Chapter 166 The Beginning of the Fall
Unlike Yao Yong, who was strategizing, Ding Jing was in a terrible mood as he stood on the top of Longlan City. He didn't want to pay any attention to what Lu Gu, who rushed over, said. He returned to Tianjie without hesitation, practically barging into the No. 1 Tianzi Room of Fuyao Pavilion, which the six major alliances had already prepared for him.
The soothing incense burning in the room curled up, brewing a hazy mist, exactly the same as his current thoughts.
Do we really have to do as that evil cultivator said and mislead fellow Daoist Yi Fengyin into coming out to die?
It is better to frankly disclose what happened to him to the six major alliances, at least to be true to his conscience.
Zhenren Dingjing believed that in the hundreds of years of practice, he had never done anything that was detrimental to the way of heaven. He had always lived calmly, respected and expected by everyone.
Can I really accept being taken prisoner, or even being judged beyond redemption and sentenced to death?
Ding Jing Zhenren recalled what Luo Xuanyi had said. Luo Xuanyi had said that the practice of Weird Cultivation was no different from that of a normal cultivator, except that one needed to draw on Yin Qi instead of Spiritual Qi.
She said his swordsmanship was a different kind of path, and that practicing the art of trickery wouldn't affect it. As long as he didn't let others discover his body had transformed into a spirit form, he could still live as a righteous cultivator.
When the two separated, Luo Xuanyi's words pierced deeply into Ding Jing Zhenren's heart.
"After all, you call yourselves righteous cultivators, and what you actually do is to do what you believe is right. How does that conflict with the power you possess?"
"Isn't it the way of the six great alliances to judge by deeds rather than by heart?"
Ding Jing Zhenren didn't know whether Luo Xuanyi was just trying to persuade him with a sophistry or whether she really believed it. But he had already agreed with Luo Xuanyi's idea in his heart.
I practice the Way of Deceit but still do good deeds. Am I not following the Righteous Way? Ultimately, how should one judge the Righteous Way?
Not knowing that what is needed to practice the evil way is not Yin Qi, but dead Qi and living souls, even the evil-minded Ding Jing Zhenren is still dreaming that he will be "untainted by the mud". When he really starts to practice the evil way, he will understand that at that time he is not even a human being, and his mentality has been changed imperceptibly.
Ding Jing Zhenren took a deep breath. All he had to do now was contact the law enforcement elders of the six major alliances' internal affairs halls and present his prepared arguments to convince them.
The Six Alliances' Internal Affairs Hall was essentially a place for the higher-ranking cultivators of the six alliances to discuss matters together. Over time, it gradually became the true coordinating body of the six alliances. The core of the Six Alliances consisted of the leaders of the six sects, plus a Dao-breaking Realm master who served as the alliance leader but remained in seclusion for many years.
Below them were the gifted elders like Ding Jing Zhenren, who were potentially capable of reaching the Refining Void Realm, and the law enforcement elders of the six major sects. The elders would not intervene in trivial matters, but would accept offerings and impart their own Daoist teachings on a daily basis. When faced with danger, they were not allowed to refuse and were required to intervene.
Six law enforcement elders oversee the Fuwen Pagoda and are responsible for compiling missions within each sect. They manage a core group of Zhili monks, assigned to carry out missions deemed particularly dangerous. Other missions are handled by monks themselves within the Fuwen Pagoda. Monks who accept missions through the Fuwen Pagoda can only report their missions back to the monk who led the mission upon completion.
In other words, due to the special identity of Ding Jing Zhenren, the law enforcement elder could only get Ding Jing Zhenren's one-sided statement about Luo Xuanyi, and make the next move based on Ding Jing Zhenren's judgment.
This was a terrifying loophole, but Master Ding Jing had never realized it before. As long as he wanted to do evil, his actions would be difficult to detect. Those disciples couldn't directly contact the law enforcement elders. Even if they could, who would the law enforcement elders trust more, the highly respected elders or the monks who were merely disciples of the sect?
The more Master Ding Jing thought about it, the more terrified he became. In reality, this was just an unconscious attempt to resist the urge to spread false information. If he gave up here, perhaps everything would still be in time.
Unfortunately, he still couldn't escape.
