It took Lin Xiao almost four days to get out of the forest. On the third day, he found a small hut in the forest. It seemed to be a place where hunters rested in the forest. He followed the traces to find the way down the mountain. After wandering around for a long time, he finally found the way out.
Fortunately, he prepared a set of leather armor this time. If he changed to thick plate armor, it would be difficult even with his current physique.
When he passed through a bush, there was a wilderness with half-human-high weeds in front of him. Looking into the distance, he could vaguely see the shadow of a hut in the distance and a faint green smoke.
"There is a village!"
He simply packed up and walked over there through the half-human-high weeds.
This wasteland is really a wasteland, full of insects and venomous snakes. I am afraid that he stepped on more than ten venomous snakes along the way. Venomous
snakes are nothing. His leather boots have very high defense and the venomous teeth can't bite through them. The main trouble is the small insects, which always sneak in through the gaps in the leather armor.
If it were in other planes, he could still emit the aura of the totem to shock these little bugs, but in this magic-free plane, the power of the totem could not be used at all. Any talent or ability of any totem master here was disabled, and only the strong physique and strength obtained by becoming a totem master could be used.
Physical power is the most common power in all the heavens and the worlds. No matter what crystal wall universe, the physical power cannot be disabled. Even
if it is a world where only souls and spiritual bodies can exist, it can be used, but the premise is that you can have a physical body in that world. He
almost cut through the thorns and came to the vicinity of the village. Before he got close, he was seen by two militiamen wearing linen clothes and holding wooden guns on a wooden sentry tower at the entrance of the village. The two militiamen saw him fully armed and raised his spear as if facing a great enemy and shouted:
"￥#@#@%#….?"
He quickly raised his hand and shouted:
"￥#@#&￥"
This is the language of this world. Lin Xiao understood a little bit. He had made up for the common language of this world in the fortress for half a month.
But there was too little time to learn the general idea, and he could only understand a small number of words. Then, based on these words and the current situation, he could guess that the two militiamen were probably saying something like "Stop, don't get close."
Lin Xiao sheathed his long-handled saber to show that he had no ill intentions. He then took out a tree sculpture from his back and held it in front of him, using the half-familiar common language of this plane and gestures to make gestures, which made the two militiamen look confused.
Fortunately, his action of sheathing the knife was considered a kind release in this world. The two militiamen were able to listen to him gesturing in half-familiar words, and it took a long time for them to respond in a half-understood way.
It took a lot of effort to communicate, and a large group of people in the village behind him were alarmed and rushed out to watch the show. He was allowed to enter the village after almost half an hour.
But he was only allowed to stay at the entrance of the village and was not allowed to enter the village. Obviously, they were still very wary.
Lin Xiao didn't mind it at all. He took out two silver coins and bought some tableware and tools from the villagers with gestures, and stayed here for the time being.
A village is a standard starting place.
It's not that he started to spread faith here. He didn't plan to spread faith in a hurry before he figured out the situation. He wanted to see if he could hire some strong guys here and form a small team first.
Of course, although he was not in a hurry to spread faith, he still had to make preparations.
After buying tools and tableware with silver coins, Lin Xiao quietly took out a ring and put it on in front of many villagers and children who were watching. Then he put the empty tableware on the table and performed a set of standard prayer rituals for himself according to his family's pre-meal prayer rituals. His every move was full of religious rituals, which made these villagers and children very curious.
After a standard prayer ceremony, he quietly activated the ring's built-in table summoning spell. Suddenly, like a magic trick, the empty plate in front of him was filled with all kinds of delicious food, which immediately attracted exclamations from the surrounding onlookers.
Lin Xiao ignored the shocked and unbelievable eyes and distributed most of the summoned food to the surrounding villagers, leaving only a small portion for himself.
The course on preaching and managing faith that I learned during the first year of high school has mentioned that in the early stage of spreading faith, different means are needed to face different intelligent creatures.
For example, when facing a scholar, you can talk to him about knowledge and truth. As long as you crush him with an absolutely overwhelming advantage in the field he is best at and make him feel awe, then after being induced and attracted by kindness, it is possible to develop him into a believer.
If you face a warrior with great power, then you have to talk about force and power. In most foreign worlds, force represents power and wealth.
At this time, Lin Xiao faced the farmer. It was useless to talk about big principles and bragging. Just use naked food to lure him.
Don't tell them that believing in God will get food. Lips are useless. Actually telling them that they will get food if they believe in the true God devoutly is more useful than saying anything.
So, when the onlookers actually ate the food and confirmed that it was true, the news quickly spread throughout the village.
