Chapter 215 I'm not asking for your opinion
The news that the Sun God and the Moon God descended at the same time soon spread throughout the Jade Empire, sparking a lot of discussion.
After all, it was rare for two gods to show miracles at the same time, and in the same place, so many people immediately began to inquire about the cause of the matter.
In particular, the people from the Temple and the Church of Life directly sent a fifth-level strongman to lead the team to find the two teenagers who caused the miracles and protect them.
"Hahaha... good, good! Look at those guys who said all day that the Moon God is gone and that our Church of Life is an empty shell without gods. Now they are slapped in the face, right?"
In the newly built hall of the Church of Life, Thomas, wearing the "Full Moon" Archbishop's costume, laughed triumphantly, and the laughter echoed throughout the hall.
They were really very frustrated during this period.
Because they were worried that the strong men of the Temple would target them, they did not dare to spread their faith in a big way, and could only do some small actions in secret.
But now it is different.
The news of the arrival of the two gods has spread throughout the empire. With the open support of the Moon God, even if the temple wants to take action, it will have to think twice.
Their tense mood finally relaxed.
After discussion, they directly appointed the young man who was blessed by the Moon God, Roland Xingye, as the first generation of the Holy Son of the Church of Life, and issued a notice to announce it.
As soon as this news came out, all parties were shocked.
Because another meaning of the Holy Son is the spokesperson of the gods, which is equivalent to acknowledging the existence of the Moon God in disguise.
However, what shocked them even more was.
That afternoon.
A document representing the royal family of the Jade Empire was issued, claiming to support the spread of the Church of Life in the country to benefit more residents.
"The top leaders of the Jade Empire have come forward. Did I hear it right?"
"Aren't they afraid of the opposition of the Temple?"
"Isn't the most important thing the return of the Moon God?"
"The Moon God has really come, and the previous rumors are actually true!"
"Even the Empire has come out to make a statement, so it should be correct!"
When the elements revived and the Dream Forest reappeared, many people speculated whether the Moon God had returned.
Now that major events have happened one after another, they have finally received a positive answer. Their attitude towards the Church of Life has completely changed, and they have begun to send people to inquire about specific news.
The number of people in the Church of Life has also skyrocketed from a few thousand at the beginning to tens of thousands, and has spread out with Qingyuan Province as the center.
This change naturally made the founders such as Thomas and Ryan smile crookedly, and they kept contacting family representatives from all over the place.
"High Priest, are we just going to watch it?"
In the Qingyuan Province Temple branch, a group of high-level people gathered together to discuss matters related to the Church of Life.
Even Licia, who had just been selected as a candidate saint, was among them.
But she was different from the others. She just sat silently on the side and did not express her own opinions.
Sitting in the first position, High Priest Raymond looked at the information reported below with deep eyes. After a while, he spoke: "Don't worry. Do they really think that it is so easy to establish a faith organization?"
"What do you mean?"
Everyone below was puzzled.
"Hmph, you can't even see this. Your faith in the Holy Light is not pure enough!"
Raymond snorted coldly with disdain in his eyes: "Maintaining a faith organization does not rely solely on faith. It also requires a lot of money and resources. This is not a small amount. Even if the Jade Empire wants to support them to contain us, it certainly can't come up with so much money."
Sitting in the position of high priest for so many years, how could he not know that the Jade Empire wanted to suppress them.
It's not easy for them to do it openly, but it's hard to say in secret.
Unless the Jade Empire spares no effort to help the Church of Life, ignoring the covetous eyes of other empires around it, the Church of Life will definitely be dragged down by the sudden surge in personnel.
Thinking of this, Raymond looked aside: "Licia, I will give you an important task now. Take people to negotiate with those big families and cut off their resource exchanges with the Church of Life. As long as you can do it well, you will definitely be one step closer to the position of the Saint!"
"Okay, Licia will live up to her mission and swear to completely purify all enemies that affect the spread of holy light."
Licia's face was full of piety, and the holy light enveloped her whole body.
Raymond and other senior officials nodded silently and were very satisfied with her performance.
The selection of saints is not only about talent, but also about outstanding communication skills. As long as this is done, the competitiveness of their Qingyuan Provincial Branch will definitely be a little greater, and it is possible that the next saint will be born.
"Go ahead. When this is done, the headquarters will let you go to the plane that has just been opened to negotiate with the spider demons and the undead. That is the last test. You must seize the opportunity."
"Yes."
Lisia responded, her face was neither happy nor sad, she was holy and noble, and she had gradually acquired the temperament of a saint.
When the meeting was over, she got up and left, taking the knights assigned to her by the temple, and rushed to the territories of the nobles.
The scene was almost comparable to the high priest's outing.
...
At this time.
In the headquarters of the Church of Life.
Just as High Priest Raymond expected, after the initial excitement, Thomas and the others finally realized the disadvantages of having too many people, and they all looked sad.
"What should we do? We are almost running out of money. If we don't think of a way, all the believers will run away."
"The cost of establishing a branch, the benefits and bonuses for believers, various travel tools, and equipment for the escorts... there are too many places to spend money."
