List of strange talismans

Chapter 60 The Law
When the sun was low on the top of the mountains, Gu Xiuya saw Ma En's achievements in the afterglow.

Of the 340 Galanz people, quite a few appeared outside the Shuntian Temple.

"Your Excellency, everyone is here."

Angelet's face was flushed. It was the first time for this simple farmer to serve as a missionary. Although he was directed by Ma En all the way, he was still very excited about it.

"Tell me about the process."

Gu Xiuya said.

"Um, we built houses for people, distributed food, and made them believe in Our Lady of Shuntian."

Angelet's vocabulary was too small, and he racked his brains to come up with only one dry sentence.

Gu Xiuya looked at Ma En.

Ma En said lightly: "I told them that if you believe in the Holy Mother of Shuntian, you can receive relief food. You only ask for faith, but you didn't say that you can't bind it with other things."

He was obviously a little resentful of being forced, so that it was obvious that he was not working hard.

Otherwise, an old pastor who has been engaged in ideological work for 30 years would not have such clumsy preaching methods.

"Thank you."

Gu Xiuya said.

Ma En froze for a moment, suspecting that he had heard wrong.

——I have made it like this, and you still thank me?

As he was thinking, Gu Xiuya suddenly said, "Do you really believe in the Holy Mother of Shuntian?"

More than 300 Galanz people looked at me and you, and responded sparsely: "Yes."

Gu Xiuya shouted coldly: "Speak up!"

Angelet, Sachet and the others noticed that Gu Xiuya seemed to be getting angry, so they quickly responded loudly.

"We sincerely believe in Our Lady of Suncheon!"

While speaking, these benefactors turned their heads and winked at familiar people, which soon attracted a lot of response.

It didn't take a moment for almost everyone to express that their beliefs were as strong as iron.

Ma En responded with a sneer. He didn't think this kind of forced verbal commitment made any sense.

But Gu Xiuya seemed very satisfied.

"very good."

He nodded and looked at Childe: "Mr. Clerk, I wonder if you read the mansion newspaper from the Congress on time?"

Childe was a little confused, but still nodded: "Of course, Your Excellency."

"Then, I think you must have heard of the "New Act on Religious Management (Preliminary)" proposed by Earl Davis in the last Congress and passed with a high vote."

"Eh? Oh, yes, of course."

"Very well, can you paraphrase the first article of the new bill for me?"

Childe froze for a moment, reached into his arms, and took out a newspaper printed with movable type.

This is what he picked up from the government affairs building when he was dealing with Matthews' relics.

Childe flipped through it for a while, and saw the appendix bill at the end of the front page.

"The loyal faith is sacred and inviolable. From the effective date of the Act, all sects of the people's will shall enjoy the sacred and exclusive rights bestowed by the king."

"In order to avoid possible conflicts, under the witness of 72 patriarchs, Congress defined the standard for the bill to take effect: 70.00% of the total local population."

When Childe read this, he suddenly stopped.

He looked up at Gu Xiuya, his eyes twitched, and he was shocked beyond words.

Saints and prophets favored by the gods, is this even in your calculations?
Gu Xiuya did not answer Childe's doubts.

He just said lightly: "Although the new law still has half a year to be published everywhere, legally speaking, it has already taken effect."

"Therefore, I declare."

"Given the common appeal of the 340 permanent residents of Galanz, and the eager wishes of dozens of representatives including Sachet and Angelet."

"From today, [Shuntian Sect] is the only official sect of Galanz."

"Mann Jonas, your heavenly father has been dismissed."

A major event from history has once again become a sharp weapon in Gu Xiuya's hands.

This "New Law on Religion Management" was originally a product of the upper-level power struggle, and the creators intended to use it to exclude dissidents and achieve the justifiable goal of harvesting faith.

And now, it has become the last straw that breaks Marne.

So far, Shuntian Sect is no longer a pagan religion, but a Galanz indigenous sect protected by law and recognized by the state!

Mann's face was pale.

He finally understood why Gu Xiuya entrusted such an important matter to a pastor taught by his heavenly father.

He didn't even care if he didn't work hard.

It turned out that the opponent's purpose was not to demand belief from beginning to end, but a name.

In the name of expelling the Heavenly Father Cult from the circle of competition!
Now, he has succeeded.

Whether it is the human heart or the law, all public order and good customs stand by his side!
Under such circumstances, even if Marne wants to resist and fight for the faith of the heavenly father, it will not be successful.

At this moment, Ma En seemed to have aged ten years suddenly.

He lowered his head dejectedly, feeling deeply powerless because of the huge gap between himself and the opponent.

He knew that he couldn't beat this young man, and the other party only spent dozens of hours completely eradicating all his hard work in the past 30 years.

What else could he do?

Stay to witness the desolation of Heavenly Father's faith and the rise of Shuntian Sect?
Ma En suddenly wanted to go back to the capital to have a look.

His life seems to have taken a wrong path 30 years ago, and everything he sees is failure.

He turned around tremblingly, leaving the former believers with a lonely back, and staggered away.

Snapped.

Suddenly, Man felt someone grab his hand.

It was Gu Xiuya.

Ma En turned his head and glanced, his movements felt as if he was dying.

It was the physical and mental exhaustion brought about by the collapse of a career that had been struggling for half a lifetime.

Gu Xiuya looked at him: "You still have a daughter. You have to do something for her."

Ma En's eyes twitched slightly, but he didn't even want to say a word.

"A clay sculpture that hasn't touched you once in 30 years, you regard it as a god. A true god who has blessed so many people and protected so many people, but you turn a blind eye?"

Gu Xiuya said lightly: "Stay here, you are still young and you can get a job again."

Ma En couldn't understand Gu Xiuya's playful comfort, he just said shyly: "My business is to sing for the Heavenly Father."

"So? So you want to tell me that the gift of the heavenly father to you, a devout believer, is to make your daughter a mute? Let your wife die? Let you change from a highly anticipated genius to a waste?"

Gu Xiuya sneered: "Marne Jonas! Don't you understand? I didn't let you betray your heavenly father. It was your heavenly father who abandoned you long ago!"

"Think about the experience of the past 30 years. You can ask yourself, if the heavenly father had not abandoned you long ago, how could you have fallen to this point?"

Ma En was struck by lightning.

Heavenly Father, forsaken me?
When people are in despair, they will always try to find a 'reasonable' explanation for the despair that persecutes them.

Believers even more so.

They will spare no effort to convince themselves that the suffering of the situation comes from the illusory fate, from the will of the gods, rather than from their own inability.

This is the shackles of thought and the only comfort they have left.

Gu Xiuya accurately grasped the turmoil in Ma En's mind at the moment, and gave a reason for him to comfort himself, and the result was a success of course.

"My Father Abandoned Me"

Ma En murmured, his tone changed from panic at the beginning to a bitter sigh.

"Don't be depressed. Not all gods have a pair of discerning eyes."

Gu Xiuya patted him on the shoulder: "The good news is that the Holy Mother of Shuntian admires you very much. As long as you want, I can bestow divine grace on your behalf."

"Think about it for your daughter."

(End of this chapter)