I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 160 Fanaticism!

"Wow——!"

After hearing what Master Xu said, the whole audience was in an uproar again.

Even the local officials, alchemists and wizards had extremely complicated expressions on their faces, and they all looked at Immortal Xu, whose face had already turned pale.

Chen Tao, the governor of Donglai County, who had previously highly respected the immortal Xu, was even more nervous.

Because if Xu Shenxian is really a rumormonger, his involvement will not be small.

As the governor of a county.

Allowing rumormongers to deceive the people and amass wealth under one's rule is a dereliction of duty.

Recommending a rumormonger to the prince who came to meet the gods on behalf of the emperor is deceiving his superiors and the emperor.

Tolerating a rumour-monger to develop an organization that dares to confront the imperial court and threatens death, if one must punish him, one can even charge him with treason...

At this moment, Chen Tao was really panicked. He felt that he was finished.

As for how far it will be completed, it all depends on the prince's intention.

We can only hope that the prince will give him a chance to make amends because he has cooperated with the work hard these days and has worked hard even if he has no credit.

"!!!"

The people who found it most difficult to accept these words at the moment were obviously the followers of Xu Shenxian.

The more thoroughly the believers were brainwashed by Immortal Xu, the more shocked they were at this moment, and some would rather die than believe this was true:

"Xu Shenxian, you are saying this because of the pressure from the crown prince, right?"

"Impossible! You can't be a liar. You can't be deceiving us. You must know the magic. The fairyland called Pingyuan Guangze must be real!"

"Yes, you are lying. The prince has become an immortal, and even he himself admitted that what you said is true!"

"This must be true. What Immortal Xu is saying now is a lie!"

"Are you going to go back on your word? You accepted our contribution but are unwilling to take us to the wonderland?"

"Xu Shenxian, you don't have to be afraid of the prince. Even if your magic skills are not as good as his, we still believe in you and we are willing to follow you!"

"..."

No one had ever imagined that Immortal Xu's "confession" not only failed to sober up these extremely sincere believers and caused the collapse of their faith, but instead made them even crazier.

"Xu Shenxian!!!"

Suddenly, an extremely sharp and high-pitched voice was heard from the crowd, which instantly drowned out the uproar in the venue and made the scene temporarily quiet.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

I saw a middle-aged woman standing among Xu Shenxian's followers.

The woman also held a sharp weapon in her hand, which was placed on her neck. Because she used too much force and was too excited, it had even cut her skin. Several red bloodstains were flowing down her neck into the coarse cloth collar.

At this moment, her face, which was red from the sea breeze, looked indescribably ferocious and fanatical:

"Xu Shenxian, what you just said was a lie, right?!"

"You are forced to say this because of the pressure from the prince, right?!"

"You promised to take me to the fairyland of Pingyuan Guangze and let me become a superior person. You didn't lie to me, did you?!"

"I have nothing left. I can only rely on you to survive. You can't lie to me, right?!"

"I believe you, no matter what others say, I believe you!"

"You tell me to live and I will live, you tell me to die and I will die, I am not afraid, I am not afraid of anything!"

"I'll go first, I'll wait for you here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the hand holding the sharp weapon suddenly exerted force, and it cut across the neck with a "swish", and a fountain of blood gushed out.

"what……"

This sudden bloody scene frightened many people and made them scream.

The middle-aged woman fell limply to the ground. Only a "huffing" sound could be heard from her slit throat. Her body kept twitching, but there was no fear or pain on her face. There was even a hideous smile on her face, and a hint of expectation in her eyes.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Liu Ju couldn't help feeling sad.

But he knew in his heart that humans were strange creatures. Although they had a developed brain that other animals did not have, they had richer emotions and more complex thinking.

But at the same time, people are also the easiest to be brainwashed.

Once brainwashed, they will enter a state of extreme stubbornness and obstinacy, and do extreme behaviors that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Just like this middle-aged woman, she had been brainwashed to this point, and even Liu Ju didn't know how to change her mind, even if he killed Xu Shenxian, even if he made Xu Shenxian admit in public that he was a liar, even if his faith completely collapsed, even if he ordered people to persuade her with bitter words.

This is already a psychological problem, which even the most brilliant psychologists in later generations may not be able to solve.

Perhaps, death is the best destination for them.

It is also the best ending for this world. Otherwise, such unstable factors will definitely cause more tragedies even without Xu Shenxian.

"Xu Immortal!"

"Xu Immortal!"

"Xu Shenxian..."

More loyal believers holding sharp weapons shouted the name of Immortal Xu.

