In the twilight, Chen Pipi and Tang Xiaotang looked at Ye Su uneasily. They did not know what to say. Haotian's instructions were like prophecies. God's calculation was never wrong. So who could jump out?
Ye Su knelt down and bowed to Sangsang. There was no nervousness on his face, only calmness. Today's meeting was very important for his preaching.
Ning Que and Sangsang walked away in the twilight. When they were out of Linkang, Ning Que could not help but say something. He shook his head helplessly and asked, "Can't you say something auspicious?"
Sangsang said, "I'm telling the truth."
Ning Que said angrily, "That's why it's not auspicious!"
Sangsang ignored him and walked to the north with her hands behind her back.
No one knew what would happen to Ye Su in the end. Sangsang might be omniscient, but she had miscalculated many things and people related to Ning Que.
Looking back at the City of Linkang under the setting sun, Ning Que remained silent.
The big black horse galloped out of the mountains, neighing joyfully.
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Someone preached in Linkang without the permission of the Divine Halls of West-Hill. At first, it did not alarm the Divine Halls of West-Hill. It was not until they found out who the preacher was and that the preacher had more and more followers that they became serious, especially when they found that the preaching content was almost blasphemous.
Behind the curtain of Haotian's Divine Hall, the Hierarch was still tall. But his waving arms and thundering roars showed that he was very angry.
Long Qing stood at the stone steps in front of the curtain, looking at the hundreds of divine priests and deacons kneeling in front of him. He looked calm. He knew that the Hierarch's anger was not only because Ye Su was preaching in Linkang, but also because of the Peach Mountain's seemingly peaceful but actually turbulent situation. The Hierarch was now in an awkward and dangerous situation.
In the name of Haotian, the Divine Hall of Judgment began to carry out a bloody purge within Haotian Taoism. In less than 20 days, people from countless Taoist temples in various countries were arrested. The You Prison was now overcrowded, and most of these people were the trusted followers of the hierarch.
The woman on the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade had already unsheathed her Taoist sword. No one understood why she suddenly attacked the Hierarch, but no one would misjudge the situation.
The Hierarch was the master of the West-Hill Divine Palace and had been in charge of the secular world of Haotian Taoism for decades. Naturally, he had a strong foundation. In the face of the attack from the Divine Hall of Judgment, he should have made a stronger counterattack, or even directly suppressed them. However, this time, the Hierarch seemed to be helpless. This was because the Abbey Dean had left the Zhishou Abbey and came to the Peach Mountain. More importantly, the purge of the Divine Hall of Judgment was the will of Haotian.
Hundreds of divine priests and deacons received the order and left. The Divine Hall of Haotian gradually became quiet. As for how these people would break through the blockade of the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom and enter Linkang, that was something they had to consider. If they dared to express their doubts now, they would face the wrath of the Hierarch.
Long Qing bowed to the hierarch behind the light screen and left the Haotian Divine Hall. He walked silently on the cliff platform and walked into the dark Divine Hall of Judgment. Then he entered the You Prison through the tunnel skillfully.
The Divine Hall of Judgment and the You Prison were heavily guarded, especially when Haotian Taoism was in turmoil. Everyone knew that the Great Divine Priest of Judgment was making things difficult for the Hierarch. Even people from the Divine Hall of Haotian could not enter.
But Long Qing was an exception. It was not only because he was now the successor of the Zhishou Abbey, but also because he had lived in this Divine Hall for a long time. He used to be the Priest of the Judicial Department and had countless loyal subordinates. Now that Ye Hongyu was carrying out the purge, who would dare to stop him?
The You Prison was still as quiet as before. No sound could be heard from the cells on both sides of the dry tunnel. The divine priests and Taoists who had been captured and brought back to the Peach Mountain were already dying after being tortured by the Judicial Department. They could not even cry out in pain. They could only lie on dry straws and wait for death in despair.
Although it was quiet, in fact, the You Prison had not been so lively for a long time. Now, in the belly of Peach Mountain, hundreds of divine priests, Taoists, and deacons who had been escorted back from various countries by the Judicial Department were imprisoned. The dim light mixed with the smell of blood, making the atmosphere very depressing.
Long Qing walked on the quiet mountain path with a calm expression. He did not feel depressed at all. Looking at the swaying light in front of him and smelling the smell of blood, he felt his heart begin to beat faster because of excitement.
