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The first thousand five hundred and forty-six chapters

The ideas of Gaowen and Belsetia fully prove one thing, that is, if you want to drill for loopholes in religious rituals, you must either know or be shameless. As long as you can meet one of these two conditions, the big loopholes you want can have. The big loopholes you want is inherited from the slow iteration of religious activities during the primitive worship period, and almost no one will look at such sacred things from the perspective of "drawing loopholes", and of course no one will take the initiative to think of fixing bugs or seriously discussing the unreasonable aspects of the ritual process. However, the natural principles behind these rituals will not actively avoid certain loopholes because of the ignorance of believers. Now, these loopholes that have never been considered for thousands of years have become the "opportunity" in Gaowen's eyes.

If you think about it carefully, the existence of this kind of loophole is actually an inevitable one. After all, the most important condition in devout faith is "do not question". What is do not question? Simply put, it is the absolute power of the gods. As long as it points to the gods, then mortals will never be allowed to doubt it. If you encounter difficulties? That is the test given by the gods, the words in the Scriptures are unreasonable? That is because you lack your own understanding. The house next door suddenly disappeared halfway through the sacrifice ceremony? The gods must have profound meaning. Don't think about continuing to pray for anything. Even if the street is gone, it is due to divine will...

This is piety.

Of course, the above are just considered from the perspective of church activities. When it comes to actual operation, it must not be so rough and simple. As the ruler of the real world, Gao Wen had to consider the stability of society and the lives of a large number of ordinary people. He could not really hold a large sacrificial ceremony and let a house or even half a block disappear out of thin air in front of ordinary people. This requires discussion with the god involved and just take away the things in the house...

The gathering venue fell into a short silence, and the gods were obviously shocked by Gao Wen's wonderful ideas. Even Amoen, who was eating melons and watching the fun, was in a petrified state at this moment, until Gao Wen's voice suddenly broke the silence: "What do you think of my suggestion?"

A breeze blew from nowhere, rolling the courtyard under the golden oak trees. Amid the rustling grass leaves, Amoen's voice finally rang at the edge of the gathering venue: "I think we can try it out. Judging from the process of the sacrifice ceremony and the loopholes in the process, this operation is feasible. Of course, the details of the specific execution need to be discussed...such as the designation of the sacrifice venue."

"Yes, the sacrificial ground is affected by the symbolic meaning of the ceremony. It is not that we want to say that it is as big as we want to say," said Baofal, the god of business. "And we are not able to take away anything in the ceremony at will. This first requires the 'approval' of the ritual process. It is best to hold a closed ceremony in the church, which is a place where the earthly world is closely connected with the Kingdom of God, which can ensure the stability of the transmission process. At the same time, the closed environment of the church also helps to cover up the abnormal movements around the ceremony site."

"But is there an arsenal near the church?" Nefarry, the Singing and the Wind, frowned. "It seems that there is no such thing around the major churches in my memory..."

"There are not around our sister's churches," Eve, the goddess of harvest, shook her head, "It was impossible for such things to be around the church facilities..."

Gao Wen looked at these people with a serious expression: "This one can be there."

"...It's right," Nefalli was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "You should arrange this easily."

"But does it take a legitimate name to hold such a large-scale sacrifice ceremony suddenly?" The Blood God Danmo immediately asked another question, "Although devout believers do not question oracles, such large-scale church activities affect not only devout believers, but the doubts arise in the hearts of ordinary believers and shallow believers may also affect the state of the divine half body..."

"We can cooperate in this world," Gao Wen said immediately, "Winter is about to end, and the next month of recovery is a festival-intensive month. We can organize various celebrations for the Recovery Month... In this kind of celebration, churches will organize sacraments to please the gods, so it is not surprising that they can add a sacrifice ceremony in addition to regular prayers... If there is a name, it is to pray for all living in the world after the victory of the Wasteland War."

"Similar sacrificial rituals can be held many times," Rosetta Augustus said immediately after Gauven finished his speech. "There is a midsummer festival after the month of recovery, and then a midsummer festival, and the winter festival will be celebrated in the winter of the next winter. Although according to tradition, not all festivals have sacrifices, it is now the first year after the end of the Wasteland War. Whether in the name of comforting the heroic souls of the Wasteland War or in the name of world blessing, we can ask the cathedrals to hold such rituals."

