Looking at the formation of the team and the banner with "Tiger" written on it, Chu Lang was shocked. This was probably the team of the Divine Blood Cult Leader Chen Zuohu.
There was also a carriage in the middle of the procession with four strong horses.
The carriage is very large and wrapped in brocade, which makes it look very grand.
A burly man in front of the team shouted loudly.
"The Lord of the Divine Religion passed by, and passers-by knelt down and worshiped!"
The man's shout echoed in the wind and sand.
There were only two pedestrians on the road at this moment, a Chu Lang and a farmer pushing a cart.
The farmer was so frightened that he quickly pushed the cart to the side of the road, then knelt on the ground in panic, not daring to raise his head.
Chu Lang thought to himself, wherever the Lord Qinjiu of the Twelve Palaces passed by, the people lined the streets to welcome him. Some people knelt down to worship, and the Lord Qinjiu even asked them to stand up. When Chen Zuohu went out, the people were afraid to avoid him, and they had to kneel down and worship. It was really a formation
A sharp contrast.
No wonder the Divine Blood Cult will eventually lose to the Twelve Palaces. How can such an evil sect win the hearts of the people?
Chu Lang would not bow down to others easily.
Not to mention that Chen Zuohu is the leader of evildoers, even if he is a saint, Chu Lang will not kneel down.
Chu Lang sat down on a tree stump by the roadside.
As the team passed by, the sturdy man at the head reined in the horse's head, and the others also reined in their horses, and the team stopped.
The big man stared at Chu Lang with his bell-like eyes and shouted: "Why don't you kneel down!"
Chu Lang said neither humble nor arrogantly: "The knee is injured and stiff, and it is difficult to bend it."
The sturdy man was furious and shouted: "Then let me see if your life is tough or not!"
The man raised his riding whip and made a "snap" sound.
A whip shadow struck Chu Lang's head.
Just when the whip shadow was about to hit Chu Lang's head, Chu Lang tilted his head slightly, and the whip shadow was knocked out. Chu Lang was not afraid of offending the people of the Divine Blood Sect, so he would just walk away.
This sturdy man is no ordinary person, he is the second of Chen Zuohu's four great Vajras, the mighty Vajra.
Mang Heng used his whip to draw out the air, and immediately knew that Chu Lang's martial arts was not weak.
No matter how high Chu Lang's martial arts is, he is still in the territory of the Divine Blood Sect. He is ignorant of current affairs and dares to be disrespectful to the leader. This makes Mang Heng even more angry.
At this moment, a man's loud voice came from the carriage.
"What happened?"
"Leader, there is a boy who refuses to kneel and says that his knees are hard and difficult to bend." Mang Heng reported.
"Since he doesn't want to kneel, chop off his legs so that he won't have the chance to kneel again. If he has eyes but no eyes, what's the point of keeping eyes? Then gouge out his eyes." The man in the car spoke calmly.
He downplayed such a cruel thing, which shows his cruel nature.
Mang Heng stood up and dismounted, and a dozen Blood God Sect masters also dismounted and surrounded Chu Lang.
Chu Lang stood up and said: "I am a friend of Hu Zheng of Tianfeng Yuan. Hu Zheng invited me here and said that the Divine Blood Sect would welcome me at any time. Didn't you expect that this is how the Divine Blood Sect welcomes friends?!"
Mang Heng was about to take action, but was startled after hearing Chu Lang's words, and stopped drawing the sword.
The rest of the people also looked at Chu Lang with doubts in their eyes.
The person in the car said: "Are you really Hu Zheng's friend?"
Chu Lang said: "Yes."
The person in the car said: "Since you are Hu Zheng's friend, I will take you back. If you are not, I will torture you in public."
If it had been anyone else, he might not have dared to follow Chen Zuohu back to the Divine Blood Chief Sect without seeing Hu Zheng. If he were a little careless, the consequences would be disastrous. Chu Lang was really brave, so he readily agreed.
Mang Heng gave Chu Lang a horse.
Chu Lang followed the Divine Blood Cult team.
Chu Lang wanted to see Chen Zuohu, the great evil in the world, but it was difficult for an outsider like Chu Lang to get close to Chen Zuohu. Therefore, Chu Lang did not see Chen Zuohu along the way.
On the way, Chu Lang was also stared closely at by Mang Heng and others.
The next day, the team returned to the Divine Blood Sect.
The Divine Blood Sect is located in Tianxiao Mountain in the Cold Blood Territory.