Although the bloodiness created by the middle-aged woman frightened some believers, there were still some equally loyal believers who showed no fear and were even more fanatical, loudly asking Xu Shenxian similar questions as the middle-aged woman.

"I, I..." Immortal Xu was completely panicked at this moment.

He never thought that one day these believers would become the hands that pushed him into the abyss.

Now one person has died.

That's a knife.

And now there are still hundreds of fanatical believers like this middle-aged woman. If they do the same thing as this middle-aged woman, they will still not escape the fate of being "cut into pieces".

"Calm down! I was lying to you, I really was lying to you!"

Xu Shenxian pleaded with tears in his eyes, even jumping up and down anxiously, trying his best to explain to these believers.

"The elixir I gave you before was made of millet husks mixed with chicken manure and some river water. If you don't believe me, go ask my servants. They know everything!"

"The spells I recited to you before were all made up by me. Sometimes I couldn't even say them a second time!"

"I have collected all the money from you before, but now I have hidden it in the cellar at the backyard of my house. I have never contributed a penny to the gods. I have kept it for my own enjoyment. If you don't believe me, go and dig it up now!"

"Don't you guys know yet?"

"I lied to you. I am not the great-great-grandson of Xu Fu!"

"You only see those patients who have recovered after taking the magic medicine, but you don't know that there are more people who died after taking the magic medicine, but I just concealed it!"

"You only see me blessing those who want children, but you don't know that I only bless women. Is this why you can't understand?"

"My servants know all these things clearly!"

"You only need to interrogate them and you will know that I am not the great-great-grandson of Xu Fu. My ancestral home is Damo, Kuaiji. If you don't believe it, you can go and verify it. Once you get there, you will know whether I am real or fake!"

"I beg you, please wake up!"

"I really don't know how to do immortal arts. I can't take you to the fairyland. I'm just an ordinary liar. You've all been deceived by me. Don't be stubborn anymore!"

"..."

The nervousness made Xu Shenxian's thinking confused and his speech was a little incoherent, but all his words were true.

He has begun to regret now. He regrets why he turned these believers into this, why he didn't stop when he was ahead, why he used these believers to fight against Liu Ju, wasn't it satisfying to offer sacrifice to the sea?

As he spoke, his legs even felt weak and he wanted to kneel down before these ignorant believers.

"..."

These words finally made the believers fall silent, and some loyal believers finally began to waver.

But at the same time as they were shaken, more people looked at Xu Shenxian with hatred in their eyes, a hatred that wanted to eat him alive.

"Xu Shenxian, you lied to us, do you know how much we paid for this?"

"I gave you my children, my land, everything I had, even myself, and you lied to me?"

"It's fake, right? Everything you just said is fake, right?"

"How could you lie to me? How could you do this to me? I don't even trust my parents. I only trust you..."

"..."

"Shua!" "Shua!" "Shua..."

As they were talking, dozens of believers slit their throats. No one knew what they were thinking at the moment they slit their throats, whether they were still loyal to Immortal Xu alone, or whether their hearts had already turned to ashes.

"Impossible! The prince forced you to say that! The prince must have forced you to say that!"

"The prince is the biggest obstacle to our journey to the fairyland. It is the prince who has harmed us and taken away our hope!"

"The prince is the devil that is hindering us, kill him!"

"Kill him... kill him... kill him..."

There were even dozens of people who were completely furious. They put down their weapons and pointed their spears at Liu Ju on the city wall, running towards him desperately like mindless zombies.

"Back off!"

"If you take another step forward, I will kill you without mercy!"

A group of guards and soldiers were on full alert. How could these mere dozens of people break through the defense line? Their actions were just like a mayfly trying to shake a tree and were only seeking their own death.

Just for a moment.

Dozens of people died under the sharp blades without even a splash of water.

The remaining believers stood there at a loss, their pupils shrinking wildly and their bodies shaking constantly.

They are like lost lambs or misprogrammed machines.

At this moment, their actions, language, thinking, cognition, etc. have fallen into complete chaos with the collapse of faith. Even the whole world they live in has begun to become unreal in their eyes.

They didn't know whether they should hate the immortal Xu who deceived them.

They should hate Liu Ju who took away their faith.

Or should I hate myself or this world...

at this time.

Li Guangli's voice sounded again:

"The Crown Prince has issued an order: Since Immortal Xu has admitted that he does not understand the way of the gods, he can no longer be used in the sea sacrifice. Otherwise, it would be suspected of deceiving the heavens. Return him to his followers."

　Thanks to Mr. [Wuyin Guke] for his reward and support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)