Chapter 425 424 Vanessa's "Traces"

Chapter 425 424. Vanessa's "Traces"

Vanessa untied the chains that had been bound to Lan Shui's body.

"Don't stick to everything I taught you. Learn to embrace this rapidly changing world and learn all the excellent and advanced knowledge, just like the ancestors who walked out of the wetlands."

"Stay the same as always will only make the tribe fall into the quagmire over time. Being conservative and not knowing how to adapt will only kill your future."

"Forget everything I taught you. Feel, learn, and master new magic. A new era is opening up, and you still have plenty of time and a stable internal and external environment."

Vanessa touched Ye Shui's umbrella in public, hugged her tightly, rubbed her cheek hard, and finally picked up a preserved fruit and held it high.

This caused all the elders to raise their heads and watch this simple and ancient action that has important significance in the history of the Blue Water Clan.

In the time of the ancestors who were still struggling in the Great Wetlands, the Mother God had determined the leader of the Blue Water Clan in this way, and it was not surprising that it carried the expectations of the Mother God and managed Blue Water in an orderly manner.

The Mother God, who did not have any decent rewards to show her appreciation, finally made a candied fruit for him personally, and this eventually evolved into a custom in the Blue Water Mushroom People's Festival.

Looking at the smiling Mother God, Ye Shui's whole body was hot. Because he was too excited, the spores that would only be sprayed in an emergency were released, so that the bottom of the statue was foggy and people could not see clearly.

Vanessa didn't care and said softly: "I believe that you can do better than the one before. You who don't rely on me, think calmly, and find a way out, are the most suitable next leader of Blue Water... Facing this turbulent new era, the power is in your hands, which is the best choice for the entire three-tribe alliance and Blue Water."

"Mother Goddess... I'm not ready for this..."

"No one can say 'I'm fully prepared' for the future. I never thought that I would become a high-level magician. When I was a child, my most wonderful fantasy was to have a full meal, not be scolded by my parents, and... to see the world with my own eyes, but I ended up walking very far, so far that after I woke up, I couldn't even recall the whole story. It was like a long dream full of unreality."

"Believe me, and believe you too. You have the ability and obligation to carry Blue Water, at least to guide them out of the trough."

"I have untied all the shackles, and the rest belongs to Blue Water, its own story."

The mist composed of spores gradually dissipated, and the hazy figures of the two began to emerge.

Ye Shui understood the expectations in Vanessa's words. In order to live up to the Mother Goddess, she stretched out her hands and caught the fallen preserved fruit.

All the elders of the Blue Water Clan witnessed this scene. After tonight, the Lord of Blue Water was born.

The Mother Goddess authorized her, and her will was the will of the Mother Goddess!

Watching the elders crawling on the ground, Ye Shui's heart could not calm down for a long time, and she accepted the change of identity with a tingling scalp.

Under the gaze of the tearful elders, Vanessa stood on the top of the statue and looked into the distance.

The Blue Water New City is still under construction. After nightfall, the lights in the city flickered, and the settlers from all ethnic groups in Mostana strolled leisurely in the city. Vanessa could hear the laughter of pedestrians, smell the rich aroma of Blue Water's famous mushroom fried rice, and see creatures of different races getting along harmoniously and proudly sharing the objects in their hands.

"Not really... nothing is left."

Laughing, Vanessa shed tears, but realizing that the elders were still watching her, she forced herself to hold them back.

"Even if my books have been buried and my knowledge has begun to fade, there is still Blue Water... maybe, there are still those in Dawn Territory." Vanessa closed her eyes and concentrated, feeling the rhythm of the activities of thousands of creatures in the city, and once again showed a relieved and calm smile.

"One day, we will meet again. Before that, the children of Blue Water... keep moving forward, don't stop, your path is still not cut off."

Amid the words full of expectations, Vanessa's figure gradually dimmed. The elders desperately shouted her name to try to keep her, leaving them with only a smile that was exactly the same as the statue, and the smile was accompanied by a wave of magic and completely dissipated.

The evening breeze blew gently, and the statue once again restored its original appearance. The powerful magic attached to it was the last trace of the Mother Goddess's arrival.

