A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 229 Xia Mi: Oh no, they're coming for me!

"What, it's closed?" Xia Mi, who was wearing a ring and skipping around as she walked, was clearly in a good mood, but she was still taken aback when she saw that the old temple in the mall was locked.

Although Xu Lie didn't know what had happened, he quickly divined that it was related to Chen Motong and the Chen family.

No, how is this related to Chen Motong again? Xu Lie just performed a divination for Chen Motong, and now the Old Temple is involved with Chen Motong again?

"Is it a holiday for the New Year? That can't be right." Xia Mi stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Is anyone home? Zhou, the temple keeper?"

Soon, the sound of footsteps could be heard from inside, and a moment later the door was slightly opened.

Zhou Minping was rather cautious, peeking through the crack in the door to observe the outside. Only when she saw Xu Lie and Xia Mi, the two newly converted believers, did she feel relieved and slightly open the door: "Why are you here?"

Xia Mi and Xu Lie frowned together. Through the open door, they could see a clue: the interior of the old temple seemed to be somewhat damaged.

Besides Zhou Minping, there were several other people inside, and Zhou Minping was not in good condition; her face was pale and she looked weak.

Even on the right cheek, a scratch is clearly visible, with some scabs showing.

Xu Lie frowned immediately. It was obvious that his church was being targeted, but why did the divination result show that it was related to Chen Motong?
It can't be that Chen Motong is looking for trouble at the old temple.

"What exactly happened?" Xia Mi asked faster than Xu Lie. "Zhou Temple Master, don't worry. As you know, we are both students in the preparatory class, we are both mixed-race, and we have joined the church."

"We will definitely help if you need anything."

Hehe, Xia Mi doesn't really care about the church, but since she has the opportunity to do someone a favor, she chooses to do it. That way, she can ask Zhou Minping for news about Huang Tao later.

Having accepted the favor, Zhou Minping couldn't very well refuse, could she? Even if she didn't know, she should at least ask the church's higher-ups for her, right?

“Even if you hadn’t asked, I would have told you. You are a fellow believer who was able to see my Lord on your first prayer. How could I hide it from you?” Zhou Minping opened the door wide and made way for her: “Come in first and we’ll talk.”

Xia Mi and Xu Lie entered, and Zhou Minping gave a brief introduction to both sides. The strangers were all members of a collateral branch of the Zhou family, and the two sides were familiar with each other. Only then did Zhou Minping explain the whole story.

Speaking of the Chen family, who have long occupied the capital, it is unclear why they suddenly went mad and sent out a large number of mixed-race people in an attempt to drive out all mixed-race forces for the sake of the Gattuso family.

In the Chen family's view, the Old Temple was an external force built by the Zhou family, so of course they would not let the Old Temple go.

Fortunately, the old temple only had one temple keeper, so the Chen family symbolically sent two mixed-race individuals.

Zhou Minping, who only had the skills of an apprentice, relied on his mixed-race heritage to fight and drive away two Chen family mixed-race individuals in a chaotic battle in order to protect the old temple, even at the cost of injury.

Then several members of the Zhou family came to help Zhou Minping heal his wounds and, incidentally, to protect the old temple.

After saying all this, Zhou Minping also took the initiative to comfort Xu Lie and Xia Mi: "You don't need to worry, news has come from the family."

"We have already reached an agreement with many mixed-race forces to join forces for revenge. It seems that the Chen family will be destroyed soon. It's just a pity that we can't entertain the believers today."

Several members of the Zhou family nearby quickly chimed in, "Brother Ping, we have already arranged for someone to bring in building materials. We will definitely be able to repair the temple before tonight."

"My family also asked me to bring funds here to see if there's anything we need to supplement. Ping, just let me know."

"No matter what, we can't delay the offerings to the Heavenly Venerable."

Zhou Minping smiled, silencing their chaotic chatter: "Alright, alright, didn't the family send a letter saying they were going to annihilate the Chen family?"

“If there is no letter, I will definitely ask you to provide funds to hire someone to retaliate. The Chen family will have to pay the price for daring to offend my Lord’s old temple.”

"But now it seems that we just need to guard the temple. The family and other major forces will all take action."

Xu Lie roughly understood why the divination had revealed a connection to Chen Motong.

