Tao and Heaven

Chapter 279: Save Ten Thousand People, Eat One Person

The Three Pure Ones.

In the Jade Emperor Palace, Huayang sat in the first seat.

The Three Pure Ones take a cycle of fifty years. If they have to go into seclusion, they can be re-elected or skip a term, but they must make up for it later.

Gu Wen had already owed three hundred years of term, and it was his turn to make up for it, but now Yuqing Tianzun and Chi Tianzun had "eloped". Yun Miao was often lazy and slacked off, so the burden of governing the world fell on him again.

All in all, Huayang has been in power for five hundred years, and he has been doing things for more than half of that time.

He accumulated prestige, but also neglected his cultivation.

Since Yun Miao kept laughing at him, he would never be able to become an immortal in this life.

A stream of light flew over, Huayang opened it and took a look. His eyes focused, and then a wisp of divine thought flew out of the Jade Emperor Palace.

Entering the Heavenly Prison Cave, he summoned the powerful people in charge of each department, and all the divine thoughts transformed into human forms and gathered together.

Ordinary cultivators either practice or work, but the powerful ones above the Spiritual Severing Stage have the ability to transform their mind into an incarnation, and do two things at once. The main body is practicing, and the Spiritual Severing Stage is working.

Apart from the fact that it is a little harder than before just lying down and waiting for others to support me, it is still good overall.

After all, it's a peaceful time, so you don't have to worry about being attacked by your enemies one day.

Some people are not very adaptable to this state of practice. They usually go to the underworld or become a wanted fugitive.

Hua Yang said, "How many of you are involved in the Jiang family's affairs?"

After these words were spoken, all the heads of departments fell silent.

Everyone took action.

Wherever there are people, there are open and secret struggles. The world is peaceful now, but the open fighting has turned into a private game.

The Jiang family occupies Danqing Prefecture. With the strength of a third-rate sect, they occupy the position of a first-rate sect. Naturally, they will be targeted.

The same is true for other sects. If they reveal any flaws, they will be exposed by the sects they are not on good terms with and they will seize the opportunity to tear off a piece of their flesh.

The Chief of the Investigation Department asked, "The investigation of the Jiang family was ordered by Chi Tianzun, and we are just following his orders."

"Did Chi Tianzun say that the Jiang family is guilty?"

"We found out through investigation."

"Who among you can guarantee that the charges submitted are true and correct?"

"These are all investigated by the Inspector General. I cannot guarantee them."

After the conversation, the atmosphere fell into silence again.

The various powerful officials were also somewhat puzzled. Why did Huayang Tianzun suddenly pay so much attention to the Jiang family? In the early years, Huayang Tianzun had warned the Jiang family several times and had never treated them preferentially.

Huayang Tianzun deserves the title of fair and selfless.

"If this charge is true, I will report it to the Immortal and try to handle it impartially."

Huayang slammed a document summarizing the Jiang family's crimes on the table. He knew that the Jiang family attracted a lot of attention.

Danqing Province is too wealthy, and Dao Zong does not want to see any sect controlling it. The master also wanted to treat those who had old ties with Gu Wen well.

As all the major alchemy sects were unwilling to submit, they gave Danqingzhou to the Jiang family.

"But if this is false, then all of your lives could be in danger."

The Chief of the Investigation Department bowed and said, "Please let the Heavenly Lord give your instructions."

"According to the information I have learned, Chi Tianzun and Yuqing Tianzun asked about the Jiang family because they were going to visit their relatives."

Everyone suddenly understood, some of them said "Oh", and understood why Chi Tianzun, who had nothing to do with them, would specifically ask about the Jiang family.

If status is divided into levels, Zhenwu Dangmo Tianzun, who holds the power of life and death, is only half a head lower than the Three Pure Ones.

Wait, visiting relatives?
Does Jade Purity Heavenly Venerable have a connection with the Jiang family, or does Red Heavenly Venerable have a connection with the Jiang family?

No, is there a difference?

Tiny beads of sweat immediately appeared on everyone's forehead.

