The next morning, after washing up in the suite of the Shanhai Lake Hotel for the night, the three of them finished their breakfast served by the waiter and settled the bill. They also asked the lobby manager to arrange a taxi.

About half an hour later, a taxi traveling along the main street of Yanyang Town drove up a winding mountain path. Looking at the lush mountain scenery outside the car window, Qin Ke’er introduced that this was Copper Bull Mountain, and the Fire Horn Temple was being built halfway up the mountain.

The temples of the ancient bloodline were usually divided into “inner temple” and “outer temple”, also known as “inner courtyard” and “outer courtyard”. As an internal organization of faith-based organizations, Lishi Temple is generally closed to the outside world, while Outer Temple accepts “incense” and worship from believers, as well as “sesame oil money” donated by them.

The people of the temple are usually called “monks”, the highest leader of which is the “Great Grandmaster”, while the people of the outer temple are called “monks”, the main person in charge of which is “presiding”.

In the Ancient Temple system, the Great Grandmaster was the leader of the Diocese, above which was the leader of the Great Diocese-the Spirit Channeling Magician, and above which was the Great Ancient Prophet. However, 180 years ago, the Ancient Divine Temple was a whole, and there was no division between the “Great Diocese” and the “Sub-Diocese”. This came after the last great war, drawing on Notre Dame’s experience.

Ten minutes later, the mountain path gradually became gentle. The taxi dragged the black smoke and drove halfway up the mountain. After turning a big bend, an old temple came into view. The temple was built on a hillside with a dark red exterior wall. However, the red paint on the wall had fallen off on a large scale, revealing a gray-white ripple.

From afar, the temple was divided into three parts, distributed in a staircase pattern. According to Qin Ke’er, this was called “three kowtows”, which meant that the Fire Horn Divine Temple was divided into three halls. If one went all the way up to worship, one would have to kowtow three times. The Horned Rhinoceros Temple was called “Six Kowtows”, while the Ancient Temple was called “Nine Kowtows”.

When Tie Zha understood the meaning of “kowtow”, he secretly frowned, because Elder Ebony had once told him: “Brilliant flame seeds only worship brilliant sacred flame.”

If he wanted to go up, he would have to face the problem of worship and not worship.

If he did not, he would be suspected of underestimating the Ancient Sacred Flame. After all, the people of the Fire Horn Temple did not know his identity.

In the blink of an eye, the taxi arrived in front of the temple. After getting off the car and walking up the broad stone steps, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the temple.

This was a dozens of meters tall gate building, consisting of six thick stone pillars and the roof of a wooden beam tile. From a distance, there were carved beams and painted buildings above, eaves against the sky, and many strange-looking stone sculptures of small beasts. From below, they towered into the clouds with extraordinary momentum.

Tie Zha stood below the door and looked at the temple not far above, hesitating.

“What’s the matter?” Qin Ke’er noticed Tie Zha’s unusual situation and stopped to ask.

“I don’t believe in the Ancient Era’s Temple. When I enter, can I not worship the Ancient Era’s Sacred Flame or the Ancient Era’s Gods?” Tie Zha asked.

“This is the inner courtyard. It’s fine not to bow at all, but you don’t have to kneel. Just bow.” Qin Ke’er said.

“Don’t bow, don’t bow.” Said Tie Zha.

“Why?” Qin Ke’er couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s just a polite gesture …” Mu Qianhe couldn’t help but ask.

“There’s no reason. I won’t bow anyway” Tie Zha paused and said, “Otherwise, I’ll wait outside.”

Qin Ke’er and Mu Qianhe exchanged glances, their faces filled with confusion. They couldn’t understand why Tie Zha, who had always treated others with humility, wasn’t willing to do even the most basic etiquette. Wasn’t he from the War Bear Temple? Or could it be that the War Bear Temple looked down on their Fire Horn Temple, or even the entire Horned Rhino bloodline?

In the silence, the two women’s expressions became more and more solemn. One of them was from the Fire Horn Clan, and the other was from the Golden Horn Clan. They respected the Horned Rhino’s sacred flame from the bottom of their hearts. Their ancestors knelt before the sacred flame and offered their most sincere respects.

However, their men did not respect this point, not even willing to do anything.

Then, in his eyes, what were they?

Noticing the change in the expressions of the two women, Tie Zha could only explain, “It’s not that I don’t respect you” At this point, the two women looked over at the same time. Tie Zha paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and said sincerely, “Please believe me. I respect your faith, but there are some things that I don’t know what to say …”

“I believe you.” Seeing that his expression was ugly, the two women spoke in unison.

“Thank you.” Tie Zha smiled and nodded.

Afterwards, the three of them walked up the stone steps and arrived at the first hall of the temple. At this moment, in front of the hall stood four solemn-looking martial monks wearing old power armor and holding long iron rods.

Qin Ke’er took out the Flame Background and the rhino horn badge. Then, she put her hands together and said, “The Fire Horn Temple is here to deliver Qin Ke’er’s life and pay her respects to the Great Grandmaster.”

When the few Martial Monks saw the badge, they immediately made way.

Walking into the main hall, he saw two gigantic statues standing on both sides of the hall. The four statues wore ancient scaled armor and had different expressions on their faces. There were rats and umbrellas, snakes and orbs, swords, and guitars in their hands.

Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He bowed in front of the four statues respectively. Then, they led Tie Zha through the wooden door and walked up the stone steps behind the hall to the next hall.

Looking around, the statues in this hall were much smaller than before, but there were a lot more of them. They were monks with strange expressions and movements. Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He walked side by side and bowed to each other. Tie Zha followed behind them and casually counted eighteen statues.

After the two ladies finished paying their respects, the three of them passed through the back door, walked up the stone steps, and arrived at the third hall. According to Qin Ke’er, the first hall to enter was the Imperial Hall, the second was the Soldier Hall, and the third was the Battle Hall. In the Ancient Era’s Temple, there were also six halls behind. They were the Hall of the One, the Hall of All, the Array Hall, the Hall of Lie, the Front Hall, and the Hall of Xing. Together, they were the nine words of the Ancient Era’s Ancient Era bloodline-Imperial Dou.

Entering the hall, there was no statue. There was only an ancient altar and a brazier on the altar. The surroundings looked very spacious. At this moment, there were many bald martial monks standing on both sides of the hall. They were holding long iron rods in their hands, all of them expressionlessly leaning against the wall, motionless.

After entering, Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He walked to the altar side by side and knelt down. At the same time, Tie Zha walked behind them and stood upright like a javelin stuck firmly on the ground.

Time flowed quietly …

After a while, Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He stood up after visiting the sacred flame and were about to walk inside when they discovered that the martial monks standing on both sides of the hall were slowly surrounding them.

At this moment, the martial monks’ eyes widened in anger. The two women were shocked at first, but soon discovered that their gazes were not on them, but behind them.

Gradually, the martial monks formed a circle and left a small opening for the two women to leave. The two women only stared at them and did not move a single step.

“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!”

The next moment, the martial monks neatly paused the iron rod in their hands and shouted loudly, “Kneel before the sacred flame.”

Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and looked around.

“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!”

The martial monks stopped on the ground with iron rods and shouted in unison, “Kneel before the Holy Flame!”

The group of enemies looked around and saw the ferocious monks. Tie Zha was still standing there, Wei Ran did not move.

“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!”

“Before the Holy Flame …”

“Kneel!” The martial monks shouted in unison, and the sound was like the roar of a tiger and a dragon, causing the entire hall to tremble.

However, Tie Zha remained motionless. He bent his body and bent his arm like a hibernating beast with vertical hair.

Just as the conflict was about to break out, a warm voice came from behind the altar.

“Friend from afar, in front of you is the sacred flame inherited from the Ancient Era. It has experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes, thousands of years of wind, frost, snow and rain …”

Along with the sound, an old man wearing a grey cloth robe with hemp rope tied around his waist and grey hair walked out from behind the altar. Raising his eyes, the old man’s face was red and vigorous. His eyes were bright like a lamp in the dark. At this moment, his robe was slightly bulging, and his entire body was emitting a powerful aura, causing fear to arise in the hearts of the people.

This was precisely the pinnacle of power, the might of the Saint realm.

He looked at Tie Zha and slowly said, “Young man, I respect your faith, and please respect ours …” However, under his humble and polite persuasion, the young man in front of him remained silent. Seeing this scene, the old man couldn’t help but frown. He was the Great Grandmaster of the Fire Horn Temple, and he had to protect the dignity of the Holy Flame no matter who the other party was when necessary.

“Great Grandmaster, he … he …” Qin Ke’er was stopped by Great Grandmaster Fire Horn’s gaze as soon as she opened her mouth. She did not dare to continue.

“Young man, please respect our faith.” The Great Grandmaster said in a deep voice, clearly furious. But at this moment, the icy-faced young man suddenly took out a small and exquisite object from his bosom. When he fixed his eyes, his eyes immediately widened, and his entire body became dumbfounded …

It was a silver harmonica.

The reason why Tie Zha took it out was because he couldn’t help but want to see what the “brothers” that Cozan referred to as “brothers” regarded as their brilliant fire seeds. In order to prove this, he would rather risk his life, even if his identity was exposed.

After a moment of silence, Grand Master Firehorn, who was staring blankly at the War Song harmonica, slowly took three steps back. He actually knelt down on his knees towards the harmonica in Tie Zha’s hand!

At this moment, everyone in the hall was stunned.

In the next second, there was a loud crash, and the martial monks all knelt on the ground. They didn’t know why they had to kneel, but the Grand Master of the Horn of Fire, whom they respected the most, knelt down. No matter what was ahead, whether it was a god or a demon, they would kneel together.

In the blink of an eye, there was no one standing in the entire hall except Tie Zha.

Afterwards, Great Grandmaster Firehorn leaned forward and was about to kowtow when Tie Zha stepped forward and wanted to help Great Grandmaster up, but at this moment, he heard the other party whisper, “I’m kneeling down the 29,512 heroes, not you.”

Looking at the devout elder, Tie Zha nodded solemnly, then walked to the altar, placed the War Song Harmonica by the brazier, and then retreated to the side of the altar.

In the end, Great Grandmaster Firehorn brought Qin Ke’er, Mu Qian He, and a group of martial monks to the altar and kowtowed to the silver harmonica that reflected a faint flame.

At the end of the ceremony, the Great Master of the Horn of Fire stood up and looked at Tie Zha. He extended his hand to signal, “Please be seated, please be seated, please be seated, please be seated, please be seated!”