Chapter 596

Chapter 430 – Covert Message

“If what Vania means by treating the Holy Mother as a goddess refers to abandoning all religious activities related to the Goddess of Abundance and fully accepting the doctrines of the Holy Mother, then this pretended faith would be meaningless, merely self-deception. And if, after pretending to convert to the Holy Mother’s faith, too many obvious religious activities related to the Goddess of Abundance were retained, it would not escape the notice of the Church.

Therefore, how should one pretend to have faith? How can the Holy Mother be treated as the Goddess of Abundance? How can the original religious activities be carried out under the Glimmer’s watch? These issues involve a multitude of complex problems that cannot be explained in just a few words.

“Rest assured, for these situations, we have experience and can provide detailed assistance. You only need to hand over all the detailed documents about various religious activities in XiasTree, as well as the literature on various heritages. I will deliver these materials to our priests who will help you formulate an appropriate plan based on our experience.”

Seeing Anman’s worried expression, Vania said seriously. In her words, it seemed there was indeed a tribe on a distant continent that pretended to believe in the Holy Mother but secretly maintained their faith in the Goddess of Abundance. She herself was part of this mysterious tribe, and Anman, who had seen Vania’s dance before, had no doubts.

Looking at Vania’s confident demeanor, Anman felt some relief. He sighed and said,

“Alright… Then everything is entrusted to you. Most of the documents about the goddess and the rituals in XiasTree have been passed down through generations of our priests and are very precious. How much do you need?”

“Give as much as you can. Although we all believe in the goddess, there are differences in various ritual practices due to distance. Even our priests need to fully understand XiasTree before they can formulate a suitable plan for you. So please provide as many documents as possible.”

Vania directly told Anman, who frowned upon hearing this.

“Give as much as possible? But Miss Vania, many of our documents contain poisons that require preparation before viewing. Do we really need so much?”

“Poisons? No problem. Our priests have connections with the Historical Records Office and possess highly effective defensive methods against poisons. So don’t worry.”

“Sir Anman, you can give me those documents to examine for a while. I will use extraordinary means to send their contents to our priest, who will immediately provide feedback once she has a result.”

Vania directly told Anman. Seeing the nun’s confident expression, Anman nodded without further worry.

“Alright, since that’s the case, all documents related to the goddess’s faith will be made available to you.

“Moreover, time is pressing. Since I have decided to follow your path and pretend to convert to the Holy Mother, the urgent task now is to inform the other important elders of XiasTree about this immediately. I will convene an emergency meeting right away. If everything goes smoothly… we will notify the Church of our willingness to convert and release hostages early tomorrow morning.

“Afterwards, I will show you XiasTree’s faith, and from then on, everything will be up to you.”

Anman said to Vania, given the high status of the Priest of Abundance on the island, he was not worried about the outcome of this meeting.

“Mm, thank you for your trust, Sir Anman. We will do our best to help XiasTree overcome this crisis.”

With a determined and serious expression, Vania said to Anman, who then sighed deeply and slowly left the sacrificial site. Vania followed closely behind him. There was still much to do tonight.

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“Huff… Finally, things are somewhat settled. This XiasTree…”

Late at night, in a hotel room in Trua, Dorothy, wearing pajamas and lying on the sofa, sighed in relief. With Adel’s help, she finally succeeded in making Vania gain the trust of the Priest of XiasTree and agree to her plan.

“Luckily, there were many records in the spiritual legacy left by Dalena to Adel, including content from when she was the successor of the Priest of Abundance. Not only did she know the gestures for the sacrifice ceremony, but she also knew the sacred dance for the deity. Without these, it would have been impossible to win the trust of the Priest of XiasTree.”

Lying on the sofa, Dorothy mumbled. In Dalena’s notes, Dorothy had seen descriptions of the abundance sacrifice site, which was almost identical to the one in XiasTree, except that apart from the Altar of Dance, everything else was damaged. On the abundance side, apart from the Water Altar, the other three altars, though unused, were mostly intact. After seeing the Altar of Dance in XiasTree, Dorothy thought of having Vania pretend to be an abundance believer and win the Priest of XiasTree’s trust with Dalena’s dance.

Not long ago, Dorothy found Adel and asked her to transfer the contents of the abundance sacrifice through the sacrifice of Akka, allowing Dorothy to successfully make Vania appear as a devout believer of the Goddess of Abundance in Anman’s eyes, becoming their “companion.”

‘This time, I owe Adel again. It feels like I’m starting to owe her favors… Looks like I need to find a chance to repay her. I wonder if there will be valuable content in the abundance documents from Anman.’

Looking at the book “Navigation of the Literary Sea,” Dorothy thought in her heart. She wasn’t helping XiasTree avoid being cleansed by the Church for free. All the documents about the abundance faith from XiasTree, she intended to take them all. Recently, she had been lacking “Cup,” and this wave from XiasTree might help her replenish it.

Of course, Dorothy wasn’t collecting XiasTree’s documents solely for her own spiritual enrichment. She had promised Anman that she would help XiasTree create a “Guide to Pretended Conversion,” which was not a joke. Dorothy was genuinely preparing to help XiasTree devise a method to maintain abundance faith under the Holy Mother’s faith.

The reason for her confidence was because she had numerous references, provided by the Wolf bl**d Association of the Amniotic Sac religion.

Yes, back then, the Wolf bl**d Association had created a series of secret transmissions that could blur the distinction between the Cup Mother and the Holy Mother’s beliefs to infiltrate the Tivyán Church. They used these transmissions to corrupt Kock, Vania’s superior at the Historical Records Office, turning him into a heretic who couldn’t distinguish between the Cup Mother and the Holy Mother on the surface but fundamentally believed in the Cup Mother. Later, Kock planned to use these transmissions to corrupt the entire Historical Records Office, but it was ultimately exposed by Vania, who was protected by Akka.

Vania had read these secret transmissions. Before, Dorothy had asked Vania to pass them to her. After deciding to help XiasTree, Dorothy recalled this matter and asked Vania to pass the secret transmissions through Akka to her. The secret transmissions contained many aspects that could serve as references for overlapping idols, blurring worship, and disguising faith.

Of course, relying solely on such a secret transmission, Dorothy wasn’t confident enough to create a “Guide to Pretended Conversion.” Since this secret transmission had never been used to extract spirituality and could be exchanged for knowledge, Dorothy could use it to obtain knowledge from other worlds related to this type.

Dorothy combined this secret transmission with all the similar religious knowledge she had read in the Crown University library and used the system to exchange for knowledge. Ultimately, she obtained two results.

One named “Secret Regulations of Vodou,” and the other named “Amakusa Cross Tragic Church’s Hidden Chapter.”