Most of the people present had joined the Life Holy See in its early stages, and their strength was all above level five. Two of them, like Thomas, had reached level six.
They are the Fire Archmage responsible for judgments and the Water Archmage responsible for daily affairs. Together with Thomas, they are the three archbishops of the Holy See of Life.
Although they now have the protection of the Jade Empire and don't have to worry about the seventh-level strong men from the temple taking action, the problem of resources makes them frown.
"Now we can only send people to talk to those big nobles to see if we can get a grant from them. As long as we survive this outbreak period, we can make money through the operation of the Holy See."
Thomas took a deep breath and set his sights on those nobles with rich territories.
However.
He just finished speaking.
A guard hurried in from outside and handed a magic phonograph stone to his hand. His face darkened as soon as he felt it.
"What's wrong?"
Ryan asked from the side.
Others also looked over.
"The temple has already taken action in advance to contact those nobles."
Thomas once again concentrated on listening to the voice in the phonetic stone, and was surprised and uncertain.
"Your Excellency Thomas, I am entrusted by the Temple to prevent the nobles from funding the Holy See of Life. This is the list and order of negotiations. I will try to delay it as much as possible. Please hurry up..."
This voice... was very familiar to him.
He didn't expect that the other party would choose to tip him off at this time. He was shocked and a little unbelievable.
You must know that the other party is competing for the Holy Son and Saint Daughter at the critical moment. If the senior officials of the temple discover it, it will definitely be an extremely dangerous thing.
Could it be that...
A bold guess suddenly emerged in Thomas's mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Compared with the initial capital investment, a saint-level helper weighs much more!
After thinking about this, he used a little force and crushed the phonetic stone in his hand, leaving no trace.
Money.
No big deal, just make more money.
Tap tap tap——
Just at this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside.
"Sir Thomas, there is a goblin outside who claims to be a representative of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce headquarters and wants to see you!"
"Goblin Chamber of Commerce? Why are they here?"
Not only Thomas, but others also looked at each other.
You must know that the Goblin Chamber of Commerce has recently become famous in several surrounding empires due to the emergence of charged magic props. Many noble mercenary groups are rushing to curry favor with them and obtain their product authorization.
Even the royal family of the Jade Empire condescended to discuss the introduction of magic props in person, just to gain the right to purchase the products first.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is the largest chamber of commerce today.
How could such a behemoth send people to their small faith organization?
And he is also the headquarters representative of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce!
"Quick, invite him in quickly!"
Thomas said quickly.
After a while.
A green-skinned goblin who was only less than one meter walked into the hall, followed by two hunky orc berserkers, and a half-human mage with an aura more terrifying than Thomas, who looked like a nouveau riche.
"Excuse me, are you..."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Vickers took off his glasses and sat down on the empty seat opposite Thomas: "I, Vickers Gold Coin, will cover all the future expenses of your Life Church!"
The sharp and hoarse voice echoed throughout the entire hall.
Thomas and others were stunned on the spot, staring blankly at Vickers with a big gold chain hanging around his neck, as if he was under petrification magic.
Ryan on the side almost rushed up and shouted, rich people, let’s be friends.
What kind of despicable goblin is this? He is simply the incarnation of the God of Wealth!
etc.
Vickers Coin?
Isn't this the goblin who introduced the rechargeable magic item and is now the most popular figure? !
Suddenly.
Thomas and others reacted and looked at Vickers in disbelief.
Why did he suddenly come over and say that he wanted to support the Holy See of Life?
"Are you...sure?"
Thomas was the first to react and asked.
"Watch your words."
Vickers glanced at him, took the cigar handed over by his subordinate, took two puffs, and said something that shocked them all.
"I'm not asking for your opinion, but I'm informing you that I've covered all the expenses for the Holy See of Life!"
After saying that, he pushed away the stool and turned away, leaving Thomas and others with dull faces.
After leaving the church and returning to the carriage, Vickers Gold Coin immediately changed his frenzied behavior and came to a gold-encrusted statue with a flattering look on his face.
"Lord Luna, are you satisfied with what I've done? If it's not enough, I'll give them more."
"..."
The statue was silent for a moment, then suddenly lit up with a light.
On the originally empty carriage, a magic barrel made of pure crystal suddenly appeared. The densely crisscrossed routes revealed six third-level magics!
"This... is actually a third-level overlapping magic! There are so many overlapping spells!"
Vickers' eyes widened, he picked up the cannon with great joy, and expressed his gratitude to the Moon Goddess statue, and immediately asked the driver to rush back to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
They have been working hard on research recently, but they can only barely crack the overlapping method of the second-level magic, let alone the third-level.
If those arrogant alchemists see this thing, won't they go crazy?
"I'm rich, I'm rich, what a lousy supervisor, I, Vickers, want to be the boss of the Chamber of Commerce!"
Before, Vickers was a little worried that those alchemists would be poached, but now, he is not worried.
He is only worried that there are too many alchemists to choose from.
As for the money to support the Church of Life, he doesn't care at all. As long as he holds on to the Moon Goddess, how much money can he make in the future?