After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Chapter 661, Chapter Thirty-One: Aina

The priests around him began to look uneasy.

Don't be fooled by Su Dingguang's current amiable demeanor towards Zhou Yan and the others, appearing as a dutiful elder. In reality, this old man has long held considerable power within the church. Ordinary believers and priests wouldn't even dare to look directly at Su Dingguang's holy countenance when they come before this leader.

Within the entire sect, the only person who could make Su Dingguang so good-tempered was Su Bijun, the granddaughter of Su Dingguang, a top demigod who held the power of the Fearless Celestial Maiden.

The person coming from the other side is a very important figure, someone you can't afford to offend.

Some of the priests who came were illiterate, and some couldn't understand the Xia language that Su Dingguang was speaking, but everyone else was comprehensible. Seeing that things were not going well, the priests frowned, retreated behind the crowd, and then secretly ran away.

The others also looked somewhat fearful and uneasy.

Su Dingguang didn't reassure these people either. He simply gestured to Zhou Yan and the others in invitation before heading towards the courtyard exit.

After taking a few steps, the priest who had brought Zhou Yan here earlier was glared at fiercely by his other colleagues. If it weren't for Su Dingguang's presence, some of the hot-tempered individuals would have already gone up and beaten up the instigator who brought them here.

The priest leading the way looked somewhat dazed. Some of his colleagues couldn't even read, and most of them, even if they could speak and write, didn't understand the Xia language. So, these people had no idea what Su Dingguang meant by calling "Lord Bai Ze."

Only the priest who led the way knew that Lord Bai Ze was referring to the newly ascended true god of Dongyang Prefecture, a powerful being to whom even the Four Divine Beasts had to relinquish their benefits.

And just now, I was so bewitched that I actually tried to steal Bai Ze's woman?

The priest who was leading the way sensed something was wrong. He was a highly educated man who never lacked women, so why was he suddenly so aroused and insisted that Zhang Ye serve him in bed?

When did I become so thirsty?

Fortunately, the conflict between the people he brought hadn't escalated to the point of physical confrontation with Zhou Yan and his group; they were still just exchanging words.

So even if you offended Zhou Yan, you should still...

Subconsciously, the priest slightly raised his head to look in Zhou Yan's direction. At this time, Zhou Yan and Su Dingguang were already close to the exit, both with their backs to the priest leading the way, only Zhang Ye.

The woman seemed to sense something and turned her head slightly. The priest once again felt that captivating charm emanating from Zhang Ye's tender eyes and striking his heart.

A strong possessive desire arose in the heart of the priest who was leading the way. This priest, who was considered a high-ranking talent even in the church, suddenly lost his fear and only had one thought left in his mind.

I want her (Zhang Ye)!

This is not difficult. Since we have already offended the other party, the best way to deal with a true god with unlimited future and unlimited potential is naturally to nip it in the bud.

You should know that even in Zhongzhou, a land without faith, our Holy Maiden Su Bijun had defeated Zhou Yan. If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Yan was a true god, Su Bijun's victory over Zhou Yan would have been widely publicized.

And now, Zhou Yan, whom even Su Bijun of Zhongzhou City couldn't defeat, is standing in Indiana, on the land of his own sect's headquarters.

Whether it is the Great Mighty Goddess or the Fearless Goddess, they can receive the strongest blessing of faith on this land.

Zhou Yan could not escape being eliminated by his own sect leader.

Once Zhou Yan is dead, Zhang Ye and the rest...

As if possessed, the priest, who was leading the way and breathing heavily, took a few steps forward, rushed to Su Dingguang's side, and shouted to his cult leader, Su Dingguang.

"Your Holiness, let's go all the way and kill Bai Ze!"

This was spoken in the local dialect, which is incomprehensible to most people from the Eastern Xia United States.

Su Dingguang stopped just as he was about to step out of the exit. The old man turned his head slightly, his gentle eyes reflecting the almost distorted face of the priest who was leading the way beside him.

Zhang Ye laughed crisply beside him. With each "ha" of her laughter, the priest leading the way next to Su Dingguang would twitch his facial muscles. After a few twitches, the priest said firmly.

“Bai Ze lost to the Holy Maiden back then, and might still hold a grudge. Now he's sneaking into our sect again and causing this kind of trouble. Pope, He…”

Su Dingguang's response was to slap the priest unconscious.

"You lot, take this child away!"

Su Dingguang addressed the remaining priests, who bowed their heads, lifted the priest who had led the way, and quickly disappeared into a nearby exit.

