episode_0472

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A rumor was secretly circulating in Sichuan Province.

The faces of the clan leaders that Ho Cheon-an visited were full of concern, so there was no doubt that he had made an unreasonable request.

And that request is none other than the Heavenly Demon Church.

Of course, the rumor did not spread widely.

Currently, Hu Tianan was extremely popular in Sichuan Province, so negative rumors about him could not spread.

However, with Wei Ji-cheon’s remarks at the banquet in Shaanxi, rumors began to circulate about what request Ho Cheon-an had made to the leaders of the clan, and the people of Sichuan Province were thrown into confusion.

The Heavenly Demon Church, which was trying to spread its influence over the world, was trying to invade Sichuan Province!

As soon as suspicions about Ho Cheon-an arose, the rumors grew out of control.

This was because there were so many suspicious things about Ho Cheon-an’s actions, from his growth to his pedigree.

Unfounded rumors and wild speculations about the Hocheon Plan began to run rampant.

The reason he was able to defeat Jeong Cheol in a short period of time was because he learned the dangerous magic techniques of the Heavenly Demon Church.

The reason why the Apostolic Alliance collapsed so easily was because of the influence of the Heavenly Demon Church.

The reason why the Blood Cult appeared in the world was because of the anger of the Blood Cult who lost their successor to the Heavenly Demon Cult.

In fact, the ronin named Hocheonan disappeared at some point and was replaced by a demon from the blood religion.

Such rumors and the confused public sentiment of Sichuan Province reached the ears of the martial arts sects who were watching Ho Cheon-an’s movements.

The martial arts sects were able to come to one conclusion after hearing the news from Sichuan Province.

I don’t know what Hocheonan is and the truth surrounding the Heavenly Demon Church, but in the end, Hocheonan was just an excuse for the Heavenly Demon Church to advance into the central region.

He persuades the sects of Sichuan Province to accept the Heavenly Demon Religion.

No matter how much one thought about it, it was unlikely to be realized, and compared to its feasibility, Hocheonan had too much to lose.

Who will support those who advocate accepting external forces? It was anyone’s guess that the relationship between the Hocheonan and Sichuan factions would deteriorate.

Therefore, the martial arts sects who heard this news believed that the current situation was an order from the Heavenly Demon Church.

It would of course be a good thing if the sects in Sichuan province were persuaded, and even if the sects in Sichuan province were not persuaded, there would be no loss for the Heavenly Demon Church even if Hocheonan’s reputation and support power decreased.

No, maybe it could have been beneficial.

Because through this incident, we were able to clearly convey the true meaning of the Heavenly Demon Church to the sects who were not sure about it.

The sects of the world who understood the true meaning of the Heavenly Demon Religion thought.

If the purpose of the Heavenly Demon Church was to punish the Blood Cult just as it claimed, the Blood Cult that was to be joined by the Murim Alliance and the Heavenly Demon Church would have been a light in the wind.

However, since it was revealed that the purpose of the Heavenly Demon Church was to expand its power, cooperation with the Murim Alliance was in vain.

Blood religion, Heavenly Demon Church, and Murim Alliance.

It is said that it is impossible to know who will take the hegemony of the world.

When the sects of the world were making such judgments.

Hyeoljon was frowning.

“That’s strange.”

When the messenger of the Blood Religion visited the camp where Ho Cheon-an was located, Wi Ji-cheon was meeting Ho Cheon-an and even stood as a mediator between the blood religion, the messenger, and Ho Cheon-an. It is well known that the relationship between the Heavenly Demon Church and Ho Cheon-an is quite strong. As I could have guessed.

Hyeoljon believed that the relationship between Wijicheon and Hocheonan would be very close.

But what is the current structure revealed?

It was as if Wi Ji-cheon was unilaterally squeezing Ho Cheon-an for his own ambitions.

That’s why Hyeoljon couldn’t shake off his doubts.

