The Deity Summoning Society's Ultimate Goal
The warrior from the Deity Summoning Society slowly woke up. As soon as he did, he shouted, "Boy, how dare you provoke the Deity Summoning Society?"
"Don't shout anymore, no one will come to save you," Jiang Liu said calmly.
"Uh!" The martial artist from the Deity Summoning Society paused for a moment, thinking to himself, "Those bastards are too careless, they didn't even send anyone to follow us."
Although the three of them were guarding the entrance to the secret passage, if something really happened, none of the rest of them could escape blame. The thought of the tortures in the society sent chills down his spine.
"Now, you can give a detailed account of the situation regarding your Deity Summoning Society here." Jiang Liu released his mental pressure, enveloping the martial artist.
The warrior from the Deity Summoning Society suddenly felt himself plunged into darkness. Then a voice spoke in his ear, telling him what to do to get out of the darkness. Just as he was about to do so, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, and his vision cleared up.
Jiang Liu stared speechlessly at the martial artist. Seeing his eyes open, he knew the man was about to regain consciousness, but he hadn't expected him to pull through. Then, with a single Frost Nether Palm, he shattered the martial artist into ice shards.
It seems that mental intrusion is not 100% effective; we need to experiment with it more.
The next two martial artists' questioning went as expected, and Jiang Liu finally learned in detail about the situation of the Deity Summoning Society Association's headquarters.
It turns out that tonight, the person on duty here is one of the vice presidents. As soon as this vice president arrived, he went into the rest room specially prepared for the senior members of the Deity Summoning Society and hasn't come out yet, which is why the people below have become a little lax.
After listening to the explanations of the remaining two martial artists, Jiang Liu sent the three brothers to keep each other company.
Jiang Liu then unleashed his power, flying through the secret passage, passing through the empty guarded chamber, and continuing onward.
Fortunately, the two martial artists gave detailed instructions; otherwise, it would have been quite a hassle. It's not that the secret passage was particularly well-defended, but the traps and mechanisms along the way were enough to make anyone sick. Luckily, Jiang Liu managed to avoid them all.
After running for about three or four miles, Jiang Liu finally sensed movement ahead. Jiang Liu knew they had reached the second guarded chamber; there were three guarded chambers in total in this secret passage.
Jiang Liu moved swiftly, and before the five martial artists in the secret chamber could react, he used the same trick again, enveloping them with his mental energy to knock them unconscious. Then, with a single palm strike to each of them, he eliminated them all. This time, there was no further questioning.
After advancing for about five or six miles, they finally reached the last secret chamber. This time, there were more people in the chamber, the strongest of whom was a Seventh Rank Martial Practitioner. It seemed that the Deity Summoning Society really become lax. You should know that there were supposed to be four guardians present at the Deity Summoning Society tonight, but not one of them came out to guard the secret passage.
Jiang Liu flashed forward, his spiritual power enveloping the entire area. Then, he used the Wind Walk and unleashed the Frost Nether Palm, striking each person with one palm to help them escape this sea of suffering.
Now that the security measures in the entire secret passage have been lifted, it's time to reap the rewards. Jiang Liu didn't come here to do good deeds. After all, this is the headquarters of the Deity Summoning Society, so there are bound to be plenty of cultivation supplies and martial arts manuals.
After passing through the guarded chamber, Jiang Liu's figure disappeared into the darkness. Only a bright light could be seen in the distance. It was unknown how long this underground chamber had been dug. It was estimated that the area within dozens of miles had been hollowed out, because the underground space here was quite large.
Several hundred meters away, a bright light could be seen coming from here. Jiang Liu strained his eyes to make out the general layout of the place.
The brightest flames were on an altar, which housed the same statue of the god we had seen before, only this one was much larger.
Next to the altar were rooms of various sizes. Jiang Liu counted more than twenty, which should be the rest rooms for the higher-ups.
The altar was filled with prayer cushions for people to kneel and worship, and now there were quite a few people kneeling on the cushions in twos and threes.
Jiang Liu held his breath and crept forward, approaching the first room. The door opened with a push, and Jiang Liu slipped inside, closing the door behind him.
Those members of the Deity Summoning Society were kneeling and worshipping closest to the passage heard the noise, turned their heads to look, and found nothing unusual. They then continued to kneel and worship, muttering incantations.
As soon as Jiang Liu entered the room, a sound rang out. He saw four women dressed in thin gauze bowing their heads to greet him, "Welcome back, Master!"
Upon hearing the noise, Jiang Liu immediately rushed forward, knocking each of them unconscious with a single palm strike. He then surveyed the room, which was quite large, divided into three sections: a Cultivation Chamber, a rest room, and a recreation room. Two of the rooms had their doors wide open, while the first room, the Cultivation Chamber, had its door closed.
Jiang Liu was the first to enter the cultivation chamber. He walked up to it, and the door opened with a push.
The Cultivation Chamber was simply furnished, with just a futon and a shelf. A quick glance at the shelf revealed three wooden boxes and several bottles of everyday pills. Opening the boxes revealed that they were all sixth-grade Water Attribute beast cores. The owner of this room must be a martial artist who cultivates Water Attribute.
Because of his previous experience searching for treasure at another altar, Jiang Liu carefully examined the room again, but still found nothing unusual.
Jiang Liu was still unwilling to give up, so he spread his consciousness to check again, but still found nothing unusual. Angrily, he kicked the prayer mat away, and a piece of paper was revealed from under it.
Jiang Liu reached out and grabbed the paper, glancing at it briefly. It turned out to be an introduction to the Deity Summoning Society. It was a long, detailed document, claiming that the Deity Summoning Society possessed supreme martial arts manuals, and that joining Deity Summoning Society make one superior to others, among other things. It also listed a series of benefits.
Finally, the introduction to the Deity Summoning Society is given, Deity Summoning Society cooperate with the great God to unify the world. As for who this God is, it is not mentioned above.
It seems this Deity Summoning Society grand ambitions; no wonder it faced a full-scale crackdown from the Martial Prohibition Hall not long after its emergence. Just seeing them rounding up martial artists to join and then controlling them with special methods—they're already treating their subordinates like this—one can imagine how cruel this Deity Summoning Society ordinary people.
Jiang Liu casually put away the beast core, left the Cultivation Chamber, and woke up one of the women. The woman slowly woke up and was about to shout when Jiang Liu said, "If you don't want to die, don't shout!"
The woman immediately covered her mouth with both hands and looked at Jiang Liu with terrified eyes.
Jiang Liu softened his tone and said gently, "As long as you don't shout or scream, I won't kill you!"
The woman nodded quickly, her expression softening.
Jiang Liu continued gently, "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Ayang City!" the woman replied softly.
Ayang City is also one of the cities under Wind City, just like Cloud Sun City.
"When were you kidnapped?"
The woman started to cry as soon as this was mentioned, but she suppressed her sobs and dared not cry out loud.
Jiang Liu wasn't in a hurry. He waited until she had stopped crying a little before asking, "Can you tell me now?"
"I've been kidnapped for three months now. Those damned guys killed my parents and then kidnapped my brother. He's still in the dungeon, and if I don't behave, they'll kill him too."
The woman was losing control this time. Jiang Liu released his aura slightly, and immediately, the woman's hair stood on end. She looked extremely frightened, covered her head with her hands, and squatted on the ground, trembling all over.