This is a very direct question, but it is not a problem for the vast majority of believers in the world. Wright nodded for granted without thinking: "Of course, firm belief is the basics of being a clergy."

"It can be seen that you do even better than most high priests when practicing the Way of Holy Light," Pittman smiled. "It is rare to see priests in this era who follow the classics as meticulously as you."

"Ansu's 503 'Holy Law Reform' has led to many priests being no longer so strict with themselves. The reform made the release of many divine arts and sacred rituals easier, and also allowed many low-level clergy who were unable to be promoted to get promotion opportunities. Objectively, this greatly filled the staff of the priests, and also allowed other churches to gain enlightenment from it, and brought great developments in various denominations," Wright talked freely. Usually, it was really impossible to see that this melee priest with a tendon flesh would have such solid theological knowledge, but as long as someone sat down to talk to him about the faith of the Holy Light, he would show such a knowledgeable and talkative side. "The increase in the number of clergy is a good thing, but more and more people no longer value the warnings about the nature of the Holy Light. But no matter what, I believe that pious people still occupy the majority, and the Holy Light is ultimately guiding people to goodness."

"Is the Holy Law reformed..." Pittman said slowly, "Pope Ditas summarized the rules from a large number of divine arts and rituals, and discovered the 'key points' in various divine arts and sacred rituals. He also found that as long as these key points are followed reasonably, it is enough to trigger miracles of the gods, thus greatly simplifying the threshold for releasing divine arts. In the process of summarizing the rules, the bishops of the same period also discovered shortcuts to strengthen the effect of faith through self-certification, self-reflection, self-questioning, etc. The discovery of this series of laws greatly reduced the threshold for becoming a middle- and senior priest. The first Holy Light Church to carry out the reform of the Holy Law also took this opportunity to become the most powerful religion in the world. This power has continued to this day."

Wright looked at Pitman with a little surprise: "I didn't expect you to know this quite well? I thought the Druid was not interested in the knowledge of the Holy Light."

"It's just a history of religion, it's not a knowledge of the Holy Light," Pittman said, shaking his head, "It can be seen that you are a priest who follows the classical path of cultivation. You are always asking yourself according to the most traditional Holy Light Code... I wonder what you think of those clergy who take shortcuts?"

Wright was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing: "They have their way, I have my way, and the Holy Light will favor them and me. Since the Holy Light shines on each of us fairly, it means that the road is right and wrong, and I am not qualified to evaluate their way."

"Is that right?" Pittman shook his head, "I'm just curious. What would I do if the God of Light knew that someone had relied on shortcuts to gain strength. Those clergy who were not strict with themselves could obtain the power of the Holy Light by following the rituals after the "Holy Law Reform" and releasing divine magic, they could obtain the power of the Holy Light. Even if they were drunk, fighting, gambling, blackmailing the civilians, and exchanged the inferior holy water made after the hangover to exchange the last straw of the poor people's homes. The holy light's favor for them will not be reduced at all. Don't you think this is a very strange thing?"

If it were a mainstream priest of the Holy Light here, he would probably be furious after hearing Pitman's words, but Wright was obviously not a mainstream priest. His thinking about the Holy Light was always ahead of anything else. So after hearing Pitman's words, he couldn't help but think, and he thought for half a minute before looking up: "I can't answer your question."

Peterman was stunned, and he stared at the pastor in front of him: "I thought you would try to think of a theory to convince me. Do you admit that my doubts about the Holy Light are correct?"

"I do not admit your doubts about the Holy Light, but I really can't answer your question," Wright replied frankly. "The Way of the Holy Light warns me to be honest with your heart, and do not know it. But I think that the disgraceful behaviors you said must not be the original intention of the Holy Light. Those clergy with bad character do exist. When I was in the central region, I had conflicts with many of them, but their evil deeds originated from their own indecisiveness. They used deception and tricks to make profits for themselves, rather than the Holy Light or the God of the Holy Light who seeks benefits through these bad priests. What benefits does the gods have to seek from mortals?"

Pittman held up the water cup with clear water, raised his eyelids and looked at Wright: "For example...faith?"

"If it was really for the sake of mortal faith, the God of Light would not allow those bad deeds," Wright seemed to finally grasp the contradiction in Pittman's words. He smiled, "Only justice and kindness can make the people depend on, just as people will naturally yearn for light."

Pitman looked at the confident priest with a steady look and couldn't help but mutter: "...but sometimes fear and violence have the same power."

...

Dark Mountains, eastern extension.

