After receiving Liang Lidong's promise, Barbara left happily. Before the black-robed girl got into the carriage, she stole a few reluctant glances at Kail. When Barbara saw this, she curled her lips and forcibly pulled the black-robed girl into the carriage.
At the entrance of the village, Kail watched the carriage disappear at the end of the road before he reluctantly walked back. Liang Lidong laughed. "Stop looking. If you really can't bear to part with her, you might as well live with the mayor. You're engaged anyway, so it's not strange for a man and a woman to live together. "
Kail's expression was grave as he hurriedly said, "Teacher, although Barbara and I are engaged, we've always adhered to noble etiquette and never crossed the line."
It was no wonder that Kail was so nervous, because the traditional customs of Hollevin forbade negative distance before marriage. However, Liang Lidong said, "Kail, I remember telling you half a year ago that things like etiquette are just a way for the nobles to restrain the common people. You don't know how dirty the private lives of the nobles are, so don't care about these things. If you have the chance, make Barbara your woman. Also, when you marry Barbara, you'll definitely become a real noble. At that time, you'll inevitably have all kinds of social interactions and temptations waiting for you. Money, power, beauty, and so on will all corrode your will. I don't know if you'll still hold on to your dream then. "
"I …" Kail pondered and couldn't answer.
Liang Lidong patted him on the shoulder. "In fact, it doesn't matter if you can hold on to your dream or not. In my opinion, a good man is responsible for his family. It's okay to pursue a dream if you have the conditions, but it's not good to abandon your wife and children for a dream. Barbara is a good girl, at least to you. If you have the chance, make her a woman. Don't let her wait too long. "
After saying that, Liang Lidong left Kail and returned to the temple.
No one was praying in the temple. Belin was seriously cleaning the main hall of the temple. When she saw Liang Lidong, she immediately smiled and said, "Teacher, you're back?"
"Belin, come with me to the room. There are some things I want to talk to you about. " Liang Lidong walked forward as he spoke. After a few steps, he turned around and asked, "Why don't you come over?"
Belin stood there shyly. When she heard Liang Lidong's question, she lowered her head and whispered, "Teacher … I, I have someone I like, so I can't … serve you."
Liang Lidong was stunned for a moment, and then his face darkened a little. "What nonsense are you thinking, little girl? If I wanted to find a woman, I wouldn't find a bean sprout like you. I like mature women with great figures. I'm not interested in a young and inexperienced washboard like you, no matter how beautiful you are. "
Belin was greatly relieved. In fact, when Liang Lidong asked her to become an assistant in the temple, her mother secretly whispered to her. If His Excellency Beta is interested in you, you should follow him. He's handsome and has a good personality. It's definitely not a loss. If you can capture his heart, you'll soar to the sky.
Belin was annoyed with her mother's teachings. But when she thought about it carefully, if Teacher Beta was really interested in her like her mother said and proposed it, could she forcefully refuse … After a few minutes of consideration, she came up with an answer that made her feel very sad: No.
This kind of bashful refusal was already the limit of what Belin could do. After all, Teacher Beta was very handsome, nice, and had a high status. She felt that there were almost no girls in the world who could ignore her teacher's charm. But when she heard her teacher call her a bean sprout, she became embarrassed again. "Teacher, you look down on me. When I grow up, I'll definitely be a very beautiful woman."
"Yes, yes." Liang Lidong sighed in his heart. Although he felt that his EQ was not low, sometimes he really couldn't understand the strange way of thinking of women, which was like the undercurrent at the bottom of the sea. "Now can you come to my room to talk about something?"
"Okay." Belin sighed. She was very glad that her teacher didn't have any feelings for her, but she was faintly a little disappointed.
The two entered the bedroom. Liang Lidong poured a glass of water for Belin and asked her to sit down. Then he said, "You've made great progress recently. In about ten or twenty days, you'll become an official priest. But I hope you can work harder and become a priest in ten days. Can you do it? "
"Why?" Belin was a little puzzled. "Didn't you teach us to do it step by step?"
Liang Lidong said helplessly, "There's no other way. I have something to do in ten days, so I'll be out for a while. The temple needs an official priest to take charge. Right now, you're the closest to becoming a priest. I hope you can succeed in ten days. If you can't, it doesn't matter. I can use my own spiritual power to forcibly increase the strength of your spiritual power so that you can meet the most basic requirements to become a priest. It's just that there's a small side effect. "
"What side effect?" Belin asked worriedly.
"Forcibly increasing spiritual power will cause the spiritual space to shake, which will have a certain impact on the stability of the spiritual space. The higher the forced increase of spiritual power, the more unstable the spiritual space will be, which will affect the speed of spiritual power increase in the future. " Liang Lidong sat across from Belin and continued, "But because you don't need much spiritual power to become an official priest, even if you forcibly increase it, it will only cause a very small vibration in your spiritual space. It won't have a big impact."
