They've already offered to take the knife for them, how can it refuse?

I've never seen anyone as shameless as him!

“If we join forces with Zhengzheng, we should be able to take down Fang Yuzhen. Or… should we deliberately leak our whereabouts and set up an ambush to kill her?” Qi Chengshuo said.

"Zhengzheng and I are not a secret, but... Zhengzheng is extremely fast and flies very high. In addition, we set off before dawn, so few people know our route. However... our destination is Zizhu Mountain, and Fang Yuzhen will definitely find out soon."

Ye Xianya looked at Qi Chengshuo and said, "Then let's ambush her at the foot of Zizhu Mountain first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay!" Qi Chengshuo nodded.

"I can only carry my sister, you have to go by yourself." Zhengzheng flew onto Ye Xianya's shoulder and said to Qi Chengshuo.

“Okay, I’ll ride over there first.” Qi Chengshuo nodded.

Zhengzheng was immediately relieved upon hearing this.

It didn't want to carry Qi Chengshuo, the person who had "beaten" it.

Recalling when they first met in Zizhu Village, Qi Chengshuo was clearly just an ordinary person. Although he was skilled in martial arts, he was not a cultivator and was not particularly powerful.

But now it's terrifying.

Although he had devoured the Silk-Pulling Gu King, he was still no match for Qi Chengshuo.

Just thinking about it makes it depressed!

However, my sister said that once it has absorbed and refined all of the Thread-Pulling Gu King's energy, it should be able to defeat Qi Chengshuo.

It needs to work twice as hard these days.

They guessed correctly; Fang Yuzhen soon sent people to inquire about Ye Xianya's whereabouts.

“Yuzhen, listen to your master’s advice and let this matter end here. Qingzhu and the others were in the wrong first. They killed many people and gave others a handle to use against them, which is why they lost their lives. According to the rules of our Taoist sect, the two of them would also be unable to escape death.”

Feng Daozhi sighed and said, "You can see it too. The Crown Prince is very protective of this stepdaughter. If you really kill her, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble."

“I know that as the leader of our ten major Taoist sects, my senior master not only has profound cultivation that far surpasses ours, but his words and deeds are also a model for our righteous path. However… times have changed, and the world today is no longer as peaceful as it was when my senior master was young. It is now much more difficult for young people to embark on the path of cultivation than before.”

Fang Yuzhen gritted her teeth as she spoke: "Qingzhu killed those people in order to cultivate the Silk-Pulling Gu King and improve her strength. If the spiritual energy of heaven and earth were sufficient, she would not have done this. We, as righteous people, have fallen into evil ways because we were forced by the world."

Feng Daozhi frowned deeply upon hearing this.

What does she mean by that?

To say he's an inflexible old-fashioned person?

"The Xuantian Temple, which is personally managed by my master, may indeed not have any evil cultivators. But what about the other nine major Daoist sects? My master investigated the Yunxiao Palace on imperial orders, so he must have found some clues as well, right?"

Fang Yuzhen smiled as she spoke: "I wonder what benefits Xie Peng of Yunxiao Palace gave my master uncle that made him protect him. Does Yunxiao Palace really not have any evil cultivators?"

“Some things might fool ordinary people, but they can’t fool us cultivators. Xie Peng of Yunxiao Palace has definitely gone astray.”

Feng Daozhi frowned upon hearing this, but did not reply.

"No matter what benefits Xie Peng gave my master before, I am willing to give him double or even triple them, just asking him to turn a blind eye and leave me alone so that I can avenge my daughter," Fang Yuzhen said excitedly.

"Previously, I was ordered to thoroughly investigate Yunxiao Palace and did find some clues. There were quite a few people in Yunxiao Palace who had fallen into evil ways, at least half of them were evil cultivators. However, I reported to the court that there was nothing wrong with them. Do you think... that I accepted bribes from them?"

Feng Daozhi sneered, "As the abbot of Xuantian Temple, I have not stooped to such a level. Whether it is Xie Peng or you, I, this old man, do not even look at the things you have given me."

"Why is that?" Fang Yuzhen couldn't help but ask.

"As the head of the ten major Taoist sects, my Xuantian Temple possesses a long-distance communication talisman given by the Taiyi Sect. Just before I was ordered to thoroughly investigate the Yunxiao Palace, I received a message from the Taiyi Sect."

The Taiyi Sect once gave out two long-distance communication talismans, one to Feng Daozhi, the number one Taoist, and the other to the royal family.

The Taiyi Sect sent a message, which was received by Feng Daozhi and the royal family, but they were unable to send a message to the Taiyi Sect.

The capital city is thousands of miles away from Taiyi Gate.

Long-distance communication requires a lot of energy, which the Taiyi Sect can do, but the Fengdao Sect and the royal family cannot.

Upon hearing this, Fang Yuzhen immediately held her breath.

Does the Taiyi Sect intend to protect these evil sects and heretics like the Yunxiao Palace?

If that's the case, she can follow the path of the Taiyi Sect. Even if she kills Ye Xianya, it won't matter!

"The person who will preside over this year's Taoist Grand Competition next month is Yu Yanzhong. He was selected by the Taiyi Sect when he participated in the Taoist Grand Competition thirty years ago. Now he is an inner disciple and has also taken an elder as his master."

Fang Yuzhen was taken aback upon hearing this, and after a moment she said, "It's Yu Yanzhong from Yunxiao Palace."

“Yes.” Feng Daozhi nodded: “It’s him. He was the pride of heaven thirty years ago. Even after entering the Taiyi Sect, he still got a place. Most of us from the ten major Daoist sects who entered the Taiyi Sect spent our entire lives as outer disciples, but he became an inner disciple more than twenty years ago and even became an apprentice of an elder.”

Most of the disciples accepted by the Taiyi Sect are very young. According to their standards, disciples who are accepted can still reach a certain level after decades of training.

The disciples recruited from the ten major Taoist sects are mostly of average talent, and some of them live to be a hundred years old and still remain outer disciples.

Yu Yanzhong of Yunxiao Palace was extremely famous thirty years ago.

Fang Yuzhen was only a teenager at the time, but she still remembers the incident vividly.

“Yu Yanzhong will be returning to the capital next month to preside over the Daoist Grand Competition. If I support the dynasty in destroying Yunxiao Palace at this critical juncture, how will I explain myself? The inner disciples of Taiyi Sect are highly skilled in Xuan techniques; I simply cannot defeat them, nor do I dare to lay a hand on them,” Feng Daozhi sighed.

"So, it's not that I accepted Xie Peng's bribes, but rather that he has a powerful backer. When Yan Zhong arrives, he will definitely find that Yunxiao Palace is full of evil cultivators. I will report this matter to him, and then it will be up to him to decide how to handle it."

Feng Daozhi smiled and said, "Although I am upright, I am not inflexible. I do not want to offend the Taiyi Sect, and I especially do not want to offend the person who is going to preside over the Daoist Grand Competition. If you have an elder in the Taiyi Sect, you can ask them for help."

Fang Yuzhen was speechless upon hearing this.

Of course, some people from Biyun Temple have entered Taiyi Sect, but the most recent one was her senior sister more than 20 years ago. She has never returned to Biyun Temple, so where is she supposed to find her?

"And that Miss Ye, my little apprentice said she knows mystical arts and has close ties with the Taiyi Sect. You should be careful," Feng Daozhi said, shaking his head.