Chapter 126: Stupidity and Ignorance (Two-in-One, Please Subscribe)

Water Blue Star.

Bangzi Country, Morning Star Church auditorium.

Because this place was the very location chosen by that Ghost God.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu declined new venues offered at low prices by several major landowners.

He merely utilized the manpower and resources they provided to renovate the auditorium in a way that did not interfere with sacrificial activities.

He even bought the land on both sides of the auditorium and began building a waiting area, a rest area, and even a cafeteria to ensure the efficiency of the believers' sacrifices.

In the plans within Sect Leader Li Yongxiu's mind, he intended to use this auditorium as the core to build a human Heaven for the Morning Star Church!

Just as he had sincerely worshipped those charlatans who created a nation within a nation after he chose this path back then.

To build a community where the residents were all believers.

It was just that he did not know the temperament of that Ghost God behind the scenes, and whether he would care about mundane matters like himself taking ninety-nine wives?

"Gratitude to the Angel of the King!"

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu closed the scripture after finishing the final prayer.

Inside the packed auditorium, a chorus of voices thanking the Sect Leader and praising the Holy Lord rang out.

Then, led by the pastors, they left the auditorium in an orderly fashion.

He watched as the last pastor bowed respectfully and then closed the door.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu exhaled a breath of stale air, then walked quickly to the room behind the curtain.

He saw Pastor Jin Mingjun, who could no longer go outside.

This pastor, who had been implanted with the blood of a False Dragon, had mastered a bit of extraordinary power, but was also paying a terrible price.

Before, it was just binge eating and the appearance of a few alien traits on his body surface.

After this period of time passed.

His extraordinary ability had not continued to increase after reaching a bottleneck.

Instead, his body began to swell abnormally, becoming a spherical fat man three meters tall.

To make matters worse, this fat man was covered in scales and constantly oozed disgusting green liquid.

At the same time, the food and water he needed every day were increasing.

Making the logistics alone quite a burden for his brother, Jin Mingxiu.

Adding more manpower was impossible; Sect Leader Li Yongxiu knew very well that the secret would be leaked immediately if there were too many people.

But even so, with so many supplies being transported in, plus the fact that the church was getting bigger and bigger, it had aroused the dissatisfaction of many peers.

Recently, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu had also heard hints from a council member in the Capital District who had suddenly contacted him again.

People from the Red Snake Sect were lobbying those above, arguing that Sect Leader Li Yongxiu was acting excessively, deliberately stoking terror during the rat swarm incident to win people's hearts, and that continuing this way would surely be a disaster.

They wanted to first cut off the legitimacy of the Morning Star Church, and then have them step in to take over.

The Red Snake Sect spanned Bangzi Country and Sakura Country.

It was a large sect that worshipped the Red Snake totem and believed it to be the Avatar of the Savior in modern society.

They started out with the image of monks and were originally a small sect driven out of Bangzi Country, but after entering Sakura Country.

The founding master suddenly had an epiphany, combining Christianity, Shinto Sect secrets, and other hodgepodges to come up with a systematic way to fool people's hearts.

And relying on this method, they grew wildly while the internet was not yet developed, without anyone noticing.

By the time everyone knew the scientific principles behind it.

The Red Snake Sect was already the second-largest underground sect in Sakura Country, possessing tens of thousands of die-hard followers.

So much so that even after it was finally exposed and collectively sued by victims.

The result was that the Red Snake Sect still lived on prosperously, and in the process, they turned the plaintiffs into defendants for public execution.

They even invested huge sums of money to produce a theatrical anime film to promote their greatness and righteousness.

Afterwards, they even counterattacked back into Bangzi Country.

They managed to snatch a bite of the cake from the mouths of so many sects in Bangzi Country.

Making Sect Leader Li Yongxiu sometimes have to sigh that he was born in the wrong era; if only he could have been born a few decades earlier in that era when hippies were prevalent.

At that time, systematically brainwashing believers was much easier than it is now, and there was much less regulation.

