You call this the god of etiquette?

Chapter 152 Doctrine and the Apostle of Love

Then the problem is coming.

How did this doctrinal change come about?

Generally speaking, the adjustment of doctrines led by the gods themselves is to fine-tune existing doctrines at the expense of faith value.

The advantage of this kind of adjustment is that it is relatively low-risk, but the disadvantage is that it is difficult to truly make a reversal of existing teachings.

This is the reason why the God of Old Ritual has adjusted the teachings so many times, but in the end he can only go around in the ritual teachings that are attached to "order".

Of course, there is another way to adjust the teachings, and that is to use the source.

It goes without saying that the origin is precious, and the effects it can produce are worthy of its preciousness.

Using the source can break all the shackles encountered when simply using the power of faith to adjust doctrine.

However, the existence of shackles has its natural reason.

Just like mortals paying a price, they may not be able to attack or even break the shackles of the fragile body, but in the end the gains often outweigh the losses——

The natural limits of many physical powers, while limiting mortals, are actually protecting their bodies.

The situation with gods is similar.

The last step before a god ascends to the throne is doctrine, which fundamentally determines the "existence" of the god himself.

Whether it is an innate [miracle] or a [concept] that appears later, they are all developed on the basis of doctrine.

With the help of the powerful but difficult-to-control "raw material" of origin, gods can forcibly subvert original teachings.

But the risks are self-evident.

If you are not careful, you will be completely lost and turn into a "divine beast".

According to the memory of the God of Old Ceremonies, the ancestors of the most powerful Warcraft species on the continent, the "Elemental Beasts", are likely to be multiple fallen gods with different powers.

In addition, gods of different ranks have to pay different prices if they want to adjust their doctrines.

According to Li Yi's estimation, even if someone like him is only at [Weak God], he would need at least 10 points of origin to completely change the doctrine.

In fact, considering that it is impossible to give up halfway if you find that the source is not enough at the end of the day, preparing 20 points of source is not too much.

This is also an important reason why the God of the old rituals did not consider using the source to achieve a breakthrough in doctrine.

And when it comes to the level of [Medium God], the original cost of changing the doctrine is probably hundreds of times more.

The costs are huge and the risks are huge.

As a result, many gods would rather stick to their original teachings and become auxiliary gods with no offensive capabilities than try to use their original roots to make changes.

At most it is nothing more than trying to fine-tune it with the power of faith alone, like the gods of old rituals.

The result goes without saying.

This fine-tuning is far-reaching at the level of the mortal cult, but certainly not from the perspective of the gods themselves.

Take the situation of the God of Old Ceremonies as an example. He has changed his teachings so many times, which is nothing more than jumping from one teaching system that does not have the concept of killing to another.

He wastes a lot of faith power and makes his church's "noble praise" dizzy and people's hearts are impetuous, but His goal is still out of reach.

So Li Yi finally figured it out.

He won from the very beginning when he ascended to the throne of God.

It has achieved the ideal that many gods dream of - having a doctrine that can directly produce offensive [concepts].

That’s not to say that teachings that produce other types of [concepts] are necessarily worse, but in this era of exploitation by gods above and disputes among cults below, gods with “insufficient firepower” at the [concept] level are destined to be reduced to mere foils or even They are the vassal lackeys of other gods who take whatever they want.

Therefore, Li Yi, whose teachings are now getting closer to the sage etiquette of "repaying virtue with kindness, repaying hatred with directness", can be said to have been on Qin Shihuang's knees for a long time - he has won.

As for the real reason for the doctrinal changes brought about by this divine descent,
Li Yi carefully recalled the whole process, and finally located the people of "Belstad" who became his apostles after being enveloped by the bloody sun.

In fact, the reason is not difficult to find.

Of course he himself would be aware of changes in his own teachings.

The most intuitive and obvious one was the inexplicable cathartic impulse that emerged in his heart after he absorbed the power of the revenge blood sacrifice of all "Belstad".

It was like a force called "revenge" was pushing him away.

Of course, he could forcibly resist this impulse and prevent the bloody wave of cleansing evil from breaking out.

