Chapter 263: Pure Lotus Sect (1)

The next day, the four of them set off and rode in a carriage towards their destination. Although there are wide and straight official roads, it still takes more than ten days to arrive.

On the way, Mu Chen naturally did not forget to cultivate. Sometimes I also chatted with my companions. It's just that Wu Chun is not good at words, and He Wanqiu is cold. Every time I talk to Mu Chen, it's Huang Ya.

During the conversation, Mu Chen learned that Huang Ya was born a commoner, and he was only discovered when he was very young, but at that time, his ability was still in a state of being slandered by "righteous people", so he kept it hidden, and later by chance, he was absorbed into Jinglongwei and had several missions, but in general, he was still a rookie.

Through Huang Ya's mouth, Mu Chen also learned that Wu Chun has been an old man in Jinglongwei for more than ten years, and he can be described as experienced. And He Wanqiu's life experience is a little miserable. His parents were originally members of four pairs, but they both met with accidents during a mission, leaving him alone. After He Wanqiu told the bad news, he was devastated, awakened his abilities, and changed his name, and his personality also changed greatly.

According to Huang Ya, He Wanqiu's parents were originally the right-hand men of the captain of the fourth team, so after the death of his parents, Tang Di, the captain of the fourth team, took care of He Wanqiu, and He Wanqiu has always followed Tang Di out of the mission. It's just that some time ago, when the captain of the fourth team went out on a mission in the Qilian Mountains, he was seriously injured by a vicious bandit, and he is still recuperating from his injuries at the headquarters.

When Mu Chen heard this, he couldn't help but shed a drop of cold sweat on his forehead. Qilian Mountain Range, the seriously injured captain of the fourth team, the most vicious bandit? Isn't this the same one he saved Lace?

On that day, the seriously injured Lace was rescued by Mu Chen, who was unknown, after losing both with Tang Di. He even escorted him all the way out of the Qilian Mountains. But in hindsight, through the contact with Lace in the past few days, Mu Chen felt that the latter was not the kind of extremely vicious bandit.

It's just that now Mu Chen, as Jing Longwei, is already standing on the opposite side of lace, if there is a similar situation like last time, will he attack lace?

"It's so cold, have we arrived?"

In the carriage, there was a stove for heating, but when he got out of the carriage, the cold air on his face made people can't help but shrink their necks, and Huang Ya couldn't help but scream.

But fortunately, considering the climate here, everyone was prepared, returned to the carriage, and changed into a thick cotton jacket.

Because of Mu Chen's own ability, especially when he is currently switching to the state of controlling the spirit shadow of the ice system, his resistance to cold has been greatly enhanced. The temperature here is close to zero degrees Celsius, but Mu Chen only feels a slight chill.

"This is it, Alpine County. One of the three counties bewitched by the Pure Lotus Sect is also the place where this cult first appeared and developed the most rampantly. ”

He Wanqiu squinted his eyes, looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky, and said slowly.

"Let's go, the city is ahead. The journey is rushing, so let's go to the city to rest first, and by the way, find out the news of the Pure Lotus Sect. ”

Wu Chun spoke, and everyone had no objections, and walked into this city with low walls, and along the way, he found that most of the people who came and went were unclothed, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and their cheeks often flashed with unnatural redness, obviously, the living standards of the people here were not good. Mu Chen even saw that under the tattered clothes of some pedestrians, there was that terrifying swelling caused by hunger!

However, everyone's face was filled with a special vulgar expression, which seemed to be eager and happy, as if the bridegroom was about to enter the cave room, and the combination gave people a very strange feeling.

That kind of expression of eagerness and happiness, if it only appears on one person's body, is weird at best, but if every pedestrian on the road has this kind of expression, then it is very weird.

With no clothes to cover their bodies, they can only let the cold run wild, their faces are yellow and thin, and the swelling on their bodies is enough to prove that they are hungry, but this group of civilians who are not well fed and clothed have happy expressions on their faces one by one?

What is happiness? Even the most basic food and clothing cannot be guaranteed, where can we see the slightest happiness?

Mu Chen looked at the strange scene he saw along the way, puzzled. Huang Ya and He Wanqiu Wu Chun also had solemn faces.

Entering an inn, the tight doors and windows resisted the cold wind outside, and after drinking a cup of hot tea, everyone exhaled a long and comfortable breath.

"A few guest officers, are you from out of town, are you going to be sharpened, or are you going to stay in a hotel?" Xiao Er filled the tea in front of everyone and asked earnestly.

This guy is obviously different from the pedestrians outside. The pedestrians outside looked weird, with yellow faces and thin clothes that did not cover their bodies. This guy is normal, and although he has a few patches on his clothes, he is very clean. The face is also the same as that of ordinary people, and there is no such strange look of eagerness mixed with happiness.

"Accommodation, four upper rooms. Wu Chun casually threw out a few pieces of broken silver, and then added: "Serve some more dishes, the portion is sufficient." ”

"Okay!"