Su Dingguang's slightly annoyed gaze fell on Zhang Ye, who was following behind Zhou Yan. Dad

Zhang Ye turned his head, whistling, but he couldn't hide the smugness on his face. (Wu)

Zhou Yan couldn't help but say.

"Take off that stinky smell." Liu

Jiu Feng, who was beside Zhou Yan, also looked disgusted.

Zhang Ye said unhappily.

"What do you mean? I'm trying to help you." Si

Zhang Ye looked at Su Dingguang with his chin raised.

"Grandpa Su, your followers are no good. I just beckon them a few times, and they don't even have the brains to come near me. I can't imagine what would happen if someone like me came to seduce others—such a large holy sect..."

Zhang Ye was beaming with pride. In the past, she could only look up to Su Dingguang. Although she didn't worship him as a god, he was someone she dared not disrespect.

But now, Zhang Ye is able to look down on this former towering figure.

All of this happened only three years ago.

Su Dingguang said indifferently.

"You don't need to worry about the Holy Church's affairs, you little devil. I will handle it myself."

Su Dingguang hurried out of the courtyard.

The environment outside the courtyard seemed to have been cleaned up by Su Dingguang. When he went out, he didn't see a single passerby in the huge Indiana University.

Su Dingguang, walking ahead, said without turning his head.

"Lord Bai Ze... with your abilities, you should know how the Holy Church came to be, right?"

Zhou Yan hummed in agreement. Even without having walked through the gallery full of mythological stories at the main altar, with Zhou Yan's supernatural powers, the entire history of the Mi Luo Sect could appear in his mind in great detail if he wanted to.

Su Dingguang sighed repeatedly.

"Does Lord Bai Ze think that the development of the Mi Luo Sect has fallen behind history?"

Zhou Yan stared in surprise at Su Dingguang's retreating figure.

Su Dingguang continued.

"I once had a good friend who told me that no matter who the great figures or saints of history were, if you looked closely, you could find their dark history. The reason for this dark history is not because these great figures or saints were particularly bad, but simply because under the limitations of history, no one could escape it."

Si Zhouyan understood.

"That makes a lot of sense."

You can't expect someone who grew up in a slave society to understand human rights, nor can you expect someone from a feudal society to understand that imperial power is all bullshit and that it doesn't matter whether there's an emperor or not.

Every era of innovation brings about the liberation of thought and social systems, resulting in massive changes both internally and externally.

People living under different social systems can almost always have completely different thoughts and values.

3. "It's good that Lord Bai Ze understands. Perhaps in the eyes of modern people like Lord Bai Ze, the religious rule in Indiana is very stupid and backward, but in the era when the Fearless Goddess and the Great Mighty Goddess established this system, it was very advanced."

Zhou Yan gave a meaningful response.

5. "It's precisely because it was so advanced back then that even now, in the modern era, you guys still refuse to give up this so-called advanced system and continue to operate within a religiously governed state?"

Su Dingguang, who was walking ahead, said helplessly.

"Lord Bai Ze, please don't laugh at me. I know that by now, our system is far behind modern democratic systems. I have thought about changing it, but there is huge resistance from top to bottom."

"This resistance is the enormous force of vested interests in Indiana that have clung together for thousands of years. When I just wanted to amend the Agricultural Act, 300,000 people came from all over the state to strike around the Indiana state government."

Su Dingguang's tone was bleak.

"I fought them for a year and a half, and in the end I had to give in."

Zhou Yan nodded secretly. He had heard about this before. It seemed that the Indiana state government felt that its agriculture was absorbing too many talents and that the pace of industrialization was too slow. So it decided to abandon the policy of guaranteeing the price of agricultural products, in an attempt to lower the price of grain for farmers in various parts of Indiana, thereby stimulating farmers to abandon agriculture and turn to industrial development.

At that time, Su Dingguang had already signed a grain contract with Qinglong and was just waiting for his industrial development. However, hundreds of thousands of farmers came from all over the state to besiege the state government. After a year and a half of strikes and traffic blockades, Su Dingguang gave up due to pressure.

"After that failure, I thought a lot. I wanted to achieve universal literacy, but once people who were literate had a bit of talent, they liked to go out and seek opportunities elsewhere..."

Jiufeng, who was clinging to Zhou Yan's arm, said with disdain.

“You have talent, but you can’t change your social class.”