There were also many special related drugs that could only be produced in laboratories, which could be obtained directly for money.

And die-hard believers, in a sense, were the foundation of life for sect leaders like them who had no real extraordinary backing.

The number didn't need to be large; a few dozen could let him live well, and a few hundred could already influence the environment of the region, allowing him to make those above actively lean toward his side when they had to make a choice without spending money...

"Who is it!"

Just as Sect Leader Li Yongxiu was filled with emotions in his heart, seeing the pastor who had turned into a monster.

He suddenly heard Pastor Jin Mingjun's fat body tremble, and he roared angrily in his direction.

Immediately, a gust of Wind Technique blew open the curtain behind Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, causing a thin, small man to roll onto the floor.

The appearance of an outsider shocked both the Sect Leader and the other person immensely.

They rushed up and pinned down this small intruder.

"Mon... Monster!"

This thin, small man was not panicked; he only trembled his lips and couldn't help but say when he saw Pastor Jin Mingjun, who had an abnormal body shape under his black cloak and was exuding an ominous aura:

"The Master was right, you are the fallen ones sent by demons to bewitch people's hearts!"

"Hehehe, you are exposed, you will be personally purged from this world by the Master!"

Listening to the ramblings of this small person, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu realized something was wrong.

Then he saw the Red Snake tattoo on the back of this person's neck.

"You fellow, are you a lackey of the Red Snake Sect?"

"Sect Leader, his mobile phone is here..."

Jin Mingxiu was quite furious; he cursed viciously and confiscated the other party's phone.

The short man, however, let out a snort of laughter and said:

"It's useless. I was using a live stream. My companions have already seen you and that monster. The Master will soon expose your true colors. You demons are all going to crawl back to hell..."

"Roar!"

Pastor Jin Mingjun, who had transformed into a monster, seemed to be provoked and charged out violently, causing his cloak to slip off.

It revealed his terrifying scales.

This also caused the short man, who was still muttering to himself, to widen his eyes in a daze.

Slap!

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu was quick-witted and fast-handed; he knocked the short man unconscious and stopped the transformed pastor:

"Calm down, hurry and calm down. Don't kill him yet. Things have reached this point; we can only wait for the Master's decision."

"The Master might still have a use for this guy!"

Having said this, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu left, preoccupied, while dragging the short man along. He first summoned his trusted aides and scolded them severely for being so negligent as to let this person enter the holy ground.

Afterward, he ordered everyone to lock him in the Underground Basement and strictly forbade anyone from contacting him.

Following that, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu began to wait anxiously for a message from the Ghost God.

Calculating the time, it should be time to be summoned.

At this moment, he hoped more than ever that the Ghost God would come to summon him quickly.

After all, the Red Snake Sect was not some small-time black-glove operation.

Nor were they one of those big sects in the Capital District that had put on shoes and were learning to act like gentlemen.

In order to constantly consolidate the mental state of their die-hard followers, this sect would do anything.

With the instigation of other sects, the Morning Star Sect might very well be officially designated as an Evil sect.

And then the other side would dispatch a so-called Demon-Subduing Brigade to eliminate the demons...

Those ordinary Elite cadres might be able to be scapegoated, but he, the Sect Leader, was definitely dead!

In his anxiety, several hours passed just like that.

During this period, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu received several phone calls, most of which hinted that he was finished and could run away early.

A very small number asked if he had funded any laboratories or was using believers to test drugs, and hoped to obtain the data.

The reward would be helping him leave Bangzi Country smoothly.

"Pah, a bunch of vampires!"

"These guys are all planning to squeeze out my last bit of marrow; do they really think I'd believe them?"

"I'm afraid as soon as I board the ship on this side, they'll start filming videos and lighting the fire on the other!"

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu shook his head and suddenly received a text message from a trusted aide.

He was slightly startled, and after opening it, he discovered that a television station was already airing a program about the Morning Star Church.

For the moment, it actually seemed to be just an objective introduction, seemingly without any malicious embellishments.

