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Chapter 650 This is our former leader
At the same time, on the other side of the main temple of the Church of Light, in the residence of the deputy leader Wan Yan, several messengers and Dharma Kings of the Church of Light, as well as a dozen red-robed high priests, gathered here.

The Heaven-Fighting Dharma King Fei Yi was standing at the window of this living room which was forty meters in area, gazing towards the magnificent altar.

The internal structure of the former star-class colonial battleship was designed to accommodate as many immigrants as possible and to be self-sufficient. The various buildings inside were very compact and densely packed.

The battleship even has four levels of agricultural areas on its lower deck, which can produce a large amount of food.

This is exactly what the Church of Light needs. They inherited the structure of the star-class colonial battleship intact, just to accommodate more priests and believers, allowing them to come to the main temple to study the doctrine of light and visualize the holy fire and thunder.

Therefore, even the residence of the deputy leader Wan Yan is very cramped. This living room with a radius of 40 meters is already a very spacious private space inside the main temple.

The Heaven-Fighting Dharma King Fei Yi looked out of the window and saw the 'Ming Wang' sitting on the altar.

"The real Ming Wang?"

The Warring Dharma King Fei Yi murmured something with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.

He was very surprised by the miracles performed by this 'Ming Wang' at the Light Conference and his performance at the academic affairs meeting just now.

This may be the true Lord of Light, different from Yin Qianqiu who came to power through cheating and deceiving the Holy Thunder and Fire.

The problem is that this person showed up too late!
The Heaven-Fighting Dharma King Fei Yi narrowed his eyes in pain and stroked his arm gently with his hand.

He is no longer the 'Warring Dharma King' who would devote all his energy to the Church of Light, even to his death, and even fight for heaven and earth.

That damn old man Wanxin, that damn demon from outside the realm.

He was careless just once and was bewitched by Elder Wanxin's magic during the colonization operation, leaving a huge hidden danger in his body.

Therefore, the current Dharma King Zhantian is just a greedy person who is scheming for his family property and life, and is accustomed to taking advantage of opportunities and using the power in his hands to seek benefits for his own family.

He was no longer worthy of seeing the light, and seemed to have no desire to see the bright world described in the scriptures come to pass.

People like me will only be completely burned by the fire of catastrophe in the bright world.

Fang Junhao, the demon-suppressing envoy, was also sitting in the lobby, drinking with a somewhat depressed look on his face.

Most of the people sitting here today had connected with each other before the Conference of Light. They have actually formed separatist forces and do not want to see the Invincible King of Dharma in power. Some even intend to drag the priests and believers under them to leave and set up their own factions.

Fang Junhao, the Demon-Suppressing Divine Envoy, had received promises from the Great Liao Divine Envoy Office and the Imperial City Administration more than once. As long as Fang Junhao led the 'Demon-Suppressing Holy Hall' under his control and several parishes and incense halls under his wings to become independent, and slightly modified the doctrines, the Great Liao would give up its crackdown on the hundreds of millions of believers of light in the Great Liao.

According to those lobbyists, in the eyes of the Great Liao and the Northern Abyss, the behemoth Church of Light, with its 2.7 billion believers, numerous divine envoy-level, candidate divine envoy-level, and deputy divine envoy-level masters, is a great threat. However, if the Church of Light is dismembered and split, it will no longer be a threat.

Fang Junhao, the demon-suppressing envoy, didn't believe a single word these people said.

He actually doesn't mind handing over power to the headquarters, but can the current Ming King handle this situation?

What's more, His Majesty the Mingwang appeared too late and his cultivation was too weak.

Not only is the Church of Light facing deepening internal problems, but it is also surrounded by wolves from outside, and will face numerous crises in the coming years.

Once a high-intensity war begins, not only will a large number of devout believers be caught up in the flames of war, but some will also leave the religion.

They are sliding into the abyss step by step. If they are not stopped, they will collapse and fall apart sooner or later.

Strong invincibility will only delay this process, but will lead to greater disunity within the Church of Light.

