Chapter 4033: Provocation
Conquer the sea, the main island of the Natsuki Islands.
In the early morning, in Xia Shu's meeting house, elders from various islands of Xia Shu and other important figures gathered here to discuss important decisions that could determine the future of Xia Shu. After a heated discussion, everyone finally reached a unified conclusion.
"Okay, if that's the case, then we can decide now. We all respect the will of our ancestors and use these methods to hide our belief in the goddess. We now need to guide people's living habits inadvertently, which will take a long time to complete.
"Fortunately, the Huiguang does not require the initial conversion of pagans to change their beliefs all at once. After we declare our conversion, they will come to educate us for a long time so that our people can slowly turn to their Three Saints. Our work focuses on this stage of education. Although it is a bit difficult, fortunately our ancestors have given us a detailed enough method. Later, I will give the detailed tasks to each of you."
In the meeting room, Mapletree priest Amman sat on his main seat, speaking seriously to the important Mapletree members in front of him. After listening to Amman's words, everyone at the scene looked at each other and nodded slightly, as if there were no more objecting voices.
Xia Shu's purpose of kidnapping the pilgrims was to preserve the Faith in Abundance. They also knew that this act of kidnapping was extremely dangerous and would most likely incur the wrath of the Glow and destroy the entire Xia Shu. However, facing the powerful Glow, they had no better way to gain leverage, and most of them were unwilling to go to war with the Glow in their hearts.
Now that Amman has come up with a better method that can allow Xia Shu to reconcile with the church without completely abandoning his faith in the goddess, why not do it? Moreover, this method was inspired by the ancestors and was completely tailored to Xia Shu's situation, so it was completely burdensome to use.
At this time, there were almost no objections in the big house. After seeing the reactions of the people in front of him, Aman nodded slightly. Just as he was about to continue saying something, a voice suddenly sounded from below. It was an elder who spoke.
"Priest Amman, there is one more thing I want to ask. Although these false faith methods revealed by our ancestors are ingenious, they can allow us to secretly retain our faith in the goddess under the teachings of the Glory, making it difficult for them to detect. But this is after the Glory accepts our conversion and begins to teach. How can we be sure that they will accept our conversion? We just kidnapped their people, and now we decide to let them convert. The change in attitude is too big.
"This kind of overly large transformation aura will not go unnoticed, which can easily arouse their vigilance and even make them think that this is a trap set by us. If they don't trust us, it may be difficult for us to convert."
The elder in front of Amman spoke slowly with a worried tone. Listening to the elder's words, Amman continued to answer with confidence.
"Elder Duodu is right. If our attitude changes too much, it will indeed arouse the vigilance of the Glorious Ones, making it difficult for us to carry out our false faith work later. Therefore, there needs to be a reason for our attitude change. We need a basic reason to explain why we are suddenly willing to convert to the Glorious Ones. A change out of thin air can only arouse suspicion."
Amman said this, and the elder named Duodu asked again after listening to Amman's words.
"Priest Amman...from what you said, it seems like you have found a suitable reason? What reason do we need to explain the fact that we are suddenly ready to convert?"
Listening to Duodu's words, Aman smiled mysteriously, then he turned his gaze to Bahoda who was sitting not far away, and then slowly spoke.
"Bahoda, if I remember correctly... there was a Radiant Sister named Vanya on the three ships you hijacked. You said that when you were escorting the ships back, you asked this nun with extraordinary healing abilities to treat the injured crew members and sailors? After she cured the sailors, she actually took the initiative to propose to treat you?"
"Yes, our original idea was just to keep more bargaining chips for negotiation with the Glorious, so we asked the nun to treat the Glorious sailors who were injured by us, but we didn't expect that she would be so compassionate in the end and said she wanted to treat us, who were her enemies.
"At first, I also doubted her motives, but when I had someone try her treatment and found it worked, I accepted her proposal. After that, she cured almost all of our injuries, and there were no abnormalities at all. She seemed to be really kind-hearted. This was the first time I saw such a brilliant person lending a helping hand to the enemy."
