In a place where gods have not been seen for many years, the sudden appearance of gods and miracles will undoubtedly have a huge impact.
The entire city was in a state of revelry, feeling proud that the gods had visited their city.
They saw the power of the gods and were impressed by them, madly believing in this god who gave their city a second life.
Chu Ci could feel that the intensity of faith generated by these sand people was stronger than when the Jiuge City Temple was first built.
This does not mean that the people in Jiuge City are not devout in their belief in Chu Ci, but that the people in Lie City have even more crazy beliefs.
Perhaps it is because of the harsh environment of the Spitting Fire Desert that the sand people have been in a state of depression, especially the depletion of water sources, the increase in transaction prices in Centennial City, and the outbreak of war. These things have made them feel even heavier.
It's like being put on a yoke.
Now that Chu Ci helped them take away the shackles, this emotion burst out and turned into gratitude and belief in the gods, treating them as spiritual sustenance.
Under such circumstances, it is understandable to have crazy beliefs.
Of course, the temple was packed.
This was a pain for Chu Ci. Since the temple was first built, there were no suitable people to manage it, and there was no one in Liecheng who understood the gods and the temple. This resulted in the entire temple being in a mess. Some sand people didn't even know how to do it right.
of prayer.
In desperation, Liecheng's senior officials could only ask the Great Sage Chu, who was favored by the gods, to temporarily become the priest of the temple and be responsible for the affairs of the entire temple.
This left Chu Ci speechless. What kind of thing is it for a god to be the priest of his own temple?
There was no other way. In order to prevent the temple that he had worked so hard to deceive and preach from being destroyed, Chu Ci had no choice but to pinch his nose.
Fortunately, Liecheng also knew that this was not appropriate, and later sent a group of people with excellent understanding and talents to study with Chu Ci and serve as the first batch of temple personnel.
After these people understand the matters related to the operation of the temple, they can take over Chu Ci and manage the entire temple.
Originally, Chu Ci only wanted to manage the temple. Isn't it something that he, a god, can easily do?
But after actually becoming the manager of a temple, Chu Ci realized how complicated this matter was. Many things happened in the temple every day.
Whether it is the guidance of believers, the cleaning and maintenance of the facilities in the temple, or the occasional disputes and conflicts among believers, Chu Ci needs to deal with them, not to mention taking the time to train a group of preparatory temple personnel.
This is much more tiring than listening to believers' prayers. At least you don't have to deal with everything when listening to wishes. Chu Ci couldn't help but miss Song Bao.
It would be great if Song Bao were here.
I have to say that Song Bao is indeed a good hand in management.
There are more people in Jiuge City than Lie City, and the situation is more complicated. Under such circumstances, Song Bao can manage the temple in an orderly manner and develop it rapidly. It is not easy.
Thinking that Song Bao's own strength had stagnated in order to develop the temple, and even his former younger brother had caught up, this made Chu Ci feel a little sad.
When we get back, we can secretly open a small stove for Song Bao.
Chu Ci thought silently in his heart.
In this kind of temple life, a week passed quickly.
After a week of training, the first batch of preparatory personnel have learned enough to become qualified temple personnel.
Among them is Hanu.
Ever since the temple released recruitment information, becoming a temple employee has become the most desired job for people in Liecheng.
Not only can you feel the breath of the gods up close, but you can also receive high subsidies from Liecheng and enjoy the respect of others. It can be said that you kill three birds with one stone.
Therefore, countless people tried their best to get in, but Patriarch Lie thought that those who served the gods should not be careless, and adhered to the principle of erring on the side of shortage, and eliminated the vast majority of people, and then selected the first batch of temple preparation personnel.
Among this group of people, people from the inner city account for the majority, because people from the inner city have a better innate environment and conditions than people from the outer city. They have a certain foundation and their learning ability is stronger than those from the outer city.
Chu Ci had nothing to say about this. He also knew about the personnel selection situation. Liecheng's senior officials did not do anything. These people came in based on their ability.
Of course, Hanu was not among them, he walked through the VIP channel.
As the great hero who brought Chu Ci and Chu Ci back, Hanu was favored by Liecheng's senior officials. In addition, Hanu had a good relationship with Chu Ci, so he was directly incorporated into the temple's preparatory staff.
