"In the past, I didn't understand why so many wise people couldn't get around this step of ideological struggle. Obviously, everyone could seek common ground and develop together, but why did most of them end up using force? "
Sui Xiong looked at the sea, which was filled with explosions and sparks, and the black smoke of the fighters, and said thoughtfully, "Now, I understand a little."
Crick smiled and said, "Actually, I have long understood these principles, but understanding and 'knowing' are two different things. Without personal experience, I can't really turn knowledge into understanding."
"Yes! It is so difficult to go from knowledge to understanding! "Sui Xiong sighed, waved his tentacles, turned around, and flew away.
After a while, he came to the conference room in the God Kingdom.
The Void God System and their allies all had clones stationed here. Seeing him come in, Javier, the God of Enjoyment, hurriedly asked, "Oscar, why did you suddenly give such an oracle?"
Sui Xiong was stunned and asked, "Is there a problem with that oracle?"
"Of course there is a problem!" Javier took a deep breath and said, "Do you know when a god will generally give an oracle like this?"
"What? Others will do this too? "Sui Xiong asked in surprise.
"Of course! This is a hurdle that many gods have to pass. Only by passing this hurdle can they be considered to have officially stepped into the world of 'True Gods,' and truly have the qualification for 'Eternity.' "
Sui Xiong's eyes widened. The eyes of a jellyfish were big, and at this moment, his body was almost completely occupied by his two eyes. It seemed that the word "shocked" was really vivid.
"Why didn't you tell me about it!"
"Who would start doing this so early!" Javier sighed. "Generally speaking, it is only after the official apotheosis, about the first hundred years or so, that the gods need to reflect on whether there is a deviation between the policy of their church and their own doctrine. They start to think about whether to adjust the doctrine according to the reality, or to reorganize the church. But look at you, you haven't even officially apotheosized, and you are already busy with this … "
"This is the gap!" The Steel Lion Morani, who was almost the leader of the Beastmen and wild beasts and had recently subdued a few Demigods, sighed. "Back then, I spent almost three hundred years before I realized this problem. Then, you reorganized the Church and formed the Barbarian God System … You only used a short fifty years! "
"He didn't even use 50 years." Yorgaardman, the God of Justice, said, "The Church of the Void Mask really developed about forty years ago. Before that, this' church 'was nothing more than a bunch of messy mercenary organizations. "
"It's mainly because you've developed too quickly!" "In just a few decades, your church has become a very influential organization on the Main Plane. I'm afraid you have hundreds of thousands of believers, and you even have the entire Republic of Northwest as your foundation. Now, you have indeed reached the stage of being influenced by your faith." Morani said.
As they spoke, they couldn't help but shake their heads. They felt depressed because they didn't look at the matter carefully enough and could only realize it later.
But Sui Xiong didn't think they were wrong. Instead, he was even more confused.
Unlike ordinary gods, he didn't absorb the power of faith. Instead, he transformed it into Divine Power and fed it back to his followers as the divine incantations of priests, priests, and Saint Samurai. In the God Kingdom, there was a special Divine Power Altar that was responsible for this work. The accumulated Divine Power had even turned into a bright crystal. If Sui Xiong hadn't deliberately covered its light, it would probably be as dazzling as the sun falling on the ground.
Since he had never absorbed the power of faith, why would he be affected by it?
This was like a person who believed in Buddhism and ate vegetarian food. What did it have to do with him if his neighbor ate meat?
Unless he believed in those cults that "if you don't believe in me, I'll die and I'll work hard", no matter how you looked at it, he shouldn't be affected.
After hesitating for a while, he still told them about his situation.
The gods were also surprised. Since Sui Xiong didn't absorb the power of faith, he naturally shouldn't be affected by it. But Sui Xiong's previous situation clearly showed signs of being affected by the power of faith. Why did this happen?
They discussed for a long time, and finally, Wenner, the Lord of War, made a more convincing guess.
He believed that although Sui Xiong didn't absorb the power of faith, he would still accept the prayers of his followers and respond to them. During this process, Sui Xiong constantly came into contact with the will of his followers and felt their emotions. Unconsciously, he was affected.
This influence did not distort his will like being polluted by the power of faith. Instead, it reduced the sacredness of his soul, causing him to gradually move closer to the perspective of a "human" and slowly lose the transcendent attitude that a god should have.
Fortunately, because Sui Xiong was not actually polluted by the power of faith, once he realized that he had made a mistake, he could immediately correct it without any hesitation.
"In general, your idea is indeed very good. The only drawback is that it costs too much," Wenner concluded. "The power of faith is one of the main sources of divine power for us gods, but you don't absorb it at all. This will make your accumulation of divine power much slower than that of other gods."
"Looking at him, I really don't see how he is' slow 'at all …" Javier muttered. "If he is' slow ', then I am like a dog …"
"How can you judge a genius by the standards of mortals!" Wenner snorted. "Our leader is a rare peerless genius. If he didn't refuse to absorb the power of faith, he would definitely be much more powerful than he is now!"
"Okay, okay, I'm already powerful enough. I don't need to be 'much more powerful'." Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Sui Xiong hurriedly tried to persuade them. "Now that things have been decided, let's think about the follow-up. Do you think I should take this as an opportunity to rectify the atmosphere in the church and unify our thinking?"
The gods looked at each other. Finally, Wenner, the Lord of War, who had the largest church among them, said, "Isn't this … a bit too far away?"
"Far away?"
"In a church, there are all kinds of people with all kinds of ideas and factions," Wenner said. "Maybe you think that this hinders the efficiency of the church and may lead to meaningless internal friction. It may even have a negative impact when doing things. But have you ever thought that there may be some valuable things hidden in all kinds of different ideas and tendencies? Maybe the wrong ideas now will be right at some point in the future … If you reject all of them, although you can make your church more pure and solid, it will also reduce the possibility of its all-round development, as well as its ability to resist risks and transform in the future. "
After hearing this, Sui Xiong fell silent.
Wenner's words were from the bottom of his heart. Before, if one did not know him well enough, one should not expect him to mention these things to others. These were the life experiences of the predecessors, and they were more precious than any treasure.
But … was he really going to follow Wenner's suggestion and create a church that was "inclusive of all rivers running into the sea and a hundred flowers blooming together"?
He thought for a long time and finally shook his head.
"That may be good, but it is not what I want."
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