Chapter 1525 - 456: [Come With Me]_2

Chapter 1525: Chapter 456: [Come With Me]_2

He had no desire to build a nation, nor any interest in it; he simply wanted to enjoy wealth and power for a long time.

Then, this person began doing things that were baffling to Stone Tree.

He established an organization, hidden within this small city above ground, and claimed himself as the "Sacrificial Priest."

More and more people pledged allegiance to him, more and more people were swayed by his persuasion, and began to worship the "True God."

Stone Tree found it boring, because all this—what true god and what god stick and what followers—he had experienced such things long, long ago.

Yet he still bestowed "divine gift" upon this Sacrificial Priest.

After receiving Stone Tree’s divine gift and becoming a person of power, this Sacrificial Priest began even stranger practices.

He started trying to consult with Stone Tree, asking various inquiries about controlling power.

He questioned Stone Tree on how he transformed from a frail body to a strong warrior.

Stone Tree became curious.

Because no one had ever asked him such questions before.

Those god sticks, tribal leaders, and kingdom kings, always revered this as a divine gift after receiving his transformation, only accepting and enjoying these benefits obediently, never daring to ask further questions.

These people truly believed he was a god.

But this Sacrificial Priest was different.

His mouth was full of "True God," and he spread "True God" to others, but Stone Tree could sense that this guy himself didn’t truly believe in any gods.

He wanted to understand what kind of power this divine power was, which brought him immense benefits.

With this curiosity, Stone Tree began answering his inquiries.

After a few years, under Stone Tree’s guidance, the Sacrificial Priest understood the existence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and learned how to sense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

His talent was decent, belonging to the category with cultivation potential, and his affinity to Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was considered fair.

The reason it took him several years to comprehend is because Stone Tree wasn’t always awake; from time to time, he would sleep for a few days, or even months.

Yet the Sacrificial Priest still learned what Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was, and under Stone Tree’s guidance, began attempting to guide and utilize Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi himself.

This guy indeed was quite intelligent, coming up with some achievements over decades of research.

He actually invented a few basic "spells."

For instance, the "Escape Technique" that Chen Yan had encountered.

Moreover, he also developed an array utilizing Primordial Qi and some materials, particularly human blood as a guide.

An array that could conceal traces and sounds, while also blocking the flow of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi—a Blood Array.

Throughout the research process of this Blood Array, he asked Stone Tree numerous times.

Stone Tree was actually somewhat impatient—he didn’t understand what an array was, from his perspective, utilizing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was an innate ability since his inception.

He was always too lazy to consider the principles behind it.

Thus, sometimes he simply wouldn’t respond, only pointing out a few mistakes to help him correct them when being asked bothered him.

At the age of a hundred, the Sacrificial Priest died of old age.

But the church he founded continued on, and before he died, he brought someone to meet Stone Tree, telling Stone Tree that this was his son, the future new Sacrificial Priest.

The new Sacrificial Priest was the one Chen Yan met today, whom he had killed.

This hidden religious organization remained, entrenched in the small city of Gusanka, with followers not only in the South District but spreading to several surrounding cities.

The new Sacrificial Priest, after growing up, continued hiding behind the scenes.

He and his father were smart people; they understood well that under modern civilization, religion had almost no space left to control political power, and moreover...

Even if political power were established, what of it? Even with the divine gift from the True God, political power ultimately followed a pattern of extinction.

Those tribes and kingdoms that once depended on Stone Tree all became historical dust.

But religion, however, surpassed the longevity of political power!

Hiding behind secular affairs, being a backstage manipulator, was the correct long-term strategy!

Seeing this, Chen Yan couldn’t help but let out a long sigh!

This father and son pair were indeed remarkable individuals!

The old Sacrificial Priest didn’t believe in gods but established this True God Religion, receiving divine power’s empowerment, yet was not satisfied with it and researched divine power himself, becoming a cultivator—not relying solely on divine power infusion, not being passive.

This approach had the advantage that even if Stone Tree fell asleep again, the church leader wouldn’t become weak due to the absence of the True God’s divine gift!

Understanding divine power meant understanding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, enabling successive generations of Sacrificial Priests within the religion to cultivate and grow strong independently.

Completely shedding passive reliance.

As a son, the new Sacrificial Priest was also a strong hero!

Smartly continuing the path his father set out, never surfacing, but hiding underwater, operating as a behind-the-scenes manipulator.

As long as he controlled this indigenous ancient True God Religion, he could secretly mobilize a great amount of manpower and resources.

Even on the surface, who became the Mayor or this region’s warlord seemed unrelated to him; yet it was indeed him controlling from behind!

This time, the turmoil in Gusanka was enough to prove this point.