At dawn, thick fog shrouded the land.
To the east, a thousand sails raced along the Heaven-Given River.
To the north, all twenty-eight villages within a hundred li of Mining Mountain and the Salt Flats poured out in full force.
To the west at Medicine Mountain, and to the south at Nine Dragons Mountain, White Lotus Cult followers swarmed thick as a plague of locusts.
Last night, every Holy Church Priest and Grand Priest of the White Lotus Cult had released their White Lotus Pigeon Gu. This was the cult's highest command!
Led by the priests, they raced madly toward the source of the command.
"Drink Jia's blood and gain longevity!"
"Eat Jia's flesh and gain eternal life!"
The priests shouted the slogans over and over, as though proclaiming glorious sacred scripture.
For the highest command to arrive at this critical moment, it had to mean an all-out assault on the Embroidered Uniform Guard!
Every White Lotus Cult follower wore a fanatical expression, desperate to feast to their heart's content and live as long as heaven itself!
Vast crowds surged in from every direction.
The Eight Hundred Disguised Embroidered Uniform Guards mingled among them, each bringing three other guards.
Anxiety burned in their hearts!
His lordship should have reached the canyon yesterday evening. Was he safe?
"Hundred-Household Commander Qin, every White Lotus Cult follower is wearing armor and carrying finely crafted weapons."
One man watched the fanatics passing beside him, his expression grave.
The White Lotus Cult had spent decades burning, killing, and plundering everywhere, secretly maintaining several arsenals. This finely crafted armor could easily rival that of the frontier troops.
Most frightening of all, the followers had been controlled for far too long. Once incited, they went mad and lost all reason, becoming flesh-and-blood puppets that had no idea