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Li Mingquan's words plunged Lin Feng into deep thought.

In fact, he had realized a problem long ago.

Why did the Church in Oasis Town face rebellion from the local great families, but the Holy City at the front line did nothing, not even sending high-level priests for support?

Neither supporting nor opposing.

As if Oasis Town did not exist.

Initially, Lin Feng thought it was due to the long journey, as the voyage of Global Migration spans tens of thousands of kilometers, which would take a long round trip.

Yet the appearance of the Pilgrimage Convoy, capable of making a round trip within half a month, indicated that even if the Oasis Church only discovered last month that the Li Family and other great clans truly harbored rebellion intentions and put it into practice, it was still timely enough to report to the Holy City and request support.

At that time, casually dispatching a Tier Two Temple Knight could easily resolve the rebellion crisis in Oasis Town.

Moreover, given the importance of the Oasis, abandonment should not be an option.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and spoke solemnly:

"Are you suggesting someone in the Holy City Church wants to abandon Oasis Town? But the Moonlit Ceremony on the Oasis Battleship, observing the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area, is undoubtedly vital to the Holy City..."

"Would they really gamble with the risk of Oasis Town's destruction and the threat of Yang Nie because of internal conflict?"

"Knowing the disaster a Yang Nie crisis could cause, it could even make a Holy City fall, severely wounding the Church's primordial energy!"

After hearing Lin Feng's analysis and rebuttal, Li Mingquan's eyes flickered, clearly not expecting the other to know so much about the Restricted Area.

But even so, those high-ranking priests never cared about the lives of those at the bottom. To them, power in hand was more important than the Church itself.

A top-level, large force of this scale, already decadent under the erosion of time, with its internal strife and conflict almost exposed.

Otherwise, the Li Family would not have endured for so many years, just to seize this crucial opportunity.

Li Mingquan nodded, first affirming Lin Feng's conclusion:

"You're right; no matter how severe the internal disagreements, they wouldn't joke with the Oasis Battleship, but what if some people simply don't care about the Yang Nie crisis?"

"Not to mention the current Wasteland Era; even back in the Old Earth Era you've experienced, how many times did internal disputes lead to external enemies taking advantage?"

"Isn't the act of favoring external allies over domestic slaves frequent?"

"If Oasis Town was indeed valued by the Holy City, why would the local church here, Bishop Zhang Hui and Father Su An, go to such lengths to win you over, even resorting to tainting their Holy Spring power with alien bloodlines?"

Lin Feng's pupils shrank slightly. In fact, he didn't care about the internal conflicts within the Holy Spring Sect or the Church's good or bad. As long as the promised rewards were fulfilled and obligations followed, it was fine.

But now, Li Mingquan's words touched upon a critical issue: if the Oasis Church wasn't favored by the Holy City, could the promised benefits be realistically fulfilled upon arrival in the Holy City?

Just like the honorary deputy mayor position promised by Father Su An, if the Holy City's grand diocese didn't recognize it, why should Lin Feng lay his life on the line for the Church? It would be better to avoid this trouble early.

Seeing Lin Feng's conflicted expression, Li Mingquan decided to strike while the iron was hot and continued:

"It seems Bishop and Father Su An haven't told Leader Lin everything..."

"Think about it; are they deceiving you, with the Oasis Church having fallen to such a state compared to the formidable Holy Spring Sect?"

Lin Feng's brows slightly furrowed. He already believed seventy percent of Li Mingquan's words since logically there was no issue, making the problem solely with the Oasis Church.

However, Lin Feng couldn't completely trust a single side's story. He needed to understand the whole context before drawing a conclusion:

"Since Village Chief Li understands so well, how about introducing the origin of Oasis Town?"

"I heard the Oasis Battleship was once part of the Holy City. Due to limited resources, reaching the population limit, the Oasis Battleship took a group of people to the frontier of the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area."

"Is it because the distance from the Holy City is too great that Oasis is gradually marginalized?"

Li Mingquan smiled, seeing Lin Feng genuinely seemed clueless, then calmly explained:

"Leader Lin, you've reversed cause and effect..."

"It's not that Oasis Town is at the frontier of the Restricted Area, making it gradually marginalized, but that the departure of the Oasis Battleship was the beginning of its abandonment."

"A major event happened in the Holy City back then concerning the selection of the next Tier Three Bishop."

"You must know the Holy Spring Sect is essentially a church state, internally governed by a church system. Besides the Master of the Holy Spring, secular matters are managed by the Undying Saint."

"Numerous factions exist within it, including the Primordial Sect, which adheres to the Original Holy Spring Scripture as doctrine, adhering to tradition, and the Secular Faction, following the Undying Saint and the Holy Scripture. Some more radical groups also exist..."

"In short, the Church, with the Master of the Holy Spring's long slumber, has already split into various factions."

"The bishop selection in the Holy City back then became a trigger for controversy. Each Holy City can have up to seven bishops, supporting seven Tier Threes."

"With the old generation of bishops returning to the Divine Hall, the vacant position became the target of factional contention, with Zhang Hui among the strong contenders."

"Now the deputy bishop of Oasis, formerly one of the unparalleled talents, rose to the Tier Two limit of 29th level in less than a century, becoming a Grand Priest."