Being a talent in the Chusheng Demon Sect

Chapter 502 Initial Control of the Dao Court
Inside the Dao Court, in the Tianwu Hall.

Crown Prince Longxing, escorted by Lü Yang, entered the palace and immediately saw the golden dragon throne that he had longed for day and night, located at the head of the hall.

Crown Prince Longxing stared for a long while before finally managing to look away.

However, the next second, Lü Yang's voice came softly: "Please take a seat, Your Highness."

"This is not good."

Crown Prince Longxing swallowed hard and quickly waved his hand, "Father is only temporarily away for some reason. How could I do such a treasonous thing? It's better not to."

Upon hearing this, Lü Yang lowered his voice and chuckled, "Your Highness, to be honest, this position will belong to you sooner or later. Now that His Majesty is temporarily away, it is a good opportunity for Your Highness to make your mark. If you do well, will this position ever slip away? Just sit here for a while beforehand to get familiar with it."

The Crown Prince of Longxing was immediately captivated.

That's right, I am the Crown Prince of the Dao Court. This dragon throne will be mine sooner or later. Anyway, my father can't see it now, so what's wrong with me sitting on it?
Thinking of this, Crown Prince Longxing glanced at Lü Yang again:
"You're not allowed to do it again next time!"

Having said that, he carefully walked up the steps, turned around, and sat steadily on the dragon throne. Instantly, a chill ran through his mind:
"what."

Although there was no real power to empower him, Prince Longxing still felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration instantly sweep over his mind.

After all, this was a veritable act of usurpation. If others knew about it, even the Crown Prince would surely be impeached. It was only because Lü Yang took the initiative to propose it that Crown Prince Longxing, who was also itching to do it, went along with it. Otherwise, he would never have dared to do it.

But at this moment——

"My lord, Your Highness." Xiao Shan strode in and bowed, saying, "The Junior Guardian is outside the Tianwu Palace, requesting an audience with His Highness the Crown Prince."

"what?"

Just that one sentence brought the Crown Prince of Longxing back to reality. He instinctively tried to stand up, but Lü Yang forcefully pressed him back down.

"Go out and spread the word that His Highness has just taken over the Tianwu Palace and is feeling a bit tired, so we will not see him."

Crown Prince Longxing immediately felt that these words resonated with him.

I was just enjoying myself when Li Tai'an came in to cause trouble. I'll just ignore him. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. It won't make a difference if I see him again tomorrow.

What pleased Crown Prince Longxing even more was that although Lü Yang had given the order directly, Xiao Shan did not act immediately, but looked at him respectfully. Clearly, the officials of the Imperial City Guard still supported him and knew that he was the one who made the decision, so they dared not act rashly.

Thinking of this, Crown Prince Longxing nodded slightly:
"Okay, go and relay the order."

Xiao Shan stamped his foot and quickly walked out. However, not long after, Shao Bao's voice came from outside: "How dare you stop me?"

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Crown Prince Longxing's expression changed instantly. He hurriedly got up from the dragon throne, walked down the steps, and straightened his clothes.

The next second, Li Tai'an strode in.

At this moment, he realized that Tianwu Palace was now completely controlled by the Imperial City Guard. The Crown Prince taking over Tianwu Palace was like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
In this situation, Xiao Shan's attempt to prevent him from meeting Crown Prince Longxing immediately touched a nerve. He was convinced that Lü Yang was issuing false orders and sealing off the inside and outside. Otherwise, how could Crown Prince Longxing not see him, a dignified Junior Guardian? He immediately took action and forced his way in.

"Your Highness is alright!"

Upon entering the Tianwu Palace and seeing that Crown Prince Longxing was unharmed, Li Tai'an breathed a sigh of relief, immediately bowed in respect, and then looked warily at Lü Yang.

This monstrous dragon harbors wolfish ambitions!
However, before he could even begin to impeach Lü Yang, the Crown Prince of Longxing's voice had already fallen:
"presumptuous!"

At this moment, Crown Prince Longxing was furious. Li Tai'an's forceful entry was in stark contrast to the submissive behavior of Lü Yang and the Imperial City Guard just moments before.

If you dare to force your way in today, you might dare to rebel tomorrow!
Adding to Li Tai'an's status as Junior Guardian, the Crown Prince of Longxing grew even more furious upon considering this, considering he was one of the Three Dukes' disciples:
"I already made it clear that I was tired today and did not wish to meet you, yet you forced your way in. Do you not respect me at all? Get out of here!"

Li Tai'an was stunned.

He subconsciously looked at Lü Yang, only to see Lü Yang looking at him with the same innocent expression. He then realized: it wasn't a false order, but that Lü Yang really didn't want to see him.

How can it be!

He couldn't understand the logic at all, and even began to subconsciously suspect that the Crown Prince of Longxing in front of him was someone that Lü Yang had deliberately sent to impersonate him.

However, as soon as the pressure from the Daoist official's position subsided, Li Tai'an grunted and finally realized that the person in front of him was indeed the Crown Prince of Longxing. Immediately afterwards, his face turned deathly pale. After all, if everything was the Crown Prince of Longxing's will, then he had just been extremely disrespectful!