Hanu did not disappoint everyone's expectations. In terms of understanding, he could be sent to the forefront among all the preparatory personnel. He had lived in the outer city all year round and was very familiar with the lives of ordinary sand people and was very good at handling conflicts between them.
Chu Ci was very optimistic about him and felt that Hanu would hopefully take his place in the future and become the person in charge of Liecheng Temple.
It's just that Hanu's strength is a little lower. Among the people in the same batch as him, there are several low-level specials and even a mid-level special, but Hanu is just an ordinary person.
But these are not problems. Chu Ci can see that Hanu has the potential to become a special person, but his ability has not been fully stimulated and he is in a semi-awakening state.
Chu Ci estimated that it wouldn't take long for Hanu's abilities to be fully awakened and he would become a low-level special person. By then, he would be able to make up for the gap in strength.
Speaking of which, Chu Ci was very surprised by the large number of special people in Liecheng.
In a tribal city with more than 200,000 people, there is actually one high-level special person and more than ten middle-level special people.
The number of low-level special beings is even greater than that in Jiuge City.
The strength of the peculiars in the entire city is comparable to that of the Dark Night Club at its peak.
You must know that the Dark Night Society is not an organization that can be cultivated in a city. Its members come from all over the world. They were attracted by Shui Changdong's personality charm and chose to leave the city.
However, Liecheng was just an ordinary city in the desert, but there could be such a large number of special people. How could this not surprise Chu Ci?
This is not only the case in Liecheng, but also in other urban tribes in the Fire Spitting Desert.
From the words of Chief Lie, Chu Ci knew that there were also a large number of special beings in other small cities and tribes in the desert, especially the Tougu tribe, the deadly enemy of the Lie tribe, which was on par with them in terms of the number of special beings.
After knowing this, Chu Ci thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason. Finally, he came up with a guess during his discussion with Luo Jiuyou.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the harsh conditions in the desert that the sand people have more special beings than the outside world.
Under such conditions, nature shows its cruelty to the fullest. It is almost impossible for the weak to survive in the desert, and only the strong can survive.
When strong people combine with each other, the probability of a strong person emerging from the offspring will be greater. The blood is passed down from generation to generation, making it easier for the sand people to awaken. Even ordinary people are stronger than outsiders.
This made Chu Ci couldn't help but sigh, indeed there are gains and losses.
It's just that for the people in the desert, if they had a choice, they would rather not have such power and talent, but also change to a more stable living environment.
Although he was very optimistic about Hanu, the development of the temple was very important and could not be decided based on preferences, so Chu Ci selected a few outstanding people from the first batch of people and asked them to each lead a group of people to be responsible for the affairs of the temple.
Things went smoothly. With Chu Ci's previous proofing, these people quickly became familiar with the affairs of the temple and handled the affairs of the temple in an orderly manner.
After a few days without any unexpected incidents, Chu Ci nodded with satisfaction and then withdrew.
Free at last!
The next step is to let Liecheng's temple develop independently and then enter the second phase of the plan.
Thinking of this, Chu Ci approached Luo Jiuyou.
Luo Jiuyou is at a temple branch office in the outer city, disseminating some basic knowledge to the sand people in the outer city.
This was a decision that Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou made after careful consideration after understanding the differences in conditions between the inner and outer cities.
After the development of the local temple stabilizes, some temple personnel will be sent to the outer city to teach some knowledge for free and bridge some cultural gaps for the sand people in the outer city.
Since the temple has been established, Chu Ci is the city's patron god, and the gods must treat their believers equally.
There are cultural differences between the sand people in the inner and outer cities. The Earth Temple acts as a buffer zone to reduce the differences between them. This is also beneficial to the development of Lie City.
After seeing Chu Ci coming, Luo Jiuyou did not rush to end what he was doing, but took his time to impart this stage of knowledge before ending today's teaching.
Chu Ci didn't bother him. He stood not far away, quietly admiring Luo Jiuyou's serious expression when he taught her. After everyone stood up to express their gratitude to her, Chu Ci walked over.
"how?"
"It's not ideal, not just for children, but also for many adults. Some of them can't even read."
Chu Ci sighed, there is still a long way to go!
Think about it, most of the people in the outer city are from the same family as Hanu. Their priority is to survive, not to study.
