Devil's Bible

From treating potential respiratory, lung, and even systemic damage caused by breathing exercises, to special meat supplements, and certain auxiliary materials needed during cultivation.

These things all cost money. It's fine for one or two trainee paladins, but the problem is that the church needs to support quite a few trainees.

In addition, the same was true in other places, where church clergy had previously received very few benefits.

“Even so, I would rather not be a paladin than have the church cooperate with smugglers as a price.” Al remained steadfast in his conviction.

A mistake is a mistake; there's no way to admit that something is right just because you're compromising with reality.

"Alright, Al, you can leave now. I'll ask around and explain things to you later." Isabella wasn't blindly convinced that Nemes was right, but she also knew that Al was being too idealistic. He wouldn't get any answers here and would only get more and more stuck in his own thoughts.

Perhaps if we delve deeper into this topic, the other person's worldview will collapse, and they may end up ruining themselves.

After Al left, Nems continued speaking.

"The entire church in Baiwei Town was already rotten to the core."

“It’s not that Baiwei Town is poor, it’s that the church in Baiwei Town is poor.” What Nemus said was true.

“Clergy of all ranks form large and small groups, and then they plunder all the benefits, leaving the church itself with limited benefits.”

"This creates a vicious cycle: new clergy members can't get many resources from the church, so they can only choose to join or build various small circles to obtain resources in various ways."

"Is it because of the changes in recent years again?" Isabella asked, troubled.

“Not just that,” Nems said. “It’s caused by multiple factors.”

“Previously, the church could suppress these people by monopolizing legitimate advancement resources, but now the resources, mainly whale oil and holy baptism, are gone.”

It can only be said that the God of Discipline had a problem, which triggered a chain reaction.

There are two types of baptisms: the larger one is called the Grand Baptism, and the smaller one is called the Pilgrimage.

Pilgrimages can help people upgrade from Blackstone to Steel.

The Great Sacrifice can help Iron-type plants reach their maximum value and become Gold-type plants.

Because of these two special methods, the church was previously able to use them to balance the clergy.

At that time, as long as the clergy still had the slightest desire for advancement, they dared not go too far.

So the church's income was quite good at that time.

Until problems arose with baptisms, both major and minor, the benefits that clergy could obtain from the church were greatly reduced.

As a result, a series of problems arose.

This led to the church's previous state, where internal and external personnel joined forces to form various interest groups and make a fortune.

“Of these money-making businesses, smuggling is the most difficult to prohibit, and the profits are also quite considerable.” Nemes explained his ‘reasons’: “Various nobles, and even some merchant houses, have industrial parks for whale products.”

"These things are the main resources used for cultivation."

"Only by allowing it to circulate will it generate revenue and fill the void in the church."

"This is also one of the best ways to transform church power."

The church's power is dwindling, and if it doesn't use its power to profit from smuggling, then the church is doomed.

Without the church's involvement, whale product smuggling will only transform from its current stable mode of operation into a frenzied one.

As quantities decreased, prices surged.

Everyone's needs for spiritual practice will change accordingly.

In the pursuit of more resources and wealth, chaos is inevitable.

Once chaos ensues, the church's power, credibility, and so on will decline.

"By then, the church will only face bigger problems, which will definitely affect Qiquan City."

"Now we can only let the Azure Whale suffer, and I'll take the blame," Nemus said with a helpless expression.

Isabella looked at Nems, and although she couldn't read much emotion from him, she could still tell that Nems was in a predicament.

And regardless of Nems's purpose, the dilemma is what it is.

Similarly, Nemes truly shared his resources, bringing considerable benefits to the church members.

Whether it's training more paladins and apprentices, or building more outposts to maintain order.

Nemes did get things done, and he did stabilize the order of the church.

As things stand, unless the smuggling becomes widely known, Airspring City will definitely not punish Nemus.

Chapter 143 The Holy Son? !

Isabella is not old-fashioned. If she were in Nemus's position, she would very likely have done the same to support the church through smuggling.

The layout of Baiwei Town was actually supported by the church, nobles, clergy, and merchant groups.

In this process, the church is the dominant force that controls the direction, and it is necessary to maintain the balance of various rules and forces.

Once the balance is lost, problems will arise.

The problem is that there are constant problems at the top of the church, and the problems of the enclosureists and the peacemakers are just derivatives of these problems.

The same is true of Baiwei Town, which has been continuously affected.

Now, Nemes has barely managed to find a solution to the problem.

The problem of the blue-sky whale is basically difficult to solve. As long as there are people living on the whale's back, it is impossible to stop their greed for the whale.

Currently, Naims uses smuggling channels as a central point to rationally allocate resources for whale excavation and development among various parties.

Although it will still cause various problems, such as some buildings in Baiwei Town shaking too much.

Some cracks in the ground even collide with each other, turning from small cracks into small pits, and people could easily fall in if they're not careful.

Excessive tail wagging frequency and amplitude indicate that the blue-sky whale is feeling uneasy.

