1016: Chapter 628 1016: Chapter 628 Miss Zheng, on this day, she and her sisters came to deliver a meal together, but they did not see that illustrious visitor open the door, and they have been waiting until it got dark!
Then they left disappointed, and the Zheng Family held another family meeting, unsure whether their family’s illustrious visitor had left!
The old woman with a face like gilded purple later called for a doctor again, but still couldn’t cure her illness; lying on the bed delirious and babbling about ghosts, she would then go mad and shriek loudly!
Eryao used Invisibility to enter the Taoist Temple, where it felt even more glittering and magnificent than the city’s Taoist Temple before!
It was merely a Taoist Temple for worshiping, built like an Imperial Palace – why was it so grand?
The deities worshiped in the temple weren’t like those in other Taoist Temples that might put on a pretense; here, it was Three Pure Ones.
The statue of deity he saw here was different.
It was as if the Illusion was specially designed; others knelt before the golden body of the Three Pure Ones, but in reality, it was designed to be an Illusion.
The sculpted golden body had a hint of an Evil Sect, invisible to the eyes of mortals.
The grand hall housed a golden body statue, with smaller Wooden Tokens and statues, resembling the grander statue in appearance!
In this hall, there were many devotees, all lining up to kneel and make Wishes!
With such bountiful incense, they all came to make Wishes, it’s said that wishes made here were fulfilled, but how were they satisfied?
In addition to donating money to the Taoist Temple, there was also a small price to pay; there were Taoist priests inside, specifically responsible for granting devotees who made Wishes a Wooden Token golden body to take home and worship!
No one felt anything amiss, simply because the temple’s reputation was significant, and people came with needs!
Eryao sensed something strange, as in the previous Taoist Temple, though it let people make Wishes, after making a Wish, they were gifted with a Spirit Infant to be impregnated, without giving them a golden body token; if one did not understand, they might think these were from different organizations!
But she saw that statue’s golden body, and as he searched through the many Taoists, wherever money was kept, there would be a small Wooden Token, identical to the ones given to those who made Wishes, as well as the golden statue in the main hall!
Could this be the statue of Guandi?
Could this place be the headquarters of the Guandi Cult?
Eryao felt that coming here was right; there must be secrets here unknown to her, and she was determined to unearth them.
As a Divine Dragon, he had that Pride to summon Heavenly Thunder and obliterate these god-playing tricks!
However, she couldn’t tip them off; having just observed this situation, he needed to report it to his master.
Jiang Tang had already flown the Flying Artifact to another country; during the day, he could claim he had crossed oceans.
How so?
He was in another country by the sea, traveling by ship, flying in the sky — in this era, there were no airplanes, no one competed for this work!
Crossing the ocean wasn’t that simple, except for merchants taking risks for business; they might cross oceans to transport goods, there must be significant benefits to take such risks!
The risks weren’t limited to the waves; the sea wasn’t just about wind filling sails; there could be reefs or mighty sea monsters as well, and maybe pirates too!
Jiang Tang had already stationed the Flying Artifact high above in another country, flying unhesitantly to another – he trusted Eryao’s abilities; whatever needed to be handled in that country, she would handle it, and with just one message, it wouldn’t take a day before he flew back!
To fly the Flying Artifact from this country to the other didn’t even require a whole day, so the search began from the farthest country!
Despite being millions of miles away, he could still receive Eryao’s messages – obviously, because they shared a Contractual Bond, allowing them to sense each other!
It was also due to their own Great Power that they could sense each other from even greater distances – this was the wonder of their Contract’s power combined with their own!
When Jiang Tang heard about Eryao’s report, he realized the truth: Buddhism worshiped a Wooden Token; thus, destroying those tokens and taking care of people exuding Evil Qi was the goal.
He hadn’t thought of killing, but he could use a Magic Artifact to take care of the Guandi Cult’s followers.
Initially, he thought of bringing them into the Hell Palace to give them a chance for Punishment.
Just a few days ago, he had learned that bringing Evildoers into the Hell Palace didn’t necessarily result in Punishment; it was more like imprisoning them, possibly frightening those with lesser ability!
Evil with abilities entering might even grow stronger – that was not his wish!
Considering the pros and cons, he felt it would be better to remove the Wooden Tokens, cleanse their Evil Qi, and erase the memories in their minds.
Whether they could turn away from Evil would then depend on their nature.
If they’ve committed many misdeeds, then those key figures were to be brought into the Hell Palace!
Jiang Tang knew that the help he provided others in this Eternal Star was out of his kindness, there was no such thing as gratuitous favor!
Perhaps the Merit Power gained from doing good deeds would help him in the future!
What he sought to accomplish with the Mending Heaven was not so easily done, otherwise, he wouldn’t still be looking for the Heaven-Mending Spell now!