By the time this true "Ming Wang" grows up and is able to hold up the sky of the Divine Religion, the Divine Religion of Light will probably have already fallen apart and ceased to exist.

Fang Junhao looked at the wise envoy Xiao Xingyi who was drinking silently opposite him, and thought that since he didn't say a word today, didn't he mean that he was extremely disappointed with the internal affairs of the Divine Religion and felt the same despair as him?
Niu Tao, the powerful Dharma King who was at the location where Fang Junhao attacked, was extremely unhappy and helpless.

The 'Iron Island Diocese' led by Niu Tao was determined this time. If the Invincible King of Law tried to take the throne by force, the Iron Island Diocese would set up its own organization!

However, the scene where Ming Wang ascended the glorious altar and sat firmly on Falian dealt him a heavy blow.

This is a "Ming Wang" who, upon ascending the throne, was able to step on the sacred fire without injury and was recognized by the will of 2.7 billion believers. He has already gained the support of a large number of priests in the church.

Niu Tao only needed to look at the piety and fanaticism of the many middle and lower-level priests present at the time to know that if he still insisted on having his own way and forced the Iron Island Diocese to become independent, then the priests under him would never agree.

The 70 million believers of the Iron Island Diocese are actually controlled by these middle and lower-level priests.

These priests whose minds are full of the "bright world" will not follow him, and the Invincible King of Magic can also take his life with justification.

Therefore, the Divine Power Dharma King Niu Tao was indignant and helpless. There was no way there could be "light" in this world! The so-called holy thunder that split the dark world and the fire that burned all the filth did not exist!
Do they know that if Wudi seizes the power of the Church, how many people in the Church of Light will die? How many families will be destroyed?
Mr. Wan Yan also frowned and remained silent.

In fact, he didn't want to see the Church of Light split. He was the deputy leader of the Church of Light, and he also had a part in this huge sect. How could Master Wanyan be willing to see it fall apart?
However, Mr. Wanyan also did not want to see the authority and reputation of Mingwang and Wudi Dharma King become too great.

Zhao Chongling, the envoy of the God of Wealth, was also worried. He was concerned about the money of the cult.

Although the miracle of 'Ming Wang' at the Light Conference prevented the division of the Church of Light, the financial crisis and predicament of the Church of Light were not resolved.

Going to war with the Dasheng Kingdom requires a huge amount of financial support. Once all parties start to join forces to encircle and suppress it, the income of the major dioceses and branches will inevitably drop sharply. How can they have the financial resources to hand it over to the headquarters then?

This heavy financial pressure will inevitably be further transmitted to the believers.

At this time, the red-robed chief priests were arguing and discussing.

"Your Majesty Ming Wang is truly foolish. How could he allow the Invincible Dharma King to be the regent and deputy leader?"

"I think this man is weak and incompetent. He is already the King of Light, recognized and trusted by everyone in the Church of Light. Why should he hand over the authority of the Church to Wudi?"

"And that bastard, Heavenly Blade Dharma King, is he crazy? He's been the Dharma King for over a hundred years, and now he's gone to be a dog for Wudi. Isn't he afraid of being laughed at by his brothers in the sect?"

"I'm even more worried about the Beisheng Diocese. If a war breaks out, it will lead to endless trouble! In fact, the best strategy at this time is to give way and avoid the enemy's attack. When the Three Gods of Purgatory raise the demonic tide and the Great Sheng Kingdom is too busy to take care of other things, the Beisheng Diocese can still revive."

"Indeed! The Divine Church can actually negotiate with the Great Sheng Kingdom to buy time for our church. Even asking believers to pay more taxes is better than starting a war." "Damn it! Wudi wants our diocese to either send our branch's religious guards over there and pay the full amount of offerings to the main altar this year, or make up for the previous two years'. Doesn't he know what happened to this money? It was all swallowed up by Old Man Wanxin."

When Zhao Chongling, the envoy of the God of Wealth, heard this, he couldn't help but sneer.

