"Someone is coming." Ran Xinyue's voice suddenly came from behind.
Zhang Rongfang opened his eyes and stood up. With one step under his feet, his body flew out like a falcon and jumped down from the cliff.
When he fell in mid-air from the cliff, he stabbed his arms into the mountain wall from time to time to use the force to slow down.
At the bottom of the cliff, the goddess was leaning against the mountain wall, standing there quietly, as if admiring the moon, and as if waiting for him.
"You have to be careful. The Thousand Religions Alliance has lifted the restrictions on worshiping gods... Once the pastoral covenant of all religions becomes invalid..."
Zhang Rongfang frowned.
He was familiar with the Taoist scriptures, but he was not clear about the closed history before Da Ling. There were very few records of those eras.
But now is not the time to ask questions.
He took a few steps and quickly jumped into the dark forest on one side.
There was a large group of brown leather-armored swordsmen and axehands in the forest, moving with their faces covered and bowing.
Looking at the number, there are no less than a hundred people!
The two people leading the team were one tall and one short. The aura they exuded and the speed of blood flow in their bodies were quite frightening in dark light vision. It was obvious at a glance that they were at least super masters at the level of internal magic.
"Sure enough, we are here! It seems that we should have a big harvest this time!" The taller one laughed.
He pointed towards Zhang Rongfang. "You guys, surround him to death!
"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gray shadow flashed past him.
The smile on the man's face froze, he maintained his finger movements and grunted.
His head fell off his neck.
A large silver thread burst out and rushed towards Zhang Rongfang who pulled away.
But unfortunately it came to nothing.
The dozen sword and axemen behind him roared angrily, but they were not afraid and raised their weapons to slash at Zhang Rongfang in front of him.
But their weapons fell into vain as if they were striking at phantoms.
A gray shadow passed by them, and blood splashed out.
Zhang Rongfang's figure borrowed strength from the ground, jumped up, stepped sideways on the tree trunk, ejected down, and pounced on the other swordsmen again.
Half a minute later.
There is a lake of flesh and blood in the forest, with corpses scattered everywhere.
Zhang Rongfang shook off the blood on his hands and turned back the way he came.
This is the fifth wave to hit these days.
Some of these people are martial cultivators who take the lead in worshiping gods.
There are also leaders from powerful areas who come with disguised identities, like Taoist Qingxiao, who try to make meritorious deeds by the way.
Others are simply some small forces who want to take advantage of the opportunity to arrest people and make a fortune, and plan to arrest people and send them to some big forces to receive rewards.
Of course, it could also be a brainless cannon fodder specially sent by someone to test him.
After all, in this era, many people can't even read a single Chinese character. Being good at martial arts doesn't mean you have a high IQ.
With just a little inducement and an unequal information gap, people can come and die.
After killing the last person, Zhang Rongfang looked around and made sure there were no survivors before turning around and leaving.
Not long after, he returned to the bottom of the cliff where the goddess was standing.
"What is the pastoral covenant of all religions you just mentioned?"
He keenly felt that this thing was most likely to have a great impact on the current situation.
The goddess seemed to be distracted, but when she heard the question, she looked at him again.
"The news has just been sent that someone from the Thousand Religions Alliance has taken the lead in breaking the pastoral covenant of all religions and has lifted the restrictions on worshiping gods and warriors under his command."
"What restrictions?"
"The world... is going to be in chaos again..." The goddess lowered her head and murmured.
"You haven't answered my question yet." Zhang Rongfang said again.
"I felt something was wrong before... Now... I think about it, people will always change, but they are always the same. It's just... they are restrained." The goddess looked hazy, confused, I don’t know what I was thinking anymore.
"Are you okay?" Zhang Rongfang felt a little speechless, "Can you tell me what Wanjiao Muyue is?"
"The Wanjiao shepherd's agreement... I..." The goddess slowly came back to her senses. "That's... an agreement."
"You can tell by the name that it's an agreement. Can you finish it in one breath?" Zhang Rongfang said helplessly.
This is the kind of virtue you should behave when you are suffering from extreme illness.
Emperor Jiang is divided, Tiannu is forgetful.
I haven't seen the rest yet, but there is a high probability that they are problematic.
"That's...a promise..." The goddess's eyes were hazy, she straightened her chest, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"...." Zhang Rongfang had the urge to hit someone.
He immediately turned around and jumped up towards the top of the cliff.
Not long after, he climbed up to the top of the cliff, which was hundreds of meters away. He found Ran Xinyue who was meditating and practicing martial arts, and he directly repeated the question he just asked.
"The Ten Thousand Religions Pastoral Covenant..." Ran Xinyue heard the inquiry, "It is a special agreement established by all the divine and Buddhist forces before the Great Spirit was established in order to restrain each other from unscrupulously preying on mortals."
She explained quickly.
"Wanjiao represents all the sects at that time. Of course, there were also those who did not participate, but these were all destroyed.
The pastoral covenant refers to the agreement that needs to be observed when shepherding mortal believers.”
"...What is the specific content?" Zhang Rongfang looked solemn.
Ran Xinyue looked at him and suddenly smiled.
"Are you sure you believe what I say? After all, I am a wanted Taoist fugitive."
"I have my own judgment." Zhang Rongfang said.
"Okay." Ran Xinyue nodded, "The content of Mu Yue is very simple, that is..."
"Restrict all worshipers of gods and do not allow them to suck the brains of mortals at will to strengthen the overall spiritual line of their own sect.
