Pearl Clan,
After Beilun had prepared Klaus's faith altars in each tribe, Li Si spent several days visiting every merman tribe in the Pearl Sea.
On one hand, it was to display the legendary might of the merman Klaus and plant seeds of awe in the mermen's hearts.
On the other hand, it was to implant Li Si's Mental Imprint into the prepared faith altars, linking each one to him.
Faith altars were places where merman tribes prayed and offered sacrifices, somewhat similar in function to human churches.
Among all the merman tribes, only the Coral Tribe had a Church of the Ocean Goddess, and the faith altars established by the merman Klaus had not drawn any opposition from the Church of the Ocean Goddess.
As far as the Church of the Ocean Goddess was concerned, they would not interfere in the internal faiths of the mermen unless there were special circumstances.
So long as no other church tried to lay claim to the merman tribes' faith, that was enough.
Li Si had even made a special trip to the Church of the Ocean Goddess to meet its bishop.
To Li Si's surprise, the bishop assigned by the Church of the Ocean Goddess to the merman tribes was a merman priest.
However, Li Si soon understood why that was the case.
Other Churches of the Gods operated similarly. Even between the Churches of the Gods, competition for believers was still quite intense.
Human gods also developed believers among other races. To spread their faith more smoothly, they would recruit members of other races into their churches as clergy.
At the same time, clergy of other races could spread the faith more effectively among their own kind.
While touring the Church of the Ocean Goddess, Li Si also noticed several unusual