There was a moment of silence in the square, and then, cries of grief rose into the air.

Someone found their sister among those more than one hundred heads.

Someone has found their daughter.

Someone found their aunt.

...

They never saw them again after they were chosen as saints.

There have been rumors that the Holy Lord was tyrannical and that the Holy Maidens who entered the Holy Tower did not live long.

But no one witnessed it, so no one took it seriously.

They silently comforted themselves, thinking that they lived a life of luxury and carefree happiness in the Holy Tower, and that they didn't need to worry about them.

When life is tough, some resentment may arise.

They felt that after becoming saintesses, they abandoned their families and clansmen, ignoring them and giving them nothing in return, making their efforts to raise them seem pointless.

At this moment, looking at their faces, which hadn't changed much since their parting, they sadly realized that they had never had a good life at all.

Their lives had already ended.

The skulls were also preserved as specimens and placed in these jars.

He died without a complete corpse.

No one offered sacrifices.

Overwhelmed with grief, they collapsed to the ground, too heartbroken to look at the severed heads any longer.

Yi Shuihan said slowly, "Some of them died before I was even born. I believe you all know that I didn't kill them."

"They were tortured to death by the Holy Lord, beheaded and skinned. The Holy Lord was obsessed with their skin and transplanted it onto his own body, while their heads were preserved in preservatives and placed in a secret room for him to admire and play with."

“If I hadn’t arrived in time, my fiancée would have been one of them.”

As he said this, he glanced at Bai Musheng.

Bai Musheng's heart clenched.

Those heads stung his eyes, making him afraid to look directly at them.

Yi Shuihan continued, "These innocent and tragically deceased holy maidens are the first crime I want to expose, and the second is the holy water."

As soon as the words fell, another row of holy messengers emerged from the temple.

Each person held a microscope and a folding table.

They unfolded a folding table on the right front of the square, placed the microscope on it, and Yi Shuihan said, "The Holy Sect claims that holy water can cure all diseases, but I think many of you know that holy water can only heal external injuries. It has basically no effect on other diseases."

Do you know why?

The believers all shook their heads.

"Because holy water is not a gift of the Holy Spirit, but just water containing some kind of insect."

Yi Shuihan replied.

"These insects are called sacred insects by the Holy Church. They are blood-feeding parasites with the ability to heal the wounds of their hosts."

"They are extremely small and almost invisible to the naked eye; tools are needed to see them."

"The instrument that the Holy Envoy just brought out is called a microscope. It is made of glass slides with a specific curvature and can be used to observe tiny objects."

"If you want to see the true face of the holy water, just come forward and take a look."

At first, no one took action, but soon, some people mustered up their courage and stepped forward.

After the holy messenger, who was standing beside the microscope, taught them how to use it, they were all amazed.

"There really were bugs, and they were even golden!"

"It's amazing! The water looks so clean, yet there are so many bugs in it."

"So every time we drink holy water, we're actually ingesting blood-sucking parasites! How terrifying!"

"..."

The elders of the Holy Church could no longer stand their ground.

Someone shouted in protest: "Don't believe him! Those things aren't holy water at all!"

Yi Shuihan sneered and revealed their last secret.

"Besides healing wounds, the Sacred Insect can also control the human body under the influence of certain drugs and sounds. The people who just besieged the Sacred Tower were controlled by the Sacred Insect."

The believers suddenly realized.

He immediately felt something was amiss.

They also drank holy water, and should have had worms in their bodies, so why weren't they controlled?

Yi Shuihan answered their questions at the right time.

“Most of you were not manipulated because we put insecticide in the offering pool, and when you went to make your vows, the insects were all killed.”

"Some people take pesticides through other means, such as medicine they take when they are sick."

“You can take blood samples and compare them. People who can be manipulated will have worms in their blood, while those who are not manipulated will not.”

The person who had just stepped forward to look at the holy water immediately went to the believers who were being held captive by the holy soldiers and took a blood sample for observation.

And then compared it with his own blood sample.

Then, they all exclaimed, "Just as I thought!"

Bai Musheng's face was as white as rice paper, and he swayed precariously.

He finally realized where he went wrong.

Xiao Qingyin actually had insecticide on her!

No wonder she didn't lose her memory.

No wonder his last trump card didn't work.

He didn't lose to Yi Shuihan at all, but to Xiao Qingyin.

He looked up at the figure standing quietly beside Yi Shuihan, his heart bleeding with hatred.

He was the one who met her first.

He could give her everything that Yi Shuihan could.

Why did she choose to help Yi Shuihan?

Why!

Yi Shuihan continued to explain.

"These sacred insects are the reason why you are getting weaker and shorter-lived with each generation."

"The Holy Church has no way to kill the Holy Insects. When you went to fulfill your vows, you only attracted some of the insects. The remaining insects continued to multiply in your bodies, devouring your blood and making you weaker day by day."

"Even the children you give birth to will be born with them."

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