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Chapter 777 Six Paths Sect

"Modify memories..." Zhuge Chi looked at the unconscious girl: "Judging from your description just now, this girl should also be at the peak level, right? Even if her realm is unstable, her mental strength is much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. It will probably not be so easy to change her memories."

“We also have several illusionists here in the Bai Na Sect, and they’re all quite skilled. They can help you out,” Tong Wenjie said.

Zhuge Chi shook his head: "They can only provide some mental support at most. The technical requirements for modifying memories are very high, and others can't really help... But this girl is currently unconscious, so it will definitely be easier to do it than when she is awake. I'll give it a try and open the door."

“I suggest you don’t go in,” Luo Jun suddenly said. “That cell is full of neurotoxins, and it’s these toxins that keep that girl in a deep sleep. If you go in, you might also be affected by the toxins.”

"That powerful?" Zhuge Chi looked surprised. "It can't even protect against internal energy?"

"Even the Beggar King of the Nine Provinces has fallen victim to this, what do you think?" Xu Pingfei was still shaken when he mentioned the little monster's poisonous mist.

“If a master is prepared, they can still defend against it. As long as they hold their breath and use their inner energy to isolate themselves from the external environment at all times,” Luo Jun explained. “But in this situation, can you still use your full power to cast illusions?”

Zhuge Chi frowned; this was indeed a bit difficult.

At this moment, the bewitching sea monster in the basin suddenly raised a tentacle, as if it wanted to speak.

Luo Jun stepped forward and communicated with it using his mental power, then his face lit up with surprise: "Really? That's wonderful!"

"What did it say?" Xu Pingfei and Tong Wenjie, who were unfamiliar with illusion magic, both came over to ask.

"It seems there is an anesthesia method that does not harm others..." Although he did not directly participate in the conversation, Zhuge Chiyue sensed the content of Luo Jun and the Bewitching Sea Monster's conversation with his powerful mental strength.

"It says that its toxins are not only poisonous mist, but can also be injected directly through the venomous stingers on its tentacles," Luo Jun explained. "Moreover, the concentration of the toxin injected directly is much stronger than that of the poisonous mist. As long as it can be injected, whether she sleeps or wakes up is entirely up to its will."

"So powerful?" the group exclaimed in surprise. "This siren is practically a born anesthetist!"

"Unfortunately, it is too weak." Luo Jun glanced at the ice-blue monster that was half jellyfish and half octopus: "It dares not approach any opponent with any strength. It can only launch sneak attacks with poison mist."

Now that they had a solution, the group moved the basin of water into the girl's room. The Bewitching Sea Monster extended a tentacle and pierced the girl's neck. Then, it removed the poisonous mist. After the girl was completely under deep anesthesia, Zhuge Chi came to her, placed his hands on his temples, and began to slowly infuse his vital energy to unleash his power.

A moment later, Zhuge Chi exclaimed "Eh!"

"What's wrong?" Xu Pingfei asked with a worried look, "Is something not going well?"

“No…” Zhuge Chi shook his head, “It’s been a little too smooth.”

“I can sense that this girl’s mental strength is not weak. Normally, even if she is unconscious, she will instinctively resist the invasion of external mental forces. It would require a very complex and precise operation to tamper with her memories.”

"But this time it's different. Her spiritual power is completely deactivated, and she's completely at everyone's mercy, as if... she's already dead..."

"Uh..." These words startled Xu Pingfei and Tong Wenjie. The two looked at Luo Jun: "Are you sure she can really wake up? Don't let her just die from drunkenness!"

“She’s not dead.” Zhuge Chi answered their questions: “I mean only the dead are completely defenseless against the invasion of external spiritual power, but the spirit of the dead will also dissipate quickly and cannot withstand manipulation at all… Although her spiritual power can be manipulated, it is unusually stable.”

As he spoke, Zhuge Chi swallowed hard: "I feel that I can not only change her, but even read her memories!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened.

Modifying memories may seem more difficult than reading them, but experienced explorers know that the principles behind the two are completely different.

Humans, especially cultivators, have memories that seem to be encrypted data. Unless the person is willing to reveal them, outsiders who want to read them must first decrypt them, which is extremely difficult.

However, deleting memories doesn't require any decryption; simply delete the file. If you want to modify it, you can add your own edited memories after deletion. The latter method requires more skill in generating the illusion and is much more difficult, but overall, it's simpler than decryption.

