Chapter 105: It Must All Be Thanks to the Help of the Ghost God!

Jin Mingxiu, who entered the Spirit Realm together with Sect Leader Li Yongxiu and Pastor Jin Mingjun, and became a slave to the Ghost God together with them.

Naturally became the most trusted confidant in the eyes of Sect Leader Li Yongxiu.

Thus, Jin Mingxiu achieved a leap in status unprecedented for the Morning Star Sect, directly becoming the Vice Sect Leader.

And that Pastor Jin Mingjun, who had obtained the False Dragon Blood, became an Archbishop with a transcendent status.

Such a promotion in status, even with the experience of performing abroad, was clearly too excessive!

After all, being a pastor is a very competitive field these days; while not many go off to risk their lives performing, the absolute number is not exactly small either.

This arrangement by the Sect Leader naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many of the sect's elders who had climbed their way up by throwing money around.

However, such dissatisfaction vanished into thin air following the successful holding of the first mass.

Especially among those elders who had the best performance records and had already become bishops.

As the group with the highest status and the best financial standing in the sect, they were often also the group with the least sincere faith.

Even if they temporarily became devout believers during the ceremony due to the sense of mystery and the influence of the Dragon Might.

Once the ceremony ended and they returned home, soaking in their hot tubs, they gradually came to their senses and tended to attribute everything they had witnessed during the ceremony to Sect Leader Li Yongxiu's magic, eloquence, and personal charisma.

Then, these people did not feel angry or ashamed at being deceived; instead, they thought they were lucky to have found a potential stock about to shine brightly.

They contacted their families to explain their thoughts, and one after another, they prepared to increase their investment!

This was a rare unicorn stock!

This anomaly of the Morning Star Sect was naturally reported by others, and the competitors in particular showed their malice without any concealment.

It's just that... one of the backers behind the scenes of the Morning Star Sect is actually a big shot who has held sway over this region for many years.

This local powerhouse supported the Morning Star Sect precisely because he noticed that the large organizations from the Capital District were expanding their influence over.

And none of the local small groups were capable of putting up a fight.

In order to balance the influence of well-known sects from the Capital in the local area, since they could not act openly, the best choice was naturally to cultivate local sect groups to disperse the other side's influence.

These small movements of the Morning Star Sect seemed to still be within the acceptable range of the big shots.

Even during the second ceremony.

There were security personnel from the community who came to help maintain Order.

And incidentally, to prevent those with ulterior motives from deliberately muddying the waters and causing trouble.

Jin Mingxiu stood behind the curtain of the auditorium's podium, secretly watching the attendees filing in one after another, and silently swallowed his saliva.

Since joining the Morning Star Sect with his younger brother, this was the first time he had participated in such a grand gathering.

Furthermore, look at the VIPs and high-ranking Honorary Clerics who had already arrived in the front rows.

They were all big shots with power, influence, and money.

Especially that fat old man sitting on the far right of the first row.

Jin Mingxiu had a deep impression of him.

Because his family owned more than twenty Apartment buildings in the city, and half of Jin Mingxiu's colleagues at work rented places that belonged to his family!

It was heard that several large mountains and fish ponds in his hometown were also the property of this fat old man.

Unexpectedly, such a great landlord had also come today; it seems those bishops who attended last time really put in a lot of effort.

After Jin Mingxiu withdrew his gaze, he looked at his younger brother hiding behind the curtain.

At first, Jin Mingxiu had also been envious and jealous of Jin Mingjun, who had obtained the benefits of the Dragon Blood.

But by now, feelings of fear and worry had occupied the majority of his mind.

Pastor Jin Mingjun was currently sitting cross-legged on the carpet, gasping for breath while occasionally putting a whole piece of compressed biscuit into his mouth, chewing it a few times as if swallowing it whole, and then gulping it down into his stomach.

Afterwards, he picked up a large beverage bottle and drank one-third of the high-concentration sugar water inside in one breath.

"Hoo, hoo!"

After eating and drinking, Pastor Jin Mingjun seemed to feel a little better and would be slightly quiet for ten minutes or so.

Then he would continue to eat.

And from time to time, low roars like those of a wild beast would be emitted.

Such scenes, every time he saw them, made Jin Mingxiu worry about whether the other party would suddenly have a problem.

Especially after casting spells, the frequency of the other party's eating and drinking and the level of discomfort would obviously increase.

It's just that, after a long talk with the other party, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu decided to take advantage of the time gap before the large organizations paid them any mind to grow rapidly!

