"Many thanks, Dragon Head! Many thanks, Dragon Head! This subordinate is willing to go through water and tread on fire for the Heavenly Dragon Sect! "
On the summit of the Serpent Spirit Mountain, Li Junxian excitedly bowed when he heard that the iron-masked man was going to promote him to an inner sect disciple.
"Mm!"
The iron-masked man nodded in satisfaction.
At this moment, Du E said, "According to the rules of our Heavenly Dragon Sect, once the Jade Lake Holy Water is distributed, it must be drunk on the spot. It cannot be taken out of the sect, and it cannot be given to others!"
Li Junxian's' face darkened '. After a moment of hesitation, he clasped his fists at Du E and said, "Venerable One, my mother is sick and in urgent need of the Jade Lake Holy Water. I beg of Venerable One to show mercy and allow me to bring some back home. This subordinate is willing to pay any price. I beg of Dragon Head and Venerable One to fulfill my wish!"
The iron-masked man remained silent.
Du E unhappily said, "Li Junjian, the Dragon Head made an exception to promote you to an inner sect disciple on the basis that you returned the sect's account books. Don't forget yourself and not know what's good for you!"
Li Junxian hurriedly bowed and said, "This subordinate is not arrogant and forgetful. This subordinate only wishes to free my mother from her illness. I beg of Dragon Head and Venerable One to fulfill my wish!"
He spoke with sincerity, just like a filial son. For a moment, Shakyamuni and Du E found it difficult to reprimand him.
"Work hard in the Heavenly Dragon Sect and make more contributions. Once you become a member of the Heavenly Dragon Sect's Earth Fiend Group, you will be able to obtain a lot of Jade Lake Holy Water. You can also bring it out of the sect!"
The iron-masked man finally spoke.
"Earth Fiend Group? This subordinate may be so bold as to ask, what is the Earth Fiend Group? "
Li Junxian couldn't help but ask in alarm.
Du E's face chilled. "Hmph! Don't ask what you shouldn't ask! Once you become an inner sect disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, you will slowly understand! "
"This subordinate was rash. Venerable One, please forgive me!"
Li Junxian was slightly disappointed, but he still put on a fearful expression and hurriedly bowed.
"Heh! There's no harm in telling you! "
Unexpectedly, the iron masked man explained, "Apart from the Inner and Outer Disciples of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, above the Inner Disciples, there are the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends. These people are all top experts and each of them has a well-trained and strong team. If you can make outstanding contributions to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, this Seat will transfer you to the Earthly Fiends group."
Li Junxian was flabbergasted. He had always believed that the Heavenly Dragon Sect was just a bunch of superstitious believers, a motley crew. He had never imagined that the Heavenly Dragon Sect would be hiding such an elite force. It was clear that this Dragon Head was planning something major!
"This subordinate will definitely lay down my life for the Heavenly Dragon Sect, I will not disappoint the Dragon Chief!"
Suppressing his shock, Li Junxian clasped his fist and bowed 'feverishly'.
"Good! Then I shall wait and see! "
The iron-masked man chuckled and said, "I still have important matters to discuss with the Venerable One. Li Junjian, you can leave first!"
Li Junxian clasped his fist and said, "Yes! This subordinate will take his leave! "
With that, Li Junxian bowed and left.
"Dragon Chief, you seem to have a different opinion of Li Junjian?"
Du E couldn't help but ask after Li Junxian left.
The iron-masked man's eyes flashed, but his expression couldn't be seen because of the mask. After a few moments of silence, he said, "This person is filial and courageous. Although his martial arts aren't high, he can be a good seedling after some training! We're about to start a war, and we need people like him to fight for us! "
Shakyamuni's eyes narrowed as he clasped his fist and said, "This subordinate admires the Dragon Chief's wisdom!"
The iron-masked man glanced at Du E and sternly ordered, "Tomorrow morning, enter Chang 'an in disguise and act according to the plan! If anything goes wrong, this Seat won't be able to live, and neither will you! "
Shakyamuni's expression stiffened as he bowed and said, "This subordinate obeys!"