Bahoda, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, responded to Amman's words seriously. After listening to Bahoda's words, Amman touched his beard with satisfaction, and then spoke again to the people in front of him.
"It seems that among the glow, there are also kind people who do not distinguish between enemies and friends and respect every life. There are such kind and loving nuns who come to save us who are supposed to be enemies regardless of danger. Why can't we be moved by this?
"We believe in Sister Our Lady of Radiance, who saved us who were supposed to be her enemies with her great love for us. We were moved by this great love similar to that of the goddess, and even mistook her for the messenger of the goddess. We thus felt the divine light from her, and she taught us to walk on the right path.
"Haha... I've studied the aura. Stories about saints sacrificing their lives to preach are what they like the most."
Amman spoke to the people in front of him with a smile. Listening to Amman's response, everyone at the scene was stunned. After they looked at each other a few times, they immediately understood what Amman meant.
Yes, they need a reason to change their attitude, and this reason can be that they suddenly realize the noble deeds of noble people. They can be persuaded and taught to choose to convert, and the person who teaches them can be the Radiant Sister who had shown selfless spirit on the ship before.
"Yes, we can use that nun as a model, let her treat some other injured and sick people in the city, and let Huiguang think that she brought the so-called Gospel of the Virgin Mary to Xia Shu. Invite her over to have a faith debate with her and then pretend to lose, so as to arouse her desire to preach and then cooperate with her, so that Huiguang will think that we decided to convert because of her teachings!"
He clapped his hands and Duodu in the audience suddenly spoke up. After listening to his words, the crowd suddenly started to have a heated discussion again. They began to discuss how to portray Sister Vanya as a noble person who "taught" Xia Shu, so that she could cover up the faith disguise that they really wanted to practice. Amman watched the various discussions below with a smile.
After another round of discussion, everyone decided to let the selfless nun cover for them and provide a reason for them to "convert". Then they immediately decided to bring the nun to the scene in the near future, guide her to "healing preaching" in Xia Shu, and then deliberately arrange a religious debate to lose to her, so that they have sufficient reasons to "convert" to Huiguang.
"Okay, now that we have finished discussing this, Bahoda, go and invite Sister Vanya over. Let her wait outside the house first, and then let her in when we are ready."
Amman spoke to Bahoda, and after listening to Amman's words, Bahoda nodded and left the meeting room. Then everyone began to discuss how to "trick" Sister Vanya into coming in. Almost everyone spoke, except Obuye who was sitting in the corner.
"Oh no...something is wrong. Why did old man Anman suddenly receive some revelation from his ancestors...If Xia Shu doesn't go to war with the church directly, if the church doesn't take it seriously and uses tough measures to purify Xia Shu, wouldn't all our previous efforts be in vain!"
Sitting in the corner of the meeting room, Obuye frowned and thought, as a believer of the Sea Abyss Church, his mission is to ensure that the conflict between Xia Shu and the church is bound to occur, that is, to ensure that Xia Shu will be cruelly purified.
He obtained intelligence about the pilgrim fleet that lacked escorts from the Haiyuan Church, and then used this information to instigate Xia Shu to hijack the church's fleet. Originally, he only needed to wait quietly and escape from Xia Shu after the church's rescue operation and before the fleet arrived. However, if Xia Shu really released the people immediately and announced his conversion, then his plan would definitely be ruined. This was something Obuye had never expected.
"There must be something wrong with Amman's so-called revelation. How can he suddenly understand so many things overnight? There must be something wrong here that caused things to develop like this. Damn it... If this continues, Xia Shu will not be able to be eliminated in a short time. Even if we want to report to the Glorious Church later, we have to wait for the right time and put more energy into it. Moreover, the method that Amman just came up with also includes a response to reports. If this report is not designed, it will be difficult to do it..."
Obuye was thinking anxiously at this moment, because the delay of Xia Shu's death due to unexpected circumstances made him anxious. At this moment, Aman on the main seat turned his head towards him and then spoke.
"Obuye, I have a task for you."
"Ah... Priest Amman, what is the mission..." Being called by Amman, Obuye was slightly stunned, then turned to look at Amman, and at this time Amman took out his crutch and handed it to Obuye.
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