Don’t want to?
Of course not.
Despite being suppressed by the righteous, the Six Sects of the Devil’s Way are also big sects, unlike those small sects that practice magic and some casual practitioners who are killed by a pa*sing chivalrous warrior at every turn, becoming a part of the chivalrous warrior’s record.
It is clear from looking at the Yin Devil Sect that nine out of ten of the world’s youth houses have the shadow of the Yin Devil Sect behind them. It is very likely that the wives and concubines of the princes and ministers, the noble families, are members of the Yin Demon Sect.
There is also the Devil’s Sword Dao, a sword dao with adversity at its core. All the adversities in the world are swordsmen’s sustenance for the Devil’s Sword Dao to advance, so how could such an arrogant sect submit to the Heavenly Devil Palace and be integrated by him?
Anyway, no one in the Devil’s Dao who is somewhat ambitious can bring a huge family to be a lackey for the Heavenly Demon Palace. And the people in the Devil Dao were the least of those with ambition.
“Moreover, you tricked the Demon Prince last time, and the Secret Book of Heaven Reckoning that he took away was missing a few pages, he is keeping it in mind.” Yun Wuyue reminded.
“If it weren’t for the fact that the Heavenly Demon Palace is not out in the world right now, and the six sects of the Devil Dao are basically obeying each other, the Green Dragon Society wouldn’t be so idle right now.”
It was quite idle, at first there were still occasional a*sa*sins from the Desperate Life Hall seeking revenge on the Green Dragon Society’s stronghold, but later on such things did become less and less frequent.
Qing Yu was surprised at the time, it seemed that all that commotion at the beginning of this period was still to cope with the Heavenly Demon Palace. Qing Yu was also considered an a*sa*sin and knew how cold the blood of a*sa*sins was, and since the Jedi Sword had been killed, it was not worth enough. And revenge on the Green Dragon Society cost too much value, so the Jedi Sword’s revenge was just put on hold.
Or rather, to the people of the Jedi Hall, it was not considered revenge at all, so naturally there was no such thing as revenge.
“So you want to kill the Demon Prince this time?” Qing Yu said with a wry smile.
It would be interesting if he went to kill the Demon Prince.
Unfortunately, Yun Wu Yue wasn’t going to let Qing Yu achieve this interesting decision.
“Although I am disgusted with the Demon Prince, it is not the right time yet.” Yun Wuyue was very open about her desire to kill the Demon Prince, “The Heavenly Demon Palace has not officially come out yet, and has only sent some Demon Amba*sadors out to operate, and it is these people that I want you to kill.”
“If the Heavenly Demon Palace’s demon amba*sadors, I feel that the price beforehand is a bit low.”
“After the death of the devil amba*sadors and the breaking of contact with the Heavenly Demon Palace, the Yin Devil Sect will start purging some wallflowers within the sect who want to be lackeys for the Heavenly Demon Palace, and by then I will take over more power and provide more information to the Green Dragon Society, naturally.” Yun Wuyue once again raised the stakes.
Although this was considered a blank cheque, as long as it could be realised, the lure of a cheque was far greater than a bit of cash, so Qing Yu directly agreed to it.
However, the Heavenly Devil Palace was ultimately one of the source streams of the Devil Dao, a first-cla*s terrifying force, and Qing Yu had to find someone who could shrug it off when he went to kill the Devil Envoy of the Heavenly Devil Palace.
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Not far from the Divine Capital City is the city of Shuangsi Prefecture.
This was once the place where the great Confucian master Meng Shanhe first lectured in Northern Zhou, and it can be said to be the place in Northern Zhou where the literary style is most flourishing, apart from the Divine Capital. The name of the capital city alone shows how prevalent Confucianism was here.
It was a place where one could concentrate on the study of Confucianism and restrain one’s thoughts.
Yet, even in this place of great literary excellence, there is still a Buddhist temple.
