Among the four core halls of the Ancient God, the White Tiger Hall was in charge of punishment and some internal security tasks.
At the same time, it was also responsible for intelligence gathering and monitoring the members of the church.
To the outside world, the White Tiger Hall had the least presence among the four halls of the Ancient God.
But to the inner circle of the Ancient God, the White Tiger Hall was the most notorious existence. The middle and low-level members of the church would turn pale at the mention of it.
Elder Zheng Chi had been convicted of apostasy within the church, causing internal strife.
The White Tiger Hall was the first to deal with related issues.
At the moment, the head of the White Tiger Hall, Hou Jingfei, and the head of the Blue Dragon Hall, Lian Buyi, and the others were under Chen Luoyang's command.
"However, although the whereabouts of Elder Zheng's people have been discovered, the source of the news is a bit strange." Hou Jingfei said calmly, "It is suspected that there are people from the Wilderness involved, so it could be a trap."
Regardless of what he thought, he looked like he was doing his duty.
The so-called Wilderness was a vast territory of the mortal world.
There were hundreds of races in the Wilderness, and in history, the territory had been divided and nibbled away by the Ancient God, the Southern Chu Dynasty, Fusang Island, and other forces.
Until more than a hundred years ago, a strong man rose and became the common king of the hundreds of races in the Wilderness. He finally unified the Wilderness and made it stand tall in the mortal world, becoming a powerful force not inferior to the three dynasties and the twelve holy lands of good and evil.
The king was so strong that he even began to threaten the safety of the Southern Chu Dynasty and the territories controlled by the Ancient God.
Under his leadership, the Wilderness was no longer in a state of disunity. While the forces were integrated, the cultivation of talents was also greatly improved. In the past hundred years, young experts emerged one after another, and the entire Wilderness became stronger and stronger.
What followed was the ambition of the new generation of experts in the Wilderness, and they attacked everywhere.
Previously, it was rumored that the king of the Wilderness had obtained a page of the Heavenly Book and meditated on it, so the Wilderness had been quiet and low-key recently.
In the war between the Southern Chu Dynasty and the Ancient God, the war in Zhengyang City, the chaos in the Xian Tian Palace, the Battle of the Heavenly River, and other important events, they had never seen the Wilderness. At most, they only observed from the side and inquired for information.
But recently, the Ancient God Sect had heard that Elder Zheng Chi seemed to be in contact with the Wildlands.
Now, it seemed to have been further confirmed.
Chen Luoyang's expression did not change as he nodded slightly. "Where's Elder Peng?"
Hou Jingfei replied, "Vice Hierarch, Elder Peng is currently investigating and verifying the authenticity of the information. He is especially paying attention to the movements in the Wilderness."
"Immortal Giant Spirit" Peng Feng was one of the most powerful and most senior elders of the Ancient God Sect. He was extremely powerful. When he was young, he was also trained as the core disciple of the Ancient God Sect. That was how he was able to cultivate the Blood of Gods and Demons. He was especially good at "Punishing Sky" of the Divine Martial Demonic Fist.
The pureness of Xingtian's power lay in the fact that the practitioner could maintain their peak combat strength for a short period of time even when they were heavily injured and not be burdened by injuries.
This was naturally very important in a life and death battle between people of similar strength, or when one was fighting against many and facing a siege.
Sometimes, it could even help a cultivator defeat a stronger opponent and turn defeat into victory.
The higher the attainment of "Punishing Sky", the greater the influence of injuries that could be avoided.
When practiced to the highest level, even if they were seriously injured and on the verge of death, they could still fight to the bitter end with their opponents.
Today, among the Ancient God Sect, Peng Feng was the best at this fist technique. His attainment of "Punishing Sky" alone was so high that even the Hierarch Jiang Yi might not be able to beat him. Therefore, he was called "Immortal Giant Spirit" and had a string of brilliant achievements since his debut.
In the Ancient God Sect, Peng Feng was on par with Zheng Chi, the four great elders who had reached the peak of the eighteenth stage of the Martial Saint Realm.
Normally, they no longer had any specific duties in the sect.
Usually, only when the Ancient God Sect faced an emergency or when the Hierarch specifically gave them an order would they come out of seclusion.
For the rest of the time, Peng Feng, Zheng Chi, and the others were mostly in secluded meditation.
For them, standing at the peak of the Martial Saint Realm, they were only one step away from the next level, the Venerable Martial Saint Realm.
However, this one step was like a heavenly moat that separated them from Jiang Yi and the other powerhouses of the Secular World.
If they wanted to break through this bottleneck, they had no choice but to hurry.
Although the sixteenth stage was the initial stage of the Martial Saint Realm, the lifespan would break through the limits of the human body, and as the level increased, the lifespan of the Martial Saint Realm would become longer and longer.
However, if they couldn't take that step within a certain period of time, then their blood and Qi would no longer be active. Even if they still had a few hundred years of lifespan left, they would still be stuck in the Martial Saint Realm for the rest of their lives and would never be able to break through to the Venerable Martial Saint Realm.
The Ten Heroes of the Secular World were chosen by countless people as each of them were geniuses with extraordinary strength. At the seventeenth level, they were comparable to the seniors of the eighteenth level.
Other than that, the people had high hopes for them because they were young and continued to stand out among the geniuses among geniuses, surpassing countless seniors, giving them more time and more confidence to continue to strive for the Venerable Martial Saint Realm.
As for the older generation powerhouses like Elder You Hao of the Xian Tian Palace, although they were over two hundred years old and still far from the end of their lifespan, the hope of breaking through to a higher level was getting slimmer and slimmer. As a result, they voluntarily gave their hope to the younger generation Wang Zhang, just to ensure that the Xian Tian Palace would have another powerhouse.