"I know the crime!"

Thinking of this, Li Tai'an dared not utter a word of rebuttal and immediately knelt down, only to see Crown Prince Longxing looking impatient: "I told you to get out!"

Li Tai'an dared not hesitate and immediately bowed and withdrew from the main hall.

"Your Highness, please don't be angry." Only then did Lü Yang say in a low voice, "The Junior Protector was also thinking of the Dao Court. Although he may have offended Your Highness, I believe his intentions are good."

"For the sake of the Dao Court?"

Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Longxing narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "I don't think he is as loyal and reliable as you, Du Huan, and I've never heard Father praise him for his loyalty and dedication to the country."

“Your Highness is mistaken.” Lü Yang shook his head: “Your subject and the Junior Guardian are different.”

"Oh? How is it different?"

"Your Excellency is loyal to the Dao Court, which is commendable. I am deeply indebted to Your Majesty. If I must speak of loyalty, I am not loyal to the Dao Court, but only to Tian Wu."

Crown Prince Longxing found these words extremely pleasing to the ear and deeply agreed with them. "That's right," he thought, "what's this talk of loyalty to the Dao Court? In the end, isn't it all about sacrificing the interests of my Tianwu royal family for the sake of the Dao Court? What I need isn't loyal ministers who are loyal to the Dao Court, but loyalty to the royal family—that's true loyalty!"

Seeing this, Lü Yang quickly pressed his advantage, saying:

"There is one more thing, Your Highness, you must not be careless. The assassin has secretly colluded with the Jiangbei Demonic Sect. They even dared to assassinate His Majesty, so Your Highness is probably in great danger as well!"

Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Longxing immediately became nervous again.

He's not a True Lord. If an assassin of the same level were to strike him, he would surely die. Even the Dao Laws of the Immortal Kingdom couldn't protect him.

Therefore, without Lü Yang's prompting, he spoke up on his own initiative:

"Investigate! A thorough investigation is necessary!"

"Minister Du, I order you to thoroughly investigate all officials. The assassin from the Capital Celestial Bureau was from the Capital Celestial Bureau, wasn't he? Disband the Capital Celestial Bureau and merge it entirely into the Imperial City Guard!"

At this point, Crown Prince Longxing took another deep breath: "In addition, I will not leave Tianwu Palace for the time being. At least this place is protected by an array, so it is safer. I will have to trouble you, my dear minister, to have the Imperial City Guard on guard day and night. No one can be allowed in without my permission!"

"I understand."

Lu Yang immediately stamped his foot, bowed, and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, as long as I am still in charge of the Imperial City Guard, I will never let Your Highness be in danger. Loyalty! Sincerity!"

Only after leaving the Tianwu Palace did Lü Yang finally reveal a smile.

'Wu Tai'an, the Prince of Zhennan, was right; this Crown Prince Longxing is indeed unambitious and much easier to manipulate than Emperor Jiayou.'

With the prestigious title of Crown Prince Longxing, his actions in the Daoist court gained a sense of righteousness, allowing him to gain both fame and power, making many things easier to accomplish.

Thinking of this, Lü Yang looked up at the sky again, pondering: 'Being in seclusion makes little difference to me, since [Heavenly Fire] has no one to support it anyway. However, attaining a high rank while in seclusion is difficult, at least for now, [Heavenly Fire] hasn't favored me yet.'

The reason for this is that the conditions for [Heavenly Fire] to attract attention were not met.

Indeed, he now has control of the Daoist court.

However, he was confined to Tianwu City, not the entire Jiangdong region, and the officials, led by the Junior Tutor, Junior Guardian, and Junior Master, were extremely hostile towards him.

'There's still a long way to go before truly controlling the Dao Court and ruling Jiangdong.'

Lu Yang shook his head, then stretched out his hand, his five fingers spread out, and saw a golden light rising and falling in his palm, which was none other than the golden nature of Hongyun!
'It really is [Angxiao].'

Having guessed that Angxiao might resort to underhanded tactics, he took precautions. Angxiao, in turn, also guessed that he would resort to underhanded tactics and fled quite quickly.

'After the assassination attempt, he used [Perception Barrier] to escape in the chaos.'

Fortunately, I was smart enough to leave a puppet controlled by a marionette when I released the Lucky Gold when I finalized the deal.

[Angxiao] After he finished drawing his sword, he had the puppet put away the Lucky Gold.

Not only that, he also set a trap where the Lucky Gold was originally placed. If Angxiao really went to take it, he would be ambushed by him immediately.

Unfortunately, Angxiao never appeared from beginning to end.

"Ultimately, neither I nor Angxiao ever intended to finalize this deal. These veteran Holy Sect True Monarchs are simply too difficult to deal with."

However, on the other hand, now that [Angxiao] only has a fragment of divine consciousness within a cave, its ability to interfere with reality is very limited.

Therefore, compared to him, Lü Yang was more concerned about his own gains:
"Someone come here!"

Lü Yang waved his hand and summoned a young eunuch: "Lead the way, I need to go to the inner palace."

(End of this chapter)