Chapter 146: The Hypocritical Eastern Religion, the Painful Experience of Shrek and Others
Flanders and the others were terrified, they never expected that even though they had joined the Eastern Divine Religion and were working for them, the Eastern Divine Religion still had conditions for rescuing Tang San and the others.

"Don't be nervous, the conditions are not strict, they are very relaxed." Dongfang Ninja Ghost suddenly changed his face and looked like a gentleman.

He said righteously: "The purpose of our Eastern Divine Religion is to eliminate all evil on the Douluo Continent and turn it into a paradise on earth led by the Eastern Divine Religion."

"But you should also understand that the strange diseases of Tang San and the other four are very difficult to treat. They have never appeared before. To treat them, not only does Elder Langya need to expend a lot of energy, but also a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to develop an antidote. After that, a large amount of precious medicine is needed for subsequent rehabilitation, so that there will be no sequelae and their talents will not be depleted." (The Holy Religion is the self-proclaimed name of the Eastern Divine Religion)

"There are too many evil forces and too many suffering civilians on the Douluo Continent. All of them need our Holy Church to save them. The resources of the Holy Church are also very tight. Every gold soul coin of the Holy Church must be used to liberate the Douluo Continent! Therefore, my request to you is very simple. If you want to be rescued, you must strictly abide by and practice the teachings of the Eastern Divine Church and make your greatest contribution to the Holy Church!"

"Yes! I will strictly abide by and practice the teachings of the Holy Church and fight for the Eastern Divine Religion all my life!" Flanders was very ashamed. He felt that he was fooled by his own standards, but he never thought about conducting in-depth field investigations, nor did he think that the other party would tell the truth.

"Okay! Then you can go back and have a rest. Later, the relevant staff will arrange your future tasks and explain your treatment and obligations. Go to the [Holy Church Spring] for baptism tomorrow. You don't need to worry about Tang San and others' strange diseases. The Holy Church can guarantee to cure them."

Dongfang Rengui waved his hand and asked the other party to retreat. Anyway, except for Zhu Zhuqing and Zhang Hongruo, the two women he planned to accept, Dongfang Rengui would get rid of the rest of the people from Shrek Academy sooner or later, so he was too lazy to waste time to personally arrange for the people from Shrek Academy.

On the surface, the Holy Spring is a treasure land for new disciples of the Eastern Divine Religion to cleanse all filth and strengthen their bodies. In reality, it amplifies the evil in people's hearts and induces them to form demonic energy. After completing this step, one will be half an evil soul master and can become a yellow-level follower of the Eastern Divine Religion.

The demonic energy continued to accumulate, and finally the demon seed was planted by the leader Dongfang Aoxie himself. When the demonic energy and the demon seed merged, he became a Xuan-level believer of the Eastern Divine Religion, and he was completely transformed from a normal soul master to an evil soul master.

After becoming an evil soul master, one can no longer practice normally and can only rely on absorbing the soul power and vitality of living beings.

They will be like being controlled by the mind, mindlessly believing in the Black Devil, and being controlled by Dongfang Aoxie. Unless they encounter Zhuang Xingyu's Hongmeng Merit Domain, they will never reveal that the Eastern God Cult is an evil soul master. The complete version of the Angel Realm of the Angel Lineage may also achieve this effect.

Like most cults, the Eastern God Church calls itself a holy religion, claiming to be righteous and believing that all other forces are evil.

They often direct and perform some tricks by themselves, such as poisoning the outside world and then pretending to provide free rescue, pretending to be saving people from suffering and dedicating themselves to the common people.

It seems like free rescue, the losses are huge, but in fact it is a huge profit.

First of all, the poison used by the Eastern Divine Cult is from the "Ten Thousand Poisons Sutra" passed down by the Black Demon God. Not to mention the Douluo Continent, even if the God Realm wants to develop an antidote it will take a lot of time. They are completely on two different tracks and everything needs to start over.

These poisons are poisons to the people of Douluo Continent, but they are nutrients to evil soul masters. They only need to absorb them and just give them some so-called "precious antidotes" to pretend, and the cost is zero.

Secondly, the Eastern Divine Religion will not save everyone, but at most 5% of the people. If no one died, others would not be able to feel the severity of the disaster, and would not have a deep sense of gratitude towards the Eastern Divine Religion.

What about the 95% of people who died? Their land, houses, materials and other wealth all went into the pockets of the Eastern God Cult. The Eastern God Cult did almost nothing, but just pretended to reap 95% of the wealth in the poisoned area.

