A dispute came to an end, and in the end, the peasant couple could not avoid the tax collection and were taken a tenth of the harvest.

The farmer uncle looked at the two villagers kneeling on the ground and crying and grief-stricken, shaking his head and sighing, but he was helpless.

"Alas! It's still good when the stone wizard was there! He sighed, and when he turned his head, he found that the wandering man with only one eye was missing, and a small silver ingot was placed on the ground.

For the farmer, this small silver ingot is already a considerable income. He wondered for a moment, then it dawned on him.

"When I spoke about the god of the earth and the god of agriculture, his attitude...... Could it be that one of those two gods has appeared? ”

Surprised and delighted, he hurriedly put away the silver ingot, knelt down and prayed to the sky, but when he was about to kowtow, he remembered that the two gods seemed to live in the earth, and hurriedly changed his prayer to the ground. After some pious prayer, he did not even have time to put away his sickle, and hurried towards his house, trying to collect the money given by the gods.

"Tomorrow I will ask the clay sculptor to make two statues of the gods, and then hide them in the shrine! It will definitely bless our family with peace and prosperity! ”

Of course, Wu Xie didn't know that the intelligence fee he gave actually brought a believer to Ancestor Yuan, who had already used an invisible sword to cover his body and aura at this moment, and quietly infiltrated Sichen Town.

The town is small and not very inhabited. The most conspicuous building in the town is a three-story shrine with a dome, where many white-robed monks are busy.

Some of these monks are transporting the harvested rice to the warehouse, some are praying in the shrine, some are practicing martial arts in the large courtyard behind the shrine, and some are meditating around two large cups and performing strange rituals.

They sat at the door of the temple and recited the scriptures, and from time to time someone would come and say a few words to them, and then they took out their money and put it into the large cup on the left, which was probably made of pure silver, and prayed to the two cups.

When these people prayed, sometimes a small sign of tortoise shell or animal bone would fly out of the wooden cup, and the prayer person would happily hold it in the palm of his hand, thank him again and again, and then leave. Sometimes, after praying, the money in the cup will fly back and the prayer person will appear depressed and leave dejectedly.

"What's this playing? The money you got was actually returned? Jasmine looked surprised, she had never considered this approach in the thinking circuit of the Supreme Divine Monarch family.

Wu Xie sneered and didn't speak—he had probably guessed the trick of these white-clothed monks, which was nothing more than a long-line fishing for big fish!

He tried to get closer, trying to hear what was going on. Sure enough, I heard the lines I expected.

"This benefactor, the amulet is a gift from the Father, and it is not something that money can buy. It's the sincerity that counts! ”

"But...... I'm very sincere! A fat man who didn't get a small sign said loudly, "I have donated a hundred taels of silver!" That mud leg just donated a tael or two! ”

"Is his tael worth the same as your tael?" An old and kind white-clothed monk smiled and asked, "One tael of silver is not much, but it is something he has accumulated for a long time." A hundred taels of silver is a lot, but it's just something you can take out at will. ”

The fat man was stunned, and after a while he asked, "What do you mean...... Do you want me to learn from him? ”

"Sincerity or not is up to you. I've made it clear enough. The old monk closed his eyes and meditated, as if he was a master.

The fat man looked distressed, looked at the two cups, looked at the poor man who was happily holding the small sign, and then looked at the white-clothed monks who were meditating and chanting. The midsummer afternoon sun made his face sweaty and sweaty, and the embarrassed and reluctant look made Wu Xie secretly amused.

After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and took out a money bag from his arms.

Wu Xie thought he was going to bleed profusely, but unexpectedly, this guy just wanted to donate with the money bag, but he retracted his hand again, looking reluctant.

I hesitated so many times, until the sun was in the west, the fat man closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and threw the money bag into the silver cup.

When he had done this, he gasped as if he were seriously ill, and stared at the wooden cup as if he were dead.

When the small sign he had been thinking about for a long time finally floated in the wooden cup, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the sign and held it in his arms, and just sat on the ground and cried.

The fat man cried for a long time before he stood up weakly. He looked at the little sign and shed tears again, but his expression was full of joy. He took out the red thread and tied the sign around his neck, then bowed deeply to the two cups and turned to leave.

Wu Xie was disdainful, but he also secretly admired and was vigilant about the methods of the Supreme Holy Sect, and he couldn't imagine that they would be able to make this miser bleed!

Sects that can do this kind of thing, if they don't take precautions early, will definitely cause a catastrophe in the future!

While he was pondering, several peasants suddenly hurried over with a small child in their arms, and shouted from afar: "Get out of the way!" This kid was bitten by a poisonous snake! ”

Before they could reach the temple, the Holy Celestial Maiden flew down from the top floor of the temple and landed in front of them.