But Sect Leader Li Yongxiu knew very well that this was a small trick of "praising before criticizing." It was very likely that the second half would feature that short man appearing and risking his life to reveal the truth.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu felt a call, and his heart suddenly calmed down.

The Ghost God... had finally summoned them!

Pot Heaven.

Burial Ground.

After appearing behind this dense forest, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu and the other two immediately knelt on the ground instinctively, trembling. They kept their heads low, touching the cold black soil, and dared not move under the pressure of the Ghost God.

Su Ping radiated the pressure of Foundation Establishment. Looking at these three, he quickly turned his gaze toward Pastor Jin Mingjun.

This False Dragon Blood test subject.

His condition seemed to be getting worse and worse.

It was unclear whether it was due to his constitution or a mutation caused by the spiritless environment that made the False Dragon Blood go out of control.

At any rate, he was his own tool, and he had provided him with a large amount of merit.

Forget it, I'll give you a chance.

Su Ping flicked a drop of purified Spiritual Liquid, which merged into Pastor Jin Mingjun's mouth.

Wah!

The next second, Pastor Jin Mingjun vomited mouthfuls of green liquid, while foul-smelling green gas erupted from his entire body.

After lasting for several dozen seconds.

This pastor recovered his human form, and his Divine Sense also returned. He hurriedly kowtowed to thank Su Ping.

Seeing the fate of the person beside him, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they were still useful in the eyes of this Ghost God.

Then, in the time that followed, the Sect Leader cautiously informed Su Ping about the unexpected incident that had just occurred.

"Red Snake Sect?"

Su Ping became interested in this sect, and subsequently learned more detailed information from Sect Leader Li Yongxiu.

The sect leader of this sect created a "one-month learning method." It was called learning, but the main purpose was to use fasting as an excuse to keep the students in a state of starvation for a month.

In fact, it was because he discovered that the human brain is more easily indoctrinated and brainwashed in a state of long-term starvation.

In this state, coupled with the fact that the sect leader must also be a gifted person with the true ability to bewitch people's hearts.

That was how such a large church was created.

"I know."

Su Ping nodded slightly, took out a Blood Qi Pill for Pastor Jin Mingjun to consume, and silently passed him a Martial Dao Cultivation Method to refine that pill.

This effectively gave the Morning Star Church a guardian knight who could freely utilize the power of False Dragon Blood and Martial Dao power.

Afterwards, he waved his hand to dismiss Sect Leader Li Yongxiu and the other two, while leaving behind these words:

"I will have my servant go and handle this matter."

"You just need to continue handling the exorcism affairs well for me."

"Remember to do your work well; do not let me down..."

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu returned to the grand auditorium, his eyes regaining their luster.

At the same time, he heard footsteps, and upon turning back, he saw the recovered Pastor Jin Mingjun and his brother walking over.

This Sect Leader hurriedly pressed his hands to his chest, silently thanking the Ghost God for His mercy.

Woo woo woo!

At this moment, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu's phone rang again.

Answering it again, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, whose state of mind was now completely different, discovered that it was the old man who had been an honorary bishop back when he did not yet have the Ghost God as his backer.

This old man was a local major landowner and also a person of real power.

He had provided quite a bit of support when Sect Leader Li Yongxiu first began to grow.

If he absolutely had to choose a big shot to trust, Sect Leader Li Yongxiu felt he would choose him.

This person also felt that the Morning Star Church was finished this time, and he was powerless to help, offering at most to help Sect Leader Li Yongxiu and his confidants head to the seaside and then leave Bangzi Country.

Of course, the return for this was that he must be told whether the Morning Star Church truly possessed the transcendent, and how many secrets they had mastered.

In the eyes of this naturally suspicious big shot.

Compared to believing that the Angel of the King had manifested, he believed more in special abilities or variables produced by some kind of laboratory drug experiment.

Especially as a local person of power, after he had seen the humanoid monster in the video that was about to be exposed, he guessed that many of the abnormal phenomena during gatherings were related to that monster.