A short distance outside of Sosi, there is a temple with a strong incense culture, the Khongmu Temple. The signatures at this temple are very spiritual, and the monks are also proficient in Buddhist teachings, which is why they are often visited by visitors.
Especially after the recent arrival of a young holy monk, more and more visitors came to ask the young monk for advice.
This night, after the Little Monk had interpreted the sign for a visitor, the visitor gave the Little Monk a note of thanks.
In these days, the little holy monk had actually received many similar notes, after all, the little holy monk had clear eyebrows and a profound Buddhist teachings, so it was not too much to call him a “jade-faced monk”. However, this was the first time that a male visitor had slipped a note to him.
Of course, what drove the young monk to open the note was not because it was stuffed by a male incense-bearer, but because there was a familiar scent on the note.
At that moment, the young monk chanted the Buddha’s hymn and apologised for leaving. In the midst of the crowd of incense-bearers, he quietly arrived at a dense forest not far outside the Hollow Wood Temple.
In the midst of this dense forest, a man in black wearing a bronze mask had been waiting for a long time.
“Monk Shi Jue, you’ve really given me a good search.” Qing Yu looked at this monk with low brows and drooping eyes and sighed for a while.
Who would have thought that this group of monks would come to Northern Zhou and not bother with the Tantric Sect, but instead they were safely ensconced in a local temple, interpreting signatures for people.
The monks did not go to a youth house, so even if Qing Yu had the help of Yun Wu Yue, it would have been difficult to find any trace of Shi Jue for a while. If it wasn’t for a recent customer at the youth house in the Soksi residence who complained that his wife had fallen in love with a white-faced monk from the Hollow Wood Temple, and heard that the monk was a profound Buddhist and gave some clues, Qing Yu wouldn’t have found Shi Jue by now.
“Monk Shi Jue, I heard that the Emperor of Northern Zhou is going to seal Tantric Buddhism as the state religion of Northern Zhou at the Water Land Puja in six days, are you not in a hurry at the Great Zen Temple?” Qing Yu asked curiously.
“Amitabha Buddha, all things in this world have their own destiny, and it is not up to us to decide what happens.
The words seem to be Zen, but in reality they are all empty words.
“Monk, why don’t you just say you won’t tell me?” Qing Yu kindly laughed.
“Amitabha Buddha,” Shi Jue said, “then I’ll say it straight, I don’t want to tell you.”
‘Tsk, Monk Shi Jue is really a maverick as usual. Saying he doesn’t want to tell me is almost as good as saying that the Great Zen Temple is up to something.’ Qing Yu thought to himself.
However, Qing Yu could not intervene in the dispute between the Great Zen Temple and the Tantric Sect, so naturally, he did not care about it.
“Then, does the monk have the heart to go and subdue the demons and kill the demon envoys of the Heavenly Demon Palace?”
“But the Heavenly Demon Palace of that demon dao source stream?” Shi Jue steeply opened his eyes wide and looked straight at Qing Yu, so he could see that this was also a very surprising thing for him.
“Precisely.” Qing Yu nodded his head and said.
Surprisingly, after being surprised, Shi Jue once again returned to his low brows and drooping eyes, “The Heavenly Demon Palace is one of the source streams of the demonic dao, although the monk has the heart to subdue demons, he does not have the power to do so, ah.”
Monk Shi Jue said it as if he was sorry, but there was no regret on his face. He was different from those monks who wanted to subdue demons at the drop of a hat, this monk, had no desire to get rid of evil, he was more similar to a Taoist practitioner, what prevented him from practicing Buddhism was the evil, the rest, Shi Jue was too lazy to care.
“Monk don’t forget that you still owe me a favour? If you help me kill the demon envoy of the Heavenly Demon Technique this time, that favour will be repaid, and I will owe you one in return.” Qing Yu said.
“Amitabha Buddha,” Shi Jue chanted the Buddha’s hymn, “since there is a karma, the monk is compelled to do something.”
