Chapter 608

At eight in the morning, in the prayer room on the third floor of the ship.

As soon as Lu Jianuo entered, he saw Priest Montserrat, wearing a brown priest's robe, preaching. On the rows of chairs in front of the life holy emblem, five or six people were sitting sporadically.

He didn't destroy this sacred atmosphere, picked a seat in the front row, and sat down near a person praying.

Time passed second by second, and Priest Montserrat finally finished the sermon and closed the holy classic in his hand.

All the people praying stood up, spread their feet slightly, raised their two palms high, and said in unison:

"Praise the earth, praise the mother of all things!"

Lu Jianuo turned his head instinctively and looked beside him, seeing that the person praying in the same row had brown eyes, a relatively poor complexion, and was wearing a woolen coat, but wasn't wrapped very tightly.

This was clearly Enio, the special patient who had lost his internal organs.

He, he's not dead yet? That evil wizard Prinpino isn't already dead? How can this special patient of his still not be dead? Lu Jianuo was startled, thinking he had encountered a ghost.

As a Sequence 8 "Physician" of the "Planter" pathway, he had no ability to deal with ghosts at all!

The next second, Lu Jianuo discovered that Enio's face was no longer as pale as last night, the luster in his eyes had recovered somewhat, and his entire aura of life was significantly thicker.

This... Lu Jianuo instinctively raised his hand, tapped his brow lightly, and opened his "Spirit Vision."

He then saw that Enio's ether body was no longer so gray and dark, and whether it was the yellow representing the digestive system, the orange representing the organs like detoxification and excretion, or other colors, they had all returned to a relatively normal state, just dim and sparse.

Can it still be like this? Didn't he lose his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, intestines, stomach, and kidneys? Lu Jianuo looked at Enio, who turned around and discovered himself, like he was looking at a monster, stunned.

"Doctor, your treatment is very effective. I feel like I'm recovering!" Enio said with exceptional joy.

This was still the preliminary treatment done without finding the specific cause of the illness!

Lu Jianuo's expression was stiff, and he twitched the corners of his mouth:

"That's good, that's good."

"You are also a believer of the Mother, right?" Enio's mood was quite good, with a face full of surprise.

I'm not, don't mention the Mother, mother to me... As an Intis person, how could I believe in the "Mother Earth"? Lu Jianuo pointed to Montserrat and didn't give a direct answer:

"I have business with the priest."

Enio nodded:

"When can I come to find you for further treatment in the morning?"

You don't need treatment anymore; next is recuperation and conditioning... Lu Jianuo muttered to himself and squeezed out a smile:

"In an hour."

"Thank you, Doctor!" Enio waved his hand and walked out of the prayer room.

After watching Enio leave, Lu Jianuo, who was suspicious and uncertain, finally had only himself and Priest Montserrat left. He pressed his voice and pointed to the door:

"He, how did he get cured?"

Priest Montserrat, who was still young and had clean eyebrows, said with a smile:

"Thank the Earth Mother, his luck is good enough.

"You are also a 'Physician'; you should know that internal organs can be transplanted as long as they still retain a certain vitality. And Prinpino, in order for the ritual to succeed, had been using his own Beyonder ability to maintain the vitality of those internal organs. Moreover, the set he is currently using was all removed from Enio's body, so there's no need to consider the rejection reaction that transplantation would bring.

"In addition, Enio himself is still alive and relying on arcane power to maintain a certain vitality, which is also a key factor."

"You performed surgery on him last night and transplanted all the internal organs back?" Lu Jianuo suddenly realized.

Priest Montserrat nodded:

"Right. For an ordinary surgeon, this is a surgery that is almost impossible to succeed. Even if it succeeds, it's very difficult to maintain the continuation of life afterward and let the patient pass the most dangerous stage, but for us, this is something within our ability."

Yeah... Compared to ordinary surgeons, we supernatural "Physicians" are as magical as creators of miracles... Lu Jianuo sighed and didn't care about Enio's problem anymore, asking Priest Montserrat with quite a bit of worry:

"Priest, I heard the baby's cry again.

"Is that so-called Son of God targeting me?"

Priest Montserrat answered warmly:

"Don't worry, this is a sequela that will inevitably appear after suffering corresponding pollution. It will slowly fade away as time passes. If you are worried about accidents and surprises occurring in the middle, I can help you clear it now."

Is that so? You are also just a Sequence 8 "Physician"; do you have the ability to help me clear the residual pollution? Setting up an altar and praying for the help of the "Mother Earth"? Lu Jianuo said with little conviction:

"Thank you, Priest!"

Montserrat pointed to the seat Lu Jianuo had sat in before:

"You, like the believers just now, close your eyes, listen to my sermon, and pray to the Earth Mother at the same time. Remember, it's to the Earth Mother, not to other deities."

"Alright." Lu Jianuo sat down again, folded his arms across his chest, and closed his eyes.

