Chapter 229 Entering the Underground Palace
Aladu had also informed them of these in advance, and with the help of the innkeeper, Gu Chenran and Wen Ling did not encounter any problems during their three days in the capital.
I just have a deeper understanding of the country of Yueguo.
The fruits of everyone's labor in this country must be handed in. Levels are set according to religion, and different amounts of food are strictly distributed. People who can do business, such as innkeepers, are all from high-ranking families.
Wen Ling had seen how ordinary civilians lived, and they were just like the worker ants in an ant colony, working the most and eating the least. Apart from praying and thanking the gods for giving them air to breathe, roads to walk on, and food to keep them from starving to death, they had almost no entertainment activities and no thoughts of their own.
People only have the energy to think about more things when they are full. For the "lower class" people in Yue Country who eat worse than dogs, work more than cows, and have an average life expectancy of only 30 or 40 years old, they will not have the energy to ignore more things.
Even after long-term brainwashing, they still feel that their survival is a gift from God, and their worship of God is like a torrent of water...
After listening to the blessing ceremonies three times, Wen Ling was very sure that this was a large-scale mind control.
The ten high priests standing on the high platform are the main operators of the mind control formation.
What surprised Wen Ling was that he did not feel any magical power from the evil god during the blessing ceremony, as if this blessing ceremony had nothing to do with him.
But he was the beneficiary of the power of faith...
Because there was no fluctuation of magical power from the evil god who ruled the world, Wen Ling had no way to confirm his location or the location of the underground palace.
The Moon Kingdom's palace is heavily guarded, and they have a strictly followed caste system. Every position is passed down from father to son and from mother to daughter, and there is no vacancy that requires recruiting from outside.
There was no way for Alado to sneak in, let alone place Wen Ling and Gu Chenran in.
We carefully checked the area around the palace and found no entrance to the underground palace.
Just when things seemed to be at a stalemate, a solution appeared.
The capital city, which had been calm and peaceful as usual every year, suddenly became chaotic.
The third prince led the attack into the capital.
The Great Khan was old, ill and had been in a coma for a long time. The most powerful prince died mysteriously in Dayong, his body was never found, and his power collapsed.
The second prince, who wanted to take advantage of the emperor's favor and occupy the capital to become king, was no match for the third prince, who had been gathering his strength for a long time.
Not only did they fail to defend the city gates, but even the imperial palace was easily breached.
Gu Chenran took advantage of the chaos when the soldiers were charging into the city, and with the help of Wen Ling and Lu Jian, they got the clothes of the Third Prince's army and sneaked in directly.
After arriving at the palace, Wen Ling finally felt the strong aura coming from the evil god who ruled the world.
She took Gu Chenran through many twists and turns and finally found the entrance to the tunnel under a hall in the palace.
The location of this tunnel is very secretive. If Wen Ling hadn't been able to sense it, it would have been impossible to discover it.
It was not difficult to open the entrance to the tunnel, but after entering, we found that ten high priests were gathered neatly inside the tunnel.
These high priests, who were high above in the square and full of divinity, were drinking and having fun in a spacious basement in the tunnel. Singing and dancing for them were a group of girls who looked very young, almost like children.
These girls should be the candidates for goddesses. Even though they haven’t grown up yet, you can see their beautiful looks. You can tell at a glance that they will be beautiful beauties when they grow up.
But among so many girls, only one was chosen to be the goddess, to stand before everyone and to be admired by everyone.
No one knows what fate will await the remaining girls after being humiliated and played with by these ten high priests.
The ten high priests hid here to avoid the chaos in the palace outside, fearing that the soldiers who rushed in would accidentally hurt them.
They also planned to wait until the third prince took over the palace and completed the succession of the throne before leaving.
In this way, they are the high priests who are high above everyone else. Moreover, in order to complete his rule over the regime and control and exploit the people, the new Khan cannot do without their religion, and even more so, without these high priests.
In the end, they still had to be treated politely, so they were not worried at all.
But now, seeing Wen Ling and Gu Chenran suddenly rushing in, they were all shocked. They never expected that someone could rush in here.
The ten high priests were stunned for a moment, and soon became furious.
They thought Wen Ling and his companions were just ordinary soldiers who had strayed in.
The youngest-looking high priest shouted angrily: "This is a sacred place. Who allowed you to come in casually?! Get out of here right now, or we will tell the third prince and make sure you lose your heads!"
Gu Chenran was not angry at the rebuke, but smiled: "So your holy altar is a place where you hold girls and have fun. What do you think the people outside would think if they saw you like this?"
"How dare you!" After the youngest high priest finished his scolding, he suddenly realized something was wrong and narrowed his eyes slightly: "No, you are not a soldier of the Third Prince, and you are not a Moon Countryman, who are you?!"
Gu Chenran translated to Wen Ling: "It seems we have been recognized. He is asking who we are."
Wen Ling said to Gu Chenran with a serious face: "Please translate it for them and tell them that I am the one who makes all the gods kneel down and call me daddy."
Gu Chenran curled his lips: "Very good, arrogant enough, I like it."
Then he turned around and translated Wen Ling's words word for word.
The ten high priests were furious. The youngest high priest wanted to say something but was stopped by the oldest high priest.
The oldest high priest looked to be nearly seventy years old, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face so deep that they seemed like they could pinch a fly to death.
His voice was even more hoarse and unpleasant, like a broken gong: "No need to talk so much to them, just kill them directly."
When the youngest high priest heard this, he thought that this meant they were allowed to use magical instruments.
He laughed grimly and pulled out a magic weapon that looked like a scepter from his sleeve: "Anyone hit by this magic staff will have their internal organs ruptured, bleed from all seven orifices, and die in agony. This is the fate of those who speak disrespectfully to our high priest!"
Then he mobilized all his spiritual power, took the staff, and swung it hard in the direction of Wen Ling and the others.
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