Chapter 1566: What Is The Emperor Plotting?

“The Heavenly Ghost Spirit Robbing Spell, the Six Heavens Ghost Eye... To think he’s a member of the Ghost Gate of Mount Mang. No wonder he managed to fool Lady Suyi’s senses,” remarked Feng Qingyou.

Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were currently standing at the entrance of the alley. Their bodies were transparent, and their energies were ephemeral. Although they were standing right there, everyone passing through the area ignored them as if they could not see them or hear their conversation.

The Ghost Gate of Mount Mang was one of the thirty-six unorthodox sects. They were famed for their ghost arts and boasted over tens of thousands of ghost practitioners. They were helmed by Sages and extremely powerful. They were not inferior to the Five Profound Sects or the Nine Dark Ways in the slightest. They were also nicknamed Little Fengdu.

In fact, it was rumored that Fengdu could be behind the rise of the Ghost Gate of Mount Mang. Therefore, their nickname was a fitting one.

The Heavenly Ghost Spirit Robbing Spell and the Six Heavens Ghost Eye were the exclusive secret art and Magia of the Ghost Gate of Mount Mang.

The Heavenly Ghost Spirit Robbing Spell was a spell that allowed the intangible form of a Heavenly Ghost to steal the tangible form of a living being. It was such a hidden and traceless spell that it was said to be undetectable by ghosts, gods, and even the rivers of fate. It was one of the absolute best possession spells in the world.

Founded using the six Earthly Souls of the person closest to the practitioner, nourished using countless living souls, and stored inside the practitioner’s own head, the Six Heavens Ghost Eye was a spell that possessed the power to scrutinize the world down to the most minute detail, identify ghost and gods, and bind spirits and souls. It also boasted a concealment power that could supposedly hide the practitioner from even celestials and Buddhas.

Clearly, Niu wasn’t the original Niu. He had been taken over by this member of the Ghost Gate of Mount Mang since heavens-know-when.

As for why this person would go so far as to possess a retarded person and hide themselves in such a terrible environment, it was to spy on Lady Suyi, of course.

“Tch... Emperor Jing Run is a generous soul, isn’t he? I can’t believe he paid a

Sage

to pretend to be a retarded man!” Ye Qing remarked scornfully.

That’s right. The man who stole Niu’s body was a Sage. The Heavenly Ghost Spirit Robbing Spell and the Six Heavens Ghost Eye were incredible, sure, but if his cultivation level wasn’t up to snuff, then there was no way he would be able to fool Lady Suyi, much less show his face to the Sage every day and still remain undetected. The woman wasn’t blind after all!

As for who could afford to dispatch a Sage to spy on Lady Suyi, the answer was obvious. No one else but Emperor Jing Run could command such a man or afford such an expenditure.

The fact that the man addressed his superior as “His Holiness” also proved that.

Feng Qingyou declared, “This definitely proves that Emperor Jing Run is plotting something massive. But what is it?”

Ye Qing nodded in agreement. He just could not understand what the hell was going on inside the emperor’s brain. The reason he went so far as to dispatch a Sage to spy on Lady Suyi was obvious: it was to guarantee that she would be able to summon the Impending Disaster without trouble.

But what was the point of summoning an evil god that only brought disasters and calamities to everyone? What was the point of bringing forth an existence that benefited no one and harmed countless? Just what on earth was Emperor Jing Run plotting?

Was he crazy? Was he bored?

Or did he have so much excess energy that he just had to spend it somewhere?

Well, Emperor Jing Run was definitely crazy. A normal person wouldn’t think of sacrificing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives to an evil god.

He definitely wasn’t bored or had too much excess energy though.

So, what was Emperor Jing Run planning?

“Should we capture him as well?” Ye Qing was referring to the Sage of the Ghost Gate of Mount Mang, of course.

“We shouldn’t.” Feng Qingyou shook her head. “The Ghost Gate of Mount Mang is famous for their unpredictable and anomalous secret arts and Magia. Capturing him would be easy, but doing it without alerting anyone would be difficult.”

“Besides, this man is intricately connected to Emperor Jing Run, and Emperor Jing Run is an unfathomable soul. If we alert him to our presence, then it would be terrible. Caution is of the utmost importance right now.”

