This is the martial arts world, what are you cultivators interfering in?

Chapter 326 Bloody Move

Soon after.

Li Lan emerged from the depths of Mount Tai, having already devised a strategy to resist the enemy with Kuafu.

"Li Lan, you've finally come out!"

As soon as they returned to the main trail for climbing Mount Tai, Chen Jinhua and Zeng Chenglin approached anxiously. Li Lan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something terrible has happened! Something's changed at headquarters!"

Chen Jinhua relayed all the news from the group to Li Lan.

"Elder Deng Huaigu and Miss Xia Qingzhu have both been placed under house arrest. Now Cheng Yusu has become the nominal heir, while the power of the Fudao Group has fallen entirely into the hands of Yang Lianlu!"

Chen Jinhua's face was extremely grim. He said, "Moreover, it wasn't just the Fudao Group. The Li family, the Zhong family, the Sanhe Group, and others all chose to comply. The Chixue Group insisted on refusing and has been wiped out in blood, completely erased from this world!"

"Headquarters also sent an urgent telegram, requesting that we escort you back."

Li Lan's face darkened upon hearing this!

Li Lan had already anticipated that the three god-kings would make a move.

They wanted to turn the Imperial Star into a place for proving the Dao, and they also wanted to find Li Lan... All of this required them to be able to control the entire world of the Imperial Star.

The foundation of this control lies in the unwavering faith and devotion of the inhabitants of the Imperial Star, day and night.

The will of Heaven can change the course of the world.

Over the years, almost every part of the world has been under their control. Only China, with the Great Yu Cauldron, was previously inaccessible to them. In addition, there was resistance within China, such as Elder Deng and the Crimson Blood Group. Therefore, China has become a pure land.

Now they see that the spirit of the Great Yu Cauldron has been obtained by Cheng Yusu, and the day when the seal is broken is just around the corner. In the near future, they will set foot on the land of China, so naturally they will start to build their own temples and harvest the faith of China.

Li Lan did not expect that the major forces in China would switch sides so quickly.

"Nowadays, people from all the major powers are promoting the belief in gods, building temples all over China, and even giving away money directly. As long as you kneel down and worship those three gods, you can get a lot of money. Now the whole of China seems to have gone mad."

Zeng Chenglin sighed, his face full of pessimism and despair, and said, "Li Lan, you should leave quickly. Since headquarters saw that we didn't take you back, they will send people here soon. Everyone knows that your blood can create geniuses. Cheng Yusu will definitely drain you dry."

Although the headquarters had already staged a "coup," many people in the middle and lower ranks still did not approve of Yang Lianlu and others.

Therefore, even Chen Jinhua chose to defy the headquarters' orders and find Li Lan to help him escape ahead of time.

There's no need to be pessimistic.

But Li Lan said calmly, "The West has gods, and so do we in China. Now that spiritual energy is reviving, perhaps a certain god will jump out and teach these people a lesson?"

Chen Jinhua shook his head and said, "Over the years, many ancient sites related to immortals have appeared, but none of the immortals are still alive..."

Li Lan smiled and said, "I'll go look for it; maybe I can find it?"

After saying thank you to the two of them, he quickly left.

"Cheng Lin, you should leave too. The Fudao Group has changed hands. There's no need for ambitious people to stay any longer..."

After Li Lan left, Chen Jinhua sighed and said to Zeng Chenglin.

"No!"

But Zeng Chenglin looked thoughtfully at Li Lan's departing figure and said, "I think there might still be a chance to turn things around!"

"You really believe Li Lan can find some kind of deity? Don't be silly..."

Chen Jinhua didn't believe it at all.

But Zeng Chenglin's eyes were filled with unwavering determination as he said, "I believe he can do it..."

At that moment, many things flashed through his mind!

The charisma of Li Lan when he killed the three Zhou brothers in Nancheng, and his composure when facing a desperate situation on Mount Song...

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We left Mount Tai.

Li Lan casually opened a few websites and browsed through them.

"You've received a red envelope from the gods! Click to send it!"

"Holy crap, they just gave me 188 yuan to offer incense and pray to the gods, and I even got a gift package worth a thousand yuan?"

"It smells so good! I used to be a staunch atheist, but from today onwards, I declare that I am the most devout believer of three gods!"

"Don't you think it's inappropriate to betray your beliefs like this?"

"What's wrong with that? Faith can be sold for money, that's a great thing! As long as you give me money, I'd kneel down to a pile of dog shit without a problem!"

"Exactly! In this day and age, money is the most important thing!"

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The topic of deities went viral, and with the unified promotion of major corporations, the entire internet was abuzz.

Some experts have come forward to argue that the three deities from the West are actually incarnations of Nuwa, Pangu, and others, and that worshipping them is a virtue that has been cherished in China since ancient times.

A research team published a paper showing that people who believe in the three deities have experienced significant improvements in their physical fitness and immunity.

The television station repeatedly publicized a certain extremely devout man, claiming that he knelt and prayed until he fainted in front of the temple, and was named the model of faith for the year. His story spread throughout the country...

Meanwhile, some who publicly voiced their doubts were imprisoned or even eliminated.