Seeing this, Hua Yang waved his hand and said, "I will send this charge back to you for retrial. Don't include things like robbing women, bullying the people, and privately offering incense. If the world is truly just and fair, why would we need to sit here?"

"You have problems, and the Jiang family has problems too, but as long as we don't violate the principles, we should always be more restrained."

He is fair, strict and never makes mistakes, but he also has to consider practical considerations.

A sect can have hundreds of thousands of people or thousands of people at most. There are always going to be a few bad apples, and it is even more impossible for everyone to be fair.

Especially for large sects and descendants of powerful people, it is sometimes necessary to provide some preferential treatment beyond the law.

Sometimes Huayang could understand why Gu Wen wanted to leave, because this position could not accommodate only the strongest.

Considering what Gu Wen did in Florida, sitting in the Jade Emperor Palace would be a real disaster. He can be impartial and has the ability to display it.

All the powerful people from all sides bowed their hands repeatedly and said gratefully: "Yes, we thank the Heavenly Lord."

Three days passed like this, and Huayang did not receive any more charges. He simply thought that the people below him were more cautious than he thought, and directly changed the verdict to not guilty.

This is a good thing, it saves a lot of trouble.

On the other side, inside the Zhenwu Palace Inspection Office.

The Chief is a somewhat old True Lord in the Spirit Severing Stage. At this moment, he comes out of seclusion in his physical body to personally examine the evidence brought by his subordinates.

Before, he wanted to find out some evidence against the Jiang family, but now that the other party is so powerful, he has no choice but to let his subordinates be fair and strict.

It would be enough to just arrest a few people symbolically and investigate whether some of Jiang's family members are oppressing the people.

Then a basket of evidence was sent down from below, and all the evidence related to oppressing the people disappeared, and was replaced by collusion with evil cultivators and bloody sacrifices of the people.

"This... someone is setting a trap for me?"

Before, they only wanted to portray the Jiang family as an aristocratic family that exploited the people and committed unforgivable crimes, but now they want to execute the entire family.

Practicing evil methods, sacrificing blood to children, and deceiving the people?

If you pick any one of them out, even nine heads of the Jiang family would be enough to chop off.

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Dancheongju.

Xie Yunnan concealed his figure and went deep into the villages and counties, walking a hundred miles a day, visiting a village every quarter of an hour, and a county every hour. In total, he visited thirty-six counties, and his spiritual sense swept over more than ten thousand households.

What a monk can do is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Since ancient times, imperial power has not extended to the countryside, but it has never been said that Taoist power does not extend to the people. Taoist Sect's control over the world is far beyond everyone's imagination.

Under the investigation of Zhenwu Palace, all the evidence of the Jiang family's crimes was exposed.

No one can withstand a group of inspectors who are proficient in investigation and patrol all year round, let alone
[In Qingsongtanfeng Village, there is a Jiang family temple, where a baby boy is offered as a sacrifice every five years]

[Xu Village, Xianheguan, has a Jiang family temple, where a baby girl is offered as a sacrifice every three years]

[In Raocheng, there are three Jiang family temples, offering sacrifices to people born on the yin year, yin month and yin day every eight years.]...

Xie Yunnan held a small notebook in his hand, writing continuously, recording everything he had inquired about, witnessed with his own eyes, or investigated.

Finally, the conclusion was drawn: [Inspector Xie Yunan investigated the thirty-six counties of Danqing Prefecture and learned that the Jiang family had secretly kidnapped more than a thousand children in the past ten years. In the name of helping the people, they won the people's support and deceived the people to give up their children.]

[Jiang was extremely cautious in his actions. There was no talk of believers offering infants. They all met one by one in private, so no one discovered it for many years.]

[Although Jiang has not done as much harm as the evil spirits who have killed hundreds of thousands of people, he has also done a good job in saving people from suffering, but it is clear that he has practiced evil cultivation, so he should be executed.]

After finishing writing, Xie Yunnan sighed, with a hint of hesitation between his brows.

She was thinking whether she should report the matter to Uncle Gu and the others. If she reported it, wouldn't it be possible for her to get away with such a crime?