He wore an ordinary Taoist robe. There was a hole in his chest under the robe. His heart was beating in the hole. The surface of the Taoist robe rose and fell with it. The light was swaying, like the light waves on the South Sea.
Long Qing pushed open the gate of a cell and walked to the bed. He looked at the old man covered in blood on the grass and said calmly, "Long time no see, Divine Priest Qu."
Qu Fengchi was the chief red-robed Great Divine Priest of the West-Hill Divine Palace stationed in the Song Kingdom. He was the most loyal subordinate of the Hierarch and had a very high status in Haotian Taoism. In the purge of the remnants of the Divine Hall of Light years ago, he was the most ruthless one. So now he became the most important target of the Divine Hall of Judgment.
The Divine Sedan of Judgment went to the Song Kingdom in person. Ye Hongyu directly cut off Qu Fengchi's arms in the Taoist Hall and was dragged back to the Peach Mountain by the cavalrymen of the Divine Hall. He became a dead dog now, but the Hierarch could do nothing about it.
Qu Fengchi did not know how cruel the torture he had endured these days. But he did not see the Hierarch coming to save him. He had long been disheartened and could only wait for the day of death.
However, someone came to see him today?
Qu Fengchi opened his eyes with difficulty and looked to the side of the bed. He found that it was a young Taoist who came to see him. The Taoist had several very sad scars on his face.
He was the chief red-robed Great Divine Priest of the Song Kingdom. How could he not know Long Qing?
"Prince Long Qing?"
Qu Fengchi was a little shocked and puzzled. Then he suddenly brightened because he thought of the relationship between Long Qing and Ye Hongyu. He also thought of Long Qing's current status in Haotian Taoism.
Now even the Hierarch Lord chose to abandon him. If there was anyone else who could save him, it would be Long Qing and the Abbey Dean behind him.
Qu Fengchi, who was already desperate, suddenly saw hope. He suddenly became spirited and his eyes were full of hope and begging. He hurriedly said, "Qu Fengchi is willing to dedicate his life and soul to the Abbey Dean and the Prince. If I can return to the Song Kingdom, the Song Kingdom's Taoist temples and wealth will all be at the Prince's disposal."
In his opinion, Long Qing must have the intention to save and use him. But now, he had nothing else that could move him except the Song Kingdom's countless Taoist temples and his private wealth.
Long Qing looked at him quietly and said, "Look at me."
Qu Fengchi was a little puzzled and looked at his eyes. Long Qing's eyes were very normal, black and white. But when he looked at them, a strange change happened.
The dividing line between the black pupil and the white pupil disappeared for some reason. The worlds on both sides of the line began to touch and then melt.
The black pupil faded, the white pupil turned black, and the black and white mixed together. It was the gray of the beginning of chaos. Within a breath, Long Qing's eyes turned completely gray.
Looking at the gray eyes, Qu Fengchi suddenly felt very scared and his body became extremely cold. He subconsciously wanted to turn his head and look away, but found that he could no longer control his body.
Qu Fengchi's cheeks suddenly became thin, and the blood on his body gradually faded. He tried to make a sound but could not speak. He wanted to push Long Qing away, but his arms had already been cut off by Ye Hongyu. He could only feel everything in his body flowing out in despair.
Indeed, nothing was left out. Qu Fengchi's life, spirit, cultivation state, and psyche were all taken away by Long Qing's gray eyes.
In an instant, Qu Fengchi stopped breathing. Long Qing slowly closed his eyes and when he opened them again, his gray eyes had become black and white again. There was nothing special about them.
No one knew that there was now another person in his body. His sea of consciousness had gained an extremely rich sense of perception and some brand new knowledge. He had become slightly stronger.
On the haystack, Qu Fengchi's body was curled up and looked very miserable. He did not understand that what moved Long Qing was not the hidden wealth in the Kingdom of Song, but himself.
Long Qing walked out of the cell calmly and came to the next cell. He pushed the door open and entered. Looking at the man on the bed, he said calmly, "Divine Priest Mu, long time no see."
After a while, Long Qing walked out of the cell and went to the next cell.
The quiet and terrifying process kept repeating. He had absorbed the cultivation of countless grassland powerhouses in the Left King's Palace of the East Wilderness, and his Gray Eyes had reached the advanced level. He did not stop until the early morning.
The morning light came in through the stone window of the cell and fell on Long Qing's face.
