Chapter 725 - 20: Vile
"Master..."
The bald man, Sect Leader of Mujin New Church, Park Haoyu, upon hearing Lamar Aihai’s words, murmured softly, and then his gaze gradually became fervent.
But soon, as if he had thought of something, he forcibly suppressed the fervor and tried to remain calm as he asked, "So, what does the Holy Sect... want me to do?"
"Completely embrace the embrace of the Lord."
Lamar Aihai glanced at him, with a playful tone, "I just mentioned, offer your Yellow Springs as a sacrifice to the Lord."
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Park Haoyu hesitated before responding, "Bishop Lamar, our church cannot touch the Yellow Springs, that much you know.
Furthermore, as you just said, whether mainstream or tributary, they will reject religion. Our annoying neighbor has left an extremely heavy imprint on the tributary, although imperial authority has collapsed, only the royal family and a few clan descendants sealed by them have the ability to do anything with the Yellow Springs... The native faction advocates imitating the mainstream and fully accepting it, which is precisely because of this.
Ironically, even though the mainstream imperial authority has collapsed, even though the times have changed... That annoying neighbor is still haunting us.
Although our church has significant influence, we truly have no means for this."
Lamar Aihai, upon hearing this, slightly tugged at the corners of his mouth.
Why?
Do you still not know?
Your roots are in the mainstream, Han, Tang, and Yuan you were prefectures and Governor’s Mansions.
And during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of the time you were servile, like dogs.
You haven’t even developed an independent divine system.
Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Roman Catholic Church.
All sorts of mishmash.
All sorts of borrowing.
And your primitive Witchcraft and Shamanism, influenced by this, along with a deep-seated reverence for strength, belief in the spirit of all things, in Mountain Gods and Earth Gods, ultimately ended up as nothing substantial.
Later, you wanted independence.
But is it useful? To erase the traces left by thousands of years so easily?
What are you dreaming of?
Not just you.
Even Japan, which has an independent divine system and has minimized the mainstream influence, can have the Roman Catholic Church use the Seal of the Pro-Wei Wa King to make the Sacrificial Master of Ise Jingu, the pinnacle of the nation’s clergy, kneel.
What about you?
"I know."
Lamar Aihai mused to this point, again tugged at the corners of his mouth, then smiled and said, "Not only that, I also know... Recently, your Mujin New Church has had significant friction with the native faction.
There’s been quite a bit of noise inside your organization, for instance... not wanting Mujin New Church to get involved in the war between Celestial Strategy Mansion and us.
Many believers think that the Roman Catholic Church has already fallen behind, right?"
"..."
Park Haoyu remained silent for a while, his expression somewhat awkward, "Just a small number of people."
"Really just a small number of people?"
Lamar Aihai once again asked with a smile, simultaneously slowly raising his right hand.
Park Haoyu’s heart skipped a beat, realizing something, he suddenly turned around, and his pupils contracted sharply.
A tall man, at some point, had appeared behind him, with a wooden expression, holding two still bleeding heads in his hands.
And these two people, Park Haoyu knew them very well.
Both were bishops of Mujin New Church... they also strongly opposed further involving Mujin New Church in the war between the Roman Catholic Church and Celestial Strategy Mansion.
After all, the previous two times.
Mujin New Church’s losses were not insignificant.
Compared to the Roman Catholic Church, it could be said they were severely weakened.
They were extremely dissatisfied with this, having suggested multiple times to Park Haoyu to directly sever ties with the Roman Catholic Church.
And Park Haoyu had not dismissed this consideration.
But right at this moment...
Their heads had been chopped off.
With eyes unclosed in death.
Park Haoyu’s body began to tremble.
"Sect Leader Park, did you just hear the terms I used?"
Lamar Aihai slowly stood up, walked over to Park Haoyu, looking down at him, "War... do you understand the meaning of war? It’s simple, it’s do or die."
"And I have promised His Holiness the Pope that I will end this war, and I understand the difficulties you face, I truly do."
"But are your difficulties greater than mine?"
"I believe not."
"Moreover, we will assist you, just like we helped these two bishops understand the meaning of ’war’."
Lamar Aihai pointed to the heads held by the wooden man, "And we will also let those royal and clan descendants who can access the Yellow Springs, understand the meaning of ’war.’
So Sect Leader Park, don’t use any difficulties as an excuse, I truly understand your difficulties, but I now only want to hear your answer.
Fully embrace the embrace of the Lord, offer your Yellow Springs as a sacrifice to the Lord, are you willing?"
"..."
Park Haoyu’s body trembled, he slowly raised his head upon hearing this, and then took a deep breath, "No matter what difficulties there may be, Mujin New Church... will always be the Lord’s most faithful believers! Loyalty!"
"That’s more like it."
Lamar Aihai slowly nodded, kindly patting Park Haoyu on the shoulder, "From this moment on, you are the Lord’s faithful believer, and there will be no more native faction in the future, Mujin New Church will become the state religion."
Even though the deep-seated reverence for strength and the influence lasting thousands of years has prevented them from even spawning a native divine system.
But precisely because of this, the backlash encountered during the sacrificial process will be negligible.
This is also one of the reasons Lamar Aihai chose them.
On the other hand.
For the same reason... you see how obedient the sect leader of Mujin New Church is.
And tracing back the roots.
This still seems to be thanks to the Celestial Strategy Mansion over there.