The deputy chief of the Eastern Divine Religion arranged for Flanders and his friends to join the religion. "Everyone, welcome to join the Eastern Divine Religion. A bright and glorious future awaits you. You will be glad that you joined the Eastern Divine Religion. This is the best choice in your life."

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Dongfang Aoto, the deputy chief steward of the Eastern Divine Religion. I am a level 83, eight-ringed combat soul master. I am responsible for handling matters below the Soul Douluo level in the sect, as well as some personnel appointments and dismissals. You can call me Aoto, the Heavenly Elder, or you can call me Chief Steward Tuo. Next, I will lead you to integrate into the Eastern Divine Religion faster."

Dongfang Aoto first cleared his throat, then clasped his hands together and faced the direction of the Master's Hall, and then he solemnly narrated:
"First, let's talk about the Holy Church's canons. Time is limited, so I will just focus on the key points. The complete version of the canons is in the Holy Church's Believer's Handbook. You must memorize them within seven days. You must be absolutely loyal to the Eastern Divine Church, to the great leader, and be ready to sacrifice everything for the Holy Church at any time and anywhere!"

"You must always be vigilant. Our current happy life is all given to us by the leader. Without the great leader carrying the burden for us, how can we have the peaceful life today? Without the great leader sweeping away the evil, how can we have the prosperous era of the Kingdom of Barak today..."

"The members of the church are divided into four categories: Saint Veins, Elders, Protectors, and Believers. Saint Veins are held by the direct lineage of the Church Master, Young Master, etc. Elders can only be held by those who have the inherited martial spirit of the Church and must be strong soul douluo or above. Protectors are held by foreign soul masters who join later and their soul power must be above Soul Emperor. In addition, there are a large number of menial servants who are responsible for helping the saints deal with matters so that everyone can devote themselves to cultivation."

"The Holy Vein is supreme. He is the Holy Religion's greatest leader, the greatest pioneer, the greatest promoter, and the greatest guardian! In addition, there are three categories: elders, protectors, and believers. Each category is further divided into four levels: heaven, earth, black, and yellow. They are divided according to your loyalty, contribution, age, and talent."

"Then, you will go to the Holy Church Spring for baptism. After you pass, you will all be incorporated into the Yellow Level disciples. If you can pass the assessment tailored for you by the church within half a year, Flanders and Zhao Wuji will be promoted to Xuan Level guardians, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhang Hongruo, and Zhu Zhuqing will be promoted to Xuan Level disciples."

"You can also participate in higher-level assessments later. After passing the assessments, you can be promoted to earth-level, or even heaven-level believers or guardians, and you will receive more benefits."

"And the most important thing is that everyone in the church must complete the tasks set by the Holy Church every once in a while. If you fail to complete the task twice in a row, you will be demoted to a lower level. If you fail to complete the task three times in a row or fail the task more than three times within two years, your soul power will be abolished and you will be expelled from the Holy Church! Because the Holy Church wants to save people who can contribute to the human race, not those who eat for free and enjoy themselves! Do you understand?" Dongfang Aoto said seriously. "Understood!" Flanders and others responded quickly.

"Deputy Manager Tuo, what about me, what about me?" Yu Xiaogang jumped out and asked in disbelief. He didn't hear what the arrangement for him was from beginning to end. He didn't understand why after changing to a new environment, a genius like him still hadn't been discovered.

"You, who are you? Some random person who sneaked in?" Dongfang Otto had always looked down on clowns like Yu Xiaogang. Now Yu Xiaogang actually called himself the deputy general manager. He hated being called "deputy general manager" the most. Naturally, he would not be in a good mood towards Yu Xiaogang.

"Me! Don't you recognize me? I am Yu Xiaogang, the master of Douluo Continent who is invincible in theory! You should have heard of me! You know the book "The Ten Core Competitiveness of Wuhun", right? It was researched by me!"

"Not only can I help you teach believers how to practice, I know everything else. I am an all-round talent! You can hire me as the think tank of the Holy Church, and I will formulate the development plan of the Holy Church. As long as you do as I say, within ten years, the Holy Church will become the strongest force in the entire continent!" Yu Xiaogang boasted about his personal value shamelessly.

"You bastard! How dare you teach me how to do things!" Dongfang Aoto's face turned dark, and he looked more and more disgusting. He directly rolled up a soul power and blasted Yu Xiaogang away.

Yu Xiaogang's limbs were shattered again. He vomited blood and then fainted. This was the nth time he had suffered such an injury. It would definitely leave him with many sequelae and he would have to be confined to a wheelchair in the future.

