This barbarian village supervised the slaves' work, drinking, eating, and sleeping as usual. They knew nothing about the arrival of the evil star, and they knew nothing about his departure. Of course, they knew that half a basket and a few pieces of charcoal were missing. The beautiful agate stone disappeared, and even one of the chickens in the chicken coop was missing. Soon after the severe torture, the slave who volunteered to take responsibility for these incidents was found, but no one saw the shadow of the one who actually took these things. , as for why the puppets they enshrined on the fire pit were wiped clean, there is no one to investigate.
"According to the priest, there are very few direct disciples among the priests who can actually be taught by the high priest. Most of them are taught within their own families. Father and son or uncles and nephews are the common inheritance paths," Hualin said while eating. While roasting the chicken, he drew a circle on the ground with a branch. After learning the skills of the Yi cooks several times, he had a deeper understanding of the concept of making enough food and clothing by himself: "This is the level of Yi people's society. It's normal. They are very hostile to each other and don't have much leftover products. Those who have the ability to send their children to Montenegro through the hostile, wild and dangerous areas and pay large sums of money for tuition are all at the level of Chieftain Paigang. This is definitely not a common phenomenon among barbarian priests, but since the existence in Black Mountain has ambitions for this world, it could have paid the price on behalf of those young people."
Talent is the most precious to any organization, and Hualin is very clear and recognized about this. When he just left Jiming Village and settled in Pingjiao Lane, he spent a lot of effort and the skills he used at that time. To a certain extent, it was a huge amount of money to train several children from the Flatfoot Gang. He believed that this investment was very worthwhile. Those children who had gone through the preliminary training were not only at that time, but also within his control in the future. Provided him with a lot of help. They are not even apprentices in the Jialuo world, but after all they still have eyes, hands, and ears. As long as they are used properly, they can do many things that low-level magic weapons cannot do. For example, they can In front of the whole city, they use their local aboriginal identities to provide guarantee for the non-existent identity of "Hua Ling of Calabash Lane". For example, they can detect things that Hualin himself cannot detect, and only the aboriginals will find out. Something's wrong, wait.
But in Black Mountain, the existence that the high priests worshiped seemed not to care about this. It allowed false spells and counterfeit spells to spread among the barbarians, but did not issue instructions for the real priests to recruit talented people. Young people are given intensive training. The promotion of priests mainly depends on their background, and ordinary Yi people are even full of guys who don't know anything except the name of Guru.
And it could have easily changed all this. With just a few short oracles and some solid support, the number of real priests would have greatly increased, and the barbarians would have been able to capture more trophies to worship it.
However, what is currently happening is the opposite trend. This sect is in the process of "bad money driving out good money".
The origins of priests are getting lower and lower, so low that many priests are served by slaves who have just been freed. These people are not geniuses who can transcend classes and rise to the priesthood based on their abilities. The reason why they are selected to serve as priests is that they are of noble origin. The barbarians prefer to find groveling service personnel rather than the aristocratic priests of the same class, who are capable and who point out their behavior in the name of the Guru. In this case, these priests who were still in slave shackles just now were naturally more concerned about not angering their masters than worshiping the Guru.
Hualin was shocked to find in several villages that the faces of the puppets they worshiped as Guru and other attendant gods had been carved to look like the owner of the house.
Or, it may be that many gods surround the wooden statue of the master of the house, like servants.
Hualin remembered that in the religion classes in Jialuo World, the sects that showed this trend were generally not real sects. Their gods usually did not respond. The entire sects were all conscious and unconscious liars. Their various The bloody and evil rituals are not so much about pleasing the gods as they are about pleasing those in power.
This is not the case with the Guru. There are real people among its priests who can be answered, but it does not punish the impostors or promote true servants who can carry the voice to it.
Why is all this happening?
"Maybe it doesn't need these," Xiao Qianqiu said, "The Death Worship Cult doesn't need living people."
"There are indeed many beings that don't need priests and offerings," Waring said. "Yet it answers prayers, answers wishes that seem meaningless to it."
"Is it to continue the inheritance?"
"No need." Although he didn't want to admit it, Hualin still had to admit that the women who threw their babies into the Sangmen ditch gained nothing but the destruction of their own bloodline, but this did not prevent them from doing so. And this "custom" is passed down from generation to generation, so for the inheritance of a sect, the liar is enough, and there is really no need to expend energy to respond, but it has responded, answered many prayers that actually do not need to be answered, maybe This matter can be simply explained by the madness and chaos he was exposed to before, but answering prayers requires a clear will. Otherwise, what falls on the priest is not power but a curse. No matter how devout the sect is, he may also bear it. After a few times, it is better not to respond and let the believers indulge in the liar's promises according to their wishes.
"On a piece of grassland, some people plant a little here and there, but let most of the area remain grassland. Why? If the land is suitable for cultivation, it should be fully cultivated. If it is not suitable, then it should be allowed to grow grass. For grazing, what is the purpose of such small-scale farming?"
"I think it's to avoid being discovered by the land owner," Xiao Qianqiu said. He had seen similar examples in official books and answered easily: "But the Yi people are aliens and they never pay taxes. As you said, you have never believed in any god other than the Guru."
"I'm talking about what they said to me," Hualin knocked on the branch in his hand: "People involved in the transaction usually only know the part he knows... So, have they really been believing in the Guru? Or are they? , believe in someone else who only has the word "Guru" in his name?"
