Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 870 Black Saint and White Pope
Even Aiwass himself had not expected that the cardinals would be so decisive.

After Aiwass showed them his sin-beast form and that he had cured the Pure White Saint's amber syndrome, Aiwass found that the cardinals, who originally had their own opinions and differences, reached a consensus at an unusually fast speed.

When Aiwass said that he wanted to make Pure White the contemporary Pope, all the cardinals agreed immediately; when Aiwass said that he wanted to lift the state of permanent neutrality, all the cardinals agreed immediately; when Aiwass said that he wanted to interfere in the current chaotic political situation in Star Antimony, all the cardinals agreed immediately...Even when Aiwass said that he wanted to go out for a walk by himself, the cardinals fully agreed.

I agreed with everything, without even a single objection or additional opinion.

For a moment, Aiwass wondered if they would just "pretend to agree first and discuss it later."

But the cardinals were so efficient that less than two hours after Aiwass called them to a meeting, notices had already been sent out to various countries.

By then, Pure White had already donned the Holy Crown and fell into a deep sleep on the throne of the Pope; the candidate for the Eternal Saint was also activated - the current number one candidate was named Theresa, and now she has officially obtained the inheritance of eternity.

There is no objection to either of these things.

He just gave the order and it was done immediately, which was completely different from the elves' usual style of dragging things out for decades.

According to the rules, the new Eternal Saint should be given the title by the Pope - after all, for thousands of years, one Saint has become the Pope, and one has been replaced. However, now, Theresa's title is still given by Aiwass.

The so-called holy name is the name given to a saint by the outside world. Once a saint becomes an eternal saint, it means that she has completely given up her worldly life and becomes only the agent of the pope. Therefore, the name given by her parents is no longer used, and she uses the name given by the pope instead.

The name of the saint is usually a certain color, and it must be different from the color of the last two generations. The saint will also wear clothes of this color all year round.

In this way, no matter in which language system, there can be a clear reference, after all, every language must have an accurate description of a certain color. For example, when people say "White Saint", they can immediately know that it refers to Gray. Therefore, there is no need to consider the problem of translation and free translation when translating the name, let alone the ambiguity caused by the same name.

——From the very beginning, this was a name based on international exchanges and even cross-racial exchanges.

Aiwass didn't want to spoil this good tradition by being special, but he was never good at naming.

The colors used in the last three generations are green, blue and white.

Aiwass thought for a moment, but found that when he thought about "naming colors", the first names that popped into his mind were "gold powder", "Quicksilver", "smoky blue", "flaming red", "mint ice cream" and so on...

This made him very happy.

At least the memories of my past life have not been taken away by that bastard Huan Tiansi...

In order to avoid the problem of thinking of mechanical keyboards when thinking of colors, Aiwass finally chose the black color that he used when he was a cardinal and simply named it Black.

——Although the black axis is also quite classic, let’s be honest.

According to Aiwass's request, the name of the Black Saint Theresa will be announced on May 5, the Holy Day of the Sand Clock. Now there must be a lot of people who are anxious to find Pure White to ask the Pope's opinion... But if they can't find Pure White, then they can't find it. It's good for them to be left alone at this time.

The Theocracy has been neutral for too long, and I'm afraid many people have forgotten the value of the Theocracy. All they know is that the Eternal Pope has the sixth level of power, but they ignore the equally powerful cardinals and the Pope's guards.

When Edwards became interim Pope, some people started jumping up and down.

In their opinion, Aiwass certainly couldn't command those elves; and he himself couldn't reach the sixth energy level... Then what was the difference between the Theocracy and being paralyzed at this time?
They certainly don't dare to go against the Theocracy directly. But some things that the Theocracy originally didn't allow, they are now doing secretly, and the Theocracy can't control them, right?

When the new pope takes office, the worst that can happen is that he kneels down and apologizes. Anyway, the benefits have already been taken, so it won’t be a loss even if he spits them out later…

It is never advisable to rely on luck. But on the other hand, if you don't rely on luck at all, it will be difficult to seize the opportunities of the times.

They became big shots because of this, so how can they be cautious in what they say and do after becoming big shots? When crises and opportunities appear again, they will still do the same thing - this is called path dependence.

In a sense, their guess was indeed correct. It could even be said that they made the right bet.

Because the Church saw and remembered all these things, but did not take any action. After all, Aiwass was just a human who mastered advanced divine arts at the time, and he temporarily served as the Pope only because of the conflict between the cardinals and the saint... or, because of the amber disease, the pure white saint could not get the support of all the cardinals.

The reason why Aiwass can be the pope is not because he is popular, but because people don't want to choose either side, so they can only choose the "middle".

So it was not his turn to direct those matters.

For example, the conflict between the good masters and slaves in the ancient Parthian Empire has become increasingly acute. With the large-scale depletion of water sources again, the fourth water war has already taken shape; the goblins' human body trade and slavery have become increasingly undisguised; the Eagle Eye organization in Iris has begun to organize a transnational collective assassination of the high-ranking officials of the Black Eagle Principality and the Narcissus Principality who have sided with the Son of the Moon...

These matters are very troublesome to deal with, involving long-term conflicts between countries and races, and require a long-term and stable policy that cannot be changed at will. Therefore, the cardinals are waiting for Pure White to release the amber and officially take office before dealing with them.

But today, this is no longer a problem.

