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Chapter 116 The Power of Divine Art

Ace uttered a sound, a little surprised.

"Mr. Zhang, are you really interested in learning the magic of the Dark Church? In this world, everyone will choose the Light Church."

Zhang Jingyi said: "What I want to learn is things like [Healing Technique]. As for whether it is from the Church of Light or the Church of Darkness, it is not important to me."

"No, no, this is very important." Ace said, "Divine arts are different from magic. They are not achieved by calling on elements. They require devout faith and are the power borrowed from the gods."

At this point, Ace's face showed a hint of fanaticism: "Because we are loyal to the God of Darkness, believe in the God of Darkness, and are willing to devote everything to the God of Darkness, He will give us a little bit of divine power to cast spells. Faith is the cornerstone of divine arts. If you want to learn divine arts, you must choose a god to believe in."

At this point, he spread his hands and said, "So whether you choose the God of Light or the God of Darkness is a very important matter."

Zhang Jingyi tilted his head: "Is it necessary to choose? Must I choose?"

Ace: "Must!"

Zhang Jingyi: "The deeper the faith, the greater the power of the magic?"

Ace nodded, "Yes."

Zhang Jingyi: "Then I have objections."

Ace: “?”

Zhang Jingyi chuckled: "I don't know much about the Dark Church yet, let's talk about the Light Church. Do you think the high-ranking officials of the Light Church have a firm belief in the God of Light?"

Ace: "Of course, you must be very determined."

Zhang Jingyi: "Have you ever seen priests of the Church of Light commit crimes in the name of God? For example...burning all the people in Sunset Town to death. Do you think it was God's will, or was it an order issued by priests of the Church of Light in the name of God?"

After these words were spoken, Ai was stunned and didn't know what to say for a long time.

Zhang Jingyi: "Your subtle pause shows what you are thinking. Now I want to ask my second question. Are the magic of the high-ranking officials of the Holy See of Light powerful?"

Ace: "Of course it is. How can someone with a weak divine power be reused?"

Zhang Jingyi: "Now the question arises. They use the name of God to do bad things, which shows that they don't have God in their hearts at all. Then why are their magic so powerful?"

Ace was completely stunned.

Zhang Jingyi chuckled, "Then there is only one possibility, which is... there is no necessary connection between the depth of faith and the power of magic. This is just a trick, but you have fooled yourselves."

Ai suddenly felt terrible. What kind of magical logic was this? It almost made him doubt his own faith.

Devil, the man in front of me is a devil. He is using the devil's whispers to lure me onto the path of heresy, ah ah ah ah!

Fortunately, he was a priest of the Dark Church and did not have the same strong exclusivity as the Light Church, otherwise he would have to declare war on Zhang Jingyi immediately.

Zhang Jingyi chuckled: "Okay, I know you are confused now, but confusion is caused by thinking. Only with thinking and doubt can there be progress. I remember there is a saying that goes like this, 'True faith should have doubts'. Do you think I am right?"

"Oh! No!" Ace held his head with both hands. "Don't use such terrible words to shake me. True faith should not have doubts. What kind of devilish idea is this?"

"Is it the devil?" Zhang Jingyi laughed and thought to himself: This is what a modern Catholic would say.

Modern Catholicism has experienced thousands of years of war and progress, and its thinking has become more open-minded. It can accept various new ideas, or it must accept various new ideas.

Thus, the phrase "True faith requires some doubt" was born. This was too early for medieval priests.

Zhang Jingyi said: "Ah, these are not the main points. Anyway, please teach me some magic."

Ace: "How can you, a person who doubts God, learn divine arts? You can't even do the first step, believing in God, so you can't get started."

Zhang Jingyi: "If I find a god to believe in myself, I can get started, right? Okay, I'll be honest. I won't pretend anymore. I devoutly believe in the God of Flag. Is that okay?"

"The God of Flaco?" Ace: "I have never heard of this god's name."

Zhang Jingyi: "The God of Flag is very effective. Let me give you a few examples and see if they work."

Ace: "I'm all ears."

Zhang Jingyi: "Before going to war, a soldier would tell his fiancée, 'If I don't die in this battle, I will marry you when I come back.'"

Ace looked embarrassed: "Then he will definitely die."

Zhang Jingyi: "Yes, this is the power of the God of Flag. Also, before going out to gamble, the gambler said to his wife, if I win, I will buy you a gold necklace."

Ace covered his face: "Then he is doomed to fail."

Zhang Jingyi: "Look, this is also the power of the Flag God."

Ace: "I see, according to what you said, the God of Flaco really does exist, and he is quite powerful. I have never heard of him before, I am really ignorant."

Zhang Jingyi chuckled: "Is it okay to teach me magic now? I can just borrow the power from the God of Flag."

Ace: "Okay, let's start with your belief in the God of Frago. I will teach you a set of prayer tips. Please think of the god you believe in silently in your heart, and then pray sincerely. You will be able to get guidance from the god and feel the flow of divine power."

Next, Ace taught Zhang Jingyi the method of prayer. The specific method of 100 million words is omitted here. Friends who are interested, please go to the church to ask.

Zhang Jingyi listened very carefully and thought to himself: This is not much different from a monk’s meditation!
The meditation of a mage is to absorb the power of elemental spirits and store it in his own body, while the prayer of a priest is to absorb the so-called "divine power" and store it in his own body.

But it is obvious that this so-called divine power is a lie they made up. It does not come from God at all, but from nature.

Just like the power of the elements.

Divine power is the power that is inherent in nature. Perhaps it should be called "light element" and "dark element".

The prayer of the Church of Light is to absorb the light element in nature, while the prayer of the Church of Darkness is to absorb the dark element.

It’s the same as the magician’s water, fire, wind and earth.

After all, the power of divine force comes from practice, not from how devout one is in one's belief in the gods.

In order to fool people, the Vatican made up a bunch of confusing theories of faith.

Keep lying to yourself!

Let's see how long you can deceive.

Zhang Jingyi does not lie to himself. He does not need to waste time on useless "chanting". He only needs to pray with concentration and feel the "light element" or "dark element" of nature to accumulate "divine power" for himself.

(End of this chapter)