544 Disintegrated (1/2)
Qin Mu was still slightly uneasy and planned to recalculate everything to check if he had made any mistakes. It wasn't because he didn't trust the black tiger god, but because connecting the two worlds and building a Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge had never been done before. If something went wrong, he didn't know what would happen.
For example, every new kind of spirit pill that Qin Mu had refined to cure injuries had the possibility of strange side effects. He could salvage it when it was a medicinal problem, but how could he salvage if the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge that connected two worlds went haywire?
The black tiger god collected the blueprints rapidly and rushed outside excitedly, ”Quickly, quickly! I can't wait to test it out!”
Qin Mu could only follow him out if the city tower. On his way, he asked Sang Hua, ”Sister Hua, is something the matter?”
”Li City has already been reconstructed, but the surroundings still have plenty of devil activity. The devils use the flesh, blood, and soul of the people of our Supreme Emperor Heaven to cultivate and pose a huge danger,” the girl answered. ”We've spent quite some time searching for you to go training together. We want to get rid of those roaming divine arts practitioners of the devil race.”
”When Fu Riluo was in Li City, he had restrained the devils to not harm any of the people, but now that he's gone, the remaining devils cannot hold themselves back anymore. To them, we humans are food and materials for cultivation and treasure refinement,” Yu He said.
”That's why during these few days, the villages in the surroundings were trampled. Junior Sister Sang Hua had wanted to go God Suppression Pagoda, but she has no choice but to push that back.”
Qin Mu frowned and asked, ”Fu Riluo restrained the devils from harming people? Why did he give such an order?”
”To win the people's hearts,” Shu Yao said with a grim face. ”The city can be invaded, the empire can fall, gods can also die in battle, yet the hearts of the people are the hardest to win. Fu Riluo is a devil god with great ambition, so his way of conquering was not that simple too.
”If he didn't hurt the people, they wouldn't fight back And even if he squeezed them a little more, turning them into slaves for mining ores and growing all kinds of medicinal ingredients, they would still remain docile.
”Like this, he could make those lowly devils put their hearts into the battle. Such an enemy that can strike at the heart is the strongest enemy.”
Qin Mu nodded, and his impression of Fu Riluo changed drastically.
Fu Riluo wasn't a boorish man that only knew how to invade cities and seize lands. He understood the method of governing and knew what he had to do to reap the biggest benefit for the devil race.
Lowly devils have low status, and Qin Mu had already seen the fate of the lowly devils in the battlefield. They were expendables in the battle. If he turned them into slaves before forcing them to become expendables, it would be hard for him to rule.
To avoid that, Fu Riluo made humans into slaves so lowly devils would be waited upon comfortably. They would then go to battle with their lives on the line without a care, and he could sustain his rule.
And because the humans could still live, they didn't fight back even though they had become slaves. Like that, Fu Riluo's backlines were stable. With humans providing a constant supply of resources, he could put all his efforts into the battle on the front lines.
”Fu Riluo is a great talent. No wonder Sacred Teacher is so wary of him.” Qin Mu pondered it for a moment before saying, ”There should be a lot of devils' spirit weapons collected from the battlefield, right? How are you guys going to deal with them?”
”Because they contain devil nature and qi, they are destroyed so the devils won't have a chance to reclaim them,” Yu He said.
Qin Mu smiled at her. ”Brother Tiger and I will be setting up the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge, so we need a lot of black gold and black iron. Since the spirit weapons of the devils are useless, could you guys lend them to us? The devil nature and qi in them is just what we need!”
Yu He smiled back at him. ”My master can get numerous devil spirit weapons. I wonder how much does Cult Master need?”
”The more the better!” Qin Mu said solemnly, ”Thanks for the trouble, Hall Master Yu!”
Turning to leave, she said, ”Cult Master is too courteous. Those things of the devils are useless anyway. You guys can go first. My master and I will deliver the weapons later.”
Qin Mu looked at Sang Hua and the rest and he hesitated for a moment. ”Sister Hua, Brother Tiger and I need some time to set up the bridge so you guys should go train. Come back after ten days. We should be done by then, and I might even be able to introduce you to some new friends.”
”Besides finding you for training, there's another purpose for our visit. We would like to join your cult,” Sang Hua said in a low voice.
The divine arts practitioners of Supreme Emperor Heaven present all hurriedly nodded.
Qin Mu stared dumbfoundedly at Shu Yao.
”After Cult Master told us about the philosophy of Heavenly Saint Cult, Senior Sister Yu He and I found it really agreeable, so we joined and became hall masters. Later, I was too talkative and told my friends about the aim of the cult and they felt that it was good as well, so they also came to join.”
”Can we have the positions of hall masters as well?” Sang Hua asked with excitement.
Qin Mu was overjoyed, but he didn't show it. ”Heavenly Saint Cult is righteous and outstanding in Eternal Peace, so not anyone can join. However, I'm moved by everyone who fights the devils without a care for their lives and knows that everyone here are righteous people. We are like-minded, so I won't make it difficult for all of you to join.
”However, to become hall masters, you need proficiency in a particular field. My sacred cult has three hundred and sixty-one halls which represent three hundred and sixty-one professions, so it's not about the strength of your abilities.”
Sang Hua and the rest were slightly disappointed, but Qin Mu smiled at them. ”However, the sacred cult has just established a branch in Supreme Emperor Heaven, so there are many things to do. We need to handle the urgent things in a swift manner, so there's no need to look too much into it. That's why, everyone can become a hall master of the sacred cult in Supreme Emperor Heaven.”
Sang Hua cheered. ”Do we need to smear our lips with the blood of sacrifices and pledge to never betray the cult?”
Qin Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He shook his head and said, ”Our Heavenly Saint Cult is not a devil cult with a bad reputation, so we don't do things like smearing ourselves with blood. No one needs to worship the cult master either. You just have to greet me; there's no formal etiquette. The cult master is the sacred teacher and not an emperor.
”I'm currently hurrying to build the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge so I got no time to talk. Come back after ten days. When the two worlds connect, I will have the brothers from Eternal Peace's sacred cult explain everything in detail.”
Sang Hua and the rest were satisfied and left with Shu Yao.
'Establishing a cult in Supreme Emperor Heaven is much simpler than I thought.' Qin Mu sighed ruefully, then his gaze flickered when he took a glance at the black tiger god beside him. ”Does Brother Tiger want to join the cult?”
The black tiger god rolled his eyes at him and sneered. ”My lord has never acknowledged your Heavenly Saint Cult. Don't waste your energy and let's just build the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge!”
The human and the tiger soon came to the front of a huge sacrificial altar which was as towering as a mountain. It had steps that led toward the sky where there was a level platform. Blood sacrifice runes were imprinted around it, and countless corpses of Supreme Emperor Heaven's divine arts practitioners were piled up on the ground. Only because of that were the stone statues and the primordial spirits of gods be summoned from Great Ruins.
The runes of Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge that Qin Mu and the black tiger god had designed were formed on the foundation of the sacrifice runes, so only minor changes needed to be done to the runes on the sacrificial altar. The human and the tiger immediately made their moves to do exactly that.
After a moment, True God Pang Yu brought Yu He and numerous devil spirit weapons that piled into a mountain. He said with a smile, ”Little friend, is this enough for you? If not, there's another, much larger batch in Brilliance Injured City.”
Delighted, Qin Mu smiled. ”These are enough, much thanks, true god!”