Chapter 74 Past Events!

  According to Lei Hong, fifty years ago, he and Cao Liqun as well as Ge Fei were infected with the evil energy. The three of them returned to the Upper Sect to meditate and heal their wounds quietly. However, more than a decade passed, countless resources were spent, and all methods were exhausted, but not only did they fail to dispel the evil energy, it instead worsened. Lei Hong saw that the Master of Wujipai had the intention of letting them leave Wujipai. After discussing it among themselves, the three of them voluntarily proposed to retire to a certain idle post in the Lower Sect to live out their days.

  At first, Lei Hong entered the Qingyu Gate, while Ge Fei entered the Holy Hall of Yongyang City, and Cao Liqun entered the Qixing Gate as an elder. From then on, Cao Liqun was like a changed person, using all sorts of means to frantically accumulate wealth, making Yongyang City a mess. Lei Hong and Ge Fei had tried to persuade him, but Cao Liqun wouldn't listen. Over time, the three became less and less in contact. However, just a few years ago, Cao Liqun suddenly transferred from Qixing Gate to Wuji Hanguan, taking over as an inspector. Taking advantage of this position, he did whatever he wanted, forming cliques and factions. Whoever opposed him would ultimately end up with their family ruined and their people dead.

  "This Cao Liqun is quite ruthless!" Tang Qing poured two cups of wine, handed one to Lei Hong, and gestured for him to sit down. After a moment's thought, he said, "But the position of inspector at Wujixingguan isn't very important either, is it? Doesn't anyone care?"

  "I don't know what kind of method Cao Liqun used, but now the entire city lord of Yongyang City, the master of the Holy Hall, the Seven Star Gate, the Half Moon Gate, and the four major families all seem to be under his command!" Lei Hong shook his head. As a traditionalist who respected his teachers and the Tao extremely, he didn't dare overstep in the slightest, so naturally he didn't dare accept the wine that Tang Qing poured for him.

  "This little rabbit is quite capable!" Tang Qing rubbed his chin, looking thoughtful.

  "This... senior, actually..."

  Seeing Lei Hong's hesitant expression, Tang raised an eyebrow and said, "If you have something to say, just say it directly."

  "It's like this, senior. A few years ago, Cao Liqueen came to me and said that he had received guidance from a superior and had eliminated the evil energy within his body. I carefully investigated and found that Cao Liqueen's evil energy had not been dispelled, but instead had become even thicker. Therefore, I suspected that he might have taken the path of demonic cultivation, starting to nurture the evil energy. At that time, in order to persuade me to join him in his wicked ways, he said...he said..."

  "What are you talking about? You've lived for so many years, but you're still as gossipy as a woman!" Tang Qing shook his head and scolded with a smile.

  "He said his backing is from a high-ranking person in the Temple!" Lei Hong seemed to be very wary of the two words "Temple", and indeed, in this world, mentioning the two words "Temple" would make few people not afraid, because in everyone's eyes, the Temple was like the Yama Palace, where mysterious disappearances were bound to occur, no matter how big a family or sect, as long as the Temple descended, it represented the arrival of the God of Death.

  "Ah...the temple..." Tang Jing murmured to himself, narrowing his eyes as he gazed at the beautiful wine in the white jade cup.

  "The junior knows that the temple appeared in Yong City, it's definitely not a good thing. However, what makes the junior puzzled is that this small Yong City doesn't have any big shots worthy of the temple's attention. The junior has been thinking and can only think of one person whose identity might attract the temple."

  Lei Hong didn't say it out loud, but Tang Qing had already guessed it, "Shangguan Qixue."

  "Seniors are wise, and juniors also think that in the entire Yong City, only Shangguan Qianxue's identity can bring about the Holy Temple."

  "How much do you know about Shangguan Kexue?"

  "The junior only knew that Shangguan Xue had previously been the law enforcement officer of the Grand Clan, with a noble status. However, because of an incident a few years ago, she seemed to have gotten entangled and was banished here."

  "Ah... I remember hearing Shangguan Qixue say that she was a sinner, and that she had made a great mistake in the past. What exactly was it about?" Tang Qing still clearly remembered how after he accidentally hurt Shangguan Qixue, she said that her past mistakes had led to everyone turning against her, leaving only Shangguan Ling as her sole remaining relative.

  "Didn't Senior know about the Seven-Colored City incident that shook the world seven years ago?" Lei Hong thought to himself, with Tang Qing's mighty and powerful reputation, just one loud shout could scare a thousand-year-old demon into fleeing in terror, how could he not be aware of the earth-shaking event from seven years ago.

  "What's happening in Rainbow City?" Tang Qing had been in seclusion, cultivating and worrying about the impending heavenly calamity, without any mood to watch the excitement.

