The Holy Spring Monks are also a branch of animism. As the name suggests, they believe in the "spirit of springs" and believe that "natural life and human civilization are born from water sources" and that "all springs, rivers, rivers and seas are...
"The place of origin" is called the ancient source, and the owner of the ancient source is the spring spirit Tifo mentioned by Rochelle, a loving and tolerant god.
"In the Middle Ages, a spiritual well was excavated here, which was named Sadler's Spring. Fellow monks of the Holy Fountain therefore built a church here to pass on the gospel of the Lord of the Fountain. But later, the religious orders united to '
For the reason of the need for urban expansion, the church was forcibly demolished, the spiritual spring was filled in, and the current Central Theater was built on its old site."
"Then the "Religious Decree" was promulgated. The Supreme Being wanted to eradicate hypocrisy and drive out heretics. But who can determine the truth and falsehood? What is the difference? It is a lie and there is no final conclusion. But the sage has something to say,
The weather is unpredictable and it is difficult for people to distinguish it; destiny is woven and repeated. Therefore, just for selfishness, millions of believers have been displaced and embarked on a wandering road carrying their devout faith. How sad." His voice is as deep as a rock, and his words have an ancient rhyme and a lot of ambiguity. If Ringer hadn't been a college student in the history department, he might not have been able to understand what he was saying.
He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the Central Theater standing silently on the street, but from the bricks and tiles that were mottled by the wind and rain, there was no trace of religion at all, and the faint and melodious music could not be seen at all.
It is difficult to associate it with the majestic and holy church.
Ringer originally thought that the "Religious Decree" only restricted the preaching rights of other churches. He did not expect that such fierce confrontations had occurred in the past. The spiritual springs for worship were buried, the churches where they were housed were torn down, and devout believers were forced to stay away.
Homeland, embarking on the road of wandering... After knowing this, a thought suddenly emerged in the young man's mind: If his attitude at that time was not to obey, but to resist, would Tianxin Church fall into the same fate?<
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What will be the final outcome of those churches that join religious mutual aid associations and attempt to negotiate jointly with religious groups?
This was a question that was easy to silence people. He didn't want to think more deeply, so he quickly withdrew his mind and asked the man in front of the theater: "So you were not just praying to the Earth Mother just now?"
"Yeah."
Rochelle nodded slightly: "I was passing through this place, and I thought about old things, so I offered sacrifices to the spiritual spring on behalf of my fellow monks of the Holy Spring Monks. I hope that the spirit of the spring, buried under the earth and rocks, can rest in peace."
That’s right.
But why is he telling himself this?
As if she guessed Ringer's current thoughts, Rochelle looked away again and focused on his face. She saw that he had a young and overly calm face, looking at her unwaveringly.
The golden eyes are clear and transparent, like a mirror, only reflecting other people's faces.
But this practitioner from the Fertile Earth Sect knew that this was by no means what the young man in front of him really looked like.
"You are the same as me."
Rochelle finally spoke after staring for a long time. Her tone was not so much a statement as a judgment, using some intuition beyond reason to determine what this young man should be like: "It's all.
A true believer."
"I see sincere faith in your eyes."
"Although I don't know which church you come from and which god you believe in, I think she should be happy."
"Because I can have such a devout believer like you."
"Perhaps you haven't shown your true strength yet; but at some point, when you make up your mind, the whole world will make way for you."
"But, have you already thought about how to awaken?"
He took a deep look at Ringer: "Aside from the original rules in this world, faith is also a powerful force, but it only needs to gather everyone's faith. Young people, remember this sentence: Only when we are one can we
Intentionally."
Ringer couldn't understand what Rochelle was talking about, but at least he knew that he thought highly of himself. The young man was a little dazed. Before he could think of how to answer, he saw the man in front of him slowly raised his head, and his eyes flickered from his face.
Moving upward, he landed outside the crowded sky of high-rise buildings, and said in a deep voice: "Although I still want to chat with you for a while, unfortunately, those people are about to find me... So, let us say goodbye here." "However, mothers need to worry, believers wandering on this earth will one day meet again."
"Because this is our destiny."
After that, he put on the hood of his gray robe, and walked towards Linge and Saint Xalia like a traveler about to go on a long journey. His steady steps soon spanned this short distance, and from the two of them
Walking by.
When the two sides passed each other, his eyes hidden in the shadow of the hood were slightly slanted, and he glanced at Ringer again, but the eyes were deeper, as if he was looking at someone else through his body.
.
Ringer quickly realized: What Rochelle was looking at was not herself, but Saint Xalia.
"Ordinary people can't see me." What the girl said a few minutes ago flashed in her ears again: "Because they can't look directly at their fate."
From the moment the two parties met until now, Rochelle has always addressed her as "you".
The young man realized this belatedly. He suddenly looked back, only to find that the streets were empty, as if the man had disappeared into an unknown corner without leaving any trace. To the naked eye
All you can see is a few sloping white-gold light beams flickering at the end, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, accompanied by the long-lost hustle and bustle of pedestrians and the bright sunny sky above.
Only then did the street return to its original world.
Saint Xalia's soft voice came from the side: "He's gone."
Lin Ge silently withdrew his gaze and turned to ask the girl: "Has he always been able to see you?"
"Yeah."
"You said that ordinary people can't see you."
The girl blinked her big innocent eyes: "So, he is not an ordinary person."
"..."
Ringer fell into silence. For some reason, he was clearly facing Saint Xalia, but he had the illusion that he was facing Alice. If he asked the girl now, "Why didn't you tell me?", would she answer "Because?"
"You didn't ask"?
In order to prevent this embarrassing situation from happening, Ringer could only change the subject abruptly: "So, he is also a magician?"
"Maybe."
"Maybe?" Ringer frowned: "What do you mean?"
Saint Xalia explained softly: "In addition to the breath of magic, he also has another strange power, which is extracted from the earth under our feet with the help of that shrine. If we use animism,
It should be called...the spirituality of the earth."
The shepherdess seems to know a lot about animism.
"The spirituality of the earth?" Because of her words, Ringer subconsciously turned his attention to the shrine in front of the theater, but no matter how he looked at it, it was just a simple temporary construction made of bricks and soil. There was nothing special about it.
.So, the problem should be with Rochelle?
Thinking of his praying posture with one hand on his eyebrows and one hand on the ground, Lin Ge had a guess in his mind.
"Also," Saint Xalia added, "Rochelle did not lie. There is indeed an ancient spring buried under the ground of this theater. However, its spirituality has been extracted long ago, and now it is just an ordinary spring.
It’s just a dry spring.”
The spirituality of Sadler, an ancient underground spring, has also been extracted. Was it done by the believers of the Holy Spring Monks?
Are believers in animism always secretly collecting spirituality?
The followers of the Fertile Earth Sect who believe in the "spirit of the earth" collect the spirituality of the earth, and the believers of the Holy Spring Monks who believe in the "spirit of the spring water" collect the spirituality of the spring water. So, what about the Druyin sect who believe in the "spirit of nature"? Believe in the "ancestors"
What about the Ancestral Spirit Religion that believes in the "spirit of all things"? The origin of animism, what about the Spirit Prayer Meeting?
When the "Religious Decree" was first promulgated, it targeted believers in animism. Is there any connection with this matter?
But then why were other churches involved?
From this sentence, Ringer had countless associations.
Unfortunately, these are all questions that he cannot get answers to at the moment.
Although sometimes, knowing the answer may not be a good thing.
Lin Ge, who gradually calmed down, slowly exhaled and said to the girl beside him: "This has nothing to do with us."