Chapter 201 Nothing More than That

Zhang Ye and Elder Dingyuan came to a cave under the guidance of their disciples. Demonic energy filled the air from inside, making everyone feel very uncomfortable.

"Could there be demonic monks invading Tiandao City?" Elder Dingyuan looked solemn.

By the way, the so-called conflict between good and evil is not just a concept. The practices of the demonic path and the righteous path conflict with each other and are incompatible with each other, so the righteous path monks and the demonic path monks are naturally hostile.

The intensity of the demonic energy in the cave was so strong that Elder Dingyuan had never seen it before. He sensed it with his spiritual mind and found that there was no demon inside, so he ordered: "Disciples under the Nascent Soul are not allowed to enter. Xiaoqi, we Go in."

Entering it, the demonic energy is even more unbearable. Only monks above Nascent Soul can resist it. Otherwise, ordinary monks will be seriously ill for several years if they take one sip. No wonder Elder Dingyuan does not allow ordinary monks to enter.

The cave is very simple, with only one mat. It must be a retreat, and there are no valuable clues for the time being.

"Look at the wall." Elder Dingyuan reminded.

Only then did Zhang Ye notice the surrounding walls, and when he looked at them, he was suddenly stunned.

The walls are covered with scrawled words, as if they were dug out with fingernails, but this is not the key. The key is every sentence - "Zhang Ye, I will kill you!"

Zhang Ye felt chilled when he saw the murderous handwriting. At this moment, Elder Dingyuan found a jade tablet broken into several pieces. When he pieced it together, it had the words "Heavenly Soldiers Order" on it.

Elder Dingyuan pondered for a moment and seemed to have a guess, but he did not say it immediately. Instead, he asked Zhang Ye: "What did you see?" This can be regarded as cultivating Zhang Ye's case-solving ability.

Zhang Ye said: "Tianbing Pavilion has an old grudge with Zhang Ye. According to the writing on the wall, it shows that the owner of the cave has the deepest hatred for Zhang Ye. With the Tianbing Order, I think the owner of the cave here is the ancestor of Tianbing."

Elder Dingyuan nodded with satisfaction: "Go on."

Zhang Ye said: "We have identified the corpses of Tianbing Pavilion before, and there is no Tianbing ancestor. Combined with the fact that the gate of Tianbing Pavilion was damaged from the inside out, I guess that the whole door of Tianbing Pavilion was killed, not by foreign enemies, but by Tianbing. The ancestor did it alone!”

Elder Dingyuan looked appreciative: "That's right."

After receiving the approval of Elder Dingyuan, Zhang Ye became confused: "Why did the ancestor of Tianbing want to destroy his sect?"

Elder Dingyuan said: "Do you know where this demonic energy comes from?"

Zhang Ye shook his head. His realm was too low and he didn't know much about high-level cultivation.

Elder Dingyuan continued: "The righteous way and the demonic way are two types of cultivation plans for human beings. One is to comprehend the way of heaven, and the other is to prove the way with force. The demonic way is to prove the way with force and do whatever you want. The stronger the inner demon, the better the cultivation. high."

"Righteous monks who understand the way of heaven must suppress the inner demons of human desire, and the methods of suppression are divided into state suppression and venting suppression."

Mental state suppression can be understood as self-cultivation, and Buddhist and Taoist monks are best at it; venting and suppressing means occasionally obeying the wishes of the inner demons, killing and satisfying desires to weaken the inner demons.

Some monks in Tiandao Palace become lawless as soon as they leave the sect, and they are most likely venting their inner demons.

In general, demonic cultivators may not necessarily be murderous, but may not be good at killing by nature; righteous cultivators may not all be righteous people, and they may also harm innocent people and vent their inner demons.

Zhang Ye is not in a state that has been improved through practice, so he has no inner demons and cannot understand. But Zhang Ye clearly asked the ancestor of Tianbing why he slaughtered the sect. There must be a reason why Elder Dingyuan explained the difference between the righteous way and the evil way.

Zhang Ye thought thoughtfully: "Could it be that the ancestor of the Heavenly Soldiers slaughtered the whole family because of his inner demons and used killing to vent his inner demons?"

