stjorthotic Chapter 786 - 759: Spring City
Chapter 786 - 759: Spring City
At this moment, Chen Shouyi was also looking out the window.
A thick Domain of Faith enveloped the heavens and the earth.
Vaguely, a goddess, treading on mountains and rivers, both ethereal and elusive, glanced over, gracefully bowing.
Chen Shouyi was momentarily taken aback upon seeing this, then slightly nodded.
Even he had to admit the power of the Divine Position and the Domain of Faith formed under it.
Beings offer faith, and this shared belief, using the Divine Position as a hub, forms a specific Domain of Faith.
If there are enough believers in the area, her power can easily cover it, without expending much energy.
He could also do things like the Goddess of Agriculture, such as inducing plant growth and adjusting the climate.
But only on a small scale, and it consumes a lot of energy, and more critically, it can’t last long.
Miracles that can easily cover millions of square kilometers like this can be eternally sustained as long as there is continuous faith, something he couldn’t achieve even if he exhausted himself.
This has nothing to do with strength; it’s just that each field has its specialization.
...
In the Ba Country Capital Lan Castle, it was already a sea of flowers.
A few days ago, in preparation for the Great Xia Country delegation, various flowers were specially planted throughout the city’s streets and alleys. Overnight, they all bloomed, vibrant and colorful, emitting a rich floral scent in the air.
Coupled with the spotless clean streets, the bright spring sunshine, and beautiful girls as radiant as spring, being amidst it felt infinitely wonderful.
"Honorable sir, your presence makes me tremble with fear, yet it is the greatest honor in my eternal life." The Goddess of Agriculture showed a shy smile, extending her hand.
She looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, dressed in grand attire.
She wore a floral crown with vivid flowers dripping with dew, her multicolored wavy hair lightly fluttering in the breeze. Under the green silk robe, her slim, perfectly bare snowy feet were impeccably clean, appearing remarkably sacred.
She seemed as charming as a girl next door, giving no hint of being a powerful and terrifying Barbarian God.
Whether it was the high-level officials of the Ba Country Church or the Great Xia Country delegation, they all looked down, not daring to glance around.
Being resented by a deity is not a pleasant thing.
Although the likelihood is small, there is always a chance.
"Hmm!" Chen Shouyi nodded arrogantly, disinterested in pleasantries, then extended his hand to shake hers.
Fang Xiangqian, a step behind, secretly broke into a cold sweat, smiling bitterly in his heart.
The accompanying reporters obviously did not anticipate this situation and were a step slow to react, taking a full second before all clicking their shutters.
The flashlights immediately started to light up continuously.
Feeling that enough pictures had been taken, Chen Shouyi then released his hand.
Chen Shouyi’s arrogant attitude could be overlooked by the people of Great Xia, but the church leaders could not ignore it.
Their eyes turned red one by one.
Such a meeting was already humiliating, and being treated so dismissively made it doubly so.
However, given the circumstances, no matter how angry they were, they could only endure it silently; those present were all experienced and prudent individuals. The young and fanatical would have been filtered out early on.
Moreover, even the goddess didn’t mind, even blushing slightly...
The visit’s itinerary was confirmed, offering no freshness to Chen Shouyi.
It was much like the previous visit to the European Union, only the public’s reaction was much stranger.
Countless girls on both sides of the street knelt devoutly as the convoys passed, praying silently; some were so excited they couldn’t contain themselves, and aside from these, there were no others, clearly having been evacuated.
None of these girls dared to raise their heads to look around, everything appeared solemnly quiet and sacredly reverential.
Chen Shouyi could see that these people were not just putting on a show.
They were genuinely devout.
Each person adored the Goddess of Agriculture immensely.
According to Great Xia Country’s intelligence, before the Goddess of Agriculture’s rule, Ba Country was in a state of civil unrest, with warlords fighting and alien creatures running rampant, rendering lives miserable. A small church believing in the Manlu God quietly rose up.
Like in India, although Ba Country predominantly believed in the Lan Sect, there were still many small churches, particularly in rural and remote areas with many temples, and Baru was a goddess presiding over agriculture.
She started becoming effective, with many followers receiving her call.
Regions that believed in this goddess not only achieved resonance but also often experienced favorable weather and abundant crops.
In times of chaos, food was everything, and thus, it gradually became unstoppable.
The number of believers grew, including entire villages joining in.
In the face of such a real and authentic deity-led church, the Lan Sect had no fight in them, continuously retreating and even defecting.
The original priestly staff quickly became the Goddess of Agriculture’s priests.
Everything spread like wildfire.
This kind of human religious country, once its foundational advantage is breached, collapses like a domino effect, becoming exceedingly vulnerable.
When the Goddess of Agriculture pursued the beacon of faith and painstakingly found the spatial passage to descend, Ba Country had already established a complete church for her and prepared the supreme throne, even setting a persona for her.
There was a notion.
Called, "I don’t want you to think, I want me to think."
Everything listens to me.
The deity pastors believers, and believers’ faith can also hold the deity hostage.
With over two hundred million followers, her faith in the otherworld is over a hundred times stronger, and this collective faith wielded such power that her image and personality had to adapt, even her divine position shifted slightly.
From a barbarian-dominated primitive deity, she transformed into a human-centric deity.
...
The convoy hadn’t proceeded far when a towering giant tree appeared in sight.
Bai Xiaoling, who hadn’t dared to speak, was startled, whispering:
"General Manager Chen, this tree is so huge, I initially thought it was a forest."
The entire tree had a diameter of thirty or forty meters, standing over a hundred meters tall. Its gigantic canopy covered a radius of several hundred meters, and most astonishingly, the base of the tree was hollowed out, forming a natural and unique building inside.
"Such big trees are common in the other world!" Chen Shouyi opened his eyes.
The forests in the other world are all primeval, having existed for countless years, mostly untouched by human destruction. Such trees, which would astound humans, are not unheard of, though they can frequently be seen.
"But this tree should be induced by the Divine Power of that Barbarian God."
"General Manager Chen, are all... deities so powerful?" Bai Xiaoling asked softly, feeling a magical sensation in this place where everything seemed so incredible.
"Not bad!" Chen Shouyi said.
This monumental tree, or rather a tree palace, would be their residence for this visit.