The talisman lit up. The law enforcement elders of the Exorcist Sword Sect sent a message to Master Ding Jing, asking for his opinion. After all, a commotion this large in Lianshan couldn't possibly go unnoticed.
"Brother, is Lianshan related to the murderer who killed the three monks? How is the case progressing?"
Ding Jing Zhenren's expression twitched slightly. If anyone stood before him, they would easily notice his abnormality.
Unfortunately, the law enforcement elders can only judge through cold text messages.
"Lianshan..."
Once he started typing the first word, everything fell into place. He typed out Luo Xuanyi's words almost mechanically, as if he were just Luo Xuanyi's messenger.
"The murderer has been identified. It's the demonic cultivator Shen Ranming of the Zang Yao Sect. I've already fought him. His strength is only around the late Foundation Establishment to early Golden Core stage, but he escaped me with a superb method. In my opinion, cultivators from other sects will have difficulty tracking him. The task of apprehending him must be the responsibility of Fellow Daoist Yi Fengyin."
"Young friend Yang Zongchun has already placed a secret locating fragrance on Shen Ranming. We can use the Fuwen Tower to check."
In order to prevent the law enforcement elders from paying too much attention to this side, Master Ding Jing threw out a smoke bomb as promised.
"The most important thing for the alliance right now is to deal with the matter of the Lianshan Ghost Buddha. I believe this is the most urgent matter."
Sure enough, the law enforcement elder who had not replied before immediately sent a reply this time: "Ghost Buddha?"
The reaction was exactly as he had expected, and Ding Jing Zhenren couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure in fooling others. He felt a pleasure like sitting at a chessboard and moving chess pieces. This was something he had never experienced before.
It was obvious that his half-ghost body had begun to affect his mind, but he himself was unaware of it.
"Yes. That was the Buddhist disciple who disappeared from the Great Freedom Hall a hundred years ago. They haven't given up on finding him yet. Now he's been transformed into a ghost Buddha and is still on our land in Xuancheng Prefecture. I'm afraid if the Great Freedom Hall finds out, they'll definitely come and call for punishment. The dispute between the three major sects and us was finally suppressed by the leader, and now this incident has happened, it's unpredictable."
Luo Xuanyi didn't know about the conflict between the three major sects and the six major alliances, and True Man Ding Jing didn't say much either. However, any cultivator from each sect would undoubtedly be aware of the depth of the conflict between the two sides. If it weren't for the constant presence of the demonic sects, they would have already started fighting among themselves.
This was a fundamental dispute over the Dao, impossible to resolve through reasoning. Furthermore, the mortal dynasties supported by the six alliances repeatedly attempted to move southward to annex the three kingdoms supported by the three major religions, and the atmosphere was filled with the smoke of war from top to bottom.
At this time, the incident of the Ghost Buddha broke out. With such a major event, the incidents between Luo Xuanyi and Ding Jing Zhenren were just minor incidents.
Therefore, the Law Enforcement Elder decisively replied, "Then please, Senior Brother, temporarily stay in Longlan City and observe the situation regarding the Lianshan Ghost Buddha! I will immediately mobilize the Jindan cultivators from the Internal Affairs Hall to provide support. Please ensure that no word leaks out."
"As for the murderer, Shen Ranming, I will have fellow Daoist Yi Fengyin apprehend him."
It's done. Master Ding Jing breathed a sigh of relief. He had already taken a step forward; there was no turning back.
Therefore, he stopped dwelling on it and continued with the second thing Luo Xuanyi had requested—spreading the news that there was a traitor within the six alliances in a vague manner. Thinking of this, he first sent a telepathic message to Luo Xuanyi to indicate that he had succeeded.
After receiving the news, Luo Xuanyi could finally relax, enter the Peach Blossom Realm, and start refining his first formation flag in full swing.
First update~ Next, sister Yi will start to refine the formation flag~ Materials are rolling in (physical
When I was typing, I found that what I automatically typed out was "Dingjin Zhenren", which made me laugh (although I don't know what I was laughing at
The Exorcist Sword Sect is an all-male sect, the Star Sea Palace is an all-female sect, and the other sects are evenly split between men and women.
Lu Gu was going crazy. Lianshan was under his jurisdiction, but no monk paid any attention to him. He didn't even know what was going on and was about to get off his horse.
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