Especially with the war situation in recent years, it is difficult enough to stay alive, so there is no time and energy to take care of other things.
But these are necessary. Without sufficient basic understanding, even if Chu Ci poured magical knowledge into their minds, they would not be able to use it.
Whether it is for themselves or for the development of the temple, the popularization of basic knowledge must be carried out.
However, these cannot be accomplished overnight. There are more important things at present.
Chu Ci shook his head and stopped thinking about it for the time being. He looked at Luo Jiuyou and asked, "How did that matter go?"
"They finally agreed." Luo Jiuyou said helplessly, slowly telling the story.
While Chu Ci was busy with the affairs of the temple, Luo Jiuyou was not idle either. She was discussing external matters with Liecheng's senior officials.
Chu Ci and the two have not forgotten the purpose of spending so much energy building the temple, making rain and reviving the water source, which is to prevent the war.
Now that the water source has been restored and Liecheng is no longer troubled by water, the main reason for the war has disappeared. It is time to persuade Liecheng not to engage in war anymore.
But the war will stop if it stops. The water source problem is gone, but the hatred between the Lie tribe and the Gu tribe is still there. There are still many people in Lie City who hate the Gu tribe to the core.
Luo Jiuyou tried to persuade him for a long time, but Patriarch Lie and others did not give a clear answer.
In fact, Chief Lie and others are also very conflicted. They do not want to continue the war. After all, enough people have died in the Lie tribe. If it continues, more people will die.
In the future, the entire tribe may break away from the medium-sized tribe and become a small tribe.
But if we don't fight, we will be sorry for the tribal people who sacrificed their lives. Especially after the water source is restored, they are confident that they can win this war.
After several days of intense discussions, finally, for the sake of Chu Ci and the two of them, Liecheng's senior officials agreed that as long as the Gu tribe did not attack them, they would not initiate a war.
"That's enough. I don't expect them to live in peace." After listening to Luo Jiuyou's words, Chu Ci smiled and said, "This result is already very good."
"But the Gu tribe may not be so stable." Luo Jiuyou sighed.
"That's a problem." Chu Ci pondered for a while and said, "Let's do this. I'll first set up a phantom formation between the two tribes, and then create a fire dragon sandstorm to prevent them from coming."
"This is not a long-term solution."
"I know that the magic array is just a delay. When the temple is almost developed, we can proceed with the second phase of the plan."
"It can only be the."
After discussing some details, Chu Ci quietly left Liecheng and set up a super large illusion array between the two cities.
As long as people from the Gu tribe or the Lie tribe come to this area, they will see a raging fire dragon sandstorm and they will never dare to move forward.
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Chu Ci did have a way to improve the illusion formation, but it was not necessary. He just needed to delay it for some time.
In this way, Lie City entered a long-lost peaceful stage, and the whole city seemed to have returned to the era when the water source was intact ten years ago.
No, it's better than then!
Because of the existence of the Earth Temple, the sand people have spiritual sustenance and expectations for the future, and the whole city is full of upward vitality.
In this positive atmosphere, one person quietly left Liecheng.
Except for some neighbors who had a good relationship with him, no one noticed that this man had disappeared, and no one took it seriously.
Because of the war, many people go missing in Liecheng every month. Even if the war is over now, there are still many people who have not reacted and are accustomed to it.
Except Chu Ci.
Standing on a high tower in Liecheng, Chu Ci quietly looked at the departing figure with a thoughtful look on his face.
…
He settled outside the city.
A grey-faced and embarrassed figure climbed up a sand dune, looking at the familiar city in the distance, and almost stood up with joy.
"I'm finally back!"
This person is Yue who left Liecheng.
Since Yue left Liecheng half a month ago, he has been running non-stop to Gucheng, hoping to tell the people of the Gu tribe the information he finally collected.
Yue was very excited because he saw his tribe's hope of solving the water source problem.
Since the Lie tribe can ask the gods to help solve the problem, why can't they Gu tribe?
For this reason, Yue spent a lot of time and energy entering the temple to explore the relevant information about the ritual of requesting the gods. After understanding it almost, he immediately returned to the Gu tribe with water and food.
However, what Rang Yue didn't expect was that he encountered a fire dragon sandstorm!