Pausing for a moment to catch his breath, Fei Qi continued. "Jin Xinyue was born as a queen of the demon race. But after the new Federation was established, she joined the 'Secret Sword Bureau', the intelligence agency of the new Federation. She was responsible for suppressing the demons who were dissatisfied with the new Federation. For power, the woman was even willing to slaughter her own demon compatriots without batting an eye. It is not hard to imagine her ruthlessness and brutality!
"With the credit of slaughtering her compatriots and the methods of eliminating the dissidents, the woman soared in the Secret Sword Bureau. In only twenty years, she was promoted to the deputy director and the general manager of the Secret Sword Bureau. Guo Chunfeng, the director of the Secret Sword Bureau, commanded in the rear, and Jin Xinyue was in charge of capturing, suppressing, and interrogating in the frontline.
"After the Xing Yao Federation gradually conquered the four Sectors, a new 'Ministry of Equality and Development' was established. Jin Xinyue, the witch, became the youngest minister of the Federation."
"The Ministry of Equality and Development?" Li Yao asked.
"Equality and Development," Fei Qi said, "is in fact nibbling and assimilation. We all call the ministry the 'Conquest Ministry'. It is a bloody organ that is responsible for the enslavement education, colonization, exploitation, and persecution in the four newly conquered Sectors and the suppression of the resisters such as ourselves!
"Under the leadership of the venomous witch Jin Xinyue, the colonization of the four new Sectors by the 'Conquest Ministry' went quite smoothly. She was best at double-dealing, instigating, dividing, and striking. After only decades of enslavement education, most of the people in the four new Sectors have forgotten the dignity and pride of their civilizations in the past and really consider themselves to be the citizens of the so-called 'Federation'. The few sober-minded, dutiful resisters have been captured, tried, and executed under the suppression of Jin Xinyue. To this day, without the help of the fellow Cultivators and seniors from the Imperium, it is impossible for us to defeat the witch on our own!
"Jin Xinyue, the executioner whose hands are stained with blood, climbed up step by step on the corpses of the resisters of the four new Sectors and expanded her influence in the government of the Federation. She also looted the resources of the four new Sectors crazily to please the major sects and consortiums in the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector. After a series of sordid, shameless deals, she became one of the most influential ministers in the government of the Federation. Her position is unshakable!
"Right now, she is running for the post of 'Supreme Speaker' in the parliament of the Federation. If the witch is really elected as the Speaker of the Federation, the four new Sectors will not have a good life!
"Nobody wants Jin Xinyue to be elected as the Speaker. However, 'Skyfire', which is under Jin Xinyue's control, is one of the most powerful forces in the Xing Yao Federation. She is quite close to the major sects in the three core Sectors, and she has the support of most demons in the Federation. Her odds of being elected are very high, too.
"Seniors, if possible, please take down the witch Jin Xinyue before the final battle of the two parties! After she is killed, the schemes of the Federation will be greatly reduced! "
With a cold face, Long Yangjun said, "It's not your place to comment on the specific tactics. You only need to tell me everything you know! Do you have anything to add about the two she-devils? You said that they had disagreements just now. Why? Are they not on good terms? It does make sense. Two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. I don't think that the two women are willing to submit to anybody. It is only natural that they are at loggerheads with each other! "
"Exactly. The two she-devils have never been on good terms. 'Skyfire' and the 'Patriots Front' under their command have been fighting openly and secretly for almost a hundred years, too. It is not a big secret within the Federation."
Fei Qi licked his dry lips and said, "Although Ding Ling Dong is Jin Xinyue's masteress, the witch Jin Xinyue wouldn't —"
"Wait a moment. What did you say?"
Long Yangjun was slightly dazed. "Ding Ling Dong, one of the two most powerful women in the Federation, is Jin Xinyue's masteress? What does' masteress' mean? You don't mean 'master's wife', do you? "
"Exactly. Isn't that what 'masteress' means?"
Fei Qi blinked and said, "Jin Xinyue's master is Ding Ling Dong's husband. They are the same person."
"This is really —"
Even Long Yangjun did not know what to say anymore.
When she looked back, all the Yuanying and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were stunned and confused.
In the age of the ancient Cultivators, the word 'master' was ten thousand times more important than in the modern Cultivation civilization.
It was because the gap between the ordinary people and the Cultivators in the age of the ancient Cultivators was even greater, and it was even more difficult to join a Cultivation sect. All the Cultivation arts and techniques were highly confidential. It was unlikely that many Cultivation arts were available for download on the Nexus.
To be a disciple of a great master, to be able to practice advanced techniques, to get rid of the miserable life of ordinary people, and to become a 'deity master' who was respected by everyone. That was everybody's biggest dream!
Under such circumstances, if a master was willing to take you in, support you and your family, and teach you all kinds of techniques, it was almost like giving you a new life. It was more worthy of respect than a second parent!
