With an intimidating look on her face, Wen Lingjiao said to Yu Mei: "Yu Mei, you are after all a disciple of my Holy Church. Do you still remember these rules?" After saying that, she stared at Yu Mei, as if she had seen through him.
Yu Mei had been in Jiangnan for some time. Although he had been used to being a tyrant, he was afraid that his identity would be exposed. When he heard Saint Wen Lingjiao's direct questioning, he immediately lost his temper and answered with a stammer: "Disciple knows... I know my crime..."
"No, you don't know your crime!" Wen Lingjiao retorted mercilessly, "If you knew your crime, you would know what it is to amass wealth for your own benefit! If you knew your crime, you would know what it is to forge the Holy Order of the Sect Leader! If you knew your crime, you would know what it is to impersonate the Sect Leader! Why don't you kneel down in front of me!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Mei knelt down on the ground without hesitation, muttering something inaudible, but the ground was soaked with the sweat from his face.
"What! This Lord Yu is fake?"
"Is the Lord of the Yu Temple a fake? Is the Holy Mandate also a fake?"
"Are they all fake? Was all the money I donated embezzled by this Yu guy?"
When the believers in the audience saw this scene, they immediately started whispering to each other, and the entire hall of Baoqing Temple suddenly became extremely noisy.
Wen Lingjiao waited for the noise below the altar to die down before she shouted, "Silence!"
Although her voice was not loud, her tone was extremely firm and confident. When the people in the audience heard it, they immediately quieted down.
Seeing this, Wen Lingjiao smiled with satisfaction, pointed at Yu Mei who was kneeling on the ground, and ordered: "Come here, take this traitor down for me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Zhou, Wu, Zheng and Wang quickly stand up and step onto the altar, eager to press Yu Mei to the ground.
Seeing Yu Mei surrender like this, Yin Tai, who was standing below the altar, became anxious and shouted something incoherent at the Japanese people on the altar.
The Japanese screamed in unison, and immediately drew the Japanese swords at their waists. They took a step forward and chopped Zhou, Wu, Zheng and Wang into eight pieces in total. Blood gushed out from the broken limbs and spilled into the blazing flames in the white porcelain jar, making a terrifying "squeaking" sound.
Most of the believers below the altar were ignorant civilians, or unscrupulous businessmen who had never seen such a bloody scene. They were frightened speechless, staring with their eyes wide open, their minds blank.
Wen Lingjiao was also stunned.
She has always been the one who has the final say in the Tianzun Sect. She has dealt with many high-level backbones such as the altar master, and they were all silent, and no one dared to resist. But she did not expect to encounter such trouble today. Although she can still remain calm, she is at a loss in her heart.
Qiu Yizhi had experienced life and death several times, and knew that Yin Tai in front of him had reached the point of being mad. If he really ordered those Japanese pirates to kill without blinking an eye, he and Wen Lingjiao would definitely be beheaded. Even if Yin Tai showed mercy and only detained the two, there would be endless troubles.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi quickly reached out and pulled Wen Lingjiao over, pulling her to hide behind a large wooden box, then took out a few paper bags from his arms and threw them into the white porcelain vat. These paper bags contained explosives that he had prepared on the spot.
The explosives were ignited by the fire inside the porcelain jar. Suddenly, a white light flashed, and the entire porcelain jar was blown into pieces by the violent explosion.
Qiu Yizi and Wen Lingjiao were hiding behind a large wooden box. They were both shocked by the violent impact of the explosion. They were unable to breathe and almost fainted.
They finally came to their senses and cautiously poked their heads out from behind the wooden box, only to see that several Japanese on the altar had been blown to pieces; Yu Mei was also hit in the abdomen by a piece of flying white porcelain. He lay flat on the ground with his hand covering the wound, but blood with bubbles oozed from his mouth.
Looking at the Tianzun followers below, they were already in chaos. Everyone wanted to rush out of the hall, but the door had been locked tightly from the outside. Nearly two hundred followers were like two hundred ants in a palm-sized crucible, running around in circles.
Seeing the chaos in the hall, Qiu Yizi quickly said to Wen Lingjiao, "This is the signal that Mr. Lin and I agreed on. When he hears the explosion from afar, he will send someone to help us. Let's exit the hall from the back door!"
Wen Lingjiao saw that although not many of the Tianzun followers were injured by the gunpowder explosion, many were injured by trampling on each other. She softened her heart and flatly rejected Qiu Yi's words: "Look at them. If no one calms people down, I don't know how many more casualties there will be... It's all your fault. You could have just sent the signal, but why made such a big fuss!"
Qiu Yizi saw Wen Lingjiao looking at him with angry eyes, full of love and pity. He didn't know where he got the courage from, but he immediately gave up the idea of running away. He suddenly had an idea, stepped forward, and shouted loudly: "Disciples, be quiet! The Saint Maiden has shown her divine power, using magic to kill the Japanese pirates and seriously injure the traitor Yu Mei! You have helped our Holy Church to defend itself from foreign aggression and maintain domestic stability. All disciples should kneel down and thank you!"
After Qiu Yizhi shouted like this, the Tianzun believers who were originally in a mess and at a loss really listened to his orders and knelt down one after another, chanting: "The power of the Holy Goddess! The power of the Holy Goddess! The power of the Holy Goddess!"
After they knelt and prayed like this, order was finally restored in the main hall of Baoqing Temple.
Qiu Yizhi felt relieved when he saw this, but when he looked down, he saw Yin Tai standing alone among a group of people kneeling on the ground. Although he couldn't see Yin Tai's expression, he knew something about Yin Tai's ability - when he rescued Wu Ruofei in front of the Confucius Temple, Yin Tai was subdued by him with his bare hands. Now that he had a sword in his hand that could cut iron like mud, he was no longer afraid of him.
