"Thank you, Mister Steven! I finally had a good night's sleep after hearing your preaching and having the holy emblem with me! "
In the morning, as soon as Wu Ming entered the living room, he smelled a strong fragrance.
Lina, who looked radiant, was wearing an apron and preparing a sumptuous breakfast.
"Now, I can't wait to hear more about the deeds of the God of Redemption …"
Hearing Lina's words, Wu Ming felt very helpless.
"I didn't do anything. I only gave you some verbal support, and you healed yourself …"
Through the Chief God Space, he could already see a thread of faith connecting Lina. She had almost reached the standard of a believer.
"Just sweet words and they can bewitch people. Humans …"
Wu Ming could not help but sigh at the strength and weakness of humans. When they were strong, they could create all kinds of miracles, but when they were weak, they would be bewitched by all kinds of illusory things and do all kinds of things that even they could not imagine.
"But … even a cult without a god can do so well. If I create a few more miracles …"
Wu Ming thought to himself, "But I still need to think about the means. After all, I don't know the attitude of the entire Golden Oak Kingdom's leaders towards religion …"
Some fake cults, because they knew there were no true gods, the leaders would look down on them. But if a true god appeared and even wanted to touch the human world, the people in power would decide their choice!
Even though some people might be tempted by spiritual comfort and immortality, it was more likely that they would kill a God out of the desire to protect their own authority.
Wu Ming felt that it might be a good idea to disguise himself as a cult without a true god and develop in a low-key manner at the beginning.
…
"Steven! What's going on? "
After Wu Ming accepted Madam Lina as the first believer of the God of Redemption and baptized her, Carter came to find him as expected.
"Intolerable! This is intolerable! "
In the apartment, Wu Ming sat on the sofa and watched Carter walk around like an angry male dog. Lina smiled apologetically.
"I can't believe it!"
Carter roared, "We just saved Lianna from the fire pit, and you're going to push her into another one?!"
"Wait!"
Wu Ming raised his hand. "Why is the Church of the God of Redemption a fire pit?"
"I've heard of all the famous churches in the kingdom, but there's no God of Redemption among them!"
The veins on Carter's forehead bulged. "This is not some illegal cult in the remote countryside. It's something you've imagined yourself!"
"Carter, watch your words!"
Wu Ming said in the tone of a fraud, "Although the God of Redemption is not famous, he is a real god! Furthermore … I'm already prepared to make spreading the Church my graduation project! "
"Eh eh … What?"
Carter was dumbfounded.
"If I want to graduate from Bigford University, don't I have to master a business and make a profit of over a million gold coins in a year?"
Wu Ming asked.
The universities in this world were difficult to get into, and even more difficult to graduate. Take Bigford University for example. The difficulty of graduation was so high that it made people's hair stand on end.
As far as Wu Ming knew, James, Steven's father, had been a salesman all his life. Now that he had gone into business, he still had a long way to go to meet this requirement.
Bigford University was extremely strict in this regard. There was even a special accounting team in charge of auditing. Any fraud could not fool them at all. Instead, they would be expelled as a punishment.
But those who could graduate from there were absolute elites! Even if they dropped out halfway, most of them were doing quite well.
The Alumni Association of the whole Bigford University was simply the business alliance of the Golden Oak Kingdom, with great influence.
"Wait …"
Carter was a little dizzy. "What are you trying to say?"
"It's very simple …"
Wu Ming spread his hands. "I've received a revelation from the God of Redemption, and I'm here to spread faith for him … Of course, who said that the Church is not a business?"
The essence of business was the circulation and exchange of goods.
From Wu Ming's point of view, believers would have to give their faith or other donations in order to obtain the protection of the God. Or, at a lower level, it would be a form of inner comfort. Regardless of whether the two sides were equivalent, a process of exchange and contract had been established.
If this was not a transaction, what was?
As for the Church? That was even more so. As far as Wu Ming knew, in a certain island country in his previous life, religion was completely run as an industry. It was even a family business that could be passed down from generation to generation.
Later, he specially studied the laws of the Golden Oak Kingdom and knew that this was not a problem at all.
"Church … business?"
As far as Carter knew, some famous religions were indeed very rich because of the donations of believers and their own good management. But when he heard a junior say so, he felt that something was wrong.
