Chapter 600

Chapter 432: Harvest

Clutching her hair, Dorothy thought with some distress in her mind. After thinking for a while and not coming to any conclusions, she temporarily gave up on pondering this issue and refocused her attention on the current task at hand.

“Alright~ Now that I’ve read most of the literature from Summer Tree, and extracted the spirituality, since the payment has already been received, it’s time to get to work~”

Stretching lazily, Dorothy muttered as she spoke. She was able to see these documents because she had agreed to help Summer Tree devise a scheme for disguising their faith. Now that she had read through most of the literature and the spiritual energy had been transferred in advance, it was time to start working. The client, Summer Tree, was still waiting.

This fake conversion scheme involved many aspects. Although there were rich references, it wasn’t something that could be done overnight for ordinary people. Fortunately, Dorothy wasn’t an ordinary person. She was a White Chalk Tier Extraordinary Being of Enlightenment, and an Occult Professor. When she focused intently, her information processing ability far surpassed that of ordinary people.

‘But before helping them devise the plan… there’s another problem that needs to be resolved first.’

Dorothy continued to think, then closed her eyes again to contact Vania in the distance.

…

On the main island of Summer Tree at night, inside the longhouse of the Priest of Abundance, Vania was sitting on the floor, seriously flipping through various types of Summer Tree literature on a meaningless magical array. All the valuable documents had been reviewed, and now she was going through manuals about fishing and farming, which were not very valuable to Dorothy.

Just then, Vania received a new message from Dorothy, which made her stop her flipping and slowly stand up. Next to her, Anman couldn’t help but ask:

“Miss Vania, are you… finished?”

“I’ve mostly finished. Our priest has already received these documents, and she is urgently formulating some preliminary plans for you. Once she finishes, I will inform you.”

Vania responded to Anman. Anman sighed in relief and replied:

“It’s good to hear that… I thank your priest for her efforts. If Summer Tree can indeed overcome this crisis, your contribution to us will be immeasurable. In the future, if needed, we will do our best to repay you.”

Anman said like this. Listening to his words, Vania inwardly thought, “The numerous documents seem to be a huge reward for Miss Dorothyia. You just didn’t notice.”

‘It feels like Miss Dorothyia has gained a lot. Not only did she gain the spirituality from so many documents, but she also made others owe her a favor… It seems a bit pitiful for the other party…’

Vania thought to herself, then she solemnly looked at Anman and continued to speak:

“By the way, I have one more thing I want to ask you, Lord Priest. How did you know the itinerary and route of my pilgrimage fleet? Did you know beforehand that our fleet was vulnerable?”

Listening to Vania’s words, Anman paused slightly, then continued speaking after some thought:

“We indeed knew that there was a weakly guarded Church pilgrimage fleet passing through that area, so we decided to launch a surprise attack, hoping to capture the pilgrims of Radiant Church to threaten them not to act rashly against us. This key piece of information was provided by a merchant from our island who frequently travels abroad.

“His name is Aubye, the captain of a large trading ship from Summer Tree. Due to his business trips, we often seek information from him. He will also attend tomorrow’s gathering…”

Anman explained to Vania. Hearing this, Vania couldn’t help but murmur:

“Aubye…”

…

Soon, the moon set and the sun rose, and a new day arrived at the Summer Tree Archipelago.

As the first rays of dawn appeared on the eastern sea surface, Anman, using his authority as the Priest of Abundance, urgently convened several elders and important figures of Summer Tree to discuss matters together. When the elders felt confused by Anman’s urgent call, he revealed a shocking plan to them.

Anman announced that he had received an enlightenment from the ancestors last night. In this revelation, the ancestors of Summer Tree conveyed the will of the Goddess of Abundance. The goddess of abundance could not bear to see Summer Tree suffer due to loyalty to their faith being destroyed by war. The life-giving goddess did not wish to see the tragedy of life withering happen in Summer Tree. Therefore, the goddess of summer did not wish for Summer Tree to engage in a direct confrontation with Radiant Church, and the ancestors required Summer Tree to release the hostages they had taken and convert to worshiping the Holy Mother of Radiance to avoid such tragedies.

Anman’s words immediately caused a commotion among the elders. Some of the elders, who had always feared the military power of Radiant Church and the possibility of disaster, expressed their gratitude for the ancestors’ wise choice and supported Anman. However, a larger group of people immediately began to strongly oppose him. As devout and staunch supporters, they openly questioned Anman, believing that his enlightenment was false, and that the ancestors would never allow them to abandon the thousand-year-old goddess faith. They declared their firm belief in standing by the goddess’s faith until d*ath.

After calming everyone down and stabilizing the meeting atmosphere, Anman further stunned the audience by saying that the ancestors did not require them to truly abandon the goddess, but rather to secretly continue the goddess’s faith while publicly worshipping the Holy Mother of Radiance.

Anman told them that in the current strong position of Radiant Church, it was necessary to avoid their strength, preserve the flame of the goddess’s faith, and wait for the right moment to reignite it. The key to faith was the people; as long as the people of Summer Tree remained, the goddess’s faith could truly be preserved. If Summer Tree were destroyed, the goddess’s faith would be lost as well.

Hearing Anman’s argument, the elders were momentarily stunned. They had never heard of such a method of transforming faith from public to secret, treating another deity as the goddess. Many people raised doubts about the feasibility of this seemingly outlandish method, but Anman was confident.

Anman announced that the ancestors had revealed to him specific methods to assist them in their fake conversion and directly presented several detailed plans during the meeting. Upon seeing these plans, the elders were even more astonished.

The plans Anman presented were extremely meticulous, comprehensively transforming the faith activities of Summer Tree. From daily prayers to group activities, to festival sacrifices, to craft production… the familiar ways of faith activities in Summer Tree had all changed in these plans. They seemed similar to the activities of Radiant Church but retained the characteristics of the goddess’s faith, which were subtle yet core.

After reviewing these plans, the elders discovered that their familiar faith activities had been seamlessly integrated into everyday life or religious activities directed towards the Holy Mother. For example, adding prayers to the goddess in daily greetings, blurring the meaning of certain sounds in prayers to actually target the goddess, or disguising Radiant Church’s baptism ceremony as the Wave Walker’s water offering ceremony…

Anman’s plans were detailed, comprehensive, systematic, and theoretical. It was clear that these were not hastily conceived ideas but appeared to be meticulously organized by someone with years of experience in fake conversions. After initially understanding the depth of these plans, the elders couldn’t help but praise them, stating that this could be considered a scholarly discipline, truly deserving of the name “Faith Disguise Science!”

When these complete plans were presented to the elders, almost no one questioned Anman’s claim of receiving an enlightenment from the ancestors. Because, apart from divine inspiration, Anman couldn’t have created such a body of knowledge overnight!

Once it was confirmed that Anman had truly received an enlightenment from the ancestors, his authority increased even further.

Thus, the elders’ meeting of Summer Tree was finally nearing its conclusion. In the face of these series of plans, the originally quarreling meeting gradually calmed down, and the previously divided elders gradually reached a consensus. The promotion of Faith Disguise Science was now inevitable in Summer Tree.

However, during the final stage of the meeting, one person had a very grim expression. He was the merchant of Summer Tree, Aubye.