The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Ye Xiao shivered and withdrew her hand from the other person's palm.

You mean this goddess statue?

The mother orc then looked at the wooden statue in her child's hand. "This is a statue distributed by the Church of Redemption in the city. It is a great goddess who treats all races equally."

"The Church of Salvation?"

Ye Xiao noticed the strange word and asked, seemingly casually, "Isn't the image of this goddess the Ocean Sanctuary?"

“You’re being biased here, young human. The Ocean Sanctuary is an organization of humans who serve the Great Goddess, but it is ultimately a prejudiced church institution established in the name of humanity.”

The green-skinned orc covered his mouth and chuckled, “But as I said before, a truly great goddess treats all races equally. We orcs naturally have our own church dedicated to serving and worshipping the goddess.”

"Okay... I thought all orcs worshipped a beast god."

"Of course we should believe in the Beast God, but believing in an Ocean Goddess can also protect our safety at sea, so why not?"

The orc clutched the gold coin in his hand and chuckled, "Hehe, I suppose you are also a gift from the Ocean Goddess."

"Please be sure to remain composed,"

Ye Xiao silently took a half step back, creating some distance, and asked, "One last question, where should I go to find that Church of Redemption?"

"You can see them in the lower town, where they have recently renovated a church and often distribute food to the residents."

"beep--"

As they spoke, the piercing whistle sounded again, announcing the official departure of the large ship bound for the free port.

At the same time, Ye Xiao's mind raced, and in the end, he walked over to the side, grabbed Mingya, and ran out of the cabin.

"Hey! Brother Ye...why the sudden..."

"I'm not leaving,"

Ye Xiao said in a low voice, "What I'm looking for is hidden in this city."

Fortunately, they happened to encounter this green-skinned orc on the ship and discovered that the origin of this twisted ocean goddess faith was actually in Thunder City.

Otherwise, if Ye Xiao went to the Free Port to investigate blindly and found that there was nothing there, he would become a complete clown.

Thinking this, Ye Xiao led Mingya to the exit of the cabin, but the ship had already left port and the huge entrance had been closed.

Left with no other choice, Ye Xiao could only follow the stairs upwards to the upper cabin.

The upper deck, an area accessible only to passengers who have purchased expensive upper deck tickets, is guarded by special guards. When they saw Ye Xiao and Mingya rushing into the corridor, they immediately shouted.

"Halt! Where did you come from?! Did you buy tickets?!"

There were other nobles chatting in the corridor, including an Aslan girl with short gray-gold hair who was being led by the hand by an older woman who looked like a servant, and she was also looking in this direction with a blank expression.

At the same time, Ye Xiao looked at the guards blocking his way and kicked them over without hesitation, saying, "You came from below and didn't buy a ticket."

"Hey! Catch them right now!"

The guard, who had been kicked to the ground and was completely disoriented, was furious and shouted loudly to call for his companions.

But it was too late. Ye Xiao and Ming Ya darted through the nobles in the corridor like the wind, knocking over champagne carts and antique decorative vases. Under the astonished gazes of a group of guards who arrived later, they gracefully jumped out of the window at the end of the corridor.

Unlike the cramped portholes in the lower decks where it was difficult to even stretch out one hand, Ye Xiaomang came here specifically to find a window large enough for his body to pass through and leave the ship.

The guards who witnessed this scene were naturally baffled. One of them exclaimed in astonishment, "Are those two out of their minds? Why would they run up here just to jump out of the window?"

"Performance art? What bad luck."

The captain of the guards who had arrived with him spoke up angrily, and then hurriedly led his men to appease the frightened nobles around them.

The two men jumped into the sea, and the captain of the guards couldn't do anything about it. However, the complaints from the disturbed nobles, who then began gesticulating wildly, were a major headache for him.

……

With a soft "splash" on the sea surface, Ye Xiao used his magic to manipulate the water flow, lifting his body out of the water.

Mingya, like a floating gourd ladle, revealed his wet head. "Brother Ye, why did we jump down?"

"Let's find a place to go back to shore first."

Ye Xiao didn't explain much, mainly because this matter was difficult to explain.