But that would not do any good, and would also make Li Yi feel aggrieved.

Originally it was not a self-rewarding activity that would hurt the body, so Li Yi didn't feel the need to curb his impulse.

If you want revenge, take revenge!

It is proper and proper to wash away blood with blood!
When He, the ceremonial god who accepts sacrifices, complies with the "will of the people", the doctrine of "revenge is justice" will naturally appear.

In fact, he had never heard of this kind of bottom-up, believer's actions forcing doctrinal changes before, and there was no relevant information left in his memory by the god of old rituals.

But to be honest, the old god was originally a [weak god] nestled in the "Heart of Evergreen". When Li Yi was still the "weak mo god", his memory was comparable to an encyclopedia.

But now, the incomplete memory of the old god can only be used as a reference, and he will not be disappointed if he cannot find useful content.

Since the divine instinct did not give Li Yi any warning, and since Li Yi had no discomfort or changes after accepting the "reverse doctrinal transformation", he did not intend to forcibly remove this change.

At the same time, knowledge of this "new doctrinal adjustment" would become part of his accumulation of knowledge on the path to divinity.

The path to the gods is not only to accumulate the power and origin of faith, but also to collect such knowledge.

Although the improvement brought by knowledge is not direct, it is equally important to the gods.

Li Yi couldn't imagine how long it would have taken him to sort out the huge and confusing information that belonged to the gods if he had not had the memory of the God of Etiquette when he first accepted the position of God of Etiquette.

In the time it took to sort things out, I might have lost the life of my last believer at the time, Ige.

He was trapped to death as soon as he became a god.

However, this doesn't fully explain another problem:
We all start from the perspective of believers, so why are the “blood glow” and “sunlight” left in the doctrine instead of the “blood tide” and other contents related to the blood wave of judgment?
In the process of fighting the God of Flowers and the God of Fertility, Li Yi used the power of [Blood Level 2], [Conquest Level 1] and the gentleman in black to create the "Blood Sun" and "Blood Wave" similar to the "Dharma Appearance". Driven by thousands of blood sacrifices, three new activateable concepts have emerged: [Sun], [Judgment] and [Tide].

If [Judgment] can still be reflected in new doctrines, then [Tide] really only stays at the [concept] level.

Doctrine includes [concept] and is the absolute superordinate of [concept]. Of course, the weight between the two is different.

Could it be because there is no "God of the Sun", but there is the "God of the Sea of ​​Tranquility", a god who uses the ocean as his main power.

Therefore, it is easier for changing doctrines to "invade" [the Sun].

Just like the God of Order, while mastering "order", he can develop the power of the "sun" at the same time?

Thinking of this, Li Yi suddenly sneered.

What kind of lord of tricks?

Everyone can try the path that no one takes, right?
Anyway, he felt that wasn't the case.

Doctrine is closely related to the "self-existence" of gods, and at the concrete level it leads to a combination of multiple different [concepts].In other words, the [concept] possessed by gods is not single in the first place, so duplication is logically normal.

The God of Order must have the concept of [Sun], but now he, Li Yi, can also activate [Sun]?
And since [concept] does not have uniqueness, the so-called "who occupies whose conceptual path" should not happen.

However, Li Yi has not gone far in [Concept] development, and the highest level [Concept] is only lv2.

It would be too arbitrary to make judgments based on this level of understanding.

The water may be very deep here, and Li Yi's current strength is still beyond his reach.

Besides, maybe this matter has nothing to do with [concept] at all.

Commoners are first inspired by the Blood Sun to become believers, and then perform blood sacrifices to form the Blood Wave.

Therefore, it is normal for "Blood Day" to be given more "ceremonial" meanings by believers.

Let’s study the specific situation later when we use the newly obtained origin to upgrade the [Concept].

It’s better to watch Jorvik’s panel first to wash your mind——

[Apostle lv19] Jorvik Longfellow

攻击21法术22护甲8魔抗13体质7速度9
【ability】

Knowledge level 11: improve memory; primary spell growth gain

【special power】

Love (No Rank): Works Miracles!
Pain (no level): Destroy the soul and gain strength!

