Ricci gave Ji Xiang many books, but a considerable portion of them were intended as tribute for the Wanli Emperor.

　　Fortunately, the Jesuit fathers had acquired properties in several places. Ricci said that since he didn't have much money, he would stay in Shuntian for about a month and then mooch books from his teammates.

　　If the construction of the Great Church was approved, his teammates would come to Shuntian anyway.

　　Fan Li'an, Meng Sande, Long Huamin, Luo Ruwang, Guo Jingju... Ricci's teammates' names were also excellent examples of Sino-Western integration, the kind that looked absolutely not like people of the Great Ming, but still carried a bit of Ming flavor...

　　Ji Xiang also noted down these names.

　　In the future, when he passed by the residences of those priests, he could go in and drop Ricci's name. Ricci said that as long as he mentioned his name, he could get free Bibles, and they had more knowledge of the Christ's Law than Ricci himself.

　　Ji Xiang beamed with joy.

　　Having connections makes things easier.

　　As long as you let me be a freeloader, we're staunch friends.

　　The Christ's Law was definitely useful. Ji Xiang was even planning to extract some advanced usages of the power of vows from it. At this time, he learned some more news from Ricci.

　　Ricci was indeed the first Western missionary to come to Shuntian. They first landed at Haojing, where there was a Mazu Pavilion. A legitimate cathedral was located there, approved for construction by the Ming court during the Jiajing Emperor's reign, and was by no means an illegal building.

　　And after this church was built, several priests crossed the sea, led by Father Bafanji, and under the direction of Jesuit Father Fan Li'an, went to Japan to preach and achieved some initial success.

　　"Oh?"

　　Ji Xiang stroked his chin, pondering.

　　For some reason, he felt that the printing press ghost incidents in Japan were inextricably linked to the Western Christ's Law.

　t truly was a case of taking the best of both worlds.

　　"So, the Western Law is thriving in Japan?"

　　However, Ricci responded to some of Ji Xiang's questions with a wry smile:

　　"That was in the early stages. After Oda Nobunaga died, Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the Kampaku of Japan. He issued the 'Bateren Expulsion Edict,' stating that they were a divine land, and our Christ's Law was a foreign evil art, claiming that using knowledge to win over believers and destroying Japanese Buddhism was a great sin. He welcomed Western ships for foreign trade, but refused to allow those who practiced the Christ's Law to enter Japan."

　　"Now, in Japan, there are no longer any people preaching our Christianity. At the beginning of this year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi gathered all those who practiced the Christ's Law in Nagasaki Prefecture and crucified them."

　　Ji Xiang, at this point, somewhat understood Toyotomi Hideyoshi's actions.

　　After all, religion is a sensitive area when it comes to governance. East Asia adheres to the principle of the monarch being above divine authority, and if religion shakes the foundations of governance, persecution will ensue.

　　"The belief in ghosts, gods, and Buddhist temples in Japan is very strong. If you touch the tiger's whiskers, how can the tiger not get angry?"

　　Ji Xiang commented. Ricci also sighed, "It is said that this killing incident was related to a Portuguese merchant ship... Coming out to preach, we are prepared to dedicate ourselves to the teachings."

　　Ricci made the sign of the cross on his chest, while Ji Xiang took some classics and asked Ricci some questions.

　　"To be honest, I have some questions here that I want to ask you... Why is there the power of vows on the photocopies? Is this due to your Christ's Law, or is there something special about this paper?"

　　The latter should be impossible, after all, the Inner Vision Divine Tablet didn't give a reaction. Of course, Ji Xiang really couldn't say for sure whether the Inner Vision Divine Tablet would give a strategy for Western things, so he could only ask Ricci on the spot.

　　"The power of vows? What you're talking about should be the prayer to the Lord, and the response given, that kind of faith thought circulating within?"

　　"Yes, something like that."

　　Ricci was a little confused: "I'm not too sure about that. All the books we received are like this, and haven't undergone too many changes. You say that the power of vows gathers on the books, perhaps it's because of widespread dissemination..."

　　Ji Xiang shook his head: "No, that's not possible. Normally speaking, these photocopies shouldn't have a situation where the power of vows gathers. The faith of the power of vows should appear on your original Lord's Prayer, presented on that scripture..."

　　Ricci began to think. He really wanted to give Ji Xiang some help.

　　However, the principles of Eastern Law and Western Arts differ greatly. Although there are similarities, for a moment, there was no way to truly achieve "accurate expression" in the translation of those words and spells.

　t surprising. Although Ricci was a very famous Western missionary in the Great Ming, and his Confucian literary literacy was also extremely high, he was not considered a first-tier figure in the church in the West. The mystery of the appearance of the power of vows on the photocopies was obviously not known to Ricci.

　　Then there was only one stupid method left.

　　Read the books, sentence by sentence.

　　There was no fully translated version of the *Lord's Prayer*. Although Ji Xiang had some knowledge of Latin, it was limited to the smattering he had learned in his previous life a long time ago, which was not enough to translate the Bible of this era.

　　So, there was a simplified introductory version called *The True Record of the Lord*.

　　Ricci enthusiastically recommended it, saying that it was the first book translated from Western languages into Ming language by Western missionaries after arriving in the Great Ming.

　　"Chapter One, Truly There is a Lord; Chapter Two, Matters of the Lord..."

　　"Chapter Four, The Lord Creates Heaven, Earth, and People; Chapter Five, Adam and Eve..."

　　"Chapter Seven, Where the Soul Returns..."

　　After briefly looking through the table of contents, Ji Xiang recited each chapter aloud. If there was anything miraculous, the Inner Vision Divine Tablet would manifest text, the mana in his body would flow, and his spirit would be meticulous.

　　This was also a photocopy. Ricci said that it was the first edition photocopy, with a total of one thousand two hundred copies, which also had a faint, ownerless power of vows on it.

　　Most of it was translated vocabulary compiled by these missionaries themselves, without much of the original Bible content, but it was still worth watching.

　　Ji Xiang looked at it, and when he saw Chapter Five, text appeared on the Inner Vision Divine Tablet!

　　In Ji Xiang's eyes, a flash of light suddenly appeared, accelerating, and he finished reading all the text of Chapter Five!

　　"I say that the things of the first end are gods and demons, those who have spirit but no form. Now I will tell you about the theory of complete soul and form. Since the Lord has banished the lower gods, the position of heaven is already empty, so he created Adam and Eve, complete in soul and form, to give birth to and propagate mankind, and if there are good people among them, he will take their souls to heaven to fill the position of gods........"

　　In the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, the text was fully manifested:

　　[The Testimony of Adam and Eve: What the Lord has created is of three kinds, one is formless, one is formed, and one is complete in soul and form. The formless is the heavenly gods/demons!]