Not far from Xiwang Town, hidden in a secluded forest, there is an exquisite two-story building, the neat bluestone path in front of the door, the courtyard wall of terrazzo bricks, and the neoclassical house architectural style, all aspects show that it is different from the local houses, presumably a holiday villa built in the countryside by a rich man before the end of the world.

Outside the courtyard, I don't know who built a few rows of low bungalows around the villa, which seemed a little out of place on the whole.

Around the villa and in the courtyard on the quiet surface, there are men in white robes and black belts hidden in the corners that are easy to ignore, vigilantly monitoring every grass and tree in the vicinity.

Walking along the bluestone path into the villa, entering the door is a spacious living room, in which there is no extra furniture except for a large black trimmed cowhide sofa.

On the wall facing the doorway hung a half-human-tall portrait of a white-robed man with his arms outstretched standing under an ornate arched door in the sky, and a layer of white light floating on the man's face made the man's face hidden under mystery.

In front of the portrait stood a man of medium stature with white hair and white robe standing with his back to the door, although it was also white, different from the coarse white robe of ordinary congregants, the man's robe was made of smooth silk material, the neckline of the robe was a golden triangular stripe, and a yellow silk belt was tied around the waist, and the golden tassel naturally floated on the side of the thigh.

"Muxiang, are you guilty?" The man's voice was soft and gentle.

But this voice sounded like a conjuring voice from the underworld, and the tall and thin man kneeling on the ground trembled and kowtowed frequently, "High priest, your subordinates are guilty, and your subordinates should die!" ”

"Then tell me, where is your sin?" The high priest's voice was still gentle, like a spring breeze.

But the more the high priest was like this, the more frightened Mu Xiang became as he knelt on the ground, "The incompetence of his subordinates allowed hundreds of believers to be slaughtered at will, and the glory of the sect leader was lost." ”

"Those ignorant believers can develop again even if they are all dead, and the Lord will never lack believers. You made the mistake of provoking the enemy, but you didn't even have the courage to fight the other party, and now you don't even know who the other party is, just because of your cowardice, you have erected an unknown enemy for the church, and the enemy in the dark is always more terrible than the open! The high priest turned around slowly, this was a slightly chubby, ruddy face that looked very kind, and the high priest just looked at Mu Xiang who was kneeling on the ground so gently, obviously reproaching but with a smile on his face.

Mu Xiang's mind once again appeared in Chi Hua's bloody, frantically slashing and killing gods, compared with the smiling face in front of him, which one was more terrifying? Mu Xiang didn't have time to think, and instinctively kept kowtowing on the ground, "The subordinates are guilty, please ask the high priest to punish him." ”

The high priest nodded, and a member of the sect next to him came over with a wooden tray, bent down and raised it in front of Mu Xiang, in the tray was a light chain, a steel handle more than a foot long, and the end of the steel chain was connected to three fist-sized spiked iron balls, and the iron balls were mottled with dark brown blood.

Mu Xiang glanced up at the high priest, took off his upper robe, resolutely picked up the chain in the tray, and slammed it towards his back. The spikes on the iron ball pierced deep into his back, Mu Xiang snorted, and his back immediately bled profusely. The high priest didn't speak, Mu Xiang didn't dare to stop, and pulled it to his back one by one, and the spiked iron balls left dense bleeding spots on his back, and the chain was pumped on the same part several times, and the flesh in that part was rotten.

Bang, bang...... Lianjia pumped on his back one by one, Mu Xiang's lips had bitten out blood, but he didn't dare to scream, the sweat of the bean was dripping down, and there was no good meat on the whole back, Mu Xiang's vision began to blur, his head began to spin, and he would faint the next moment.

"Alright." The high priest's voice sounded, and Mu Xiang fell to the ground with a puff.

A sectarian next to him walked up, and a basin of water in his hand was splashed on Mu Xiang's back, Mu Xiang couldn't hold back any longer, and screamed out with an "ah", and fainted.