He followed Priest Montserrat's sermon, repeated the content in the holy classic silently, his thoughts gradually drifting away, becoming more and more blurry.

Vaguely, Lu Jianuo heard the mother's whispering and felt the warmth of an embrace.

This made his inner tension relax, and he had the feeling of being bullied when he was a child and throwing himself into his mother's arms to seek comfort.

That was reliance, dependence, and also the home of the soul.

Unknowingly, tears slid down the corners of Lu Jianuo's eyes, and his body and mind seemed to have been washed.

His emotions slowly became calm, no longer so terrified and uneasy.

"Alright." Priest Montserrat's voice seemed to drift from the edge of the sky, entering Lu Jianuo's ears.

Lu Jianuo opened his eyes, raised his right hand, and wiped the wetness on his face.

He then stood up and raised his hands high:

"Praise the earth, praise the mother of all things!"

This was a near-instinctive reaction.

At this time, the sunlight outside the window shone in, dyeing this prayer room with a faint gold, as if predicting the harvest of the future.

Priest Montserrat nodded with satisfaction:

"The Earth Mother has cleared the pollution on you. You can pay attention tonight to see if you will still hear the baby's cry."

"Alright, Priest!" Lu Jianuo answered with a relaxed body and mind.

The next morning, he woke up happily.

He hadn't had the dream of the mother's summoning all night, nor had he heard the cry of the so-called Son of God.

This made Lu Jianuo exceptionally happy. As soon as he finished serving Ludwig breakfast, he went straight to that prayer room to tell Priest Montserrat the good news.

Priest Montserrat looked at him for a few seconds and asked with a smile:

"Are you interested in following the Earth Mother?"

"Me?" Lu Jianuo hesitated for a moment: "Are you willing to accept the conversion of a heretic?"

Priest Montserrat laughed:

"In the eyes of the mother, there are no heretics, only children who are willing or unwilling to go home."

Thinking that he had only followed the people around him to church to pray, listen to sermons, and attend mass from childhood to adulthood, and had never believed in deities from the bottom of his heart, and from beginning to end, he had never received substantial help from the church, Lu Jianuo's heart was shaken.

Moreover, if he really became a believer of the "Mother Earth," maybe he could buy the potion formulas and Beyonder materials for the "Physician" sequence from the church and the three major societies... Even if this matter didn't work, corresponding arcane guidance was definitely there... Lu Jianuo hesitated for a long time, constantly finding reasons to convince himself.

Priest Montserrat didn't urge him, just looked at him with a smile, waiting patiently for him to give an answer.

Finally, Lu Jianuo raised his hands high:

"Praise the earth, praise the mother of all things!"

He answered Priest Montserrat's preaching in this way.

Priest Montserrat spread his arms with a clear smile:

"Welcome home."

Such words made Lu Jianuo feel inexplicably warm, and he really produced a feeling of finally returning to his hometown and home after wandering and adventuring for many years.

The fatigue was smoothed out, and his feet were on the earth again.

"Praise the Earth Mother." Lu Jianuo folded his arms across his chest.

Priest Montserrat nodded and began the real sermon:

"What you believe in is the source of life, the mother of all things, the earth that holds up the harvest, the symbol of the red moon and reproduction, as well as the destination of everything, the starting point of everything..."

Lu Jianuo listened attentively and remembered earnestly.

Although he couldn't be called pious yet, this might be his future shelter, and he had to show his good side at all times.

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Returning to the first-class suite, Lu Jianuo glanced at Lu Mian, who was earnestly learning the Dutan language, and said somewhat uneasily:

"I, I have converted to the 'Mother Earth'."

As fellow Intis people, will he despise me or dislike me?

Lu Mian raised his head and laughed:

"Then show the radiance of motherhood well. Ludwig is waiting for you to take him to get some fresh sea fish."

Not minding at all... Amidst his muttering, Lu Jianuo didn't dare to let Ludwig go hungry and began a busy day.

Late at night, after taking care of Ludwig and putting him to sleep, Lu Jianuo thought for a moment and decided to go to the prayer room to take a look.

If the door there was still open, he intended to pray once before coming back to sleep.

One has to show a good side at the beginning!

Along the dimly lit stairs, stepping on the creaking floor, Lu Jianuo approached that prayer room.

His footsteps became lighter and lighter, afraid of disturbing others praying, afraid of disturbing Priest Montserrat in practicing the teachings of the Earth Mother and engaging in activities of reproducing life with some female believer.

After coming to the door quietly, Lu Jianuo stretched out his right hand and tried to push that wooden door.

The wooden door opened slowly backward, silently revealing a small crack.

"Didn't close the door... Really reproducing life?" Lu Jianuo looked into the crack quietly.

He saw the crimson moonlight covering the prayer room with a light veil, saw Priest Montserrat, wearing a brown priest's robe, standing in front of the life holy emblem, bending his arms, and shaking gently, as if he were holding a newborn child.

But between his arms, there was nothing.

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