Chapter 39: Demon Cult
"The concubine is the first to cover her forehead, and she folds the drama in front of the door. Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums. I have been obsessed with Zhuo Xinghua since I was a child, until I really became his concubine, and since then there has been no hindrance, and I love him even more, without reservation. In the eyes of outsiders, our new lovers are concubines, so they are not enviable. β
During the day, Lang Jun was moody and never spoke easily. At night, when we were alone, he often put his arms around me and whispered to me on the pillow. It's not about the personal feelings of children, it's all about the world's major events and the current situation. His angry smile was close at hand, and although I could not understand many of these things, I was happy to listen carefully to his advice, and only took his words as Sanskrit witty words. After going back and forth, I gradually got a little clear about the open and secret battles in the officialdom. β
"When it comes to officialdom battles, Lang Jun often mentions certain opponents with me in his words, and I always regard them as enemies and secretly remember them in my heart. Although at that time I was already a side chamber of the gods, it was inconvenient to travel far away. But the people of the rivers and lakes do not talk about so many rules. Whenever I went out, I left a letter and left, and the people in the house never dared to ask. Besides, with my whole body of kung fu, heaven and earth, unless there are immortals and land, where can anyone control me. β
From now on, as long as those enemies appeared in Lang Jun's mouth, they all died inexplicably. There is no appearance, no shadow, and impermanence has never stopped harvesting and killing, and has become the 'living Hades' feared by everyone in the court and in the martial arts. β
"The government and the people in the rivers and lakes marked my head with a bonus of thousands of taels of silver. Interestingly, everyone thought that Sha Wuchang was a black-faced khan, and no one could have imagined that the 'living Hades' in their eyes was just a seemingly delicate woman. β
"There are many people who want to cut off my head, but after all, I am out of nowhere, and the target of the assassination has no warning, so it is impossible to catch a turtle in an urn for me. I've had some great opponents come and stop me, but they haven't even seen me. In front of my heavenly palm, all of them were vulnerable, and they all lost their lives and died in vain. β
"Kill those enemies and return to the mansion, I never ask Lang Jun for good news, and he never asks about it. Both of us tacitly knew this, but in my heart, I was very happy that I could solve problems and do something for him, and I took pleasure in killing the enemy, and I never tired of harvesting people's heads. There are too few resentful enemies, and it is not enjoyable to kill. β
"It stands to reason that when we are so physically and mentally intertwined, we will never create any barriers. It's just that I'm so troubled that I can't resist my curiosity. β
"Every double moon, at the end of the month and at the beginning of the month, Lang Jun's whole person will become mysterious. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, but later on, I found that during that time, he often didn't come home at night and didn't know where he went. As a concubine, I shouldn't have cared about things that had nothing to do with me, and I shouldn't have cared about things he didn't want me to know. However, I really cared too much about him and just wanted to know more about him, and even everything about him. β
So, at the end of the month, I faintly watched his movements and lurked beside him. Although I have never seen him use martial arts, after several attempts, I expected that his skills were far inferior to mine. If I tried to hide my whereabouts, I would have followed him and he would not have noticed it. β
"At last one night, when the hook of the moth and moon in the sky was gradually extinguished, I saw him break his attendant, quietly change his clothes, put on a black silk embroidered robe, perform light skills, and leap out of the mansion like an eagle. I followed him from a distance, and walked about fifteen miles in one breath, when I saw him sneak into a land temple. β
"There is only one main hall in this land temple, and there is a public statue of the land for worship on the incense platform attached to the wall, about one person high, but I saw Lang Jun leaning sideways and plunging in from behind the stone statue. It turned out that there was a secret door hidden at the foot of the stone statue, and a narrow secret passage was connected to it. I stuck to his back until I saw him walk out of the dark passage to a brightly lit room. β
"I leaned out in the shadows, and saw a huge stone screen facing the entrance of the secret passage, leading to the outside on the left and right. I leaned firmly to the side and looked out, but I was shocked by the pomp and circumstance in front of me. In the huge cave outside, torches were lit, and where they could be seen, there were already nearly 100 people standing densely, these people were wearing clothes from various sects, carrying various weapons, and their faces were wearing masks of different beast shapes. β
I saw Zhuo Xinghua, who was originally wearing a black silk embroidered robe, was wearing a huge and hideous beast mask at this moment, standing on the auspicious cloud platform on the other side of the stone screen, and raised his hand to the people in the cave. β
Seeing him raise his hands, a hundred or so people in the cave chanted to him in unisonβ
A dragon begets nine sons,
The spine of the temple is kissed.
Steady progress,
Swallowing the sky and turning into a dragon.
The sun and moon are above your head, and you can look down at the vicissitudes of the sea.
For thousands of years, our religion has prevailed. β
After everyone finished chanting, they heard the black-robed man on Xiangyuntai say in a deep voice, and the commanders of various places reported the situation separately. Although this voice was deliberately lowered, it had whispered in my ear every night, how could I not tell who else it would be if it wasn't me. β
"After that, the masked people standing in the front row, one by one, stepped forward to report the news, I didn't dare to lean too much, I only vaguely heard some things, all of them were major events in the martial arts, or a vendetta between two gangs, or the death of a certain martial arts master, or the new heroic ...... on the rivers and lakes."
