“You are…?”
The haze in the breathing station had not yet completely dissipated. The old woman could not open her eyes and did not recognize Li Lin's voice.
"I'm Li Lin, a craftsman from the Jiraman family." Li Lin quickly introduced himself.
"Ahem...it's you, kid." The old woman inhaled a breath of haze and couldn't help coughing twice.
This was the name that was called out in the breathing station hall just now.
Even though she had never heard much about Li Lin, she still had a rough idea of what kind of person he was through what happened just now.
However, the old woman's face showed a hint of loneliness. "I am a follower of Janna."
She showed Li Lin a wooden pendant she was wearing under her worn coat.
It was a bluebird pendant that was purely handmade and lifelike in appearance.
The quality of the wood used for carving is not good. There are many mottled impurities on the pendant and the color is relatively dull.
However, Li Lin could see that the old woman took great care of the bluebird pendant.
Even though her living conditions and environment were not good, she never let it be stained by any dirt.
Li Lin stared at the pendant for a moment. "You must have been praying to Janna all along, right?"
Talking about faith, the old woman suddenly became excited. "Yes, child, since this disaster began, I have prayed to the goddess of wind..."
She paused for two seconds and sighed heavily, "Unfortunately, the goddess didn't respond to me."
"Have you ever seen Janna?" Li Lin was afraid the old woman might misunderstand him, so he quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to offend your faith. I just want to learn more about the Goddess of Wind."
"Of course, no problem!" Upon hearing this, the old woman's brows immediately lit up. "These days, there aren't many young people who are willing to understand the Goddess of Wind..."
Li Lin nodded, the old woman was right.
When the Shurima Empire still existed, it outlawed the worship of the "false god," and all statues of Janna were toppled.
But the god-warriors cannot protect sailors from the effects of storms.
Every policy has its own countermeasure.
Janna's followers did not change their faith, but instead began to wear the Blue Bird Amulet and continued to pray to her for protection.
Janna's real crisis of faith began around the time when the Zaun people dug the Isthmus of Zaun into a canal.
People began to gradually reduce their dependence on the Storm Goddess and focus their dreams on designing their own mechanisms.
Apart from the "Great Collapse" incident where the canal construction failed, Janna, which saved thousands of people, gained a new group of believers as if it were a "last gasp of light".
But that incident also consumed most of her strength.
As time passed, the Rizhimen Sea Gate was successfully built and people began to pay attention to technology again.
Instead of recovering, Janna's power became even weaker, to the point where she couldn't even perform basic manifestations and was almost on the verge of dissipating.
This is what Li Lin learned about the Goddess of Wind based on his own experience and the legends recorded in some previous books.
However, her devout followers may know some folk tales that have never been recorded about such things.
Li Lin thought about it for a moment.
Now the source of the disaster has been controlled by the mechanical engineers, and the engineering support from the academy carrying relief supplies will arrive soon.
Not to mention the assistance from Hilko and Vandel. Heimerdinger and Kalina, who received the news, will also mobilize the academy and other families to come to the rescue.
In other words, he doesn't need to be busy with other things now.
Of course, Li Lin did not have any hope for the group of people other than Jiraman, Midalda and the Philos family.
Because of his promotion, Gilaman has always supported the construction of Zaun.
Medarda and Philos maintain charitable funds that aid the poor in Zaun.
Although the relief funds invested each year are only a tiny fraction compared to the profits they earn, at least they do it.
As for other families, apart from building some heavily polluting factories in Zaun and hiring Zaun workers at extremely low prices, they have made almost no contribution to Zaun.
"Please start from the beginning. I have time now." Li Lin said in a pleading tone.
Then the old woman began to tell the legend about Janna, the goddess of wind.
In ancient times, people began to try to conquer the ocean.
However, due to the shipbuilding and navigation technology at that time, there were almost no ships, and no one could survive the ocean storms.
Gradually, people began to pray to the wind.
It's not just the sailors who need to go to sea, but also the oppressed people who are oppressed by powerful forces and yearn for change.
Therefore, Janna's name "Storm's Fury" also means to use the wind of change to drive away the tyrannical and cruel rule of tyrants.
This meaning was later often used by people to satirize the Shurima Empire's ban on the belief in Janna.
As the people prayed, they were surprised to find that the wind occasionally answered them.
Sometimes there may be a sky blue bird standing on the bow of the ship, followed by a strong wind filling the sails.
Sometimes before a storm comes, sailors preparing to go out to sea will hear a clear and pleasant whistle as a warning.
In that era when humans and gods coexisted, these strange events were passed on by word of mouth, and the blue bird appeared more and more frequently.
Later, some people even saw it transform into a beautiful young girl with long pointed ears and silver hair flowing like the breeze. She stood at the bow of a ship sailing with the wind and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Gradually, people called her Jan Aram, the original name of Janna, the goddess of wind.
In ancient Shuriman, it means "Guardian".
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