Even relying on miracles to pull believers from the opposite side like sheep, making them contribute to the great cause of exorcism.

Therefore, they could only continue to let Pastor Jin Mingjun suffer a bit more.

After all, the Ghost God behind them was clearly not some righteous god.

Even Jin Mingjun himself would not want to bear the consequences of angering the Ghost God, right?

Inside the auditorium.

As the night gradually deepened.

The auditorium, which could accommodate more than five thousand people, was almost packed.

There were even many believers who arrived late or had low status, voluntarily standing in the aisles and the gaps in the back rows, silently praying and waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Snap!

As the doors were closed.

The lights in the auditorium suddenly dimmed.

And then, following the lighting technician hired at a high salary by Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, whose financial resources had greatly increased due to donations from core believers, the lights were turned on.

The newly purchased sound system emitted holy and solemn instrumental music.

Six young nuns dressed in nun habits, carefully selected, walked out slowly holding goblets filled with half-red liquid, chanting alto verses with unclear meanings but which sounded relaxing.

Then, as these young nuns sprinkled the red wine, which looked like blood, from their goblets.

Boom—!

Accompanied by flames erupting from the mechanisms around the Stage.

The blood-red wine, under the firelight, defied the laws of physics; it suddenly fused together in mid-air, began to stretch, and then manifested a phantom of a Six-Winged Angel that seemed to be composed of blood.

Under the illumination of lights and flames, this blood-colored angel phantom appeared in the mid-air of the Stage.

The Dragon Might from behind the scenes was also completely released.

The upper-class individuals in the front-row VIP seats were the first to sense the anomaly, noticing goosebumps appearing on their skin, their heartbeats beginning to accelerate slightly, their bodies starting to heat up, and experiencing strange phenomena such as excitement born from terror.

Many people here knew the little Tricks of other sects, so they had not eaten or drunk the snacks and water provided by the sect when they arrived.

As for the air, there were no abnormalities, and things that could take effect through the air were also easily subject to post-event reckoning; small secret meetings were one thing, but fools who did this at such large gatherings had long since died out.

Among them, there were also those whose entourages brought simple testing instruments.

Through earpieces, these people quickly knew that what they were seeing and feeling before their eyes was no hallucination.

Some still cautiously suspected it was some kind of new magic.

Others, however, had eyes that began to grow eager.

Especially those front-row VIPs who were nearing death from old age or suffering from serious illnesses.

Seeing this incredible scene, they had already begun to consider how to curry favor with this emerging sect after the event to become their Honorary Clerics.

Even if they were still charlatans, it would just be like making one more friend.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu walked onto the Stage, and the nuns immediately knelt down around him.

The blood-colored angel slowly descended; to the audience, it looked as if the angel were behind Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, acting as his avatar.

"Hallelujah!"

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu spread his hands and passionately shouted the opening remarks.

Then, he began to loudly announce the fact that he had received a revelation from the Angel of the King, just like many gifted charlatans.

Afterward came the little story about how the Angel of the King needed believers to pray sincerely to help suppress the Evil Spirit.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu scanned the entire venue as he spoke.

It was evident that the audience in the first dozen or so rows did not believe much, but fortunately, the believers in the back who had nothing were instinctively inclined to believe that their pious devotion could be rewarded, and that it was of great value.

As Sect Leader Li Yongxiu performed until the end, he suddenly knelt down as well, reciting a prayer with great emotion toward the sky.

This was also the most critical moment.

Pastor Jin Mingjun, wrapped in a black cloak behind the scenes, also understood that the critical moment had arrived and began to drain his own potential.

In an instant, a cold wind blew through the enclosed grand auditorium!

At the same time, that blood-colored angel actually split into hundreds of drops of blood with a swoosh, which then dripped onto the foreheads of the lucky ones.

Such a scene, combined with the slightly stronger Dragon Might added by that momentary burst just now.

The auditorium suddenly became clamorous.

The lucky ones who received the blessing stood up from their seats in excitement.

Hallelujah, the calls of "The Holy Lord is above" began to echo continuously in the auditorium, lingering for a long time!

The broadcast began to repeat the scripture chanting and exorcism requests of Sect Leader Li Yongxiu from earlier.

At this moment, even the great landowners in the front row had their expressions shift slightly, their lips moving as they began to repeat the prayer.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu looked at this scene, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

He believed that after this fermentation, even if most of these people still harbored doubts in their hearts.

The possibility of them continuing to attend the gathering next time was extremely high.

He did not fear these people harboring doubts; he only feared them not coming back after one visit!

