Earth Dragon Turns Over

"Remember this. Recite it, all of you. As long as you get it right, there'll be diluted sugar to eat." A White Lotus Believer squatted halfway down before the beggars and said, "Yu Er God, Little Er God, wetting your pants before the Mother."

"Yu Er God, Little Er God, wetting your pants before the Mother."

"Ah, so good. Come, come, one lick each. Go spread it around. Come back after saying it for a full double hour, and each of you gets a piece of candy."

As the little beggars ran about, all kinds of catchy rhymes spread throughout the city. Some slandered the Fa Sect, while others praised the White Lotus Sect to the skies. Even children who had not been taught would join in the racket.

They were not only using children. Adults were being recruited as well.

"Offer to the White Lotus, worship the White Lotus. Worship the White Lotus, and the Yang World will protect you for a hundred years, the Underworld for ten thousand!"

"Believe in the White Lotus, and bear sons!"

"The White Lotus descends to earth, and all people shall rise! All who join are brothers. Those who enter the sect face no restrictions—regardless of wealth, gender, age, man or woman, young or old!"

As the White Lotus Sect spread through this mountain city, lotus patterns proliferated at a startling speed.

Ordinary people were one thing, but the White Lotus Sect's appearance gave those Fa Sect Believers another option. Enemies could become friends.

In the face of the White Lotus Believers' brazen activities, the city constables not only failed to stop them, but made things convenient for them at every turn.

The higher-ups had spoken: as long as they were fighting the Fa Sect, they were one of their own. As for