The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1268 Ms. Rage
For the monks, things like god statues are mostly more decorative than practical, and sometimes they even tell the common people not to be superstitious...

After all, in Eastern China, except for the temples dedicated to the God of Earth, all other statues are useless. No matter how you worship, it is impossible to have any efficacious effect, which is basically a psychological comfort.

The power of faith gathered on the statue can only be used by the land god, which can better protect and rule the weather, otherwise it is at most to protect the sculpture from being easily damaged.

Take Lin Tianci's hometown Yulong Town as an example. The temple on Hualong Mountain is dedicated to Lin Tianci himself, but it is obviously impossible for him to use the power of faith generated by this mortal worship.

But true God is different.

For the gods, faith is the basis of their existence and the secret of their power.

Although it doesn't necessarily mean that the more believers, the stronger it is, but the number of believers obviously also affects the power of God.

"Shrines, god statues, holy emblems, these are the means and ways for gods to observe the world. Simply put, gods are actually very similar to angels and demons, which are alien creatures. It is difficult for them to directly affect the mortal world, and they usually live in the world. Give orders in your own domain of God."

As Sai Li said, gods are usually unable to directly attack the mortal world, because that would consume a huge amount of power. After all, the distance between the god's domain and the mortal world can no longer be measured by distance, but is separated by countless planes.

It is also because it is extremely difficult to influence, the gods want to observe the mortal world to see if their old enemies are doing things, and it is impossible to use a spell or something to solve it, they need to use holy emblems and idols.

Having said that, the priest hangs the holy emblem on his chest or shield all day long, and God secretly observes every move of the believers every day...

Feeling a bit nasty.

"Not as boring as you think."

Sai Li obviously saw that Lin Tianci was thinking about something messy, and continued:

"Usually gods don't have nothing to do to peep at the privacy of believers, unless they are special believers. This kind of situation is very rare. Generally, gods will only go to see what happened when believers pray or call for divine power to fight. What's the matter?"

"About two or three days before we came, there were a group of visitors here. Regardless of whether they were pirates or not, since there are fresh fruits on the altar, it means that there must be believers of this goddess among them, and here I prayed during the stay. As I said just now, when the believers pray, the gods will come to see what is going on, but there is no trace of the gods on this statue, so I say it is too dull."

"Is this...is there a problem?"

Maybe people are too lazy to watch?

Lin Tianci thinks this way of thinking is more reliable to judge others by himself. It is estimated that if Lin Tianci becomes a god one day, he will probably be a lazy god.

"Of course there are problems, similar situations... emmm, it's hard to say."

Sai Li organized her words before whispering:

"Usually, if this happens, it means that the deity is likely to have fallen, or something went wrong."

The relationship between gods is not monolithic, except that good gods are usually incompatible with evil gods, and there are also many things that compete with each other for believers and even grab territory.

A god who has not responded to the prayers of believers for a long time, she is likely to have fallen, and it is likely to be another god who did it.

For example, when Manna Mora used the Book of the Dead to create a meteor shower, it was actually the gods of the elves who led a large group of allies into the domain of the orc gods, and directly wiped out the orc gods.

Only 20 years ago.

Don't think that you can sit back and relax by becoming a god, even if you are a god, you may say nothing.

"However, it is not a 100% fact that the fall is determined now, and the possibility of this is relatively small."

"why?"

"First of all, according to my observation, the two huge murals we saw outside are not different faces of this goddess, but two servant gods belonging to this goddess."

As I said just now, there is no peace between gods. If you want to live a long time, your allies are as important as your own strength.

Gods are also divided into ranks and ranks, and they cannot be generalized.

If a god cannot find a suitable ally and is alone, the best way is to create a servant god.

The steps to ascend to the gods are actually very simple, there are only three steps in total.

Obtain the godhead, ignite the fire, and become a god in the flesh.

But it is easy to say, the most basic, how to obtain the godhead is a big problem.

The godhead can be simply regarded as the qualification of a god, and it is also a priesthood, representing the most fundamental power of a god.

For example, the sun god has a godhead related to the sun. You cannot call a god with the moon godhead a sun god.

But the godhead is not a Chinese cabbage, even a servant god is a god, you must have a godhead to become a god, this is a rigid rule.

So this makes use of another rule, the godhead cannot be destroyed, but it can be fused or split.

Dividing one's godhood and creating servant gods carries certain risks, but it is undoubtedly a very reliable method.