Psychokinesis lv7: Can exert destructive force across space; lethality and accuracy increase with the level of ability.

Why Li Yi thinks Jorvik is a late-blooming talent, the panel explains everything.

He was certain that Yorvik had absolutely no [special abilities] before Martha was taken away.

On the contrary, that "knowledge and knowledge" may be something he originally had.

This [ability] is enough for him to become a priest with full ears of wheat, but it is not enough for him to keep his wife.

If he had these three [special abilities] before entering the God's Abandonment Chamber and being completely abandoned by the God of Fertility, especially the two "love" and "pain" that look like the protagonist's plug-in, Li Yi didn't believe that the God of Fertility would let Martha become a test subject, which chilled the heart of this amazingly talented "apostle."

After all, what believers know and think is open to the gods. It is impossible for the God of Fertility not to know that Jorvik and Martha have a deep relationship.

And under such circumstances, He still chose to let Jorvik's wife be forced to participate in the "Brainstone Project", which just showed that Jorvik's value was not enough at that time.

After all, this is what mortals are to most gods.

Cultivate when it is time to cultivate and consume when it is time to consume.

Just like leeks in the field.

Li Yi took out Jorvik's card from the screen and turned it over.

A tall man with scarlet eyes suddenly appeared.

There was gray and black chaos around him, and his hands were spread forward, as if he was looking for something in the chaos.

The whole person looked confused and crazy.

Below the vertical painting are two lines of text.

"My love is my wisest madness, my choking sorrow, my untouchable honey."

"Tell me, where is she?"

It can be said that Jorvik's potential was probably fully stimulated after losing Martha.

Therefore, Li Yi didn't know whether to think that Du Chena did a good job or to say that she did too disgracefully.

In short, it was relying on the power of "love" that Li Yicai inexplicably listened to Jorvik's prayer and transformed him into his fourth apostle.

In fact, it was not that Li Yi had not examined other suitable candidates for the fourth apostle before.

Rather, since there were not many new believers on either the human or troll side before, Li Yi even carefully inspected every believer.

The painter named Chitenur was also tentatively selected as a backup candidate for the apostle.

However, Jorvik's sudden appearance provided Li Yi with a better choice, and he finally decided to convert Jorvik.

The young man did not disappoint.

The only problem is that Jorvik's current state is not quite right.

The physical injuries he suffered had been easily solved by Li Yi using the [Regeneration Ritual].

But the trauma he suffered at the soul level was beyond Li Yi's ability to solve.

The good news is that the antidote to this trauma may be Martha.

The bad news is, Martha is a brain stone.

Moreover, because this brain stone string withstood the divine punishment of the God of Order, there were many cracks on the surface.

Although Li Yi didn't know exactly how the brain stone ring was made, he could clearly feel that it was made from human souls.

As for how many "Martha" there are in this brain stone ring, Li Yi can't find out.

It really should hurt here.

The most heartbreaking scenes from his past life flashed through Li Yi's mind.

False, real, memories in turn.

Trying to force myself to have more empathy for the apostle's current predicament.

However, in the end, it could only barely evoke a trace of empty sadness.

He didn't want to be a cold-blooded god, but being in the kingdom of God and watching the believers grow old, sick and die while he was immortal, it was naturally difficult for him to sympathize with the believers.

The extremely high status determines that Li Yi and his kind will appear extremely cold when facing mortals.

Only when there is contact with other gods or when gods descend, will there be more vivid emotions.

And whether Li Yicheng admits it or not, the reason why he really wants to try to solve Martha's "problem" is just to make Jorvik, a powerful apostle, go further.

He could see that just with "love", a [special ability] with terrifying potential, Jorvik had the possibility of reaching the top of mankind.

"Pain" seems to be a [special ability] that has both gains and losses and is equally extraordinary, but in fact it is overdrawing Jorvik's future.

So the crux of the problem still lies with Martha.

The starting point for retrieving Martha is the brain stone ring.

Li Yi thought about it, looking through the void to the brain stone ring that was temporarily kept by Ige.

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