Sect Leader Li Yongxiu, having received the Ghost God's assurance, lifted his chin and gave a polite smile to decline the good intention:

"The video is fake; how could we, who have received the favor of the Angel of the King, have monsters?"

"In fact, all of this is the work of the enemy of the angels, those demons or devils causing trouble behind the scenes."

"People who believe in my Lord, please wait a little while; I believe that very soon those true demons will be revealed and meet their retribution!"

"Hmm?"

The big shot on the other end of the phone hesitated; he should not have believed that the Morning Star Church had any other tricks up their sleeve.

It was just... thinking of the opportunity by which this church had suddenly risen to prominence, he could not help but recall the recent abnormal reports about Nierbo.

Additionally, although he had not yet tasted it and did not know if it was just another hyped-up scam.

Rumors had it that some tea bags circulating in the Nierbo area had astonishing and unscientific effects, and had already formed a great trend in some circles.

He could not help but become curious about the local transcendent anomalies as well.

He expressed his anticipation, and after hanging up the phone, he issued a directive to his subordinates to wait and see how things developed.

This would cause him to receive a much smaller share when it came time to divide the cake later.

However, this big shot no longer cared much about that cake; he was looking forward to the Morning Star Church bringing him an even bigger surprise!

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The Vice Sect Leader of the Red Snake Sect was a native-born person of Sakura Country.

As an orphan, his talents were discovered very early on by the current Sect Leader.

He then practiced alongside the Sect Leader and other disciples, and among a group of brothers who suffered from split personalities and went insane from cultivation, he successfully made it to the end.

He became the number one person in the Red Snake Sect under the Sect Leader!

Afterwards, he followed him everywhere, relying on bewitching people's hearts and being ruthless, to reach the position he held today.

This time, he volunteered to lead the team to deal with the Morning Star Church.

In fact, he had the same thought as the Sect Leader.

That was, they realized that the Morning Star Church might truly have something real!

For those like them who prided themselves on being "practical cultivators," this was full of temptation.

The White Bone Contemplation of Fomen, the Tuna Guanhsiang of the Daoist school, the Yushen Tongxing Secret Technique of the Cross Church, the Shinto Sect, the Secret Sect...

Over these years, while they worked together to swindle money to grow their sect, they also studied various secret techniques together.

From the moment they came into contact with mysterious knowledge, this Vice Sect Leader and his peers believed they were different from others.

That they were still mere mortals of flesh and blood was certainly not their own problem, but the fault of the environment and the world!

They simply lacked a true method that could allow them to be Transcending the Mundane!

The video circulated by the Morning Star Church, however, allowed them to see Hope, and they felt that these charlatans using it to play such Tricks was simply a waste of heaven's gifts!

Real things should be kept and used by those of them who were practical cultivators!

"Very good, the program has started to expose it; next, once we receive the notification, we will be the first to rush over and control those high-level members."

The Vice Sect Leader sat on the sofa watching the television as it prepared to broadcast the segment where that monster appeared, even accompanied by a highly inflammatory voiceover.

Then, just as the grand auditorium of the Morning Star Church appeared on the television screen.

Just as the camera was about to zoom in!

Crack!

The television program was suddenly interrupted!

The Vice Sect Leader was slightly shocked and hurriedly changed the channel, only to find other channels were normal, realizing that something had gone wrong at the television station!

"This Morning Star Sect has this kind of ability?"

"Which big shot with eyes and hands reaching the heavens and no respect for us did they find!"

While he was in the midst of his confusion, the Vice Sect Leader suddenly felt drowsiness wash over him, and the moment he thought "this is bad," he and his subordinates fell unconscious to the floor.

Su Ping brought this group of Red Snake Sect Elites, whose distinct features made them far too easy to find, and first set up a simple Array, causing mist to rise all around.

He then placed Spirit Stones around the Array to provide spiritual power support.

