Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 231 Holy Mother Leader! Master Dongxu?
In an extremely mysterious place, misty fog spreads wantonly between the sky and the earth, as if covered by a thin veil.

A spotless white palace stands quietly in the middle of it. The palace covers an area of about a hundred feet wide and is grand in scale, with flying eaves, brackets, carved beams and painted buildings. Every detail is exquisite.

It seems to be a natural creation, exuding a sacred and inviolable majesty, without the slightest flaw.

And around the huge palace, there is a vast lake.

The surface of the lake is as smooth as a mirror. The clear water reflects the majestic figure of the palace and the vague misty clouds.

A breeze blew from somewhere, creating ripples on the surface of the lake.

The shimmering waters of the lake revealed the scene outside the palace gate, which was crowded with countless figures.

Without exception, they all wore strange pure white robes.

The long hoods on the white robes completely concealed the faces of these people, leaving only dark and deep shadows.

But now, their movements were uniform, yet mechanically stiff, as if they were puppets controlled by invisible strings.

Outside the palace, they began to kneel down slowly in unison, and then bent down in the same rhythm.

His forehead hit the white jade tiles on the ground heavily, making a dull and regular sound.

In front of the empty palace, this scene seemed particularly abrupt. Apart from the clear sound of kowtows, there was no other unnecessary noise.

This indescribable weird feeling becomes more and more intense, making people feel cold and creepy.

However, this weird and terrifying scene was completely shattered in the next second.

A roar filled with rage, like a thunderbolt, boomed from the depths of the palace.
"Damn Black Bird Guards!"

"Junior!"

"I will cut you into pieces!"

This roar was filled with extreme resentment and unwillingness, and it made the white jade glazed tiles of the palace buzz.

The rolling sound waves visible to the naked eye, carrying a majestic momentum, set off a terrifying storm outside the palace.

Amidst the howling wind, the group of people in white robes who were kneeling outside the palace and kowtowing continuously were swept away.

At this moment, he was swept away by this violent force, and his body was shaking in the strong wind.

The white sleeves rustled, as if they would be completely swallowed up by this irresistible storm in the next moment.

Just when the white-robed crowd outside was being blown to and fro by the storm and was about to give up,

An old and calm voice was heard again in the palace. The voice was not harsh, but seemed to possess some invisible power.

Let this voice penetrate directly through the whistling wind and raging sound waves.

Like an invisible hand from the sky, it gradually calmed the raging storm outside the palace.

"Bone!"

Just two simple words, spoken in a very calm and composed tone, yet revealing an unquestionable majesty, echoing in the air.

The originally chaotic scene outside the palace suddenly quieted down, leaving only the heavy breathing of the crowd and the aftermath of the storm that was gradually dissipating.

Deep in the palace, a spacious and bright palace suddenly appeared.

The silence in the hall was somewhat depressing, and the cold white jade brick and stone walls were emitting a cold white light.

In the center of the temple, there is an extremely huge white lotus platform.

The lotus is spread out layer by layer, carved to look lifelike, and each petal is engraved with strange patterns.

However, placed on this holy white lotus platform is a sculpture of a woman without facial features.

There are no eyes, no nose, and no mouth. Her smooth and delicate face is blank, but it inexplicably gives people the illusion that she is staring at the present.

The sculpture of a white jade woman has an elegant posture and smooth lines, and her long white robe falls naturally.

It should have been a dignified and beautiful posture, but because of the missing facial features, it inexplicably gave rise to a sense of weirdness and mystery.

People standing in the audience couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines, and endless fear and anxiety surged in their hearts.

At the foot of the woman's sculpture, a circle of white candlesticks were neatly arranged, with a total of twenty.

Each candlestick has a simple shape and a slender candle body.

At the top was a cold white candle flame, burning quietly, like a dancing, creepy ghost fire, emitting a dazzling and glaring light.

The cold white candlelight flickered in this empty temple, and the light and shadows it cast on the walls distorted and changed.

At this moment, seven of the candlesticks had gone out at some point, leaving only wisps of green smoke rising and slowly dissipating in the dim light.

Without their candlelight, the seven candlesticks finally turned into lifeless, cold objects, placed there quietly.

