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Chapter 4467 [Opportunity to Become a God]

In the 18th century, although the religious atmosphere was still strong, it was impossible to capture and burn all pagans as had been done hundreds of years ago.

In fact, with the Reformation in the 16th century, the power of the church has been greatly reduced. The Catholic Church, which once dominated the world, has now split into dozens of sects.

In the Protestant world alone, there are Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Calvinists, etc. They are not affiliated with each other, claiming to be orthodox, and even fought a religious war that lasted for 30 years. This also greatly weakened the power of religion.

Moreover, with the beginning of the Enlightenment in the 17th century, the ideas of freedom, democracy and equality began to gain more and more popularity. The general view of the Enlightenment was that people are born free and equal, have freedom of belief and oppose autocracy.

Therefore, Xiang Nan's use of "freedom of religion" to refute Governor Weatherby was not radical. In fact, Governor Weatherby was not a qualified Christian.

"You're right, but as for the priest..." Weatherby said, wiping his sweat.

He didn't want to get involved. After all, the Monkey Temple had been built for more than half a year, and those believers only went to the temple to worship on weekends, and they didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so he didn't care.

But Father Thomson still has some power and connections. If he wrote back to Britain and told the top leaders that he allowed paganism to develop, he would probably be in big trouble.

"Don't worry about that, I'll take care of Pastor Thomson." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "The reason why the Monkey Temple and the Sea Temple in Royal Port have so many believers is because these gods are really doing things, and there are so many people who really need to be saved.

Pastor Thomson should not blame people for not believing in Jesus, but should help those in need. Then, they will not follow other gods. "

Father Thomson, relying on his orthodoxy, often held fundraising rallies in Port Royal and made a lot of money from believers.

However, when the people were left without food or clothing, impoverished, sick and exhausted, and even faced disasters, Pastor Thomson and others simply turned a blind eye.

In comparison, the monkey god Chakbaba and the ocean goddess Kolibuso are at least very generous to their believers. They have performed miracles many times and saved their believers from danger.

In this way, people will naturally know which god is useful, truly loves them, and is the one they should believe in.

"I think what you said makes sense. It all depends on you." Weatherby nodded.

"Okay, don't worry, they won't bother you again in the future." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

……

Afterwards, Xiang Nan found Reverend Thomson and Reverend Charlie of the Royal Port Church and controlled them with the Sword of Cottles, "Stop interfering in the affairs of the Monkey God Cult and the Sea God Cult in Royal Port, and stop forcing Governor Weatherby to wipe out the Monkey God Cult and the Sea God Cult."

The Sword of Kotels is similar to Aladdin's lamp, which can fulfill the user's wishes. Of course, the effect is limited, but it is still very powerful.

It was with this sword that the Spanish colonist Hernán Cortes controlled the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and forced him to give up resistance.

This led to the huge empire with tens of millions of people being defeated by more than a thousand Spanish soldiers. This shows the power of this sword.

It is naturally an easy task to control only two priests and prevent them from interfering with the missions of the Monkey God Cult and the Sea God Cult.

The two of them nodded immediately and obeyed Xiang Nan's orders completely.

After that, they really stopped caring about the Monkey God Cult and the Sea God Cult. This made Governor Weatherby feel relieved, but it also allowed the Monkey God Cult and the Sea God Cult to spread rapidly.

This naturally made Kolibuso very satisfied, "Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect to make progress so quickly. It seems that I made the right choice in choosing you as the priest." "Thank you for the compliment." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "You help me, I help you, it's mutually beneficial."

"Well said." Calibuso nodded with a smile, "I have decided to reward you well."

"Really? Thank you. What do you want to reward me?" Xiang Nan asked curiously.

"What do you want most?" asked Colibuso with a smile.

"What I want to know most is how a mortal can become a god." Xiang Nan said.

"It is both difficult and easy for a mortal to become a god. The key is whether there is an opportunity." Kolibuso smiled and said, "In my opinion, you don't have the opportunity to become a god."

"Why? Am I not strong enough?" Xiang Nan asked in surprise.

“No, you are very powerful, even many weak gods may not be able to match you.” Kolibuso waved his hand and said, “But if there is no opportunity, there is no opportunity, because your destiny is not in this world.”

When Xiang Nan heard this, he was stunned.

He is indeed not from this world, and he does not intend to stay in this world. In this case, he does not have the opportunity to become a god in this world.

"Then how do we take out the divine power from the artifact?" Xiang Nan asked curiously again.

"It's difficult. Divine artifacts are the solidification of divine power and laws, just like clay is fired into pottery. It is basically impossible to turn pottery back into clay." Kolibuso explained, "Besides, you have a ready-made divine artifact but you don't use it. Why do you have to turn it back into divine power? You are not a god. Even if you draw divine power from the artifact, you can't use it."

"What is the law? Is it the rule or regulation of the operation of heaven and earth?" Xiang Nan asked curiously again.

"You are right. Middle-earth is also called 'Tao'." Colibuso nodded and said, "As long as one is a god, he will master some laws, which are also called priesthood."

"You even know the 'Tao'?" Xiang Nan was shocked. He didn't expect that Kolibuso even knew the "Tao".

"Nonsense, I've lived for so long, and I've been to Middle-earth before, so what's so strange about knowing the Tao?" Colibuso said disdainfully, "I've even read the Tao Te Ching, 'The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name~'"

"That's amazing." Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh, "Who made the rules?"

“I don’t know.” Kolibuso waved his hand. “According to my guess, it should be the existence that first created this universe. Although many gods claim to be the gods of creation, I actually know that many of them are just survivors of the last era or the era before that.

They just mastered some powerful laws and possessed some powerful priesthoods, but in fact, the laws were not made by them, and they cannot modify them. "

"I think I understand." Xiang Nan nodded.

It's like a company. When the founder is gone, professional managers are in charge. Although professional managers hold high positions and have certain powers, they cannot modify the company's rules and regulations, let alone make the company their own.

The founder is the supreme god, and people like Colypusso, Zeus, Poseidon, Quetzalcoatl, Monkey God, etc. are professional managers. They are responsible for departments of different sizes according to their different duties and abilities.

People like Zeus, Poseidon, and Colybusso are senior executives of branches, while people like the Monkey God are probably just minor roles like security captain or warehouse supervisor.