After nearly two years of development, Liecheng has now become one of the largest cities in the central and southern regions of the Spitting Fire Desert.
In particular, the Earth God Temple in the city has attracted the worship of many Earth God believers. Some Earth God believers even traveled thousands of miles to walk just to see this first city favored by the gods.
Therefore, the population of Liecheng has increased several times compared to before, and the city has also been expanded twice.
The population surge naturally brought a lot of troubles and had some impact on the indigenous people of Liecheng.
But these are happy troubles. The elders of Lie tribe look at the increasingly prosperous city and giggle every day. They are already imagining what will happen after Lie City becomes a holy city.
But as the captain, Bai Lie was not so happy.
The increase in population also means the increase in conflicts.
Nowadays, dozens of conflicts occur every day in Lie City. The patrol team spends most of their energy just maintaining the stability of the city and resolving conflicts, and there is basically not much energy to do other things.
Even for the resource land received from Gucheng, no one has yet been sent to mine and maintain it.
Logically speaking, after the city's population increases, it is very simple for the patrol team to expand its membership, but in fact, the number of patrol team members has not increased much.
This is because of Bailie's order, he still insists on recruiting members from the Lie tribe, and no one from the Lie tribe will be included in the patrol team.
Such a decision has led to the patrol team's current dilemma of being short of manpower. The tribal elders and Chief Lie have tried to persuade Bailie many times, but he has refuted them all.
"These outsiders are loyal to the temple, not to the fierce city!"
Whenever this sentence comes out, everyone who comes to persuade him can only go back in anger.
Although he said this, Bailie actually had a very friendly attitude towards these foreign believers. Even if there was a conflict between the foreigners and the tribesmen, he would treat them equally and never show favoritism.
But when it came to the armed forces that maintained city security, his attitude changed. Bai Lie only believed in people from his own tribe.
Even Gucheng, who had had a close relationship with Liecheng for hundreds of years, still said war was a war. This made Bailie believe these outsiders who had only been in the city for more than a year.
Perhaps only ten years or even decades later, when these outside believers truly integrate into Lie City, will the patrol team be open to them.
Until then, patrols could only act as busy maintainers.
But today is a rare monthly holiday for the patrol team.
Because today is the once-a-month day for the Earth God Temple to pray for rain.
Hanu, the beloved of the Earth Temple and the temporary high priest, leads the altar ceremony and prays to the gods for rain.
This is also the key to Liecheng attracting many believers. Every Earth God believer wants to see the miracle come with his own eyes.
Although there are also priests in the Earth Temple in their city, there are only a few priests who can master the rain praying ceremony, and none of them can do it as easily as Hanu. It is like a real god descending, making them feel close to the gods.
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On such days, no believer dares to cause trouble for fear of offending the gods.
Even if someone really dares to cause trouble at the risk of violence, he will be severely "taught" by the angry believers around him. Therefore, the patrol team is very leisurely. Even many members of the team took leave on this day and went to participate.
Rain praying ceremony.
Earth Temple.
Under the expectant eyes of the believers, a tall young man wearing a golden robe, with a group of priests behind him, slowly walked out of the temple and came to the altar ceremony.
Today, Hanu has become taller and stronger. Under the dark muscles covered by his robes, there is explosive power. He walks with great strength and exudes an indescribable majestic temperament. He does not look like the skinny boy before.
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But his eyes were still very gentle, making people want to believe this young man from the bottom of their hearts.
The rain praying ceremony soon began.
Under Hanu's leadership, dark clouds gathered in the sky soon.
Soon, a heavy downpour came down covering the entire city.
Some believers who had just arrived in Liecheng and participated in the rain praying ceremony for the first time watched the heavy rain with excitement. Some even shouted and danced in the rain.
They have never seen such heavy rain since they were born.
To them, this is a miracle!
The surrounding believers looked at them with smiles on their faces, and were not bored or impatient by these people's actions, because when they first saw the heavy rain, the situation was not much better than them, and some even behaved better than them.
He went even crazier and ran naked around the city in the heavy rain. After that, he didn't dare to go out for more than half a month.