To put it bluntly, even ordinary people without supernatural Tricks could be made to lose their judgment through repeated lies.

Not to mention that he had the real thing behind him!

The effect of this gathering also satisfied Su Ping.

It was just that, in Su Ping's view, this progress... was still not enough!

Su Ping did not notify Sect Leader Li Yongxiu and the others.

Instead, he began his own auxiliary plan.

The night the gathering was held.

In this second-tier city of Bangzi Country, there was suddenly a riot of rats and crows flying wildly across the sky.

Then, especially surprisingly.

These rat swarms that suddenly ran out actually charged into the various churches in the city, gnawing on and overturning statues, and destroying the so-called sacred objects of those various sects.

Late at night, Archbishop He Mingjun of the White Dragon Church, who had come from the Capital District and was in charge of this city, was in a villa discussing the mercy of the Holy Lord with a pious young married woman.

This Archbishop, nearly sixty years old, was suddenly disturbed in his mood by a phone call.

He wanted to hang up immediately, but after seeing it was an emergency call, he suppressed his anger and chose to answer.

Then, he began to curse loudly without any grace, ignoring the pious young woman kneeling on the sofa, and rushed out of the villa.

This Archbishop took his confidants and arrived at the largest church their church had in this city at the fastest speed.

This large church located in the central district was decorated magnificently with the support of ample financial resources.

Inside, there was even an aisle specifically made into a gallery, housing many famous paintings related to the Holy Lord.

Some of the collection were even the Archbishop's private treasures.

That was also why he was so anxious after learning that a rat plague had appeared in the cathedral.

The area around the church had already fallen into chaos.

Rats were rushing out from the streets from time to time and then crawling into the church.

"Quick! Quickly stop these damn rats!"

After the Archbishop entered the door and saw the statues, murals, and even mice on the walls, he screamed in terror.

However, the mice this time did not seem to fear humans.

In fact... after Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui discovered the appearance of this Archbishop.

They immediately compared it with the collected data.

Suddenly, as Su Ping, the mastermind behind the scenes, had a thought in his heart.

Squeak, squeak, squeak!

A fat, black-furred mouse pounced down from the ceiling and landed directly on the Archbishop's face.

Then it bit off the Archbishop's nose in one bite, causing him to let out a miserable scream and fall to the ground!

The big mouse was flung off, but more mice pounced over.

Some mice even dodged his flailing legs and bit accurately and viciously through the middle of his trousers, biting the very tool of evil with which the Archbishop had harmed many devout believers.

This caused the Archbishop's screams to suddenly rise by several decibels!

At the same time, the few attendants beside the Archbishop were also attacked by the mice, causing them to lose their courage in a short amount of time.

Protecting the church, defending the Holy Lord from blasphemy—all of it was cast to the back of their minds.

Consequently, these church members, who had not been in the church for long, hurriedly dragged the screaming, frantic Archbishop and rushed out of the church.

After another period of time, the security personnel and medical staff finally arrived late.

But by this time, the swarms of mice had also left, satisfied after ravaging most of the area.

Leaving behind only a mess for these people to clean up.

As the rampaging swarms of mice gradually dispersed, the bustling city slowly returned to calm.

While cleaning up, people gradually discovered that all the affected places were related to the mysterious.

Especially those who were actively attacked and injured by the mice; they were almost all high-ranking clergy.

And there were many unfavorable rumors.

Under these various coincidences, combined with the thick atmosphere of mystery among the populace, and Sect Leader Li Yongxiu learning of this matter while spreading the word, he immediately realized that this must be the power of a Ghost God helping them!

And he was inclined to believe that it was highly likely the work of that black fish-dragon servant.

After all, that winged Ghost God Avatar was simply too aloof.

But regardless of who it was, a qualified charlatan could not miss such an opportunity!

So, under the dissemination of those with ulterior motives.

When the sky was completely bright and the news had spread.

The entire city already knew a version of the rumor that sounded very much in line with the mysterious atmosphere:

It was that the angels could no longer stand these fake believers who swindled money and sex in the name of the Holy Lord, so they came to punish them.

To let those who harm others receive their punishment.

To let those places that deceive people be destroyed!

Only the Morning Star Church, which truly inherits the will of the Angel of the King and serves the great cause of exorcism, is the truly righteous organization.

That is why it became the only mysterious place to escape unscathed in this mysterious mouse plague!

Therefore, never mind whether you have heard of this church's name before.

Just because it is the only church that escaped unscathed, isn't it worth everyone going to take a look and, while they are at it, pay their respects?