A brief silence fell over the clock tower, but this silence was unlike the usual late nights or the solemnity of meetings; instead, a murderous intent lurked beneath the stillness.
The clergy on the outer perimeter didn't see the text on the leaflet, while the clergy in the inner circle wished they hadn't seen it at all.
After a few seconds, a somewhat flustered inner-circle priest swallowed hard and tentatively said:
"I... I didn't see anything."
"Yes, I didn't see it either."
Another priest chimed in, and the rest of the priests, as if suddenly waking from a dream, began to repeat what he had heard:
"Yes, what does it say on it?"
"Stop looking, it's all foul language from the rebels, they're definitely not good people."
"Don't watch anything that's not good. Everyone should hurry back to their posts and do their jobs..."
Just as a quick-thinking priest was about to cover the matter up completely, a gasp suddenly came from near the chapel:
Wow! Shocking! Antiya Lisi actually sold his genitals!
This exclamation was like throwing a stone into a deep pool, instantly creating ripples that caught the priests, who were busy covering up the situation, somewhat off guard.
At his shout, the surrounding citizens all turned to look at him. A rather young-looking man was waving a flyer and shouting loudly:
"Is there anyone among you who can't read? Let me read it to you!"
Many citizens immediately realized something was wrong the moment they heard the content.
Whether this is true or false, is it something that should be discussed in public?
Even if it were true, what more do you want?
In Fir City, Antiya Lisi was a veritable local tyrant; he could do whatever he wanted.
Upon realizing this, the citizens quickly shielded the other citizens in front of them, while they themselves quietly slipped into the alley and returned home.
Every world has its share of onlookers who love a good show. Some citizens realized the dangerous nature of the situation, but instead of backing down, they continued to gather around the young man.
The one with the flamboyant and attention-grabbing manner was clearly the instigator of it all [ the Ginseng Rooster ]. Seeing that a number of citizens were gradually gathering around, this author of the original history began his half-written recitation:
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know? When Antiya Lisi was young, he studied at a seminary, but he didn't have enough money. If he paid the tuition, he wouldn't have food, and if he ate, he wouldn't be able to continue his studies. It was at this time that a priest named Sailesi found him and asked if he would be willing to do some comfortable and lucrative after-school part-time work..."
The unofficial history of [ Ginseng Rooster ] is incredibly damaging, not only portraying Antiya Lisi as an unlucky guy whose fate can be easily imagined from the name alone, but also depicting Cardinal Sailesi as an important supporting character.
After interrogating some of the captured Stained Ones, the Soul Returner have basically confirmed that the one standing at the top of the Stained Ones is Sailesi, one of the three Cardinals. As for Luxiusi and Geliwusi, they are still shrouded in mystery.
But [ Ginseng Rooster ]'s ambitions extend far beyond the small Fir City; he has already planned a long-term serialization of unofficial history.
The main battlefield now is Fir City, so Antiya Lisi is the main character.
If they conquer the next province, the new archbishop will also have his own unofficial historical storyline.
When the army of the Soul Returner arrives at the Holy City, all the overt and covert plot lines will converge, bringing out Sailesi, the long-foreshadowed villain, thus avoiding the feeling of a sudden, unexpected boss.
At that time, the name Sailesi will be like xxx in the real world; he will be responsible for all the bad things.
With this in mind, [ Ginseng Rooster ] began to add more scenes for Sailesi, expanding the "fall of Antiya Lisi " segment, which could have been summarized in a few sentences, into several minutes. He vividly described the process of the psychological transformation into a physiological one, even giving the character from the unofficial history a bit of a character arc.
The onlookers were astonished, and some lamented Antiya Lisi's irreversible path of selling goods.
What a thrilling story! If only the protagonist's name didn't overlap with the archbishop's.
No, that's not quite right. Rather, it's precisely because the protagonist's name is exactly the same as the archbishop's that the story has so much more flavor. Even after the young man finishes telling the story, you can go home and savor it carefully.
Some citizens became so engrossed in the story that they couldn't tear themselves away, while others, sensing something was amiss, fled the scene.
They realized that this person wasn't joking, but was simply saying things that could get them killed in public.
The windows of the houses along this road were all tightly closed, but inside the houses just a wall away, countless citizens were eavesdropping with curiosity.
Just as Antiya Lisi and Sailesi in the story of [ The Ginseng Rooster ] were about to reach an indescribable peak, he himself reached his physiological peak first—
Unable to endure it any longer, the captain of the priests leaped from the top of the chapel's bell tower, unleashing Directed Alienation in mid-air that transformed his arm into a curved blade. Before landing, he used his powerful core strength to deliver a spinning slash...
The onlookers only saw that in the blink of an eye, the man telling the story in front of them had separated from his phone—no, from his head.
In short, [ Ginseng Rooster ]'s head was spinning and flying in the air in a rapping manner. Although he had a brilliant mind, he was not a high level because he started playing the game relatively late. He had no power to resist the priest's accelerated attack using gravity and was instantly killed with a single strike.
The Ginseng Rooster's head rolled all over the ground, and the onlookers were splattered with blood. They screamed like passersby and began to flee randomly in all directions.
The priest flicked his knife, lifting the head of the Soul Returner, and held it in his hand with a disdainful snort.
"These rogue rebels are utterly pathetic; I wonder how many merits they can earn from the Archbishop."
In the distance, several Soul Returner, hiding deep in the alley and on rooftops, watched this scene. After confirming that [ the Ginseng Rooster ] was indeed dead, they began to whisper among themselves:
"Wait, he actually gave one away?"
"Isn't this too reckless? His level is so low that he'd have a hard time even taking on one or two priests."
"No, no, no, he went out shouting so he could be killed by the priest, at least that's what he told me."
"Why? Isn't this just giving it away for free?"
"[ Ginseng Rooster ] explained to me that some news spreads very slowly, such as news like ' Antiya Lisi selling his genitals,' which most citizens don't really care about. In addition, their literacy rate is indeed not high, so the effect may not be so ideal."