Elder Dingyuan's eyes showed approval, and he began to appreciate the magical Taoist more and more. Not only did he have unparalleled skills, but he also had an extraordinary mind. With just a few hints, he understood the key, and the elder's hard work paid off.

Elder Dingyuan concluded 8: "A few days ago, the Heavenly Soldier Ancestor went to assassinate Zhang Ye, but failed. He was seriously injured by the Changsheng Ancestor and returned. When a monk is injured or weak-willed, he may be controlled by inner demons. In addition, the ancestor of Tianbing failed to kill Zhang Ye and felt resentful, which made the ancestor of Tianbing unable to suppress the inner demon, so he escaped into the devil's way. "

"This kind of monk who is controlled by inner demons and falls into the devil's way cannot be regarded as a demon cultivator, but a real demon. He does not distinguish between friend and foe and kills everyone on sight."

Zhang Ye suddenly realized that it was the ancestor of Tianbing who was driven crazy by him, and he was so powerful.

But what Elder Dingyuan said next made Zhang Ye feel like he was falling into an ice cellar: "Although a monk who falls into the evil way loses his normal consciousness and becomes a killing machine, he will subconsciously complete his obsession, such as..." Dingyuan Elder Yuan paused and looked at the words on the wall, "Zhang Ye must be killed."

Damn it, the Heavenly Soldier Ancestor was originally a Three Tribulation Powerful One, but fell into the demonic way and became stronger. In the past, he would have been afraid of the revenge of the Immortal Ancestor, but if he fell into the demonic way and had no scruples, Zhang Ye would definitely die.

Elder Dingyuan looked at Zhang Ye and turned pale with fright, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Although the ancestor of Tianbing has turned into a demon, he is also afraid of the awe-inspiring righteousness of Tiandao City, so he must be dormant outside Tiandao City and wait for the opportunity. You and him are eight The pole can’t be hit, and besides, it’s Zhang Ye who should be afraid.”

I am Zhang Ye! Zhang Ye wanted to cry but had no tears.

However, Elder Dingyuan’s next words made Zhang Yehao think a little more: “Besides, our Tiandao Sect will not allow demonized monks to harm the Eastern Territory. When this matter is reported to the head of Yuxu, the Eastern Territory will be released. The order to kill the ancestor of the Heavenly Soldiers is wanted."

Using the power of the Eastern Region to kill the ancestor of the Heavenly Arms, hoping to destroy him, Zhang Ye also made up his mind to temporarily hide in the Tiandao Palace before the ancestor of the Heavenly Arms was killed.

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Subsequently, the Tiandao Palace announced the investigation results of the Tianbing Pavilion massacre, and issued a kill order in the Eastern Region to get rid of the demonized Tianbing ancestor.

For a moment, people were panicked. The major sects closed the mountains, and loose cultivators entered Tiandao City on a large scale to avoid disaster. The city guard also worked at full capacity to ensure that no monsters would take advantage of the situation.

But there are also third-rate sects in the Eastern Territory that take pleasure in misfortune. The Tianbing Pavilion was completely wiped out, and that day Dao Peak was left empty. I wonder which third-rate sect was allowed to move in by the Tiandao Palace. This is how the Lingtai Sect became a second-rate sect. , I envy others.

However, the hopes of those small sects finally came to nothing. In the name of suppressing the demonic energy, the Tiandao Palace took over the entire Tiandao Peak where the Tianbing Pavilion was located. It is said that the main peak where Tiandao Palace is located collapsed and there was no place to place so many monks in the sect. The destruction of Tianbing Pavilion came at the right time.

The world of cultivation is like this, where the weak prey on the strong. No one will regret the destruction of Tianbing Pavilion. Instead, people will scold him three times a day because of the demonized ancestor of Tianbing.

Of course, I heard that the ancestor of Tianbing was aiming to kill Zhang Ye. To be on the safe side, the city guard sent more manpower to strengthen the defense of the blacksmith shop. There were also a lot fewer monks queuing up to seek treasures for fear of getting into trouble.

Everyone thought that Zhang Ye must be on tenterhooks every day, but in fact, he was very nourished in the Tiandao Palace.

