northernbook #273 - Have I become an undercover agent of the Demon Sect?
#273 - Have I become an undercover agent of the Demon Sect?
Peak Outside Peak.
Backyard, Five Institutes.
Cheng Yu looked at the document in his hand, his brows furrowed.
"Jointly pressure the First Institute with other institutes? How did Senior Brother come up with this plan?"
"Not only that, but also send difficult people to the First Institute."
"The first time, we could use that reason to send someone, but it obviously failed. The other party didn't fulfill their promise at all. Sending someone again might not be useful. Besides, this reason can't be used all the time. We could use it before, but how can we use it now?"
"Using it before was already foolish enough. Wouldn't using it again be utterly foolish? Do they think everyone in Peak Outside Peak is an idiot?"
"Right now, shouldn't the most important thing be to develop the Fifth Institute first? The First Institute already knows to go outside to earn spirit stones. We should also think of other methods here."
Sighing, he decided to talk to Senior Brother Mo.
Making a fuss is fine, but we can't be reckless.
Have these people been high and mighty for too long, becoming complacent?
That person in the First Institute has killed many people, and also has meritorious service.
The only shortcomings are insufficient cultivation and seemingly lacking talent.
But that doesn't stop the Merit Hall from helping him.
Who would dare to offend someone with such meritorious service, unless they didn't want their life?
Or is the Merit Hall something that can be offended?
Cheng Yu sighed in his heart.
He didn't know much.
But as a fellow Golden Core cultivator, he didn't want to offend Gu An.
The other party had meritorious service and so many terrifying deeds in the past.
Befriending such a person carries risks, but antagonizing them is even more dangerous.
But these senior brothers and sisters just don't care.
Soon, he found Senior Brother Mo.
"You've come at the right time. Isn't the First Institute going to give lectures? Our people will go too," Senior Brother Mo said with a smile:
"If they can earn, we can naturally earn too."
"Their price is ten spirit stones. It's not appropriate to lower the price further," Cheng Yu continued, "Besides, if we want to earn spirit stones, we will be compared.
Currently, we don't have a Void Refinement level person to send out casually.
It shouldn't be suitable."
Hearing this, Senior Brother Mo looked at Cheng Yu and said:
"Why compete? Wouldn't it be better to drive them away?
What can they do?
Don't think about following the rules.
We're already a Demonic Sect, so we need to think more expansively.
Are their people strong?
How do they compare to us?
If they are not our opponents, they will have to bow their heads.
Weak cultivation means getting beaten."
Cheng Yu paused and advised, "What Senior Brother said makes sense, but these spirit stones combined are not as valuable as sending a Void Refinement cultivator back.
There's no need to stare at them. It's a waste of manpower and resources.
It's even more of a waste of Senior Brother's energy."
Hearing this, Senior Brother Mo chuckled, "What? Is my word no longer effective?"
"No," Cheng Yu lowered his head.
"Then go and do it!" Senior Brother Mo said coldly.
As he spoke, a wave of pressure descended, almost causing him to lose his footing.
Cheng Yu was silent, and finally sighed, nodding in agreement.
He didn't even dare to bring up the matter they were supposed to discuss earlier.
With his weak cultivation, he couldn't resist at all.
But without these senior brothers, he really couldn't suppress the people below.
Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.
Just as he was about to leave, there was a sudden knock on the door.
This surprised the two of them slightly.
"Who is it?" Senior Brother Mo asked coldly.
Seeming to want to give the person outside a hard time.
"The Enforcement Hall," a calm voice came from outside.
In an instant, Senior Brother Mo stood up, then personally opened the door.
The door opened, and three people from the Enforcement Hall stood at the door.
The leader was a woman, who led two followers and looked at the people inside, saying, "Junior Brother Mo Xin?"
"That's me," Mo Xin said with a smile, "Senior Brothers and Sisters, please come in."
"No need," the leading fairy looked at Mo Xin and said, "Junior Brother Mo, please come with us."
"Wh, what's wrong?" Mo Xin was a little stunned, "Is there some mistake? I haven't done anything."
The fairy looked at the person in front of her and handed him a document.
Mo Xin immediately checked it, but when he saw the words on it, his pupils shrank.
He couldn't believe it.
Seizing the power of the Five Institutes, disrupting the sect, to be dealt with as a traitor.
"No, impossible, I didn't, I didn't do such a thing," Mo Xin immediately said, "I am Senior Brother Wu's person, he told me to do this, I am innocent."
Mo Xin shouted, "I, I want to see Senior Brother Wu, it's all him, I was forced by him."
"Wu Chen?" The fairy looked at the person in front of her, "Unfortunately, he has already been captured by us."
"How is that possible? He is a direct disciple," Mo Xin couldn't believe it.
But the people from the Enforcement Hall had come, and they wouldn't leave empty-handed.
Even though Mo Xin struggled desperately, he was still taken away.