"And we don't have to hold sacraments during the festival," Belsetia broke the silence, "and then some small-scale miracles can be created in some 'holy places', and then public opinion can be caused around them, and finally additional religious sacrifices will be held in the name of 'oes from heaven'. As long as there are appropriate reasons, the devout priests will not refuse such things, especially these things will be approved by the Theocracy Council. Of course, this process may require cooperation from the gods... Are you now separated from the divine half-body, and can you still cause miracles in the world?"

Belsetia's last words were said by looking at the gods in the gathering venue. Fauler, the god of winter and forest, immediately responded: "Of course, this is almost instinctive for us, whether it is the divine half body or the human half body, it has this power."

Gao Wen nodded: "This solves another problem. In short, this time we need to cooperate with the world and the gods in a very tacit way, so that we can neither disturb the divine half of the body nor cause turbulence in thought while ensuring the success of the plan."

The three earthly emperors and the gods discussed the plans to guide the gods' dusk with one word. Those bold and even amazing plans quickly took shape. Amber couldn't help but widen his eyes. After a while, he couldn't help but say: "Why are you so skillful when you formulate these plans... I feel that ordinary priests are not as smooth as you do!"

Hearing Amber's muttering, Gao Wen just let out a light sigh and said indifferently: "The person who ends the divine power must be the one who knows the divine power the best. If you want to destroy an order, you must first be an expert in this field. People with anger and ambitions cannot do anything."

"This may be the first large-scale cooperation between the world and the gods, and it will be the last time," Blood God Dan Mo couldn't help but sigh, "Ironically, it was not until the end of the mythological era that the mortals and the gods really had a little tacit understanding."

"It's better than not communicating until the last moment," Nefalli comforted him, "It's better after this thing is over. Without the hidden dangers of the Crazy God, many plans of the Theocratic Council can be implemented more with confidence and boldness. The remaining half of humanity can also work with the Council. Didn't Gowen Cecil depict a 'final order'? That day will come sooner or later..."

Amber's eyes swept around these majestic figures and three earthly emperors including Gao Wen. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and suddenly a sentence came out: "But is it really okay for us to organize church activities so intensively within a year?"

Gao Wen glanced at her: "What kind of problem are you referring to?"

"In terms of public opinion, the official direction of wind released by the government," Amber said while organizing the language. After following Gao Wen for so long, she was obviously able to skillfully use many new words invented by the other party. "I won't discuss whether holding these sacrificial activities will strengthen the connection of thoughts. After all, the beliefs of the gods are still there, and the connection of thoughts is also there. There is no difference between strengthening or strengthening. The entire plan will last for at most one year. If everything goes well in a year, the mythological era is over, but the key is the subsequent impact after this...

"For a long time, the Theocratic Council has sent out a signal to control a large-scale faith assembly and weaken the authority of the church. But now we have to organize so many large-scale sacrificial activities within a year, and many activities even have the platform of the Theocratic Council and governments... Will this send out a wrong signal to the outside world, making the people think that the 'wind direction' has changed? To put it more broadly, will this make some churches "inflate" and feel that they are doing it again... At that time, the various denominations will rebound and they will be reinstated by them as soon as the mythological era ends?"

Listening to Amber's concerns, Gao Wen shook his head slightly after pondering: "The problems you mentioned do exist, but compared to the early end of the mythical age and the result of safely celebrating the 'coming ritual', I think this price or risk is acceptable. And on the other hand, although we have to organize these sacrificial activities within a year, this does not mean that the Council has allowed various sects to expand operations without permission after the end of the Ragnarok plan, all restrictions will return to normal, and the Council still has the power to brake."

Speaking of this, he paused, with a meaningful smile on his face: "As for what you are worried about, whether the major churches will misunderstand certain things, whether they will feel that they are doing it again, or even make small moves without approval from the Council... You must remember that only official sacrificial activities are called "praying for the people". No matter how large the sacrificial activities without documents are called "illegal gatherings".