… … …
"What a shocking sight! It was truly a ghastly sight! There are more than a hundred merchants colluding with the Dragon Sect, and eight of them are the shopkeepers of the Yanhuang Bank's branches. In just a few months, the Dragon Sect has obtained more than three hundred thousand strings of cash from these people! What is the Dragon Sect trying to do by amassing so much money? I'm sure everyone here knows what's going on even without this old man saying it, right? "
In the Ganlu Hall, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Liu Dewei, Xiao Yu, and several other core officials were gathered together. At this moment, Xiao Yu solemnly looked at everyone and sternly said.
After Li Tai received the slip of paper that Li Junxian had secretly passed to him, he had passed it to Li Er. After reading it, Li Er was shocked and hurriedly summoned several trusted core officials to the Ganlu Hall for an emergency meeting.
Wei Zheng stepped forward and clasped his fist. "Your Majesty, this old subject dares to ask, where did this information come from? Is it reliable? "
Seated at the head of the table, Li Er waved his hand. "We will not divulge the source of this information, but this information is definitely reliable. Right now, the urgent matter is to discuss how to resolve the Dragon Sect's problem, not the source of this information!"
Li Er placed great importance on a young man like Li Junxian, so he did not want to reveal Li Junxian's true whereabouts in case Li Junxian was discovered in the Dragon Sect and met with misfortune!
The slip of paper that Li Junxian had passed to Li Tai naturally didn't contain all the information in the account book. It only contained the main points, but even so, it was enough to shock Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling!
"Your Majesty, the Dragon Sect has amassed so much money and used Du E's deceit to wantonly recruit believers. They have both money and influence, so there's an eighty percent chance that they are already disloyal to the Imperial Court! This old subject requests that Your Majesty make a decision so that more people do not join the Dragon Sect and go astray! "
Zhangsun Wuji stepped forward and sternly said.
"This old subject concurs!"
Fang Xuanling clasped his fist. "This old subject believes that Your Majesty should immediately list the Dragon Sect as a disloyal sect and order the various provinces and counties to prohibit the Dragon Sect from preaching. Otherwise, when the Dragon Sect grows stronger and has more and more believers, it will be too late for the Imperial Court to deal with them!"
"This subject concurs!"
The other officials also clasped their fists in agreement.
Li Er nodded and said, "Alright! Then We will write a decree and announce to the world that the Dragon Sect will become a rat on the street that everyone has the right to punish! However, the core members of Heavenly Dragon Cult are nowhere to be found. Assistant Ji, order the Ministry of Personnel to immediately send out official documents to the various prefectures, order them to arrest Du E. Find out where the core members of Heavenly Dragon Cult are hiding and capture them all in one fell swoop!
"This old subject obeys the decree!"
Zhangsun Wuji immediately clasped his fist.
Liu Dewei then said, "Preventing the people from talking is more important than preventing the river from flowing. This old subject believes that if we force the people not to join the Dragon Sect, it will likely cause the world to criticize us! Previously, His Highness King Wei publicly exposed Du E's deception of pretending to be a reincarnated Buddha, causing the people of Xinfeng County to be completely suspicious of the Dragon Sect. This subject believes that this method is the best way to completely wipe out the Dragon Sect! We should use Datang Daily to publicize this and continue to imitate it! "
Li Er agreed. "What Minister Liu said makes sense! Later, We will let Datang Daily publicize this matter and continue to expose Du E's other deceptions! "
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Everyone said in unison.
"In addition, in addition to these merchants and the Dragon Sect, there are many officials in the Imperial Court who have secretly joined the Dragon Sect. We hope that from tomorrow onwards, you will carefully investigate which officials have joined the Dragon Sect. Before sunset tomorrow, you must give us a result!"
After a moment of silence, Li Er added.
Everyone knew that Li Er was going to reorganize the court officials and their hearts trembled. They clasped their fists and said, "This subject obeys the decree!"
