Although the Immortal Doctor Sect had a high reputation among the people, it was the imperial power that ultimately ruled the people. In the face of the imperial power, the Immortal Doctor Sect was helpless.
Most of the Immortal Doctor Sect's members are cultivators who can practice. Their individual powers may be relatively strong, but they are ultimately restricted by the Nine Dragons Covering the Sky Formation. They are at the late stage of Qi Refining at best. If they were to face an army, they would be finished in minutes.
What's more, the families and friends of those monks are still living in the secular world, and they cannot help but be constrained by secular power.
Therefore, facing the ban by the imperial power, the Immortal Doctor Sect collapsed overnight. The people in the sect were either arrested, escaped, or hid themselves and never dared to show up again.
The second was to smash the statues of Rong Xianer in the Star Temples throughout the empire!
The Star God Temple is a place where incense is concentrated. There are several sculptures on display. These sculptures are carved based on the prototypes of the leaders of various immortal cultivation forces. These forces are all pro-court factions and have reached an agreement with the court. If the Tianyuan Empire is in trouble, these forces must not stand idly by, but help the court.
In return, the empire allowed them to collect incense from the people. It was a mutually beneficial relationship between the two sides.
The Star God Temple can be said to be a witness to the harmony and friendship between the two sides.
As the leader of the Immortal Doctor Sect, Rong Xian'er's influence among the people and her contributions to the empire are worthy of being made into a statue and placed in the Star God Temple for people to admire and worship.
As people worshipped her, the power of the incense was gathered on her bit by bit.
Sculptures are the medium for absorbing incense. Once a sculpture is smashed, it is equivalent to cutting off Rong Xianer's channel for absorbing incense. No matter how powerful she is, she can't absorb any incense.
In addition to the sculpture, many ordinary people also offer longevity tablets to Rong Xian'er at home, and worship them whenever they have time, which also provides incense for Rong Xian'er.
The emperor would not allow such a thing to happen, so he ordered people to search every household and smash all the tablets dedicated to Rong Xian'er of the Immortal Doctor Sect! The third step was to seal all the medicine shops and clinics opened by the Immortal Doctor Sect, and no more industries of the Immortal Doctor Sect would be allowed to appear in the future! The Immortal Doctor Sect, a sect that was originally held on the altar, fell from the altar in just a few days and was labeled a cult and heresy. The people in the sect became rats crossing the street.
It’s a pity that Sect Leader Rong Xianer and Junior Sect Leader Zhao Fulan escaped.
These two people were the culprits. Now that they had escaped, how could the emperor swallow this anger? He lost his good face towards the imperial teacher whom he always respected.
Because he handed this matter over to the imperial teacher.
The culprit escaped, and those families with close ties to the Immortal Doctor Sect became the emperor's punching bags, with the Zhao family being the first to suffer.
The Queen and the Crown Prince didn't even dare to plead for mercy.
However, the emperor showed mercy to the Zhao family out of their consideration for their sake. He did not execute the entire family, but instead exiled them to Suiyang City in the northern border thousands of miles away, and made them undergo labor reform in the harsh and cold border!
The disturbances in the outside world could not disturb Shen Yizi, who lived a peaceful life in Prince Chen's Mansion. As for the fate of the Immortal Doctor Sect, she just heard about it and did not take it to heart.
The Immortal Doctor Sect is now in such a situation, it is nothing but what it has brought upon itself.
It’s just a pity that Rong Xianer and Zhao Fulan, the evil master and disciple, escaped.
I'm afraid they'll pop up and cause trouble again one day.
However, if they dare to show up, she will personally deal with them.
In a quiet little courtyard in the northern part of the imperial capital, Rong Xian'er and her apprentice, who were wanted throughout the country, were hiding here.
"Fulan, protect me."
"Yes, Master."
That night.
In the emperor's bedroom.
A gust of wind blew, and the curtains hanging in front of the bed were blown up.
The emperor suddenly woke up and saw a dark shadow standing at the head of the bed. He was so frightened that he sat up and was about to crush the communication talisman given to him by the imperial teacher.
The person standing at the head of the bed was Rong Xian'er. Seeing this, she chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, don't waste your energy. I am in your dream now. How can you call the Imperial Master?"
"Rong Xian'er!" The emperor shouted angrily, then realized what she had just said, "In a dream?"
This woman could actually enter his dream? He couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, but he still didn't believe it and pinched himself quietly.
It doesn't hurt at all. It seems I am really dreaming.
"Rong Xian'er, what are you doing in my dream?"
Rong Xian'er opened the curtain, sat down leisurely beside the bed, and looked directly at the emperor: "I hope that Your Majesty can cancel the search for the Immortal Doctor's disciples and release those disciples."
The emperor sneered, "You are dreaming."
The Immortal Doctor Sect had done such a heinous thing, and they still wanted him to release them? Where did Rong Xianer get the confidence to let him do this?
Did she still think she was the high and mighty leader of the Immortal Doctor Sect? Now she was nothing more than a stray dog.
Anyway, it was just in his dream, so he was not afraid of what Rong Xian'er would do to him.
However, Rong Xian'er's next words made his expression change drastically: "Tell me, if I tell the King of Chen that it was you who dug his mother Di Mingyue out of the grave, and that you not only desecrated her body, but also wanted the people of the Corpse Refining Sect to refine her into a puppet for your own amusement, guess what the King of Chen's reaction would be?"
The emperor's eyes flashed with coldness. How could she know this? "Your Majesty, are you asking me how I know this? It's such a coincidence that the leader of the Corpse Refining Sect was originally one of my men."
The emperor's heart tightened, and there was no hope anymore.
If Gu Xueting knew, if he knew, he might just rush into the palace with a sword in hand and chop him to death!
Thinking of that scene, the emperor broke out in a cold sweat.
Rong Xian'er admired his ever-changing expressions with a smile on her lips, as if she found it very interesting.
After a long while, the emperor spoke: "If I ordered the release of the Immortal Doctor Sect's people, and you go back on your word——"
Rong Xian'er interrupted him and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry about this. I can swear right now that as long as Your Majesty releases the people from the Immortal Doctor Sect, I will keep my mouth shut and not tell the King of Chen your secrets. If I break this oath, I will be struck by lightning and die without a burial place. How do you think?"
Those who practice Taoism are supervised by the heavens, and the oaths they make will be fulfilled. The emperor had already known this from the imperial teacher.
Hearing Rong Xianer's cruel oath, he felt relieved.
However, the emperor still had concerns. The incident of the Immortal Doctor Sect was too serious, and it was Gu Xueting who exposed it himself. He had just ordered the destruction of the Immortal Doctor Sect, and now he wanted to release the people of the Immortal Doctor Sect. Gu Xueting would definitely become suspicious.
If he investigates further,