Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Xiang Nan guessed that the spirit world also followed the "dark jungle law", where big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, and shrimps eat mud.

Especially for Loa gods like the monkey god Chak Baba, there are only a few thousand or tens of thousands of believers, probably the weakest type of gods.

According to Taoism, he should become a god after death, that is, a ghost god like the mountain god, the land god, and the city god, or a wild god without a formal organization.

Therefore, the only thing he can do is to hide, otherwise he may be killed by other gods.

"Then how do you interact with believers, how do you absorb the believers' faith, and how do you bless the believers..." Xiang Nan asked curiously again.

"I don't need to absorb the believers' faith. The believers' faith will directly enter the kingdom of God, just like spring water pouring into the desert." Chak Baba explained again, "But I can't contact the believers directly. I only convey information through priests and bless my believers." Chak Baba explained.

"Why can't you contact the believers directly?" Xiang Nan asked puzzledly.

"Ordinary people don't have such high spirituality, and they will lose a lot of divine power when communicating." Chak Baba explained, "Do you know how shocked and surprised I was when I saw you had such a high spirituality for the first time?"

Xiang Nan blinked and asked curiously, "How much higher is my spirituality than ordinary people?"

He knew that his spirituality was indeed high, after all, he had not practiced in vain for thousands of years, but he didn't know the gap with ordinary people.

"If the spirituality of ordinary people is like an oil lamp, then your spirituality is like a lighthouse." Chak Baba thought for a while and said, "You will be thousands or tens of thousands of times higher than theirs. If someone believes in you after you die, you should be easier to become a god than me."

"Thank you, but I don't want to become a god after I die, I want to become a god in the flesh." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.

"That's impossible. Only souls can enter the spiritual world, and only in the spiritual world can you become a god." Chak Baba said in astonishment, "How can you become a god in the flesh?"

"That's just what you think." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.

Both Buddhism and Taoism have many examples of people becoming gods in the flesh. Different worlds have different rules, so there is nothing to argue about. Chak Baba is still too low-level.

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Afterwards, Xiang Nan, as the high priest of the monkey god Chak Baba, established temples dedicated to the monkey god in Royal Port and Tetuga Port, and formulated a series of religious rules and rituals in imitation of the practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity.

For example, the religious rules stipulate that believers must believe in the monkey god and the high priest of the monkey god, who is the messenger of the monkey god; pray to the monkey god and make offerings once every morning and evening, even if it is just offering water, it is a token of heart;

It stipulates that believers should not listen, speak, or act recklessly, and should repent if they make mistakes; it stipulates that believers should work hard to spread the belief in the monkey god, and the more people spread it, the more blessings they will get...

In addition, there is a ceremony to worship the monkey god Chak Baba. Every weekend, the temple holds a sacrificial ceremony, and believers offer sacrifices to Chak Baba, then listen to the high priest convey Chak Baba's teachings, and then receive the blessing of the monkey god Chak Baba.

His behavior naturally attracted official attention.

Governor Weatherby Swan found Xiang Nan with worry, "James, a pagan "Monkey God Cult" has appeared on the island recently. Have you heard about it?"

"I heard about it, Governor." Xiang Nan nodded.

"I think this paganism should be eliminated." Weatherby suggested, "I wonder if you agree?"

The British believe in the Anglican Church, which is a branch of the Protestant Christian Church, also known as the Anglican Church. The canon stipulates that the British king is the highest head of religion, advocates the doctrine of the mean, believes in the "Thirty-Nine Articles of Faith", etc.

Weatherby Swan is not a very devout Anglican, but he knows the harm of paganism. As the governor of Royal Port, he must prevent the spread of paganism.

Otherwise, if those pagans become powerful, they will seriously threaten the rule of the empire.

"I also think they should be eliminated. But we should not rush it." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "The Monkey God Cult is still very weak now. There is only a so-called temple, a mysterious high priest, and we don't know who the believers are.

If we act now, they are likely to go underground, which will be more troublesome. It is better for us to let them develop for a while, and then slowly investigate his details.

After everything is clear, we will destroy his temple, capture his priests, and punish his believers. This will be a permanent solution, what do you think?

And it will be more effective if we catch them after their influence expands, don't you think, Governor?"

"I think what you said makes sense." Weatherby thought about it, and then smiled slightly.

If we catch the Monkey God Cult now, we can only catch some fools at most, which is not a great achievement.

On the contrary, if the Monkey God Cult becomes bigger and becomes an influential pagan. At that time, he will take action and catch them all in one fell swoop, which will be a great achievement.

Just like cats, the more mice there are, the more important cats are. If there are no mice, why do people keep cats?

"That's settled." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

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Then, with the tacit approval of the government, the temple of Chak Baba was officially built in Royal Port.

At twelve o'clock on Saturday and Sunday night, the temple of Chak Baba will hold sacrifices, and Xiang Nan will convey Chak Baba's oracle and bless the believers.

Of course, these so-called "oracles" were made up by Xiang Nan himself. Because Chak Baba is just a monkey who only knows how to play and eat bananas, how can he issue any oracles.

The main content of the "oracle" is to tell the miracles of the monkey god Chak Baba, demonstrate His power, and teach people to be friendly, help each other, be pious, and pure.

Xiang Nan knows that people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold. Gods also need to be hyped and need to establish a persona. Therefore, Buddhists, Christians, Taoists, nuns, etc. all like to make up various stories for the gods they believe in.

For example, God fed five thousand people with five pieces of bread and two fish, such as the Buddha cut meat to feed the eagle, Jigong's wine and meat passed through his intestines, and the Buddha kept it in his heart. Taoism also has "Journey to the East" and "Journey to the North" telling the stories of the Eight Immortals and Zhenwu Emperor becoming immortals.

Because the deeds of gods are compiled into stories, they are easy to understand and suitable for all ages, which is more conducive to dissemination. Just like Chinese people, even if they don't burn incense and worship gods, they know the Eight Immortals, Jigong, Sun Wukong and Jiang Ziya.

Religions should guide people to be good, even if Xiang Nan knows that it is very difficult to let believers learn friendship and mutual assistance.

There are many gangsters, rogues, pirates, and profiteers here. They are all insidious, cunning, shameless and vicious, but even so, they should be encouraged to be friendly and help each other.

Because this can increase cohesion. Otherwise, like the demon cult, they all advocate selfishness. If people don't work for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth, and then they will be scattered.