It wasn't just him.
In the Fifth Institute, all important personnel belonging to Mo Xin were taken away.
And after they went out, they were shocked to find that the Second to Sixth Institutes had already been surrounded by the Enforcement Hall.
These people had no way to escape.
Not only that, but a large number of Enforcement Hall personnel also descended on the involved main peaks.
In a word.
Those involved in this power grab were uprooted.
This big move made the people of the sect a little worried.
In the past two years, the Enforcement Hall had been dispatched on a large scale, not just once or twice.
Those with guilty consciences were afraid that they would be taken away by the Enforcement Hall one day.
Currently, few of the people who have been taken away have returned unscathed.
For a time, the people of the sect felt that with the Enforcement Hall around, they should be more disciplined.
They just didn't know why they were arresting people this time.
That afternoon.
They received the news.
Seizing power.
Seizing the power of the five institutes in the backyard of Peak Outside Peak.
After carefully investigating, they found that it was seizing the power of the Golden Core disciples.
For a time, the people of the sect couldn't understand.
"Seizing the rights of Golden Core disciples, is it such a big deal? Are the benefits in it so exaggerated?"
"Who knows? And I heard that they have the shadows of direct disciples behind them to varying degrees. Are direct disciples also being arrested?
"Nonsense, the direct disciple of the Spirit Control Peak was arrested. As long as the charges are confirmed, they will all be arrested."
"When did the Enforcement Hall start managing so much? Weren't they always turning a blind eye before?"
"Maybe they've become a Demonic Sect. They think killing people is more enjoyable. They can kill people with any excuse."
"You try finding an excuse to kill a direct disciple? Do you know what cultivation level most direct disciples have?'
While these people were still arguing, Junior Sister Qing came to the previous cave dwelling and respectfully saluted, "Senior Brother.
"What's wrong?" A voice came from inside.
"Something big has happened. The people from the Enforcement Hall have taken action against the people in the various institutes of Peak Outside Peak. Those who secretly controlled everything have been arrested, and so have the direct disciples. Also, everyone is being treated as a traitor," Junior Sister Qing's voice trembled as she said this.
You must know that she also wanted to become a secret controller before.
If she had been reckless...
.:
The consequences would have been unimaginable.
"So fast?" The voice inside sighed slightly.
"Did Senior Brother already know?" Junior Sister Qing felt in her heart that it must be so. If not, why would he tell her that she must have a legitimate reason?
And she couldn't arrange it secretly herself.
"Know?" The voice inside said with a smile, "How could I know? When have you ever seen such a thing being judged as treason? No matter how high the authority of the people in the Enforcement Hall is, would they dare to judge a direct disciple as a traitor?"
“Then how could Senior Brother...?” Junior Sister Qing was somewhat puzzled.
“Is it hard to understand?” With a creak, the cave dwelling's door opened, and a man in white robes walked out.
He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and his heroic bearing was extraordinary.
He looked at the person in front of him and smiled:
“First, you must understand that this is the sect.
Second, you must understand that the Six Institutes are newly established. We won't discuss why they were established for now.
But it must be the sect's decision.
Then we must support it.
To seize power as soon as they are established, what would the people who established them think?
Furthermore, who are the leaders of the Six Institutes?
They are the disciples with ordinary talent recently accepted by the various peak masters.
Why can they be the leaders?
To take a step back, it's just good luck.
But what if it's all arranged by the peak masters?
Seizing power?
Isn't that going against the wishes of the peak masters?
Competing and fighting is fine usually, the higher-ups treat it as tempering for us disciples, but competing to the peak master's level, what are you trying to do?
Want to rise to the position of peak master?”
Hearing this, Junior Sister Qing lowered her head subconsciously and said she wouldn't dare.
“Even such a simple principle, as a core disciple, you don't understand?” The man smiled and said, “Since you know, why get involved? I'm afraid you're just used to thinking highly of yourself.
It's fine to clean up.
The sect's management is loose, and the peak masters basically don't care too much.
So, we disciples can basically do whatever we want.
But once the sect investigates, you better be clean.
Otherwise, just pray that the higher-ups are only reprimanding you.”
Junior Sister Qing lowered her head, somewhat puzzled.
She had been in the sect for so long, but she didn't have this feeling.
The man, who had already walked outside, said calmly: “You are still too young.
You haven't seen the sect three hundred years ago. That was the era when the peak masters were active. The disciples of these three hundred years don't understand what the Azurewood Sect was like before.
Anyone who hinders the sect's growth and expansion must die.”
Sighing, the man said: “Therefore, a win-win situation is the only way to ensure you live long enough in the sect. Be careful not only of your fellow disciples, but also of the sect's rules.
Let's go, we're fighting with the Heavenly Sun Sect again recently. Go capture some useful people and find a way to send them to the First Institute.
Since you can't help with this win-win situation, create benefits for him.