A preacher wearing a red belt like Mu Xiang walked up, the white light on his hand flowed, gently caressing Mu Xiang's back, the blood on his back gradually stopped, the wound began to shrink, slowly closed, scabbed.

Feeling a warm current flowing through his body, Mu Xiang woke up with an "oops", but he still knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up.

"I've already been punished, get up." The high priest's voice always seemed so gentle.

Mu Xiang put his hands on the ground, struggled to his feet, put on his robe again, and then stood behind the high priest with his hands respectfully lowered.

"We've been doing well lately, and the bishop will be on patrol next month, and I don't want any surprises when the bishop comes. I'll give you a week to find out our enemies and destroy them, and if necessary, I can dispatch the Knights of Heavenly Punishment to work with you. ”

Mu Xiang couldn't help but look happy, and hurriedly bowed down to salute again.

"But if there is another mistake, you don't have to punish yourself, just purify yourself."

Mu Xiang's body bowed deeper, and he didn't dare to stand up for a long time.

……

The three figures rushed quickly on the mountain road, and the sunlight gradually slanted westward pulled out a long shadow on the mountain road. The distance between the three people became farther and farther away, and the three shadows formed a long black line connected from end to end.

"Brother Hua, slow down, I'm dying!" Li Xiaofei, who was running in second, shouted out of breath in the back.

Chi Hua turned a deaf ear, as if the wind that was rushing quickly from his side at high speed could slightly blow away the knots in his chest.

The blood-stained cloak had already been thrown away by Chi Hua, but what he couldn't throw away was the picture of himself covered in blood and holding a knife in his mind, and the violence in his heart that had not been gone for a long time, Chi Hua deeply blamed himself, "I originally wanted to restore peace in this world with the knife in my hand and protect ordinary people from being killed, why did I become the murderer of the murderer today?" Do you really have to use a knife to kill a peaceful world? Could it be that he has embarked on a path of no return for the murderous demon king? ”

Chi Hua raised his head to the sky again and roared, and the howling echoed repeatedly in the mountains, and it never dispersed for a long time.

The little fat man finally chased after him with a snort, looked at Chi Hua who was standing still, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Hua, are you okay?" ”

Chi Hua smiled lightly, "It's okay, let's go." Then he turned and walked forward step by step.

……

The sun has set for the most part, and the afterglow of the setting sun still brings light to the earth. Two children are squatting on the side of the road in front of the courtyard gate, a tiger-headed seven or eight-year-old boy, the other is a five- or six-year-old girl with two pigtails, each holding a thin blade of grass in his hand to tease the ants on the ground, in the eyes of adults boring games The two children have a lot of fun, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, but they are not in a hurry to go home.

Suddenly, it was dark, and the little boy looked up in confusion, and it turned out that several tall figures were blocking the last light of the sun.

The puzzled expression instantly turned into a smile, "Uncle Chi Hua, Uncle Little Fat, Grandpa Uncle Chi Hua is here!" The little boy shouted happily into the courtyard.

"Uncle Chi Hua, Uncle Chubby." The little girl also called, but there was some shyness in her voice.

Li Xiaofei stepped forward and picked up the little girl, and hurriedly took out snacks from his bag, making the two children smile even more.

Looking at the innocent smiling faces of the two children, the depression in Chi Hua's heart opened suddenly, "In order to protect their innocence, for the sake of those who have not yet extinguished their humanity, let me bear the notoriety of this murderous demon king!" ”

The old man Zhang Zhanyuan and his son Zhang Yonglin walked out of the courtyard together, welcomed Chi Hua into the courtyard like their own family, and at the same time instructed their daughter-in-law who was cooking on the stove to fry two more dishes.

At this time, although the grain of each family is not surplus, but there are many wild vegetables in the field, and there are many animals on the mountain, Zhang Laohan's daughter-in-law fried three vegetables for several people, among which there are two Chi Hua who do not know, and there is a pot of stewed pheasant, Zhang Laohan took out his own barley wine brewed before the end of the world, and pulled Chi Hua to drink two cups.