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Li Lan looked up, activating his Heavenly Eye, and he could indeed see countless streams of faith converging at temples in the heart of these great human cities…

The major corporations have indeed succeeded.

He could only sigh; throughout history, rulers have always used only two tools to control people's hearts:

Moral rule of thought.

The law governs the flesh.

Experts, Confucian scholars, heroes... education, articles, stories... these things are the foundation of morality, supporting the edifice of morality. Anyone who is not within this edifice will be regarded as a heretic, condemned by people and writers, criticized, looked down upon, or even killed by those around them.

The law is a set of strict rules, but its essence is violence. Violation will result in imprisonment, torture, or even beheading.

By employing a two-pronged approach, the mind is tamed and the body is controlled, thus creating obedient subjects.

These two tools are often invincible.

Those who control these two tools can make the world believe whatever they want, and the world can only believe whatever they want. Right and wrong, black and white, are all determined by their words. In a sense, they truly "make their words law."

This power is—authority.

This is also the source of evil.

Do you really think that no one in the world can control you?

Li Lan's gaze turned slightly cold, and then he went directly to the headquarters of the nearest major power—the Zhong Group.

The city where the Zhong Group is located has been renamed "Zhong City". It is incredibly prosperous with a population of over ten million and is a super metropolis that protects the country. Now, in the most bustling area, several temples have been erected. The Zhong Group held a grand event, which was attended by important figures.

Before the temple, the patriarch and head of the Zhong family personally knelt and offered incense, while behind them, all the social elites of Zhongcheng came and knelt in worship as well.

"May the three gods protect Zhongcheng and the Zhong family!"

The Zhong clan leader cried out!

"Hey, it's glowing!"

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed, and everyone looked up to see a dazzling light appearing above the vast temple!

Everyone was excited.

"The gods have manifested! The gods have manifested!"

"Great!"

"There really are gods! Our piety moved them!"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise, and even the Zhong clan patriarch and others were shocked and hurriedly kowtowed repeatedly!

But at that moment, a figure suddenly emerged from the light. The person had an otherworldly air about him, wearing a long robe, and looked just like the "immortals" in various ancient Chinese legends!

With a flick of his whisk, a terrifying force descended, causing the entire temple to collapse instantly, and the statues inside the temple to explode!

"what happened?"

"Why?!"

"The temple was destroyed. Wasn't he... wasn't he a manifestation of the god from the temple?"

Everyone was shocked.

And the calm voice of the immortal holding the whisk had already reached everyone's ears:

"To kneel before an evil god is an unforgivable sin. China has its own righteous gods; how can we kneel before the ghosts of a foreign land?"

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly, everyone in the Zhong Group at the forefront screamed in agony.

"what!"

"No!"

"Help me, help me!"

The Zhong clan patriarch, core elders, and members were all bleeding from all seven orifices, their faces horribly grotesque. Their bodies felt as if they were being torn apart by a thousand knives, writhing, convulsing in agony on the ground...

Other social celebrities and upper-class individuals also vomited blood on the spot and suffered a great calamity!

"What's going on..."

"This...this is the immortal of our China? The immortal of China has manifested?"

"Wrong, completely wrong! Believing in Western evil gods has incurred the wrath of the Chinese deities!"

Everyone else who saw this was horrified!

The immortal had already vanished in a beam of light.

"Something's not right. We can't keep kneeling and worshiping the gods!"

"There's something wrong with these gods!"

Many people realized what was happening and hurriedly spoke up!

Li Lan had already entered a secret room in the Zhong Group building.

This is the Zhong family's most important treasure trove, heavily guarded. There are three Foundation Establishment cultivators here, and nuclear weapons have also been deployed. If anyone forcibly breaks in and cannot resist, everything will be completely destroyed.

But all of this was in vain in front of Li Lan; all defenses were rendered ineffective.

Li Lan casually entered and glanced around.

The secret chamber was filled with treasures that the Zhong family had collected from various places over the years, including some antiquities and various scriptures.

Many of them contain secret techniques of immortals.

Li Lan waved his hand and took them all!

This was part of what he and Kuafu had agreed upon.

The immortal inheritances on Earth are the fruits of the efforts of the ancestral gods and immortals of the Emperor Star, and absolutely cannot be obtained by the Divine Realm. Therefore, Li Lan needs to collect all these things before the planned final battle so that he can take them with him when he leaves...

Now that all the major powers have switched sides, Li Lan doesn't need to be polite with them; he'll just take it by force!

He took the items and walked through Zhongcheng, which was now in complete chaos.

"All of Zhong's top executives are dead!"

"Not only that, everyone who believes in gods has been killed. There's something wrong with that..."

"Stop going to the temple to burn incense!"

Countless people were on the move, and the news spread rapidly!

Li Lan remained calm.

How to deal with people who control resources and power?

Reasoning?

That's useless.

The demise of the physical body is the most complete.

Just kill them all!

Huang Chao trampled the bones of high-ranking officials on the main street, Li Zicheng burned the imperial treasury to ashes, Xiang Yu burned the Epang Palace and slaughtered the Qin Dynasty... On the land of China, the changes of history and the rise and fall of dynasties have always been built with blood, without any other method.

However, Li Lan doesn't have to work as hard as his predecessors. In today's world, he is the true god who rules over everything!

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