"Everything I have is given by my teacher. I'm not afraid of a small spiritual shock." Belin stood up. "Since this matter is urgent, I'll go back and work hard. I'll try to meet my teacher's expectations in ten days. I won't cause you any trouble."
Watching the girl leave, Liang Lidong let out a sigh of relief. He didn't want to pressure Belin, but the current situation forced him to do so.
Not long after Belin left, a notification popped up in the temple's management system. Someone had been promoted to an orthodox believer. Liang Lidong took a closer look and saw that it was Jerry. Jerry had returned home early since his brother Hank caused trouble in the temple. He felt that he was no longer qualified to stay in the temple to study. Now that he had suddenly become an orthodox believer, it was very likely that Tom had relayed Liang Lidong's words to him. His heart was agitated, and he worshipped the Goddess Woking even more, so he became an orthodox believer.
Unexpectedly, he became an orthodox believer earlier than Belin. Liang Lidong didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this unexpected turn of events.
The following days were no different from usual. Liang Lidong continued to preach, and Jerry came back to attend classes with the other children. After that, he went to train his combat abilities with Kail and Belin. The recruited young men began to lay stone paths around the temple. This continued until late at night on the ninth day. When Liang Lidong was sleeping, someone knocked on the temple's door.
Liang Lidong opened the door and saw Belin in pajamas. She seemed to have become a little more beautiful. Liang Lidong opened the system interface, and Belin's data immediately appeared on his retina.
Name: Belin (Level 1)
Gender: Female
Profession: Priest, Shepherd (Believer of the Goddess Woking)
Age: 15
As expected, she became a professional. Liang Lidong opened the temple's management system interface and found that Belin had also become an orthodox believer. He smiled and said, "You really succeeded. It seems that you've been working hard during this time. Come in."
The girl's face was full of excitement as she said, "I was meditating just now and suddenly heard a very holy voice telling me that she was the Goddess Woking and asking me if I would like to become her believer and become her Priest to spread her glory and ideals. Of course, I agreed. Then a very strange power exploded in my head, and I inexplicably learned three divine spells. One was Exorcism, one was Minor Wound Healing, and the last was Divine Punishment!"
"Come in, I have something to tell you. It's about what you'll do after you take over the temple."
Belin nodded. She followed Liang Lidong, and after a while, she suddenly said, "Teacher, you're actually not a believer of the Goddess Woking, are you?"
"You can tell?" Liang Lidong smiled. "All priests have the ability to recognize their own people, so it's not surprising that you can tell."
"You don't have the Goddess Woking's Will on you … I can feel and even see this power now." Belin looked puzzled. "Teacher, if you're not a believer of the Goddess Woking, why are you still helping her spread her ideals? You have a very thorough understanding of the Goddess's teachings, but you're not her believer. It's too strange. "
Of course, Liang Lidong would not say that he was doing this to exchange for divine spells, so he had to lie. "I agree with the Goddess Woking's ideals, so I'm just helping her out. Well … now it's time for me to speak … Tomorrow, I'll announce to all the students that you're temporarily taking over the temple. You're now a priest, a professional, and most people are no longer your match. Places like Reed Village rarely have professionals visiting, so there's no problem with safety. "
"There are more than a thousand gold coins here." Liang Lidong kicked the iron box next to him and continued. "The construction of Reed Village is still going on, and you'll pay the wages of those laborers."
Belin looked at the box and swallowed.
"Also, if someone comes to the Goddess Woking's temple for treatment, if they're poor, no matter how serious their illness is, they'll be treated as minor injuries, and you'll only charge them five copper coins. If there's a rich person who comes, I know the possibility is very small, after all, Reed Village is very remote, but if there are really rich people or nobles who come to treat their injuries, you'll treat a minor illness as a serious illness and charge them ten silver coins. If it's a serious illness, you'll treat it as a serious illness and charge them one gold coin. Understand? "
Belin looked conflicted. "Teacher, that's too mean."
"It's just robbing the rich to help the poor." Liang Lidong laughed. "The rich and nobles value their health very much, and they're rich. If we don't rob them, are we going to extort the poor people? The temple will need a lot of money in the future … "
Belin also laughed. "I see. In fact, it's quite fun to think about it."
The next day, Liang Lidong announced on the podium. "I have to go out for a while. Last night, Belin officially became a priest and a professional. While I'm away, she'll be in charge of the affairs of the temple, understand? "
Amidst the uproar, Belin stood up with a confidence that she didn't have before. Many children found that Belin became much more beautiful, her skin became whiter, and the spots on her face disappeared, making it smooth.