Chapter 2655 Twelve Holy Temples

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To save his own life, Steve was willing to say anything.

"Really?"

Qin Fang's sword was almost about to pierce through Steve's throat, yet he was stunned by this sudden remark... then looked at Steve in disbelief.

This time, Qin Fang didn't use the Mind Reading Technique on Steve...

He still clearly remembered Richie's sudden death because Qin Fang tried to uncover these very secret matters from the depths of his mind, triggering those restrictions, which led to his untimely demise.

However, hearing Steve say this, and since he was still alive, made Qin Fang a bit happy.

"Of course! Of course, it is..."

Steve hurriedly expressed.

As long as he could survive, betraying some secrets of the Freemasonry didn't bother him at all... This time, with Qin Fang attacking his estate and killing the Golden Knight Order, he had already committed a huge blunder.

If he could bring back Qin Fang's true identity, there might be a slight chance to redeem himself...

But if not, then he was definitely on a dead-end road!

Since it was a dead end anyway, why would he care about the secrets of the Freemasonry? Saving his own life came first, and the rest of the matters naturally had to be put aside temporarily!

"Then tell me..."

Qin Fang also said leisurely, "If what you say is true, then I can naturally spare your life... But if I find out you're lying to me? Humph... The sword in my hand doesn't take kindly to it!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Steve nodded hurriedly.

"Although the Freemasonry's forces are divided into many branches, in reality, they all belong to the same Freemasonry..."

With that, Steve began to slowly narrate some of the secrets he knew.

The Freemasonry has branches all over the world, all belonging to the Freemasonry, but each branch has its own different purpose, and perhaps two branches are completely opposed to each other... which leads many to believe that these Freemasonry organizations are independent.

But in fact, it is not the case!

These branches of Freemasonry have their own powers, their organization structures, and each one has its own Supreme Master... who is the leader of the branch! And each Supreme Master also controls the Temple Executor Group.

However, these Supremes are just the leaders of their branches, they are, in reality, the representatives sent by the true Supreme Master of the Freemasonry...

The Temple Executor Group indeed serves as Freemasonry's military force, but generally, these Temple Executors are divided into several parts, each managed by certain people within the Freemasonry, even the branch's Supreme Master does not have the authority to command them.

This also limits the power of the branch Supreme Master...

And the entire Freemasonry is actually led by one Supreme Master... This person is the true leader of the Freemasonry, a figure with supreme power.

Of course, this Supreme Master is also somewhat limited, and such restrictions come from The Sanctuary!

The Sanctuary is the actual core headquarters of the Freemasonry...

It is both the palace of the Supreme Master and the holy temple for Freemasonry's millennia-old sacrificial ceremonies, an inviolable place, and the spiritual symbol for all members of the Freemasonry...

The most formidable force of the Freemasonry, the Temple Envoys, come from The Sanctuary, and the number of these Temple Envoys has been fixed at twelve people since ancient times... because The Sanctuary possesses twelve subsidiary temples, jointly guarding the main temple where the Supreme Master resides.

These twelve palaces, twelve Temple Envoys, are known by a very familiar name... the Twelve Constellations.

The term "constellations" was brought over from the Western Regions, and its origin comes from these twelve Temple Envoys!

The twelve Temple Envoys wield the strongest military power of the Freemasonry and also hold the most powerful yet useless authority... the power to depose the Supreme Master!

The Supreme Master of the Freemasonry, although being the highest leader, lacks the dreadful power of the Temple Envoys and the ability to wield actual power, nominally having control over everyone in the Freemasonry, but whether these people would genuinely obey his commands is uncertain.

If the Supreme Master does something excessively unreasonable, the twelve Temple Envoys can unanimously decide to dethrone him and elect a virtuous one... This so-called virtuous one is actually cultivated step-by-step from children chosen by the Freemasonry with certain traits!

As for those children not chosen, they are either secretly executed or subjected to harsh training, becoming Temple Executors, knights of the Three Knight Orders, or even Temple Envoys and so on, basically all following the path of martial cultivation.

These matters are all revealed by Steve and were unknown to Richie...

