Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

Where is this terrible evil spirit now?

According to the old woman, the one-sided massacre occurred at the end of the sixteenth year of the Jiajing reign.

After that, the fool who was possessed by the evil spirit stayed in the village for several months before leaving.

At this moment, its injuries had completely healed, including the fatal wound that had pierced through its body, leaving not even a trace.

It must have left the village in the first half of the seventeenth year of the Jiajing reign (1548).

It has been less than three years since then.

If it were still oblivious, it would likely still be a wild man in the Shennongjia Mountains, the king of its forests.

But if one day it develops a consciousness similar to that of humans, or regains its sealed memories, it will, just like its original self, leave that primeval forest and come into civilized society.

Once that day arrives, the Ming Dynasty in this dimension will have a fourth outsider.

Its power was something that neither he, Zhao Xixian, nor even the sorcerer from the Lin family could contend with.

Fortunately, the boy possessed by the evil spirit did not harm the villagers until he left.

In other words, it is not absolutely bloodthirsty, and at least it will not kill innocent people indiscriminately without reason.

According to what I heard in Southeast Asia back then, once an evil spirit controlled by a sorcerer breaks free, the first thing it will kill is the sorcerer who controlled it.

If it regains its sealed memories, it might cause trouble for that sorcerer from the "Lin family".

Although it seems that the Lin family is the most powerful among the three time travelers.

But in reality, the Lin family's situation is the most dangerous!

He couldn't even imagine how an ordinary person of flesh and blood could contend with a demon that could kill without a trace as soon as it got close and also possessed an immortal body.

Of the four outsiders in this plane, the strongest is undoubtedly the evil spirit.

Secondly, there's the sorcerer behind the "Lin family."

Zhao Xixian joined the Maitreya Sect and is now nominally the Right Protector, second only to the sect leader, the Li family father and son.

They also managed to obtain a set of martial arts manuals from the Li family, which were said to be only qualified to be practiced by the leaders of the sect throughout the ages.

Whether he can master it or not depends on his own abilities.

Back then, Zhao Xixian was audacious and ambitious.

A recent college graduate dared to go to Southeast Asia alone to do business.

After being detained by the local gang, he even dared to steal the drug dealers' vehicle used to transport "ice" in order to escape.

In order to gain a foothold in the Maitreya Sect, he actually went back to the deep mountains of Fang County, found the car that originally belonged to drug dealers when he and he traveled to this time, and took all the "ice" in the car.

He could not possibly be content to remain subordinate to the Li family father and son forever.

He didn't even need to think about it; once he gained enough influence in the Maitreya Sect, he was bound to clash with the Li family father and son.

The Maitreya sect was a professional rebel group that survived the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. In the world before I transmigrated, it was not until the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty that it was truly wiped out by the Qing army.

The fact that the Li family father and son were able to maintain their positions as leaders of a cult that has been passed down for hundreds of years for decades shows that they are not easy to deal with.

Once the two sides turn against each other and start fighting, it's impossible to be sure who will survive in the end.

If the Li family father and son win, Zhao Xixian will naturally die without a burial place. This is his own choice, and he has no one to blame but himself.

According to the intelligence Nan Yin obtained from Li Tong, the Maitreya sect has hundreds of thousands of followers in its core territory of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces.

Among them, there are several thousand core members directly under the headquarters.

Moreover, the current Maitreya Cult is no longer the rabble that existed during the previous two uprisings. The cult leader, who has changed his name to Zhang Yin, is now the commander of the Taiyuan Left Guard, a third-rank official.

Now, the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 170 years, and the garrison system has long since collapsed. Most garrisons are actually severely understaffed.

But Taiyuan Left Guard was different; it had 5,600 full-strength soldiers, well-equipped and well-trained.

Commander Zhang Yin not only did not receive a salary without working, but also subsidized the company with his own money.

Of course, the officers of all ranks in Taiyuan Left Guard either defected to the Maitreya sect or were replaced by members of the Maitreya sect, and the soldiers were basically all converted into believers.

In addition, Zhang Yin falsely reported the loss of weapons and armor every year, and secretly transported these equipment to the Maitreya Sect headquarters in Pingding Prefecture.

According to Li Tong, if the Maitreya sect were to rise up again, it could quickly raise an army of over 30,000 men, equipped with the same weapons as the Ming army's garrison troops.

With officers and soldiers of the Taiyuan Left Guard who had received formal military training as the backbone, this army was by no means a rabble.

If Zhao Xixian defeats the Li family father and son in the internal strife, he will ascend to the throne of the Maitreya Sect leader and take control of this powerful underground force.

If things really come to that, Zhao Xixian's strength might not be weaker than that of the "Lin family".

Of the four directions, I am the weakest in terms of strength.

Although the evil spirit was so powerful that it inspired despair, it was not a purely bloodthirsty demon. As long as I wasn't foolish enough to provoke it, I shouldn't get myself into trouble.

Although the "Lin family," controlled by the sorcerer, is powerful, they are currently unaware of my existence.

The one who truly posed the greatest threat to him was Zhao Xixian.

If he loses in the infighting with the Li family and dies, that's one thing.

If he wins and becomes the leader of the Maitreya sect, his ambition will surely expand rapidly.

Zhao Xixian was well aware of his own abilities, and he would probably target him first, forcing him to serve him.

Is this something I should get involved in?

Even if the Maitreya sect were to raise an army of tens of thousands, it would still be far from conquering the world.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was powerful and far from being in its final days, so rebellion was not an easy path to take.

Moreover, there is the "Lin family" controlled by that sorcerer, who is also ambitious.

Once the uprising begins, it could very well escalate into a multi-party conflict involving two time-traveling forces, the Ming Dynasty court, and even the Mongols.

What's more, there's a terrifying demon that could appear at any moment.

Zhao Xixian's choice of path is beyond his control, and he doesn't want to get involved.

But at least don't drag yourself down with you.

The best way is to truly become a native of this world and hide in the shadows.

Wang Cuiqiao was a name she changed herself after parting ways with Zhao Xixian; he was unaware of it.

Even in the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, he still used the same name that he had used when he and Zhao Xixian registered in Fang County.

Only Ting Lan, Nan Yin, and Xu Mingshan knew that her "real name" was Wang Cuiqiao.

Now, the real Wang Cuiqiao has become his maid, and has changed her name to Wanyun.

Her real name also became "Su Ling".

No one knows that the real "Su Ling" has been buried in that abandoned house outside Gaoyou City.

Next, as long as he cleans up all the assets under his original identity, he can be considered to have vanished from the face of the earth.

The only one left in this world is Wang Cuiqiao, who was born in the capital, sacrificed herself to save her father, and was once the most popular courtesan at the Yiqing Villa in Linzi. She has now been redeemed and reformed!