From the Heavenly Demon Church’s point of view, Ho Tian-an could be said to be the only friendly celebrity in the Central Plains, but ruining the relationship with Ho Tian-an in order to target the unlikely Sichuan Province?

No matter how much he thought about it, it didn’t make sense, so Hyeoljon considered the current actions of Hocheonan and Cheonma Shinyo to be a trick.

‘What are you planning?’

What are they hiding and what are they planning?

While Hyeoljon was conducting investigation after investigation to find out what the Heavenly Demon God Church and Hocheonan were up to, he noticed something strange.

“The dependent faction is showing signs of letting go?”

“Yes. It is said that they blatantly gave off an atmosphere of not wanting to be associated with our blood religion.”

Hyeoljon was lost in thought as he looked at Hyeolin, who didn’t think it was strange at all.

As the Heavenly Demon Church hinted at its ambitions for the world, most of the blood religion’s allies began to give in.

This was the result of the addition of news from the Heavenly Demon Church while a situation was already unfolding where spirits from all over the world were being attacked by Jinbeopdaes belonging to the Murim Alliance.

Those who had no choice but to choose the Blood Cult, or those who joined hands with the Blood Cult because it was the power that controlled the world, were watching the trend in order to raise their own ransom or, if necessary, switch to the Heavenly Demon God Cult.

Considering that the majority of the alliance forces were maintaining that attitude knowingly or unknowingly… the movements of the dependent faction did not seem that strange.

However, Hyeoljon felt something intuitively.

Ak Gyeong-cheol, who led the Sokryeong faction, was a man so crazy about profit that even his blood friends held out their tongues. Wasn’t he someone who would actively intervene in any matter as long as the benefit was guaranteed?

Considering Ak Gyeong-cheol’s attitude of not caring about profit, it was normal for him to negotiate persistently and repeatedly to raise the ransom in order to extract maximum benefit no matter which side he joined hands with.

Even if it means loss from a long-term perspective, he’s not the kind of guy who will ever miss short-term gains… That evil Kyung-cheol is just sitting there?

Hyeoljon felt something ominous.

“Find out everything related to the dependent faction! Right now!”

“Jo, honorific name!”

Hyeoljon frowned as he looked at the data he had gathered. No matter what anyone says, the Soongryeong faction was a Daemun faction established in Yunnan, and compared to the early collaborators who were pressured by political factions and tried to borrow the power of others,

He was a useful collaborator.

‘You got involved in more things than I thought.’

Because they pursued profit in every case, they were unable to obtain full cooperation, but looking at it all, they borrowed the power of the dependent faction more than once.

If Ak Gyeong-cheol wanted to dig into Hyeol-gyo’s background, he could have accessed intimate information.

Heolzon realized that fact and chewed his lips.

‘That rat passed our church’s information to the Heavenly Demon Church!’

The home base has become known to the Heavenly Demon Church!

Only then did Hyeoljon understand the actions of Hocheonan and Cheonma Shingyo. After receiving information in Yunnan that the headquarters of the Blood Religion was located in Xi’an, a smoke screen was spread to hide the fact.

In the end, the Heavenly Demon Church was resting well in Shaanxi, near Xi’an, and was reserving the strength to run, and since Hocheonan was also moving on a rain carriage, he would be able to run from Sichuan Province to Xi’an in one go.

“Did you plan on acting out the feud and reassuring me and then storming into Xi’an right away?”

As soon as he realized the fact, Hyeoljon sent a war message to his allies.

The current actions of Hocheonan and the Heavenly Demon Church are a smokescreen operation, and they are seeking support as they are targeting a base in Xi’an.

Hyeoljon clenched his fists as he flew letters in all directions.

Since the Heavenly Demon Church and Hocheonan believed that the main base of the Blood Cult was defenseless, it was calculated that if they planned a good strategy, they could inflict a great deal of damage on the Hocheonan and the Heavenly Demon Church.

And such plans for bloodshed came to nothing as replies from the allies arrived one by one.

