Chapter 104: This Ghost God Absolutely Cannot Be Any Kind of Righteous Deity!

Pastor Jin Mingjun tremblingly raised his index finger, which still stung slightly.

Looking at the somewhat distorted and deformed signature on the contract paper, traced out in his own fresh blood.

Pastor Jin Mingjun had the illusion that he had sold himself away.

At this moment, he recalled the memory of first seeing the Ghost God in the Nierbo dungeon.

This forced him to believe that he had committed a grave mistake, bringing a terrifying Ghost God from a foreign land back to his own homeland.

Jin Mingjun quietly glanced at Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, whose body was also trembling incessantly.

He inexplicably felt a sense of relief in his heart: at least it was not just the two of them; the Sect Leader of the sect was also a slave to the Ghost God, just like him.

Inexplicably, Jin Mingjun, discovering that someone of higher status than himself was in the same predicament, even felt a trace of schadenfreude in his heart.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu did not notice the emotional fluctuations in the heart of the subordinate who had brought the Ghost God to him.

After signing the contract of indenture, he respectfully picked up the contract with both hands and handed it to the White Crane Boy, who was sitting cross-legged in mid-air.

Soon, the three of them heard the Ghost God let out a "Jie-jie-jie" laugh.

The three signed contracts in the office suddenly detached from their hands, flew into mid-air, and instantly ignited spontaneously.

Under the flames, the hearts of these three people began to struggle, their moods complex as they watched the burning contract paper.

They only felt that their own souls were also being burned...

Swish!

The flames burned very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the contract papers turned to ash.

Suddenly!

Three black Marks flew out from the ashes, each branding itself onto the chests of the three men like stickers.

At the same time, Jin Mingjun, who had received the Invitation Letter, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, and the other one all heard the Ghost God's voice continue to ring out:

"From now on, you are my slaves."

"You have no qualifications to hear my honorable name, nor can you understand it."

"But you are also lucky; I am a benevolent master."

"I have no particular malice or kindness toward you yourselves."

"Becoming slaves to serve me is merely a way for you to atone for your sins."

"Whether you consider me an angel or a devil, it does not matter; I do not care, but as my slaves, you must respond when you hear my summons."

"Otherwise, it is a violation of the contract, and you shall suffer the punishment of having your souls burned by raging fire!"

"And now... go to my Dongtian, where my servants are waiting for you."

Having finished speaking, Su Ping sent an invitation to the three of them.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, Jin Mingjun, and the others all heard a certain inquiry in their minds, the language of which was unknown, yet the meaning of which they understood.

Looking at each other, they gritted their teeth in unison and chose to agree.

The Ghost God was right in front of them.

They had just signed a contract and sold themselves!

They... had no conditions left to refuse!

Pot Heaven.

Behind the Burial Ground, at the foot of the Human-Faced Locust Tree.

The three members of the Bangzi Country's Morning Star Sect appeared directly before this hundred-meter-tall locust tree.

The surroundings were filled with fog; only the tree in front, which seemed to connect heaven and earth, held back the fog enough to be seen clearly.

Then.

The three people looking in this direction were instantly stunned by the horror and eeriness of the Human-Faced Locust Tree.

"Demon, devil, hell angel..."

"Our master absolutely cannot be a benevolent god!"

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu gestured repeatedly in front of his chest, finally grabbing the Holy Lord Cross on his chest.

Yet it was not to pray for protection, but to hurriedly tear off this object he now considered a blasphemy.

And he quickly stepped on it, using his shoe to cover this unclean thing.

Pastor Jin Mingjun saw this scene, his eyelids twitching slightly, but he did not imitate him.

Because after seeing that the Ghost God was real, he had already thrown away all the Holy Lord symbols on his body in advance.

The other pastor, who had a lower presence, did the same.

As Jin Mingjun's non-blood-related older brother, this pastor was named Jin Mingxiu.

Before joining the sect, this person was the pride of the family; he had studied excellently since childhood, and after attending only one session of cram school to retake exams, he was admitted to a well-known university.

After completing his military service and finishing his studies, he also successfully found a decent job.

It was just that as the general environment deteriorated, Jin Mingxiu lost his job, and while at a low point in his life, he was persuaded by Pastor Jin Mingjun, who already had some status, to become a star pastor of the Morning Star Sect together.

Then, in order to seize the opportunity to get ahead quickly while the sect was still in its development phase, this person went to Nierbo with Jin Mingjun...

The Human-Faced Locust Tree shook its branches, and several human faces opened their features to look at Jin Mingjun and the others.

The sense of fear grew stronger, to the point that the facial expressions of the three, who dared not move, began to twist.

Roar!

Suddenly, accompanied by a dragon's cry, the surrounding fog vibrated, especially the fog in the sky, which thinned out significantly, allowing a little sunlight to shine down.

