crossed border

Chapter 429 "God" and "Man"

There is a spacious and flat circular square in the center of the city, all of which are paved with pure white marble. There are few people around the square, but it doesn't seem like it is forbidden to approach.

In the center of the square is a huge fountain, and there is a statue of the Lord of Imagawa, carved entirely of white and delicate white jade.Lifelike, dressed in costumes, with a calm expression, with a dignified and inviolable majesty.

At the end of the square is the magnificent temple. The main part has been completed, but the side hall is still under construction, and the golem puppets and the crowd are busy going back and forth.

They are using all kinds of heavy and clumsy steam machinery and lifting mechanisms to work hard on the final part, trying to catch up with the final construction period in three days.

However, the main hall has been opened, and pedestrians in twos and threes are coming in and out. I don't know if they are here to pray, or because they happen to pass by the square, so they come to worship the gods.

It is estimated that the latter is the majority. After all, this is a brand new belief and myth. No matter who it is, it will not be so easy to accept it completely and change course.

It's just that within the radiating sphere of influence of the entire Imagawa clan, there is no soil for the existence of Shintoism and Buddhism in the past.

——That's right, those religious organizations that are illegal in this world, whether they spread or believe, are illegal.Unless the gods they believe in come forward as legal representatives to prove their innocence, all words will be seized and will not be tolerated.

Although there are still many priests and monks who are stubbornly resisting, no matter in the past, present or future, the power of the state machine cannot be resisted by individual will.

It's just that Yoshimoto Imagawa wasn't bloodthirsty, she just ordered all those guys to be arrested, and if they caught enough, they would send a batch to the temple to receive the "enlightenment" of the gods——

Let them listen to the "Voice of the World" well, and through this method, let those lost lambs re-establish "correct values, outlook on life, and world outlook"...

Well, well, to put it bluntly, it is actually letting them undergo brainwashing, and directly transform themselves into new religions to shine.After all, they are priests themselves, and if they are killed directly, they will have to be promoted from other places in the end, which would be a waste of manpower.

All real rulers know that killing people can't solve the problem, although if they kill them directly, the idea is indeed clear.But the chain reaction triggered immediately will make you unable to understand your thoughts. What should you do at that time, should you continue to kill?
Don't be stupid, to know that kind of example only needs one Emiya Kiritsugu.

So, in fact, it is also the reason why most people in this country are not devout.It's just that human beings need belief, not necessarily religious belief in a narrow sense, but just a process of a person's constant search for answers.

Human power is too small in the face of fate, and reason and emotion are too easily shaken. Therefore, one must find a firm support and a stable reference in order to have a certain understanding of one's own behavior and thinking scale in life.

Precisely because there are many things and phenomena in the world that do not have definite solutions, human beings need to have an answer that can convince themselves.The existence of religious belief only provides a ready-made way of understanding, so it can be widely accepted by people.

But things like belief are basically born in the human heart and died in human nature.So it is not surprising that the majority of people are pan-believers, the general public.

Religion is just an adjustment in life for this kind of people. They believe in gods and Buddhas just because it does no harm, and it can also give their hearts sustenance and comfort.

But this kind of belief is very weak, they may change at any time, and often only pray to gods and Buddhas when needed.

Basically, it can be said that it is the kind of person who worships God when he sees it, and believes in what he teaches, so it is normal to go in to worship and pray when passing by.

It's a pity that they can't provide much power of faith.

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"It's no wonder that general believers are more hateful than unbelievers... I can't provide much power of faith, but I don't want to give up the opportunity to pray for blessings. Do I really think I'm a waiter?"

Mu Xiu twitched the corners of his mouth, sitting high on the altar of the temple, looking down at the people who were kneeling down to worship him, and felt a strange feeling in his heart.

It's not that he looks down on all living beings from above, but suddenly feels that he is a living person and now he has established a god position. He feels absurd and funny inexplicably, and he almost has the urge to laugh out loud.

It's just that at this time, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is just a majestic statue, not a living thing.

Because at this moment, he just possessed a thought of his own to descend on his god statue, and the main body had already followed the king to the nearest port city to inspect the steam ship.

Anyway, the distance between each other is not far away, and the opening of the channel of faith also allows divine power to be transmitted over long distances without loss, so it will not have any impact on the "miracle" that will be displayed three days later.

What's more, Mu Xiu is only worried about beliefs and believers now. In the field of vision invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, the dome of the temple seems to have become a vast starry sky, with faint lakes of light gathering in it, ups and downs.

And from time to time, there are specks of light, emerging from the heads of the people who walked into the temple to pray, like dots of fluorescent lights, floating upwards, and finally merged into the lake of light.

These are the powers of faith, but the situation is not very gratifying, because the accumulation of the quantity is too little, and at the same time, there are too many impurities mixed in it.