When the heavy rain stopped, it also meant the end of the rain praying ceremony, but the number of people at the gate of the Earth Temple did not decrease much.
Because they know that what happens next is the highlight.
The Earth Temple is recruiting!
After the monthly rain praying ceremony, it is the time for the Earth Temple to recruit temple personnel. Anyone who wants to join the Liecheng Earth Temple can come and try.
Needless to say, the status of the Liecheng Temple in the hearts of believers is undeniable. It is the first great temple and the only temple in the desert with a divine favor. It is the holy place that all believers yearn for.
Many people come to Liecheng just to join the temple.
Everyone entered the temple in an orderly manner according to the procedures, and the temple personnel were assessed under the supervision of the priest.
Among these people, a woman wearing a hood and dressed very similar to the people around her followed the crowd into the temple.
After entering the assessment site of the temple, the hooded woman subconsciously raised her head and looked around, wanting to observe the environment.
However, when she looked up, she saw a young man in a golden robe standing on a high platform not far away, overlooking them.
The one favored by God!
Coincidentally, when the woman looked at the young man in golden robe, the young man in golden robe was also looking at her.
The hooded woman was shocked, but she lowered her head as if nothing had happened, as if she had just taken a casual look, and continued to follow the team for the assessment.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But she can feel that there is a gaze lingering on her body, even if the gaze leaves later, it will look back from time to time.
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Under such circumstances, the hooded woman ended the assessment project with difficulty.
Before leaving, the priest in charge of the assessment smiled and said: "I can see that you are very nervous and you did not perform well. In fact, you don't have to be so nervous. We are all believers of the Earth God, and I will not eat you."
But your God’s Favored One wants to eat me!
Staring at people all the time will make everyone nervous!
The hooded woman cursed in her heart, but forced a smile on her face and left in a hurry.
Looking at the hooded woman's leaving figure, Hanu looked thoughtfully.
Bai Lie, who was standing aside, saw this and joked: "What? We, the God's Favored Ones, are also starting to miss spring?"
"But you have indeed reached the age where you should start a family. If you want, I can help you find one. There are many girls waiting for you in the city."
"Uncle Bailie, please stop teasing me." Hanu said helplessly, "I don't have this idea at the moment."
"Then why are you staring at people?"
"This woman is a bit strange. She doesn't look like someone from the desert." Hanu hesitated and said, "Her skin is dark and unhealthy. It doesn't look like it was tanned by the sun, but more like makeup or disguise."
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"I didn't pay attention to that." Bailie touched his chin, recalling the woman's behavior just now, and said, "When you said that, I remembered that the style of that person's clothes was a bit like that of the people in the eastern desert."
"Has the fame of the Earth Temple spread to the east? But haven't the tribes in the east been opposing the Earth Temple?"
Hanu nodded: "I learned from other priests that the attitude towards the Earth Temple in the eastern part of the desert is very unfriendly. Not long ago, a city attacked the city of Brehse in the middle, wanting to destroy the Earth Temple.
If the surrounding cities had not provided timely rescue, the city of Leh would have been doomed."
"Is there such a thing?" Bai Lie frowned: "Then this woman's presence here is very problematic. I will send someone to arrest her and question her."
"Hey, don't worry, Uncle Bai Lie." Hanu quickly stopped Bai Lie: "I'm just a little suspicious. What if it's really a believer who accidentally learned the news and came from other places? He rashly arrested others like this.
It doesn’t look good and damages the image of Liecheng.”
Bailie pondered for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. Then I will let my men monitor this woman first. If there is really a problem, I will catch her soon."
"It's better to be careful lately. I feel like those people in the east are crazy. Every time I go to Centenary City and pass by their city, I feel like it's a miracle that these cities survive to this day."
"Yeah, I don't know why they are so malicious towards the Earth Temple." Hanu also sighed helplessly and turned to another matter: "Speaking of which, some believers from the north have come recently. I heard
Said they also have an Earth Temple over there..."
After leaving the Earth Temple, the hooded woman let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's so true that I actually met the one favored by the gods." Thinking of this, the hooded woman couldn't help but cursed: "What the hell is this place! There aren't many things, but the defense is so tight, how fucking sick!"
