Chapter 626: Pure Faith
As soon as he walked into the side hall, dim light instantly enveloped Liu Sheng's sight.
Overhead, a huge shadow stretched across the roof of the hall, which seemed to be a humanoid god hanging horizontally. A heavy and oppressive aura shrouded it, making people feel suffocated.
Liu Sheng felt a chill in her heart and felt that this scene was very familiar.
But upon closer inspection, I realized that it was just a sculpture. The material was as dark as ink, and the lines were graceful to outline a female body.
In the side hall, the priests were already sitting in their respective positions.
Seeing that Mrs. Su and Liu Sheng entered without wearing divine robes, all the eyes in the palace looked at them, some were surprised and even looked at them with a bit of scrutiny.
A first-level priest wearing a white robe with only a horizontal stripe on his sleeves immediately stood up, stepped forward to stop the two of them, and said in a cold tone:
"This is the internal discussion of the temple. Believers are not allowed to enter the hall, so please leave immediately." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Su still maintained her courtesy, nodded slightly, and said, "We are here to attend the meeting at the invitation of the great priest."
As she spoke, she took out the letter.
The priest received the letter with a suspicious face. He was obviously half-convinced, but this style was indeed customary in the temple and could not be faked.
He was about to take a closer look, but was interrupted by a deep voice:
"Old Su, why didn't you tell us in advance that you were coming? So that we could arrange for someone to pick you up at the door. !”
The voice came from deep inside the palace, clear and majestic.
Liu Sheng followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man with a plump figure stepping out of the shadows. There was a gentle smile on his brows, and the golden edge of his divine robe shone, clearly showing his noble status.
"Priest Li."
Old Mrs. Su immediately recognized this person, leaned on crutches and bowed slightly, making a big salute.
When Liu Sheng heard this, his heart moved slightly, and he also bowed his head and saluted.
Priest Li laughed loudly and said: "Old Su, you are a distinguished guest we invited, why are you so polite? This makes me feel bad."
As he said that, he walked straight up to the two of them, with a more casual greeting in his tone: "Come on, come in and talk."
When the first-level priest saw this, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he bowed hurriedly He stepped aside and said no more.
Old Mrs. Su stood up slowly while holding on to her crutches, looked up at Priest Li, and smiled slightly: "Thank you, Priest."
Liu Sheng secretly looked at the Priest.
His face was vaguely familiar, overlapping with someone in her other world.
[Is that the Minister of Rites? 】
【It seems like, I didn’t expect to become a great priest here. 】
【However, there are three great priests, and he is just one of them. 】
[This status is not ordinary...]
Liu Sheng looked at the current Priest Li. His belly was much wider than that of the other world, and his face also developed horizontally. He knew how to sit. This position should be quite moist.
Liu Sheng lowered his eyes, hiding the thoughts in his eyes, supported Mrs. Su, and followed Priest Li to the seat at the end of the long table.
"Come on, please take a seat." Priest Li pointed to the edge near the temple door.
Mr. Su took the opportunity to introduce: "This is my student and this year's number one scholar, Liu Sheng."
But the other party was obviously not interested and just glanced up casually. Then he said a faint "Oh" as a response.
Then he turned around, walked back to the main seat at the top of the long table and sat down.
Liu Sheng looked from a distance and saw two other high priests sitting there.
It’s just because the table is too long and too far away, and it seems that in order to create invisible pressure, the shadows above are deliberately shrouded, and each other’s faces cannot be seen clearly, and only the snow-white divine robes can be seen. , as well as the gold edges on the skirt and sleeves.
Old Mrs. Su said to Liu Sheng helplessly: "Now is not a good time to introduce you..."
Liu Sheng nodded and said: "It's okay, Bachelor Su, the student understands."
Later, Mrs. Su sat down at the table, next to the first-order priest.
Of course Liu Sheng was standing, outside the shadow cast by the statue of the god.
The palace door closed heavily, and the proceedings officially began.
In an instant, Liu Sheng was crowded with trainee priests.
They whispered in low voices, and they also complained about Liu Sheng standing here wearing a student uniform.
But someone saw the scene where Li Dashen officially received Bachelor Su and her, so they whispered to each other, and then they did not raise any objections to Liu Sheng.