This allowed Jin Mingjun and the others to break free from the shock of the Human-Faced Locust Tree and hurriedly turn their heads to look at the sky.

Immediately, they saw a creature with a body as black as ink, its scales shimmering with a dark metallic luster.

The incredibly majestic black fish-dragon swam through the clouds as if in the Dahai, rapidly approaching them.

The current size of the Chiwen Da Hei Yu was nothing out of the ordinary in Su Ping's eyes.

However, in the eyes of mortals like Jin Mingjun, under the suppression of Dragon Might.

Da Hei Yu, originally about the size of an adult tiger shark, suddenly became as majestic and massive as a humpback whale, inviolable.

Looking at Jin Mingjun and the other two, who were trembling while facing the Dragon Might head-on.

Su Ping suddenly realized that if Da Hei Yu were placed on Water Blue Star, its combat power might be even stronger than he had imagined.

After all, on the non-supernatural Water Blue Star, a False Dragon is still a dragon!

Dragon Might is more than enough to deal with these mortals who have no relevant resistance.

Even if it encountered a modern cruiser.

As long as Da Hei Yu Chiwen got close and unleashed its Dragon Might, it would be a guaranteed win!

It was also because of this discovery.

Su Ping had a bold idea.

While Da Hei Yu Chiwen approached the three of them and, following his instructions, used water-type spells to leave characters in the air to convey a message.

Su Ping went to the Spirit Light Fish Pond and extracted one milliliter of False Dragon Blood from a Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish.

Then, Jin Mingjun and the others, who were kneeling on the ground, suddenly saw the black dragon fish in front of them move a bit closer.

The Blood Qi on the fish's mouth was so strong it even made them want to vomit.

【Too weak, as slaves to the master, you are truly too weak!】

【With such fragile bodies, how can you complete the master's tasks?】

Jin Mingjun and the others saw the characters appearing in front of the fish's mouth.

Their mouths slightly agape, wanting to say something, they all wisely shut their mouths upon seeing the size of Da Hei Yu and its Dragon Might.

However, the next message made them all perk up.

【Bestowing upon you a drop of my Dragon Blood, grow strong and serve the master well!】

【Remember, you must not use this power for anything other than serving the master, otherwise... it is a violation of the contract!】

Seeing the word "contract," the three of them, feeling as if their souls had already been sold, all shuddered and kept it in their hearts, not daring to act as if they hadn't seen it.

In the blink of an eye, a drop of False Dragon Blood flew out and entered Jin Mingjun's mouth.

The next second, Jin Mingjun let out the loudest scream in his life.

He curled up and rolled continuously on the ground.

In Su Ping's field of vision.

As the False Dragon Blood took effect.

The high-quality Spirit Qi from the Pot Heaven surged rapidly into the body of the pastor, Jin Mingjun, providing a crucial role.

At the same time, Jin Mingjun's body began to undergo transformation, and every cell began to crave massive amounts of energy.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of energy here for Su Ping.

As Da Hei Yu Chiwen let out a dragon roar.

First, the Wind Control Technique suppressed the rolling Jin Mingjun and made him open his mouth.

A stream of water flew in from the mist and, under Da Hei Yu's water control ability, was poured into Jin Mingjun's mouth.

This was hot water mixed with a large amount of white sugar and starch.

After his stomach was filled, as the energy was rapidly absorbed.

A large amount of water vapor emerged from Jin Mingjun's skin, expelling the excess water.

Afterward, Jin Mingjun passed out.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, after obtaining a toolbox, withdrew from this Secret Realm that they believed to be a Ghost God Spirit Realm.

Morning Star Sect office.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu looked at the unconscious Jin Mingjun, his eyes filled with unconcealable envy and jealousy.

But soon, this jealousy turned into terror.

He discovered that Jin Mingjun had started to lose his hair, and on his now-bald forehead, short, black horns had sprouted.

They were strangely shaped; they didn't look like dragon horns, but rather like the underdeveloped horns of a small demon.

Black scales also appeared on his arms.

Because they only appeared on his arms, it gave people more of a feeling that he had contracted a disease.

Su Ping hid to the side, observing Jin Mingjun:

"Sure enough, Dragon Blood is overbearing; even the smallest effective dose will cause changes in a human body."

"Furthermore, after the Dragon Blood transformation, his body not only needs massive energy to maintain itself but also requires regular Spirit Qi."

"Otherwise, degradation will occur, and eventually, his abilities will completely revert to those of a mortal."

"And without cultivation, he cannot unleash his potential; his strength is not very high, and neither the power nor the duration of his spells is worth expecting."

"Aside from being better at showing off in front of people, in actual combat, he would only be beaten black and blue by my Registered Disciples who have learned the Health Preservation Technique."

