"After the Miao King borrows the entity Borrowing the Mountain’s Life, he must share meat soup with every member of the tribe. This is a rule laid down by the Butterfly Lady, a symbol of our unity. We provide for the Miao King, and the Miao King protects us," Miao Cang explained.
Mao Yousan grunted in acknowledgment and said nothing more.
Then Miao Cang and the others continued up the mountain.
The Nuo Purple Gu masters had already been extremely vigilant on their way here. Now they were even more alert.
Nothing unexpected happened along the way.
They did not take the route Luo Bin had used last time. After all, he had simply picked a path up the mountain at random back then.
Nuo God Mountain was not large, and before long, they reached halfway up.
"They renamed the Butterfly Lady's Blood Maple Temple the Nuo God Temple. Such utter sacrilege. How could they possibly borrow Mountain Fate?" Miao Cang shook his head, looking at a small temple straight ahead.
The temple stood on a sloping mountainside. From their vantage point below, they could see its entire layout.
The central row of halls resembled a silkworm's body, while the clusters of halls on either side looked like both maple leaves and butterfly wings.
It was hardly grand enough to be called the Nuo God Temple.
It looked more like a physical embodiment of the blood maple tree and the Gray Butterfly.
"Plague Gu won't enter the Blood Maple Temple. That is the Butterfly Lady's protection."
"So the Black Miao only dared to change its plaque. They wouldn't dare actually enter."
"Those Cave Gods, Medicine Persons, and Corpse Kings certainly went to great lengths."
"No one is allowed inside the Nuo God Temple. That way, the other Black Miao wouldn't