Usually the gods will choose their most devout believers, or their most trusted friends or family members as servant gods, but this also has a major premise.

That is this god, and he must not be weak.

"Whether the act of distributing the godhead will weaken one's own strength depends on the situation, but generally speaking, it will. The weak gods don't have many godheads themselves, and if they make servant gods out, it may make the servants Anti-customer-oriented.”

The power of a god is related to whether the believer performs the duties of the representative of the god, that is, it is related to the godhead.

Gods with godheads like the sun, moon and stars are all very powerful without exception, and if there is a flying spaghetti god, its power must be particularly weak.

Generally speaking, gods can be divided into strong divine power, medium divine power, weak divine power and weak divine power.

To be able to create servant gods, it is safer to have moderate divine power at the very least.

"Having two servant gods, this goddess must have a level of powerful divine power. It is not so easy to kill a powerful god, even if it is another powerful divine power, and it is impossible for the siege to be small."

Still take the unlucky orc pantheon as an example, they were killed so loudly that the entire multiverse world saw that spectacular meteor shower.

Although a single god is much smaller than a whole god system, it is impossible to remain silent, and the blue goblin who is the most well-informed will more or less sense the clues of the war of gods.

However, in fact, it was the first time that Saili knew that there was a goddess named Philohill in the plane of Lemuria.

"In addition, she should not be as simple as simply falling. You and I have seen some priests in the previous ports. They can still release divine spells, which means that this goddess will respond to the requests of believers, but not prayers. "

That's why Sally said it felt a little weird.

The mystery between the gods is the most obscure and elusive piece of information in today's multiverse world.

After all, it is something that happened between the gods, and mortals who want to spy on it can't be collected by just laying out eyeliner.

When Sally gave Lin Tianci a lot of popular science, approaching footsteps came from behind, and soon Miranda said:
"Is Mr. Lin praying?"

Sai Li's voice was very low, always maintaining a level that only Lin Tianci could hear, so from the outsiders' perspective, Lin Tianci stood in front of the statue without moving for a long time, so he would naturally be misunderstood as praying.

Miranda stood beside Lin Tianci, looked up at the statue of Philohill, and said without waiting for Lin Tianci to answer:

"If you can get the blessing of Ms. Fu Tao, I think it will be smooth sailing in the future."

When addressing a god, many times he would not call him by his first name, which is not very respectful. Ms. Raging Waves is another name for Philosir.

This goddess has the priesthood of the god of war and the god of the sea, not to mention the god of war, on a plane where 90% of the area is covered by sea water, it is obviously normal to pray to the god of the sea.

"Although I am also a devout believer, I think some of Ms. Raging Wave's teachings are too unreasonable to me."

Lin Tianci was too embarrassed to ask directly what was wrong, so he could only pretend to be listening.

"The pastors have made great contributions to the medical sector of the country, but civilians and common people who cannot afford the treatment can only be tortured in pain. If it weren't for the relatively large pirate attack this time, the pastors in the city Not even a step outside the temple."

When Lin Tianci heard this, he was immediately puzzled.

Does magic need money?Isn't that stuff given to believers by the gods for nothing?
Of course, money is needed, and the treatment fee depends on the level of the magic spell, but it is usually expensive. Adventurers often rely on herbs to heal their injuries instead of going to the temple. There are very few priests who don’t need money to practice medicine and do good deeds. .

Although the gods do not need money, the church of the gods needs money to be established, and priests are also human beings, and it is impossible for monks to drink northwest wind to survive.

If you want to preach and build more temples, you need money, and money is not brought by strong winds. Naturally, it can only come from sheep. At most, different temples have different asking prices.

"They claim that the high medical expenses are the will of the goddess, and they refuse to make concessions. In recent years, they have even been unwilling to treat civilians, and only serve the nobles. They also say that this is survival of the fittest."

For God, having many believers is of course a good thing, but according to the practices of these priests, I am afraid that the largest number of civilians and common people will gradually feel bad for the goddess Philohill.

Is this really the will of the goddess?
If it's the type whose teachings are all based on bragging, it's possible to fool around and say that it's God's will, and falsely preach the imperial decree.

But in a world where gods really exist, can perform miracles, and manipulate the church through holy emblems and statues, the risk of falsely preaching imperial edicts is obviously too great.

Combined with what Sally said just now...

There may indeed be some problems with the goddess Philohill, but this is not something Lin Tianci can worry about...

— At least not yet.

(End of this chapter)