The Holy City and the Capital of the Sages originally had no transmission lines, but during this period, thanks to the efforts of a group of mages, they finally began to be constructed.
This is very beneficial to the Black Sage, because from now on he can control the Holy City more smoothly.
However, in his expectation, it was still not the Magic Association that really controlled the Holy City, but the Church of Life founded by Yin Lian. The Holy City has a strong religious atmosphere, and there is a strong sense of hostility towards the Magic Association. If the Magic Association is directly controlled, most of them will lead to half the result with half the effort.
Life Church is different.
The Church of Life itself is still religious in nature. Although it was on the side of the Magic Association before, they lacked aggressiveness and there were no rumors of any evil deeds before. Compared with most of the sects in Mathil, the Life Church should belong to a Huairou sect - and this should be very attractive to the people who have long been oppressed by the Holy City Church.
Even though there are many die-hard believers in the Holy City, as long as the Life Church can successfully leverage some believers, it will only be a matter of time before they are defeated one by one.
The Black Sage had high hopes for Yin Lian, but Yin Lian actually didn't want to get involved in this matter. Firstly, because the Holy City is the spoils of the Magic Association, the intervention of the Life Church is likely to cause dissatisfaction among some mages. Secondly, because Yin Lian has many affairs of his own, Mathil is not a place that Yin Lian wants to focus on in various senses.
The magic technology here has developed quite maturely. Although it is not very developed in other aspects of social technology, only in the art of war... maybe it is difficult to judge who is stronger and who is weaker on earth.
In this case, Matir is basically a world with an owner, and its force value is not weak. Yin Lian has some friendship with the Black Sage, and her family is relatively influential on Earth... Even so, she still doesn't feel that she has the ability to control both parties.
For the Black Sage, is the friendship between them comparable to a world that is rich, technologically advanced, and full of all kinds of enjoyment? For Yin Huai, will he listen to his daughter's opinion and just give up on a world where magic and magical power may exist?
No matter how confident Yin Lian is, he will never think so highly of himself.
Because he was aware of this, Yin Lian did not want to conquer Mathil, at least not now. She felt that it was best to maintain her influence on Mathil at its current level, which would not cause a backlash from local forces, but would also allow for some room for collecting supplies and trade exchanges.
Because he didn't have too many intentions, Yin Lian had no intention of spending too much time on expanding the influence of Life Church. That was her original plan.
However, when the Black Sage offered to let her take over the Holy City, Yin Lian hesitated.
She thought for a long time, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to accept the task. She has seen the Magic Association's attitude towards the Holy City believers. She didn't sympathize with the enemy, but she just felt that there was something wrong with the attitude of the magicians, and it was likely that the influence they could gain would turn into a resistance force.
That's what Yin Lian doesn't want to see.
However, considering all aspects of the problem, Yin Lian still acted deliberately.
She said: "It's not a problem to help take over the Holy City, but I don't want to control the Holy City. The goddess only cares about food and life. We cannot go against the goddess's wishes and involve too much in responsibilities that are not ours."
The Black Sage said: "Controlling the Holy City is what every sect dreams of doing."
Yin Lian said: "To control the Holy City, you only control the body, and only by controlling the heart of the people can you control the soul of this city. But if you can control the people of the city... there is no need to worry about other details. Teacher, whether the goddess's teachings can win people's hearts...has nothing to do with who takes over this city."
The Black Sage said: "You are too idealistic."
Yin Lian said: "However, as long as the teacher wishes, I will appease everyone. After all, I don't want too much conflict between the mage and the believers. That would not be good for anyone."
The Black Sage immediately smiled and said, "I'm waiting for your good news."
Yin Lian said: "Please also ask the teacher to send a team of mages to assist us."
Afterwards, Yin Lian came to the Holy City through the teleportation circle and found that the atmosphere in the city was extremely tense. The people were frightened and fled in all directions when they saw the man dressed as a mage. It is clearly an extremely prosperous city, but there are very few people walking on the streets.
But Yin Lian felt that there was actually an undercurrent surging in the city.
She was not discovered by many people when she entered the city, because currently no one in the city was out and about, and not many people cared about trivial matters. She was wearing a cloak, so she couldn't see her appearance clearly, so it was naturally not easy to attract attention.