Xiao Er took the silver two with a smile and turned around to leave, but was suddenly stopped by He Wanqiu, "Wait a minute!"

"Guest, is there anything else?"

He Wanqiu looked at the shopkeeper with a scrutinizing gaze, and asked directly: "On the way here, I saw that the pedestrians outside all looked strange and hurried. Isn't there something big going on nearby?"

Hearing He Wanqiu's question, the shopkeeper's face changed, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at the rear, and when he found that there was no one, he breathed a sigh of relief and said in fear: "Guest officer, it's better not to ask this question." I'm going to serve you food first. ”

"Wait!"

When the guy behaved like this, everyone saw that something was wrong. Mu Chen waved his hand again to stop the man, and then took out a heavy silver tael and gently placed it on the table, "Solve our doubts, this is yours." ”

The man's eyes lit up, he swallowed a mouthful of spit, quickly took the silver tael on the table into his arms, and then quickly looked around, and after finding that there was no one else, he breathed a sigh of relief, leaned over, and said in a low voice: "Guest officer, in fact, these people are all believers in the Pure Lotus Sect. It all starts from the beginning. ”

"It was about two years ago, and that short period of time happened to be the coldest winter in the past ten years, and the people were afraid to go out in a snowstorm. After the family has stored food and eaten, they can only freeze and starve, and the whole city is in a food emergency. And at this time, this Pure Lotus Sect suddenly appeared, this Pure Lotus Sect claimed to help sentient beings get out of the sea of suffering, and called on everyone to believe in the lifeless saint in order to seek refuge. ”

Saying that, the guy smiled bitterly, "At first, it was okay, this Pure Lotus Sect also took out food to help the big guys, but as some people have been in the religion for a longer and longer time, they are like falling into evil spirits, and they set up tablets of the lifeless saints at home, and they don't eat or drink themselves, but they also want to worship the saints, saying that they can be liberated after death." Those who join the Pure Lotus Sect are tenants who are not farmers, and it is not easy for merchants. Every day, the teachings of the Pure Lotus Sect were preached in various places, and in the end, it became like this. ”

"In the beginning, people who were desperate would join the Pure Lotus Sect, but then I don't know what happened to the Pure Lotus Sect, more and more people joined the Pure Lotus Sect, and over the course of a year, at least more than half of the people in the entire city were followers of the Pure Lotus Sect. I heard that the neighboring Lulan County and Minyi County are also like this, hey. ”

Xiao Er sighed and went, and the four of Mu Chen glanced at each other, and approached to see the surprise in each other's eyes.

"The Pure Lotus Sect is simply a scourge! Disrupting the people's livelihood, no wonder it has been cracking down on all kinds of sects!" Huang Ya said with a cold snort.

Mu Chen nodded, "These believers who have been bewitched by the Pure Lotus Sect are simply moths if they are not engaged in agriculture and production. This Pure Lotus Sect is simply inhuman. ”

"This kind of cult must be exterminated!"

"Guest officer, the dishes are ready, please use it slowly!"

After a while, Xiao Er came up with a steaming meal, and was about to speak, when the door of the hotel was kicked open, and then four or five big men surrounded a thin middle-aged mermaid poured in.

"Little Er, serve the food!

Several big men sat down next to Mu Chen with the middle-aged man in their arms, shouting loudly, very skillful.

When the shopkeeper saw those people, his face changed, and he seemed to have a hard time, but he immediately barely showed a smile, "A few strong men, your previous meal money hasn't been settled, do you see if it?"

"Qian Qian Qian, how can you know how to make money? Call your boss here, you see if he can accept our money!"

Xiao Er sighed, and stopped mentioning the food money, and went to tell the cook with a sad face. Mu Chen and the others just glanced at it a few times, but they didn't care. After all, these big men seem to be in arrears of food money, and they seem to be frequent customers of overlord meals, but this has nothing to do with them.

Because there were people next to them, the four of them finished eating in silence, and after they were full, Mu Chen called Xiao Er again and threw another ingot of silver on the table, "This is the money for staying in the hotel, take us to the room." ”

Wu Chun had already given money before, but a small amount of silver, Mu Chen didn't pay attention to it at all now, but if this money could be exchanged for more comfortable service, it would naturally be better.

The few people at the table next to him, seeing Mu Chen's shot so boldly, all of them had their eyes lit up, and the thin middle-aged man sitting in the middle carefully looked at the outfits and complexions of several people, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his head and gestured to a few big men around him, and several big men suddenly laughed knowingly.

"Wait a minute!"

A big man stood up violently, came to Mu Chen and the others with a hippie smile, and said with a smile: "A few people, did you just get here?"

Mu Chen didn't reply, and Wu Chun raised his eyelids, as if he hadn't heard it. And with He Wanqiu's ruthless temperament, it is even more as if he didn't hear it. Only Huang Ya glanced at the man and said, "What does it have to do with you?"