"This pure life is not yet the time to return to the arms of the Father." As she spoke, she leaned down and kissed the baby on the forehead of the snake-bitten child.

The pure white wings of light emitted a dazzling light, constantly seeping into the child's body, only to see that his originally iron-blue face suddenly returned to ruddy, and his left leg, which was swollen twice from the bite of the poisonous snake, also quickly returned to its original state, only the black blood that continued to flow from the ankle wound proved how critical his previous situation was.

After a while, the black blood finally drained, the light wings stopped glowing, and the child opened his eyes.

The Holy Heavenly Maiden stood up, and Wu Xie saw her face clearly.

She should definitely be regarded as a beauty, with beautiful and delicate facial features, and a heroic aura revealed. In particular, her eyes are firm and gentle, with heroic majesty and virgin compassion, full of heart-wrenching charm.

Only at this moment, her expression looked very haggard, and the light of her wings was obviously dimmed. He even staggered a little when he walked, and took a few deep breaths before he flew back up and stumbled back to the third floor of the shrine. Only the farmers were left with their rescued children to thank them for their kindness.

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but hesitate.

He could see that the Holy Maiden's sincerity in saving people was unquestionable—but there was no doubt that she was the leader of the white-robed monks.

So, is she the hypocrite she imagined?

He stood in the setting sun and pondered, when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of mourning in the distance behind him, and when he looked back, it was the peasant couple who had taken a tenth of the harvest before, crying as they walked.

Looking at their sad expressions, I remembered the helpless eyes of the farmers when they were forcibly taxed. Wu Jie's originally somewhat wavering mind was firm again.

He walked up to the couple and lifted his invisibility.

The crying and exhausted couple didn't notice that there was another person in front of them, and it wasn't until they almost bumped into him that they came to their senses and apologized again and again.

Of course, Wu Xie was not angry, he said softly: "I saw what you just saw, although I can't get back food for you, I can still help you a little." ”

The peasant couple looked at him in amazement, confused and hopeful.

Wu Xie smiled, took out a few small silver ingots, pinched them into broken silver with a slight force in his hand, and then handed them to them.

"This money is enough for you to live a stable life for a few years, right?"

The farmer was dumbfounded, hesitating to take the money. However, the peasant woman did not have so many worries, and hurriedly took the money, and was about to take her husband to kneel and kowtow.

Wu Xie stopped them and asked again, "Okay, you guys go home quickly." I still have something to do. ”

The farmer was about to leave, when his body suddenly shook, as if he had guessed something, and he looked at Wu Xie with wide eyes, especially the kitten who was lying on his shoulder and sleeping in a daze.

"This ...... This is...... Stone Wizard's Cat! He quickly confirmed his conjecture and asked in a low voice, "You...... Is it a friend of the Stone Wizard? ”

"It's just admiration, it's a pity that I couldn't meet him in person, drink and chat with him."

The farmer grabbed his wife and was about to kneel, but when Wu Xie stopped him again, he cried out with tears streaming down his face: "O wizard! In the past six months, we have been hurt by those white-clothed monks......"

With these words, he brought together what the Supreme and Holy Sect had done in the past six months.

After killing the stone wizard, the white-clad monks forcibly removed the inhabitants of the central part of the town, and then used magic to build the temple overnight. From then on they prayed daily in the temple, and forced the townspeople to pray every seven days, following them to prayers that were suspicious to hear, such as "Our Father in heaven, may the people honor your name, and let your kingdom come, and let your will be done on earth, as it is ...... in heaven." After praying, he sprinkled cold water on people's foreheads and faces, saying that it would help them wash away their original sins.

If that's all there is to it, it doesn't hurt. But they soon expanded their practice, first by forcing families to smash the idols they had offered, saying that "no idolatry" was allowed, then by forcing the poor to volunteer to glorify the Father by deeds, and then by forcing the rich to donate their possessions, saying that wealth would hinder the soul from entering Elysium.

Not long ago, they invented that strange amulet, announcing that if they donated a sum of money that was important to them, they would receive an abonement, so that not only could all previous sins be forgiven, but also ensured that as long as they did not commit blasphemy in the future, their souls would surely enter the realm of Elysium after death.

"Did you buy the amulet?"

"We can't bear to...... But more and more people are buying......"

Wu Xie nodded, and asked again: "What about the heavenly tax this time?" Also invented suddenly? ”

"Yes! There was no wind at all before! ”

Seeing that Wu Xie obviously disliked those white-clothed monks very much, and seemed to have the intention of making trouble for them, the farmer hurriedly persuaded: "Wizard! Don't do anything stupid! Those white-clothed monks are here, that Holy Celestial Maiden is amazing! ”

"I know it." Wu Xie smiled, his figure gradually disappeared, and only the voice echoed in the air, "Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king." ”