The crowd dispersed and everyone looked out, only to see a handsome male wearing a white robe smiling lightly, followed by dozens of handsome male orc warriors.
"The high priest... is the high priest..."
The crowd immediately exploded.
"Really the high priest!"
"See the High Priest..."
Everyone saluted quickly.
In addition to being the high priest of their Netherworld Empire, this priest is also the most powerful priest in the entire Shifang Continent!
Mo Qian did not refuse their salute, raised his hand to signal them to stand up, and then smiled: "Everyone, thank you for your hard work coming from a long way!"
"No hard work, no hard work..."
"Your Majesty has issued a summons order. As members of the Netherworld Empire, we must strictly abide by your Majesty's orders!"
Some orcs who had never seen the high priest waved their hands in flattery, while some who had met him before were relatively calm.
In the past few days, the number of orcs who came from various tribes was almost complete. There were almost a thousand people. The people who came to meet them temporarily placed them in a temporary straw shed at the entrance of the empire. Fortunately, the weather was fine.
, there is no wind or rain, and delicious and unique food is supplied to them for days, and there are imperial soldiers guarding them. Their life is no worse than that of the tribe, and their food and use are even much better than that of the tribe! I just want to enter
Tribe, only after verification of identity.
Now that the high priest is here, it means that they can enter the empire after verifying their identity today!
Sure enough, the high priest announced the next sentence.
"A team of one hundred people, please line up first, and you can enter after we verify your identity!"
"beep……"
A long horn sounded, loud and clear, resounding throughout the sky.
The words were passed to the back one by one, and everyone began to line up according to the order.
The team of thousands of people spontaneously lined up in a short time and was divided into ten columns. Each column had a dedicated person responsible for verifying the identity of the visitor.
"Name, and which tribe do you come from?"
The visitor told the truth one by one.
The orc responsible for verification nodded: "Totem?"
Hearing this, the male slightly uncovered the animal skin clothing on his chest. On his chest was a totem of an ink-colored Nether Leopard that was galloping and roaring toward the sky.
There are several steps to owning a totem. First, the tribe must agree to join the empire, and then the high priest will hold a ceremony to pray, report to the beast god, and verify the personality and strength of the tribe leader. Only then can the tribe leader be qualified to grant imperial totems to others.
, using bone needles and special herbal juice to pierce the totem on a certain part of the body, and the person who is awarded the totem must be someone recognized by the tribe leader, and his character is not much different.
Therefore, anyone with a totem on their body should be an orc whose tribe leader agrees to join the empire!
"What if the tribe leader betrayed?" Xuan Ming asked after hearing Mo Qian's explanation.
Mo Qian chuckled and shook his head.
Xuan Ming frowned and glanced at him: "What do you mean by shaking your head? Aren't you afraid that the tribe leader will betray the empire and recruit people wantonly?"
Mo Qian said: "Shake your head, it means they can't betray!"
"Impossible?" Xuan Ming raised his eyebrows, "How could it be? Nothing is impossible in this world!"
"Any tribe leader who has accepted the baptism ceremony is equivalent to handing over his life to the empire. If they are still attached to the empire, they can be safe, but if they have a rebellious heart, the totem tattooed on them will
It will happen and kill them..."
Xuan Ming said clearly: "No wonder..."
If it were him, he would definitely choose to follow the huge empire and use its prestige to show off!
But it’s strange that this totem is so powerful? How can it kill them?
Xuan Ming stepped forward, touched his chin, and stared at an orc totem for a long time.
"Well...there's nothing strange about it..."
The orc had his chest open and was a little panicked by him staring at his chest: "This... sir... is there any problem?"
The wind blows, and my chest feels cool...
He swallowed: "There should be no problem with my totem, right?"
Xuan Ming raised his eyes, his narrow purple eyes full of confusion: "No problem... I'll just take a look..."
The male nodded blankly: "Oh... look, let's see..."
It feels strange for a male to be stared directly at the chest by a male, right?
Although this adult is very good-looking, he is not interested in males...
Xuan Ming stared at it for a while, but couldn't see anything strange, so he lost his patience.
He walked back to Mo Qian, looking boredly at the people around him who were going back and forth to verify their identities. After their identities were verified, they were taken into the empire.
Tsk, why don't Feng Xi and that phoenix come out? It's been more than half a month, and he has already removed most of the grass in the wheat field!