Because Zhang Ye is a deacon elder who specializes in job regulations. When he has free time, he will take a walk around the Tiandao Palace and receive many gifts from the monks, especially those who have evil intentions. They always feel that the magical Taoist is here to investigate. They were carrying bags of spiritual stones into Zhang Ye's arms, even if they didn't want them.

When Zhang Ye takes office as a new official, he must not let others take advantage of him. However, monks can give each other gifts, so others gave him spiritual stones, and Zhang Ye gave people calligraphy and paintings. Those calligraphy and paintings that dogs gnawed were like treasures, and they had to frame them and hang them in the main hall. .

Zhang Ye feels that he is so corrupt, but he likes it so much.

On this day, I received a report from a disciple that there was a conflict between the disciples of Jiange and the disciples of the Refining Hall. It was not Elder Dingyuan’s turn to intervene in such matters. Zhang Ye and another deacon elder immediately rushed over with their troops.

Another deacon elder is in charge of discipline in the Law Enforcement Hall, nicknamed Lao Jiang. He is responsible for the conflict between the disciples. However, because he heard that the Weapon Refining Hall helped Jiange to refine swords, and it also involved professional negligence, Zhang Ye Gotta go too.

Lao Jiang is a Void Refining monk, and he may be a little unhappy that the magical Taoist Yuanying is on an equal footing with him, and he has some problems with Zhang Ye. Although the two went to the Weapon Refining Hall together, they were silent all the way.

Zhang Ye didn't care. It was enough to do his own thing without looking at Lao Jiang's face.

Soon, a group of people from the Law Enforcement Hall came to the Weapon Refining Hall. There were two groups of people arguing at the gate of the Weapon Refining Hall. Zhang Ye was about to stop, but Lao Jiang got there first: "The Law Enforcement Hall is handling cases, so don't be reckless!"

This didn't give Zhang Ye a chance to show off at all, but Zhang Ye didn't care, he just wanted to save his energy.

The quarreling monks were frightened when they heard the people from the Law Enforcement Hall arrived. They stopped quarreling and saluted Old Jiang: "Elder Jiang."

Immediately, everyone saw Zhang Ye again and prepared to greet the magical elder, but Lao Jiang interrupted everyone: "What's going on? Everyone involved should come forward."

Lao Jiang and the magical Taoist were clearly on equal terms, but Lao Jiang acted like a talker and deliberately ignored Zhang Ye. The monks saw this in their eyes, but did not dare to say anything more. The person involved stood up and began to explain the cause and effect.

A monk from the Sword Pavilion said: "Elder Jiang, please comment. I worked hard to collect the materials for a high-grade spiritual sword, and paid the forging fee in full. However, the weapon refining hall only made me a middle-grade sword." Pinling Sword!”

The Baimei Patriarch of the Artifact Refining Hall was not here. Even if he was, it would not be his turn to intervene in such a trivial matter. One of the deacons and elders of the Artifact Refining Hall said: "I dare not say that the requirements for creating a magic weapon will be met 100%. After all, it involves a person. Regardless of the success rate, you must bear the consequences yourself. This is the rule of the Eastern Region and even the entire cultivation world!"

Zhang Ye is a blacksmith shop owner. When he heard this, he took it seriously. The same principle applies to hiring people to forge magic weapons and make elixirs. Whether it succeeds or fails is up to the employer, but Zhang Ye has never failed.

The sword pavilion monk said: "I know the consequences are at my own risk, but before refining, a disciple asked me for a bribe, saying that if I didn't give him a favor, I would guarantee that the refining would not be successful. I refused harshly at that time, and I didn't expect to end up like this. , it’s obvious that your weapon refining hall did this on purpose!”

Taking bribes? This is Zhang Ye's duty, so he wanted to ask, but Old Jiang Yuezu said on his behalf: "Is there such a thing? Call out the disciple who asked for a bribe!"

Zhang Ye frowned. Earlier, Lao Jiang deliberately grabbed the conversation and left Zhang Ye aside. However, the job regulations were within the scope of Zhang Ye's jurisdiction. Lao Jiang still robbed him, which was too much. However, in front of so many people, Zhang Ye couldn't argue with Lao Jiang, so he held back for the time being.

That old Jiang glanced at Zhang Ye with a contemptuous expression. The person who was favored by Elder Dingyuan was nothing more than this!