My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Unlike the beast tide, the ancient city of Fengdu is devoid of physical form, and its physical attacks are essentially useless.

Even if the army is used to suppress it, it will be a futile effort.

Only martial artists can use their inner energy to harm ghosts and monsters.

Among them, the righteous energy of Taoism is the strongest, and it is the nemesis of ghosts and monsters.

The reappearance of the ancient city of Fengdu can be said to have come at the perfect time, or it can be said to have come at the worst time.

It's an opportunity, but also a challenge!

Moreover, they also had to guard against Xuanzong. These people from the Purple Qi Pavilion were plotting against them from behind while they were dealing with the ancient city of Fengdu.

Since that's the case, I'll expose the dangers of Fengdu Ancient City and force them to confront them together.

They're dreaming of waiting for themselves and Fengdu Ancient City to fight to the death before reaping the rewards.

Even if they can withstand the pressure and not help, it doesn't matter. Once I've dealt with Fengdu Ancient City, and in contrast to those forces that haven't intervened, they will immediately lose the support of the mainland people.

I want to put on a show, a grand and inspiring one.

These dynasties imagined themselves kicking someone when they were down, and regardless of whose instructions they were given, they all had to pay the price.

Before doing this, we need to discuss it with Ji Ling.

If possible, Qi Yu would not mind helping Ji Ling to destroy all dynasties and achieve unification.

In any case, other dynasties didn't truly believe in Taoism when they established it as their state religion; they were merely trying to curry favor with them.

On the contrary, the Great Qing Dynasty truly treated Taoism as its state religion, providing it with money and manpower as needed.

If that's the case, why not help the Great Qing Dynasty destroy other dynasties and achieve unification, so that Taoism can also expand in the process?

The reason I didn't help the Great Qing Dynasty do this before was that the time wasn't right and it needed time to develop.

Secondly, those dynasties had no grudges against him, and they had also shown him goodwill, so it wouldn't be right to attack them.

However, there's no need to consider the second option now, because they've already switched sides, and the fact that they're using Fengdu Ancient City as a pretext to negotiate terms is proof of that.

As for the first point, it will naturally cease to exist after I clean up the ancient city of Fengdu.

Fengdu Ancient City is now just a training fodder.

It just arrived!

Whether it was released by humans or the ancient city of Fengdu broke the seal itself, it doesn't matter anymore.

As long as the Ghost King doesn't emerge, those ghost generals and ghost soldiers will basically be no match for him.

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Qi Yu changed into a Taoist robe, put on a Taoist topknot, and arrived at the palace.

He wants to meet the Great Qing Empress Ji Ling!

Ji Ling is an ambitious, shrewd, and daring woman.

Led by a eunuch, Qi Yu arrived at the Imperial Study. Ji Ling, dressed in a palace dress with her hair loose behind her back, appeared very casual and was reviewing memorials.

After the eunuch brought Qi Yu in, he left, closing the door behind him.

Qi Yu bowed to Ji Ling in greeting. Ji Ling looked up from the memorial, glanced at Qi Yu, but quickly looked back down and continued reading the memorial.

"What brings you to me, Master?"

Qi Yu didn't care much about Ji Ling's reaction; on the contrary, he appreciated this about Ji Ling.

At least it's authentic and unpretentious!

If she stood up now and returned the greeting, Qi Yu might really look down on her.

This is the difference between Ji Ling and Li Ming!

It was a bit cold, but not pretentious!

Qi Yu enjoys dealing with this kind of person!

"Your Majesty, would you be interested in unifying all the dynasties?" Qi Yu asked with a smile.

Ji Ling put down the memorial, finally raised her head, and looked at Qi Yu.

Qi Yu wouldn't make fun of her, so what Qi Yu said wasn't a joke.

Moreover, her relationship with Qi Yu wasn't good enough for them to joke around.

"What is the meaning of the Master's words?"

Qi Yu did not answer immediately, but asked, "Your Majesty should know that the ancient city of Fengdu has appeared, right?"

The discovery of the ancient city of Fengdu was known to other dynasties, so it was impossible that the Great Qing Dynasty was unaware of it.

"What does this have to do with what you said?" Ji Ling asked expressionlessly.

Qi Yu nodded and said, "Of course there is a connection. Three thousand years ago, the ancient city of Fengdu was sealed in the forbidden land of the West by the Dao Ancestor, so for the past three thousand years, there have been basically no ghosts or monsters on the continent."

"But now that the ancient city of Fengdu has appeared, the continent will inevitably reappear the landscape of a thousand years ago, with ghosts and monsters roaming and people suffering."

"Moreover, the ghosts and monsters have been sealed for a thousand years, so they must be extremely angry and ferocious, perhaps even more so than they were a thousand years ago."

Ji Ling frowned and asked, "But this is terrible news for the Great Qing Dynasty and for everyone, right? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with what you're saying, does it?"

Qi Yu shook his head and smiled, "It's not unrelated. Taoism has been dedicated to slaying demons and monsters and benefiting the continent since ten thousand years ago."