Chi Hua did not shirk, and also poured a cup for You Yong and Zhang Yonglin, and several people chatted while eating. Seeing a few talking in the man's room, the old man's daughter-in-law was also very discerning and served a bowl of food to each of the two children, and led them to another room to eat.

Chi Hua sighed first, then raised his glass to Zhang Zhanyuan and said, "Brother, I have something to trouble you this time." ”

Zhang Zhanyuan pressed Chi Hua's hand, "Don't say such things in the future, if it weren't for you and Captain Luo, which family in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages would be able to sit at home and have a meal peacefully, and maybe hide somewhere in the mountains?" If there is anything you command, even if you take the old man's life, I agree! ”

Chi Hua's heart couldn't help but feel hot, he drank all the wine in the cup, and said with a light smile: "It's not as serious as you said, remember what you told us about the white-robed missionary before?" I would like you to help me find out about them in a few nearby villages, and see if any of them know where these people are and where they are. ”

It turned out that Chi Hua did not find the stronghold of those white-robed people in the town after a big killing in Xiwang Town, and arrested a few believers to ask, but these people seemed to be stupid when they saw Chi Hua, not only did they not know what to ask, but they kept shouting demons in their mouths.

Zhang Zhanyuan smiled after hearing this, put the wine glass on the table and said: "Captain Chi, you are asking the old man the right person about this matter, I don't need to inquire about it from ten miles and eight villages, I will know." ”

"Ah, that's great, tell me about these people."

"Don't worry, I don't know, it's Li Deming, the second son of Li Cai in our village, that kid was going to die or live some time ago and wanted to run to join the 'Gate of Heaven', his father couldn't take care of it, so he made trouble in the village and asked me to clean up for him. Yonglin, you let Deming come over now, and say that I have something to find him. Zhang Zhanyuan was also very good, and immediately ordered his son to do it.

Xishan Village is not big, and after two glasses of wine, Zhang Yonglin led a dark-faced young man in his early twenties into the house.

"Second uncle, I heard Brother Yonglin say that you are looking for me?" The young man entered the house and greeted Zhang Zhanyuan first.

Zhang Zhanyuan just snorted lightly in response, don't look at the old man always has a smiling face in front of Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua, but after all, he is the head of a village, and he is also a man of his word in the village, "Deming, this is Captain Chi of the Beidou Squad, and Captain Chi is here to inquire with you about the 'Gate of Heaven' you want to join." ”

Deming was so frightened that he immediately cried and said, "Second uncle, since you taught me a lesson last time, I really haven't been in touch with them anymore!" ”

Chi Hua pulled a chair for the young man to sit on, and took over from the side, "It's not that I suspect that you still have contact with them, I just want to know about their situation, and tell me what you know in detail." ”

Only then did Deming settle down and tell the story of the Gate of Heaven. "I had a very good junior high school classmate who suddenly came to me one day and said that he had joined the Gate of Heaven and wanted me to join with him.

"Getting to the point." Zhang Zhanyuan glared at Deming from the side.

Deming hurriedly pulled the conversation back to the topic, "The most basic level of the gate of heaven is called believers, believers can donate money to the organization, attract new believers to join the church, and complete the tasks of the church can increase their merits by one point to ten points, and when believers praise one hundred points of merit, they are called merit consummation, and they can be promoted to believers, also called communicators." The propagator can be promoted to the preacher if he has attained the merits of the preacher, and he is said to have sacrifices above the preacher, also called the guide, but I have only heard of it but have never seen it. ”

"And where are their strongholds?"

"I didn't know it, I was just a believer, and only evangelists and a small group of trusted evangelists knew the location of the church branch. But I heard my classmate accidentally mention that it should be near Xiwang Town. ”

Chi Hua nodded, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, the organization of the Gate of Heaven was so tight, and what he came into contact with might be just the tip of the iceberg.

Like an army of demons that had been buried in the ground and sleeping, now he was gradually waking up, and Chi Hua was the gravedigger who accelerated him to wake up faster!