After everyone finished reporting, Lang Jun always gave instructions, although it was only a few words, if there was a problem, he could point to the point, make a judgment, and come up with countermeasures one by one. I listened to it from the sidelines, and I was also impressed and applauded from the bottom of my heart. β
"When everyone finished reporting, Lang Jun explained a few more things, and finally ordered everyone to disperse, I saw that he was about to turn back, afraid of bumping into him, so I calculated his movements, contrary to his left and right, one in and one out, just avoided meeting him. β
"At that time, all the people in the cave also went out one by one, and I dodged into it, and walked out with the large group of people. β
"There were already many people in this cave, and all of them were masked, so naturally no one could distinguish each other, and before I came, I was wearing the same outfit that I used to kill, and I was also dressed to cover my ears and face, and I was crowded in the crowd, but it didn't look abrupt. Even if someone looks at me as a stranger, it doesn't mean that I only joined the team later, just as a newcomer who came over this time. β
"What shocked me was that among the hundreds of people, all of them were martial arts masters, and a few of them had deep steps and long breaths, and even I was ashamed of their skills. Once upon a time, I roamed the rivers and lakes, and killing people was like cutting wheat. Walking among them this time puts me under pressure that I have never felt before. β
"What shocked me even more was that I saw my father in the midst of this crowd. Although he also wears a bronze sheep's head mask, his figure and clothes are really familiar to me. In addition, the person who practiced the star picking exercise, the aura around his body was slightly different from that of ordinary people, and I could easily notice his figure from the crowd. β
"Since I married into the Houmen, I have only seen my father once, this time I saw him, although I was pleasantly surprised, I knew that it was not the time to climb the relatives and bring the past, so I couldn't help but miss him. I picked a relatively ordinary person in the middle of the group and followed him all the time, looking for an opportunity to find out what was going on from him. β
"I followed him until he was far away from the crowd, and I saw him take off his mask, and knowing that the time was right, I immediately appeared and attacked. I didn't mean to kill anyone, and I had the intention of arresting him for questioning, so my subordinates also showed mercy. Who knew that this person seemed to have ordinary martial arts, but he also had outstanding features, and he was not afraid of danger and fought with me for more than ten rounds. In a fit of rage, I performed the Heavenly Skill to restrain him. β
But I saw him with a pale face and said, ...... You are, unphased, shadowless, impermanent. I didn't expect that my name was already so big, and I only performed one trick to recognize it. I don't know whether I am angry or happy, and I don't refute it, I just say, who are you, why do you wear a mask, talk honestly, leave you alive, if you hide it, kill your whole family. β
"It's not scary to say to me, but it's terrifying when you add the name of impermanence. I saw him begging for mercy, ask, I will tell you everything, only one for pleasure. After that, he confessed to me one by one, saying that he was the leader of the Lianghu Posha Gang, and that he had just joined the Heaven Swallowing Sect last year, but he was only a member of the sect, and he did not know much about the affairs of the sect, and he would receive letters every few days and go to the designated place to attend the meeting. β
According to him, the Heaven Swallowing Sect has been established for more than ten years, and in recent years, it has suddenly risen abnormally, and all martial arts people, dignitaries and nobles who disobey the orders of the Heaven Swallowing Sect or violate the divine power of the Heaven Swallowing Sect have all been killed. Fearing the prestige of the Heaven Swallowing Sect, many gangs secretly joined the Heaven Swallowing Sect and became affiliated with its sect. However, some upright and righteous people ridiculed the Heaven Swallowing Sect as the Heaven Swallowing Demon Sect and were incompatible with it. β
"After that, he handed over the Heaven Devouring Sect token he was holding to me. It's the one you see today. Seeing that he told me what he knew and did not hide it, I did not know what to do with him. But although he was afraid, he couldn't help but ask, they all said that Cha Wuchang is the top killer of the Heaven Devouring Sect, why do you want to kill me again, our Posha Gang has no disagreement with the sect leader?"
"I replied, you are mistaken, I am not impermanence, if I were impermanence, now you are a dead person, let alone ask you about the Heaven Swallowing Sect?"
"When I said this, he really believed it, after all, my body and voice are all women, and the gap between me and the rumored impermanence is too great. Besides, I only made one move when I caught him in the end, and with this move, he was just guessing. Since he expected the rumors to be true, the top killer of the Heaven Devouring Sect was impermanent, how could he come to ask an ordinary sect member for secrets, it was indeed extremely unreasonable. β
With that, I knocked him unconscious, but I hid the token in my sleeve. It's ridiculous to say that the impermanence who is known as the top killer of the Heaven Devouring Demon Sect is not clear about his identity, and he even got this sect token for the first time. I even have some envy of the leader of the Posha Gang who I knocked unconscious, although he is only a minion of the Heaven Devouring Sect, at least he is clear about his identity. β
"When I returned to the house, I decided not to mention what I saw tonight to Lang Jun, and only pretended to be the same as usual, waiting for him to come to meet me. but there is anger hidden in his heart. β
"No one knows, although I am angry, I am only angry that I can't be a member of the sect openly, let alone become a so-called top killer. β
"One is the concubine of the Heavenly Divine Marquis, and the other is the top killer under the throne of the Heaven Devouring Sect. But I feel that the identity of this top killer is much closer to him than the identity of the concubine. β