It took almost four days for Lin Xiao to walk out of the forest. On the third day, he found a small hut in the forest. It looked like a hunter's resting place in the forest. He followed the tracks to find the way down the mountain. After walking around for half a day, he finally found the path that the person walked out.
Fortunately, he prepared a set of leather armor this time. If he changed to a thick plate armor, even with his current physique, it would be tough.
When he passed through a bush, there was a wilderness with weeds half the height of a person in front of him. Looking into the distance, he could vaguely see the faint shadow of the hut in the distance, as well as a faint green smoke.
"There's a village!"
He packed up simply, and walked over while wading through the weeds half the height of a person.
This wilderness was a real wilderness. There were insects and poisonous snakes everywhere. He probably stepped on more than ten poisonous snakes along the way.
The poisonous snakes were nothing. His leather boots had very high defense, and the poisonous fangs couldn't bite through them. The main problem was the small insects, which always wormed their way in through the gaps of the leather armor.
If it was in other planes, he could still emit totem aura to scare off these small insects. However, in this non-magic plane, the totem power couldn't be used at all. Any totem user's talent or ability was forbidden here. Only the strong physique and strength obtained by becoming a totem user could use it.
The strength of the flesh was the most common power in all the worlds. No matter which universe it was, the strength of the flesh couldn't be forbidden.
It could even be used in a world where only souls and spiritual bodies existed. However, the prerequisite was that you had a physical body in that world.
He almost cut through all the obstacles on his way to the village. Before he even got close, he was seen by two militiamen wearing linen clothes and holding wooden spears on a wooden sentry tower at the village entrance. The two militiamen saw him fully armed and raised their spears as if they were facing a great enemy. They shouted:
"¥# @ # @% # …?"
He quickly raised his hand and shouted:
"¥# @ # ¥"
This was the language of this world. Lin Xiao could understand a little bit. He had crammed this world's common language in the past half a month in the fortress.
However, he didn't have enough time, so he only managed to get a general idea of what they were talking about. He could only understand a small amount of vocabulary. Then, based on the vocabulary and the current situation, he guessed that the two militiamen were probably saying something like "Stop, don't come closer."
Lin Xiao sheathed his long-handled Zhanmadao to show that he had no ill intentions. Then, he took out a tree carving from his back and raised it in front of him. Using the common language of this plane that he was not familiar with, he gestured with his hand gestures. The two militiamen were puzzled.
Fortunately, his action of sheathing his saber was considered a gesture of goodwill in this world. The two militiamen were able to endure and listen to his half-baked gestures. It took them a long time before they responded with half-understanding.
It took a lot of effort to communicate, and a large group of people in the village came out to watch the show. Almost half an hour later, he was finally allowed to enter the village.
However, they were only allowed to stay at the entrance of the village and were not allowed to enter the village. It was obvious that they were still very wary.
Lin Xiao didn't mind at all. He took out two silver coins and bought some utensils and tools from the villagers, temporarily staying here.
A village was a standard place to set up an operation.
It wasn't that he was going to start spreading his faith here. He wasn't going to rush to spread his faith before he figured out the situation. Instead, he was going to see if he could hire some strong men here and form a small team first.
Of course, although he wasn't in a hurry to spread his faith, he still had to make some preparations.
After buying the tools and utensils with silver coins, Lin Xiao quietly took out a ring and put it on in front of many villagers and children. He then placed the empty utensils on the table and performed a set of standard prayer rituals for himself before meals. His every move was filled with a sense of religious ritual, which made the villagers and children feel very curious.
After a standard prayer ritual, he quietly activated the table summoning spell that came with the ring. Suddenly, as if by magic, the empty plates in front of him were piled with all kinds of delicious food, causing the surrounding onlookers to cry out in surprise.
Lin Xiao ignored the shocked and incredulous looks and distributed most of the summoned food to the surrounding villagers, keeping only a small portion for himself.
During the first year of high school, he had learned about preaching and managing faith. In the early stages of spreading faith, different methods were needed when dealing with different intelligent beings.
For example, when facing a scholar, you could talk to him about knowledge and truth. As long as you had an overwhelming advantage in the field that he was best at, you could make him feel reverence. Then, after pure and kind inducement, it was possible to develop him into a believer.
If you were facing a warrior with great power, you would have to talk about martial strength and authority. In most foreign worlds, martial strength represented power and wealth.
At this moment, Lin Xiao was facing a farmer. It was useless to talk about principles and bragging. He just had to use naked food to entice them.
Don't tell them that there would be food if they believed in God. It was useless to tell them that there would be food if they believed in God. That was more useful than anything else.
Therefore, when the onlookers confirmed that the food was real, the news quickly spread throughout the village.
