Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

He left the butcher's shop and took a walk around the town.

The people in this town are definitely acting strangely; they often mutter things like, "Lord, forgive my sins."

"Lord? Isn't that from the Western Vatican?"

Thinking of this, Lin Bei's heart stirred. He suddenly remembered the two figures that appeared after the battle that night.

"Ha... I hope it's not you!"

He found an inn to stay in, and then took out the yellow paper and cinnabar he had just bought and began to draw talismans!

He used up all his remaining supplies to kill the werewolves and vampires!

By evening, Lin Bei had drawn dozens of talismans, almost all of them thunder and fire talismans.

Just then, a bell suddenly rang out in the town.

"Clang...clang...clang..."

As the bells rang, large numbers of people came out of their homes and gathered in the direction of the church.

"What are they doing?"

Out of curiosity, Lin Bei mingled with the crowd and followed them toward the east end of the street.

After walking for about ten minutes, the crowd stopped in the square in front of a small blue-brick church.

Lin Bei looked up and saw an old man in a white robe with gold trim standing on the stone steps at the church entrance, holding a silver scepter in his hand.

"It really is that old geezer."

Standing on the church steps was the same bishop of Holy Light who had observed him from the ridge that night.

Behind him stood a heavily armored knight, a broadsword planted on the ground.

A dozen knights in silver armor and seven or eight priests in black robes stood on either side of the steps.

"Damn it, what do they take Kyushu for?"

"They've even started spreading their faith here!"

Just as Lin Bei was preparing how to deal with the Holy See, the people arrived in front of the church and knelt down without any hesitation.

They clasped their hands together in front of their chests and bowed their heads, waiting for the bishop on the platform to speak.

This was something Lin Bei hadn't anticipated!

Surrounded by kneeling people, he stood there alone, a crane among chickens, extremely conspicuous!

Samuel recognized Lin Bei at a glance. His smile remained unchanged as he slowly opened his arms.

"My brothers and sisters..."

"Today we gather here to bask in the Lord's glory."

"Those who do not believe in the Lord and who hinder the Lord are heretics."

"Heretics, the devil's lackeys, poison for the soul..."

As he spoke, he pointed at Lin Bei: "Today, there is a heretic among you."

The crowd turned around in unison, countless empty eyes staring at Lin Bei.

Samuel raised his scepter and pointed it at Lin Bei: "This man is sent by the devil to bewitch you!"

"He is trying to prevent your salvation, trying to drag you back into darkness!"

Lin Bei stood there, arms crossed, watching Samuel put on a show for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Bullshit!"

Lin Bei roared, "How dare you call me a heretic?"

He then turned to look at the people and said angrily.

"Look closely, they are not here to save you, they are here to enslave you."

"They give you porridge and cure your illnesses so that you'll believe in them and obediently surrender your souls and faith!"

"The so-called sins and purgatory are just fabrications they made up to scare you!"

"They make you believe you are sinners, they make you place all your hopes on what happens after death, and they make you donate all your hard-earned money to the church... and then what?"

"What will you have left after they leave?"

"If your sins are all innate, then what difference does it make whether you pray or not?"

"If you really do ascend to heaven after death, which of you has ever been there?"

Samuel's expression changed slightly, but he maintained his smile: "Heretic! How dare you spread heresy before the Temple!"

"I'll bewitch your grandmother!"

Lin Bei pointed at his nose, "You came all the way to Kyushu to bewitch our people and spread your beliefs, and you dare to say you're acting with integrity?"

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to, trying to cause trouble in Kyushu!"

"You're not qualified..."

Samuel's smile finally crumbled.

"This person is blaspheming against the Holy Lord!"

He pointed his scepter at Lin Bei, "Brothers and sisters, capture this heretic! Purify him with the sacred fire!"

The kneeling people all stood up at once and surrounded Lin Bei.

"Burn the heretics!"

"Purify the demons!"

Thousands of people formed a large circle, trapping Lin Bei in the middle.

Lin Bei's face darkened.

These are all ordinary people who have been misled. If you actually take action against them, you will fall right into the trap set by these charlatans.

He glared at Samuel, stomped his feet on the ground, and soared into the sky.

It leaped over the heads of the crowd and landed on the eaves of a nearby house.

"You old bastard, you just wait."

Standing on the rooftop, Lin Bei looked down at Samuel. "How dare you bewitch the people of our Nine Provinces! I, the Daoist, will make you pay the price!"

Samuel looked up at Lin Bei on the roof, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"Heretics may escape for a while, but they cannot escape forever."

Lin Bei snorted coldly and disappeared from the rooftop in a few leaps.

However, he did not go far, but turned two streets and landed in a quiet alley.

He crouched in the canopy of a large locust tree, keeping a close eye on the movements in front of the church.

After Lin Bei left, the prayer continued for another half hour before it ended.

The people stood up, lined up at the side door of the church to receive coarse bread and thin porridge, and then dispersed to go home.

Samuel and Roderick went into the church, and silence returned to the area in front of the door.

Lin Bei jumped down from the treetop, brushed off the leaves, and walked towards an alley next to the square.

The third house in the alley was the butcher's house, Old Ma's. The courtyard wall wasn't high, so he simply climbed over it and went in.

When the plane landed, Old Ma was chopping wood in the yard and was startled by the noise.

"Taoist priest?"

Old Ma recognized who it was and breathed a sigh of relief. "Why didn't you use the main gate... why did you climb over the wall to get in?"

Lin Bei gestured for silence: "Old Ma, I have a question for you. Did your wife also go to church to pray?"

Old Ma's face fell: "That's right, she goes there every day, and when she comes back she just keeps talking about those foreign words. I ask her to do some work, but she won't budge."

"Call her out; I have a way to bring her to her senses."

Old Ma hesitated for a moment, but still went inside.

A short while later, he pulled out a thin woman who had her head down and was still muttering to herself.

"Lord, forgive my sins!"

"I was born a sinner!"

Lin Bei walked up to the woman, put his index and middle fingers together, and gently touched her forehead, saying:

"Lingbao Heavenly Venerable, comfort my body. My soul and five internal organs are clear and bright."

"The Purification Mantra!"

A beam of clear light seeped from her fingertips into the woman's brow, and her body trembled violently.

Then she looked up, and the emptiness in her eyes dissipated almost completely.

"Where...where am I?"

The woman looked around blankly, then at Old Ma. "Husband? How did I get here?"

Old Ma's eyes immediately reddened: "You're finally awake! You've been chanting sutras in church for half a month!"

"If you keep reading, I'll have to take a second wife!"

"You dare...?"

Lin Bei let out a long breath: "The purification spell really works. To put it bluntly, that foreigner's bewitching power is to seduce people's minds. As long as the mind returns to its proper place, the person will be sober."

The old man pulled his wife to kowtow to Lin Bei, but Lin Bei stopped him, saying, "Don't kowtow, just get this over with quickly."

"I have to go to other houses tonight. If you trust me, tomorrow you should invite all the neighbors you know and come to each house one by one."

"But I have one condition: we absolutely cannot alert the enemy."

"Rest assured, Taoist Master..."

Old Ma patted his chest and said, "I understand."

Lin Bei nodded, turned and left the courtyard, disappearing into the night.