Work Prophet
Chapter 268 - 26 I Can Sing

Chapter 268: Chapter 26 I Can Sing

As the Double Rest Sect adjusted their missionary approach, more and more villagers came to listen to the teachings, with many arriving before dawn at the Church’s platform, queuing up early.

When the preaching began, they all concentrated hard, pricking up their ears, afraid of missing even half a word and unable to answer the questions that followed.

Miss Rabbit didn’t know her seemingly dazed and foolish subjects, who looked like silly geese, were actually so eager to learn.

However, seeing the flourishing development of the Double Rest Sect in Green Field, she was genuinely happy for Li Yu.

But when she turned her head to look at Li Yu, she noticed that his face didn’t show much excitement.

"What’s wrong, have you been spending too much money recently?" the girl whispered. Hesitating for a moment, she seemed to make a big decision and added, "Um, if you’re short, I can lend you some... but you’ll have to pay it back. I just won’t charge interest."

"It’s not a problem of expenses," Li Yu shook his head.

"Then what is it?"

"The effect of the preaching is average."

"Average?" exclaimed Miss Rabbit in surprise. "I’m not sure about other places, but in the villages near Teacup Castle, everyone who can come does come, and those who can’t are carried here by their families."

"I’m not talking about attendance rates, but rather the performance of the Sabbaths. When they explain the teachings, they still aren’t vivid and engaging enough, nor as easy to understand as the Priests of the Silver Moon Church, and most villagers are just forcibly memorizing for the sake of the gifts."

In fact, it’s not only the Sabbaths of the Double Rest Sect who have this problem; Li Yu himself also has it. He isn’t inherently a clergyman, and his major wasn’t related to this field; he converted midway through his career.

However, Li Yu could still compensate for this shortcoming through multimedia teaching methods, using the impact of audiovisuals to directly pierce everyone’s souls.

But for the time being, the Double Rest Sect didn’t have the conditions to equip all Sabbaths with projectors and mobile power solar panels.

This time, Li Yu also didn’t bring these modern technologies to any diocese, as he wanted to take this rare opportunity to evaluate the Sabbaths’ abilities.

And indeed, according to his observations over these days, there were many problems exposed.

The current group of Sabbaths in the Double Rest Sect was mainly composed of the surviving members of the Weiting family who had been exiled to the western lands. These people generally had a good education, were literate, understood noble etiquette, and were familiar with the customs and traditions of many places on the Continent.

It was precisely because of this that Li Yu had chosen them to become Sabbaths of the Double Rest Sect.

And to be honest, Li Yu didn’t have many options at the time. The lizard people and the other subjects of Green Field couldn’t communicate due to language barriers and past enmities, so they couldn’t become Sabbaths.

However, this also led to a problem: almost all of the Sabbaths of the Double Rest Sect were of Noble origin, while their missionary targets were largely commoners.

The difference in social strata, the lack of mutual understanding, and the absence of common language meant that communication was naturally not as smooth.

By contrast, the Silver Moon Church, in addition to recruiting youth from major families, also had a portion of Priests who were promoted from within the Church, like Quintus, who was the son of a farmer.

They were the ones who truly understood the land beneath their feet and also the people living on it.

In addition to that, like Li Yu, the members of the Weiting family previously had no experience in preaching. Currently, their preaching was essentially a stiff imitation of Li Yu, sticking to the script.

This approach might not lead to major mistakes, but it also didn’t stand out.

After listening to three hours of missionary work, Li Yu was almost dozing off.

In contrast, the Silver Moon Church had perfected its talent grooming over the years. They had their Temples, which taught the knowledge required to become Priests, similar to schools.

There were also elders who would guide new members. In terms of the professionalism of their missions, Li Yu’s Double Rest Sect couldn’t compare to the Silver Moon Church at all.

Ireya actually noticed this as well, but such things, even if you realize them, seemed of little use.

After all, the Double Rest Sect had only risen for less than half a year. To catch up with the Silver Moon Church, which had existed for thousands of years in terms of talent accumulation... Well, it wasn’t impossible, but it definitely wouldn’t be achieved overnight.

However, as the spokesperson for Saturday in the mortal world, the Prophet Li Yu of the Double Rest Sect clearly had a different opinion on this issue.

The Lady heard Li Yu muttering some words like Pinduoduo, streamers, displaced competition, and down-market penetration—terms she didn’t quite understand.

And Li Yu was a man of action. Once back, he immediately went online and downloaded the most popular videos from top live stream hosts, short video bloggers, and stand-up comedians into a hard drive.

Unsure which would be useful, he brought them the next day to Bratis and organized a viewing session for all the Sabbaths to observe and learn.

Li Yu set only three requirements: first, quickly establish your own personal preaching style; second, be as close to the grassroots as possible; third, be engaging and easy to understand, with no restrictions on the form.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Sabbaths below were all dumbfounded.

Some expressed concerns, "Isn’t this too frivolous... not serious enough?"

Li Yu patiently explained, "Our main goal is to propagate the teachings and find more like-minded companions to build the Land God Kingdom together. This in itself is certainly serious, but the form should be as relaxed as possible.

"Because relaxed content spreads more easily and is more readily accepted. Besides, in terms of seriousness, we can’t outdo the Silver Moon Church anyway."

The Sabbaths looked at each other, but no one spoke out.

It made sense, but everyone was used to missionaries maintaining a sober demeanor, even Quintus who was famous for his affinity and personal charisma, kept a proper distance from the believers.

Because in a sense, missionaries from all sects also represented the God behind them.

Although Saturday is the god of rest and entertainment, it appears that a more relaxed atmosphere in the teachings of his sect... might make sense?

However, even though it sounded reasonable, everyone was still unsure.

After a while, a young Sabbath nicknamed Hua Meiniao looked around and was the first to raise his hand, saying timidly, "I can play the Layakin and sing well, I wondered if it’s okay to spread the teachings through song?"

"That’s a good idea, you can try it and see how it works," Li Yu encouraged. He then looked at the others, "It’s okay if you don’t have any ideas for now. Follow me and see how people in the Divine Country attract attention."