Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 347 - 341: A Smart Red Pole

"The World Honored is not here, so within the sect, it’s not just up to me and the Great Ming King."

"Everyone speak freely!"

"I also want to hear what everyone’s opinions are!" Wu Nengsheng said to the assembled sect members in the great hall.

Upon hearing Wu Nengsheng’s words, the Peacock Great Ming King slightly opened his eyes, glanced at Wu Nengsheng,

but did not speak, and once again closed his eyes to rest.

Wu Nengsheng invited the sect members to speak freely, not because he wanted to listen to their opinions.

Instead, he wanted them to have conflicts amongst themselves.

Sure enough, everything happened exactly as Wu Nengsheng had predicted.

As soon as they heard the words "speak freely," the Great Brahma Heaven immediately became enthusiastic.

He said loudly, "What kind of strength does the Tiger Robe Ming King have, how could he fall at the hands of the mere Lin Yuan? The City of Sin is so well-guarded; without a traitor, how could Lin Yuan infiltrate it?"

"In my opinion, the death of the Tiger Robe Ming King and the fall of the eighteen layers of Hell were all due to inner betrayal and external cooperation."

In this situation, since the Tiger Robe Ming King has already died, he certainly could not be the traitor,

so the traitor must be one of the living.

Thus, the traitor described by the Great Brahma Heaven must be Zengzhang Heaven, Guangmu Heaven, and the other two.

The Great Brahma Heaven obviously wanted to settle personal vendettas; he didn’t understand the situation but readily concluded that Chiguo Heaven and his brothers were traitors.

Within the sect, the approach to dealing with traitors is rather to kill wrongly than to let them go.

As soon as the Great Brahma Heaven finished speaking, a monk dressed in a white robe, looking thin and scholarly, stepped forward.

His name was Lian Huasheng; during the World Honored’s sermons, he was responsible for recording and transcribing,

essentially serving as the World Honored’s secretary within the sect, a clerical role.

This Lian Huasheng had a good personal relationship with Chiguo Heaven, and he saw that the Great Brahma Heaven wanted to sentence Zengzhang Heaven and Guangmu Heaven to death.

"The four brothers of Chiguo Heaven are quite loyal to the World Honored; I believe they are not traitors!"

"We cannot define them as traitors just because Zengzhang Heaven and Guangmu Heaven are still alive."

"Chiguo Heaven and Duowen Heaven are also dead; the four brothers were as close as siblings. If they were traitors, how could they have harmed their own brothers?" Lian Huasheng analyzed rationally.

However, the Great Brahma Heaven was determined to make Zengzhang Heaven and Guangmu Heaven his mortal enemies, so he ignored this and immediately said, "Doesn’t Liuyu Heaven have loyalty to the World Honored?"

"If Liuyu Heaven could become a traitor, can’t the four brothers of Chiguo Heaven?"

As soon as the Great Brahma Heaven finished speaking, someone stepped forward to agree, "Right!"

"Chiguo Heaven and Duowen Heaven died perhaps because the Tiger Robe Ming King discovered they were traitors and killed them."

"You dare slander!"

"Do you know the full story, just guessing!" Time Wheel Vajra said.

This Time Wheel Vajra, like Chiguo Heaven, belonged to the grassroots cultivation faction.

"Nonsense!"

"Do you have evidence to prove Chiguo Heaven and his brothers were traitors..."

"If they’re not traitors, after escaping, why haven’t they returned to the sect to explain everything?"

"Right, Zengzhang Heaven and Guangmu Heaven have disappeared, isn’t that suspicious?"

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In the great hall, the two factions argued fiercely, almost to the point of coming to blows.

It was clear that the grassroots cultivation faction and the second-generation cultivators had long-standing grievances.

Wu Nengsheng watched his creation quietly; though his face showed no emotion, he was internally proud.

Wu Nengsheng did not stop them, seemingly eager for them to fight, hoping a few would die to exacerbate the conflict.

Although the Peacock Great Ming King appeared to rest with closed eyes, everything happening in the great hall was within his awareness.

"It seems that all of this is Wu Nengsheng’s doing!" Peacock Great Ming King thought to himself.

Although Peacock Great Ming King was the sect’s double flower cane, he was a fighter with brains.

This matter was wrong from the start!

It was even a long-conceived plan by Wu Nengsheng.

From the beginning, Wu Nengsheng was provoking conflict between the two factions.

The Peacock Great Ming King saw through everything but did not expose Wu Nengsheng.

Because he too did not wish the World Honored to achieve enlightenment.

The only difference between him and Wu Nengsheng was that he did not want the World Honored to become enlightened, but he did not take risks to stop it, nor got involved personally.

He belonged to the neutral faction.

Wu Nengsheng, teaming up with Elder Bai and others, had already completely opposed the World Honored.

In the great hall, the argument grew more intense, and they started fighting.

Since it was in the great hall, no one dared to use energy attacks; it turned into street brawling, with fists flying and close-range combat.

Lian Huasheng saw this scene and thought to himself, "This is bad; if this continues, it will become troublesome."

Thus, Lian Huasheng hurriedly shouted loudly, "Please, both honored ones, make a decision."

After hearing Lian Huasheng’s shout, clever ones immediately echoed, "Please, both honored ones, make a decision."

Seeing those with simple minds but strong physiques still entangled, Lian Huasheng shouted towards them, "Fighting like this, even if you kill the opponent, it won’t resolve the issue."

"This matter should be decided by the two honored ones."

Upon hearing Lian Huasheng, the fighters paused their actions, clasped hands, and said, "Please, both honored ones, make a decision."

The battle which was raging hot, ceased in an instant.

Wu Nengsheng secretly blamed Lian Huasheng for meddling; if left to fight, they might restrain from using energy attacks.

If they became angry enough, they might not hold back, and if a few were killed, the conflict would heighten.

But now, it won’t happen, and the problem has been handed to them.

The Peacock Great Ming King remained silent.

Wu Nengsheng had already muddied the waters, and he wanted to pull the Peacock Great Ming King into this mess.

Thus, Wu Nengsheng smiled and said, "The four brothers of Chiguo Heaven and the Tiger Robe Ming King are all Dharma Guardian Deities. According to reason, they are all subordinates of the Peacock Great Ming King; what is your opinion on this matter?"

After Wu Nengsheng’s words, the sect members in the great hall collectively looked at the Peacock Great Ming King on the Lotus Platform to the left.

Seeing Wu Nengsheng push the problem over to him, the Peacock Great Ming King did not speak but transmitted, "Wu Nengsheng, are you sure you want me to speak?"

"I never speak false words; if I speak and reveal the truth, you might find it hard to end this."

The words of the Peacock Great Ming King scared Wu Nengsheng, almost making him fall off the Lotus Platform.

The truth?

How could the Peacock Great Ming King know the truth?

In fact, the Peacock Great Ming King did not know the truth; he only guessed that it was Wu Nengsheng’s conspiracy.

However, these words intimidated Wu Nengsheng.

Because Wu Nengsheng did not dare gamble on whether the Peacock Great Ming King’s words were true or false.