In the afternoon, the rain became heavier and heavier, turning from drizzle to moderate rain. I came out of Wan'er's residence and went to Magic Stone Mountain to see Yunzhou and the others. They were protected by the biological barrier of white fur balls, and nothing happened to them.
There is no place to sleep on Magic Stone Mountain, and there is no food or water source, so it can only be used as a temporary shelter. Thousands
I returned to Ximen Wuhen's dormitory and discussed with the masked men to let them retreat to the town first.
Since Ximen Wuhen agreed to go with them, he would definitely leave, and they didn't need to stay outside his house.
The masked men accepted my suggestion, all exited the headquarters, and went to the nearest town to wait.
In this raid, they only killed the rebels and... cats, dogs and other small animals.
Ordinary members of the Demon Sect are not allowed to keep pets, and they can only keep pets if they reach a certain level.
The hall masters are busy with things every day, and the stewards of the four courtyards are working shifts back and forth, so they can't take care of raising these things. Only a few elders have time to raise a bird, play with a cat, etc.
They definitely couldn't carry their pets with them when they rebelled. The pets didn't take the antidote and were all poisoned to death by the masked man's poisonous smoke.
No matter how you look at it, this action of the masked man feels a bit anticlimactic.
After they left, I went up the mountain and brought Yunzhou and the others back.
Everyone went back to their homes. After being hungry all day, it was time to start cooking in the evening. Every household started to light a fire to cook.
The rebels killed by the masked men were mainly concentrated around Ximen Wuhen's dormitory. This area was usually an important area, and ordinary believers would not come here.
So Guard Jia observed the streets along the way and was quite puzzled as to why the end of a storm seemed so normal.
The battle scenes he imagined were similar to the special effects of modern costume film fights. Both sides waved their hands, and the lake exploded, the boats exploded, the ground exploded, and the houses collapsed.
"Give up your fantasies and return to reality."
He just wants to watch the excitement and doesn't think it's a big deal. If Ximen Wuhen and the Fourth Elder use the special effects of fish frying and the whole house collapses, they will have to repair it and spend money. Life is not like filming a TV series. No one will sponsor it. Investing money.
One of the people who knew how to open and close the maze was dead, and the other was sleeping.
The maze cannot be activated for the time being. I took back the air walls in the four courtyards, leaving only the air threads to lay in the maze.
Elder Gongsun came to me to inquire about Ximen Wuhen.
He knew that Ximen Wuhen was sleeping, and not sleeping normally. He came to me just to ask what to do next if Ximen Wuhen couldn't take charge of the situation.
Four elders, as well as the hall master, guards, and patrol members were suddenly missing, which meant that many positions were instantly freed up.
Especially the positions of the four elders. They are the decision-makers for the daily work of the Demon Cult. The leader can stay in seclusion for many years, but it is impossible without these decision-makers.
I called Wan'er to me and asked for the opinion of the four guardians. I hoped that the four of them would take over the vacancy first. The four guardians were to protect the safety of the leader. Furthermore, when foreign enemies invaded, they would come forward to respond to the enemy before the leader.
Ever since the small martial arts competition, Ximen Wuhen found Wan'er, a saint, and the four guardians have been responsible for protecting Wan'er.
I called Wan'er here just to make time for the four of them. Wan'er will be protected by me personally, and they can temporarily take over the duties of the four elders.
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Wait until Ximen Wuhen wakes up before deciding what to do next.
The most indispensable thing for the Demonic Cult in recent years is people. Those who are selected from outside and born in the Cult, and those who meet the criteria for joining the Cult, are all officially established.
It is not difficult to select some of these people and train them.
Although the four guardians have military positions, they are familiar with the affairs within the church. If they temporarily take over the duties of the elders, there will be no major problems.
The other vacant positions can be decided after Ximen Wuhen wakes up.
The four elders and their sect have all been killed, and there is no doubt that the Demon Cult will be led by Master Ximen.
His bright fans and dark fans all gathered together to discuss how to assist him in leading the Demon Sect to achieve greater glory in the future.
Elder Gongsun wanted me to go too, but he was
I declined.
Because I'm afraid that their plan will be in vain and will not be realized in the end.
I haven’t told Elder Gongsun and the others about Ximen Wuhen going to meet his biological mother with the masked man.
They would definitely disagree if they found out, so Ximen Wuhen had to tell them about it himself.
Ximen Wuhen woke up three days later. During this period, He Chao escorted the medicine shop owner in the town back to the headquarters with Yue Nanxiang and Manager Zhang.
