Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In the eighteenth century, although the religious atmosphere was still very strong, it was no longer possible to arrest all the heretics and burn them to death as it had been done hundreds of years ago.

In fact, with the religious reform movement in the sixteenth century, the power of the church had declined significantly. The Catholic Church, which once unified the world, has now split into dozens of sects.

Among the Protestant churches alone are Lutherans, Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists, Calvinists, etc. They are not affiliated with each other, label each other as orthodox, and even fought a thirty-year religious war. This also greatly weakened the power of religion.

Moreover, with the beginning of the Enlightenment Movement in the seventeenth century, the ideas of freedom, democracy, and equality began to become more and more popular among the people. The common view of the Enlightenment Movement was that people are born free and equal, have freedom of belief, and oppose autocracy.

Therefore, Xiang Nan's use of "freedom of belief" to refute Governor Weatherby is not too radical. In fact, Governor Weatherby was not a qualified believer.

"You're right, but the priest's side..." Wetherby said, wiping his sweat.

He doesn't want to get into trouble. After all, it took more than half a year for the Monkey Temple to be built, and those believers only went to the temple to worship on weekends, and they didn't have any special words or deeds, so he didn't care at first.

But after all, Priest Thomson still has some power and connections. If he writes a letter back to England and tells the higher-ups that he is allowing paganism to develop, I am afraid he will not be able to accept the consequences.

"You don't have to worry about that. I'll take care of Priest Thomson's side." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "The reason why there are so many believers in the Monkey Temple and Tanah Lot Temple in Port Royal is because these gods are really doing things. And there are so many people who need saving.

Priest Thomson should not blame the people for not believing in Jesus, but should help those in need more. In this case. They would not follow other gods. "

Priest Thomson took advantage of his orthodoxy and often held fund-raising rallies in Port Royal, which made him a lot of money from believers.

But when the people were deprived of food and clothing, impoverished, tired and sick, and even faced disasters, Priest Thomson and others would just turn a blind eye.

In comparison, the monkey god Chak Baba and the ocean goddess Koli Buso are at least very generous to believers, performing miracles many times and saving believers in danger.

In this way, the people will naturally know which god is useful, who truly loves them, and whom they should believe in.

"I think what you said makes sense, then it's all up to you." Wetherby nodded.

"Okay, don't worry, they won't bother you again." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

…

Later, Xiang Nan found Priest Thomson and Pastor Charlie of the Port Royal Church and controlled them with the Sword of Cortez. "No more interference in the matters of the Monkey God Cult and Poseidon Cult in Port Royal, and no more forcing Governor Wetherby to do so." Suppress the Monkey God Sect and the Poseidon God Sect.”

The Sword of Cortez is similar to Aladdin's magic lamp. It can fulfill the user's wishes. Of course, the effect is limited, but it is still very powerful.

It was with this sword that the Spanish colonist Hernán Cortez controlled Montezuma II, the emperor of the Aztec Empire, and ordered him to give up resistance.

This resulted in a huge empire with tens of millions of people being completely defeated by more than a thousand Spanish soldiers. This shows the power of this divine sword.

It is naturally easy to control only two priests and prevent them from interfering with the preaching of Monkey God Sect and Poseidon Sect.

Both of them nodded immediately and completely obeyed Xiang Nan's order.

After that, they really no longer cared about the Monkey God Cult and the Poseidon Cult. This made Governor Wetherby breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, it also allowed the Monkey God Cult and the Poseidon Cult to spread rapidly.

And this naturally made Cory Busso very satisfied, "Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect progress to be made so soon. It seems that I chose you to be the priest, and I really didn't choose the wrong person."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "You help me, and I'll help you. It's mutual benefit."

"That's right." Corybuso smiled and nodded, "I decided to reward you well."

"Really? Thank you. What do you want to reward me for?" Xiang Nan asked curiously.

"What do you want most?" Cory Busso asked with a smile.

"What I most want to know is how mortals can become gods." Xiang Nan said.

"If a mortal wants to become a god, it may be difficult or easy. The key depends on whether there is a chance." Cory Busso said with a smile, "In my opinion, you have no chance of becoming a god."

"Why, am I not strong?" Xiang Nan asked in surprise.

"No, you are very strong. Even many weak gods may not be as good as you." Cory Buso waved his hand, "But there is no chance, because your destiny is not in this world."

Xiang Nan was stunned when he heard this.

He is indeed not from this world, and he is not prepared to stay in this world. In this case, he really has no chance to become a god in this world.

"Then how to extract the divine power from the artifact?" Xiang Nan asked curiously.

"It's difficult. Artifacts are the solidification of divine power and laws, just like pottery fired from clay. It's basically impossible to turn pottery back into clay." Corybuso explained, "And there are ready-made pottery tools. If you don’t use the artifact, why do you have to turn it back into divine power? You are not a god, and even if you draw divine power from the artifact, you can’t use it.”

"What is the law? Is it the law or rule of the movement of heaven and earth?" Xiang Nan asked again curiously.

"You are right. Middle Earth is also called 'Tao'." Kolibuso nodded and said, "As long as it is a god, it will master some laws, which is also called divine duties."

"You even know 'Tao'?" Xiang Nan was shocked. He didn't expect Kolibuso to know even "Tao".

"Nonsense, I've lived for so long, and I've been to Middle-earth before, so what's so strange about knowing 'Tao'?" Colibuso said disdainfully, "I've also read the Tao Te Ching, 'The Tao that can be told is not the real Tao, the name that can be named is not the real name~'"

"Really amazing." Xiang Nan couldn't help but sighed, "Then who made the law?"

"I don't know." Colibuso waved his hand, "According to my guess, it should be a certain existence that first created this universe. Although many gods claim to be the gods of creation, I actually know that many of them are just survivors of the last era or the last era.

They just mastered some powerful laws and possessed some powerful priesthoods, but in fact, the laws were not made by them, and they cannot make changes."

"I think I understand." Xiang Nan nodded.

It's like a company, the founder is gone, and it is managed by professional managers. Although professional managers sit in high positions and have certain powers in their hands, they cannot modify the company's rules and regulations, let alone make the company their own.

The founder is the supreme god, while people like Colybuso, Zeus, Poseidon, Quetzalcoatl, and the Monkey God are professional managers. They are responsible for departments of different sizes according to their different duties and abilities.

People like Zeus, Poseidon, and Colybuso are senior managers of branches, while the Monkey God is probably just a small role like the security captain or warehouse manager.