The main church is a stone city. It is built on the mountain and is very large. Half of the stone city is built outside the mountain, and part of it extends into the mountain, making full use of the steep mountains and cliffs. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The gray-brown stone city looks like a giant beast lying on the mountainside, peeping at the plain ahead.
The city wall outside the mountain is tall and strong, surrounded by barbed wire.
In the open space of 100 feet in front of the main church, there are hundreds of workers digging trenches, laying stone arrays, and building various watchtowers. The divine blood cultists who oversee the work are constantly beating these workers with whips to make them speed up the progress.
The Divine Blood Sect is working day and night to prepare to resist the final attack of the Zodiac.
At that time, the Divine Blood Sect had four academies and eight churches, occupying more than a dozen states and having countless followers.
Nowadays, only three houses of the Divine Blood Sect are left intact. They are the Tianfeng Institute, the Tianmo Institute, and the Tianshang Institute.
The people from the three academies also withdrew to defend themselves from the chief instructor, and together with the chief instructor's people, there were nearly 3,000 people.
Three thousand people were not enough to resist the attack of the Twelve Palaces, so the Divine Blood Cult recruited people from all over the place, and also recruited young people to supplement the personnel. After patchwork, the number of people defending the Chief Cult now reached 5,000.
Among the five thousand people, except for the elite members of the Divine Blood Sect, the rest are just a mob.
Chen Zuohu's team returned to the city, and the laborers also stopped working. They fell on the ground and shouted, welcoming the leader of the cult back to the city.
The gate of Shicheng also slowly opened.
The gate of the stone city is shaped like a tiger's mouth, with a huge tiger head carved out of stone above it. When the two heavy iron doors are opened, it looks like a tiger opening its greedy mouth.
After joining the Divine Blood Sect, Chu Lang was temporarily placed in a room.
The doors and windows in the house are all made of iron.
This is the room where the Divine Blood Cult holds people under house arrest.
After all, it has not been confirmed that Chu Lang is Hu Zheng's friend, so we can only be on guard.
Mang Heng was responsible for taking care of Chu Lang. He ordered people to guard the door and prevent Chu Lang from walking around at will. He only allowed Chu Lang to move around inside the room.
Since Chu Lang is not an ordinary person, then Chu Lang is now disguised, and Mang Heng even let Chu Lang regain his true appearance.
Under the roof of others, Chu Lang didn't want to cause trouble, so he washed the stains on his face and changed into his own clothes.
Mang Heng looked at the young man in front of him who was full of energy and had a unique temperament. He said: "Dean Hu is practicing in the Divine Blood Mountain. I have sent someone to inform him. If you are not a good friend of Dean Hu, you will die very soon."
Tragic! Master Hu will be back tomorrow at the earliest. Before he comes back, you cannot leave this house. If you dare to disobey the order, you will die even worse. Do you understand?"
Chu Lang said: "I cherish my life and will not seek death on my own. Brother, can you get me a pot of strong wine? It's really cold here."
Hu Zheng's status in the Divine Blood Sect was not low. Since Chu Lang was Hu Zheng's good friend, Mang Heng had to give him some face. He complied with Chu Lang's request and sent someone to get Chu Lang a pot of strong liquor.
After Mang Heng left, he locked the iron door from the outside.
Chu Lang was no longer meddlesome. He was content with his arrival and was waiting for Hu Zheng to come back.
After all, being in the Divine Blood Chief Sect was like being in a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, so Chu Lang was very cautious. He would run the Hidden Dragon Sutra every other meal and listen to the surroundings.
Chu Lang couldn't hide the movement around him.
Even Chu Lang could hear the whispers of the guard outside the door clearly.
After dinner, since he had nothing to do, Chu Lang sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced the "Nirvana Mysterious Sutra". Chu Lang wanted to speed up the completion of the fourth level of the "Nirvana Mysterious Sutra".
But now that he is busy with many things, he can only try his best to find time to practice.
Chu Lang practiced for three hours in a row, drank half a pot of strong wine, and then went to bed to rest. In the middle of the night, Chu Lang woke up and ran the Hidden Dragon Sutra again to listen to the sounds around him.
It's late at night when everything is quiet, and Chu Lang can hear farther.
Then Chu Lang vaguely heard a hoarse and sad voice.
"Brother... I'm about to die too. I'll go underground to see you and your relatives soon. I'm really shameless to see my ancestors. Our brothers are such a complete failure... You placed all your bets on Chu Lang.
, but where is Chu Lang now? I think he is hiding and afraid to come out. Haha, God will destroy us..."