Chapter 79
Faith is a very serious matter. It is not counted if you say "I believe" or "I don't believe" on your lips. Only by the recognition from the heart can it be transformed into faith.
To give an extreme example, Qiao Xiu, a subordinate of Sui Xiong, was once a tribe chief of the barbarian tribe in the northern ice field. Now he has transformed into a half-dragon man and is continuing to work hard to "produce enough to form a descendant of a tribe." He hates the goddess of the snowfields in the north and the blizzards, but at the same time he also believes in this goddess devoutly. The strong belief and strong hatred are merged into a deep curse.
This is faith. Even if you hate this god, you may not be unable to believe in Him. The two do not conflict.
Similarly, although those believers of the Goddess of Harvest respect and thankful for Sui Xiong who saved them and were willing to give them eternal opportunities again, this is far from enough to change their faith.
The key to the problem is "identification".
Generally speaking, to identify with a god, you must first understand the other party’s doctrine and ideas, and then compare your own ideas. If you can find a point of fit between the two, you can initially reach a belief. The more points of fit, the stronger the belief will be. If you reach the point of believing that the other party is correct and completely abandoning your own ideas, it is the so-called "devote believer". If you go further and think that only the concept of your own god is correct, and that everything else that conflicts with it is wrong, it is a "crazy believer".
Sui Xiong certainly did not expect to transform the crazy believers of the Goddess of Harvest into his own believers. In fact, there was no possibility. Those crazy believers still gathered together every day to pray, as if the Goddess of Harvest had not yet fallen. Looking at their appearance of knowing that they had no hope but had no slightest giving up, Sui Xiong didn't think they would change their faith.
Fantasizing that they will change their faith is both an insult to their piety and an insult to their IQ.
What is better than the crazy believers are the devout believers. Although they fully accept the concept of the Goddess of Harvest, they can at least recognize the fact that the Goddess of Harvest has fallen. Faced with the hopeless death situation, many people began to reflect and think about whether there is any place for their ideas to be adjusted and improved.
Of course, most of them were as usual, either praying with the crazy believers, or mourning silently, and waiting quietly for the arrival of death. Sui Xiong had no intention of disturbing their rest, so he let it go.
As for those who are willing to reflect and change, they, like ordinary believers, began to learn doctrines with Sui Xiong's pastors. However, to be honest, Sui Xiong's doctrine was really not very good. These professionals began to give their opinions as they learned, and many of them were very pertinent and valuable.
Sui Xiong was overjoyed by this and held a special seminar. At the seminar, he personally introduced his ideas on "development" and "progress", hoping that everyone would start from these two fundamentals and propose a complete set of feasible teachings.
The seminar was held for almost two months. At first, everyone was very gentle, Sui Xiong's pastor was very polite when speaking, and the believers of the Goddess of Harvest were also a little restrained. Later, as the exchange of opinions became more and more direct and deeper, everyone's voice became louder and less reserved, and finally even developed to the point where they were fists and feet.
If Sui Xiong hadn't been in the process of suppressing the situation, I'm afraid both sides would have had their heads slap in their heads, and I wonder how tragic it would have been!
But such intense communication is also very helpful for the progress of thought. Not only is it very beneficial for the improvement of doctrines, but even Sui Xiong himself feels that he has benefited a lot.
The understanding and grasp of this world are extremely high in the believers who have lived for thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years. Although their knowledge and talents are far inferior to the gods, who can bring in a luxurious lineup like thousands of gods to help them discuss and improve their teachings? The Lord of Order is not good either!
With such a strong lineup and unprecedented scale discussion group, Sui Xiong's doctrine was quickly adjusted and improved. When the seminar ended and the new doctrine was compiled, not only were both parties very satisfied with the discussion, but even Sui Xiong himself was shocked.
"The twenty-first century is a century of talent... I didn't really understand this truth until now!"
Soon, this new doctrine was sorted out and distributed. Everyone who saw the new doctrine praised it deeply, from the God of Justice to the students in the literacy class of Lanxiang Technical School.
Oh, there are also things that it is not satisfied with, for example, an old black dragon hiding in an underground cave and studying this doctrine.
"All living creatures in the world, regardless of their origin or form, have a desire to make their lives and meet their preferences. If this wish can be achieved, they will be happy, otherwise they will be painful. And the concept of "progress" is to make our world happy more and more creatures. Therefore, my Lord is a natural god of kindness and represents the most practical direction of kindness."
The old Heilong muttered, frowned his eyebrows like a big pine tree in dissatisfaction: "What is the 'good direction of practical meaning'! Isn't it just that 'what those who oppose me are evil'!"
It thought about it and sneered: "Yes, I am evil, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
"The resources in the world are infinite, but in the same era, the resources that a society can control are limited. One of the most important roots of various contradictions and conflicts is the competition for resources. Our Lord believes that instead of thinking about competing for resources, it is better to work hard to develop new resources or improve the utilization of existing resources. This is the essence of the concept of 'development'."
"This seems quite interesting to say... For me, instead of competing with others for underground caves, would it be better to dig by yourself?" Old Heilong pondered for a while and shook his head, "That's so troublesome! If someone else has a ready-made one, I'll grab it, and it's much easier!"
After saying that, it spewed out flames and burned the book "Doctor of the Void Masquerade" to ashes. A light flashed on its body, and a half-human and half-dragon incarnation was divided into a half-human and half-dragon incarnation, hidden into the void.
After a while, a dark and cold and quiet world hidden in the darkness, as if it would never see the sun, welcomed a visitor.
"Welcome to your visit." A surprisingly tall figure wearing heavy armor said, even if he stood up to greet the guests, he did not reveal his true appearance, but was still a black shadow.
The incarnation of the cave god squeezed out a smile and asked, "Are you your majesty here? I have something big to discuss with Him."
"If you want to be an enemy of the Void Mask, then you don't need to discuss it." A short and old figure walked slowly, following a shadow of his existence, which was obviously approaching, but people couldn't feel at all.
"...What does this mean?" The God of the Cave frowned, "Have you underestimated His Majesty the King of Dark Night?"
"It's not overhead, that's what Your Majesty means." The figure wearing heavy armor replied, "Your Majesty believes that there is no substantial conflict between us and the Void Mask. On the contrary, there is room for cooperation. So He does not want to participate in any action to be enemies with it."
"... Then, if we are going to be enemies with Him, you may help Him in turn?" asked the cave god coldly.
"This is our secret." The old figure agreed with a smile.
After the cave god left angrily, a majestic figure appeared beside the three followers.
"It seems that many people can't sit still." He said, "Our old acquaintance has acted a bit big this time!"
"But His teachings are very good, and I think they are of great reference value." said the old figure.
"Yes! If we could meet Him before the Gods, perhaps our Dark Night God system would be much stronger than it is now!" The majestic figure smiled slightly, "But it's not too late now. He and the Qingqing Boy have a good relationship. Let's borrow this relationship."
He turned to look at the tall figure: "What's the matter to you?"
Chapter completed!