Goddess is also a woman

Although Shirley was a divine creature, it was still a bit difficult for her to be the divine will vessel of the goddess.

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Even after half an hour, Shirley was still weak. It was not that Shirley wanted to lie in Beta's arms for a longer time, but she really did not have the strength to move. In Beta's system interface, it also indicated that Shirley was extremely tired and needed some time to rest.

Beta carried Shirley out of the slums. It was a very gentle princess carry. Shirley fell asleep on the way, and she slept very soundly.

Although Woking did not descend, her divine will projection still caused a lot of commotion. Of course, it was not comparable to the pressure of the Shadow God, but it still caused a lot of commotion in Bronze Drum City. Those who did not have strong faith were all praying on the streets or in their homes not to descend, and some were praying for their sins.

When Beta returned to the hotel with Shirley in his arms, he also saw a few of his students kneeling in the corridor of the hotel and praying devoutly.

Unlike the other weak believers of the God, his students were full of fanaticism and excitement. They were all believers of Woking, so they could naturally feel the aura of their goddess. Although they did not understand why the goddess' aura appeared in Bronze Drum City, this did not stop them from guessing and imagining.

They believed that the most plausible reason was that the goddess knew that they were going to build a temple here, so she purposely showed her divine power to encourage them.

Everyone had their own answer for certain things. After getting this answer, the students were overjoyed. They prayed and promised the goddess that they would definitely build a magnificent temple.

Beta did not correct these students' misunderstanding. It was a good thing that they were motivated and passionate.

He placed Shirley on the bed. The sleeping girl looked very gentle and beautiful, completely different from her usual "silly" aura. As he looked at her, he could not help but think, If Goddess Woking fell asleep … Would she be like this?

But very soon, he rejected this idea, because in the legends, gods never needed to rest.

Beta ate something and then went to sleep. In the early morning of the next day, his door was suddenly gently pushed open. Beta, who had been vigilant all this while, immediately sat up. The person who pushed open the door was actually Shirley, who had a sneaky expression on her face.

She saw that Beta had woken up. Disappointed, he said, "Tsk, you woke up so early. I wanted to wake you up."

"Wake me up?" Beta sat up, yawned, and asked curiously, "How do you plan to wake me up?"

"For example, morning bites?" Shirley had a serious expression on her face.

Betta's face, however, twitched. "Who taught you these weird things?"

"Of course it's the goddess." Shirley said without hesitation, "I'm a life created by the Goddess, and all the knowledge in my head was given to me by her. This is naturally the Goddess' teachings."

Beta felt that his worldview had been refreshed once again. Although the Goddess was also a woman, she was still a God. In most people's minds. The female Upright Gods were all very serious people. Although they were very knowledgeable, they shouldn't have such dirty knowledge. However, Cher's words were indeed irrefutable.

Shirley looked exactly like Woking.

Hearing that, Beta couldn't help but think of the scene where Woking gave him a morning bite. Suddenly, his expression became very strange.

Shirley looked at Beta's appearance from the side and immediately smirked, "It seems that Master is a bit tempted. Do you want me to give you a good morning bite? Of course, you can also enter the scabbard if you want. I can give you everything at any time. "

Seeing that Shirley had become a little "silly" again, Beta heaved a long sigh. Then, he calmed himself down and ignored Shirley. He went straight out and ordered breakfast, ready to share it with his students.

Shirley chased after him. She still wanted to hold onto Beta's arm and stick to him. Unfortunately, Beta didn't give her the chance.

After breakfast, Beta brought Shirley and the students to the slums.

The students were in the slums, so it was very natural. After all, they were almost like this a year ago. Naturally, they didn't feel too uncomfortable. However, when they saw all this, they felt a little emotional. They understood that if it wasn't for their teacher, they would be no different from the children in the slums.

When they reached the center, Zorro was already waiting there. Beside him, there was already a large circle of poor children watching.

All of them were sallow and emaciated. Some of them even had abscesses on their heads.

Living in such a bad man-made environment, most of the children either had a stomach full of roundworms or various skin diseases. Of course, this was also because they couldn't eat their fill, so their immune systems were low.

Zorro saw Beta and immediately greeted him. "Your Excellency, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I'm sorry." Beta said rather embarrassedly, "You've made me wait for a long time. I've brought some students over. I'll leave the construction of the temple to them."