Blue Water once again became a child who lost the Mother Goddess.

For a while, crying was everywhere. Ye Shui wiped her tears and shouted: "Don't you understand yet? The Mother Goddess is still looking forward to the next meeting. Raise your head when you have shed enough sentimental tears."

"In order to catch up with the Mother Goddess as soon as possible, we must get rid of our past selves, reshape the magic belonging to Lan Shui, and embrace the next era. For this... we need to change!"

A pair of tearful eyes gradually flashed with determination. They stood up. This time, no one had any objections to the magic change. It was the "divine revelation" that made the Mother Goddess worried and came to them with great difficulty.

Everyone regretted that they failed to understand the deep meaning of the Mother Goddess, and at the same time they were grateful for Ye Shui's persistence. Perhaps it was her breakthrough that called the Mother Goddess, who had long left her, back to Lan Shui.

Shouting loudly, this time just for Ye Shui, they expressed their loyalty to Ye Shui in every possible way, praying that the Mother Goddess, who might not have left yet but was still watching, could see their piety and give them some blessings. More care.

They vowed to embrace change in the coming new era and no longer be closed-minded.

For a long time, they will not change their faith and piety, and will always wait for today's miracle to happen again.

Blue Water, for generations to come, will be the child of the Mother Goddess.

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Through the mist demon floating outside the temple, Lu Yu and others almost watched a live broadcast. The moment Vanessa disappeared, she appeared in Orkus's house. When she heard Ye Shui's words, she expressed her satisfaction and relief. nodded.

"Teacher, is this okay?" Lulu asked.

"That's enough. Next, leave it to them."

"I thought the teacher would inspire Lan Shui to move forward by revealing that he is not a god, but a magician."

Hearing what Lulu said, Lu Yu took a sneak peek at Vanessa, only to find that she was staring at him with a half-smile.

Feeling guilty, Lu Yu quickly looked away, pretending that it was just an accidental meeting of eyes.

"Lu Yu and Sera beside you already have the answer. Little Lulu might as well ask them?"

Lulu turned her head curiously. She was no longer surprised that Sera and Lu Yu could always be one step ahead on these complex issues.

Serra said: "In the final analysis, Blue Water is a race that emerged because of your admiration and admiration for you. This admiration and admiration has fermented over time and has become a belief. And the belief has shaped Blue Water's self-identity and strengthened its cohesion. In this turbulent era, hastily revealing one's identity is likely to break Blue Water's long-term stable internal structure... For Blue Water, the Mother Goddess is a must."

As a former God's Chosen person who has witnessed the operation of a mature religion under a fictional God of Glory, Sera's answer hit the nail on the head.

Along the way, Lu Yu saw most city-states and countries with relatively loose political structures. It cannot be said that there is no cohesion among the people. At least most of the time, it is in a superposition of yes and no. The vast majority of people in the huge country have a strong sense of The state gives its citizens no sense of identity - provided they can be considered citizens.

Taking the Mela Continent as an example, the three continental overlords that appeared in history are: the first generation of giant dragons, the second generation of the human-led empire Melias, and the third generation of the four major countries headed by humans.

The dragons have never established a country and have always been ruled by the most primitive tribes. It is normal for the dragons to be alienated from each other. But once Mera's dragons suffer annihilation, they will inevitably fight back as a clan. Their cohesion is the source of Regarding racial identity, believing that they are the most powerful race in Mela gives them a sense of superiority and self-confidence that is different from ordinary races, and also gives them a strong sense of responsibility.

Although the emergence of disaster-infected dragons is related to some dragons, when the entire Mela fell into fear, they stepped forward and used their bodies to win precious buffer time for the entire Mela. This is The self-control of a strong person.

The second-generation overlord, Giant Owl Melias, derives his cohesion from his overwhelming force.

Since its establishment, Melias has fought in both north and south, using force to export its own culture to surrounding ethnic groups. This physical cultural export has unreasonably left a deep mark on the various ethnic groups in Melia. So much so that after the giant owl fell, the entire Melia still used the system it had explored, its artistic style, and even the dominant vampire race, which was beaten to a half-breath, was destroyed by Melias's architecture. Impressed by art, he aligned his palace with it.