Of course, high difficulty is not impossible. If there is a significant difference in cultivation levels between the two parties, a powerful illusionist can still unlock memories against an opponent with weaker mental strength. However, on another level, the weaker the mental strength, the worse the stability and endurance. Forcibly deciphering memories will inevitably cause damage and burden to the sea of ​​consciousness. If it exceeds the limit of endurance, it may cause irreparable damage.

Therefore, the weaker the opponent, the more likely the memory reading will succeed. However, the more opponents there are, the easier it is to be read as an idiot, or even killed outright. Thus, even a top-tier illusionist like Zhuge Chi would be extremely cautious when it comes to memory reading operations.

But now the situation is completely different. In Zhuge Chi’s eyes, the girl’s mental strength, which was so easily manipulated, seemed to have been deciphered, or at least half of it. Four of the six digits of the password had been revealed. He could try the rest one by one, and he could figure it out in a hundred tries at most!

“I’ve never encountered anything like this before…” Zhuge Chi was also surprised, turning to look at the Bewitching Sea Monster who was being injected with poison: “Is it because of this monster?”

"Whatever the reason, since we have the opportunity, let's just read her memories!" Tong Wenjie suggested. "The Six Paths Sect has been causing trouble in the martial arts world recently. Although our Bai Na Sect tries not to get involved, we are also trying to investigate their background in secret. However, they come from the Western Regions and have mastered magical secret techniques, so our investigation is very difficult and we know very little about them."

"Now is the perfect time. Let's take this opportunity to gather information about the Six Paths Sect. Who is their leader? What is the sect's organizational structure? How many peak experts are there? Help us find out!" "I'll give it a try!" Zhuge Chi nodded, continued to circulate his energy, and began to analyze the red-clothed girl's memories.

Nearly an hour later, Zhuge Chi finally released the girl, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"How is it?" Xu Pingfei and Tong Wenjie asked.

"It went fairly smoothly. We've analyzed quite a bit, please report it." Zhuge Chi began to introduce: "This girl's name is Asina, she is twenty-three years old this year, she is the Holy Maiden of the Six Paths Sect, and she just broke through to the peak last month."

"Reached his peak at twenty-three?" Xu Pingfei exclaimed in surprise. "Even Ling Yao couldn't have been this good, could he?"

Zhuge Chi shook his head: "Ling Yao reached his peak at twenty-one. When he was twenty-three or twenty-four, he had already earned the title of the number one person below the Feather Transformation Realm."

"What exactly is the Six Paths Sect?" Luo Jun was more concerned about the mysterious religion that was causing trouble in the martial arts world.

"According to her memory, the Six Paths Sect originated from the Reincarnation Sect in the Western Regions, and was originally just a branch of the Reincarnation Sect," Zhuge Chi said. "Their leader was named Mahado, who, according to legend, received divine revelation eighteen years ago, dreamed of the scene of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, gained a new understanding of the doctrines of the Reincarnation Sect, and founded the Six Paths Sect."

"The Samsara Cult?" Luo Jun had limited knowledge of the cultural background of the martial arts world. He was relatively familiar with the Central Plains, but he didn't know much about the situation outside the region.

“Reincarnation is a religion widely practiced in the Western Regions,” Tong Wenjie explained. “Unlike the belief in the Central Plains that the soul perishes after death and the pursuit of immortality is common, Reincarnation emphasizes reincarnation, where the suffering one endures in this life is transformed into blessings in the next.”

"Good fortune?" Luo Jun chuckled. "That's a brilliant idea. Nobody has ever seen the afterlife, so there's no way to prove or disprove it. In the end, everyone will endure the suffering of this life for some vague and uncertain next life, obediently working for the nobility..."

“That’s certainly how it seems to people in our main world,” Tong Wenjie nodded. “But people in the Western Regions firmly believe in it, which is why the Samsara Sect has become so popular and why so many branches like the Six Paths Sect have emerged.”

"So the Six Paths Sect existed eighteen years ago?" Luo Jun looked at Zhuge Chi. "Why are they only making such a big move recently?"

“It was God who made them do this,” Zhuge Chi said. “According to Ahina’s memory, three years ago, the patriarch Mahado suddenly received another divine oracle. This time, he not only received revelation, but also gained power and knowledge.”

"The Six Paths Sect wasn't originally a large sect, but its core members were all very powerful. The sect leader, Maha Dorje, was a peak expert who, with his considerable martial prowess, had established a foothold in the Western Regions and wielded some influence. This time, after receiving the blessing of the gods, he not only ascended to immortality but also gained a great deal of knowledge that was not of this world. For example, special cultivation techniques, smelting methods, and the technology to forge magical artifacts, and so on."