Afterward, he took out a book of Side-Door Path and began a small experiment.

Ten-odd minutes later.

Reporters who had received the news and rushed over in advance were swarming the entrance of the Morning Star Church auditorium, waiting for a big scoop.

Suddenly, they saw a large number of security vehicles with flashing lights roaring toward them.

Yet they did not stop at the auditorium, but went straight to a villa not far away.

Firelight erupted from that villa, and the roar of a beast could be vaguely heard.

Realizing that was where the real news was, the reporters quickly utilized their professional skill of running fast and hurried to follow.

They immediately saw the villa manager and staff outside, screaming in terror about dead people, monsters, and so on.

The on-site commander was very anxious; he knew who was staying in this villa tonight.

After only a brief understanding of the situation, he led the fully armed security personnel and charged in.

As a result, not long after entering, the scene inside shocked this team-leading commander.

Inside, there had truly emerged a group of monsters that were neither human nor ghost.

They were currently attacking the guests in the lobby and guest rooms.

These guests were naturally all Elite believers of the Red Snake Sect.

But for some reason, these believers seemed to have been hit by a Slowing Spell; apart from screaming, they moved extremely slowly.

They were easily grabbed by those mud monsters that were still wearing Red Snake Sect clothing.

Upon making contact with the believers, these mud monsters actually slowly eroded them, causing them to also turn into mud monsters that only knew how to scream.

At the same time, there were believers who were close to the door and hadn't been caught; just as they were about to reach the people at the door... they suddenly let out a few desperate screams before their bodies turned into a pile of sludge...

After seeing the whole process clearly, the on-site commander felt he might be involved in some kind of mysterious duel curse scene, so he gently pulled back the half-foot he had stepped inside the threshold.

They also did not rashly open fire.

After all, they saw clearly that those monsters inside might very well be Elite believers of the Red Snake Sect!

Could it be a punishment for the other side failing in a magical duel?

In this instant, various plot segments from novels and movies flashed through the minds of this on-site commander and the security team members.

This made him firm in his decision not to get involved.

He chose to seal off the scene and wait for further developments.

Fortunately, as it currently appeared, he seemed to have bet correctly.

The anomaly in the villa did not spread out, nor did a great battle between humans and monsters occur.

By the time various forces arrived.

The villa had returned to calm; apart from the extra puddles of sludge, there was no other abnormality.

If not for the lobby surveillance restoring the scene, one would never have guessed that everything was the work of mysterious power.

The reporters outside had waited for nothing.

On the other hand, the Red Snake Sect, upon learning of this, also thanked him for his wise decision and subsequently dispatched support forces.

Only, these people did not yet know that the big event was still to come.

That Vice Sect Leader of the Red Snake Sect had not died in this experiment.

He had recovered from the mud-molding process by relying on his self-consciousness.

According to what was recorded in the book, this indicated that this Vice Sect Leader possessed at least an inferior Spirit Root and had some affinity with this Side-Door Path Evil Art.

This was also a method often used by those evil cultivators to select successors.

They would use it on everyone they wanted to select; those who could survive were the ones with Spirit Roots who could learn the inheritance.

Simple and effective, it just cost a few lives.

Su Ping took this Vice Sect Leader away.

After directly riding Da Hei to cross the sea under the cover of night to the coast of Sakura Country.

He found another place to set up an Array, and then used the Memory Scepter to summon the Memory Illusion of Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden Sakura.

Only then did he cast a spell to awaken this somewhat special Vice Sect Leader of the Red Snake Sect.

This Red Snake Sect member swayed as he woke up, only to find himself appearing in a patch of mist, with only faint light all around.

Just as he was wondering if this was a Dream Realm.

He suddenly saw a Shrine Maiden wearing a fox mask walking toward him.

This Shrine Maiden looked very delicate.

But looking closely, one seemed to be able to see a massive nine-tailed fox behind her, squinting and looking down at him.

It made him shudder and feel fear in his heart.

At the same time, he also recalled the painful memories from not long ago.