The medicine shop owner confessed that he did have contacts with people from the Golden Gu Association, but it was not the person he was looking for. It was the people from the Golden Gu Association who took the initiative to find him and said that they had a big deal to cooperate with.
Jin Gu gave him a batch of antidote pills and told him that they would be sold out in a short time.
The other party confiscated his payment and gave the medicine for free. The business of his drug store was bleak, so he took it in a fit of passion.
The day before the masked man broke into the Demon Cult headquarters, a man went to his pharmacy and bought these antidote pills.
When he accepted this batch of detoxification pills, he also muttered that he had a premonition that something was going to happen to the Demon Cult, so he kept some of the pills.
It was these pills that he sold to He Chao and the others.
He admitted that he had increased the price and sold it to He Chao and others at a price five times higher. He was a female businessman, he had a bad heart, and he begged me to spare his life.
I carefully observed his life energy group and knew that what he said was true.
He and the Golden Gu Club have only cooperated once, and have no contact at all before.
He also wanted to make money so much that he took the batch of pills regardless of the consequences and risked his life.
I asked him, since the business here is not good, why don't you leave and look for opportunities elsewhere?
The shops in the town were all half dead, as I had seen when I came here.
Some storefronts are simply abandoned and cannot be rented or sold.
Ordinarily, with such a large population, it is impossible for the Demon Sect to be unable to support several shops.
After visits and investigations, He Chao and the others found out that when purchasing food, daily necessities and other necessities within the church, they had stopped buying them from the town for a long time.
Ordinary believers can't get out, and the extraordinary ones... look down on the things in this shabby town.
The only consumer groups faced by the shops in the town are the residents of the town and the villagers of nearby villages.
These people don't like to spend money. The drug store owner confessed that his monthly income is just enough to eat.
The medicine cabinet in the shop was mostly empty. Only seven or eight commonly used medicinal materials were in stock, and he grew them himself.
When the drug store owner faced my question, he sighed deeply. His family has been living here for several generations, and it is already the fourth generation that the drug store has been passed down to him.
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Shops, real estate, land, all his wealth is here. It is impossible to realize these.
He has no capital and is old. What can he do if he seeks a life elsewhere?
He definitely won't be able to do physical work, and he's not young enough to learn it again, and his brain power isn't up to par.
He only knew a few words, and could calculate and keep accounts. He was already quite old and working as a drifter. He really had no confidence that he could do better than he did now.
After understanding his situation, I nodded and said, "You helped the Golden Gu Association and provided antidote pills to outsiders. This matter cannot be forgotten."
The drug store owner was so frightened that he almost cried with a grimace on his face.
"But you're a lot older, so let's use corporal punishment... If you can't bear it, you won't be fined... You don't have it. How about this. In the next five years, you will teach me how to sell medicine. We will have nine points, I will have nine points, and you will have one point. Even if it is This is your punishment."
The drug store owner was stunned when he heard this. I didn't wait for him to react, and asked someone to write the contract, send it to him, and asked him to put his fingerprints on it.
When the drug store owner was sent out by Xiaojiao, he was still in a fugue state, holding the contract given to him in his hand.
Xiaojiao walked him out of the courtyard before returning. She covered her mouth and said to me with a smile, "He just asked me, are we still a demon sect? Have we changed our sect?"
The Demon Sect has always left a very vicious impression on people, and it really cannot be called an upright sect.
In the past, the four elders were in power and were harsh and cold towards outsiders, just like the drug store owner.
He was doing this at the risk of his life, because he knew that he would die if someone from the Demon Cult discovered it.
Now he not only got out alive, but the Demon Cult will cooperate with him in the future, and he can also take a commission. Isn't this a dream?
The drug store owner walked out of the central courtyard as if sleepwalking.
I was thinking about the treasure land of the Demon Cult. Since it is suitable for growing things, in addition to food, vegetables, fruits, and medicinal materials, I can also try to grow it.
This place is more than two hundred kilometers away from the nearest big city, and one hundred kilometers away from the nearest county seat.
There are no decent medical clinics in the surrounding towns and villages. When rural residents get sick, they tend to take care of themselves whenever they can, without taking medicine.
One is that the medicinal materials are insufficient, and the other is that they are too expensive.
Selling high-quality and low-cost medicinal materials can not only make money, but also solve the problem of difficulty in taking medicine for local people.
Moreover, the people of the Demonic Cult also need medicinal materials. Ordinary members of the cult, like the residents of towns and villages, cannot take or afford medicine at all.
The contract I signed with the drug store owner was kept by the Demon Cult, and I sent someone to deliver it to the business hall.
The medicinal materials have not been grown yet, so there is no rush in this matter. The reply was that they had saved the contract and would classify it and file it after they have relevant plans in the future.