Therefore, in the age of the ancient Cultivators, the etiquette between master and disciple was most important. The master and the masteress were essentially the biological parents of the Cultivators in the sect. It was not uncommon to betray the master and kill the ancestor, but it was certainly not something that could be exposed to the public.
'Master Spiritual Vulture', for example, was infamous partly because he had slaughtered a lot of villages, but mostly because he had killed his own master, Elder Five Despairs!
Had it not been for the fact that 'Master Spiritual Vulture' was a barbarian Cultivator in the first place and could not be regarded according to the etiquette and rules of the Cultivators in the central plateaus, and that the Cultivators in the central plateaus were in the last years of the dynasty, when etiquette and music were falling apart, 'Master Spiritual Vulture', as played by Li Yao, would not have been able to get rid of the influence of the incident so easily.
Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue, two influential she-devils in the Xing Yao Federation, had been his master's wife and his disciple. Also, they had been at loggerheads with each other in public, to the point that even Fei Qi and the others had learned about it. Such a thing was completely incomprehensible to the people from the age of the ancient Cultivators.
Shouldn't the betrayal of the master and the ancestor be done in secret?
"This is truly uncanny," Long Yangjun said in astonishment.
"Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue are both key persons in the Federation. According to what you said, they are strong, brutal, wealthy, and influential. Together, they are definitely enough to control more than half of the Federation. Then, shouldn't Ding Ling Dong's husband and Jin Xinyue's master be the 'king of the Federation'? Why didn't you mention such a weirdo just now? "
"The king of the Federation certainly deserves his title, but it is the 'Old Federation' from a hundred years ago," Fei Qi said.
"Ding Ling Dong's husband and Jin Xinyue's master is' Vulture Li Yao '. He was an extraordinary person in the era of the Old Federation. It is said that' Vulture Li Yao 'contributed a lot to the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Star Glory Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector in the era of the Old Federation. Even the few major forces that support the New Federation today, including Skyfire and the Glorious Sunlight Group, were founded by' Vulture Li Yao 'in the beginning. Even Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue were able to boast so much power and influence in the New Federation partly because they inherited the enormous legacy of' Vulture Li Yao '!"
"Vulture Li Yao?"
Long Yangjun chewed on the name, deep in thought.
The Yuanying Cultivators and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators behind her were frowning solemnly, too.
Vulture. The name alone suggested that he was definitely not a nice guy. He must have been a ferocious old monster that was hard to deal with!
"However, that was a hundred years ago," Fei Qi said.
"Vulture Li Yao went missing a hundred years ago. The authorities of the Federation have been keeping it a secret all the time. There is no conclusive statement about his ending. However, there are a lot of rumors among the people. The most credible one is that Vulture Li Yao rose to fame too early and entered the Yuanying level too young. He also practiced a very weird 'ultimate' secret art, which seriously exhausted his body and soul. He was mentally deranged a hundred years ago and died in the most miserable way!
"Because he was a symbol of the Old Federation and the greatest legend of the Old Federation. In the official bragging, he was even praised as' dominator of three Sectors'. The government of the Federation was unwilling to admit that he died in such a miserable way. Therefore, they kept his ending vague.
"All in all, a hundred years have passed since then!
"During the hundred years, the Federation underwent drastic changes. From the three Sectors to the seven Sectors, from the Old Federation to the New Federation, all kinds of heroes and experts emerged. The old monsters from the Old Federation, such as' Vulture Li Yao ', have long become figures in history books. Other than the High School Entrance Exam and the College Entrance Exam of the Federation every year and Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue are mentioned, it is impossible for other people to talk about him all the time.
"That's why I didn't mention the legendary old monster who might've been dead a hundred years ago when you asked, seniors, because he could never be a problem for the Imperium!"
"Wait!"
Long Yangjun's pupils suddenly constricted, and her nostrils slightly expanded. Scratching the tip of her nose softly, she asked, "How many years did you say? How many years has it been since 'Vulture Li Yao' died? "
Fei Qi found Long Yangjun's reaction rather strange, but he still confessed dutifully under her stinging needles. "About … a hundred years. There's no way to verify the exact time. However, after the 'New Federation' was established, there was no news about the old monster. At first, it was said that 'Vulture Li Yao' was training in seclusion. Later, it was said that he joined the 'Orb Patrollers' and went to explore the universe with his wife Ding Ling Dong. However, when Ding Ling Dong reappeared in the eyes of the people of the Federation, 'Vulture Li Yao' was nowhere to be found. All the official departments of the Federation tacitly avoided talking about it.
"After our analysis, we concluded that Vulture Li Yao must've been dead a long time ago. Both his training in seclusion and his exploration in the universe were just smoke grenades and false news that the government of the Federation released. They were hoping to dilute the impact of the abrupt death of the dominator of three Sectors with a long time."
"That explains a lot."
Long Yangjun mumbled to herself and tapped her head softly. With a vague smile on her face again, she glanced at Li Yao casually. "A hundred years ago, Vulture Li Yao, the unparalleled brutal man and the strongest old monster of the old Federation, vanished without a trace. He was probably dead …"
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