But thankfully it was just unease.

We are far from reaching the point where floating whales, driven by greedy exploitation, will swim wildly.

Once it reaches that point, perhaps only one in ten people living on the whale's back will survive.

Everything right now may affect the lifespan of the floating whale in the future, but if we can't even get through the present, the future is meaningless.

At this point, Isabella could accuse Nemus of violating regulations, breaking the law, and betraying the debt owed to her by the Azure Whale, but she couldn't accuse Nemus in other ways.

Even the smuggling was something Isabella had to cover up.

Isabella walked out of Nemes's office, looking somewhat worried.

She felt that she had changed a bit.

Although she wasn't old-fashioned, she still insisted that right was right and wrong was wrong.

However, in the past few months, she has witnessed far too many dilemmas.

In these extraordinary times, finding a way to maintain order in the city is already a great achievement. As for the problems with this method, we'll discuss that another day.

In this turbulent world, it's already difficult enough to gain a foothold; to think of a way to have the best of both worlds is simply wishful thinking.

Isabella believed she could stay true to herself and firmly uphold the truth.

But now she has discovered that she is not as great as she thought.

"Did your mind waver?" Nemus watched Isabella's departing figure, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

"Ups and downs are normal."

"Only in the depths of despair can one see their true self and then truly achieve transcendence." Nemus even found some enjoyment in this process.

During this period, Nems' own development was still in a phase of rapid growth.

The stats of Neil Dartmenley's body have been developed to 65, which is almost four times faster than originally expected.

It would have taken more than two years to raise the value to 65.

In six months, the value should only be able to rise to around fifty.

However, with the availability of whale products, such as whale meat, as supplies, Nemus's development of numerical values ​​proceeded so smoothly.

Naims predicts that the number will reach 70 within this year.

However, whale products will have a slightly weaker effect on stats above 70.

It is estimated that it can be practiced about three times faster than without using anything.

In other words, the time required to improve from 70 to 80 points has changed from 243 days to just over 80 days.

It takes a little over two hundred days to go from a value of eighty to a value of ninety.

"I've currently reached a score of 90, and it will take me about nine more years."

Nems estimated his own improvement.

"To be on the safe side, it would take at least ten years to prepare for the advancement to the Gold Rank." Even someone like Nemus, who has no shortage of resources and good aptitude, would need ten years if everything were in place.

For others, unless they are exceptionally talented or blessed with destiny, there is virtually no hope of becoming a "golden seed" (a highly promising talent).

“From this perspective, Rhine is truly terrifying.” Nemus pondered Rhine’s intelligence.

Rhine looks only in his thirties, but he is actually in his forties or almost fifty. He just looks so young because he takes good care of himself.

The current speculation about his strength comes from Angel A. When Angel A quietly approached, Rhine was slightly aware of it.

Therefore, it can be roughly determined that Rhine's stats are around 80 or just over 90, and his characteristics are not too bad.

"This shows that Rhine's speed is only slightly slower than mine."

"I wonder if the crucial transformation Isabella can bring me will allow me to reach the Golden Seed stage faster?"

At this moment, Nemus could feel the slight push of fate.

The historical trajectory brought about by the Book of Time, and the revelations brought about by the Breath of Sacred Law.

In addition, Nemes himself had observed a maxim about fate.

At this moment, Nemus was even able to disguise himself as a charlatan, and he was able to vaguely observe the fate of some ordinary people and then give a general result.

He stood up, went to the window, and looked out.

While you can't see the entire town of Baiwei, you can see a good portion of it.

All living beings are born along the Weizhong River, their past, present and future intertwined.

Nems gradually sensed the direction of history.

"It's still the church's doing." Nems gradually realized that for the next few decades, the historical trajectory of Tailtail Town would still be controlled by the church.

The most crucial point...

"Dorsal fin mountain?"

"The tail-wagging luck is in the dorsal fin?" Nemus seemed a little puzzled. After leaving the dorsal fin village, he thought he would no longer have much connection with the dorsal fin mountain.

Unexpectedly, the historical trajectory of Baiwei Town is closely related to Beiqi Mountain.

Nemus pondered his previous experience in the dorsal fin village, trying to find out if he had overlooked anything.

However, no useful information was obtained.

The dorsal fin mountain yields very little; aside from some herbs that grow at high altitudes, there was nothing worth mentioning.

"Unless the old pastor left something behind that we didn't dig out."

"And this thing can influence, or even dominate, the course of a town's history for decades..."

Nemes carefully recalled his interactions with the old pastor, especially the words he spoke during the last period of his life.

Then, Nems' eyes suddenly lit up.

I recalled the old pastor's words before his transformation: "I still have sins to atone for, my experiment is not yet complete, and the Holy Son has not yet been truly born!!"

"Son?"

Chapter 144 Dorsal Fin Mountain

The essence of holy blood is the bloodline of saints.

Saints are beings created when deities infuse divine power into qualified human or other living beings.