When Yin Lian entered the city, many people thought that another group of cruel and vicious mages had arrived. Most of them just hid in their houses, looking out through the gaps in the curtains and praying nervously.
However, their gods seemed to no longer respond.
However, after Yin Lian appeared in the city, he did not immediately start preaching or forcibly gather the people. The first thing she did was to start repairing and rebuilding the temple complex.
During the process of repairing the temple complex, she also recruited city residents as temporary workers, merchants to trade building materials and some daily necessities, and hired nearby city residents to provide lunch for the workers. Because of the war, many shops in the city are no longer in business, and even if they are still in business, most of them have a bleak business.
People are afraid of mages and dare not move around at will, but at the same time they need necessary income and daily necessities. So when Yin Lian made this proposal, it was inevitable that some people would feel excited.
Of course, there are still some people who regard mages as devils and are afraid of them, but stubbornly refuse to have anything to do with them.
When Yin Lian was observing how many people were willing to come to work near the ruins that day, he suddenly heard a loud noise. But it turned out that the people who wanted to come to work had a conflict with their relatives.
Yin Lian heard the noise and walked over, and then heard someone roaring: "You are making a deal with the devil!"
The woman who was yelled at by him replied: "Stop talking nonsense. May the goddess bless you... I have heard about the teachings of the goddess of life. She is such a kind and generous god... If you say such things again, you will be too disrespectful to the goddess." That’s disrespectful.”
The man said: "How can a guy who gets involved with those guys from the Magic Association be a good person!? Wake up! That is simply a false god! It is a cult! They are just good at talking and deceiving people."
When Yin Lian heard the quarrel, he walked up and asked, "Who are you?"
The magician behind her stared at him eagerly, and the man suddenly lost the confidence to slander him just now. The woman quickly knelt down and said: "Master God Envoy! Please spare him! He didn't mean it."
Yin Lian suddenly laughed and said in a sonorous tone: "Go back!"
The woman was stunned for a moment and didn't react, so Yin Lian said again: "Go back! We don't need people who slander the goddess to work here! Go back to your homes... it's my mercy."
The couple were startled immediately, and then the woman cried and begged: "Master God Envoy, I really want to believe in the goddess! I don't have much food at home, and I still have two children to raise..."
Yin Lian then said: "Even though the Holy City is a little sparse at this time, I believe there is still a lot of work that can be done for you. As for whether you admire the goddess or not, I don't care. I only know that every man and woman will promise to be single when they sign a marriage contract. The same body. So no matter how you defend yourself, in my opinion you are one body. Since he has resentment towards the goddess, you must share this resentment for him."
"I will not let people who hate the goddess come to work for the goddess, because I cannot guarantee that you will not harm other believers. They are all devout people, and I am responsible for them."
What she said was extremely beautiful. Although it was literally just a rejection of the woman's job request, the clever choice of words and reasons did not make people feel harsh or ruthless. Instead, everyone could not help but follow her train of thought and recognize her decision.
The woman cried and said: "But what about my child..."
Yin Lian then said: "Your husband has hands and feet, and his limbs are sound... If he can't even earn three meals a day, do you still need the goddess to be responsible for you?"
She spoke clearly and said word by word: "What do you think of the goddess? I have to bear your disrespect while also giving grace mercifully? If I treat you like this, will it be fair to other devout believers?"
Her external image has always been gentle and approachable. No matter what Yin Lian's original character is, at least she will maintain a unified image when she presents herself as a divine messenger.
Of course, the mages within the Magic Association still knew to some extent that the disciple of the Black Sage was not as gentle and easy to bully as she appeared to the outside world. But they may not understand Yin Lian's true character.
The attitude shown by Yin Lian at this time was still within the understanding of the mages, but it was already very surprising to the believers in the Holy City.
However, Yin Lian's performance was well proportioned. Her choice of words was too clever, and she naturally used the way she wanted to lead the onlookers' thoughts into the angle she wanted.
Although her remarks were harsh, they did not arouse the disgust of most believers. Instead, they made many believers feel heartwarming. At the same time, it also made some people realize that this divine consciousness may not be as weak and easy to use as they thought.
"She is indeed much harder to deal with than expected." The handsome man sitting in the armchair stroked the cat on his lap and said with a smile.
The woman from before asked, "Then what are we going to do next?"
The priest fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "I have an idea."
