Leaving the river, walking through the woods, we soon saw residential buildings.
Several people did not approach rashly.
Instead, they chose to go around and send some people who were proficient in stealth skills to detect intelligence information.
Naturally, Taoist Gourd was among them.
He sneaked into this small village and did not come into contact with the people here, but quietly observed their lives.
Later, I discovered that life here is quite prosperous, with adequate food and clothing, the elderly are provided for, the children are educated, and the poor are supported, but it is difficult to find help.
Although everyone's face is also full of shadows, there are still many smiles.
And in their daily conversations, there are also various messages conveyed by temple blessings.
"The temple blessings can influence the weather to a certain extent, so the weather here is good all year round, and they can travel and work according to the information given by the temple blessings."
From this aspect alone, the temple worshipers have indeed done a good job and have a high prestige in this area.
Taoist Calabash even saw a man wearing temple celebration clothes. From the moment he entered the village, he was welcomed by many villagers.
The temple blessing man also had a friendly smile on his face, and this smile was not fake.
From sporadic conversations, we can learn that this temple blessing came from their village.
Every year, people come to the village to test those of the right age to see if they can inherit the power of the mountain god.
Once they succeed, they will reach the sky and become strong men with extraordinary power.
Later, the temple priest also issued a notice to be careful of strangers, saying that some cult members had come near Mount Tianshan.
Once a stranger arrives, you need to report to the local temple.
After telling the news, he did not forget to tell the villagers to be careful when encountering people and not to act rashly. It is more important to protect yourself, etc.
For a moment, Taoist Calabash even felt like he was the villain.
However, this feeling was no longer noticed by Taoist Calabash in an instant.
Even if he is really a villain, it doesn't matter, as long as he can achieve his own goal, that's enough.
"But this kind of mentality cannot be expressed." Taoist Calabash thought in his heart, but the thoughts did not spread out.
He has not forgotten that he is now in some kind of illusion that accommodates everyone's minds.
Every move you make will be included in some kind of assessment mechanism. Once you show your true nature, you may be able to complete your own power inheritance, and you will no longer have a chance with yourself.
Therefore, he should not just look at the appearance of this illusion, but also pay attention to the inner meaning of the other party's symbol.
"Perhaps the background of this illusion is not as simple as defeating the evil god."
From the current point of view, there are two things that can be confirmed about the mountain god. One is directly explained by the background. The mountain god requires the world to sacrifice hundreds of boys and girls every year.
The other is that the mountain god is not as cruel as imagined. At least the people around him under his rule are still in good weather.
"It's interesting." Taoist Calabash did not let his eyes stay on the temple blessing. After exploring some information, he quietly left the village.
As it stands, these temple blessings demonstrate two abilities.
One is to control things, and they rely on this ability to fly out of thin air.
The other is to create things out of thin air, which can create things like weapons and even city walls.
These two abilities are very versatile. If they are really applied, they can exert unexpected power.
If the aristocratic family camp really devotes itself to temple blessings, then the power of their envoys may be a bit higher than those of ordinary temple blessings.
Returned to the team and shared the information.
I immediately felt that it was difficult to do.
They don't have any power now, they just have some fighting skills, and they are in a weak state in the early stage.
In this situation, not only are the people weak, but most of the local people are still close to the enemy.
To put it bluntly, they can mobilize a sea of people at any time and beat them to death.
Of the three elements of heaven, earth and man, they seem to have all been lost.
"But since the crusade camp has such a big disadvantage in the early stage, it must have a greater advantage in the future!" Mustache comforted his teammates.
Then they discussed how to sneak into the city at the foot of the mountain.
They still have ways to get around these villages or towns, but there is no way around them in the cities.
After all, the most important thing for them now is to sneak into the tombs, obtain the so-called magic weapons from there, and gain control of their power.
"This problem is not a big one. I found an important piece of information before."
"That is the annual mourning day, and it will start in two days." Taoist Calabash said.
"This is a local festival. It is said to commemorate the miracles of the mountain gods and their sacrifices for the world, and to mourn them."
"During this festival, many people will go to support Tianshan Mountain to worship, and there will be a large flow of population in surrounding towns and villages."
"If we blend in and hide, it shouldn't be a big problem."
After a pause, Taoist Gourd continued: "And there is another problem, that is, this is the only festival of this kind every year. Maybe this is not a festival to mourn the sacrifice of the mountain god at all."
Hundreds of boys and girls are sacrificed every year, and there is only one so-called day of mourning every year. This just-in-time situation is enough to illustrate the problem.
“This festival is a festival of mourning for hundreds of boys and girls!”
"In other words, there may be hundreds of boys and girls transported from all over the world and imprisoned in the city."
"They will sacrifice these boys and girls to the god of the mountain in a few days."
"But from the conversations among the locals, they didn't even mention it at all. It's very likely that most local people don't know what the sacrifices are to be sacrificed during this festival."
"If we expose this matter, we may be able to cause riots and help us obtain magic weapons."
This is how the preliminary plan was decided.
Several people traveled all night.
After experiencing the situation several times, they began to disguise themselves as people from other towns going to support the Tianshan pilgrimage.
He successfully blended in with the crowd and became inconspicuous.
However, this disguise is still imperfect. They do not have identity documents, so entering the city may be relatively troublesome.
They also made a budget for this. When the time comes, someone will cause riots outside the city, and they will take advantage of the chaos to enter the city.
However, the expected investigation did not come.
The entire city built on the mountain is decorated with lights and colors, looking happy and festive.
There were no temple guards at the city gate, only some ordinary guards simply ensuring order.
They easily followed the pilgrim army into the city.
After some investigation, I found out that this is a normal phenomenon.
Every once in a while, most temple blessings and trainee temple blessings need to go to Mount Tian to perform sacrifices.
It is said that only in this way can Tianshan be stabilized, prevent Tianshan from getting angry, and ensure smooth weather in the local area.