A normal person would have pretended to be a fraud and preached at this time, but Lin Xiao did not do so. Instead, he took out his Zhanmadao and cut open a stone pillar that was taller than a person at the village entrance, using a gentle tone to reject the unreasonable request of the village head.
In terms of managing faith, Lin Xiao had his own unique way and talent.
Not only did this opposite not anger the villagers, it made them feel reverence, especially the young men in the village. After seeing him cut open the stone with a single slash and easily lift several thousand kilograms of boulders with one hand, they were full of admiration.
"Sir Rolle is definitely a powerful knight. I bet that even the baron is not that powerful."
A few young men in their prime sat under the shade of a tree and looked at Lin Xiao, who was not far away, holding a huge stone sword that was more than two meters long that was carved out of stone. He swung it casually as if it was as light as a feather. The admiration in their eyes grew.
The best way to impress these young men was to show off one's strength. There was no need to show off too much strength, just the first step of surpassing the mortal's strength was enough to shock them.
After practicing a few times according to a set of sword skills that he had learned before he became a totem user apprentice, he put away his sword and stood up. He spat out a breath of white air and hit the wooden pole with a 'pa' sound. Even though the young men had seen it many times, they were still shocked.
Placing the stone sword that was a few hundred kilograms on the rack, he waved at a few young men not far away.
"Sir Rolle is calling us?"
A robust young man ran over excitedly. He picked up a white cloth from the side and wiped his hands. Then, he casually asked:
"Do you want to learn?"
The young men widened their eyes, thinking that they had misheard. After a while, they hurriedly nodded,
"We want to learn!"
"Very good, come to my place every morning from now on."
Half a month later, at dawn, Lin Xiao got up slowly and opened the door. There were more than ten young men of different ages practicing with wooden weapons on the flat ground outside.
There was already a basin filled with well water and a wet towel beside the well. After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, he carried his sword to the flat ground and watched them practice.
They definitely wouldn't be able to learn anything in these ten days, but at least it looked like something.
He didn't teach them anything substantial in this half a month. He only taught them a simple routine. At most, it had the effect of training their bodies, and didn't involve other powers.
The main purpose of these days was to train their willpower, and to choose the young men with a certain amount of willpower.
After watching for a while, he went back to the house and took out a large stone nest. He also took out a few large bags, which were filled with herbs that he had asked the villagers to pick.
Of course, these herbs didn't have any use, nor was it a formula. He just asked the villagers to pick them casually, mainly to hide the pills that he was going to make later.
If nothing unexpected happened, this group of young men would become his first batch of subordinates, so naturally, he had to strengthen them a little.
Other than that, after he had shown his ability to summon food every day for half a month, many of the villagers in this village had already imitated his actions, praying before every meal.
Although it didn't have any use, and he couldn't sense a trace of the power of faith, it was a good start.
From the occasional exchange of information with the villagers, as well as the fact that he had taken the time to investigate the area, he found out that the village he was currently in was ruled by a Baron Gibson family. The Baron's name was Herman Gibson. The family ruled over a small town and eight villages, as well as a large piece of wasteland, a forest, and a small iron mine in the surrounding area.
The Gibson family had a castle between a small town named Gibson and an iron mine. It was said that there were five knights and more than forty warriors. During battle, they could summon more than a hundred and fifty youths. Their strength could be considered average in the barons' territory.
The so-called knights were the same as the ones in most foreign worlds. They referred to powerhouses who had a physique and strength that far exceeded that of ordinary people.
Because there were no supernatural powers in this world, and there was no such thing as Battle Qi, he had secretly gone to Baron Gibson's castle and seen that the so-called knights were elite warriors who had three times the physique and strength of ordinary men. They were equipped with exquisite battle techniques, elite weapons, and armor, and could crush ordinary farmers like cutting vegetables.
Now, Lin Xiao had two paths in front of him. One was to peacefully establish faith and find a way to spread the faith among the lower class, then influence the nobles and take the path of religion.
The other was to use force to spread the faith among the commoners. Simply put, he had to become a powerful lord himself, and use the name of the lord to force the people to believe in him.
There were pros and cons to both paths, but it was certain that spreading the faith through force was more difficult.
However, this was the best choice in the current situation. After all, this wasn't a safe world, and the sixty-six Children of Nightmares and Children of Souls were watching from the sidelines. They could eliminate him at any time, so he had to have enough strength to protect himself.
Then, he could only use force to spread the faith.
Of course, this didn't mean that he had to train an army to defeat the baron and become a noble himself. Although this was also a path, it was too troublesome. A lord's campaign had always been troublesome.
Lin Xiao was prepared to combine the church and the military. He would use force to protect the faith, and then use faith to unite the nobles.
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