Comparatively speaking, the younger Martial Sage peak experts of the older generation who had not yet reached the red line and had lost all hope were mostly unwilling to accept their fate. They worked hard to cultivate, hoping to break through the bottleneck and cross the heavenly moat before the vitality of their Qi and blood faded.
Most of the elders of the Ancient God Sect were like this.
However, when there was an emergency in the sect, they would still act decisively.
For example, because of the death of the brothers Cheng Qiyuan and Cheng Huyuan, Sovereign Chu Cheng Hui personally led an expedition to the Ancient God Sect. At that time, the Hierarch of the Ancient God Sect, Jiang Yi, was in closed-door cultivation.
Then, the elders of the sect, together with the Four Temple Chiefs and other high-level powerhouses, formed the Celestial Demon Alliance to take charge of the overall situation and resist the Southern Chu.
After that, the Ancient God Sect seized the opportunity to invade the territory of the Western Qin Dynasty. It was Elder Peng Feng who personally took action as the main force to fight against the Western Qin Dynasty with the former Blue Dragon Hall Chief Lin Yan.
As for the death of Lin Yan in the hands of Chen Luoyang, it was a story to tell later.
When Jiang Yi and the other powerhouses were confronting each other in Zhengyang City, it was Peng Feng and the others who took over the territory of the Western Qin Dynasty for the Ancient God Sect.
Now, Zheng Chi betrayed the sect and the sect was in chaos. Elder Peng Feng continued to fight with Chen Luoyang to deal with Zheng Chi.
Elder Peng Feng was brave and fearless. He was loyal to the Hierarch Jiang Yi. Naturally, he was the vanguard to deal with Zheng Chi.
However, he also had a bad temper and took advantage of his seniority.
Although he followed Jiang Yi's orders, he was not respectful to Deputy Hierarch Chen.
Chen Luoyang did not care much about it.
It was just the beginning. There were plenty of things to call the sect later.
"Ask Elder Peng to keep an eye on the Barbarian Land," Chen Luoyang looked at Hou Jingfei and ordered, "Elder Du will also go to support him when he returns."
Elder Du was one of the top elders of the Ancient God Sect, along with Zheng Chi and Peng Feng.
Previously, because he had dealt with the "Devil Queen" Ji Tianqiong, he was sent to the Black Water Extreme Palace to greet them and find out the truth.
Among the four experts in the 18th Realm, except for one who was in closed-door training, the other three, Zheng, Peng, and Du, would probably fight against each other.
"Yes, your subordinate obeys," Hou Jingfei answered.
Chen Luoyang waved his hand casually and signaled him to leave.
As for the headquarters, he did not need to worry about it.
When Lian Buyi and Hou Jingfei reported similar news to Chen Luoyang, they would also report the news to Jiang Yi, who was in charge of the headquarters.
In name, Jiang Yi was in charge of the headquarters to deter enemies outside the sect.
He was not in closed-door training. Although the internal disputes of the sect were handled by Chen Luoyang and the others, Jiang Yi had to be the first to know about the news and developments.
Of course, all of this news must have fallen into Chen Luoyang's ears.
He could also use this to monitor whether Lian Buyi and the others were hiding anything.
However, "Jiang Yi" in the main altar welcomed a special guest.
The successor of the Bitter Sea Demon Buddha.
After receiving the report from the guard, Chen Luoyang thought for a while and sent a message to the ancient jade, agreeing to meet the guest.
Therefore, just like the last time he returned to the headquarters, a young monk came to the door of Hierarch Jiang's meditation room.
However, he could not enter.
Hierarch Jiang's gentle voice came from the meditation room, "I have a treasure that I am refining, so forgive me for not being able to meet you outside. Little friend, why have you come to my sect?"
That young monk had a black swastika between his eyebrows. His expression was calm and tranquil, as if he was an enlightened monk at a young age.
He put his palms together and bowed to the meditation room, "Sorry for disturbing Hierarch."
The young monk's tone was calm as he explained his purpose of visit, "Little monk is here to bring a message from my master. He hopes to cooperate with your sect to eradicate the evil practices of the Western Paradise."
In the meditation room, through the ancient jade and the illusion, everything was transmitted to Chen Luoyang's real body in the distance.
As soon as he heard the other party's words, he knew what was going on.
The Devil Buddha was afraid of the backer of the Western Paradise, which was the mysterious owner of the light gold mirror, the Heavenly Buddha.
Therefore, the Bitter Sea had been very low-key for a while.
Chen Luoyang and Yan Mingkong killed more than one of their direct descendants. The Bitter Sea of the Devil Buddha could only bear with it and did not retaliate.
But now, the Bitter Sea of the Devil Buddha came out again. The reason was that they had sensed the Demon Lord coming out of closed-door training.
With the Demon Lord around, the Heavenly Buddha naturally did not dare to touch the mortal world.
The Bitter Sea of the Devil Buddha became bold and came back to the mortal world to stir up trouble.
Their main target was naturally their mortal enemy, the Western Paradise. They even wanted to replace the Western Paradise and preach in the Western Qin Dynasty.
But what made Chen Luoyang slightly suspicious was whether the Qingwei Realm and the Green Bull Temple were involved.
The Bitter Sea of the Devil Buddha came out and targeted the Western Paradise. The Green Bull Temple was the one that they wanted the most.
The Green Bull Temple's master was forced to leave the mortal world. The Green Bull Temple lost its leader and the Western Paradise's empty city plan would not last long.
If they retreated so easily, everyone would know that the Green Bull Temple was in trouble. They were strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
But now that the Bitter Sea of the Devil Buddha was involved, if the Green Bull Temple operated properly, they might be able to get out of the situation and not expose themselves.
"The visit of the Bitter Sea's descendant is really thought-provoking …" Chen Luoyang thought.
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