Suddenly!
The seven white candlesticks that had turned into cold objects seemed to be captured by an invisible giant hand. They suddenly broke free from the constraints of the lotus platform and flew rapidly forward.

They left several pale afterimages in the air, and came straight to an old man, hovering steadily in mid-air.

This elderly-looking man was the old woman that Lu Xuan had met many times before.

The old woman's face was covered with dense wrinkles and ravines, like a dried and curled orange peel.

Every wrinkle is filled with the smell of decay and corruption, as if it has experienced countless years of decline.

However, the old woman's eyes, sunken in her eye sockets, were as deep as the endless white mist. They seemed ethereal and illusory, but they exuded endless weirdness.

Deep within the strange white pupils, visible flames of anger were constantly surging, as if they were about to burn everything around them to ashes.

At this moment, the old woman's face was distorted with extreme anger, and her white eyes, filled with dead silence, stared intently at the candlestick floating in front of her.

The air around the old woman's hunched body seemed to be frozen by this strong hatred, and it was terrifyingly silent.

There was even a mysterious force in the void that caused the invisible air to freeze with a "crackling" sound.

This was caused by the leakage of the old woman's terrifying spiritual power.

She hates it!
These seven white candlesticks are all the mainstays of the Holy Church, and among them there are three Supreme Protector-level beings, that is, warriors who have reached the great success of the Outer Gang Grandmaster or above.

This time, the Holy Church suffered horrific losses and suffered heavy losses.

Three martial artists who were at or above the Great Accomplishment of the Outer Gang Grandmaster level, as well as four guardians of the Outer Gang Grandmaster, died.

The levels within the Holy Religion are divided into.

Incense master, elder, protector, supreme protector, supreme elder.

Corresponding to the Blood Refining Realm, the Internal Qi Realm, the External Gang Grandmaster Realm, the External Gang Grandmaster Great Accomplishment Realm, and the Divine Mansion Realm.

If the Holy Church only lost these elite forces, that would be fine.

However, those three white lotus nightmare flowers were the work of the Virgin Mary and were of paramount importance.

In the end, it was destroyed so easily.

If it weren't for that young man who appeared out of nowhere, everything she planned would have succeeded. When the old woman thought of Lu Xuan's face, her originally strange and pale eyes suddenly filled with endless resentment, as if she wanted to eat Lu Xuan alive.

She had been against the Great Xia court for thousands of years, so she had never felt as aggrieved as she did today.

Beside the old woman, there was an old man with a strange-looking figure.

The old man was missing both legs and was only half the height of a normal person, yet he floated in the air as if nothing had happened, like a light feather, unaffected by the weight of his body.

He looked calm, his white robe floating freely in the air like soft mist, as if the old woman's anger beside him had nothing to do with him.

Only in his eyes would a cold white light occasionally flash.

And this old man is none other than the second supreme elder of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, Bai Shen!

Just like Bai Gu, he is a martial artist who has reached the realm of the Divine Mansion and a True Person of the Yuanshen!
Bai Shen seemed to be completely unconcerned about the anger of the white bones beside him. His expression remained calm as water, and he asked slowly.

"Bai Gu, who made the move?"

The words were low and steady, as if carrying an innate calmness, and seemed particularly abrupt in this atmosphere filled with anger and repression.

Bai Shen was very curious about which old monster in Mingzhou had taken action and could actually defeat the spiritual power of the old ghost Bai Gu.

The old ghost Bai Gu seemed to have not changed on the surface, but in fact, the energy in her body was as chaotic as the raging sea, and the energy around her was rushing around.

The spiritual power overflowing from the divine palace was even weaker and more powerless, like a candle in a strong wind, swaying faintly, completely devoid of its former strength.

"A damned Xuanniao Guard!"

"Humph!"

"Bai Shen, that little brat from the Xuanniao Guard, I have a feeling he will become a serious threat to our Holy Church in the future."

"Even if I sacrifice my life, I will never let that young man go."

As soon as Bai Gu finished speaking, he ignored Bai Shen beside him and disappeared in an instant with a ghostly figure.

Just after the white bones disappeared, the seven white candlesticks floating in the air suddenly underwent strange changes.

First, a series of fine cracks appeared on their surface, and then they turned into powder at an extremely fast speed.

