1018: Chapter 629 1018: Chapter 629 Eryao wanted to find out how many houses were connected by the passage, and eventually which house it led to!
He had to leave this place, his Divine Sense was strong, and he needed to follow the passage and seal some suspicious places!
To prevent the riffraff in these three courtyards from escaping, he sealed off the three glaring courtyards, allowing neither exit nor entry!
He also sealed their secret chambers, not allowing them to escape from the chambers, which was tantamount to sealing those people in the rooms or courtyards, creating an Illusion Realm inside!
He absolutely could not let them escape, although they still didn’t know they were in danger!
As for the Taoist Temple, he still let them go free for now, until he sealed some important places, keeping these people within his sealed areas.
In the Taoist Temple, conveying the teachings of the Guandi Cult, those Wooden Tokens must definitely be destroyed, those sent out, he would also destroy the Wooden Tokens in the homes of those who received them!
Eryao wanted to try, to control the main characters, to control the ghosts within those wooden statues, so that those who received the Wooden Tokens would not be so controlled!
He was only one person, unable to do so many things at once, these people willingly made sacrifices, and certainly did not want him to destroy them so quickly!
Eryao stayed invisible, ever since high school, at places led by the passage, in bustling areas where passages diverged, heading to some shops, the houses of wealthy families, traveling further and mixing through many places, passing through street after street!
Eryao…?
Could it be that the destinations of the passage are all properties of the Guandi Cult?
Thus, parts of the bustling areas belong to the underground passages!
To find out if the houses and shops reached by the passages belong to the Guandi Cult, it is also necessary to distinguish whether these places have a Guandi Divine Statue!
This is just one city, yet it’s so complex, has the Guandi Cult infiltrated so deeply?
Eryao felt it was nosy and headache-inducing to check each household, it was really brain-taxing!
With his ability, just producing thunder could eliminate those evil beings placed inside wooden boxes.
So many places, so many wooden statues, not being in one place; random thundering would destroy a lot of houses!
Eryao wanted to clarify whether they were followers of the Guandi Cult, or those Wishers who willingly worship the statues and then were controlled!
Eryao was distressed, seeing in daylight the person distributing these divine statues, there weren’t thousands but certainly hundreds.
This place, not knowing how long it had been constructed, buried so deep, people from the neighboring cities also came to make wishes!
These are only some wealthy families, prosperous areas, and if these were ordinary households, with so many cities nationwide, if all had branches of the Guandi Cult, then removing these divine statues would be very strenuous!
Eryao thought he first needed to give the masterminds of the Guandi Cult a bit of punishment!
As usual, the Taoist Temple still did not know that anything had changed!
Watched by powerful figures, those distributing the Wooden Tokens still had a gloomy look, superficially maintaining an appearance of saintly Taoism, giving the Wishers a sense of mystery!
Beyond this sense of mystery, they trusted these Taoists; as long as what they wished for became successful, what did losing a bit matter?
To demand their loyalty, to sacrifice something?
People want to live better lives, who wouldn’t pay a price?
This isn’t just about ordinary people; some want to become superior individuals, the wealthy!
Wealthy people want to be richer, to climb even higher!
To become the most significant Noble Clan in the country, some yearn for long life, some for contentment, women want to be more beautiful, and some want to preserve their youth forever!
Some desire happiness, some crave their husband’s love, a harmonious family life, others eye the inheritance rights of their homes, and some even aim to take control of their family’s affairs.
What do they want to obtain?
They also had to follow the rules articulated by the Taoists based on the Wooden Tokens!
The Taoists, by garnering people’s donations, bring more followers to the Guandi Cult and also gather the belief power from these Wishers!
They can cultivate better only by earning donations from the Wishers.
Their Hierarch, the Young Masters, now trapped in that courtyard, they had no idea!
The arrival of the Hierarch, only a few confidants knew, those few courtyards, not every follower could enter!
Some followers had never seen the Hierarch and Young Masters, even the Hall Masters didn’t know how many there were!
The Hall Masters didn’t know the true faces of the Hierarch and the Young Masters; they met people wearing masks, their identities unknown to the outside world.
Acting as followers, having gained too many benefits, they had forgotten their initial resolve, merely thinking that by being followers, they would forever enjoy privileges, forever be the best Taoists nationwide!
Moreover, they were not like Monks; they could eat meat, drink wine, get married, and even if they didn’t marry, they could still have women.
As long as they wanted, they had the ability, using Wishers to gain even more!
Using their abilities, they made these Wishers lose control of their minds, to be controlled by them!
This ability is not just achieved by a few Curse words; they used concocted drugs and combined with Talismans to control the body and mind of the Wishers!
When Eryao observed, he still didn’t know how the Guandi Cult practiced!
By pretending and playing tricks, could such practice happen?