Thinking about her as a mid-level special person, her reconnaissance ability is second to none among Shadow Wu's men, but she can't even investigate the information of a city in the desert. If she tells it, her colleagues will laugh to death.
Speaking of this hooded woman, she feels aggrieved. When she received the mission, she thought she had made a lot of money. In such a city with a sudden increase in the foreign population, it is generally the most chaotic time.
The information you want.
However, the reality gave her a blow. Instead of the chaos she imagined, Lie City was very orderly. Under the guidance of the Earth God Temple, every Earth God believer could be said to be a member of the city's defenders.
And the patrol team was very xenophobic. She couldn't get in, not to mention the inner city management, which was always controlled by people from the Lie tribe. If she wanted to get in, she would have to stay in the city for at least four or five years.
As for the temple... Haha, it was almost exposed today.
The hooded woman didn't know at this time that she was actually about to be exposed. Several patrol members disguised as ordinary sand people were hidden in the crowd, keeping a safe distance from her and secretly monitoring her.
The hooded woman didn't seem to know it yet, she was still walking on the road with her head lowered, thinking about her next plan.
On Chu Ci's side, after half a month of waiting, reinforcements finally arrived - two lower gods who were investigating from the lower realm.
These two lower gods are a man and a woman, one is the Star Fire God under the Fire God, and the other is an old acquaintance of Chu Ci - the Seven Color God from the Wind God camp.
Qise Shen was originally very happy to see Chu Ci, but when he saw Luo Jiuyou beside Chu Ci, his expression suddenly froze.
"Guardian star god, long respected name."
Xinghuo God is a man who looks very calm. Judging from the relationship between him and the Seven Colored God, he is also the dominant one between the two.
"No, I've heard of the name of the Star Fire God for a long time. He single-handedly put down the monster chaos in Hetai Mansion. Looking at the entire God Realm, it's rare."
Chu Ci was very modest. In fact, he had heard about it for a long time. He had just learned the name of Star Fire God from Zhuoyang not long ago, and Zhuoyang also told him about the Hetai Mansion.
"You actually know this little thing?" Xinghuo God raised his eyebrows and told the truth: "Did that boy Zhuoyang tell you?"
Chu Ci's face froze.
You're not following the rules. Shouldn't it be you who brags about me next?
Sure enough, as Zhuoyang said, he is a difficult guy to get along with.
"How is that possible?" Chu Ci laughed, turned to Qise Shen and said, "We haven't seen each other since our last trip to Wushan. You're welcome."
Qise Shen sneered and said: "I'm not like you, a busy person who changes places all day long. I stay in the God Realm all the time. If you want to see me, you can see me at any time."
Can we still have a good chat?
Chu Ci suddenly felt that these two people were sent by the gods to torture him.
Seeing Luo Jiuyou cover her mouth and chuckle at the side, Chu Ci had an idea and pulled her over to introduce her: "You must have never seen this one. Let me introduce it to you. She is the famous Poor God!"
To Chu Ci's expectation, the two of them didn't react much.
After hearing the name of the poor god, the star fire god just nodded, while the seven-color god smiled and greeted her.
This made Chu Ci a little disappointed. You must know that the name of the Poor God is known to everyone in the God Realm.
Even among the gods, there are many people who are very afraid of poor gods and will avoid them if they can.
Obviously, the God of Sparks and the God of Seven Colors are not among this group.
The atmosphere between the two parties suddenly became awkward. Xinghuoshen and Chu Ci did not know each other and had nothing to talk about.
And some familiar Qise Shen didn't know what was going on, and his attitude towards Chu Ci became much colder. The relationship between the two was not as good as the Luo Jiuyou they just met.
This made Chu Ci very sad, and he desperately hoped that Zhuoyang would come over soon. He felt that the long-lost society was in danger.
"When will that boy Zhuoyang come over?"
It happened that Xinghuo Shen also went with Chu Ci, but what he wanted was that after Zhuo Yang came over, they could start taking action.
"It will probably take another month." Chu Ci estimated the time.
"That kid isn't playing cards, is he?" Xinghuo God frowned, obviously knowing Zhuo Yang very well.