“In that case, we can only ask Lady Suyi.”

He knew she was right. He was just making a suggestion. Besides, they had already converted Lady Suyi. She should know a lot of secrets. The most important part of Emperor Jing Run’s plan was under their control as well, so they were the ones who held the advantage. As she said, there was no need to stir up unnecessary trouble.

“Let’s go.”

The duo turned around and headed toward the Taoist monastery. Sometimes they brushed past someone’s shoulders, and sometimes they walked right through them. No one noticed a thing.

The duo stepped inside the main hall upon arriving at the monastery. Lady Suyi immediately rose to her feet and saluted them.

“Greetings, young master.”

“You’re welcome.” Ye Qing waved his sleeve slightly, and the Innate Yin Yang Qi isolated the main hall from the rest of the world. “There are a couple of things I need to ask you about.”

Lady Suyi replied respectfully, “Please speak, young master.”

Ye Qing asked, “First things first, tell me about your background.”

Lady Suyi answered, “I am the current Way Lord of the Way of Old Worship.”

“You’re a remnant of the Way of Old Worship?” Ye Qing exclaimed in surprise.

He had, in fact, heard of the Way of Old Worship. As the name implied, the members of the Way of Old Worship worshiped the old gods and demons and prayed to all sorts of ghosts and gods. They addressed themselves as descendants of a certain god or demon and sought to recreate the age where the old gods and demons commanded all of living.

For this reason, members of the Way of Old Worship often performed all sorts of sacrificial rituals and offerings to awaken slumbering gods, demons, and celestials.

During its golden age, the Way of Old Worship claimed to have thirteen Way Lords and command the power of countless gods and demons. They were once so strong that most Sages gave them a wide berth, and no one in the orthodox or the unorthodox side were willing to challenge them head on.

However, the Way of Old Worship would do anything to summon their deities. It was very common for them to sacrifice the common folk to perform the summoning. Not only that, the deities they summoned, good or bad, often caused massive disasters and calamities that reaped even more lives.

Eventually, the people and the world could not tolerate them any longer. Loathed by everyone, the four empires and both sides of the

jianghu

mustered their forces and destroyed the Way of Old Worship. Both the humans and the deities they summoned were annihilated to the last.

To prevent them from resurrecting, the four empires and the

jianghu

even enacted the Eradication Order. They burned every single one of their texts and hunted the remnants to the last man. Anyone who dared to store a text relating to the Way of Old Worship or worse, practice them would be annihilated to the third generation. Anyone who harbored a remnant of the Way of Old Worship met the same fate. Even the animals were killed.

Eventually, the once powerful Way of Old Worship completely disappeared into the annals of history.

The reason Ye Qing knew this was because he had read plenty of

jianghu

secrets during his time at the Pacification Bureau. Therefore, he knew a little about the Way of Old Worship.

He did not think that the sect that had been extinct for almost three or four hundred years had come back to life.

Not only that, they somehow formed a connection with the fucking emperor of Chu. Just how did this happen?

As expected of the era of chaos. All sorts of demons and monsters were coming out to play.

“If you are the Way Lord of the Way of Old Worship, how on earth did you come to collude with Emperor Jing Run?” Ye Qing asked her directly.

“It is he who sought me out first.” Lady Suyi explained, “I did not know how he found out about us, but about three months ago, Emperor Jing Run suddenly sought me out and asked to cooperate with me.”

“He claimed that he could aid me summon the Impending Disaster by sacrificing one hundred thousand lives of Nanjiang.”

Ye Qing asked, “Did he say why he wanted to do this?”

“He said he wanted help to deal with the threat posed by Yan, Wei and Qi.”

Lady Suyi answered, “Since Chu has lost its Will of the Empire, it is internally plagued by disasters, Strangers and villains, and externally threatened by the great armies of Yan, Wei and Qi. They intended to divide Chu into three. At their current strength, Chu simply does not possess the power to handle three empires at once.”

“That is why Emperor Jing Run desired to summon the Impending Disaster. If it appears, it could curse the three empires with disasters, tribulations, scourges and calamities. It will keep them busy and prevent them from launching an invasion against Chu. It will buy Chu a sliver of hope.”