"No way? There are strong and weak believers. I don't think I will lose." Zhuge Chengxi was not convinced, but he had no way to prove himself. He was so angry that he shook his folding fan quickly.
"Forget it. You might as well practice this time, or go chat with your confidante. I'm going to take care of official business, so I won't be with you for now." The city lord felt a headache, and suddenly remembered that when he was young, he also had many problems like his nephew, and his brother looked helpless. Now the situation has changed, and it's his turn to have a headache...
"Uncle, please don't go!" Young Master Zhuge Chengxi wanted to find out more information, but his uncle disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a faint fluctuation of spatial spiritual energy in the air.
Zhuge Chengxi stood on the roof of the City Lord's Mansion, a thoughtful expression on his face, muttering: "Lord of All Evils..."
He was really curious about why those believers could possess powers superior to those practitioners simply by relying on their belief in "gods".
If the Lord of All Evils is truly that powerful, then what's the point of cultivators in this world? Everyone should just believe in the gods. The more steadfast and fanatical your faith, the greater your power will be. There's no bottleneck...
Zhuge Chengxi decided to go to Ciguang Swamp to take a look.
However, the ending was destined to disappoint him, because the Compassionate Tribe would only come out to capture people when they needed sacrifices. Now there were enough sacrifices, and the entire tribe lived on the tenth mountain. The tenth mountain was hidden by the power of the "gods", and outsiders could not see the mountain at all, nor could they find the way up the mountain.
Zhuge Chengxi did not give up and continued to wander around the swamp. Within two days, he was captured by people sent by the city lord.
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Secret realm.
Songhe's injuries are still recovering very slowly.
In order to enter the secret realm, he sealed a large part of his own strength. Moreover, most of his abilities came from the heaven and earth. Although the secret realm also has the heaven and earth, they are two different concepts from the heaven and earth in the real world. It is like bringing the laws and rules of the Great Rui Kingdom to the Living City. The mayor of the Living City will not buy it at all.
Similarly, there is a huge difference between the rules of heaven in the present world and the rules of heaven in the secret realm, so Songhe’s strength is infinitely weakened.
It is no exaggeration to say that when he was in the outside world before, just a glance from him could make countless practitioners submit and willingly serve him as their master.
In the secret realm, he still had to spend a lot of time and effort to develop believers, but these believers were not devout enough and soon slipped out of his control.
Songhe could feel that the believers far away in Ciguang Swamp seemed to be constantly transmitting the power of sacrifices to him, but due to the crossing between two different worlds, the power transmitted to him was weakened layer by layer, and in the end only a little bit reached his hands. This weak power was almost nothing. Songhe felt that he had never been so miserable in his life. While carrying his brother to recover from his injuries, he was also avoiding the "fog beast" in the white fog.
He seemed to have seen this "fog beast" from a distance before, but he had never provoked it. This Tiansheng Chihu was truly audacious, actually daring to release the fog beast into the secret realm...
Songhe cursed in his heart.
"Tian Miao..." At this moment, I heard my brother's mumbling in his sleep.
Song He was furious when he heard this. "Zhu Tianmiao scammed us brothers and ran away, and you're still thinking about her. The next time we meet, I'll cut off every shard of her flesh and grind her tongue into mud. Let's see if she dares to deceive me again."
"elder brother……"
Song Zirui felt a noisy sound in his ears. He opened his eyes a little and found himself lying on the back of a deer. This deer was naturally his brother Song He.
"You're awake!"
Songhe's mood immediately improved a lot, because his younger brother had thick skin and flesh, and as long as he could wake up, the speed of healing of his wounds would be accelerated. Then he, as his older brother, would also benefit from it and recover faster.
Unexpectedly, Song Zirui closed his eyes and fainted again.
Songhe: "..." It seems that we can't be happy too early.
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The Compassionate Tribe, halfway up the mountain.
As time passed, Lan Tiao and others gradually discovered a problem, that is, the green leaf marks between their eyebrows were getting deeper and deeper.
This was a terrible thing, but there was no way to avoid it, because the Compassionate People would lead them to worship the statue every day, and this rule could not be changed. Over time, Lan Tiao and others had memorized prayers and various poems praising the gods. The more they memorized, the deeper the influence they were affected by.
Gongsun Zimang said anxiously, "We can't stay here any longer. I have a feeling that if we continue to live here, after the transformation ceremony, even if our bodies gain the right to enter and exit this mountain freely, our hearts will be imprisoned. Just like Lei Fenfei, who believes in the gods from the bottom of his heart and no longer wants to leave."
Chu Zhuzhu was dejected. "I understand what you're saying, but we can't think of a solution. I've given up on escaping. I suddenly feel like becoming a believer is pretty good. I can live a free and leisurely life every day without having to worry about my life being in danger. The tribesmen get along well with each other, and even the high priest has a good temper..."
"You haven't even participated in the conversion ceremony, but your mind has already been corrupted by life here?" Gongsun Zimang said with great sorrow.
Chu Zhuzhu rolled her eyes rudely. "I can't change my situation, so I can only change my way of thinking. That way, at least I can live a more comfortable life and feel less miserable... You keep talking about running away, so why don't you think of a solution? What's the point of asking me about Lan Tiao and me every day?"
Gongsun Zimang said, "I can't think of a solution, so I came to ask you two."
Chu Zhuzhu said, "Don't ask me again in the future. My point of view is that we should make the best of it. We are already lucky. The people who were captured later all became sacrifices and died... In comparison, what else can we be dissatisfied with?"
"You are right, but I still want to escape...Brother Lan Tiao, let's try to escape..." Gongsun Zimang suggested.
Lan Tiao shook her head, "You can't escape, just give up."
Chu Zhuzhu said impatiently, "Gongsun Zimang, could you please stop asking these useless questions? If you want to run, run away by yourself. We won't stop you."
Gongsun Zimang said, "If I dared to run alone, I would have run away long ago...If we move in pairs, we'll have a companion and we can look after each other."
Chu Zhuzhu felt annoyed after hearing this and simply stopped replying.
Lan Tiao is a tolerant and easy-going person, but she can't stand Gongsun Zimang doing this every day. Her ears are so tired from hearing it that she simply closes her eyes and begins to rest.
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