  "It is said that when the Seven-Colored City appeared, the Heavenly Treasure led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people in the city. The Holy Temple and several major sects were involved in this matter. As for what exactly happened back then, I don't know. However, after the incident, some people said that the Holy Temple and several major sects joined forces to slaughter the city in order to seize the treasure. Whether it's true or not is unknown. In the following years, many people were secretly executed by the Holy Temple. Although Upper Official Qi Xue was not killed, she was stripped of her identity and exiled here. What exactly did she do to anger the major sects and the Holy Temple back then? I don't know."

  "Heaven and earth's greatest treasure..." Tang Jing shook his head and sighed, having lived until now, he deeply understood the cruelty of the cultivation world. Let alone for a precious treasure, even a few spirit stones could lead to being killed, especially some big sects that preached about benevolence, righteousness, and morality on the surface but secretly did all sorts of despicable things.

  In this world, there is no absolute good or evil. What is considered good is only because the temptation has not been great enough. If the temptation were sufficient and numerous, then so-called benevolence, righteousness, and morality would also lose their bottom line. Tang Jing had contact with several major sects during his cultivation before crossing the tribulation. Those sons of bitches appeared to be gentlemen on the surface but were actually the same kind of people when they took off their masks.

  "If that's the case, if the Temple is going to deal with Shangguan Qiusuo, then with the Temple's abilities, Shangguan Qiusuo wouldn't have made it this far, right?" Tang Qing knew the Temple's methods all too well; anyone who could enter the Temple had extremely formidable combat strength. Not to mention their cultivation, just one of their top-grade treasures was enough to make people tremble with fear.

  "This is also the most incomprehensible place for a junior."

  "Is that so..."

  Tang Jing rubbed his chin, narrowed his eyes and gazed out the window at the night sky, lost in thought. Originally, he had planned to leave as soon as Shang Guan Xue's injuries healed, but unexpectedly, there was still this matter hidden behind. Of course, it didn't have much to do with him; Tang Jing wasn't someone who liked to get involved in other people's business. However, whether it was Shang Guan Ling or Shang Guan Xue, Tang Jing had some connection with them because when he was young, he and Qianying Saint King had cultivated together in the same great sect. Although their relationship wasn't very good, they were still fellow disciples who had gone through trials together.

  "This thing, let's talk about it later." Tang Jing shook his head and didn't think deeply about it, then said, "Right, tomorrow there might be another group of people coming to look for trouble, when they come, you tell me."

  "Looking for trouble?" Lei Hong was taken aback, but then suddenly enlightened, and his momentum burst forth, sternly shouting, "Senior can rest assured, let alone those few bastards who didn't know better than to gamble with Senior and lose, even if Senior just looked at them sideways and killed them, it wouldn't matter whether it's the Half Moon Gate or the Luo or Guan families. As long as they dare come, Junior naturally has a way to deal with them."

  "How dare you talk like that? What's wrong with them, I'm not that short-tempered."

  Tang Qing smiled and scolded, Lei Hong hurriedly nodded in agreement, and indeed that was the case. Tang Qing was a man with a very good temper, at least he thought so himself. His criteria for killing were also very simple: unless someone had malicious intentions towards him, he would never take action. On the other hand, if someone did have malicious intentions towards him, he would not show any mercy when striking back.

  "Alright, when they come tomorrow, you just stall them first. If you can't handle it, come find me again. Go rest for now."

  Tang Qing poured a few mouthfuls of wine into his mouth, and when he felt about right, he stopped. When he put down the wine jug, Lei Hong was still standing there, looking like he wanted to say something but didn't dare. Tang Qing asked him what was wrong, and Lei Hong finally spoke up, "It's like this... The master of the Tianyao Array Tower has come to find me three times already, and today he came again." He paused for a moment, then snuck a glance at Tang Qing's face, and seeing no displeasure, continued, "I've already refused on your behalf, but that old man just won't listen, insisting on taking you as his...".

  The two words "disciple", Lei Hong dare not say, this matter makes him extremely headache, he has very clearly told Gu Taizhu Tang Ding that it is impossible to be his disciple, let him give up this idea, but Gu Taizhu is a bit stubborn, must ask clearly, Lei Hong dare not reveal Tang Ding's identity, hesitated and could not say why, as if he and Gu Taizhu were just acquaintances, the key is that the relationship between the two is not bad, which makes Lei Hong very difficult.

  "Is that so...... Where is he now?"

  "In the place where the younger generation of the surname Hou lives."

  "You called him over."

  Lei Hong responded promptly and efficiently handled the corpses of the four elders, then swiftly retreated to the rear mountain.

  PS: It's finally 12 o'clock... I hope brothers and sisters who have recommendation tickets can help me out! Xiaojiao has never been on the charts since this book was released, so just fulfill my wish once, okay?

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