After the founding of the country, the first thing the cardinals did was to bring up all these issues and hand them over to Aiwass for a decision.

——The internal struggle among these cardinals is not because of power consciousness, but because of the struggle of the path. The extraordinary people who can reach the fifth energy level must have an extremely stable and determined heart of the path. They completely believe that they are right, so there must be enemies who cannot coexist. They are fellow believers and partners. But at the same time, they are also enemies-they are "old enemies" who can coexist peacefully and understand each other, but absolutely cannot agree with each other.

However, the "Son of the Candlestick" has reappeared in the world.

Then there won't be any need for us to argue.

——They will argue simply because there is no answer to this question.

But who could be more right than the son of the candlestick?

Everyone watched Aiwas transform from a pure-blooded human to the son of Sizhu, which means that this identity does not come from blood, but because of Sizhu's recognition. Since everyone is a believer of Sizhu, and Sizhu himself has made the choice, who can still say "I think Sizhu doesn't understand the path of dedication enough"?

Anyone who dares to say this is a pure heretic and apostate!
Now that there is a standard answer, the argument will subside.

The cardinals also accepted the change in the church's execution policy very smoothly - the current world situation is obviously completely different from when the Theocracy was established. However, the popes of all generations were just "successors of Zhu Tiansi", and they were unwilling to let the Theocracy change in their hands... This was also caused by the blessing of amber flowing in the blood of the elves.

Of course the elves know that they are antiques.

But who will deny it?
That is the law of our ancestors! The law of our ancestors cannot be changed!
The Candle Celestial Master is still watching from the sky - he is really watching - if he gets upset, who can take the responsibility? If there is a problem, the Candle Celestial Master, the Candle Master... and all the popes, among all the gods, no one has come down to give a dream?
Since no gods have come to our rescue in dreams or to point out that past traditions are outdated and cannot be continued, no one can change the rules set by our ancestors.

Death in this world is not the end - it is better to say that death is the beginning of eternal life. This is especially true for high-level transcendents, especially the elf bishops of the Church. After death, everyone will either go to the Kingdom of Giant Trees, or go to the Amber Forest, or be imprinted by the Spirit Amber Celestial Master, or become the Candle Master or the apostle appointed by the Candle Celestial Master.

They may not think that the rules of the past are all good. But once you consider what happens after death, no one dares to gamble on things that happened during life.

——But now the situation is different.

Si Zhu personally granted a human the identity of Si Zhu's Son. What does this mean?
This means that even Mr. Sizhu agrees with it. Times have changed!

The age of elves has ended, and the age of humans has arrived - and naturally the old rules must be broken.

The cardinals immediately became active: they had long been dissatisfied with some of the old rules. The title of Son of the Candlelighter was much more useful than the Pope's order.

The happiest among them was Cardinal Belisarius.

His way of "dedication" is closest to the concept of "justice".

He stayed in the ancient country of Parthia for a long time and saw many sufferings in the world. However, due to the rules of the church, he could not help others and had to wait for "the locals to come and ask them personally"... But such a wait was so hard.

He sometimes fell into self-doubt.

——Intervening in the internal affairs of other countries is indeed easy to cross the line and easily prevent the advancement of the times, and be trapped by the vision of the helpers and unable to give birth to new things. But if you have clearly seen the injustice, why can't you take action?

Watching misfortune happen, watching the wicked triumph, watching injustice spread across the land like fire... watching people in a daze, with their upright spines broken. No one asked for help, no one dared to ask for help - is this justice? Just watching from the sidelines, is this the contribution he can make?
And now, Aiwass has removed his shackles -

Aiwass personally gave very clear instructions regarding the situation of the ancient Parthian Empire:
“If you see something that makes you unhappy, just do it.

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't give you the power of the entire Theocracy. If there is an unfair judgment, you will be responsible for it; but if you believe in your own path, you can do it with confidence.

"I will go there sooner or later. When I get there, I will see for myself whether what you did is good or evil, good or bad. But before that - there is no need to wait. Since you want to do it, just do it first. If you make a mistake, make up for it. If you do it well, keep up... Even if you make mistakes, it is always better than doing nothing."

This is completely different from Zhu Tiansi's idea that "those who make mistakes will always eliminate themselves", "the advanced will always eliminate the backward", and "we just need to wait for civilization to change on its own".

Zhu Tiansi's thinking seems to be superior, compassionate and rational. In his view, there are always injustices in the world. But the world will always move forward and get better. Pain will always be a nourishment for people. If the pain is cured, it seems to solve the problem, but in fact it will stop the progress of society.

It is better to wait and see, and wait for society to develop on its own. All we need to do is prevent an unstoppable and irreversible catastrophe.

The elves have always maintained this superior attitude.

From time to time, I would give them a warning, a criticism, or be very satisfied with their development and give them some good things. For most elves, this is no problem...

However, for the radical Cardinal Belisarius, he only felt that his own people were too arrogant.

Do we have to kill the present for the sake of the future?

Is it true that only pain can bring progress?

But since this was the tradition, he could not say anything and could only wait in the desert for help from the locals.

It has to be said that now Aiwass's decisive attitude is more in line with Cardinal Belisarius's wishes!
Originally, he was the cardinal who was most opposed to Aiwass, a human being, becoming Pope, but now he has become Aiwass's most fanatical follower!
——This human being is more efficient than the elves in doing things!
——This son of the candlelighter, his level is higher than that of the Pope!
(End of this chapter)