It was like white smoke floating down and scattering on the ground.

There was also some white powder lingering in the air.

"A serious problem?"

Bai Shen was talking to himself, and his brows involuntarily contracted, as if he found it hard to believe what Bai Gu said.

He knew the details of the Xuanniao Guard very well.

Among the Xuanniao Guards, there are only two people who are worthy of the attention of their Holy Church.

Zi Yao, the leader of the Xuanniao Guard, was a woman whose martial arts realm was mysterious and unfathomable. No one had ever witnessed her true strength.

Another one is that damn old Taoist in Xuanniao Guard, Zhang Daofeng, an old monster who has reached the great perfection of Divine Mansion Realm and has one foot halfway into the perfection of Divine Mansion Realm.

As the junior fellow of Daoxu Temple's abbot, he made such a shocking decision and went to Xuanniao Guard to be the deputy chief of Laozi.

This damn old guy is against our Holy Church everywhere!
However, what Bai Shen did not expect was that there were other people in the Xuanniao Guard besides the two of them.

There was actually someone who made Bai Gu suffer so much, and was even regarded as a serious threat by the old ghost Bai Gu.

When Bai Shen thought of this, he also felt a little interested in the young man from Xuanniao Guard.

The same goes for that old ghost Bai Gu. He is still as angry as ever and didn't even explain the situation clearly.

It seems that I have to bring up this matter in front of Mr. Yan and let him report it to the Holy Mother.

Just as Bai Shen made up his mind, suddenly, an ethereal voice came from the sculpture of a woman above the lotus platform.

"Bai Shen, you don't need to worry about this matter. Leave the matter of the Xuanniao Guard to Bai Gu."

"You must immediately leave for Fuzhou. The green snake is there. Take it to Baidaofu in Anzhou."

"Tell it that the Nether Python is in Jinlin River, Taiping Town, Yunze County!"

When Bai Shen heard the familiar voice, the color on his face instantly faded and he looked panic-stricken.

His whole body trembled violently, and he turned his head slowly and mechanically, staring at the female sculpture, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Holy Mother!"

It’s no wonder that Bai Shen felt extremely shocked. You know, not everyone can see the Holy Mother in their holy religion.

Looking back, the last time he met the Holy Mother was when he broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm and became the second supreme elder of the Holy Church.

However, more than a hundred years have passed since then.

In the Holy Church, there is only one person who can serve the Virgin Mary.

It’s the first supreme elder, Bai Yan!

As the first supreme elder of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, Bai Yan has extremely powerful martial arts skills.

His strength even surpassed the power of heaven and earth possessed by warriors in the Divine Mansion Realm. He was a terrifying old monster who lived in the same era as the founder of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Bai Yan has lived for nearly two thousand years.

As for his martial arts realm, he has even stepped half a foot into the mythical realm of Dongxu Zhenjun, and has mastered a trace of the power of the mysterious laws.

Half-step Dongxu True Lord!

The power of heaven and earth that can be controlled by a warrior in the Divine Mansion Realm is as weak as an ant in front of Bai Yan, who has mastered a trace of the power of the laws of heaven and earth.

As for Bai Shen, why he knew it so clearly.

That was because he had once accidentally tried Bai Yan's method himself.

Aries just raised his hand lightly, and the power of the laws of heaven and earth was added to his body. His words came true, and he easily crushed the spiritual power that Bai Shen was proud of into ashes!
From then on, Bai Shen respectfully called Bai Yan "Yan Lao" and followed his lead, not daring to have any other thoughts.

Even terrifying beings like Yan Lao serve so humbly in front of the Holy Mother.

It is conceivable how powerful the Holy Mother is.

There is no doubt that the leader of the Holy Church can make Yan Lao, who is half a step away from becoming a Void, willingly serve her.

The Holy Mother Leader is most likely the legendary True Lord Dongxu.

At this time, Bai Shen withdrew the power of his divine consciousness in the divine palace, and allowed his incomplete body to slowly land on the ground, with a strange expression on his face.

It was a kind of almost fanatical respect and piety, as if one was listening to the instructions of the Supreme Being.

"Yes, Bai Shen receives the order from the Holy Mother!"

(End of this chapter)