me to the front for the formal ceremony. In addition, you also need to choose your own station."