"We have a complete set of laws for such illegal gatherings."

Amber couldn't help but tremble: "It's really you, you're still a familiar style."

"This is not my style, it is the rule of real society," Gao Wen shrugged, "Faith activities are tools to maintain social cohesion, and tools should not have their own will.

"In a sense, I really welcome them to hold illegal gatherings that will give the Council sufficient reasons to ban them. We have sealed countless churches over the past few years, but recently they have learned to be smart and have hidden them. I really hope they can return to the simple state of conducting underground mass under the ban on the Council, when the trial monks of the arbitral tribunal were fulfilling and happy every day."

Amber thought about it and couldn't help but look back at the gods who were listening to Gao Wen's speech at the gathering venue. The expression on her face was a little strange: "Although you are fine, I always think we will discuss this in front of the gods... Isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the cold winter and the god of the forest Fawule suddenly speak: "What's wrong with it? It makes sense. Let's talk about it a little bit. I love to listen to it."

"That's all. You really need to be interested in the affairs of the Theocracy Council. I can send some information to you and study it yourself." Gao Wen laughed. He suddenly felt that all kinds of "God's human nature" were quite interesting. They have such distinct personalities, different joys, sorrows, and their own likes and dislikes. At the same time, they love this world so much to talk to them, as if facing a group of friends who can open their hearts. As long as you can adapt to the oppressive aura of facing a powerful existence and get used to the feeling of talking to "God", it will be a very interesting experience.

"Then the general process of this matter was decided like this," Finally, Gao Wen's eyes swept across the entire assembly hall and summarized the plot that was destined to change the fate of the whole world. "We will hold large-scale sacrifices around the world through the cooperation of the world and send mortal weapons into the Kingdom of God in this process. These mortal weapons sent to the Kingdom of God are tentatively code-named 'Martial Deity';

"While the sacrifice ceremony is held in various places, the Disobedience Courtyard will serve as the main window for future exchanges. The Council will leave a long-term security communication terminal in this gathering venue. Through this terminal, the gods visiting this place can directly contact me or the person on duty on the board of directors.

"On the other hand, if we need to contact a god here, we will use today's process to send letters to the Kingdom of God through the "windows" in various churches. If it is something that can be said directly in the letter, it will be explained in the letter. If it is something that cannot be mentioned directly in the letter... I will leave a secret code, and you will come here after you see the secret code.

"In any case, we must contact us through the above channels as soon as possible. Remember to ensure tacit cooperation."

Gao Wen's expression was very serious, and the gods listened to the orders of an earthly emperor in equal measure. After Gao Wen finished speaking, the goddess of spring, Flora, asked: "What is the specific code for summoning the meeting? Or is it marked with shadow sand and dust like before?"

Speaking of this, she suddenly shrank her neck, looked back at the "colleagues" behind her who were nervous at the same time, and then added: "I just want to confirm that if there is still shadows and dust in the future, we can also make psychological preparations in advance."

Gao Wen thought about it, and just as he was about to nod, he suddenly thought that he and Amber were about to go to the Kingdom of Shadow God. When he and Amber left, the on-duty person on the board might not be able to get Shadow Sand as a "code", so he quickly changed his mind: "Since we have reached a consensus today, there is no need to use Shadow Sand as a sign for the subsequent contact, just agree on a common codeword..."

He paused when he said this, looking at Belsetia and Rosetta beside him: "What do you have any opinions?"

"I want to say that the most suitable code is 'Ragata', but these words may arouse the alertness of the divine half," Rosetta shook his head, "What do the Silver Queen think?"

Belsetia thought for a while, and her eyes suddenly fell on Gao Wen.

"Ragain is the dawn of the earth, but Cecil already has an air fortress called this name, so change it a little..." She smiled and said word by word, "Sword of Dawn...What do you think?"

"The Sword of Dawn... sounds good." Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and also smiled. Then he turned his head and looked at the gods in the assembly hall.

"Then we agreed to use the "Sword of Dawn" as the code word. If we see this word in the letter, we will come here to discuss important matters."
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