It was nothing more than Chen Motong targeting the Chen family, driving the family head mad. In his madness, the family head issued an outrageous expulsion order, which unexpectedly affected the Old Temple.

This is normal. Chen Motong is focused on the Chen family head, so when the Chen family head gives orders, his subordinates are not affected by Chen Motong.

Therefore, they wouldn't avoid any forces outside the Gattuso family, which naturally included the Old Days Church. Although it was an accidental spillover, all the major hybrid factions were attacked by the Chen family and knew they had to get revenge. How could the Old Days Church remain indifferent?

It seems the plan needs to be changed temporarily.

Xu Lie's deep eyes swept over the broken pieces scattered on the ground. These were all items from the old temple that had been smashed by the Chen family's mixed-race members.

They secretly contacted Bao Lie, requesting his cooperation in making certain arrangements.

While Xu Lie was busy, Xia Mi asked the question she was most curious about: "You just said that many mixed-race forces have come to the capital?"

"Why is everyone here for the New Year? Is it just for no reason?"

Xia Mi had wanted to ask this question for a long time. The preparatory class suddenly summoned students back to school for a banquet, saying it was to entertain the principal and others from the Kassel main campus.

But why Angers and the rest of the main staff came here, the preparatory school leaders didn't say.

Now it seems that not only Kassel, but also various mixed-race forces from all over the world have come. What exactly happened to attract so many people?

Zhou Minping didn't try to hide anything: "For the sake of the King of Earth and the Mountain, they all want to come and slay the dragon to obtain the Dragon King-level Dragon Bone Cross."

Xia Mi nodded knowingly. Oh, so they all came here because they knew I was in the capital.

No, no!

Xia Mi nodded three times, then immediately switched to shaking her head from side to side! Shaking! Shaking violently!
Why do so many forces know she's in the capital? And why are they all after her?
Xia Mi was very confident. Over the years, she had always been cautious and had never used the Dragon King's abilities.

They were hidden so well, how could they still be discovered?
It doesn’t make sense!

If we're talking about someone leaking information, in Xia Mi's mind, the only person who could possibly be the one who leaked it is Huang Tao.

But that doesn't make sense either. In Xia Mi's conjecture, Huang Tao is most likely a member of the Old Church. If Huang Tao is the White King or another Dragon King, there's no reason for him to let Fenrir go.

She herself is the Dragon King, and she understands her brothers and sisters' thoughts best. In order to survive the apocalypse when the Black King will eventually return, the Dragon Kings must devour the Dragon Bone Cross.

If Huang Tao were the Dragon King, why wouldn't he eat Fenrir's dragon bone cross? And why would he even help heal Fenrir?

But Huang Tao is not a dragon; rather, he is a member of the old church. Why would he leak secrets?
If he wanted to kill Fenrir, he could have done it long ago. Why leak the secret and attract so many people?

Because of a lack of information, Xia Mi's brain is about to explode from thinking, but she still can't come up with an answer.

At that very moment, everyone in the temple could hear faint fluctuations emanating from the symbol above, representing the Heavenly Venerable of Blessing and Prosperity.

Before their eyes, they could almost see the gray fog boiling!
They could clearly hear the decrees issued by the 'Celestial Venerable'.

One could sense that strange, eerie, and subtly angry divine power: "Punishment, punishment of sinners who offend the former believers."

"!" Zhou Minping and several other members of the Zhou family's collateral branches immediately lowered their heads excitedly, accepting the divine decree with piety and respect.

For the Zhou family members, every few weeks they prayed and they would always see the phantom of the Heavenly Venerable.

The entire family has come to deeply appreciate the greatness of the past.

The survival-of-the-fittest principle ingrained in mixed-race individuals meant that they submitted the moment they saw the illusory image of the Celestial Venerable.

Gradually, they came to regard the Celestial Venerable as their true faith, rather than as a strange deity who helped their family gain benefits.

"In accordance with your will, we pay homage to the Heavenly Venerable of Blessing and Prosperity!"

This was arranged by Xu Lie to be done by Bao Lie. Even if the members of the old church in the capital were not in the old temple, the corresponding phantom would appear in their minds, demanding that they punish the Chen family.

This naturally included Chu Zihang and others.

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