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Chapter 4427 4429 [The Body Becomes God]

Xiang Nan guessed that the spiritual world probably also follows the "Law of the Dark Jungle", where big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, and shrimps eat mud.

Especially Loa gods like the monkey god Chakbaba, who have only a few thousand or tens of thousands of believers, are probably the weakest type of gods.

According to Taoism, he should have become a god after his death, that is, a ghost like the mountain god, the land god, the city god, or a wild god or ghost without a formal organization.

Therefore, the only thing He can do is to hide, otherwise He might be killed by other gods.

"Then how do you interact with the believers, how do you absorb their faith, and how do you bless them..." Xiang Nan asked curiously again.

"I don't need to absorb the faith of believers. The faith of believers will directly enter the kingdom of God, just like spring water flowing into the desert." Chak Baba explained, "But I cannot contact the believers directly. I only convey information through priests and bless my believers." Chak Baba explained.

"Why can't you contact the believers directly?" Xiang Nan asked puzzledly.

"Ordinary people don't have such high spirituality, and they will lose a lot of divine power when communicating." Chak Baba explained, "Do you know how shocked and surprised I was when I saw you for the first time that you have such a high spirituality?"

Xiang Nan blinked and asked curiously, "How much higher is my spirituality than that of ordinary people?"

He knew that his spiritual level was indeed high, after all, he had not practiced in vain over the past few thousand years, but he did not know the gap between him and ordinary people.

"If the spirituality of ordinary people is like an oil lamp, then your spirituality is like a beacon." Chak Baba thought for a while and said, "You will be thousands or tens of thousands times brighter than them. If someone believes in you after you die, you should be able to become a god more easily than me."

"Thank you, but I don't want to become a god after I die. I want to become a god in my physical body." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.

"That's impossible. Only souls can enter the spirit world, and only in the spirit world can one become a god." Chak Baba said in astonishment, "How can a physical body become a god?"

"That's just what you think." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.

Both Buddhism and Taoism have many examples of people becoming gods in the flesh. The worlds are different and the rules are different. There is nothing to argue about. Chak Baba is still too low-level.

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Subsequently, Xiang Nan, as the high priest of the Monkey God Chakbaba, established temples dedicated to the Monkey God in Port Royal and Port Tetuga, and formulated a series of religious rules and rituals modeled on the practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity.

For example, the religious rules require believers to believe in the Monkey God and the Monkey God's chief priest, who is the Monkey God's messenger; they must pray to the Monkey God and make offerings every morning and evening, even if it is just water, as a token of their heart;
It stipulates that believers should not listen to nonsense, speak nonsense, or act nonsense, and should repent if they make mistakes; it stipulates that believers should work hard to spread the belief in the Monkey God, and the more people spread it, the more blessings they will receive...

In addition, there is a ceremony to worship the monkey god Chak Baba. Every weekend, the temple holds a ceremony where believers offer sacrifices to Chak Baba, listen to the high priest convey Chak Baba's teachings, and then receive the blessing of the monkey god Chak Baba.

His behavior naturally attracted official attention.

Governor Weatherby Swann approached Xiang Nan with a worried look on his face. "James, a pagan cult called the Monkey God has recently appeared on the island. Have you heard about it?"

"I heard about it, Governor." Xiang Nan nodded.

"I think this kind of paganism should be eliminated." Weatherby suggested, "Do you agree?" Britain believes in the Anglican Church, which is a branch of the Protestant Church of Christianity, also known as the Anglican Church. The church rules stipulate that the British king is the highest religious head, advocates the doctrine of the mean, believes in the Thirty-Nine Articles, etc.

Weatherby Swann was not a very devout Anglican, but he knew the dangers of paganism, and as the governor of Port Royal, he had to stop the spread of paganism.

Otherwise, if those pagans became powerful, it would seriously threaten the rule of the empire.

"I also think it should be eliminated. But there is no need to rush." ​​Xiang Nan nodded and said, "The Monkey God Cult is still very weak now. It only has a so-called temple, a mysterious high priest, and we don't know who the believers are.

If we act now, they will probably go underground, which will cause more trouble. It is better for us to let them develop for a while, and then slowly investigate their background.

After we have figured out everything, we will destroy his temple, arrest his priests, and punish his followers. This will solve the problem once and for all, what do you think?
Besides, we will achieve more results if we wait until their influence expands before arresting them, don’t you agree, Governor?”

"I think what you said makes sense." Weatherby thought about it and then smiled.

If we were to capture the Monkey God Cult now, at most we would only be catching some fools and women, which wouldn't be considered an achievement.

On the contrary, if the Monkey God Cult becomes a powerful and influential cult, then he can take action and wipe them out, which would be a great achievement.

Just like cats, the more mice there are, the more important cats are. If there are no mice, why would people keep cats?
"That's settled then." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

……

Subsequently, with official approval, Chak Baba's temple was officially built in Port Royal.

At twelve o'clock on Saturday and Sunday nights, sacrifices will be held in Chak Baba's temple, and Xiang Nan will convey Chak Baba's oracles and bless the believers.

Of course, these so-called "oracles" were fabricated by Xiang Nan himself, because Chak Baba was just a monkey who only knew how to play and eat bananas, so how could he issue any oracles?

The main content of the "Oracle" is to tell the miracles of the monkey god Chak Baba, demonstrate His power, and teach people to be friendly, help each other, be pious, and pure.

Xiang Nan knows that people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold. Gods also need to be hyped and establish their personalities. Therefore, Buddhists, Christians, Taoists, nuns, etc. all like to make up various stories for the gods they believe in.

For example, God fed five thousand people with five pieces of bread and two fish, the Buddha cut his flesh to feed an eagle, and Jigong ate wine and meat but the Buddha kept them in his heart. Taoism also has "Journey to the East" and "Journey to the North" telling the stories of the Eight Immortals and the Zhenwu Emperor becoming immortals.

Because the deeds of gods are compiled into stories, which are easy to understand and suitable for all ages, and are more conducive to dissemination. Just like Chinese people, even if they don’t burn incense and worship gods on a regular basis, they know the Eight Immortals, Jigong, Sun Wukong and Jiang Ziya.

Religions are supposed to guide people to be good, even though Xiang Nan knew that it was very difficult to get believers to learn to be friendly and help each other.

There are many gangsters, scoundrels, pirates and profiteers here. Each of them is insidious, cunning, shameless and vicious. But even so, we should encourage them to be friendly and help each other.

Because this can increase cohesion. Otherwise, like the Demon Sect, which advocates selfishness, people will be punished by heaven and earth if they don't work for themselves, and then they will be a pile of loose sand.