Priest Li at the top cleared his throat and said loudly: "Today's meeting is about the distribution of the Supreme God's favor."
His voice echoed in the hall, his tone was calm and majestic: "This Over the past month, some believers have reported that the amount of spiritual energy given by the Supreme God has been significantly reduced."
After these words fell, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
The low and experienced voice of another great priest continued: "Whether these feedbacks are facts or exaggerations by believers still needs to be carefully screened."
Liu Sheng listened to this familiar voice. , frowning slightly. It seemed to be Mei Yuanzheng's voice.
Moreover, it is Mei Yuxing, the Mei Yuzheng from another world.
She glanced across the venue and found that many priests trembled slightly with these words. Apparently, the issue of "distribution of favors" touched the sensitive nerves of the priests.
The whispers in the temple gradually started to sound, the priests were discussing in low voices, and the atmosphere gradually became restless.
“This is simply nonsense from believers and has no basis.” A fifth-level priest spoke first, with a cold tone, “We have punished the believers who lied about this matter, and we must not allow them to cause chaos. Order.”
"Maybe it's just the believers in your jurisdiction who have a problem. Everything is normal in our jurisdiction." Another priest said lazily, with a bit of arrogance in his tone.
"Perhaps you concealed it and disposed of it secretly?" Another priest sneered.
"Absurd!" The priest immediately retorted loudly, his tone became fierce, "What a nonsense!"
"Is it me who is talking nonsense, or are you angry because of shame?" Another priest sneered, "You know, you have a precedent."
"What a precedent! The temple has found out that these are all false accusations by blasphemers, hasn't it been dealt with?"
"I know best if I am falsely accusing you..."
Suddenly, there was chaos in the hall, and Liu Sheng frowned slightly. He did not expect that the temple meeting would start in such a haphazard manner.
Moreover, the way people are treated is as casual as disposing of waste, which is chilling.
“Quiet!”
Suddenly, the third great priest spoke coldly, the female voice was cold and filled with unquestionable pressure.
It sounded somewhat familiar to Liu Sheng.
“How can you be so noisy?”
The woman’s voice continued in an impatient tone.
"These meaningless disputes are meaningless. The current problem is how to prevent believers from wavering in their faith."
After saying one more sentence, Liu Sheng felt more and more familiar.
If you look at his face, Liu Sheng might not be able to get along with him.
But now that he only listens to the sound, and the dim scene, shielding the influence of other factors, Liu Sheng can actually recognize the difference.
[This... seems to be the voice of the boss of Yunshuijian. 】
【That is, the owner of Xiaoxiang Tower? 】
【No, isn't she a strange creature? Can he still enter the temple and become a great priest? 】
[It’s indeed a bit incredible. 】
“Now, what we have to do is to arrest these people who want to shake their faith. We must not let the faith in the Supreme God be even slightly flawed.” The high priest who was suspected to be the poster said coldly. .
"That's right." Priest Li echoed, "Please remember, after today, if someone asks you such a question, do you know how to answer it?"
"Just say , This is their hallucination, there is absolutely no such thing." Someone whispered.
"No, you should reflect on yourselves and see if you are disrespectful to the Supreme God. You should donate incense money to the temple to make up for your mistakes." Another priest added in a cold tone.
This was a matter of course, but many priests around him nodded and trembled.
The high priest above remained motionless, just three black figures sitting high up.
“You are all wrong.”
A voice sounded coldly, it was the fifth-level priest who spoke before, second only to several great priests.
So as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone fell silent.
"For those who dare to question the Supreme God, the only solution is divine execution."
In just one sentence, the determination with a murderous air was so cold that it seemed to freeze the air.
All comments suddenly disappeared.
Liu Sheng held his breath.
【What is holy execution? 】
Liu Sheng had never heard such a word outside, but now it sounded like it was obviously an internal word.
Furthermore, judging from the surrounding atmosphere that suddenly dropped to freezing point, it is not difficult to guess what this means.
"That's right." Priest Li responded coldly, "What Priest Lin said is absolutely true."
Immediately, he announced loudly:
"From today on , the shrines and temples in each jurisdiction need to cooperate to ensure that the faith is pure and flawless.”
Liu Sheng stood quietly outside the shadow, his fingers curled slightly, and cold air surged from the soles of his feet.
Every word in my ears is like a sharp knife piercing my heart.