Therefore, Qiu Yizhi confidently said to Yin Tai at the altar: "Yin Tai, your helpers are all dead. Now you are desperate. Why don't you surrender to me!"
Yin Tai sneered, "Humph! I don't know who is desperate! Who will surrender!"
Qiu Yizi heard that he did not feel guilty or discouraged, and it did not seem like he was crazy and talking nonsense. He thought that he must have a trick up his sleeve. When he was thinking about it, he heard Wen Lingjiao beside him say loudly: "Disciples, this Yin Tai is Yu Mei's accomplice, why don't you quickly take him down!"
The Tianzun sect believers who were kneeling in the hall heard the order, immediately stood up and surrounded Yin Tai.
Seeing such a scene, Yin Tai couldn't help feeling a little scared. He immediately drew out a short Japanese sword from his waist, and retreated towards the main entrance of Baoqing Temple while waving it.
The Tianzun followers were all unarmed, and they had no weapon that could resist Yin Tai's sharp blade. They quickly made way for Yin Tai to run to the gate and shouted outside, "Are you all stupid? Open the door!"
There was no movement outside the door.
Yin Tai seemed to suddenly realize something, and quickly changed to a language that no one else could understand, and shouted to the outside again.
These random words really worked. As soon as he finished speaking, the main door of the hall was opened from the outside with a "whoosh", and more than 20 people came in one after another. Each of these 20 people was equipped with a scimitar of different lengths, and their clothes were very casual, but they were similar to the Japanese who were just killed by the explosion.
When Qiu Yizi saw this scene, he already had an idea in his mind: it turned out that what Yin Tai was muttering was the language of the Japanese, and these Japanese who came in were all arranged by him to stay outside in advance. As for how many Japanese pirates were outside, that was even more unknown.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yizi panicked and quickly said to Wen Lingjiao: "I have fought against the Japanese pirates before. These people are cruel and fearless. They are the most difficult to deal with. We are brave men and will not suffer a loss in front of us. Let's retreat from the back door quickly. I just hope that Mr. Lin will send someone to help us quickly so that we can escape."
Wen Lingjiao pursed her lips and ordered loudly: "Listen to my order, all disciples. You are numerous and powerful, and the Japanese are nothing to be afraid of. If you don't rush over and capture them, I will reward you handsomely!"
Among the Tianzun sect believers below the stage, there were actually a few brave ones. When they heard the saint's order, they picked up bricks, wooden sticks, bamboo sticks and other miscellaneous items from somewhere, used them as weapons in their hands, and tentatively moved slowly towards the Japanese pirates.
However, these Japanese showed no mercy. One of them, wearing a gray cloth robe, saw his opponent approaching and without hesitation, drew out his Japanese sword, leaped forward, held the long sword tightly with both hands, and slashed at the left shoulder of a Tianzun believer.
The cultist only had a wooden stick as thick as a wine glass in his hand. Seeing that the Japanese was coming at him aggressively, it was too late to retreat or dodge left or right, so he raised the stick in his hand to block.
However, the Japanese sword in the pirate's hand was extremely sharp, and he effortlessly cut the wooden stick in his hand into two pieces like cutting tofu. The force of the sword did not weaken at all, and it cut off his left shoulder blade and went all the way to his lungs before stopping.
The Japanese pirate took the man's life without any emotion. With a grim grin, he pulled the Japanese sword out of the chest of the Tianzun believer, kicked his opponent with a puzzled expression to the ground, and even remembered to tear off a piece of cloth from the corner of the man's robe to wipe the blood off the Japanese sword.
The Japanese pirates were so cruel that even Wen Lingjiao, who saw their methods for the first time, was stunned, let alone those ordinary believers who had never seen the world.
For a moment, the main hall of Baoqing Temple was filled with deathly silence.
At this moment, Yin Tai suddenly laughed wildly and said, "Those of you who are afraid of death, kneel down quickly! Take out the gold and silver treasures on your body and put them all on the ground. If I am in a good mood, I may be able to spare your lives!"
Those Tianzun believers looked at each other, then looked up at the vicious Japanese pirates in front of them, looked at each other again, and finally made up their minds. Their knees softened and they all knelt on the ground, not forgetting to put the gold, silver and jewelry on their bodies on the ground, and kept begging for mercy.
When Yin Tai saw this, he became even more proud and laughed loudly towards the sky a few times. Suddenly he remembered that he still had an enemy. He quickly raised his head and looked towards the altar, but saw that there was only the dying Yu Mei and countless broken limbs on the altar, and there was no one standing.
Yin Tai secretly cried out "not good" in his heart, and quickly called a few Japanese under his command to go up to the altar to arrest people. However, when the Japanese pirates saw the gold and silver all over the hall, their eyes were full of greed, and they would not listen to Yin Tai's orders.
These Japanese pirates were all bribed by Yin Tai at a huge price. There was no hierarchy between them at all. It was all about money. Now that gold and silver are readily available, who would still obey Yin Tai's orders
Yin Tai saw this and became anxious. He suddenly made up his mind and shouted something in Japanese that he didn't know what it meant. When the Japanese heard it, their eyes suddenly lit up and they followed Yin Tai onto the altar with strange cries.
However, Yin Tai searched the altar carefully several times, but still could not find Qiu Yizi and Wen Lingjiao. He was anxiously looking for them, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yin Tai lying on the ground, gasping for breath with his mouth opening and closing. He quickly leaned over and said, "Where did Qiu Yizi go? Tell me, I'll kill him and avenge you!" (To be continued)