The pastor smiled warmly. Although he wasn't an expert in the canon, Wu Yu's question happened to have a standard answer in the canon. He, a mere doorman, could finally offer guidance like a true priest.
"In God's eyes, all beings are equal, and He gives the same gaze to every living being in the world."
"So, to God, there's no difference between humans and ants?" Wu Yu seemed to have a sudden urge to ask, having only intended to cover up his embarrassment.
"Hiss." The young pastor was taken aback. Wu Yu's words sounded very blasphemous at first glance, but they did not conflict with the canon. He knew that he had to deny Wu Yu's point of view, but he couldn't think of a rebuttal for the time being.
While the pastor was racking his brains for a solution, Wu Yu had already made up his mind to throw the gold coins into the prayer box and leave the seat for the next person.
While the pastor was in a daze, Yi Fang started praying on her own, but she wasn't actually praying to God; she was seriously thinking about what Wu Yu had just said.
Yi Fang couldn't discern any hidden meaning behind Wu Yu's words, but she could sense his attitude. This person had no reverence for the gods. Although everyone's beliefs were different, no one had ever dared to utter such defamatory words under the gaze of the gods.
Just because he was Wu Yu, Yi Fang did not judge him as a fool. This man had said even more arrogant things not long ago, and there was no one like him in history who looked down on everyone else.
Previously, in order to verify the truth of Wu Yu's words, Yi Fang had specifically contacted the Apocalypse Society. The only reply she received was the words "unfathomable." The World Tree bark used to restrain Wu Yu was also the work of the Apocalypse Society. It was just one person who made the Apocalypse Society take it so seriously.
Yi Fang simply couldn't imagine how terrifying this person's strength was. Yi Fang even suspected that Wu Yu might be the first person in the world to break through to the eighth-tier epic level and reach the same realm as the Demon King.
A ninth-tier mythical being—only someone with that level of strength could make these things seem natural.
After Yifang finished praying, she took out a money bag, grabbed a handful of gold coins without counting them, and threw them into the prayer box.
Wu Yu was quite envious of this payment method where the rich man didn't need to keep the change.
After doing all this, Yi Fang led Wu Yu to the other end of the church.
What they just did was complete the entry procedures; now they need to get down to business.
The foyer used for prayer is only a small part of the church. Behind the main hall lies another world, but most of these areas are not open to outsiders.
Wu Yu and his group went to an open area.
This area can be considered the church's consumer area. People usually come here to buy holy water or crosses, but a month before the Feast of Light, they also offer another service here.
That is the token for distributing the Holy Light Festival.
There wouldn't be many people coming to collect the token at this time, so Wu Yu didn't even need to queue this time.
Upon seeing the person in charge of distributing the tokens, Wu Yu was somewhat dumbfounded.
The man wore a small ceremonial crown, which served as both an ornament and a special type of hat. His long, pale yellow hair was braided and draped down his back. He wore an elegant and luxurious priest's robe and held a silver tin staff inlaid with jewels. He was clearly an important person.
But upon a second glance, wow, isn't this Virginia? Why is she working as a receptionist at a church instead of helping others in the capital? And why has she abandoned her unchanging country girl attire?
However, Wu Yu quickly remembered that she seemed to be a saintess of the Church of Light! Then it's alright!
"Good morning, sir." Virginia recognized Wu Yu at a glance and greeted him warmly.
"What are you doing here?" Wu Yu asked, puzzled.
“His Holiness the Pope has appointed me to oversee the distribution of divinely ordained tokens,” Virginia replied.
"So you really are in charge!" Wu Yu said in shock.
Although he guessed the answer just by looking around at Virginia, he still found it hard to believe when Virginia said it herself. Was the pope mentally challenged? Was this kind of person who needed to deal with people something Virginia could do?
Aren't you afraid that these tokens will be stolen by someone, or that there are other people staking out the area?
"Why did the Pope send you to handle this matter?" When facing Virginia, you can just ask her directly; she would never lie.
“Because these tokens only have effect when I personally place them on the recipients,” Virginia replied truthfully.
Interesting. What's going on? Is there some kind of blessing or something with this thing? Wu Yu wanted to see what was going on. "Miss Yifang and I are here to collect tokens. Please prepare one for each of us."
“Okay, please hold out your hand,” Virginia said.
Wu Yu did as he was told and extended his hand. Virginia didn't do anything fancy. She simply took out a gold bracelet from the cabinet next to her and put it on Wu Yu's right wrist. Then she took out another bracelet and put it on Yi Fang's wrist.
Wu Yu held his hand up for a long time, and seeing that Virginia didn't make any further moves, he couldn't help but ask, "Is that all?"
“Okay, that’s all.” Virginia nodded.
If it were anyone else, Wu Yu would have thought she was playing a trick on him. But facing Virginia's pure eyes, Wu Yu really couldn't get angry. However, he still said irritably, "To be fair, without exaggeration or bias, this is something anyone can do."
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