Chapter 24: The Red Lotus Flame, the Assassin's Blame
"Oh no, the holy fire is missing!"
When someone inspected the room again, they inevitably discovered that the lotus lantern on the altar was missing, and they immediately exclaimed!
Immediately, the entire manor was in chaos. Countless people wearing red clothes or with red cloth bands tied on their heads searched frantically. They dug deep inside and outside the manor, but they still could not find any clues.
Just when a group of people were panicking, the middle-aged man wearing a lotus crown came back with his men.
Because he didn't catch the assassin who sneaked into the manor to attack him, his face looked very ugly.
He didn't pay attention at first, but when he returned to the room, he looked up and found that the lotus lantern was not on the altar. His expression changed greatly: "Where is the lotus lantern?"
"Return to the Holy Envoy."
One of the gang members stammered and said, "After you left, someone sneaked in and stole the lantern..."
"What did you say?"
The middle-aged man was shocked. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the man, and immediately caught the man in his hand. He asked viciously: "The treasure lantern was lost? Has the holy fire been stolen?"
The man who was caught in his hand had a look of horror on his face, but his neck was strangled. It was difficult to speak, so he could only nod his head reluctantly.
"Did you see who it was?"
"No, I didn't see anyone!"
"waste!"
The middle-aged man's face turned cold. He used his hands hard and broke the man's neck with a click. Then, he still didn't feel relieved and kicked the body away with a fierce kick.
His chest heaved and filled with anger. He was obviously very angry!
He finally got a job from the elders and came to Jiangzhou City to secretly develop his power and recruit followers.
As a result, before the situation started, something unexpected happened. First, he was assassinated, and then even the sacred fire was stolen. Now he was in big trouble!
If it was just a simple setback in the development of power, he would not care no matter how many casualties there were among ordinary believers, but the matter of the Holy Fire was of great importance, and if he could not find it, he would definitely be severely punished!
Thinking of the horrific punishments of the congregation, he suddenly felt chilled in his heart. He turned around suddenly, his eyes swept over everyone one by one like lightning, and there was a crazy murderous intention in his tone: "Search for me, I can't find the holy fire."
, I will let you all be buried with me if you ruin the leader's important matter!"
"yes!"
"In addition, if we send people to look for the assassins who are attacking tonight, they must be in the same group, otherwise they would never cooperate so well!
Huh, you are really brave for daring to plot against the sacred fire of our religion. The assassin was burned by the sacred fire and hit my heart-eating cone. Eighty-nine points of his life has been lost, and he will definitely not be able to escape far."
He looked at the most powerful men in red: "You guys, focus on looking for clues about the assassin!"
"I obey my orders!"
Everyone agreed and immediately led their men to disperse. Some were searching for the treasure thief who might not have gone far, while others were chasing the assassin in the direction in which he had fled!
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At this time, Cao Xiu had arrived under the city wall.
He ran a few steps quickly and jumped, jumping over ten feet high. Then he used his hands and feet to climb up quickly like a giant monkey.
The city wall was very high, but there were inevitably some gaps between the bricks and stones. Cao Xiu showed great energy, and with his fingers like hooks, he easily climbed over the city wall and jumped into the city.
When he put the lotus lanterns into the cave in the manor earlier, he did not simply want to take revenge on these people for coveting his own shop.
The real reason was that I had a vague feeling that the flame in the lotus lamp was a little different, it seemed to be a kind of spiritual fire from heaven and earth.
Every kind of heaven and earth spirit fire is a rare treasure. Once you see it, of course you can't let it go.
More importantly, the "Six Extremes of Holy Demon Art" he practiced requires the power of the six extremes. It is not easy to raise the pure Yang Qi to the extreme if he only relies on his own practice. Although the pure Yang Qi he has cultivated now
It is pure and flawless, but it is only the true essence of the innate realm, and it is still far from the power of the ultimate realm.
But if it is integrated with the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, not only will its power skyrocket, but it will also make it easier to meet the requirements.