Indiana's caste system transcends social positions and classes. If you are born into a high caste, even if a low-caste person becomes a police chief, they must kneel down and kiss the toes of a high-caste person.

Even if a member of the untouchable caste becomes a university professor, apart from the position of university professor, the untouchable caste remains the untouchable caste and does not enjoy the benefits of the higher castes.

In other states, becoming a university professor or police chief is considered a leap in social class, making you a true social elite.

Su Dingguang gave a soft chuckle.

"Yes, not just talent, but also the economy, politics, and the military. I want to make some historic reforms in these areas, but even though so many predecessors have paved the way for us, and we can just feel our way across the river, those stubborn beneficiaries of the class are unwilling to cooperate with me. I've been troubled for too long, and I just can't find a way to get everyone to cooperate with me, until..."

Su Dingguang's tone became quite erratic.

"During that flu outbreak, I used the slogan of preaching throughout the Eastern United States and dividing up the interests of various regions to gain the support of the entire Celestial caste in Indiana."

Ultimately, no matter what policies Su Dingguang formulates, other Celestial caste families will feel that their interests are being harmed. Therefore, only when they step out of Indiana and plunder wealth in other states will other Celestial caste families dare to band together with the Su family and make certain compromises with the Su family for greater benefits.

Su Dingguang then turned around.

"Lord Bai Ze should be aware of this matter."

Zhou Yan raised an eyebrow.

"So, my defeat of Su Bijun was due to my lack of strategic thinking, and I hindered the development of your Indian state?"

"Lord Bai Ze's actions did cause us a lot of obstacles at the beginning, but they are nothing now."

Su Dingguang's response made Zhou Yan shake his head.

"Of course it's nothing. After all, in your propaganda, it's said that I was beaten so badly by your Holy Maiden that I wouldn't even recognize my own mother. Your Holy Maiden is so compassionate that she never mentioned that I was defeated by her in order to save face for me."

Su Dingguang smoothly changed the subject.

"While Bijun was away on missionary work, several bills that I couldn't get through before have now been implemented."

"The other large landowners, the Celestial castes of Indiana, began to accept my reforms."

"But that's not enough. Those greedy guys, those parasites who only know how to stand high and mighty, even if I'm doing this for the future of Indiana, they'll put their own losses above all else and demand that I exchange countless resources for even a single weed in their house."

Su Dingguang's words sounded somewhat like he was gritting his teeth.

"Even that good-for-nothing parasite from the Fang family actually told me that if I wanted to cooperate with them, I had to hand over Bi Jun and marry her off to them!"

Zhang Ye, who had been silent all along, suddenly became angry and shouted.

"What?! That fat bastard from the Fang family actually dared to make a move on Sister Su! Grandpa Su, this is the time for me to step in."

Zhang Ye licked his lips, a fierce glint flashing in the alluring girl's eyes.

“I can help you, Grandpa Su, eat up all the other gods one by one.”

Zhou Yan looked at Zhang Ye, who made a peace sign.

"For a top-tier bitch, taking advantage of others and then ruining their families is just basic stuff."

Zhang Ye was confident that he could devour all the men and kill all the women in the Fang family within a year.

Why are you so proud when you call yourself a top-tier bitch?

Zhou Yan turned his head away in disdain. (Temple)

This guy is beyond redemption.

Zhang Ye then spoke to Su Dingguang. Ai

"Grandpa Su, if you just marry Sister Bijun to me, I'll help you win over the others!"

Su Dingguang shook his head.

"What I want is a complete Indiana state. Mere riots only give the federal government room to intervene."

In the past few years, the Eastern Xia Federation was in turmoil. Although many people died, the federal government, with Xuanwu in charge, began to gradually take back the ruling power of other states.

Su Dingguang dared not cause any major trouble at this time. If the local celestial races brought in the power of the four divine beasts, such as Xuanwu, to protect themselves, his side would be in a very passive position.

Su Dingguang walked slowly down the deserted path to a small courtyard.

"arrive."

Su Dingguang's tone was cheerful.

Previously, the courtyard where Zhou Yan and Zhang Ye were staying was a place for tourists to rest. There was little exterior decoration inside, and the room only had a bed and a few chairs for resting.

Inside the courtyard that Su Dingguang brought this time, there was a large tree that was clearly visible to the naked eye. A faint fragrance wafted out from the courtyard, giving people a sense of ease and elegance.

Su Dingguang walked to the gate of the small courtyard and took out the key to fiddle with the lock on the gate.