"With the newly acquired power and knowledge, the Six Paths Sect grew rapidly under Mahadeva's leadership, attracting numerous followers. In many countries of the Western Regions, it had already replaced the traditional Reincarnation Sect and become the number one religion. Until recently, the Six Paths Sect invaded the Central Plains and stirred up trouble."

"According to Ahina's memory, the current Six Paths Sect, from the sect leader down, has two Dharma Protectors, six Dharma Protectors, and one Holy Maiden, with a total of over 66,000 core followers. These core followers are the official members who have completely dedicated themselves to the Six Paths Sect and are ready to go to the battlefield at any time. In addition to them, there are countless secular followers who have been brainwashed by the Six Paths Sect... well, in Ahina's understanding, they are devout and all hope to become official members, but because the Six Paths Sect reveres the number six, it has capped the number of new members at 66,666. Secular followers are only recruited to fill the gaps when the number of official members decreases."

"In other words, there are more than 60,000 regular troops and countless reservists..." Xu Pingfei pondered, "Just in terms of the size of the formal followers, it can be called the largest sect in the martial arts world."

"Then what is the strength of these elders and Dharma Kings?" Luo Jun pressed.

"According to Athena's memories, the Six Paths Dharma Kings were all stronger than her, but they shouldn't have reached the level of Ascension. The two Elders and the Sect Leader were all genuine Ascension cultivators!"

Upon hearing this news, Xu Pingfei and Tong Wenjie both gasped in shock. The Six Paths Sect alone had three members who had ascended to immortality. No wonder they dared to challenge the entire Central Plains martial arts world with the strength of a single sect!
“Then here’s the question.” Luo Jun frowned and said, “You just said that the cult leader Mahado was only at his peak three years ago, and only became an immortal after receiving divine blessings… So why didn’t he attract the attention of other immortals?”

Indeed, those who have achieved the Ascension Realm have reached the point of communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When they use their abilities, they cause fluctuations in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which other Ascension Realm members in the same world will inevitably sense. The appearance of a new Ascension Realm member, whether it is a breakthrough in cultivation or an arrival from the outside world through a portal, will have an impact on the world, and there is no reason why other Ascension Realm members would not be able to sense it.

But if they sensed it, why didn't they take action three years ago?
Just like this time, when the four siblings of the Wu family joined forces, they immediately attracted four Ascension Realm cultivators. Three years ago, when the sect leader broke through, there should have been Ascension Realm cultivators present as well.

"Perhaps they discovered the Six Paths Sect three years ago?" Tong Wenjie guessed. "After all, we don't have any Yu Hua (Ascension) members stationed in the Martial World, so we can't sense newly ascended Yu Hua members. We also don't know if they have any private exchanges with us."

"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Xu Pingfei analyzed. "After all, at the level of ascension, values ​​have already diverged from those of the secular world. Perhaps these powerful figures have some considerations that prevented them from interfering with the growth of the Six Paths Sect..."

“This is not reflected in Ahina’s memories,” Zhuge Chi said. “Ahina was with Mahado from a very young age. She was originally an orphan and was taken in and adopted by Mahado when she was five years old. It was around that time that the Six Paths Sect was founded. It can be said that as a saintess, she grew up alongside the Six Paths Sect. In her memory, there were no accidents on the day Mahado received the blessing of the gods, and there was no sign of him ascending to immortality.”

"What about the two guardian elders? Didn't they also ascend to immortality?" Luo Jun asked, "What happened when they advanced?"

"Regarding this..." Zhuge Chi shook his head: "Ahina also doesn't know the origins of these two guardian elders."

"What do you mean?" the three asked, frowning.

"The so-called Six Paths Religion emphasizes the six paths of reincarnation," Zhuge Chi explained. "Each of the six Dharma Kings governs one path. Therefore, before Mahado received the blessing, the six Dharma Kings were already the backbone of the religion, and Ashina was quite familiar with them."

"However, these two elders who protect the faith only appeared suddenly after Mahado received the blessing of the gods and joined the faith. Moreover, as soon as they joined, they obtained a higher status than the Six Paths Dharma King and were always by the leader's side, almost inseparable."

"Although according to Athena's memory, these two elders treated her well, they never interacted much, and there was always a sense of distance between them. It seemed that apart from the leader, they were not responsible for anyone else... And these two people had already reached the Ascension Realm from the day they appeared!"

(End of this chapter)