Chapter 16 The Great Truth

"Boss Li opened the store late today."

"It was said to rain today, so I went to the market first to avoid being caught in the rain."

Li Chengxi unlocked the shutter door and let the delivery boy in.

The two checked the bill of lading and the quantity, and moved the snacks and drinks into the warehouse at the back. After completing the purchase of his convenience store, Li Chengxi sat behind the cashier and opened his laptop.

Because of the delay in going to the market and checking the bill of lading in the morning, it was already six o'clock in the morning in the game, and Viola had already taken the guards to the chapel.

Speaking of prayer, it really varies from person to person. When you move the mouse to the guards, the prayer content written in the pop-up dialog box is also very strange.

Some said they hoped that their swordsmanship level could be improved, some said they hoped to get more bonuses at the end of the month, and some said they wanted a good weapon.

This is still normal. The most outrageous thing is that some people want to know what kind of underwear the Demon King likes, and some people say that they hope their colleagues will notice their intentions and want to have sex. For example, some people hope that the Demon King can use his divine power to help her grow taller and have a better figure.

Is the Demon King too nosy...

In comparison, Viola is the most normal one, and the content of her prayer is still "Please give us doctrines."

The strange content of the prayer is actually related to the vague doctrines.

If it is the God of Agriculture, people will definitely pray for a good harvest, and if it is the God of War, they will pray for invincibility. The Demon King played by Li Chengxi has no more specific priesthood characteristics, let alone doctrines. Naturally, they think that the Demon King is an omnipotent god, so they pray for everything.

Speaking of which, if it was two days ago, Li Chengxi would not be able to respond, how could he know how to compile doctrines.

But now it is different.

Picking up the headset, Li Chengxi said:

"Get your paper and pen ready. I will teach you the first chapter today."

The two-headed Viola who was kneeling on the screen stood up immediately. Li Chengxi could clearly see that she said a few words to the guards behind her. Then one of the knights ran out of the chapel as if his butt was on fire. After a while, he ran back with a stack of papers. Maybe because he was too excited, he tripped over his left foot and fell flat on his face.

The other knights hurriedly went up to pick up the papers scattered on the ground, and unscrewed the ink bottle and handed the feather pen to Viola.

Seeing that they were ready, Li Chengxi took out his mobile phone, turned on the screen, and read it:

"The Tao that can be spoken is not the real Tao; the name that can be named is not the real name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth, and the named is the mother of all things. Therefore, always have no desire to observe its wonders; always have desire to observe its boundaries. These two come from the same source but have different names. They are both called mysterious, and the more mysterious, the more mysterious, the door to all wonders."

That's right, this is the Tao Te Ching.

Doctrines are made by people, so naturally there are rules to follow.

Whether it is the Bible or the Buddhist scriptures, it can be simply summarized as using mythological stories to show how awesome one's boss is, mixed with some great principles for daily life.

Li Chengxi felt that since gods really exist for NPCs like Viola, there is no need for mythological stories to brag, just go straight to the great principles.

Then, the great principles of the Tao Te Ching are great enough.

The whole text has a total of 81 chapters. Reading one or two chapters every day is enough for Li Chengxi to... I mean to preach for two or three months.

Of course, relying on just one Tao Te Ching is not enough. Li Chengxi also specially prepared the Analects, the Five Classics, Mozi, Han Feizi, Guiguzi, Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, the Book of Changes, etc., so that a hundred schools of thought can be directly debated in the game.

Moreover, Li Chengxi weighed the pros and cons again and again and decided not to tell them the translation, but the original words in classical Chinese.

As for how to understand?

Understand it yourself.

Interpreting doctrines is also the job of pastors, and different people interpret it differently. This is why a religion has several different branches and sects. I haven't seen any leader come down to explain that you have misunderstood.

As long as Viola and the others don't interpret it too far, Li Chengxi doesn't care. He just watches them interpret it themselves and thinks it's something for the believers to do.

It's called maintaining the mystery of religion.

Compared with directly giving translations, obscure things make people feel that they are good things.

After Li Chengxi finished reading this paragraph, Viola copied a large page of paper and immediately raised her hands to show it to other knights as if she had found a treasure.

Then there were "Gan!" and "Cao!" in the chapel to express admiration...

Forget it, let them be, Li Chengxi was too lazy to correct them.

At this time, a guard knocked on the door and seemed to be saying something to Viola.

Li Chengxi clicked the mouse, and the dialog box that popped up read "Your Highness, the soldiers are ready to go out to eliminate the bandits."

"Bandits? Why did Viola look for them?"

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She carefully kept the paper close to her body, and then Viola immediately ordered her knights to gather soldiers to go to war.

Most of the soldiers who followed Viola to the territory of Leon were injured, and many of them had their wounds worsened because they could not get treatment.

But under the continuous treatment of the Holy Light, they recovered quickly. Except for the seriously injured who really needed to rest, many people had recovered.

Viola selected 500 elite soldiers to line up in front of the Leon Fortress, plus her own guards and local guides, the total number was close to 600.

As the silver trumpet sounded, the army set off towards the destination.

This number of people does not sound too many, but the actual situation must be considered.

Viola's total force is only 2,000. Excluding the seriously injured and the soldiers left in the city for defense and patrol, 500 people are just enough.

According to reconnaissance, there are less than 1,000 bandits, but even if there are deserters and defeated soldiers among the bandits, their weapons and equipment are still not complete, and there is no training.

Five hundred professional soldiers are more than enough to fight against nearly 1,000 bandits. The biggest trouble is that the road is difficult to walk.

The group set out at 7 o'clock in the morning and walked for two or three hours to the bottom of the mountain range called the Spine of the World.

Viola looked at the snow on the top of the mountain range and remembered that when she was in the capital, she heard scholars say that the Spine of the World blocked the cold air from the north and created a warm climate in the Demon Kingdom of Aruvas, so the Spine of the World was called the Sacred Mountain by scholars.

Viola didn't know whether the scholars were right or not, but this mountain range now helped her block the pursuers of the four-nation coalition forces. She could settle down in the territory of Leon with peace of mind. From this perspective, she should be grateful.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, everyone left their horses and grooms behind and walked into the mountain.

The climate in the mountains is changeable. Soon, a drizzle began to fall from the sky, covering the team like a cloud.

The good thing is that the rain can block the line of sight and prevent the army from being discovered before it gets close. The bad thing is that the rain will take away body temperature, causing more intense physical exhaustion.

The bandits are hidden in the criss-crossing mountains of the Spine of the World, and it will take several hours of walking to reach them.