Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 16 Great Principles

"Boss Li opened the store late today."

"It was said to rain today, so I went to the vegetable market first because I was afraid of getting wet when I got back."

Li Chengxi opened the lock of the rolling door and let the delivery boy in.

The two checked the manifest and quantity, and moved the snacks, drinks and other items into the warehouse at the back. Only after they finished purchasing the goods for their convenience store did Li Chengxi sit behind the cashier counter and open his laptop.

Due to the delay in going to the vegetable market and checking the shopping list in the morning, it was already six o'clock in the morning in the game, and Viola had already taken her place in the chapel with the Knight Guards.

Speaking of prayer, it really varies from person to person. When you move the mouse over the guards, the prayer contents written in the pop-up dialog box are all kinds of strange.

Some said they hoped to improve their swordsmanship, some said they hoped to get more bonuses at the end of the month, and some said they wanted a good weapon.

This is still normal. The most outrageous thing is that some people want to know what style of underwear the Demon King likes. Some people say that they hope their colleagues will notice their feelings and want to have sex with them. For example, some people hope that the Demon King can use his divine power to help her grow taller and have a better figure.

Is the Demon King meddling too much?

In comparison, Viola was the most normal one, and her prayer was still "Please give us the doctrine, Your Majesty."

The variety of prayer contents is actually related to the unclear doctrine.

If it is the God of Agriculture, people will definitely pray for a good harvest, and if it is the God of War, they will pray for invincibility. The Demon King God played by Li Chengxi does not show any more specific priestly traits, let alone any doctrines. Naturally, they think that the Demon King God is an omnipotent God, so they pray for all kinds of things.

Having said that, if it was two days ago, Li Chengxi would not have been able to respond, as he would not have known how to compile doctrine.

But things are different now.

Picking up the headset, Li Chengxi said:
"Get your pen and paper ready. I'm going to teach you the first chapter today."

The two-headed Viola who was kneeling on the ground in the screen immediately stood up. Li Chengxi could clearly see that she said a few words to the guards behind her. Then one of the knights ran out of the chapel as if his butt was on fire. After a while, he ran back with a stack of papers. Maybe because he was too excited, he tripped over his left foot and fell flat on his face.

The other knights hurried over to pick up the scattered papers, unscrewed the ink bottle and handed the quill to Viola.

Seeing that they were ready, Li Chengxi took out his cell phone, turned on the screen, and read:

"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the real Tao; the name that can be named is not the real name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things. Therefore, always be without desire in order to observe its wonders; always have desire in order to observe its boundaries. These two things come from the same source but have different names; both are called mysterious; the more mysterious, the more mysterious they are; they are the door to all wonders."

That’s right, this is the Tao Te Ching.

Doctrines are compiled by humans, so naturally there are rules to follow.

Regardless of whether it is the Bible or the Buddhist scriptures, it can be simply summarized as using mythological stories to show how awesome one is, mixed with some great principles applicable to daily life.

Li Chengxi felt that since gods were real to NPCs like Viola, there was no need for mythological stories to brag about them, and they could just go straight to the point of preaching.

Well, the great truth in the Tao Te Ching is profound enough.

The full text has eighty-one chapters in total. Reading one or two chapters every day is enough for Li Chengxishui...I mean, it takes two or three months to preach.

Of course, just one Tao Te Ching is not enough. Li Chengxi also specially prepared the Analects of Confucius, the Five Classics, Mozi, Han Feizi, Guiguzi, Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, the Book of Changes, etc., allowing for a hundred schools of thought to contend in the game.

Moreover, Li Chengxi weighed the pros and cons again and again and decided not to explain the translation to them, and to use the original classical Chinese.

As for how to understand it?

Understand it yourself. Interpreting doctrine is also the job of a pastor, and different people interpret it differently. This is why there are several different branches of a religion. I haven't seen the leader of any religion come down to explain that you have misunderstood.

As long as Viola and the others didn't interpret it too far, Li Chengxi wouldn't care. He would just watch them interpret it themselves, and think of it as giving the believers something to do.

To glorify its reputation is to maintain the mystique of religion.

Compared with giving a direct translation, obscure and difficult to understand things make people feel that they are good things.

After Li Chengxi finished reading this passage, Viola copied a large page of paper and immediately raised it with both hands to show it to the other knights as if she had found a treasure.

Then, in the chapel, there were shouts of "Gan!" and "Fuck!" to express admiration...

Forget it, let them be. Li Chengxi was too lazy to correct them.

At this time, a guard knocked on the door and seemed to be saying something to Viola.

Li Chengxi clicked the mouse and a dialog box popped up saying 'Your Highness, the soldiers are ready to go out and eliminate the bandits.'

"Bandits? Why is Viola looking for them?"

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Viola carefully kept the paper close to her body, and then immediately ordered her knights to gather soldiers to go to war.

Most of the soldiers who followed Viola to Ryan's territory were injured, and many of them had their wounds worsened because they could not get medical treatment.

But under the continuous treatment of the Holy Light, everyone recovered quickly. Except for the seriously injured who still needed rest, many people had already recovered.

Viola selected five hundred elite soldiers to line up in front of the gate of Leon Fortress, plus her own guards and local guides, the total number was close to six hundred.

As the silver trumpet sounded, the army set out towards its destination.

This may not sound like a lot, but we have to consider the actual situation.

Viola's total military strength is only two thousand. Excluding the seriously injured and the soldiers who stay in the city to defend and patrol, five hundred people are just right.

According to investigation, there are less than a thousand bandits. Even if there are deserters or defeated soldiers among them, they still lack weapons and equipment, and there is no question of training.

Five hundred professional soldiers were more than enough to fight against nearly a thousand bandits. The biggest problem was the difficult road.

The group set out at seven in the morning and walked for two or three hours to the foot of the mountain range known as the Spine of the World.

Viola looked at the snow-capped mountains and recalled that when she was in the capital, she heard scholars say that the Spine of the World blocked the cold air from the north and created a warm climate in the Demon Kingdom of Alvas, so the Spine of the World was called the Sacred Mountain by scholars.

Viola wasn't sure whether what the scholars said was right or not, but this mountain range had helped her block the pursuit of the four-nation coalition forces. She could settle down in the territory of Leon with peace of mind. From this perspective, she should be grateful.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, everyone left their horses and grooms there and walked into the mountain.

The climate in the mountains is changeable. Not long after, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky, covering the team like clouds.

The upside is that rain can block vision and prevent the army from being discovered before it gets close. The downside is that rain can take away body temperature, causing more intense physical exhaustion.

The bandits are hidden in the crisscrossing mountains of the Spine of the World, and it takes several hours of walking to reach them.

(End of this chapter)