The news about Divine Punishment and Jingguan spread throughout Qingtang at the fastest speed and in the shortest time.
Along with it, news spread that the Holy Mountain collapsed.
For the people of Qingtang, these two pieces of news are bigger and scarier than the other.
If there were still people who were skeptical about the dreams entrusted by gods before, then now, with the emergence of divine punishment and the collapse of the holy mountain, these people's attitudes have also changed.
Some people even combined these two things with the gossip about the seventh prince Rikander pretending to be a demon, and boldly speculated that the Qingtang royal family was probably persecuted by the Black Lotus Sect.
The Tang King is not a real king, but a demon pretending to be from the Black Lotus Sect.
It is precisely because the country was harmed that the Holy Mountain collapsed, and the gods asked them in their dreams to hunt down the demons of the Black Lotus Sect, and even did so themselves to inflict divine punishment!
This series of things came together in an instant, and the more people thought about it, the more they felt that this was the case.
It has to be said that there are still capable people here in Qingtang, and the result they derived is very close to the truth.
At least, the people of the Qingtang royal family were indeed killed by the Black Lotus Sect.
In a sense, the Great Gold Mountain collapsed because of the Black Lotus Sect.
This inference also spread throughout Qingtang in a very short period of time, and derived many versions, each one more mysterious than the last.
However, each version is very full of details, making each of these versions sound like it is really the same thing.
No matter which version of the rumor it is, one thing is certain: the current King of Qingtang is fake, the court has been controlled by the demons of the Black Lotus Sect, and the foundation of Qingtang has been shaken.
As a result, all the tribes in Qingtang began to get ready to take action.
Many tribal wizards were originally very dissatisfied with the Black Lotus Sect taking away their followers.
They didn't have the opportunity before, but now they have it. Naturally, they want to add insult to injury. They publicize this matter in their respective tribes and call on the tribesmen to follow the divine instructions and hunt down the demons of the Black Lotus Sect.
As for the leaders of each tribe, they also have their own ideas.
The powerful leader couldn't help but start to wonder, since the Qingtang royal family is gone, can they sit on the throne?
Even the leader who does not have this strength is also thinking about whether he can take advantage of this opportunity to seek greater power and more territory?
Whether you want to ascend the throne or become a great noble, you must have enough reputation and legal principles.
Follow the divine instructions, eradicate the Black Lotus Sect, and turn the tide to save Qingtang... Isn't this a good opportunity to gain reputation and legal principles?
So the tribes from all over Qingtang, whether they believed in divine revelation or not, began to take action, set up the banner of eliminating thieves for the country, and actively hunted down the demons of the Black Lotus Sect.
Even in places where the Qingtang royal family and the Black Lotus Sect have a relatively large influence, people's hearts are still floating.
Although people here don't dare to openly hunt and kill Black Lotus Sect demon monks yet, there are quite a few discussions in private.
This is the case even in Qingtang Royal City.
In the past few days, the people in the royal city, ranging from dignitaries to traders and footmen, all talked like they were playing charades after meeting.
For example, in a market in the royal city, several people gathered together and whispered:
"Have you heard about that?"
"I heard that. Hey, do you think that is true?"
"Who knows? But I heard from a caravan that came here yesterday that both that one and that one are real, and they even went to see it. So the other one is probably real too."
"If you say that, no wonder the gods are angry..."
Just as he was talking, he heard a burst of noise.
Several people quickly shut up.
The person who spoke last was shaking like chaff, fearing that what he had just said would be overheard by the informants of the Imperial Household and lead to death.
After all, he mentioned the gods.
It was not the fur trader who was in danger of being killed.
They soon saw a group of wolf soldiers from the Internal Guard, escorting a man who was covered with arrows but not dead yet, to the market.
The man who was covered in blood and tied up by Wu Huada showed no trace of panic on his face.
Instead, he continued to shout loudly: "I killed the thief according to God's instructions. Even if I die, my soul will go to heaven."
Then he angrily scolded these wolf soldiers from the Internal Guard, saying that they were aiding the evil deeds and were traitors to the country. Sooner or later, they would be punished by the gods, and after death, their souls could only go to hell and suffer eternally.
The wolf soldiers of the Internal Guard were so angry that they cut off his tongue with a knife.
Even so, everyone knew what happened.
It must have been this man who went to attack and kill the demon monks of the Black Lotus Sect. However, he was caught by the wolf soldiers of the Internal Guard, and was taken to the market and beheaded in public.
Things like this haven't happened too much in recent days.
Everyone was a little scared at first, but gradually got used to it.
The Black Lotus Sect's suppression not only failed to suppress the bad situation, but instead showed their fierceness and inner anger, making many tribes feel that they were panicked and scared.
As a result, more intense resistance emerged in various places.
For this situation, the Black Lotus was caught off guard and was at a loss to deal with it.
They have no interest in Qingtang, they just want to use Qingtang's dragon veins and the blood of Qingtang people to complete their plan.
Therefore, facing the resistance of various tribes in Qingtang, they naturally adopted the simplest and crudest response method, but now it seems that the effect is not very good.
So they poured all their anger on Qin Shaoyou and others, and sent a large number of people to find Qin Shaoyou and others and kill them.
Soon, the Black Lotus cult monster locked its target again.
Although there is no Buddha-level person leading the team this time, the Black Lotus Sect is still fully prepared.
The people who participated in the operation, whether they were followers of the Black Lotus Sect or the wolf soldiers of Qingtang, all drank the 'holy blood' before the operation began.
Except for the Black Lotus Bodhisattva who led the team.
This so-called holy blood is a secret blood medicine condensed by the Black Lotus Sect using the blood essence of tens of thousands of people killed and injured in the war between Qingtang and Xia Kingdom.
This secret medicine can greatly improve the strength of the user in a short period of time, and even allow it to easily break through bottlenecks and enter a new realm!
The price is that after the effect of the medicine expires, the person who takes it will become a medicine person.
It was because of taking this potion that Ye Duoji and Da Wu, who had reached the level of third-grade demigods in the city of Qingtangwei before, were able to do so.
Of course, when the monk "See You Tomorrow" gave them the potion, he did not tell them that it was actually poison and meant to turn them into someone else's wedding dress.
So until the moment they die, they still foolishly believe that they have truly entered the realm of demigods.
Now this group of Black Lotus Sect believers and the Qingtang Wolf Soldiers also don't know that they are not only being treated as tools, but also become medicine men afterwards.
They only know that their strength has soared after drinking the holy blood, and their whole bodies are full of power. Not to mention killing a few night watchmen, they can even kill gods.
For a moment, I felt grateful to the Black Lotus Sect Bodhisattva who led the team.
However, after a fight, this group of people discovered that they had been deceived.
The person they chased and ambushed was not a night watchman at all.
Rather, they are a group of lifelike paper figures.
"paper man?"
The Black Lotus Sect Bodhisattva who led the team couldn't help being shocked and angry when he saw that each of the night watchmen had turned into scary paper figures.
"How could it be a paper man? Where is the real person? Where did the real person go?!"
Just when the Black Lotus Sect Bodhisattva was incompetent and furious, a group of wolf soldiers from the Inner Guards arrived at a garrison on the border of Qingtang and ordered them to open the city gate and let them pass.
The guard of the pass wanted to ask about the reason for passing the pass, but was scolded by the other party, saying that they were going to Xia Kingdom to perform a secret mission, which was not something they could find out, otherwise they would be arrested as spies.
The arrogant and domineering group of inner guard soldiers frightened the guard general. He did not dare to ask any more questions. Seeing that the documents, talismans, messages, etc. were all in place, he opened the garrison and let these people go.