"Relax … I know the kingdom's laws!"
Wu Ming laughed. "For a new religion to be recognized, first of all, its doctrine must be positive and in line with the kingdom's laws. Then, it must have more than a thousand believers and a religious site with an area of more than a thousand square meters … Is that right?"
"In theory, yes, but the approval … Wait …"
Carter was indeed a university student. After recovering his shrewd businessman temperament, he immediately thought of something. "Don't tell me you've used the loopholes in the laws of those cities to register directly?"
"It's about time …"
Wu Ming smiled.
Although the Golden Oak Kingdom implemented a constitutional monarchy and had the same monarch in theory, there were still subtle differences between the cities. This was especially so for the cities closest to the Bauhinia Federation. They were deeply influenced by the Golden Oak Kingdom and could even make laws without violating the principles of the Magna Carta.
Many shrewd businessmen had moved their registered offices there to enjoy preferential tax treatment. Of course, it was the same for religion.
If it was in a conservative region, perhaps the officials would still be strict and even deliberately make things difficult for them. But if it was in those cities, Carter did not dare to think about it anymore …
"It seems like … it is indeed feasible! Wait … "
Carter nodded, then shook his head violently. "How you're going to do your graduation project is not our topic today. We're talking about Madam Lina!"
"Carter, why are you against Lina joining the Church of Salvation?"
Wu Ming stared at Carter with interest.
"Because … because …"
Carter was stumped. He knew nothing about the Church of Salvation. It would be strange if he could say anything.
"Actually, the doctrine of the Church of Salvation is very righteous, and we don't need donations from believers …"
Wu Ming said with a compassionate expression, "Our Lord is the bright hope. All he needs is faith!"
"Hehe … You speak as if the God of Salvation really exists!"
Carter sneered.
Just then, he found that Madam Lina's face had turned cold. This was the anger after discovering that her faith had been insulted.
Wu Ming did not care. After all, as Carter had guessed, he was a quack. How could he be pious?
"Then what? Will you accept the existence of our Lord? Is that so? "
He snapped his fingers.
Pa!
The surrounding curtains suddenly closed by themselves, as if there was a pair of invisible hands controlling them.
"This … This is …"
Carter opened his mouth wide. He immediately thought of Steven's mysteriousness and his amazing performance in the church.
Unlike him, Lina's eyes were filled with fervor. She almost knelt down to pray.
"No … It's just a mechanism. Do you think I'll believe it? Haha … Haha … "
Carter laughed dryly, but his voice sounded weird.
Wu Ming understood this very well. Anyone would behave like this when their worldview, which had been built up for more than ten years, collapsed overnight.
"Can't you see with your own eyes whether there's a mechanism or not?"
A ball of light appeared in Wu Ming's hand. It emitted warm light and illuminated the whole room. Then it floated in front of Carter.
"This is the lowest-level Light Spell. As our Lord's priest, he gave me this ability!"
With the creation ability of the Master God's Space, Wu Ming's ability to intervene in the real world had been greatly enhanced.
Moreover, he could return energy according to the proportion of faith. He could even concentrate the power of faith on one person to form a spellcaster priest similar to a warlock.
Of course, he still planned to keep a low profile.
However, at the beginning, it was also necessary to use these miracles and real divine spells to bind a group of core believers.
Now, he was interested in Carter's ability.
In this day and age, university students were all elites. They were basically doing very well. No one would be willing to come to an unknown small religion to do chores. Carter was undoubtedly very suitable. First of all, he had the ability and knew how to curry favor. Most importantly, Madam Lina had already joined the religion!
Carter looked at the light in his hand, and his face suddenly became surprised and doubtful.
"If you are a devout believer, you can also become our Lord's priest and get this ability!"
Wu Ming added.
As he spoke, a faint light suddenly bloomed from his body, with a sense of majesty and benevolence.
This was the 'Holy Temperament', a necessary quality of a quack. Wu Ming had set it as a divine ability that all priests must master in the future.
"Can you tell me something about this God of Redemption?"
Carter finally said after a moment of hesitation.
He could feel that the light in his hand was not weak, and he also knew the future of the Church of Redemption after having a 'True God'.
An intense throbbing sprouted in his heart, letting him know that everything in the future would probably be different.
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