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Chapter 157 The Baiyuan Cult! Lin Yi: When did I become a Saintly Monarch?
Open your eyes again.

Lin Yi heard a series of uniform chants.

At the same time, a strange and wonderful fragrance wafted to their noses.

This fragrance has a calming and soothing effect, bringing peace of mind.

I could no longer muster any motivation.

"The abyss is vast and boundless..."

"The Emperor's might is overwhelming..."

"We are all suffering..."

"Life is like duckweed..."

"Please, Your Majesty, descend upon this world..."

"All realms pay homage...!"

"The abyss is vast and boundless..."

……

As Lin Yi listened to the neat and rhyming chants, he, who had just woken up, suddenly felt his eyelids grow heavy again and he was about to fall asleep.

However, the next moment, Lin Yi forced himself to stay alert.

After all, he is a mage.

The main stat to allocate is Spirit.

Nature's resistance to this type of hypnotic effect is much stronger than that of others.

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and observed his surroundings.

He found himself on an altar.

The altar was very large, comparable to the school square of Shenxiao.

The altar was decorated with all sorts of strange and intricate patterns, so much so that just one glance at them could make one feel dizzy.

Thousands upon thousands of torches were planted around the altar.

The torches burned with a ghostly blue flame, and the strange fragrance wafted from these burning torches.

Outside the altar, a large group of people, dressed in blue robes with flame patterns tattooed on their chests, knelt in a dark mass.

These people bowed and kowtowed three times and nine times, their expressions devout.

Those unified chants came from their mouths.

Lin Yi felt a chill run down his spine.

Turn your gaze back to the altar.

He discovered that there were many others in the same situation as him.

These people were all dressed in the standard uniforms of the Great Xia Great Wall Army, and were also bound to the altar, kneeling with their knees bent.

They all bowed their heads and closed their eyes, seemingly completely hypnotized by the chanting and the strange fragrance.

Lin Yi was startled.

Aren't these the reinforcements they were preparing to bring to the rescue?

Besides the reinforcements, which numbered a thousand, Lin Yi also saw several people dressed in black and wearing masks, tied together with another group of people.

The corpse collector of Shenxiao...

Hmm, those few with gray hair are probably the experts who came to retrieve this dungeon.

Fortunately, they didn't die.

They were just brought here and hypnotized.

Or perhaps, those masked Shenxiao corpse collectors weren't actually hypnotized; they seemed to be pretending to be asleep...

As Lin Yi pondered, his eyelids grew increasingly heavy, and just as he felt himself about to drift off to sleep again.

A cool sensation shot straight up from his toes to the top of his head, clearing Lin Yi's mind and making him completely awake!

The purification effect is amazing, it works every 10 seconds!
With the fruit of immortality, nothing can hold me back for more than 10 seconds.

But where exactly is this?

Is this a cult gathering?

boom--! !

Just then, a terrifying roar suddenly resounded in this huge underground space.

Then, Lin Yi saw an invisible, enormous sword aura sweep across the area below the altar, and wherever the sword aura passed, countless heads of cultists rolled to the ground.

Even so, those cultists who were not killed by this strike seemed oblivious to the corpses and blood of those around them.

He continued to kowtow and bow repeatedly, chanting those same few words over and over.

Lin Yi's eyes flickered, and he saw a figure covered in blood and wounds fly out.

Shi Yi held a sword in his right hand, surrounded by a total of 12 flying swords.

The flying sword hummed and vibrated incessantly, as if it possessed a spirit.

"You think your underhanded methods are enough..."

"Can you trap me?"

"The heretical cult of Baiyuan, come and meet your death!"

Shi Yi said coldly.

He raised his sword with his right hand, pointing it at a spot behind Lin Yi.

Then, the twelve flying swords, like swimming dragons, flew through the large group of cultists.

The sword light was chilling, and the sword energy crisscrossed!
Lin Yi could see the shocking sword marks etched on the walls of the entire underground cave. Shi Yi, with unparalleled momentum, transformed into a streak of light and flew towards a spot behind Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was fixed to the stone pillar and could not see what was behind him at all.

But suddenly a voice rang in his mind.

"Why are you so late?"

Lin Yi's heart stirred.

That's Nangong Ling's voice.

He tried to communicate with Nangong Ling in his mind.

"Senior, what brings you here?"

Nangong Ling was indeed able to hear the telepathic messages that Lin Yi had sent her.

She chuckled softly: "The little guy you sent to be in my group was reckless and stepped into the trap array."

"Based on the principle of not taking action unless absolutely necessary, I naturally followed suit and stepped in as well."

"It seems these Baiyuan cultists don't intend to kill us, but rather to use us as sacrifices, hehe!"

Lin Yi was speechless.

You're really AFK and slacking off!
"Senior, are the others alive? Did they all step on the trap and get teleported in?"

"They're all alive, and your beautiful summon, which even makes me a little jealous, is right behind you, hehe, so you can't see it."

"I never expected that there would be such a small group of Baiyuan cultists in this place. It's quite surprising."

"What kind of organization is the Baiyuan Sect?" Lin Yi asked.

"Well, how should I put it..."

"Simply put, it's exactly what it sounds like: a cult that worships the abyss."

“These people exist in every country on Earth.”

"They believe that the abyss is the true destination, and that sinking the entire world of Earth into the abyss is the true salvation for humanity."

"Therefore, they choose to worship a demon king or demon emperor from the abyss, or even a demon god."

"And by using sacrifices, they communicated with the abyss in order to seek the arrival of their holy lord on the blue planet to save them from their suffering."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi understood.

This is just like ETO and the Adventists from The Three-Body Problem.

Faced with an extremely powerful foreign invading force, they chose to betray their own civilization and side with the enemy.

Indeed, it is impossible for complex creatures like humans to be completely united and monolithic.

The world of Earth is nothing more than this.

"Junior, what are you going to do?"

"Should we kill them all?"

"You should be able to do it, right? But have you noticed that these cultists might not be the real masterminds behind this mission?"

"Found."

"These cultists captured us and the reinforcements who came to ask for help in order to sacrifice them to the evil god they worship."

"So they always capture them alive."

"But that contradicts killing the Great Wall troops stationed on the border."

"The one who killed those Great Wall soldiers was someone else."

Nangong Ling smiled and said, "Yes, junior is really smart."

Lin Yi felt ashamed. He had the [Touch of Reincarnation], so he knew the answer. By working backward from the process, he could naturally arrive at this conclusion.

Just as the two were talking.

Lin Yi heard another muffled rumble.

Then came the sound of metal breaking.

Shi Yi coughed up blood and his body was charred black, as if he had suffered severe burns.

He flew backward and crashed into the altar in front of Lin Yi.

At the same time, a gentle male voice rang out.

"I originally intended to preserve the bodies of you sacrificial offerings intact, so that His Majesty the Holy King could enjoy the sweetest sacrifices..."

"But since you have so blasphemed the Holy Sovereign, I have no choice but to punish you lightly as a warning..."

It appeared along with the voice.

He was a handsome man dressed in a red robe, with a gentle and refined demeanor.

The man flew through the air, stretching out his hands, his eyes filled with fervor.

"You should feel honored to be offered as sacrifices to the Holy Emperor Yan..."

"Witness His glory, bask in His grace, and you will be overjoyed...!"

next moment.

The true appearance of the Yan Emperor, as described by the man, appeared as if projected onto a screen.

The moment Lin Yi saw the projection, his heart skipped a beat.

Nangong Ling, standing behind him, also froze for a moment.

Then he actually burst out laughing.

"Junior, I never imagined you were the Holy King of this Baiyuan Cult..."

(End of this chapter)