Lu Qiqi raised her chin and pointed to the altar, "Do you see the tree root offered on the altar? Does it look familiar?"

Song Yanqing stared intently at the tree roots on the altar, only to discover that they not only looked familiar but had also tasted before during his escape from famine.

"That's... a yam?"

Lu Qiqi nodded, "That's yam!"

I was sitting on the prayer mat when I overheard the worshippers talking.

This Goddess Cult emerged a year ago and is now associated with yams.

I guessed that the yams from that wild mountain must have saved many refugees on their journey of fleeing famine, which is why they worshipped yams.

At this very moment, Sudia, exploiting their beliefs, founded the Cult of the Goddess in an attempt to disrupt the imperial court.

Now that Sudiya is dead, the Goddess Cult has fallen into the hands of Wuqi, and the Goddess has suddenly appeared in the new capital city—everything is traceable.

Song Yanqing had seen her lead people to dig yams, and she had also seen her generously teach refugees how to eat yams.

He asked, "How do you plan to tell them that the goddess is a fake?"

Lu Qiqi turned to look at her, "Burning the goddess to force her to admit that her identity is fake."

The two stood to the side for a while and then saw the worshippers below the altar dozing off.

Seeing that the cartilage powder was taking effect, Lu Qiqi said, "Let's go, let's go over there."

The two pushed through the crowd of onlookers, and before they even reached the foot of the altar, they heard the goddess's mysterious voice.

"I, the goddess, have come by order of the gods to eliminate the witch."

The two paused in unison, their faces met briefly, and then their gazes turned back to the altar.

At this moment, the leader of the believers spoke up and asked, "Goddess, could you tell us who that witch is?"

Upon hearing this, the believers sitting on the prayer cushions began to discuss among themselves.

"Yes! This witch is so wicked, bringing disaster to people. If only we knew who she was."

"The Great Jin Dynasty has been plagued by disasters in recent years, which may be due to the witch harming people."

"I wish the shrine maiden would disappear."

Hearing these words, Lu Qiqi could even see a smug gleam in the goddess's eyes.

She leaned close to Song Yanqing's ear and whispered, "Why haven't the Shadow Guards made their move yet?"

The goddess's sudden fabrication of the witch's story was clearly aimed at her; she wanted to incite the people to get rid of her.

If that's the case, even if she manages to avoid it, her future life will inevitably be greatly affected.

Wuqi's move was extremely vicious!

Song Yanqing gave her a look, and then the offerings on the altar rolled to the ground.

Two figures, one in black and one in white, clashed on the altar, their robes intertwined, neither giving an inch.

"What happened?"

The believers below the stage were thrown into chaos upon seeing this.

Some even tried to climb onto the altar.

Unfortunately, the believers who wanted to climb the altar had already been poisoned with limp bone powder.

Unable to climb up, they could only watch helplessly from below the altar.

Before long, An Yi captured the goddess.

With her hands bound behind her back, the goddess felt a sharp pain in her knee and collapsed onto the altar with a thud.

The followers of the Goddess Cult were dumbfounded by what they saw and didn't know what to do.

In their eyes, the goddess was invincible, a deity descended to earth to save all living beings, yet she was easily defeated.

While the believers looked at each other in bewilderment, Lu Qiqi and Song Yanqing took the opportunity to walk onto the altar.

Lu Qiqi squatted down and lifted the goddess's veil, revealing her true face.

Seeing Lu Qiqi's rudeness, which was tantamount to blasphemy against the goddess, the believers, whose faith had not yet completely collapsed, protested loudly.

"Who are you? How dare you treat the goddess like this? Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

"I advise you to release the goddess immediately and beg for her forgiveness, or you'll be in big trouble!"

"Release the goddess!"

Lu Qiqi stood on the altar, calmly watching the crowd shout.

When their voices gradually faded and she caught her breath, she said, "You keep saying she's a goddess, but now she doesn't seem to have any divine power at all."

A man in gray stepped forward and said, "Since the goddess has descended to the mortal realm, she naturally cannot use divine power. You'll be in for a world of trouble when she returns to her rightful place!"

Lu Qiqi was almost laughing in exasperation. She picked up a piece of yam and asked, "May I ask, sir, do you recognize this?"

The man in gray stiffened his neck and said, "Of course I recognize it. This is called yam. It saved many refugees back then. Without it, we wouldn't have been able to go to the capital to seek refuge with our relatives."

An old woman also said, "This yam has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence. My daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy thanks to it!"

Upon hearing the woman's words, Lu Qiqi almost spat out her saliva.

What is that?

She never said that yams could help you have a boy, so don't wrong her!

Seeing Lu Qiqi's shocked expression, the old woman kindly advised her...

“Girl, don’t cause trouble. The goddess is a good person who not only saves people from fire and water.”

If you get engaged in the future, you can have a big, healthy son.

Listen to the old woman's words, quickly release the goddess and beg for her forgiveness.

These believers' convictions are hard to eradicate, and Lu Qiqi doesn't want to stage a drama of a real and a fake goddess to prove that the kneeling goddess is fake.

Firstly, proving oneself requires dispelling the preconceived beliefs of believers, which is difficult to accomplish on its own.

Secondly, the false goddess is apprehended, and then the real goddess appears, so the Goddess Cult will continue to exist.

It would be better to just eliminate them with the goddess's halo.

Just as she was thinking about how to break the deadlock, she heard An Yi's voice in her ear.

"The fire is ready."

Hearing about the 'goddess' being engulfed in flames, she began to panic. She twisted her body, trying to break free of her restraints and escape from this place.

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