Elder Gongsun arranged for the corpses of the rebels to be transported to a farther place outside the cemetery, dug a big pit, and buried them collectively.
No grave mound was erected, only a stone tablet was erected, with the words "Rebels shall be punished" written on it.
It is probably to warn future generations that whoever dares to be a traitor will suffer this fate.
The bodies of the four elders were buried together with their subordinates, without any separate graves.
All the property found from their residence was confiscated. As for the fragmentary evidence found later, it is no longer important now.
From the moment the four of them had murderous intentions, colluded with outsiders, and cooperated inside and outside to raid their home, there was no need to find any more evidence to prove their crimes.
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However, through this evidence, we can roughly calculate how much money they have embezzled and how many lives they have on hand.
Whatever I find, I will have people publish it so that ordinary believers can know about it.
There are also canonical rules. Several elders have modified many contents to facilitate their use of power for personal gain.
In addition to what was left by their predecessors, they added a lot themselves.
Some of them are rules that they set for others and they never abide by them.
When Ximen Wuhen woke up after three days of sleep, he had a lot of things waiting for him to make a decision.
He listened patiently halfway before interrupting the person reporting.
He summoned everyone in the Demon Sect and announced on the square in the center of the headquarters that I would be solely responsible for all affairs in the Sect from now on.
He created a new position - deputy leader!
I have the right to make decisions for him. As long as it is something I agree with, he also agrees.
His loyal fans almost burst into tears on the spot. The power he finally regained was handed over to him as soon as he slept and opened his eyes.
The reason he gave was simple. He was going on a far journey and was not sure when he would come back. It might be three years or five years.
During this period, the demon sect could not live without its leader. Just like when he was in seclusion before, there was always someone responsible for the affairs within the sect.
He had trusted the elders before, but they had disappointed him.
Now he wants to rely on his biological sister, what's wrong?
He once again brought out the rules of duel. Before he could finish speaking, Elder Gongsun bowed and interrupted him.
"The leader is wise, I have seen the deputy leader!" Elder Gongsun later told me that he didn't think Ximen Wuhen was wise, but they really couldn't defeat me.
What else is there to say, just obey the arrangements!
Elder Gongsun took the lead, and others also voted in favor.
No matter if I disapprove, no one wants to duel with me.
Although they didn't see the battle between the four elders with their own eyes, they could guess what a terrifying expert I was from the aftermath.
The kerosene collected from all over the city was enough to burn the entire Demon Cult headquarters to ashes.
However, there are only extinguished torches next to the kerosene, and the torches are still upside down
The unconscious traitor.
They wouldn't find it scary if only one was like this, but it was like this next to every fire cylinder.
The most terrifying thing is the scene in the forbidden area of the blood pool. The guards and patrolmen on the outside have been killed, all poisoned by the pollen of the magic vine.
The group of wooden mice, wooden birds and wooden cats in the forbidden area were also seen by those who went in to clean up the aftermath.
There was magic vine pollen all over the ground. It had rained all day when they went there, and the rain turned the pollen into paste. They went in wearing special sealing suits, but nothing happened.
It is not difficult to imagine that when those puppets can still move, they are poisonous weapons.
I'm under their siege and nothing happens. Isn't this terrifying?
In their eyes, this is almost a supernatural event.
Don't say that they don't have as high martial arts skills as the four elders. Even if they did, they wouldn't want to duel with me.
So they felt that Ximen Wuhen's decision seemed to be the right one.
They had just lost a few masters, and it was the time when strong men were needed to take over and protect the Demon Sect.
Am I not a stronger person than the four elders?
No one objected to Ximen Wuhen's decision, but his decision to go with the masked man was firmly opposed by his die-hard fans.
Since he mentioned that he was going out, we had to ask where he was going?
Elder Gongsun and the others did not know that the masked man was taking Ximen Wuhen to meet his biological mother.
Ximen Wuhen told them that he was going to see his mother, and she didn't have much time left.
His biggest fans all had "ridiculous" expressions on their faces.
In the past, people often used the news about his biological mother as bait to lead him into various traps.
He rarely believed it, so why did he believe it this time?
The spokesperson of the masked man was called back to the Demon Sect, and Elder Gongsun wanted to detain him and torture him to extract a confession.
Ximen Wuhen disagreed. He didn't want to waste time. He wanted to leave immediately and took Wan'er with him.
What he treats Wan'er is obvious to everyone, and he will never allow Wan'er to be in danger.
He is willing to take Wan'er with him, which shows that he really believes in the masked man's words.
The medicine is life-threatening