This is also the source of the saying in later generations that once worshipers worship gods, all their strength will be fixed.
Because their strength is not innately unable to grow, but it is because they are no longer rewarded by the superiors."
"Suck brain marrow!?" Zhang Rongfang shrank, and instantly remembered the scene that he must experience when worshiping God - letting the silver thread pierce his eyebrows and merge into his brain.
"Yes. Actually...the reason why I joined the Counter-Time Society is because I know the truth." Ran Xinyue said softly.
"All the gods and Buddhas make a living by sucking brain marrow. The only difference is that the Great Sect is very secretive about the sucking of brain marrow from everyone, and each person takes a very small amount, and it also helps stimulate regeneration, so many people don't realize it at all.
, and it’s over.”
"The smaller the sect, the more obvious it is that they suck brains. This is also the reason why believers in many small sects will become more and more crazy after they believe in it for a long time.
Because if the brain marrow is sucked too much, it will be too late to regenerate, and it will be empty..."
"..." Zhang Rong looked stunned and was speechless for a moment.
"Are you surprised?" Ran Xinyue said with a smile, "In fact, there is no need to be surprised. In that chaotic era, believers were the foundation for worshiping gods and Buddhas, so everyone conquered each other and exterminated every believer of the other party."
"The Ten Thousand Religions Pastoral Covenant originally restricted the worship of the gods, the guardian spirits, and the generals. They cannot completely suck mortals to death at once. After all, this kind of behavior will seriously affect the foundation of gods and Buddhas."
"Later, the Mu covenant was revised again because the higher-ups discovered that as long as worshipers were allowed to freely consume mortals, uncontrollable situations would inevitably occur.
So simply no longer allowed to smoke. All the abilities of worshiping gods are directly banned and cannot be used.
At this point, the people have been able to recuperate and recuperate, and the population is increasing. In addition, after the establishment of the Great Spirit, it has continued to conquer territory from the outside and brought more and more people under its command. This has resulted in the current situation."
"Wanjiao Muyue..." Zhang Rongfang repeated the name, "In other words, worshiping gods and absorbing a large amount of brain marrow at one time can improve one's strength?"
"No, but you can absorb the brain marrow and quickly grow the gods and Buddhas enshrined by the sect. Then you can get rewards and promotions, and then your strength can be improved.
Simply worshiping gods and sucking brain marrow can only gain short-term self-recovery power.
In addition, the number of worshipers is also limited, which requires a lot of brain power every moment, so the number of worshippers each sect can afford is fixed.
Moreover, the higher the level of worship, the more brains are needed. This is equivalent to their food." Ran Xinyue replied.
She seemed a little strange.
"Don't you know this?"
"No one told me..." Zhang Rongfang shook his head.
"...Then you don't know anything, why do you still have a falling out with the Taoist Cult?" Ran Xinyue opened her eyes wide and couldn't understand.
It is precisely because of this cruel fact that the Yi Alliance has always existed.
"I... just don't want to worship God." Zhang Rongfang was silent for a moment and then replied, "There is something getting into my head and I feel unsafe."
Ran Xinyue was speechless.
This reason... is so squeamish...
"When we established the pastoral agreement, we were afraid that each other would act unscrupulously and retaliate against the mortals of the other parish, which would eventually lead to no one having anything to eat. But now... once this agreement is broken, the Lingfei Sect will inevitably come forward.
Suppress the defaulter. And if it cannot be suppressed..."
Suddenly her expression changed, as if she had thought of something.
"No! The Taoist Sect was previously taught by Yue Dewen, who used a certain method to forcibly isolate the Lingfei Sect from the lower levels. Now at this time... it is probably impossible for Lingfeitian to know about the destruction of the pastoral covenant!"
"That is to say...if this was planned from the beginning..." In an instant, Ran Xinyue's heart became cold.
Zhang Rongfang also understood the meaning.
"You mean..." His expression became shocked.
"Do you think, based on Yue Dewen's calculations, he would not know that the Thousand Sect Alliance was being forced to do something like this? He isolated Ling Feitian's induction, but he did not move... to create such a golden opportunity for others
....This is obviously to wait for the isolation time to pass, all the Buddhist sects to maximize their strength, and then challenge the Lingfei Sect together... Hiss..." Ran Xinyue understood everything instantly.
"What a cruel heart! What a vicious plan!
"Her heart felt cold.
Zhang Rongfang also understood, but his expression was solemn and he remained motionless.
"Using the lives of countless people as the price for changing the state religion...as the steps to climb to the top...I don't believe Master Yue would do this! This can never be his original intention!"
"What can't he do?" Ran Xinyue gritted her teeth, "In front of you, he is a good master, but in front of others... Why do you think Palace Master Jin Yuyan doesn't like him?"
"...Master Yue, you are not such a cruel person." Zhang Rongfang was silent for a moment, but still shook his head.
"If not, I can't think of any trump cards he has to challenge the Lingfei Sect and change the world!" Ran Xinyue replied in a deep voice. "Now it seems that there are many forces that are secretly cooperating with Yue Dewen to isolate the Lingfei Sect.
"
"All this is just speculation, I don't believe it." Zhang Rongfang said solemnly.
He thinks he is not a kind person, and he will never show mercy when killing people.
But asking him to sacrifice the lives of countless strangers just for his single-minded ambition to go one step further.
He can't do it.
Because it's too heavy.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or fails, such a plan will definitely bear countless hatred.
When you change the destiny of others, your own destiny will also be permanently changed.