It was precisely because of this that he boldly took away the lotus lantern, then avoided the patrolling people and left the manor.
Anyway, he can hide in the cave at any time, and no one will find him in the night!
Now that I entered the city, I ran all the way home without knocking, and just climbed over the wall and went in.
"Xiu'er!"
As soon as he landed, his mother Wang discovered his trace.
"Why are you back so late? You must be hungry. Come over and eat quickly!"
Mrs. Wang did not blame him, but brought out the food that Wen had left in the kitchen.
"Thank you, mother!"
Cao Xiu was not polite, he finished the meal in two or two, and then told his younger brother Cao Chong next to him to go to bed quickly.
When only mother and son were left in the room, they softly told Mrs. Wang about today's experience.
"It's actually a demon from the Red Lotus Sect!"
Wang Wanzhen was surprised after hearing this, and quickly ordered: "Don't provoke them again in the future. The Red Lotus Demon is unscrupulous and powerful. Although he is disliked by the righteous way, his inheritance has never been wiped out. This is not what our family can do."
Affordable!"
"Red Lotus Sect?"
Cao Xiu was also a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect it to be them!
He didn't know much about the spiritual world, but he had heard of the Red Lotus Sect.
Because this sect is different from other forces.
Although other demonic sects also have many murderous people, they mainly target practitioners.
The Red Lotus Sect is different.
From the founding of the religion to the present, he has never given up on developing his power among mortals. Whenever he encounters natural or man-made disasters, he even encourages people to rise up and kill officials to rebel. This often involves many counties and counties, causing loss of life!
Therefore, the reputation of this sect is very bad, and it has been besieged and killed many times by the orthodox sects.
But every time he escapes, he lurks for many years afterwards, only to resurface in the end, secretly accumulating strength and continue to cause chaos!
Cao Xiu didn't expect that people from the Red Lotus Sect would be eyeing his business.
Of course, it must be the ordinary believers below who have made their own decisions, and it is definitely not the work of a powerful person like the Holy Envoy.
After all, those powerful people still look down upon their family's small fortune.
"Okay, that's it for now!"
Mrs. Wang said: "If those people come to cause trouble again, if it doesn't work, just give the shop to them. Otherwise, even if your uncle comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to compete with them, and he will bring trouble to the family for no reason!"
Cao Xiu nodded.
With his current net worth, he really doesn't care much about the interests of a mere shop.
Apart from other things, the spiritual stones and resources sent by the Cao family alone, if used sparingly, would be enough for their family to practice for several years.
Of course, this refers to the situation when the level is relatively low and there is no big expenditure.
Otherwise, if he were to use spiritual stones to transform the water of life, it wouldn't even be a drop in the bucket.
"By the way, mother, I even took advantage of the chaos to take a precious lantern from them!"
While speaking, Cao Xiu took out the lotus lantern with his backhand and handed it to his mother. He was about to ask her if she knew what kind of treasure it was, but when he looked up, he saw his mother gaping with horror on her face!
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"you……"
Wang felt dizzy and her heart was pounding.
She didn't care about anything else and quickly ordered: "Quick, put this thing away!"
"ah?"
Cao Xiu was a little stunned.
However, he was very obedient and put the lotus lantern into the treasure map cave.
Wang covered her chest with both hands, forcing herself to calm down, and then looked helplessly at her son: "You are so brave, you even dare to steal the sacred fire of the Red Lotus Sect."
"Red Lotus Holy Fire?"
Cao Xiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this: "Isn't that thing in their main altar? How could they let that holy envoy take it with them?"
"This is just a bit of fire separated from the Red Lotus Holy Fire, and of course it is not the Holy Fire of the main altar.
But even so, it is of great significance to them, and they will definitely search all over the city and will not stop until they find it!"
Wang said nervously: "Xiu'er, unless you are sure to keep this thing tightly, throw it away quickly, otherwise if the Red Lotus cult members come to visit, it will definitely be a disaster for the whole family!"