An elite force was operating on the winding mountain road. They were wearing light armor with excellent texture and carrying various light weapons that were easy to use in mountain combat. They were orderly and disciplined, and could also be on the plain in the dark mountains with harsh conditions. All signs proved that this was a well-trained elite team.

However, they could not see any signs that could show their identities, and even their weapons were deliberately hidden in their style. Whether it was swords or crossbows, they were conventional weapons that veteran mercenaries would use. If judged only from their appearance, it would be easy to mix them with the desperate mercenaries.

This team and several other troops have been in the dark mountains for two days. Since leaving the border between Ansu and Tifeng, these infiltrators from the Tifeng Empire have been approaching the depths of Ansu.

Their mission is to use the winding mountain paths in the dark mountains to bypass the steel defense line set up by the Duke of Luolun in the eastern territory of Ansu, and to find out the country's defense situation in the southeast region. After sending back the information, they have to find a way to lurk with other infiltrated troops and form a "dark nail" that pierces the enemy's flesh and blood. While carrying out various sabotage operations, they are waiting for the opportunity. When the war breaks out, the damage they caused will be enough to cause a very heavy blow to Ansu.

There were more than one team entering the Dark Mountains, but this team was the most powerful of the troops. The high-level elf ranger Saldrin was the commander of the team. He jumped onto a prominent rock, easily controlled the balance of his body at the top of the rock, and looked at the large plains and forests at the foot of the northern foot of the Dark Mountains.

At this distance, humans cannot see anything, but he can distinguish almost all the smoke from the hazy forest and the fog floating above the forest. Based on this, he can roughly judge how many human settlements there are within his field of vision, and the approximate scale of these settlements.

After observing it, the high-level elf ranger jumped off the rock and ordered in a concise manner: "It's safe here, rest for thirty minutes."

The soldiers of Tifeng immediately found a hidden place, seized time to relax their waists and legs, and drank water and eat. Although they were all elite, no matter how elite troops were, they could not be extraordinary professionals like Saldrin. The most powerful main legion of the Tifeng Empire was still composed of 90% ordinary people. In this team with only a dozen people, there was a high-level elf ranger, three low-level knights and a mage. This was already a very amazing proportion of extraordinary people, but low-level extraordinary people still needed to rest in this situation.

The soldiers began to recover their physical strength, and at the same time, they whispered to discuss what they saw and heard all the way after entering the Dark Mountains. This death penalty area that was cut off by the outside world was not as terrifying as the legends. Although they encountered some monsters that were mutated and deformed due to magical power after entering the mountain, there were no desperate strong enemies. Instead, the steep mountains and some poisonous plants seemed even more dangerous.

Although everyone knows that they are walking next to the Gondor wasteland, as long as they don’t go to the southern foot of the mountains to face the Black Forest, the pressure on the Gondor wasteland will not make them too nervous.

A knight-level warrior took out the tools to draw the map, marked the key forks and mountain roads on the rough hand-painted map, while his companions took out a metal cylinder with small holes. After opening the cylinder, a black "flying insect" was released from it. With a slight sound, the black flying insect rushed to the sky like lightning and quickly disappeared from the soldiers' vision.

This thing that looks like a flying insect is actually a creation of the madly experimenting by magicians. A thin lineage of monster blood gives it an extremely fast flight speed and can be trained artificially. In this scattered team action, the training iFLYTEKworm can conveniently confirm the situation and location of each team, which is a very useful thing.

Saldrin looked up at the direction where the flying insect disappeared, then withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes on the rocks to rest. His overly neutral face was blocked by his long golden hair, which made people who didn't know the truth might even regard him as a heroic female warrior at first glance. However, no soldier of Tifeng who was resting nearby would despise this slim-looking elf ranger, because the famous name of this ranger is well known far and wide.

"Blonde Saldrin", this is a name he widely circulated in the mercenary world of Tifeng, and this name is obviously related to his blonde hair. However, only those who have some understanding of the silver elves will understand the true meaning of this name and the powerful power represented by this name.

Silver elves are ancient races living in the southern part of the continent. The forest family members whose bloodlines are closest to the ancient "primary elves" have many differences from humans. In addition to their special brain nerve structures and matching elves spells, another feature of Silver elves is that their hair color changes with their strength and whose hair color is in a non-combat state. However, as they stimulate the hidden power in their bodies, powerful magic will cause their hair to be infected by elemental power. When a silver elves exert 70% of their power, their hair color will completely turn silver and their combat power will also rise sharply until they end the power burst.

The four words "Silver Elf" come from this.

However, no one has ever seen "Blonde Saldrin" look like he will always face his enemies with the most calm and calm attitude, even in the face of the biggest challenge, his blonde hair has never changed.
Chapter completed!