FYN Chapter 114 The Cult of the Divine Mother
Chapter 114 The Cult of the Divine Mother
Chapter 114 The Cult of the Divine Mother
When they heard that the Hoshino clan had come to investigate the whereabouts of the Divine Mother Cult, everyone below was shocked.
Unlike the Tianshan Sect, the Divine Mother Sect is a world-class terrorist organization.
When Lu Ren and Lu Youhe were young, they would occasionally hear on the news about the terrifying events that the members of the Divine Mother cult had planned.
For over three hundred years since the founding of the Great Yu Kingdom, the shadow of the Divine Mother Cult could be found in almost every disaster, man-made calamity, or even natural disaster. Every sixty years, a major movement would be launched to try to overthrow the entire feudal dynasty. The most famous of these was probably the world-destroying war more than three hundred years ago.
Moreover, these followers of the Divine Mother Cult would quickly sprout and take root elsewhere after being wiped out by the Great Yu and the gentry.
Rumors circulate that the Church of the Divine Mother has a history dating back to human dynasties, and that its presence was felt in the fall of each dynasty. Rather than an evil organization, it is more like a transformed will, a source of calamity.
"The Cult of the Holy Mothers?"
At this moment, Lu Ren looked to the side and saw that Shen Yaoxing, who was usually calm and composed, suddenly froze after hearing about the Divine Mother Sect.
The young lady's pupils contracted slightly, her breathing became a little disordered and rapid, and even the veins near her temples bulged.
The Cult of the Holy Mother has brought too much suffering to this world, making people tremble at the mere mention of it. Is the young lady afraid? No, she is angry.
To be honest, the Divine Mother Cult and the Shen family have a blood feud. About 10 years ago, the Divine Mother Cult launched a terrorist attack on the Shen family's territory.
Lu Ren did not know the reason for the attack.
In that battle, the direct descendants of the Shen family suffered heavy casualties. Four or five white-haired shamans above the Star Cocoon Realm perished. The current head of the Shen family, Shen Yanqing, who is at the Burning Sun Realm, also consumed a lot of his lifespan in that battle and is still seriously injured today. He has stepped down from the previous Xuanwu of Xingye Mansion.
Originally showing signs of becoming the eighth super clan, it was severely weakened by that battle. Even the Shen family's sacred tree was reduced to its current state of decay due to the terrifying attack by the Divine Mother Cult.
Upon hearing that it was the Divine Mother Sect, Shen Zhaozhao's aura changed instantly. Her pressure materialized, and a raging wind swept around her!
Lu Ren narrowed his eyes. Is this the Star Cocoon Realm? It's terrifying!
Shen Zhaozhao's aura became arrogant, a sinister smile on her face: "The Divine Mother Cult? Really?"
"The Celestial Master of the Surveillance Bureau predicted over 30 locations where the Divine Mother Cult would appear soon, with the Eastern Tianshan Mountains being just one of them. However, after seeing this blizzard and some other clues, the true location of the Divine Mother Cult is probably this Eastern Tianshan Mountains."
Celestial Masters are divine magicians with average combat abilities. They are all rare treasures with talents in divination and fortune-telling. These divination professions come with their own official positions, and usually, before they even awaken their talents, they will be approached by Celestial Masters from the Bureau of Astronomy.
Shen Yaoxing's "astrologer" is actually a divination profession. However, the "astrologer's" intuition is passive and cannot actively predict the future. Moreover, its effect is only within its own scope and cannot actively predict external things. Instead, it helps her to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune.
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhaozhao asked coldly, "If that's the case, why don't you report it? Are you just going to throw your lives away with only a handful of you?"
A Star Constellation Official, who would be a big shot guarding a region in the outside world, is just a nobody in Shen Zhaozhao's eyes.
After all, when it comes to dealing with the Divine Mother Cult, the Star Cocoon Realm is just filling in the gaps.
"The one that a Celestial Master could foresee wouldn't be a high-ranking figure from the Divine Mother Cult. Besides, there's something wrong with this snow; haven't you noticed? We can't get down the mountain anymore."
"Can't get down the mountain?"
Shen Zhaozhao frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
"A barrier has been set up around East Heavenly Mountain, preventing anyone below the Star Cocoon Realm from entering or leaving. If someone in the Star Cocoon Realm were to force their way out, it would inevitably disturb the person who set up the barrier."
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Zhaozhao said coldly, "This also means that even if there are members of the Divine Mother Cult plotting something here, they are probably just a few small fry, like us."
"I've reported the situation here. The nearest Xingxiu Zhengguan (official in charge of constellations) won't arrive for another day, but if they break in, they'll alert the thieves. We're currently in the mountains, which presents the best opportunity for us—"
Shen Zhaozhao grinned maliciously and said, "Lead the way!"