He realized that this operation had been a complete and utter failure!

In the face of true mysterious power, their Red Snake Sect had lost miserably, lost without any room to fight back!

Because of this, he had never before felt such an intense longing for mysterious power.

The Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden seemed to be able to see through the human heart.

Looking at the Red Snake Sect member who had suddenly raised his blood-red eyes.

This Shrine Maiden let out a mocking laugh of disdain.

After a while, she said:

"I truly admire the courage and ignorance of you mortals."

"To actually head into the territory of a Ghost God and provoke His servants."

"And now you've been struck by His curse... there is no escaping death!"

Hearing the voice of the fox-masked Shrine Maiden, the Vice Sect Leader, stunned by the sheer amount of information, recovered after a short while, only to excitedly kowtow and beg for the Shrine Maiden's help upon witnessing true transcendence.

He swore repeatedly that as long as he could practice the methods of cultivation, he would do anything, no matter the cost!

The fox-masked Shrine Maiden said nothing more, merely giggling as she took out a wooden box and placed it in front of him:

"You are a smart man; being able to escape the first wave of the curse without dying shows that your lucky talent is different from ordinary people... this is also the reason why I am willing to help you."

"Consider it an advance investment; perhaps you all might become sharp weapons to oppose Him in the future?"

"However, you must hurry; do not die before the second wave of the curse arrives..."

After the fox-masked Shrine Maiden finished speaking, she and the mist slowly vanished before the Vice Sect Leader.

It almost made the Vice Sect Leader think it was truly just a dream before death.

Fortunately, he saw the wooden box on the ground.

Upon opening it, he saw a necklace and a precious orb that felt extraordinary even just to the naked eye.

At the same time, there was also a scroll of silk.

With trembling hands, he opened it and was shocked to see it recorded in tiny, fly-head script the method of how to guide the thoughts of the masses to erase the Spirit Tools of others for one's own use.

At the same time, the latter half also recorded several Secret Techniques on how to cultivate and become transcendent after obtaining a Spirit Tool...

This Vice Sect Leader could not help but laugh out loud.

Then, upon discovering that he had actually returned to his homeland, this Vice Sect Leader urgently contacted his sect.

The next day at noon.

He saw his mentor and Sect Leader with his own eyes in a meditation hall.

He told him that although he had lost a team of Elites on this trip, he had also relied on this perilous experience to obtain a true transcendent inheritance!

It was not that the Vice Sect Leader had no selfish motives.

It was that he worried that with the appearance of the second wave of the curse, there was no time to start over elsewhere.

He could only rely on the original strength of the Red Snake Sect to complete the ritual!

Fortunately, the number of die-hard believers in the Red Snake Sect was definitely among the best of all sects.

Following the Sect Leader's personal order.

Before long, a large number of die-hard believers gathered in a temple they controlled on the outskirts of the Sakura capital.

At the same time, Su Ping, who wanted to harvest the Spirit Tool of the Foundation Establishment female cultivator at the first opportunity, also followed along.

He thoughtfully checked for omissions and filled in gaps for them, setting up the Array while placing Spirit Stones to provide Spirit Qi.

Clatter!

The Sect Leader of the Red Snake Sect waved a bell and began the ritual.

This Sect Leader must have been seventy or eighty years old, yet his complexion was ruddy, and despite his massive frame, his steps remained agile.

His voice was full of magnetism, always able to capture the attention of others the moment he spoke.

It was no wonder he was able to stand out among so many sects and eventually become the big winner!

In the main hall, the backyard, and the side halls of the temple, die-hard believers sat cross-legged.

In total, there were nearly two thousand people.

At the entrance, other Elite believers kept watch to prevent others from coming to disturb them.

As the ritual started, a mysterious feeling filled the hearts of everyone within the Dharma Array.

Fortunately, they all knew what to do beforehand, and for the sake of the sect's great cause, they were willing to contribute.

Thus, waves of thoughts were collected and crashed against the two Spirit Tools!