My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 425 - 243: Heading to the Imperial Capital, the Disappeared Students (Part 3)

"Yes."

Xia Yue turned his head, looking at the monk with white hair and beard before him: "I don’t trust you."

"Because of religion?"

"Yes."

"Then what about those four Daoist priests?"

Zen Master Huizhao gently shook his head: "If you want to talk about religion, they’re also a religion. If you want to talk about the issues from ancient times to now, like land occupation and extorting wealth... hasn’t Dragon Tiger Mountain done these things? Their traditions have lasted a thousand years, and during the feudal dynasty, they were even more excessive than us."

"They’re a native religion, are you?"

"We..."

Xia Yue, however, didn’t let Huizhao say any more and directly interrupted: "Besides, they pledged allegiance. Did you?"

"..."

Zen Master Huizhao was suddenly stunned, then frowned.

Obviously.

This was something he didn’t expect.

After a long while.

He organized his words and asked: "May I ask what has happened recently?"

"What do you think?"

Xia Yue didn’t answer directly but stretched lazily.

"This humble monk is slow-witted."

Zen Master Huizhao hesitated for a moment, shaking his head.

Xia Yue lowered his hand and suddenly said: "Then you should pledge allegiance too, and you’ll find out why."

Zen Master Huizhao thought about it and replied: "Jiming Temple is domestic, it’s a domestic religion, and the Celestial Strategy Mansion has always held management rights."

Xia Yue chuckled but didn’t respond.

He’s heard this lame excuse countless times before.

"Patron Chen?"

Zen Master Huizhao didn’t mind but instead fell into deep thought for a moment, suddenly mentioning Chen Lusi’s name.

Xia Yue said nothing.

Zen Master Huizhao looked at Xia Yue’s back, feeling a bit uncertain.

He was aware that the head of the Four Great Daoist Mountains had appeared at the Celestial Strategy Mansion’s branch recently.

But he didn’t know more details.

Let alone pledging allegiance...

So why?

He didn’t think Daoism would inexplicably sell themselves to the Celestial Strategy Mansion.

Their internal divisions are no fewer than those in Buddhism, how could they sell themselves so easily?

Because of the Celestial Punishment Weapon?

That can’t be it, right?

So what exactly did Chen Lusi do?

"I’m leaving, remember your own words."

Xia Yue looked at the scenery for a while, ignoring Zen Master Huizhao’s contemplation, and was directly planning to leave.

He had a lot to do next.

"Wait."

Zen Master Huizhao snapped back to reality, suddenly calling out to Xia Yue, then took a deep breath and asked: "Who exactly is Chen Lusi?"

Xia Yue’s steps paused for a moment, then he turned his head: "Who else could it be? Chen Lusi is Chen Lusi."

Zen Master Huizhao looked at Xia Yue: "Are you saying he’s an ordinary person? How could an ordinary person bring ’the scenery’ back to reality? How could he make them obediently follow him? How could he solve the ’Compression Device’ problem and create the Celestial Punishment Weapon? How could he make Daoism pledge allegiance?"

"When you first met me, could you have imagined that I would one day dominate the entire domestic Empowerer circle? Would you have believed I could do it?"

Xia Yue laughed: "Am I not an ordinary person?"

Zen Master Huizhao shook his head: "You’re not."

"Then by your standards, Chen Lusi isn’t either, right?"

Xia Yue shrugged, continuing forward, and indeed planning to descend the stairs.

"Xia Yue Celestial Strategy... I don’t know what exactly you’ve hidden, nor do I know who Chen Lusi is."

Zen Master Huizhao sighed, looked at Xia Yue’s back, and after hesitating for a while, said: "But have you considered? Right now, just the news about the Celestial Punishment Weapon leaking out has caused chaos. What will happen when other information gets out one day?

For example, the matter of ’the scenery’? This shouldn’t be all of it, right? Surely, Chen Lusi has secrets I’m not aware of... What will happen when these matters are all exposed? You should know very well, I guess the storm set off by the Celestial Punishment Weapon this time may not simply subside... I don’t know what exactly you’re trying to do, but I advise you, whether it’s you or Patron Chen, to be careful."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yue’s steps paused, silent for a moment, before turning his head again, laughing: "Sometimes having conflicts explode all at once isn’t necessarily a bad thing, is it? Back then, if it weren’t for those people’s provocations, if it weren’t for General Li going all out and blocking the gate with the Type 79, where would the Celestial Strategy Mansion have come from? If need be, we’ll just rebuild order once more."

Zen Master Huizhao was completely shocked.

...

At the airport.

Chen Lusi and his group boarded the plane.

And Chen Lusi finally saw Ivan and Yevgeny again.

However, no greetings were exchanged.

Because Chen Lusi was not familiar with them, and the two didn’t seem to have any intention of talking to him either.

So Chen Lusi didn’t bother to speak up.

He lifted the luggage of Lin Ying and Lin Wan, placing them into the closed luggage rack.

Unbeknownst to him, as he was stowing the luggage.

Yevgeny suddenly turned his head to look at him, his face full of fanaticism.

At the same time.

In the Imperial Capital.

"School? A student’s disappearance?"

Jin Yi looked at the person in charge of arranging the external task and sighed: "The Celestial Strategy Mansion is handling this too?"

"Mainly because Kunlun also issued a warning, you should go check it out."

The person in charge also seemed a bit helpless: "If the legends activate, solve it, if not, just cooperate with the Security Bureau."

"Alright then."

Jin Yi hesitated for a moment but nodded in agreement: "Which school?"

The person in charge glanced at the information and replied: "Teacher’s University in Hai Dian District, the missing student’s name is Catherine Damenco..."

Jin Yi frowned slightly: "A foreign student?"

The person in charge handed over the information: "Yes."

"..."

Jin Yi said nothing more and directly reached out to take the information.

About an hour later.

Jin Yi, along with his teammates Tian Wencheng and Wu Yuting, appeared in front of the famous Teacher’s University.

He stopped at the entrance, scanning around, starting to look for the Security Bureau personnel.

But Tian Wencheng suddenly coughed.

Jin Yi snapped back and saw a female student walking towards him.

She was a tall girl with a head of golden hair... she didn’t look like a local.

"Who are you?"

Jin Yi looked at the approaching female student, a bit confused.

"Why are you here?"

The tall female student curiously sized up Jin Yi, then said familiarly: "Are you here to visit the school? Or to find someone? My name is Mi Jie, from the Chamomile Alliance..."

(Volume One, End.)