The reason why Steve is able to know, besides being older and in the position of Diamond A for a longer time, is also because he came out of The Sanctuary... this is something Richie cannot compare with.

In fact, Steve's appearance is somewhat strange in itself; his resume looks quite ordinary, but upon closer inspection, you can find some anomalies...

Of course, these have little to do with Qin Fang.

"After saying so much, you still haven't revealed the location of the Freemasonry's Sanctuary, have you?"

Qin Fang spoke with a hint of impatience.

These are some of the internal core structures of Freemasonry, which, although informative for Qin Fang, have no practical significance, and there's no way he would spare his life just because of this!

"The Sanctuary is located in the Bermuda Triangle!"

Steve's body trembled slightly, then he quickly said, "There is a prehistoric ruin there, existing for a very, very long time... After Freemasonry seized it, it evolved into today's Sanctuary, with a history of thousands of years!"

"Prehistoric ruins?"

Qin Fang couldn't help but be taken aback.

Upon hearing this, his first reaction was something similar to the existence of the Three Great Secret Realms...

Earth, in fact, is a very mysterious planet. On this seemingly ordinary planet, many unknown secrets are hidden, such as the three great secret realms of the Dragon Country... If the Dragon Country can have three great secret realms, the Western Regions might have them too.

Like the legendary Hanging Gardens, the lost Atlantis, Mount Olympus, and so on... These have become unknown mysteries, and perhaps they have not truly disappeared, but are just hidden in some mystic realm.

Similarly, the Freemasonry's Sanctuary might also be such a mystic realm...

The Bermuda Triangle is also a very famous "sinister place" on Earth, with a notorious reputation. Besides some special natural conditions, there might inevitably be some artificial factors involved.

If the Sanctuary is indeed hidden in the ruins of the Bermuda Triangle, then the possibility of artificial factors is as high as sixty to seventy percent... perhaps even higher.

"That's all there is..."

Qin Fang asked again with some impatience.

Although the location of the Sanctuary was mentioned, Qin Fang wasn't very sure about its credibility... Moreover, he felt that Steve seemed to be hiding something and hadn't told the truth.

"This, this... there's more!"

Steve also seemed to realize that Qin Fang was difficult to deal with. At this time, he was also crying bitterly, cautiously saying, "I have a good relationship with a Temple Envoy... the two of us are blood brothers!"

"Oh..."

Qin Fang was also slightly taken aback, looking at Steve in surprise, not expecting that a little coercion would lead to such a pleasant surprise.

"Originally, core members like the Four Emissaries in Freemasonry would have special restrictions set in their minds, preventing us from revealing the Freemasonry's high-level secrets... Once captured, there is no need to worry about leaking them! As long as it's about these taboo parts, the restriction would activate, directly killing the person!"

Steve further explained, "I was supposed to be set with such a restriction, but the one who did it was my brother. He secretly made a little trick so that I wouldn't have to worry about the restriction..."

This explains why Richie immediately fell dead after revealing these secrets, but Steve, after revealing so many secrets, is still alive and well!

"So, you do have a little bit of usefulness?"

The so-called secrets before were actually meaningless to Qin Fang. Even if he didn't know them now, he would surely be able to find out these secrets by further contact with Freemasonry.

However...

Steve having a brother who is a Temple Envoy is very valuable.

"Soul Control Technique..."

For someone useful like this, just killing him would be too much of a waste. But a person like Steve is a double-edged sword; if he cannot be controlled, he will inevitably betray you just like he betrayed Freemasonry...

So, Qin Fang directly used the Soul Control Technique on Steve... After all, he is just an ordinary person and his resistance won't be very strong.

As long as the Soul Control Technique is successful, Qin Fang wouldn't need to worry about this guy betraying him...

"What, what have you done to me?"

Having been Diamond A for so many years, while holding a high position, Steve had some understanding of martial artists... Sensing the strange feelings coming over him, he immediately understood and asked in horror.

Although he's very afraid of death, he fears losing his freedom even more...

Originally, when Freemasonry imposed restrictions on him, he managed to persuade his brother, who was a Temple Envoy, to leave a loophole, a backdoor for him. Now, how could he want to become someone else's servant, a slave in the future? (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)