Jin Mingjun woke up in a daze and, noticing his own changes, could not help but turn pale.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu immediately stepped forward to comfort him, and after questioning him, discovered that some innate spells had appeared in the other's mind.

Then he demonstrated them; although because the dose of False Dragon Blood was too small, both the wind control and water control were more like Tricks than proper spells.

But for Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, who delved deeply into this path.

Such an ability was already enough to attract many other groups to join him.

He thought of the instructions from that Ghost God servant, Da Hei Yu, and hurriedly opened the toolbox he had brought back, seeing the plan on the silk cloth inside.

This Sect Leader somewhat understood why that kind and intelligent servant would bestow this bit of supernatural power upon Jin Mingjun.

He also recalled the information related to the temple in Nierbo.

Upon realizing the key point that the mysterious existence was real.

Many things that were originally just imagined now had a better explanation.

And after experiencing this trip, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu was even more convinced that this Ghost God was absolutely not some righteous deity!

If not a demon, then a devil; at the very least, it would be the same kind as a fallen angel.

Developing the sect, holding Dharma Assemblies, letting believers pray, or exorcising evil—these were all just fronts; in all likelihood, they were required for some special ritual!

Such things were recorded plenty of times in the short stories of the Book of Demons.

In order to complete a certain ritual, a demon would pretend to be a great philanthropist, performing good deeds and accumulating merit, doing nine hundred and ninety-nine good things.

Then... after the ritual was completed, a divine object obtained, or something released, the demon would take the souls of thousands upon thousands of people to Hell to suffer, with interest.

Li Yongxiu looked at the two brothers, Jin Mingjun, their eyes merely meeting.

This Sect Leader knew that all three of them were smart people, and all had sensed that what was in this silk scroll was likely a part of that evil Ghost God's terrifying ritual!

As for what to do next.

As smart people, the natural choice was to follow instructions without error, and even strive to do better, so that the Ghost God would see the value of them and the others.

After all, they were just pitiful mortals whose souls had already been sold.

With no choice in the matter, they could not be blamed for helping the tyrant do evil.

The Morning Star Sect changed drastically overnight.

Just when various sects thought that the Sect Leader would use Jin Mingjun and the others to manipulate things and gain popularity.

They were stunned to find that this Sect Leader had taken his people and left the Capital District directly.

After running back to their home base where they started, they immediately began publicity work.

And one day later, they held a large-scale mass that only core believers could participate in.

And the effect of this mass was better than imagined.

According to information obtained by some well-informed sources.

Among the hundreds of people attending, nearly half donated large sums of money on the spot.

And almost all participants joined the subsequent publicity process, making the scale of the next ritual very much worth looking forward to.

So much so that those familiar with sect affairs were somewhat suspicious of whether those hundreds of people were all shills!

It wasn't the Soul-Devouring Ritual of Hell Island; did it really need such exaggerated rendering in the real world!

And Su Ping, in the Morning Star Sect's home base, inside a renovated auditorium, had also set up the Subduing Demon Array in advance to condense faith and purify the Sealed Dharma Artifact.

At the first ritual.

In the guidance text that Sect Leader Li Yongxiu recited in the Korean language, Su Ping also made many adjustments according to local conditions, changing Fo to an angel or even an Angel of the King.

Evil Spirits were written as evil things caused by demons and devils from beyond the heavens.

Thus, it became the Angel of the King descending to the human world to purify the evil things left behind by demons and pierce the conspiracies of the devils.

Now, at this very moment, they, these devout believers, needed to pray sincerely and give their own share of strength to contribute to a beautiful future!

Accompanied by solemn and sacred music, the lights of the large venue.

And the blindness of the crowd, and most crucially, Jin Mingjun—who actually possessed a tiny bit of extraordinary ability—hiding in a cloak and silently casting spells.

Caused a cold wind to blow a flock of paper cranes to circle around the Sect Leader.

And then, because they had been soaked in oil beforehand, they were easily ignited and fell, and other such shocking, unbelievable, yet flawless little tricks.

Even without the blessing of extraordinary scriptures like those of the Daci Dabe Temple.

It had the addition of little tricks and a tiny bit of False Dragon Might—though the mosquito's meat is small, it is still meat—to exert subconscious influence.

This ritual, without much more help from Su Ping, still provided quite a few qualified thoughts of exorcism.

Which made Su Ping have to acknowledge the professionalism of this Korean team.

A field of merit that could operate automatically without needing his own help and effort—that was a good field of merit!

Not to mention that this field of merit could operate better and better.

And out of worry for the current situation in the Cultivation World, in order to exchange for divine abilities faster, so as to reach Foundation Establishment sooner and gain the power of self-preservation!

Su Ping had already decided in his heart to properly develop this field of merit, so that it could satisfy his needs in a short time!