Chapter 538 (1/2)
Chapter 538
Chapter 538: Looking for the Drugs
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The Kingdom of Qi was located in the southwest . It was one of the conventional countries in Central Plains . Its capital could not compare with the city of Chang'an, but it was clean and peaceful . People walked under the ginkgo trees and looked calm, even numb, as if the beautiful view and daily life could not affect them at all .
For thousands of years, the Kingdom of Qi had been a dependency of West-Hill Divine Palace . Haotian Taoism had a very high position here . If people saw a carriage with the mark of Divine Hall pa.s.sing by from distance, they would reverently kneel to it .
There was a white Taoism Temple in the north of the capital which was inlaid with a variety of precious stones and covered with gold dust on the eaves . It clearly copied the style of West-Hill Divine Palace on the Peach Mountain but was smaller than it .
This temple was higher than the palace of Qi in the center of the capital . Standing in front of the temple, one could look down at the palace .
The difference was designed on purpose and it was also the true portrayal of these thousands of years .
The royal succession of this country must be approved by the Divine Hall . Neither the military nor diplomatic stuff could get over the Divine Hall's influence . Considering the awesome power of the Divine Hall, the priest in red, who lived in the temple, had a higher position than the emperor .
Coming along with the power were endless wealth and resources . All the people in the Kingdom of Qi knew that the most dazzling jewelry and rarest of treasures were in the temple instead of the palace .
Money is always attractive, but even the most audacious and the most powerful bandits would not enter this temple, let alone the stupid gangsters . Since this was the most heavily guarded place in the Kingdom of Qi — no one, under Haotian, dared to offend it .
Just a few days ago, something big happened in the Kingdom of Qi . The Celestial Taoism on the Mountain Dragon-Tiger was exterminated and the Nation Master Zhang was killed cruelly . Although the Divine Hall and Royals both had sent many people to investigate, the air in the capital was still getting gloomier and gloomier .
The guards at the temple were becoming more and more alert . Standing on both sides of the gates, the soldiers would coldly look at the pedestrians as if they were all murderers .
In the silent street, sounded terrible, squeaky gratings which alerted the soldiers . They all looked in the direction of those sounds and their looks turned incredulous .
A black carriage was being slowly dragged along the street . Its black wheels rolled over the road, leaving deep tracks and crushed stones .
The soldiers were all shocked and they wondered how heavy the carriage would be to create such damage and what was it made of to keep its shape .
The more unbelieved thing was the carriage was not being dragged by the big black horse in front of it . The rope pulling the carriage was in a young man's hands .
How strong would the young man have to be to drag such a heavy carriage?
The news was immediately reported to the temple and a middle-aged priest came out . When he saw it, his face changed — the man who could drag the carriage with one hand was definitely not a normal man . Although he felt a little strange about it, he would not like to make trouble .
The black carriage slowly moved up and stopped in front of the temple . The horse was breathing heavily and exhausted . Some soldiers felt sorry for it since it was a very fine horse but belonged to a terrible owner .
”What are you doing here?”
The priest looked at the young man and asked . As a priest of West-Hill Divine Palace who represented Haotian, he had lived a superior life for a long time, so he was used to being arrogant and cruel . He did not realize how rude he was because he thought he was gentle enough to ask in such a way .
The young man was Ning Que . If some priests spoke to him in such a hateful tone in the past, he would definitely not accept it . However, since his temperament had become quieter after the battle in Red Lotus Temple and he came here for an important thing, he tried to be calm .
”My wife was seriously ill . I heard that someone in this temple can cure her, so . . . ”
Ning Que said .
Now, the priest knew he was here to ask a favor . He frowned and was going to rebuke Ning Que when he recalled the view of the heavy carriage rolling over the road . He repressed his impatience and said, ”It's not the time to provide drugs . Come three days later . ”
Since there were millions of people who believed in Haotian, West-Hill Divine Palace had to bestow favors if they wanted to maintain its rules .
The will of Haotian could not be sensed by normal people and few priests were able to cultivate the Divine Skills . It was impossible for them to cure all of the diseases in the world . As there were too many herbs and rare pills in the temples of every country, they would like to give some to believers for free at a regular time .