"No other power can rival Taoism in the art of exorcising ghosts."

"If Taoism can resolve the issue of Fengdu Ancient City, its reputation on the mainland will reach the pinnacle of the Great Tao."

"Other dynasties are now taking advantage of the Fengdu Ancient City incident to try and negotiate with me, weaken Taoism, and weaken me."

"Regardless of whether they establish Taoism as the state religion or how they treat Taoism with preferential treatment, the Taoist temple will always be in Hanqiu City, in the Great Qing Dynasty."

"So they know that if one day they clash with the Great Qing Dynasty, I will inevitably side with the Great Qing Dynasty,"

"Since they are willing to be pawns for others, they should also be prepared to oppose me and use the Fengdu Ancient City incident to weaken me."

"They will inevitably become a stumbling block to the future development of Taoism. In that case, why not eliminate them?"

Ji Ling finally understood Qi Yu's idea: to use the Fengdu Ancient City incident to stir up a wave of trouble and then take the opportunity to destroy other dynasties.

"What gives you the confidence to take down Fengdu Ancient City? With so many ghost soldiers and generals, can you really handle it?" Ji Ling asked the most crucial question.

With the reappearance of the ancient city of Fengdu, the first thing to be dealt with is Taoism.

What gives Qi Yu such confidence?

The reason why the Dao Ancestor sealed the ancient city of Fengdu was because the Dao Ancestor was a saint who had broken through to the Saint Realm.

But Qi Yu is not from the Holy Realm now!

Qi Yu blinked and smiled in confusion, "Why would I want to deal with Fengdu Ancient City? Even if I had the means to destroy it, I wouldn't use it."

Ji Ling understood, and her gaze towards Qi Yu changed.

Once upon a time, there was a landlord whose house was infested with rats, so he sold a cat to catch them.

This cat was very diligent and quickly caught all the mice. Then the cat became useless and was soon kicked out by the landlord.

After the cat was driven away, the mice came back, so the landlord sold another cat to catch the mice.

However, this second cat was very lazy. It would only catch mice in front of the landlord, and it would do so very diligently.

But once the landlord left, the cat became lazy and wouldn't even move when a mouse walked past it.

So this cat stayed. The landlord relied on it to catch mice, so he fed and cared for it well, a stark contrast to the previous cat that was driven out.

The ancient city of Fengdu is now infested with rats!

Taoism is like a cat catching mice!

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Chapter Ninety-Five: A Childhood Sweetheart

"Your plan is good, but the premise is that you can control the situation. Do you think you can control the situation?"

Qi Yu's plan was very bold and had a high chance of success.

The problem is, if Qi Yu cannot control the ghost soldiers and generals emerging from the ancient city of Fengdu, it will be a disaster that could destroy the continent.

“Without the Ghost King appearing, those Yin soldiers and ghost generals are no match for me at all. In fact, each of my Taoist disciples can easily withstand more than a hundred Yin soldiers of the same level.”

The righteous energy of Taoism has an absolute crushing effect on these ghosts and evil spirits.

After a pause, Qi Yu grinned and said, "With so many Yin soldiers and ghost generals, and the righteous energy cultivated by my Taoist disciples requires slaying these kinds of monsters to advance in rank, isn't this an excellent training ground?"

"Perhaps this ancient city of Fengdu will bring several grandmasters to our Taoism, or even a quasi-sage!"

Ji Ling has really forgotten that the righteous energy of Taoism can only be accumulated and advanced by doing good deeds and killing evil spirits.

Previously, there were no ghosts or monsters, so Taoists could only travel across the continent, do good deeds, and occasionally kill some demonic cultists who slaughtered people. Therefore, after their cultivation level reached a certain point, they could not progress any further.

With so many ghosts and monsters appearing now, isn't it just a bunch of experience packs being created?

This is a great opportunity for Taoism!

Qi Yu could even take this opportunity to expand Taoism, spread its teachings, and teach more people the methods of cultivating righteousness. These ghosts and monsters would only become whetstones for his own purposes.

Such a situation is possible, but only if the Ghost King of Fengdu Ancient City does not emerge.

"What if the Ghost King is born?" Ji Ling asked.

Although the Ghost King cannot leave Fengdu Ancient City, what should we do if he does come out?

Qi Yu shrugged and said, "If the Ghost King comes out, then we can only wait to die. What else can we do?"

"Who can stop a ghost king from the Holy Realm?"

"You don't actually think I have the strength to deal with a Ghost King from the Saint Realm? At the Saint Realm level, you can't be fooled by tricks and schemes."

"If they've really come out, we can just wait to die, or pray that someone can break through to the Saint Realm!"

Ji Ling was speechless. What Qi Yu said seemed to be true after all!

With the emergence of the Ghost King, no one in this world can stand against him; waiting for death will be the only option.

The Ghost King is a being from the Holy Realm, and the lifespan of ghosts and monsters is many times longer than that of humans.