… … …
"Sold newspapers! Sold newspapers! The latest issue of Datang Daily! His Majesty has decreed that the Dragon Sect is a disobedient sect and everyone has the right to punish it! From today onwards, the people are not allowed to join the Dragon Sect! "
"Sold newspapers! Sold newspapers! Dragon Sect's Shakyamuni Du E is not a reincarnated Buddha, his immortal techniques are all lies! Those who want to read, quickly buy a copy of the newspaper! "
The next day, early morning.
The latest issue of Datang Daily was open for sale. The cries of the newsboys in the streets woke up one city after another. The people who woke up early were all shocked after hearing the contents of the newsboys' cries!
"What? His Majesty said that the Dragon Sect is a disobedient sect? Little doll, quickly give this young master a copy of Datang Daily! "
A young man who had just walked out of the shop with a somewhat lame leg heard the newsboy's cries and quickly stopped in his tracks and shouted at the newsboy.
Speaking of which, he had recently planned to join the Dragon Sect to ask for the Jasper Lake Holy Water. He did not expect to hear the news that the Dragon Sect was defined as a disobedient sect by the Imperial Court. He could not help but be shocked!
In fact, he was not the only one who was shocked. Recently, the Dragon Sect could be said to be incomparably popular around Chang 'an City. From seventy to eighty year old people to six to seven year old children, there was no one who did not know about the Dragon Sect. It was precisely because more people knew that the Dragon Sect was being encircled and annihilated by the Imperial Court that the people were even more shocked and incredulous!
"Dragon Sect is a disobedient sect, how is this possible? Little doll, quickly give this old man a copy of Datang Daily! "
"Du E's immortal techniques are all lies? Little doll, quickly! Quickly give me a copy too! "
In less than an hour, on the streets and alleys, almost everyone who had the means had a copy of the newspaper. As more and more people read the contents of the newspaper, the discussions between the people became more and more intense!
"If the Dragon Sect is a disobedient sect, then we can't join them anymore!"
"If you don't want to join then don't join, the Dragon Sect isn't anything good! Didn't you read the newspaper? The Dragon Sect recruited the people just to accumulate wealth. I heard that many people squandered their family fortune in order to become an inner disciple of the Dragon Sect! The Dragon Sect deserves to die! "
"Hmph! A bunch of nonsense! The Dragon Sect's Yaochi Holy Water has saved who knows how many people, how can you make sarcastic remarks here? "
"That's right! My father's leg disease was cured by the Dragon Sect's Yaochi Holy Water! "
"Then what about the newspaper saying that Du E's immortal techniques are all lies, what's going on?"
"That's all nonsense, there's no proof!"
"Bullshit! What nonsense was that? Yesterday I heard that His Highness Wei Wang used Du E's Touch Water Ice Technique in front of hundreds of people in Xinfeng County. It's not as mysterious and difficult as you think! Therefore, the Immortal Arts that Du E had used earlier were all lies! The Dragon Sect wants to cheat everyone of their money! "
"Hmph! There's still no proof! These must be made up by the Datang Daily. Which one of you saw His Highness Wei Wang use the Touch Water Ice Technique yesterday? "
"Yes! I didn't see it! These things must be made up by the Datang Daily's reporters! "
"Haha! I saw it! Not only did His Highness Wei Wang use the Touch Water Ice Technique in front of everyone, he also used an immortal instrument that can make the sound very loud. I think His Highness Wei Wang is the reincarnation of a Buddha! At that time, all the core disciples of Heavenly Dragon Temple had left in advance! If that's not running away, what else can it be? "
"I believe in the Dragon Sect!"
"I believe that the Venerable One is the reincarnation of a Buddha!"
"I believe in the Dragon Sect!"
"Fight the Dragon Sect!"
In a short period of time, the people expressed their opinions about the Dragon Sect. Some of the more radical ones almost started a fight. But without exception, there were people who stood firmly on the side of the Dragon Sect.
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