Chapter 215 I'm Not Asking for Your Opinion

The news of the simultaneous arrival of the Sun God and the Moon God quickly spread throughout the Emerald Empire, sparking considerable discussion.

After all, it is rare for two gods to perform miracles at the same time, and in the same place, so many people immediately began to inquire about the reason behind the incident.

In particular, the people from the Temple and the Church of Life directly dispatched a fifth-level strongman to lead a team to find the two young men who caused the miracle and protect them.

“Hahaha… Great, great! Look at those guys who keep saying that the Moon Goddess is gone and that our Life Church is an empty shell without a god. Now they’ve been slapped in the face, right?”

In the newly built hall of the Church of Life, Thomas, wearing the "Full Moon" Archbishop's attire, laughed triumphantly, and his laughter echoed throughout the hall.

They were really frustrated during this period.

Because they were worried about being targeted by the powerful people in the Temple, they didn't dare to spread their faith in a big way and could only do small things in secret.

But it's different now.

The news of the arrival of the two gods has spread throughout the empire. With the open support of Lady Moon Goddess, even if the Temple wants to take action, it will have to think twice.

Their tense mood finally relaxed.

After discussion, they directly appointed the young man who was blessed by the Moon Goddess, Roland Xingye, as the first generation Son of God of the Church of Life, and issued a notice to announce it.

When this news came out, there was an uproar on all sides.

Because another meaning of the Son of God is the spokesperson of God, which is equivalent to implicitly acknowledging the existence of the Moon Goddess.

But what shocked them even more was

That afternoon.

An official document was issued on behalf of the Jade Empire royal family, declaring support for the spread of the Church of Life in the country to benefit more residents.

"The top leaders of the Jade Empire actually showed up. Did I hear that correctly?"

"Aren't they afraid of opposition from the Temple?"

“Isn’t the most important thing the return of the Moon Goddess?”

"The Moon Goddess has really arrived, and the previous rumors are actually true!"

"Even the Empire has come out to issue a statement, so it can't be wrong!"

When the elements revived and the Dream Forest reappeared, many people wondered whether the Moon Goddess had returned.

Now that major events have occurred one after another, they have finally received a positive answer. Their attitude towards the Church of Life has completely changed, and they have begun to send people to inquire about specific information.

The number of members of the Church of Life also skyrocketed from a few thousand at the beginning to tens of thousands, and spread out with Qingyuan Province as the center.

This change naturally made founders like Thomas and Ryan smile from ear to ear, and they kept contacting family representatives from all over the place.

"High Priest, are we just going to sit and watch?"

Inside the Qingyuan Province Temple branch, a group of high-level officials gathered together to discuss matters concerning the Church of Life.

Even Licia, who had just been chosen as a candidate saint, was among them.

But she was different from the others. She just sat there silently and didn't express her opinion.

High Priest Raymond, who was sitting in the first seat, looked at the information reported by the people below with a deep look in his eyes. After a while, he spoke: "There is no need to rush. Do they really think that it is so easy to establish a religious organization?"

"what do you mean?"

Everyone below looked puzzled.

"Humph, you can't even tell that. Your faith in the Holy Light is not pure enough!"

Raymond snorted coldly, with disdain in his eyes: "Maintaining a faith organization does not rely solely on faith, but also requires a lot of money and resources. This is not a small amount. Even if the Jade Empire wants to support them to contain us, it certainly can't come up with so much money."

Having sat on the position of high priest for so many years, how could he not know that the Emerald Empire was trying to suppress them.

It's hard for them to take action openly, but it's hard to say what may happen in secret.

Unless the Emerald Empire is willing to spend all its national strength, ignore the covetous eyes of other surrounding empires, and help the Church of Life with all its strength, the Church of Life will definitely be dragged down by the sudden increase in personnel.

Thinking of this, Raymond looked aside and said, "Lisia, I will give you an important task now. Take people to negotiate with those big families and cut off their resource exchanges with the Church of Life. As long as you can do it well, you will definitely be one step closer to the position of Saint!"

"Okay, Licia will live up to her mission and swear to completely purify all enemies that affect the spread of Holy Light."

Licia's face was full of piety, and a holy light enveloped her entire body.

Raymond and other senior executives nodded silently upon seeing this, and were very satisfied with her performance.

The selection of a saint is not just about talent, but also requires outstanding communication skills. As long as this is accomplished, the competitiveness of their Qingyuan provincial branch will definitely be greater, and who knows, the next saint may really be born.

"Go ahead. Once this is done, the headquarters will let you go to the plane that was just opened to negotiate with the Spider Demons and the Undead. That will be the last test, so you must seize the opportunity."

"Ah."

Licia responded, her face expressionless, holy and noble, slowly acquiring the temperament of a saint.

When the meeting was over, she got up and left, taking the knight guards assigned to her by the Temple, and headed for the territories of various nobles in a mighty procession.

The ceremony was almost as grand as when the high priest went out.

……

And at this time.

At the headquarters of the Church of Life.

Just as High Priest Raymond expected, after the initial excitement, Thomas and the others finally realized the disadvantages of having too many people, and they all looked worried.

"What should we do? We are almost out of money. If we don't think of a solution, the believers will all run away."

"The cost of establishing a branch, the treatment and bonuses for believers, various means of transportation, and the equipment for the escort team... There are too many places to spend money."