Zorro's gaze swept across Beta's students. With his eyes, he could naturally see that these children used to be poor, but they were clearly much more energetic now. However, the "dirt" smell on them had yet to completely fade.

At this time, he still didn't dare to look at Shirley. "Then, is there anything I can help you with?"

"I can see that you have a lot of prestige in the slums," Beta said to him. "Can you help me gather the people in the slums?"

Zorro was a little worried. "Your Excellency, what are your plans? This is the last place they can stay. If possible, I hope you won't chase them away. "

"Don't worry. To me, they're all potential believers."

Hearing this, Zorro finally felt much more at ease. He had a little boy go to a nearby tree and ring the copper bell there.

After nearly ten minutes, they were surrounded by a large group of people … From the looks of it, there should be about two thousand people. However, Beta was very clear that the slums in the North District definitely had more people than this. This should be the reason why only one or two people came from each household.

"Your Excellency Beta, as long as you tell these people, I think everyone in the slums will know."

After Zorro finished speaking, he took two steps forward and roared at the poor people in front of him. "This is Your Excellency Beta, and this is Madam Shirley. They are all great nobles. I know you're not willing to come, but I can tell you now. You have to listen even if you don't want to. Otherwise, you're going against me. "

The originally noisy chatter immediately became quiet after Zorro's roar.

Beta took this opportunity to sweep his gaze across the crowd and said very gently, "I'm Beta. I plan on building a temple here."

After a short period of silence, the poor people began to discuss with worried expressions on their faces. Although they didn't have much knowledge, they knew that the temple had always been built in the rich areas. If this noble planned on building a temple here, didn't that mean that they were going to be chased away? Could it be that this was the reason for the gathering this time?

Pessimism began to gradually spread among the crowd.

Beta continued. "I know what you're worried about. I promise you that the temple will only be built here and won't make you leave your homes. We have no intention of forcibly occupying any of our friends' private lands and properties."

The chatter gradually died down. More than two thousand people looked at Beta, waiting for him to continue.

"But to build a temple, we can't do it with just the few of us. Also, the traffic here is very poor, so I need workers, a lot of workers. " Beta shouted, "I want to first turn all the roads here into stone paths, and I also want to build sewers here. These two are both big projects, so I have to recruit workers and pay them."

A few seconds later, the crowd erupted and shouted with all their might. "Recruit me, recruit me, Sir, I'm very strong!"

"Sir, as long as I'm full, I'm willing to do any work."

The more these poor people shouted, the more excited they became. The people at the very front even planned to rush to Beta's side.

Shirley walked out from behind Beta and lightly drew a line with her finger. A transparent golden wall of light blocked in front of those excited poor people.

Seeing this magical effect, all the poor people were shocked. Then, they immediately obediently retreated and became quiet again. However, their expressions were still very excited, and their eyes were filled with hope as they looked at Beta.

"There are many people in the slums. I can't recruit everyone as workers." Beta glanced at the crowd and said, "Each family can send a young man, only one, no more. If you work for me, I'll pay each of you five copper coins a day, not including food. If you want, let your families gather here in the afternoon. In addition, if there are no men in the family, then women and children who can do some light work are also fine. I also have work for them here, but they can only get three copper coins a day. "

Hearing this, the poor people burst into cheers. In Bronze Drum City, one copper coin could buy two catties of coarse flour, so five copper coins could buy ten catties of flour. Although it didn't seem to be a lot, for these poor people who almost didn't have enough to eat every day, it was enough food for a family for several days.

The coarse flour could be cooked with some wild vegetables, and it would be a pot of flour paste soup.

Even three copper coins could buy six catties of flour. For those families that lacked men, it was also a life-saving food.

"Okay, now you can explain." Beta said, "In the afternoon, when the sun is setting, come to me to repay me. I'll arrange work for you."

The poor people immediately dispersed. They had to hurry back to tell their families the good news.

Shirley was a little confused, "Master, their physiques aren't very good. If we let them work as workers, our progress will be very slow."

"It doesn't matter. Slow is slow, but since they have received our kindness, it will be easier for them to accept the teachings of our temple. "

Shirley asked again, "Why don't you just give them money? Isn't that more convenient?"

"On the contrary, people's minds are very complicated." Beta said with a smile: "If we give them money, it will only make our missionary work more difficult in the future. Money is not everything."