He traveled from the future to the past to hunt down the evil spirit that had distorted the goddess's faith. However, upon boarding the ship, he unexpectedly discovered that the spirit was hiding in Thunder City, so he quickly returned.

If you were to say this, the other person probably wouldn't understand what you were talking about for a while.

Fortunately, Mingya trusted his cheap friend completely, and even without Ye Xiao's explanation, he jumped off the boat without hesitation.

Since the boat had just set sail and was not far from the port, the two of them swam back to the dock in a few minutes, huffing and puffing.

But the wolf riders on the shore continued their tireless patrols, and it took considerable effort to avoid them.

Finally finding a secluded corner, Ye Xiao casually pulled out a clean set of clothes from his spatial ring and tossed them to Mingya to change into.

After all, the other party had jumped into the sea with him. Ye Xiao could use water magic to block the seawater, but Mingya's clothes were completely soaked.

Mingya honestly unfolded his clothes, revealing a light gauze hat underneath. He paused, then looked surprised and asked, "Huh? Why does this hat have lace trim?"

Ye Xiao was taken aback. With his left hand, he snatched the black hat from Ming Ya's hand in a flash and threw it back into his spatial ring. Then, after a careful search, he replaced it with a pirate henchman hat that he had taken from Brother Da Ya and threw it back into Ming Ya's hand.

Damn, I forgot there were Ella's clothes inside the ring.

Ye Xiao broke out in a cold sweat. Luckily, it was just a hat. If he had accidentally pulled out some underwear or stockings, his reputation would have been ruined.

Mingya covered her mouth with her fist and coughed lightly twice to cover up the slightly awkward atmosphere, but when she glanced at Ye Xiao again, her gaze became a little subtle.

Chapter 82 The Doctrine of Integration

After changing their clothes, Ye Xiao and Mingya circled back to the street from the port.

"Brother Ye... just now..."

"Do not ask."

Ye Xiao ruthlessly interrupted Mingya.

"Um, no... I actually meant to say, is there something wrong with that statue?"

Mingya scratched his head.

Ye Xiao's lips twitched. This kid was probably asking that on purpose.

"You wouldn't understand even if I explained it now. Just know that it's not a good thing."

"Ok."

Mingya nodded honestly.

Back in the bustling city of Thunder City, Ye Xiao noticed that there were more notices posted on the walls in the streets and alleys.

He pulled his hat down low, leaned closer to examine it, and discovered that it was actually a wanted poster.

However, the wanted person was not him or Mingya, but a girl with long, black hair.

"Eh?"

Mingya clearly recognized the person on the wanted poster as the girl, Jinli, who had come to Thunder City with them earlier.

The gleaming bounty of 10,000 gold coins hung below the wanted poster, looking incredibly conspicuous.

"We've only been separated from her for half a day, what happened?"

Mingya asked in surprise.

Ye Xiao was naturally unaware of the reason, but he had no intention of getting involved.

The girl herself is quite capable, and since the wanted poster is here, it means that the other person must not have been caught before being wanted, so there's no need to worry about her.

The most urgent task is to find out the details of the Redemption Church.

But the Church of Salvation is about evil gods...

Ye Xiao glanced at Ming Ya beside him. This was only a player who had just transmigrated a week ago, and his strength was probably only at the apprentice level, or at most the ordinary level. Getting deeply involved in events at the level of evil gods would not be a good thing for him.

After thinking for a while, Ye Xiao led Mingya to a tavern on a street corner.

"You stay here this afternoon and don't move around. I'll go scout out other places and come back to meet you in the evening."

"no problem."

Mingya nodded.

Just in case, Ye Xiao left some silver coins for Mingya.

The reason for not keeping gold coins is that gold coins are valuable and easily attract unwanted attention. If you take them out in a tavern, a place where all sorts of people mingle, the whole tavern will notice that there is a rich person carrying gold coins.

After giving his instructions, Ye Xiao left the tavern alone and headed towards the lower city.

Like all cities in the world, beneath its glamorous and prosperous surface lies a shadow of filth and corruption.

For Thunder City, the Lower City is a shadow.

The streets here are less like streets and more like narrow gaps between dilapidated shacks.