Most of the people present had joined the Church of Life in its early days. Their strength was all above level five. Two of them, like Thomas, had reached level six.

They are the Grand Mage of Fire who is in charge of judgment, and the Grand Mage of Water who is in charge of daily affairs. Together with Thomas, they are the three major bishops of the Church of Life.

Although they are now protected by the Emerald Empire and don't have to worry about the seventh-level strongmen of the Temple taking action, the issue of resources makes them frown.

"Now we can only send people to talk to those great nobles and see if we can get some funding from them. As long as we survive this outbreak, we can make money through the operation of the Holy See."

Thomas took a deep breath and fixed his eyes on the great nobles with rich territories.

However. He had just finished speaking.

A guard hurried in from outside and handed him a magic sound-recording stone. As soon as he felt it, his face darkened.

"what happened?"

Ryan asked from the side.

Others also looked over.

"The Temple has already taken action in advance to contact those nobles."

Thomas calmed down again and listened to the voice in the sound stone, feeling confused and uncertain.

"Sir Thomas, I have been commissioned by the Holy Temple to stop the nobles from funding the Church of Life. This is the list and order of negotiations. I will try to delay as much as possible. Please hurry up..."

This voice...he was very familiar with it.

He didn't expect that the other party would choose to tip him off at this time. He was shocked and a little bit unbelievable.

You have to know that the other party is at a critical moment in the competition for the Holy Son or Holy Daughter. If he is discovered by the high-level officials of the Temple, it will definitely be an extremely dangerous thing.

Could it be that……

A bold guess suddenly emerged in Thomas' mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Compared with the initial capital investment, a saint-level helper is much more important!
After figuring this out, he exerted a little force and crushed the sound stone in his hand with a snap, leaving no trace.

Money.

If you don’t have it, you can just earn it again.

Tread-tap-

Just at this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside.

"Sir Thomas, there is a goblin outside who claims to be a representative of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce Headquarters and wants to see you!"

"Goblin Chamber of Commerce? Why are they here?"

Not only Thomas, but everyone else looked at each other in bewilderment.

You should know that the Goblin Chamber of Commerce has recently become famous in several surrounding empires because of the emergence of rechargeable magic props. Many noble mercenary groups are rushing to curry favor with them and obtain their product authorization.

Even the royal family of the Jade Empire condescended to personally discuss the introduction of magic props, just to obtain the priority purchasing rights of the products.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the largest chamber of commerce today.

How could such a behemoth send people to their small religious organization?
And he is also the headquarters representative of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce!

"Quick, please invite him in!"

Thomas said quickly.

After a while.

A green-skinned goblin, less than one meter tall, walked into the hall, followed by two burly orc berserkers and a half-human wizard whose aura was even more terrifying than Thomas's. He looked like a nouveau riche.

"Excuse me, are you..."

"Without further ado."

Vickers took off his glasses and sat down on the empty seat opposite Thomas: "I, Vickers Gold, will cover all the expenses of your Life Church in the future!"

The sharp and hoarse voice echoed throughout the hall.

Thomas and others were stunned on the spot, staring blankly at Vickers with a big gold chain around his neck, as if they had been petrified by magic.

Ryan on the side almost rushed up and shouted, "Rich man, let's be friends."

This is not a despicable goblin at all; he is simply the incarnation of the God of Wealth!

and many more.

Vickers Gold?
Isn't this the goblin who launched the charging magic item, the most popular figure now? !
Suddenly.

Thomas and others reacted and looked at Vickers in disbelief.

Why did he suddenly come here and say he wanted to fund the Church of Life?

"you sure?"

Thomas asked, being the first to react.

"Watch your words."

Weeks glanced at him, took the cigar handed to him by his men, took two puffs, and said something that shocked them all.

"I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm informing you that I'll cover all the expenses for the Church of Life!"

After saying that, he pushed the stool away and turned to leave, leaving Thomas and the others with dazed looks on their faces.

After leaving the church and returning to the carriage, Vickers Gold Coin suddenly changed his arrogant look and came to a gold-inlaid statue with a fawning look on his face.

"Lord Moon God, do you think I am satisfied with what I have done? If it is not enough, I will give them more."

"..."

The statue was silent for a moment, and then suddenly a light appeared.

A magic cannon barrel made of pure crystal suddenly appeared on the originally empty carriage, with densely packed routes crisscrossing and six third-level magic spells drawn on it!
"This... is actually a third-order overlapping magic! And there are so many of them overlapping!"

Vickers' eyes widened, he picked up the cannon barrel in ecstasy, expressed his gratitude to the Moon Goddess statue, and immediately asked the coachman to rush back to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

They have been working very hard on research recently, but they have only been able to crack the overlapping method of second-level magic, let alone third-level magic.

If those arrogant alchemists saw this thing, wouldn't they go crazy?

"I'm rich, I'm rich. What a lousy supervisor! I, Vickers, will be the boss of the Chamber of Commerce!"

Before, Vickers was a little worried that those alchemists would be poached, but now, he is not worried anymore.

He was only worried that there would be too many alchemists to choose from.

As for the money to support the Church of Life, he didn't care about it at all. As long as he held on to the Moon Goddess, how could he make less money in the future?
(End of this chapter)