Then obtain benefits from the First Institute.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the man left on his sword.
Junior Sister Qing no longer hesitated and followed him away.
Eastern Dao Ancient Province.
In the central location, the spiritual energy here is rich, and there is also a vast spiritual vein, but it is covered by a huge sect.
Dao Sect.
The number one sect in the Eastern Dao Ancient Province.
There are one hundred and eight peaks here.
Countless experts are stationed within.
Streaks of flying swords shuttle back and forth, it is the various disciples flying back and forth on their swords.
At this time, in a relatively remote small mountain peak, an ordinary house was occupied by a man in his early twenties.
There were many spirit stones around him that were constantly changing.
Finally, a portion of the spirit stones sank into his brow.
Immediately afterward, golden light covered his body.
After a long time, the light finally disappeared.
Only then did the other party open his eyes.
Immediately afterward, he began to look at the spirit stones on the ground.
Half of them were missing, and the remaining half were also cracked.
All of them were unusable.
However, they could be used to make formations.
“The spirit stones are still used up. As expected, the spirit stones given by Junior Brother Gu are more useful.” Hua Jiyang smiled and shook his head. With a wave of his hand, countless paper figures flew onto his body for no reason.
Then they disappeared again.
In this way, Hua Jiyang knew what had happened recently.
“After a bit of closed-door cultivation, the sect has become a demonic sect, and I have now become a demonic sect's spy?”
He smiled with quite some emotion: “Forget it, let's complete Master's mission first, and find a way to steal the Dao Sutra for him.”
“However, Junior Brother Gu's recent situation is quite strange. Six people, Six Institutes, no matter how you look at it, it's not a coincidence.” He tried to inquire about the news, but there was no news at all.
In other words, this matter is truly something that only the highest level of the sect can know.
Then he took out the letter and began to read it.
“Junior Brother Gu actually isn't coming, but that's good too. Getting involved in this strange layout, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to pull him out.” Hua Jiyang put down the letter and looked at the storage magic treasure: “What else can I send to Junior Brother? According to some news, Junior Brother doesn't use knives, swords, or bows?
Why doesn't he use them? Does he not know if he can use them?
It seems I have to explain it to him.
I just don't know if he has learned 'Draw the Ground as a Prison'. This is a good technique.
Then a book appeared in his hand.
“Should I send the fifth volume of the 'Qi Sea Heavenly Gang' over now?” Hua Jiyang thought for a moment and decided to send it next time.
This time, I'll first find a way to find a knife technique, or find another knife.
It seems like he uses knives very often.
After investigating the news brought back by the paper figures.
Hua Jiyang frowned, feeling emotional in his heart:
“What exactly is the identity of this Chu Meng? I can't get involved no matter how many times I try to get involved.
Is she mysterious, or is the person behind her mysterious?
However, what can be determined is that her talent is ridiculously high.
There is always a strange feeling that Junior Brother Gu will definitely be provoked.
I don't know if my warning was useful or not.
Forget it, Junior Brother Gu is so old, and he only knows how to chop wood. He looks like an honest person who will become successful.
If someone like Chu Meng uses charm on him, I'm afraid he will listen to them in everything the next day.
He's so old, if he can't do it and gets discovered, won't he be ashamed?”
Hua Jiyang got up and opened the door.
He discovered that there was a fairy in green clothes sitting by the pond, looking at the fish inside. When a spiritual fish jumped out, she directly stabbed out with a sword.
The spiritual fish was directly pierced.
Then she looked back and saw that it was Hua Jiyang, and immediately ran away: “Disciple, this teacher has never been here, ha.”
Hua Jiyang: ...
This side's master is more shameless than the demonic sect's master.
According to his master, her master is the Supreme Elder of the Dao Sect, and her cultivation has already reached the pinnacle.
He doesn't know what realm it is specifically.
But he went out once three hundred years ago.
Then he hid in the deepest part of the sect, saying that he would never come out.
Saying that he wanted to retreat and improve his cultivation.
Three hundred years have passed in a flash, and there has been no news since.
The originally wealthy place has become so dilapidated.
Allowing him, a demonic sect spy, to enter smoothly.
Hua Jiyang sat in place and began to cut out paper figures.
After learning that he was a demonic sect spy, he felt much more excited.
“Speaking of which, the Dao Sect is going to have a marriage alliance with the royal family recently. I wonder if there will be any accidents.
Will there be a chance for me to get close to the Dao Sutra?”
Hua Jiyang shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
He has to go down the mountain later to buy some useful things and then send them out.
Everything depends on Junior Brother's spirit stones.
Hua Jiyang thought, touching his brow: “This time, I'll bring him some useful news.”
Evening.
Hua Jiyang put away the paper figures and finally stepped down.
Before leaving, he hesitated, took a wooden sign, and wrote a line on the pond: “Masters and dogs are not allowed to approach.”
Only then did he leave with peace of mind.