Human selfishness, greed, fanaticism, persistence, confusion, fearlessness, fear, desire to destroy, etc., these emotional tendencies can be said to be the residues that pollute the power of belief.

——Believers who truly and completely worship and worship the gods simply do not pay for rewards or purposes, which is the purest power of faith.

It's no wonder that the gods of faith are trying their best to increase the piety of their believers, because they who rely on the power of faith to eat can only improve their lives by doing so.

The best way to deal with it is to discard this part of the residue, and the next best thing is to spend more effort to transform it into divine power and remove all impurities.The most unwise thing to do is to convert all of them into divine power and accelerate your own destiny.

Mu Xiu, of course... chose the latter.

Anyway, the transformed divine power is not for his own use, of course he doesn't care about such things.

What he is really troubled about is that the power of faith is still too little, and the speed of accumulation is still too slow.Because when those people come in to pray, they will generate a little power of faith. Of course, such a situation cannot be better.

A true qualified believer should be the one who has established a stable faith connection.

For example, there are water pipes connected to each other, transporting water slowly but firmly. Maybe the "flow" is small, but this process will not stop easily.

Instead of being like this now, the faucet is turned on, and only a few drops of water will occasionally drip out every now and then.

If it was just like this, Mu Xiu would not be a little annoyed. After all, he knew very well that it is impossible for people to accept a religion that is forced to believe in it under the impetus of power.

The attitude of people nowadays is the most normal. They just treat him as a god with the idea of ​​"no money is needed anyway" and "worship is not harmful".

Mu Xiu, who has always been able to correctly deal with the position and distance between other people and himself, naturally will not get angry because of such things, but only thinks it is normal.

What really irritated him was the prayers of those guys——

The endless prayers and countless voices sounded in his mind. Although those guys didn't care much about believing in themselves, they were completely fooling around.

But when praying for something, he was very serious, so that he was afraid that what he said was not clear enough, and the gods would not understand what he meant, and he repeated the same thing countless times.

The result was like this. Before Mu Xiu was not used to the state and mode of believing in God, he could only endure such harassment.

The gain is not directly proportional to the contribution, which naturally makes him feel annoyed. Although he does not intend to give, the obvious contrast between the attitude of the group of believers when they believe in and the attitude when they ask for it is really annoying to the extreme. .

However, he didn't make any drastic moves because of this.

This was to be expected, wasn't it?You only need to wait until three days later to perform the miracle, and then it is time to really get on the right track.

Just at this time--

"Huh? Have you finally made up your mind to come here? I thought I was going to create an "accident". "

Mu Xiu seemed to have noticed something suddenly, first raised his brows, and then narrowed his eyes slightly.

Of course, he already knew that people from other forces would come to investigate the information. After all, this kind of matter is not the key to the mysteries of the universe or to interfere with the fate of the world. It is very easy to spy on relevant future fragments.

In fact, the current situation was deliberately created by him and the lord, otherwise, how could the lord have just left Junfu City at such a critical juncture?

This is actually creating opportunities for some people with ulterior motives——

Because if not, they will not obediently help themselves to preach, so they need to let the other party "self" discover some so-called truths, so that they will carry out the mission with confidence.

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I don't know that my thoughts have already been grasped by some kind of higher existence, and I don't know that my choice is just driven by some kind of great will.

Niwa Chohide and Tsuda Nobusumi stood outside the temple, took a deep breath, and walked into the temple in front of them as if nothing had happened.

Creatures like humans will firmly believe in their own cognition and existence, and will not easily accept things they do not understand.

Even subconsciously, he already knew the answer to the question he was looking for, and understood how amazing it was.However, as long as she hasn't been reconfirmed on the surface, she will still pretend that she doesn't know. This is the so-called self-deception.

"Well, Manchiyo...why are we here!"

Tsuda Nobusumi looked around cautiously. Although he confirmed that there were no guards around the temple, he subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Master Nobusumi, the transformation of the Imagawa family seems to be carried out around this newly emerged religion, so there must be some secrets that we don't know about. Imagawa Yoshimoto is not a random character, and there must be something worthy of her The reason for the importance.”

Niwa Nagahide, who was dressed as a maid, did not look sideways, and whispered.

"If we want to find out what she is for, we have to come here... Besides, this temple does not seem to prohibit outsiders from approaching, even other businessmen can come, whether it is to inquire about news or pray to God— —”

The words came to an abrupt end here.

The temple was very empty and quiet, and Niwa Changhide couldn't help shivering slightly due to his keen perception.

The handsome young man next to her didn't notice her strangeness, and just complained with a wry smile——

"I always feel that there is something weird here, as if there is something terrible watching us in the dark..."

(End of this chapter)