Normal people would pretend to be a charlatan and preach at this time, but Lin Xiao did not do so. Instead, he drew out his saber and cut open a stone pillar at the entrance of the village that was taller than a person, and rejected the unreasonable request of the village leader in a gentle tone.
Lin Xiao has his own unique way and talent in managing faith.
This contrary action not only did not anger the villagers, but made them feel awe, especially the strong men in the village. After seeing him cut the stone with one knife and then easily lift a huge stone weighing thousands of kilograms with one hand, they admired him.
"Sir Rawl is definitely a powerful knight. I bet that the baron is not that powerful."
Several strong men sat under the shade of the trees and watched Lin Xiao holding a huge stone sword cut out of stone for more than two meters in length and swinging it casually as if it was nothing. Their eyes were full of admiration.
The best way to impress such young men is to show force. There is no need to show high-end force. Just the initial power beyond mortals is enough to make them astonished.
After practicing several times according to a set of swordplay he had learned before becoming a totem master apprentice, he put away his sword and stood up, exhaling a breath of white air and hitting the wooden stake with a "crack" sound. Even though the young men had seen it many times, they were still shocked.
He placed the stone sword weighing several hundred kilograms on the rack and waved to the young men not far away.
"Is Lord Luo Er calling us?"
A strong young man ran over excitedly. He took the white cloth beside him and wiped his hands, and asked casually:
"Do you want to learn?"
The young men stared with wide eyes, thinking that they had heard it wrong. After a while, they nodded hurriedly:
"We want to learn!"
"Very good, come to my place every morning in the future."
Half a month later, at dawn, Lin Xiao got up slowly and opened the door. On the flat ground outside the door, more than a dozen young men of different ages were practicing with wooden weapons.
There was already a washbasin filled with well water and a wet towel next to the well. He simply washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and came to the flat ground with his sword to watch them practice.
Ten days would definitely not yield anything, but at least it looked good.
He had not taught them anything substantial in the past half month, but simply taught them a routine, which at most served to train their bodies, and did not involve other powers.
The main purpose of these days was to hone their willpower and select young men with a certain willpower.
After watching for a while, he returned to the house and brought out a large stone nest, and then brought out several large bags filled with herbs that he had asked the villagers to pick.
Of course, these herbs had no effect, nor were they a formula, but were just randomly picked by the villagers to cover up the pills he was going to make later.
If nothing unexpected happened, these young men would become his first batch of subordinates, so they would naturally have to be strengthened a little.
In addition, after he had shown off his ability to summon food every day for half a month, many of the villagers in this village had already imitated his movements and prayed before every meal.
Although it was useless and he had not sensed a trace of faith, it was a good start.
From the information he got from occasional exchanges with villagers, he also took time out to go out and investigate nearby areas in the past half month. He knew that the village he was in was ruled by a baron family called Gibson. The baron was named Herman Gibson. The family ruled a small town and eight villages, as well as a large piece of wasteland, a forest and a small iron mine.
The Gibson family had a castle between the town named Gibson and the iron mine. It was said that they had five knights and more than 40 off-duty warriors. When fighting, they could summon more than 150 young and strong men. Their strength was average among the baronies.
The so-called knight, like the knight in most foreign worlds, refers to a strong man with a physique and strength far beyond that of ordinary people.
Because this world has no extraordinary power, nor does it have the so-called fighting spirit, he secretly went to Baron Gibson's castle and saw the so-called knight, who was just an elite warrior with a physique and strength equivalent to more than three times that of a normal man, equipped with superb fighting skills and elite weapons and armor. Facing ordinary farmers, it was indeed like chopping melons and cutting vegetables.
There are two paths before Lin Xiao now. One is to open up faith in a peaceful way, find ways to preach at the grassroots level, and then influence the nobles and take the religious route.
The other is to preach by force, and use powerful force to force faith to the civilians. Simply put, it means becoming a powerful lord and forcing the people to believe in it in the name of the lord.
There are pros and cons to both routes, but it is certain that preaching by force is more difficult.
But this is the best choice under the current circumstances. After all, this is not a safe world. The sixty-six sons of nightmares and sons of the spirit realm are watching him and may eliminate him at any time. He must have enough force to protect himself.
Then, he can only take the way of preaching by force.
Of course, this does not mean that he has to train a troop to defeat the baron and become a noble himself. Although this is also a way, it is too troublesome. The lord's expedition has always been troublesome.
Lin Xiao is going to take a combination of the church and force, using force to protect the religion, and then uniting many nobles with faith.
(End of this chapter)