If this guy hadn't stuffed this money into Elder Wanxin's pocket, how could he have been promoted to the rank of 'Cardinal Red Priest' so quickly?
The Church of Light has more than 100 red-robed high priests of the eight realms in the main temple alone. Only some of them have extremely powerful bloodline abilities and extremely strong and pure divine fire, and can rise to become the leaders of important departments or parishes or branches. Those people are usually called cardinal red priests.

However, since Elder Wanxin was appointed by the previous leader to assist in the management of religious power fifty years ago, more than one red-robed high priest with insufficient achievements and combat power below the eighth-level super-emperor level has been appointed as a cardinal. This has caused the people in the sect to become divided and have too many people for the job.

Zhao Chongling thought that there were some benefits to the Invincible Dharma King taking the throne. It could sort out the finances and, to a certain extent, trace the root causes and correct unhealthy tendencies.

However, the next sentence these people said made Zhao Chongling's face turn serious.

"I wonder if you have heard that the Earth Federation is about to ban sales to our Divine Religion. Regardless of materials below the sixth level, sensitive materials above the sixth level, including injections, colonial equipment, various war machines, etc., will all be banned."

"How could it be? These demons are indeed not of our kind. Their hearts must be different. Aren't they afraid that we will run out of supplies?"

"Out of stock? If we don't sell our goods to those extraterritorial demons, who else can we sell them to? All of them were unwanted before."

"Not only that, they've also banned all surgeries. I previously made an appointment with a very reliable surgeon, but now he's broken the contract, saying the Federation has issued a warning to him that if he dares to give us surgeries, he will be severely punished."

"The demons sent a message saying that if the Invincible King is willing to abdicate, or if the Invincible King disbands and destroys her starship fleets, the ban on sales will be lifted—"

At this moment, the hall was completely silent, and everyone looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

Zhao Chongling found that there were more than a dozen people in the hall looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, but he was too lazy to pay attention to them.

Although Wudi reached out to the "Shancai Holy Hall" which he was in charge of as soon as he became the regent deputy leader, Wudi did not directly seize his power. Zhao Chongling did not have much interest in the local area, so it was not his turn to step forward now.

When the Divine Religion was in trouble, no matter how dissatisfied Zhao Chongling was with Wudi, he had no intention of sabotaging Wudi.

He was just curious, what was the purpose of Wudi raising so many 'starships'?
As far as he knew, the five abysses had been raising starships with the help of the 'Temple of Machine God' and the Sky Demon smugglers. In the Song Dynasty alone, it was said that there were 200 starships of various models.

However, the Invincible King has 80 starships equipped with the so-called "quantum migration device". In addition, there are more than 240 warships with the potential to be converted into starships.

What exactly does this woman want to do? It is already difficult for the Church of Light to resist the encirclement of the gods. Does this woman want to attack the hometown of the devil?

"okay!"

At this time, Monk Wanyan put down his wine glass. "There's a saying among the people: 'Unless the nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact.' In this time of crisis for the Divine Religion, we must unite and help each other to overcome this difficult time. You can complain to me, but if you dare to publicize it or put your foolish ideas into practice, I will be the first one to punish you."

His eyes were dark and fierce, revealing a hint of fierceness. "Since the Invincible Dharma King wants to clash with the Great Sheng Kingdom, then let her do it! Even if my Divine Cult wants to negotiate peace with the Great Sheng Kingdom, we can't just do it like this. We must first let the Great Sheng Kingdom know the pain of mutual destruction. So, if anyone dares to hinder her in this battle or hinder her, then the Divine Cult's rules are designed for you. Do you understand? If you understand, then disperse. Those above the Dharma King can stay. I have something to say."

After all the cardinals and high priests in red had left the hall, Master Wanyan looked at Xiao Xingyi, the Envoy of Wisdom, who was standing to his left. "The dignified Church of Light cannot allow someone of unclear status to take charge. Although Gong Bonan has endorsed the King of Light's identity, indicating that the King had his reasons, we'd better clarify his identity. Envoy of Wisdom, I'll leave this matter to your 'House of Wisdom'."