His expression was very calm, and his eyes were black and white. He looked like a young man with no distracting thoughts and a clear mind. The scars on his face were still there, and they did not fade because of the increase in his cultivation level. Instead, they became deeper, making him look very terrifying. He looked like the demonic gods in the murals in the divine temples.
Long Qing looked at the morning light outside the window and sighed softly. Then he turned around and walked out of the You Prison.
When a powerhouse walked, he would take long breaths. As he breathed, the pink and wet heart and lungs in the hole in his chest kept pressing against each other, which looked very disgusting.
However, in this dirty world of rotten flesh, there was a peach blossom looming and was about to bloom. The peach blossom was pure black for a while, and then golden for a while. No matter which color it was, it was so holy.
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Long Qing walked out of the Divine Hall of Judgment and came to the cliff yard. He walked to the inconspicuous stone houses by the cliff.
Years ago in the Wilderness, Ye Hongyu forcefully lowered her state in order to break the Binding of Lotus. She was almost disabled and was treated coldly and humiliated by the Divine Halls of West-Hill. That was why she chose to live in this stone house.
Long Qing went to the stone house not to reminisce about the past, nor to prove how powerful he was to the woman who was not on the Peach Mountain. He went there because it was the Abbey Dean's residence on the Peach Mountain.
The Abbey Dean was the real leader of Taoism. Especially when the Hierarch did not dare to resist and chose to kneel in front of him, he should live in the highest Divine Hall of Haotian on the Peach Mountain.
For some reason, the Abbey Dean did not sit in the Divine Hall of Haotian. Instead, he lived in the inconspicuous stone house by the cliff. He also did not interfere in the affairs of the Divine Halls of West-Hill.
Long Qing did not understand what the Abbey Dean was thinking. Since it was proven that the Hierarch had a high state but a weak Taoist Heart, why did the Abbey Dean not just remove him from the position of Hierarch?
In the secular world, the Hierarch was still powerful. But on the Peach Mountain, the Abbey Dean had the absolute loyalty of Zhao Nanhai and the others from the South Sea. Together with those elders, Ning Que and Ning Que, they could easily expel the Hierarch from the Divine Hall of Haotian.
He stood in front of the stone house and thought for a while. He still could not figure it out. He shook his head and pushed open the old wooden door. With a shrill squeak, he walked into the dark world.
It was very dim in the stone house. If one did not look carefully, he could not even see the face of the Abbey Dean in the wheelchair. As for the middle-aged priest behind the wheelchair, he seemed to be one with the darkness.
The Abbey Dean coughed slightly and was about to drink some water.
The middle-aged priest's hand was always on the back of the wheelchair. Long Qing quickly stepped forward and picked up the kettle from the stone table. He filled a bowl with water and handed it to the Abbey Dean respectfully.
The Abbey Dean seemed to be more energetic after drinking the water. He looked at Ning Que and asked, "Are you confused?"
Long Qing did not dare to hide it. He told him all his questions.
The Abbey Dean did not explain in detail. He said calmly, "The Great Divine Priest of Judgment is doing what you want to do. If so, why are you so anxious?"
Long Qing understood. But he still did not understand why Ye Hongyu would launch such a strong attack on the Hierarch. Now it seemed that the Abbey Dean had already known the hidden reason.
The Abbey Dean suddenly asked, "What do you think of Ye Su?"
Long Qing thought about it carefully and said, "My Senior Brother is very talented."
The Abbey Dean nodded slowly and said, "Yes. Your Senior Brother does have a rare talent in Taoism. I used to think that his talent was inferior to Pipi. Now I think I was wrong."
Long Qing thought that his Senior Brother had become a useless man. The Abbey Dean must not be referring to his cultivation state. He must be talking about his recent preaching in Linkang City.
"The Hierarch is very angry. He has sent people to Linkang City to investigate." He said, "But in my opinion, my Senior Brother has only been preaching for a short time. Most of his followers are stupid and stubborn. There is no need to worry."
The Abbey Dean looked at the thin booklet in his hand and said, "I wanted to sharpen your Senior Brother into the sharpest sword in Haotian Taoism. Unfortunately, his sword was destroyed by Jun Mo before the Verdant Canyon. I didn't expect that he would enter another realm because of this and might even achieve something beyond my imagination."
The thin booklet was copied by someone sent by the Divine Halls of West-Hill to Linkang City. It recorded all the content of Ye Su's preaching. The sentences were simple and the principles were simple. But even the Abbey Dean was shaken.
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