“Ha.”

There have already been dozens of rejections.

At first, I was furious, but soon the replies with my intention to refuse piled high on my desk, and my head became cold with a sense of crisis.

“Kkkk…kkk

Blood Zone burst into laughter. After my head got cold, I finally realized what I had missed.

The actions of the Heavenly Demon Church and Hocheonan, and the claims of the Blood Cult that the actions of the Heavenly Demon Church and Hocheonan are all smoke and that they will raid the base of Xi’an, or the actions shown by the Heavenly Demon Church and Hocheonan, which would seem more truthful?

Of course, it was the actions of the Heavenly Demon Church and Hocheonan.

Rather than judging that the Heavenly Demon Church was a loyal group that broke its long silence and came to the Central Plains to repay the favor it received from Ho Cheon-an, it was much more common sense to believe that they used Ho Cheon-an to expand their own power.

On the other hand, what about the claims of blood religion?

Hocheonan and the Heavenly Demon Church are deceiving the world by carrying out a smokescreen operation?

I have to say something that makes sense.

Look at Ho Cheon-an’s actions.

Ho Cheon-an lost all the reputation and reputation he had built up in Sichuan Province by advocating for the introduction of the Heavenly Demon Church into Sichuan Province.

But that action was just a smokescreen to attack the base?

Who would launch a smokescreen operation while throwing their reputation into the gutter?

Unless he was forced to act as a stooge in order to borrow the power of the Heavenly Demon Church.

Seeing that they are making absurd claims and asking for reinforcements, it seems that the Blood Cult is frightened by the actions of the Celestial Demon Cult or is planning to use their allies as shields.

Therefore, until a conflict occurs between the two forces and their superiority is revealed, we must keep our distance from the blood religion.

That was something to think about.

Only then did Hyeoljon realize Hocheonan’s true intention.

“Kkkk… What you did wasn’t done to deceive me.”

What Ho Cheon-an did was not to deceive the clan and religion, but to deceive the world.

The stakes of fame and influence that have been built up so far.

And they used the card called Cheonma Shingyo, which was like an unknown entity to the people of Central Plains, to make them believe that lies were the truth.

Everyone in the world believes that the true intention of the Church of the Heavenly Demon is to expand its power in the central plains, so who would believe the people who say that the Church of the Heavenly Demon will raid the headquarters of the blood religion?

Blood Zone thought.

It is said that Hocheonan’s version was completed and he received an external attack.

He reveals that he has a base in Xi’an and asks for help from his allies? Since they are making it known that they are at a disadvantage, will the allies really take the side of the blood religion?

Even if they abandoned their home base and ran away, it was a problem.

It was like abandoning a long-time ally called the Mosan faction like a devoted partner, and at the same time, the strength of the blood religion was revealed to the world, so this was also like heading to the end of one’s own death.

Hyeoljon’s eyes, who had been laughing helplessly for a while, sparkled.

“Good.”

In the end, there was only one way to overcome the current situation, so I made up my mind to do so.

Head-to-head competition.

Defeat Hocheonan and Cheonma Shingyo. Even if it can’t be defeated, it will equalize or cause a lot of damage!

If we can achieve such a result, we can overcome all the current difficulties.

The momentum of the Cult of Heavenly Demon will also be greatly reduced, and if it suffers great damage, they may reconsider their promise to Hocheonan to defeat the Cult of the Heavenly Demon. Even if this is not the case, the blood religion will prove its power to oppose the Heavenly Demon Church, and the allies will also return.

Therefore, Hyeoljon decided to gather all the power he could currently use to compete with Cheonma Shingyo and Hocheonan.

There is enough time before the Heavenly Demon Gods Church and the Hocheonan attack the stronghold.

So, in the meantime, we should prepare everything we can to meet them.

“Moorim ultimately speaks with strength. Let’s compete properly to see who is stronger.”

Mosan.

From there, the blood religion began to move toward a victory they could never back down from.