After hesitating for a moment, Xie Yunan decided to send the message back to Zhenwu Palace and let the people above decide. The Jiang family's matter involved too many things.

The document turned into a paper crane and flew away. Xie Yunnan lowered his head to take a look at the lively temple celebration in the distance. It happened to be the annual Jiang family temple celebration.

An old temple priest loudly proclaimed the achievements of the Jiang family's ancestor.

A hundred years ago, we treated floods; eighty years ago, we saved people from famine; fifty years ago, we cured plagues; thirty years ago, we subdued demons... Over the years, we have provided free seeds of Wulinggu to the people, built schools, repaired bridges and roads, and built houses...

Xie Yunnan listened attentively, thought for a moment, took out his small notebook and wrote a paragraph.

[Jiang has made great achievements in governing Danqing Prefecture for many years. The people are prosperous and wise. The practice of evil dharma may be done by a few people.]

All reports will become evidence in future trials and will have a wide range of implications.

She would rather let a bad guy go than kill a good guy by mistake.

Jiang’s blood sacrifice was true, but the prosperity of the people of Danqingzhou was also true.

"Thank you, fairy."

Suddenly, a stream of light came from afar, and a monk with thin features, wearing a yellow Taoist robe, and in the Nascent Soul stage fell down.

Because he had magic power to block the sight of mortals, he did not cause any disturbance in the busy city.

As soon as he landed, he took three steps at a time and walked over, saying, "Xie Xianzi, have you received a reply from Zhenwu Palace? When will the next action be taken?"

"Not yet, but has anything happened?"

Xie Yunnan shook his head. With all the evidence collected by their group of inspectors, they should be preparing to arrest the core members of the Jiang family now.

But for some reason, the Zhenwu Palace did not take any action and just asked them to continue investigating.

The Inspector in yellow took out a thumb-sized bottle from his arms, removed the cork, and a burst of bloody energy escaped.

Xie Yunan's expression suddenly became serious, and he frowned and asked, "Is this the Ten Thousand Qi Blood Condensation?"

"In the dozens of villages I have inspected, there is a custom of cave burials. People over the age of sixty will voluntarily throw themselves into a cave and die."

"This should have been done hundreds of years ago before the Five Spirits Valley became popular. The old man had no choice but to save a mouthful of food. But it is extremely unreasonable to keep it now. So I went to investigate and found the Ten Thousand Qi Blood Condensation."

Wan Qi Xue Ge, which is condensed from the qi and blood of tens of thousands of people, was once a precious medicine from the Tianmo Sect, one of the Nine Caves of the Demonic Path. It can help to polish the foundation and the body.

Now it has been labeled as an evil creature, and the Demon Sect has also been labeled as an evil sect. Once discovered, it will be reported to the Jade Emperor Palace.

Ten thousand is just a dosage unit. The appearance of this substance means that tens of thousands of people have been made into medicine.

"The Jiang family is very likely involved with the Heavenly Demon Sect."

Xie Yunan's eyes flashed with thought, and he said, "There are only two people in the Jiang family who have a high level of cultivation, and Jiang Jucai has to rush to Dao Sect every ten years. If he uses the Ten Thousand Qi Blood Condensation, he should be discovered."

The greatest benefit of Wanqi Blood Condensation is to help the weak and frail people break through. If it is not used for breakthrough, it can't be for money, right?

The Jiang family is not short of talent, and they will not seek out evil practitioners for normal precious medicines.

But the ironclad evidence is right before our eyes.

The Taoist in yellow said, "The old man of the Jiang family hasn't shown his face for a hundred years."

The two looked at each other and already had the answer in their hearts.

There is a high probability that there is something wrong with the old man of the Jiang family.
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In Lihuo City, there are temple celebrations and the streets are decorated with lights and colors.

Gu Wen and his companions were sitting in a jade pavilion, looking out at the bustling crowd. Jiang Yu, the son of the Jiang family, was telling them about the great achievements of the Jiang family's ancestor.