The octagonal wooden huts, built from broken planks or scraps and bearing a distinctive orcish style, are piled up haphazardly like mushrooms, with the stone-paved ground uneven and pitted.

Everywhere you look, there are grimy goblins, green-skinned orcs wandering around with hookahs in their mouths, and ratmen carrying large packs, rubbing their hands together and peddling strange potions.

However, perhaps because the orcs are not naturally very concerned about wealth and poverty, the glory of their ancestors and gods is the most important thing to them. Without the strict social structure of the human empire, even the residents of the lower city do not always have a worried look on their faces.

But not being worried doesn't mean the gap between rich and poor doesn't exist. Ye Xiao couldn't judge whether being at the bottom of society was painful or ignorant and happy.

After navigating the narrow streets lined with these dilapidated houses, Ye Xiao quickly found out the location of the Church of Redemption.

In the southwest corner, this church stronghold, whose name sounds quite humane, is actually an abandoned tower built of stone.

It connects several sections of the city wall that were not completely demolished, winding along the waterway that runs through the lower city. This place seems to have been the outer wall of Thunder City before. That waterway should have been the moat, but later the city expanded its territory and built new city walls like a pancake. The old city wall here was demolished, leaving only this section with the tower.

Because it was located in the lower city, although there was a tower, ordinary wealthy merchants were not interested in the land, so it was bought by the Redemption Church and became their meeting place.

This is what Ye Xiao heard from two missionaries from the Redemption Church at the tower entrance.

Contrary to expectations, when these orc missionaries heard that a human wanted to visit the Church of Salvation, they not only did not find it suspicious, but also warmly invited him to visit the church.

The orc missionary's wide robes only reached his waist, and he carried a yellowed doctrinal book under his arm, making him look surprisingly scholarly.

But if this was only what made Ye Xiao feel somewhat uncomfortable, it was what he saw after passing through a long corridor into the tower that truly shocked him:

It was a bright and spacious black stone hall, with banners painted with images of the Tentacle Goddess hanging on all four sides. Sunlight streamed through the stained glass windows of the tower, casting dappled shadows throughout the hall.

A large group of believers of various appearances and races knelt on the ground, led by a burly orc in a black robe at the front, and loudly chanted a magnificent hymn.

"Oh—oh—oh—"

"Great goddess, your eyes are as deep as the sea, your voice is like waves gently lapping the shore—"

"You use your hands as a boat to support our souls, protecting us from the abyss—"

"Oh—oh—oh—"

Ye Xiaoguang glanced over and saw all sorts of races, including green-skinned orcs, beastmen, ratmen, trolls, goblins, and more.

They varied in stature and height, yet their bodies were all hunched over, bathed in the sunlight streaming in from the tower's windows, their devout singing so uniformly and sacredly performed.

Although the number is not large, Ye Xiao finds it hard to imagine that there is a religion in the world that can bring together these races that are completely unrelated.

This is a feat that even the Holy Temple... even the God of Light could not accomplish.

Logically speaking, these races mostly worship their ancestors or have their own gods, such as the beast god of the orcs, the great horned rat of the ratmen, and the ancestral totem of the trolls... Each race has a different religious culture, and the content of their worship and sacrifices is also completely different.

Leaving aside the conflicting rules and regulations within their religious cultures, it is already unbelievable that they would accept a deity outside their own religious culture.

Therefore, although these devout believers were all weak and did not have much strength, Ye Xiao felt a strange and absurd chill in his heart that was beyond his understanding.

Is this something that can be achieved simply through brainwashing?

The hymn concert in the tower gradually came to an end with a melodious chorus, and the orc missionary beside Ye Xiao continued speaking.

“We organize daily hymn singing to praise Lord Undine’s protection of us.”

"...Is that gentleman standing at the front leading the singing the church's organizer?"

Ye Xiao asked.

"You mean Ms. Salma?"

The orc missionary nodded slightly. "She doesn't refer to herself as a bishop or anything like that, but she is indeed the organizer of our gathering. Now that the hymn festival has ended, if you wish to speak with her, please come with me."

The orc missionary waved his hand in acknowledgment, and then led Ye Xiao along the wall toward the front of the group of believers.