By the third generation of overlords, the cohesion of the four major nations that had eaten up Melias declined sharply, until the answer to the Theocracy emerged and replaced one of them.

The emergence of the Theocracy was a dimensionality-reducing blow to the original primitive religions and theistic worship of Mela. The fact that he did not carry out any barbaric and bloody sacrifices allowed him to successfully gain the support of the low-level people who were deeply persecuted by religion. There were even incidents. The trend of families migrating to the country.

When the great cold wave swept across the continent of Mela, facing the poor who froze to death in the wilderness, the Theocracy took the lead in starting relief, and revived the orphanage system that had been abandoned during the Melias period to support orphans.

Entering the Laurentian era, the Theocracy, which was reforming its missionary methods, had many restrictions on missionary work, but it further improved the image of the glorious God with extremely strict doctrines and detailed and true records of worship.

The Radiance Institute has even secretly bribed many bards to add the figure of the God of Radiance to countless stories in order to bypass missionary restrictions, influence the religions of surrounding countries, and force them to abandon the extremely backward link of living sacrifices.

After successful operations one after another, as a Theocracy that equates faith with cohesion, it already possesses the leading "power" in the Mera Continent, not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense.

The large group of believers makes it difficult for them to be directly destroyed, and the inability to directly destroy such a group often means that...retaliation will follow, and the means will often exceed their imagination.

Laurent wrote in the book he gave to Lu Yu: "Today, the only ones who can defeat the Theocracy are the Theocracy itself and another Theocracy."

Belief is the simplest way to gain cohesion, and it is also the crudest way to shape a race and make them always identify with their own civilization.

On Mostana, a continent divided by race, there are still factional struggles within the race, which are quite scattered, but there is no factional struggle in Blue Water, only because the symbol of the mother goddess Vanessa has penetrated into the hearts of every Blue Water tribe member.

However...

"Well, what I want to say is the same as Sera."

Lulu vaguely felt that Lu Yu was a little perfunctory, but she didn't ask too much. At this moment, her mind was already on another thing-tomorrow Ye Shui would take them to open the cultivation cellar of Blue Water to confirm the status of her little mushrooms.

She has always been very concerned about this group of little mushrooms that chose to reshape in order to catch up with them, and she is also worried about the "accident" mentioned by Lu Yu. It was a time of magic tide, and the magic fluctuations were huge, which made it difficult not to be nervous.

Late at night, in the yard, watching Lu Yu competing with the dragon slayer, there was a faint light around him, and Vanessa appeared quietly.

"Today, you have something to say, but you didn't say it." Vanessa still smiled.

"I'm worried that if I tell you, the teacher will be unhappy. Maybe it's contrary to your original idea."

"But you haven't said it yet. Is it really something extremely rebellious?" Vanessa laughed, "You don't like the teacher, do you? That won't do. You definitely can't beat Sayer."

When Lu Yu brought up such a dangerous topic again, he suddenly felt cold behind him, as if Sayer suddenly appeared and placed behind him, staring at him quietly...

Forced to get straight to the point, Lu Yu hurriedly said: "At that moment, I would think that Lan Shui, as the trace left by the teacher in this world, and with the wholehearted belief of the entire Lan Shui clan... would it become the [seed of becoming a god] in your mouth."

Vanessa was stunned for a moment and laughed.

"Isn't this a good guess? Why do you feel you can't say it?" Vanessa said, "The teacher is also an ordinary elf, and he would also want to have more. If there is really a chance to reappear and become the patron saint of mushrooms... it would be a good thing, isn't it?"

"And..."

Vanessa leaned close to Lu Yu's ear and whispered something.

Lu Yu's eyes suddenly widened, his heartbeat accelerated, and he came back to his senses after a long time.

Vanessa made a gesture to silence.

"We in Dawn Territory can also..."

"You don't have to, whether you, Lulu, or Sera, you should not become my believers, but walk your own path."

Knowing the meaning of the words, Lu Yu nodded heavily.