All professionals of the Great Yu Dynasty have an attitude of eradicating the Divine Mother Cult completely, and they harbor a deep-seated hatred for the Shen family members, wishing they could devour their flesh and drink their blood.
But at that moment, Shen Yaoxing suddenly spoke up, "Wait, wait a minute, I—"
Several people in the air all had their eyes on her, but they couldn't bring themselves to say the rest of what they wanted to say.
She was only seven years old that year, and she knew nothing about what happened that day. All she knew was that after that day, many people who only existed in her memories were gone forever.
The annoying elders, the siblings she played with, and her parents—all were left behind in yesterday.
As for her memories of that day, Shen Yaoxing only knew that the clan's territory was in complete chaos. Some people rushed forward, some ran backward, some lay motionless on the ground, some cried out, some had severed limbs, there was fire, there was blood, old and young, uncles and sisters, they lay on the ground, motionless.
Whenever the Church of the Divine Mother is mentioned, all the events that happened in the tribe that day flash before my eyes.
Lu Ren, who was standing to the side, noticed that the young lady's hands were trembling slightly. Was it anger? No, it was fear.
For Shen Yaoxing, it was a nightmare, but it was also the seed of hatred that fueled her determination to rise to a high position.
Although everyone talks about striking at the Divine Mother Cult, truly vowing to fight the Divine Mother Cult to the death, even though they are now at the Flame level, is about the same as Xiao Yan saying he would destroy the Soul Clan when he was still in Wutan City.
Lu Ren knew that although he was very close to the young lady, his family owed Shen Yaoxing too much. In essence, this was a debt of gratitude, and debts of gratitude had to be repaid.
"Will this make you feel a little more at ease?"
Shen Yaoxing was startled, then found her hand in a large palm. Turning her head, she saw Lu Ren, whose face was somewhat pale.
Shen Yaoxing took a deep breath, regaining her composure slightly, but showed no sign of letting up: "I'm fine, don't worry."
"Yes, whatever Miss wants to do, I will follow her."
"Showing off your love? I'm not watching." Ye Yaotian turned his head to look at Shen Zhaozhao: "We've been investigating in the Dongtian Mountain area for the past few days. There's a strange ritual being performed in Yanbei Village. There must be something wrong with it. Let's set off without delay."
However, before Shen Yaoxing could muster the courage to ask again if she wanted to go along, Gu Manman suddenly said, "I'll go too. I'm a member of the Gu family in Yanzhou, a master of the Fire-Renewing Realm. I should be able to help you."
Ye Yaotian looked at him, gave him a thumbs up and praised him enthusiastically: "As expected of a fine young man from the Gu family of Yanzhou, please come up, please come up. I wonder if young Gu is interested in joining my Xingye Mansion—"
Shen Yaoxing took a deep breath, and was about to say that she wanted to come along too, when Shen Zhaozhao in the air said without any room for argument, "Yaoxing, you go back to Yanxi Village first."
"No, I'm a Flame-level cultivator, and I possess powerful divine magic skills. I can help you!"
Shen Zhaozhao's attitude was very firm: "You've been in this white storm for several days, and you've just been through a battle. Your strength hasn't recovered yet, so you won't be of much help if you go."
There were only three silver-level Void Beasts, so it was supposed to be easy, but no one was seriously injured. The two teams still had to expend a lot of effort.
Moreover, having spent half a day in this eerie white storm, they had no energy left to continue fighting.
"Then why was he allowed to come with you?"
Shen Zhaozhao glanced at Gu Manman and said, "This kid hasn't put in any effort in the battles these past few days. He's just been hanging around on the sidelines, and hasn't expended any energy at all."
Shen Yaoxing was still unwilling, but she glanced at her companions, who all looked exhausted and were indeed unable to fight.
She herself had just used Medusa's Gaze four times, and her strength was almost gone, but—she was unwilling to give up!
"You're all good kids, all good kids—" Ye Yaotian was somewhat moved: "But Zhaozhao is right, you all look exhausted. You should go back and rest for now. However, if you find that we haven't returned after resting for an hour or two, you must come to Yanbei Village to find us—"
Suddenly, Ye Yaotian felt difficulty breathing. During a coughing fit, he felt an invisible rope tighten around his neck.
"Cough, cough, cough! Zhaozhao, stop, stop your supernatural powers—"
Seeing her leader looking like he was about to be hanged, the emotionless girl named Xiaoyuan said calmly, "Is this the white-haired sorcerer's curse? As expected, even sorcerers have powerful killing methods after reaching the Star Cocoon Realm."
The young man beside him also looked indifferent and said, "Shouldn't we worry about Lord Subaru? He seems to be in a lot of pain. If he dies now, we'll be in trouble too."