"The Jiang Clan Patriarch Uses a Stone to Knock Down the Golden-winged Dapeng"

"The Jiang Clan Ancestor's Eyes Can See Hundred Miles Away"

"The Jiang Clan's Ancestor Destroys All Demons with His Song"

Jiang Yu knew countless legends like the back of his hand, and he could hear Akabane laughing from time to time.

Jade Sword Buddha looked thoughtful: "This Jiang family ancestor is really powerful. The Golden Winged Dapeng is at least at the Return to Void Stage. He is a Nascent Soul and can actually kill enemies at a higher level."

Gu Wen smiled and said, "Would you like to learn from me when the time comes?"

Jade Sword Buddha shook his head: "No need, I can do it too, and since you are here, you don't have to go far away."

"You want to spar with me?"

"Let's talk about it after you refine the Hou Tu Immortal Status. You are now so powerful that I can blow you away in one breath."

"One month is enough."

Gu Wen looked at Jiang Yu and said, "Go and inform the Jiang family. I will be there in a few days. Don't make a big fuss."

Jiang Yu bowed his hands and said excitedly: "Yes!"

He was just a playboy, but now he could bring back an ancestor who could be on par with Zhenwu Dangmo Tianzun. Such an honor was enough to make him proud.

Jiang Yu turned around and walked away quickly to write a letter.

At this time, a red-faced gun-holding statue, symbolizing the ancestor of the Jiang family, danced and walked past below. A plaque engraved with Jiang Fugui's name was surrounded by people, and an umbrella of the people opened a piece of red silk for it.

Akabane said: "He may not be very capable, but he is a very powerful person. If Zhenwu Palace finds out something, it will be a bad ending."

"Wealth and honor will not harm anyone. After following me for decades, I still know what is important and what is not."

Gu Wen said almost in an affirmative tone that he never worried that Jiang Fugui would do anything unscrupulous.

It’s not that this old guy is kind-hearted, but he is really a coward.

Jiang Fugui’s biggest dream in life is to become a local rich man in the countryside.

If he wanted immortality, he wouldn't have waited for Gu Wen to give it away.

"Don't be so cruel when the time comes."

When Chi Yuzi heard this, his jealousy was aroused again. Apart from Yu Hua, no one had a better relationship with Gu Wen than himself.

Gu Wen said: "If you are really guilty, even if you only killed one person, I will punish you severely."

The next morning, the sun was already shining on our butts.

Akabane was sleeping soundly in the room, saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth. Suddenly, a paper crane flew in from the window, landed on her head and pecked her.

She opened her eyes, rubbed her eye sockets, and opened the letter.

"Thank you for the letter? Why did you send the Jiang family's crimes to me? This is not my job..."

Akabane's expression gradually became serious. She got out of bed and walked back and forth in the room.

How to do?
Gu Wen attaches great importance to this man named Jiang. She doesn't want to make things difficult for Gu Wen, but she also doesn't want to let go of those who practice evil methods.

Boom boom boom!
"Senior Chi Tianzun, I have prepared the immortal boat. The ancestor asked me to ask you when you can set off."
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Eight hundred miles away, the Jiang family’s ancestral home was built on a sacred mountain, with attics like a forest.

There is a dim cave in the mountain, which goes thousands of feet into the earth and into the core of the spiritual vein.

In the darkness, a huge umbrella of all peoples was unfolded, with a nine-foot curtain hanging around the edge.

Under the umbrella was a sea of ​​blood and corpses, white bones, and piled up red hearts, beating in unison in a certain rhythm.

A short figure was kneeling in the middle, with half a heart in his mouth, blood flowing into his throat, and his green face and fangs gradually began to glow bloodily.

A small, hoarse voice echoed in the darkness, repeating the red silk on the umbrella of all people, and wisps of incense falling.

"Five hundred years of planting can turn scorched earth into green mountains, three hundred years can bring millions of people into the world, two hundred years of planting spiritual grains can eliminate famine, and a hundred years of enlightenment can enlighten the people."

"Reclaim wasteland, build schools, repair bridges and roads, and build houses."

"I am a powerful person, I protect all people. I am an immortal god, there is no disaster in the world."

"Saving ten thousand people and eating one person, what crime is there...what crime is there?"

(End of this chapter)