Chapter 45 So What?
When seeing the other person's clear and confused eyes, Ulu's eyes widened little by little.
Because he felt that this should be a question that couldn't be simpler. For the priests of the Rhine, at least for the priests in the city of Somme, the "Rhine Covenant" should have been engraved in their minds long ago. Any one of the questions should be as simple as "Have you eaten today?"
But why couldn't he answer? !
Didn't you hear it clearly?
Did I not make it clear?
Wu Lu still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He said in a deep voice, "Did I not explain it clearly enough? Then I'll say it again. I want to ask you about the seventh chapter of the Rhine Covenant..."
"Ah, wait." The priest raised his hand to stop Uru, "My believer, I heard your question clearly. But I am curious, why do you want to know the content of the Rhine Covenant?"
Uru was silent for a while and then said, "Because I also want to be a priest. I want to engrave everything about the Lord in my heart."
"Is that so?" The priest smiled. "Since you are so pious, I can indeed explain it to you. The Rhine Covenant is my Lord..."
"I know what the Rhine Covenant is." Uru interrupted the priest and looked him straight in the eye. "I just want to know what Article 8 of Chapter 7 is."
"I see." The priest showed his "I understand" expression again, "Then please wait here for a moment. I'll go to the back to get a sample book."
Having said that, the priest turned around and was about to leave, but Uru grabbed his hand.
"Why do you need a book?" Uru seemed to be trying to suppress his inner excitement. "Shouldn't you just memorize it? Why does the priest need a book when he preaches?"
The priest whose hand was held looked at Ulu with a strange and puzzled look: "Why don't you need a book?"
Why don't you need books?!
Uru almost questioned, but he realized that saying so would very likely expose his identity, so he held back and just said, "I heard that it is difficult to become a priest in Somme City, and that you need to memorize the entire Rhine Covenant. I don't know if this is true."
The priest immediately showed an expression of "I understand again" and said with a smile: "It seems that you also want to join the arms of my Lord, otherwise you would not understand so well."
Uru just said "hmm" and asked again: "So is the rumor true? Do I need to memorize the entire Rhine Covenant?"
"Ah, well," the priest smiled and stroked his beard, "it is indeed necessary."
Hearing this answer, Ulu subconsciously raised his eyebrows. He thought that the priest would not admit it, or that the previous rules had been cancelled long ago: "Then you..."
"I was able to memorize it at the beginning." The priest sighed as he spoke. "It is not an easy thing to memorize all the words of the Lord. I don't know how I did it at the beginning. Maybe it was because of my piety to the Lord. I didn't think it was difficult at that time. But now, more than ten years have passed. Although I am still pious to the Lord, I am still distracted by many mundane matters. So now I can't memorize all the words of the Lord like before, but this does not mean that I am not pious to the Lord. In fact, for the Lord... uh, believer, where are you going? I haven't finished speaking yet."
Ulu couldn't listen any more.
Lies, lies, all lies!
There was no way Ulu could convince himself to stay in front of that guy who was talking nonsense for even one more second.
How could the contents of the Rhine Covenant be forgotten?! Those are the words of the God of the Rhine, and they carry divine power. As long as you understand and remember them, you will never forget them in your lifetime.
Even that old asshole Luggie can carry it!
Uru simply could not forget that more than ten years ago, when Lugi made him stand naked on the table and recite the "Rhine Covenant", he could clearly point out every mistake he made and give him "punishments". Uru could not forget these "punishments" even now, and there were still these marks on his body.
...But that guy insisted that he didn't remember, so there was only one possibility, he had never memorized it at all!
The priest of Somme couldn't memorize the Rhine Covenant, so how did he pass the test? !
When Ulu thought of this, he felt a chill running down his bones. Even the sunlight he felt after walking out of the church did not warm his body at all.
But this also made him realize that Bai Wei wanted him to come here to see something.
Since the priest spoke just now, Bai Wei has remained silent, but his silence seems like the biggest mockery.
Ulu took a deep breath and murmured softly, "Maybe it's just an isolated case."
I don’t know whether he was talking to myself or Bai Wei.
Bai Wei still did not respond, but Ulu seemed to hear a sneer from deep in his heart.
Ulu had no way to explain further, so he went to the next church.
This is just an example.
Involuntarily, his mind flashed back to the scene of him memorizing "The Rhine Covenant" all night long more than ten years ago. He recalled how Luji never forgot to swing the whip when he was playing the "game", the anticipation and nervousness before the three tests, the disappointment and confusion after getting the results, and the gritted teeth to start over again.
This is just an isolated case, he reminded himself again.
So that day, he went to countless small churches and asked the same question to countless low-level priests.
What is Article 8 of Chapter 7 of the Rhine Covenant, and the response...
"Uh, Chapter 7, number...how many?"
"Wait for me for a moment. I'll go get one from the back."
“Is there an eighth one?”
"This...it's been so long that I can't remember it clearly, but please don't doubt my devotion to the Lord."
With each answer, Ulu's heart sank to the bottom.
Except for the first two Urus, he still had hope, but he couldn't remember the others. He felt like he was doing some kind of formulaic behavior. He walked into a new church, asked a question, and then left quickly. His expression and heart gradually became numb, so much so that he didn't know what he was doing. His brain seemed to be stagnant, and only his body was repeating an action, and then getting the same or similar answer.
Finally, when he asked the question again and got the same answer, and was about to leave, he heard a famous priest say with some anger and disdain: "Are you kidding me? How many words are there in the Rhine Covenant? Who the hell can recite it?"
Uru stood still, and he felt something surge up in his heart.
Like a mighty and relentless tide, it instantly washed away his expectations and memories, so much so that his body was trembling slightly under this inner wave.
"You ask, how many words are there in the Rhine Covenant?"
The priest, who had a bad temper, heard what Ulu said and turned to look at him unhappily: "What are you mumbling about?"
"I mean, you were asking how many words there were in the Rhine Covenant, right?"
The priest frowned and said, "So what? You fucking ..."
Before he could finish his words, Uru suddenly exploded, rushed over and pushed the priest against the wall.
"I'm telling you! The Rhine Covenant has 534,286 words!" Uru stared at the priest intently, his eyes looking like he wanted to eat him. "The content of Article 8 of Chapter 7 is that no matter whether you are in adversity or not, you should believe in the power of the Lord, believe in the strength of the Lord, and believe that the Lord will not let His believers wander in confusion..."
Ulu's voice became louder and louder, attracting the attention of the entire church. Everyone looked at this black-robed man who came from nowhere and yelled at the church priest like a madman.
"…The Lord will help lost people find the right path, and will help those who persevere to gain something. The Lord will not disappoint any devout believer! This is Article 8 of Chapter 7. This is Article 8 of Chapter 7!"
Ulu's voice was completely broken in the last sentence, so much so that his saliva splashed all over the face of the irritable priest.
The church was silent.
The irritable priest stared at Ulu blankly, totally confused as to why Ulu was like this. After being silent for more than ten seconds, he couldn't help but ask, "So what?"
...So, what?
At that moment, the irritable priest saw a bigger and more dangerous light blooming in Ulu's eyes. He seemed to really want to kill someone. This kind of momentum made the irritable priest completely lose his previous irritability, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
But soon, the light disappeared. Almost in an instant, the beast-like pupils turned into the eyes of a decadent and wretched middle-aged man, and even the force that pressed the violent priest against the wall disappeared.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, he slowly turned around and left.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but his body is a little more hunched than before.
(End of this chapter)
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