The other petite girl, seeing her leader like this, looked at him with surprise and anxiety: "Subaru, Lord Subaru! What's wrong with you? Come here, look at the camera—"
"Are you looking at the camera? Are we taking a group photo now? Subaru-sama looks like he's about to be strangled, right? Wait, why are you guys taking a group photo too, Tobi?"
The boy with round-framed glasses was probably the only one among the four who was worried about Pleiades, but he was also worried that he would be isolated by his companions because he didn't fit in. In the end, he and his companions huddled together next to Ye Yaotian, who was rolling his eyes and turning purple, and took a selfie with their phones.
Shen Zhaozhao was worried about Shen Yaoxing and the others, so she gave them some more instructions. She said that if anything happened to them, their help would be useless, and that reinforcements from Xingye Prefecture should arrive soon.
All they have to do is go back and recover their strength, and then wait for things to settle down.
Shen Yaoxing was unwilling, but reason and intuition told her that Shen Zhaozhao was right.
Moreover, my intuition is screaming warnings that if I go with them, it will be extremely dangerous!
She even considered telling Zhao Zhao not to do that either, but she knew it wouldn't make any difference.
"However, I think there's still one person with energy left, right?"
After Ye Yaotian lifted Shen Zhaozhao's curse, he beat his four subordinates so badly that they all crouched down in defense with their heads in their hands, and then looked down at Lu Ren.
"Hey kid, you seem to be acting strangely, but you've saved up a lot of energy. Want to come with us to take down the villains?"
Ye Yaotian is not a divine cultivator, so he cannot see other people's attributes and class classifications. However, after breaking through to the Star Cocoon Realm, each class of professionals will have a function that supplements other attributes after their attribute values are high.
For example, after breaking through the Star Cocoon Realm, the three attributes of physical strength, life force, and weapon manipulation will undergo a certain qualitative change. The qualitative change in weapon manipulation attribute brings about abilities similar to enhanced five senses, as well as perception and premonition of enemies, which are no less than the resonance application of a mentalist.
He looked down at the sickly-looking young man, and for some reason, the boy gave him a dangerous feeling.
Interesting. A genius at the Fire Realm can put himself in danger. Such a genius should be recruited to fight against the Divine Mother Cult.
Lu Ren looked up and met the gaze of the somewhat out of place, but seemingly very powerful, star constellation official.
"Me? I'm not going."
He has indeed conserved his energy very well, after all, he hasn't made a move in the past few days.
Although he really wanted to fight and go there, Dongtian Mountain was not safe at the moment, so he had to stay and protect Youhe and the young lady.
"Fear of death? Not bad, just like me."
The Pleiades star official snorted, "But I still despise you, you rat, haha! Little Kite, laugh at him with me."
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Lu Ren: "————" What a low-level provocation.
But because he was still in a state of rage and passive, he was actually provoked. Just as he was about to board the ship and follow me out of the station, the hand he was holding suddenly tightened its grip.
Lu Ren gave the young lady a reassuring look, then released her hand.
Seeing that no one was flattering him, Ye Yaotian felt that being an official was really boring. Lu Ren and the others watched them head towards Yanbei Village.
"Sister Zhao is right. The most important thing now is to go back and rest. Let's go back to Yanxi Village first."
East Tianshan Mountains, Yannan Village: "Oh my! The men are finally back!"
Amidst the wind and snow, a small team of adventurers emerged from the mountains, their faces showing exhaustion. Surprisingly, over a hundred villagers had gathered at the village entrance, their faces beaming with joy at their return.
"Old man, how many times have I told you, please don't call me 'Master'." The man leading the team gave a wry smile and touched his nose. "Just call me Xiao You."
"Oh dear, no, no, Master Long, you must be tired. Please come inside and warm up."
This team is none other than the Listen to the Dragon's Roar team, which came to Yanzhou with Lu Ren and the others.
Seeing that the other party wouldn't change their tune, the handsome Japanese man, Long You, had no choice but to smile wryly and say, "Sir, you're too kind. Besides, it's so cold outside, why aren't you all staying indoors?"
Indeed, this blizzard is very strange. The professionals feel uncomfortable staying outside, as if something is constantly eroding their strength. All two or three hundred people in Yannan Village are gathered at the village entrance, waiting for them.
"Oh, today is the day of our village's Tianshan Festival! Our ceremony is about to begin. It's perfect that you've arrived, Dragon Lord! Our Tianshan Festival is always so lively every year!"
"What a coincidence! Um, sir, what are you still doing here blocking the way?"
As Longyou and his group walked into the village, the villagers, for some reason, kept following them, gradually surrounding them completely.
The old man chuckled, and all the villagers, without anyone noticing, were staring intently at the group of over three hundred people gathered in the center, saying in unison, "Isn't this—waiting for our offerings?"
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