Master of Strange Dao

Listening to a story, especially one with quite explosive content, Yu Ziqing was very willing.

This old fellow went through so much trouble, stepping into the game one step at a time, that Yu Ziqing felt he actually no longer cared about his own life and death. He was even prepared to die and didn't mind what the subsequent outcome would be.

He now seemed like someone who had held in a secret for a lifetime, and finally found an opportunity to tell a secret buried deep in his heart. Whether standing in front of him was Yu Ziqing or Qing Ziyu, or even whether it was a person or not, didn't make a significant difference.

What satisfied him the most seemed to be that he had a son he was quite pleased with.

Yu Ziqing was very sure that two hundred years ago, this old fellow definitely wouldn't have thought this way.

It was only after having a son and watching him grow little by little by his side that his thoughts gradually changed.

Now, he simply didn't want this secret to be completely buried in the future.

Yu Ziqing might not really believe other things, but when he said Ye Jiuyuan was his son, Yu Ziqing dared to believe it, of course, only dared to believe it.

Someone who wasn't afraid of death had even experienced being Devilic as a Ninth Tier cultivator, was just telling a story. Yu Ziqing wasn't mad enough to argue with him.

Yu Ziqing only acted as a qualified listener; whatever this old fellow said, Yu Ziqing would respond, "Oh really, oh really."

Yu Ziqing poured tea for the Old Chief Venerate, sipping on his tea while continuing to listen.

He didn't know what this old fellow wanted to do in the end, but it didn't matter.

Since this old fellow voluntarily exposed flaws, gave the Devil Thought a chance, and even after breaking through the first tribulation, whatever he wanted to do now, he had to rely on Yu Ziqing.

Because before, he triggered the Heart Devil Tribulation, which was a fake tribulation, making outsiders think he was undergoing the Heart Devil Tribulation.

The benefit of doing this was tricking everyone; no one would suspect it.

The drawback, naturally, was that when the second tribulation truly descended, it would definitely be the Heart Devil Tribulation.

And it would be an extraordinarily fierce Heart Devil Tribulation, more potent than Lin Fu's previous Heart Demon and Duke Lin's previous Heart Demon.

Manifesting in the form of a tribulation, for the Old Chief Venerate, the heart demon's ability to block and ruin the path was already comparable to a complete Heavenly Demon.

A typical hungry ghost or insufficient number of hungry ghosts, or under conditions without enough Sweet Rain Original Liquid, would never be able to pass through it.

In the end, even without Yu Ziqing's prohibition, this old fellow was eighty percent doomed to die.

Because he simply didn't have enough sweet rain to complete a massive almsgiving.

This old fellow wasn't afraid of death, he had a son, and even if according to this old fellow's own words, Ye Jiuyuan wouldn't let him die.

Of course, it depended on the following developments. If Ye Jiuyuan became the new Chief Venerate, then Yu Ziqing would consider the Old Chief Venerate's previous words as nonsense.

If Ye Jiuyuan didn't take office, Yu Ziqing would know that no matter how this father and son acted, in the end, they would have to turn to him.

This old fellow was quite cunning, not sincere at all.

He first brought up the White Sun Evil Cult, mentioned the White Sun Holy Scripture and the Incense Fire Crystal, and Yu Ziqing, being most sensitive to this matter, would naturally be drawn in.

And then he dropped a bombshell that Ye Jiuyuan was his son, while conveniently showing off his son.

By the way, he also preserved the secret with an outsider, so even if any accidents happened later, at least someone knew this point.

This secret, at a critical moment, might harm Ye Jiuyuan, but likewise, it could also save Ye Jiuyuan when necessary.

Besides Emperor Li, this old fellow certainly preserved this secret elsewhere too; Yu Ziqing was merely another insurance.

With two moves in succession, Yu Ziqing's attention was drawn away by past enemies and current gossip, leaving no room to focus on the most critical part.

Which was those people the old fellow meant to unearth, what exactly did they want to do.

Yu Ziqing was happy to play dumb and listen to the story.

Certainly, mainly because other people had bigger fists, thus inherently had a point.

There was no major grudge, nor was there any significant conflict of interest, so everything was negotiable.

"Are you going to stay here and wait next?" Yu Ziqing asked casually while nibbling on a snack and drinking tea.

"For the next period, it won't relate much to me," the Old Chief Venerate replied, looking quite at ease while sipping tea.

"Oh, well then, you just wait here. Since everyone's already started, nobody should mind me now, so I'll just leave and go home to sleep."

Yu Ziqing patted his back and was about to leave when the Old Chief Venerate hurriedly stopped him.

"Young man, why so impatient, don't rush."

"Do you have anything else to instruct?" Yu Ziqing asked politely, with a consultative attitude.

The Old Chief Venerate shook his head.

"If you go out now, should someone notice you, you would attract a lot of attention. Haven't you realized someone has already started targeting you, targeting your Jinlan Mountain?"

"I did, and it seems unrelated to you folks, right?"

"The emergence of your Jinlan Mountain is itself the largest variable in nearly a thousand years, no, the past few thousand years.

Whatever had happened before, the Three Divine Dynasties still remained the Three Divine Dynasties.

Even over two thousand years ago, when Old Emperor Zhen went Devilic and was dismembered and sealed, such a sudden change actually didn't alter the established status quo.

But ever since Jinlan Mountain emerged, along with the appearance of hungry ghosts, whether you like it or not, you have already altered the established status quo.