"Where did you get this idiot? You are just lowering the IQ of the Eastern Divine Religion by standing here. How dare you, a loser without any soul power, teach the followers of the Holy Religion! You even want to be the think tank of the Holy Religion. What a joke! You are just a mentally retarded person!"

Dongfang Aoto didn't kill Yu Xiaogang directly, but only beat him half to death. He also knew Yu Xiaogang's identity. He was Yu Yuanzhen's second son and there was still a lot of value that could be exploited. It would be a pity to kill him directly.

“Flanders, are all of you at Shrek Academy like this? That wasn’t how you introduced yourselves when you requested to join my Holy Church. If that’s really the case, I, the steward, will write to the young leader and the others to have your soul powers revoked and you expelled from the Holy Church!” Dongfang Alto’s soul power surged, and the level 83 soul power pressed towards Flanders and the others.

Flanders hurried forward to explain, and secretly handed a storage soul guide to Dongfang Aoto, "Elder Aoto, please calm down, calm down. Yu Xiaogang's soul power was destroyed a few years ago, and he can't accept stimulation. His brain is sometimes a little crazy, and he often says nonsense. Don't lower your status to a fool like him and spare his life!"

Dongfang Aoto used his soul power to investigate and found 35 gold soul coins. His expression returned to normal. "Forget it. Since you, Flanders, are sincere in joining the Holy Church, I will let you go this time. Remember, this is the first and last time. If you do it again in the future, you will be severely punished!"

"The Holy Church does not support idlers. Since Yu Xiaogang wants to stay in the Holy Church, he must work. Starting tomorrow, Yu Xiaogang will be responsible for cleaning the toilets in the Holy Church's chores area. If he dares not clean them well, he will eat the food. Ah Xuan, write down Yu Xiaogang's position." Dongfang Aoto ordered a believer who was responsible for recording personnel appointments and dismissals. Then Yu Xiaogang was dragged to the chores area like a dead dog.

When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Flanders could only flatter and fawn, "Thank you, Manager Tuo, for your care. I am very grateful. I will keep a close eye on Yu Xiaogang and will never let him make mistakes again. I will also supervise him to complete his work."

This is why Flanders was unwilling to join a big force before. He was free outside before and could do whatever he wanted as long as he didn't touch the beards of the big forces.

And now, he had only been in the Eastern Divine Religion for a day, and he had already kneeled before more people than in the previous ten years. Not only did he not get any benefit, but he also lost all his wealth. The 35 gold soul coins were the money that Flanders got from selling Shrek Academy, the shops in Soto City, Ning Fengzhi’s reward, and his own accumulation of half a lifetime! In an instant, it was all gone, and the only soul guide was gone.

"Forget it. There's no point in thinking too much. There's no way out. But no matter what, there is a way to cure Hongjun, Xiaoao and their strange diseases." Flanders could only comfort himself in his heart.

After Dongfang Otto introduced the group to a few people, he led them to the Holy Spring, a place heavily guarded and surrounded by high walls. There was a deep pool with black fog all year round. The cold and damp air was filled with thick demonic energy, like an invisible giant net, twisting and entangled in the air, giving off a suffocating feeling of oppression that seemed to be able to corrode any light.

The high wall was made of golden stones, and it looked noble, elegant, holy and pure from the outside; but inside there were gusts of cold wind, and bursts of ghosts howling from the bottom of the spring from time to time, giving off a smell of decay. In the pool there were densely packed black shadows, which looked like the souls of normal soul masters killed by the Eastern Cult.

"It's so depressing, Zhuqing, I'm scared." Zhang Hongruo didn't dare to look directly at the deep pool. Just now, she only took a glance and it was as if she saw her breasts.

This pond seems to be a scar on the earth. The dark water surface is calm, yet it seems to hide countless secrets and fears.

"Don't just stand there, get down quickly! This Holy Spring is a great opportunity, and many people can only encounter it!" Dongfang Auto kicked Zhao Wuji and others down without waiting for their reaction.

"Splash, splash!" Several people were submerged in the magic water. The evil thoughts in their bodies were constantly magnified, and even their souls were eroded.

In just a few moments, the personalities of several people changed drastically.

Flanders muttered to himself subconsciously, "Yu Xiaogang! It's all your fault, it's all your fault. It was you, a coward, who ran away from the marriage, that caused Erlongmei to be killed! I shouldn't have given Erlongmei to you! I, Flanders, have had a very hard life, it's all your fault, and the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, Zhuang Xingyu, you all deserve to die too. Only the Holy Church can help me get justice! Thank you Holy Church, thank you great leader!"

(End of this chapter)