Huh, it's good for the two of them. It's so leisurely to stay in the space. After all, he is a half-dragon who has practiced for more than five hundred years, but he has to pull weeds in the fields for them, a group of mortals, under the bright sun!
"Hey, you, come with me to the wheat fields this afternoon!" He said to Mo Qian rudely.
Mo Qian curled his lips: "Why?"
Xuan Ming suddenly became irritable and pointed at him: "Hey, let me tell you, I am pulling those weeds for you in the hot weather just to let you eat that morsel of food! You are so free, why can't you help me?"
People around him looked at him sideways.
I wonder who this gentleman is, who dares to talk to the high priest like this?
Xuan Ming doesn't care about their mortals! He is not a mortal and is too lazy to abide by those broken rules! In the past, he was a snake in that big mountain, doing whatever he wanted and eating whatever he wanted. How could he live in such a tiny place like now?
There was only so much food in the big stone house, which was not enough to fill his teeth. He had to face the loess and back to the sky on a hot day to earn a morsel of food for people like them!
Is it easy for him?
I touched my face and found that even the skin on my face was no longer slippery these days...
He was so angry!
When Mo Qian saw him scolding him irritably, he smiled instead of being angry: "When did I get free time? Besides, wasn't the person tending the wheat field accidentally injured by you and the Divine Envoy? Didn't you have to take the blame?
"
Xuan Ming's long eyebrows trembled in anger: "That Phoenix! It was obviously two people who caused the trouble, why do you need me to compensate for it? Why can she follow Feng Xi to stay lazy in her...that other place?
?”
He folded his arms, had a cold face, and his purple eyes were full of condemnation.
Mo Qian glanced at him and sighed: "That's all, I'm going to help you today! After all, you are also earning food for us, aren't you?"
Xuan Ming showed a look of satisfaction on his face and chuckled: "That's right!"
There was a sudden noise in the queue in front, and Mo Qian said to Jin Ming beside him: "Go and see, what happened?"
After a while, Jin Ming brought the person over: "To the high priest, this person does not have a totem on his body. Logically speaking, he cannot enter the empire!"
He pointed at a thin male orc standing beside him with his head lowered.
It was Can Ling from before, and the other person beside him was Qiye.
Qiye looked up at the high priest nervously, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Here's the high priest, Can Ling has been living in our tribe since he was a child, just because he is weak and can't stand the thorn totem.
The concoction is irritating, and there is no medicine given by the empire, so I haven’t gotten the totem tattooed for a long time.”
Mo Qian nodded.
Some orcs are naturally weak and cannot stand the stimulation of the concoction, and some may even suffer from illness and die. Generally, the empire will provide special medicine for such orcs.
It's just that in the four years since their empire was established, they have never encountered an orc with this kind of physique. The person who made medicine before was always the partner of Granny Maya, who has been dead for three years, so they ignored this.
a little.
"Why didn't you say a word?" Xuan Ming asked.
Can Ling raised her eyes and pointed at her throat.
Qiye next to him answered on his behalf: "Sir, Can Ling was born mute and cannot speak."
"Can't speak?"
Can Ling nodded.
"Are there any other orcs who have not been tattooed with totems for this reason?" Mo Qian asked other people in charge.
Then, three more orcs were brought over one after another, all of whom did not get totems because of this. However, their companions confirmed that they had been living in their tribe since childhood, so there should be no problems.
After hearing this, Mo Qian thought for a while.
It would not be good to let them go back now. It is indeed dangerous to be alone on the road.
"Please high priest, please let Can Ling stay temporarily, or let him stay in the hut here first!" Qiye hesitated for a long time, but finally stepped forward and spoke.
Cang Ling bent down and bowed to Mo Qian, then bowed.
"That's all, let's keep it for now. By the way, I'll give you the medicine after a while so you can tattoo the totem on it."
"Thank you High Priest!"
"Thank you, High Priest..."
The three people and Qiye thanked him gratefully, and Can Ling bent down and bowed to him again.
Mo Qian raised his hand and asked the escort to take them away.
After they left, he called Chi Yue over and whispered in Fu Er: "During this period, I will keep an eye on them to make sure they are fine. If there is any accident, the empire's things will never be allowed to be leaked! Understand.
?"
Chiyue nodded and agreed.
Xuan Ming, who has a good ear, raised his lips when he heard this: "Tsk, tsk... It seems that you are not a good person..."
Mo Qian turned to him and smiled: "When did I say that I am a good person?"
Xuan Ming glared at him angrily.
This person smiles like this every day and is not afraid of getting stiff?