The 'Temple of Wisdom' of the Church of Light constantly gathers the most powerful group of magicians and the top astrologers of the Church.

The Heavenly Fragrance Envoy who presides over the 'Fragrant Clothes Holy Hall' clearly obeys only the orders of the 'Ming Wang', so Mr. Wanyan can only rely on the Wisdom Holy Hall.

Xiao Xingyi pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Okay!"

He actually also wanted to find out the identity of Ming Wang.

In his opinion, everything about His Majesty the Ming King was good, he was talented and had great political skills, but unfortunately his cultivation was too weak and his foundation was too shallow.

Therefore, the Envoy of Wisdom also wanted to see what the Ming Wang's true identity was and whether he was worthy of his support.

Xiao Xingyi was also pessimistic about the future of the Church of Light, but he could not do nothing just because of his pessimism and watch the church slide into the abyss.

Master Wan Yan then looked at Zhao Chongling and said, "Good Fortune Divine Envoy, since war is unavoidable, we must prepare for a rainy day. Whether it's the tax revenue of the headquarters, the supplies provided by the Heavenly Demons, or the elixirs provided privately by the Medicine God Sect, we must find a way to maintain them!"

Zhao Chongling's expression was slightly tense, and he cupped his hands. "This is Zhao's responsibility. In fact, I plan to go to the Great Song Star Port in person in two days to see if I can get a business license or two and contact a few Tianmo merchants."

"A merchant license?" Monk Wan Yan pondered. "Are you planning to purchase supplies from the Great Song Star Port? That's a good idea."

In the future, a large number of demon merchants will gather in the starport. By then, they will have plenty of ways to circumvent the federal sales ban and obtain various demon war machines, potions and colonial equipment at cheaper prices.

At the same time, they can also try to find some demon merchants who are willing to offer a higher purchase price.

"Besides that, I also want to talk to the Crown Prince Yin of the Great Song Dynasty. From what we know so far, he seems to have a good attitude towards our Church of Light—at least towards the lower-level believers—and is quite protective.

Therefore, I want to negotiate with him on behalf of the Church of Light, offering to give up revenge on their master and apprentice, and at the same time provide normal tax payments to the Song Dynasty, in order to stabilize the Song Dynasty. This way, we can preserve the various branches of the East Continent Church and avoid being attacked from all sides."

Zhao Chongling glanced at everyone present with a strange look in his eyes. "Just before coming here, I discussed this matter with Wudi and have obtained her consent. Now I need your support."

Zhao Chongling was actually very confused. He thought that the most difficult person to convince would be the Invincible Dharma King, but this person agreed after only a moment's thought.

The expressions of everyone present became strange.

Giving up on revenge against the Great Song Dynasty's hidden crown prince Lin Hao and his apprentice, wouldn't that be like surrendering to their enemies? This also means that the previous generation leader Yin Qianqiu died in vain.

However, the Tianmo supplies are indeed vital to them, and they do need to maintain a stable trade channel to prevent chaos in the various dioceses and branches of the Song Dynasty.

The Envoy of Wisdom frowned slightly. If they wanted to talk with the Crown Prince Yin of the Song Dynasty, they would have to overthrow the legitimacy of the previous leader. Only if the previous Ming King was not a Ming King but a treacherous person who sought the "Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire" would the prestige of the Church of Light not be damaged.

At least I can deceive myself, it's not so embarrassing.

But in this way, the Invincible Dharma King would not violate the rules of the religion, which is not what the Messenger of Wisdom wants to see.

Lay Buddhist Wan Yan pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "We can talk, but you have to convince Lin Hao to give us a few more licenses and a larger share. Otherwise, the Bright Divine Church will not let us go. We will definitely demand an explanation from Master Yin regarding the matter of our former Master!"

He thought that among these license plates, it would be best if there was one for Wan Yan!
(End of this chapter)