Master of Strange Dao

Inside the palace city,

Emperor Qian sat there, expressionless, motionless.

In the darkness, a one-armed old eunuch stepped out, knelt on the ground, and said in a raspy voice,

"Your Majesty, this old servant does not know of this matter either."

Emperor Qian glanced at the old eunuch below, shaking his head with some disappointment.

"Worthless."

Emperor Qian turned and left, while the old eunuch remained kneeling there, his eyes gloomy, his teeth grinding audibly.

He truly did not know about this matter.

However, he did not dare deceive Emperor Qian.

This result was preferable to knowing and concealing the truth.

Recalling the words Emperor Qian had spoken earlier, his gaze grew ever darker.

A domesticated dog, once the bridle was removed and released, turned into a wild dog.

Not only did it grow ambitious, but it also dared to secretly hide food outside the home.

Others might not understand, but the old eunuch knew eunuchs too well.

Such things, those eunuchs, were truly capable of doing.

Those eunuchs who crawled up from the pits of deceit and death, every one of them, which is not ambitious, as long as there is an opportunity, which isn't reckless and wild.

Truly deserving death.

Doing such things might be forgivable, but deserving death was in doing them while failing to keep them secret.

...

At the border between the Wilderness and Dali, Yu Ziqing and the Black Robed Man sat facing each other.

"Senior, I managed to survive by accident, shouldn't you tell me your name this time?"

"My surname is Zhong, given name Shouzheng," the Black Robed Man kept his promise, directly revealing his name.

Yu Ziqing froze there, unable to react for a good while.

You, a strong figure of the Evil Dao, are actually named Shouzheng, upholding justice and fighting evil?

"Please forgive the impudence of this junior, is it 'Shouzheng' of upholding justice and fighting evil?"

The Black Robed Man did not answer.

Yu Ziqing immediately cupped his hands in admiration and said,

"I suppose senior must have chosen this name to mock those hypocrites."

He knew well that those people looked down on the Black Robed Man, and the Black Robed Man equally looked down on them.

Hearing this, the Black Robed Man immediately laughed.

"What mocking is there? I was born with this name, and I am too lazy to change it.

I take 'zheng' as my name and do evil deeds, what's the harm?

Many people in this world do this, only they don't label their deeds as evil.

The same actions, they call themselves righteous when it suits them, and call others evil at will.

I do things for pleasure, killing for pleasure, lying low like a turtle is also following my heart.

I am the Evil Dao, so what?"

"Senior is indeed broad-minded..." Yu Ziqing cupped his hands in admiration, for achieving this level in the Evil Dao, he lived more transparently than most cultivators.

"Enough with the digression, why are you wandering around looking for me? Don't say you are not looking for me, playing a false game is pointless."

"This junior wishes to ask senior to spread a bit of news, which is that Cui Changping is an incarnation.

Moreover, Jinlan Mountain has forged a magical treasure that can discern whether there is such a special incarnation.

Unfortunately, this magical treasure cannot distinguish between the incarnation and the true self, so let me first present one to senior."

Yu Ziqing took out an integrally formed Compass and placed it on the stone table.

Zhong Shouzheng looked at Yu Ziqing with a strange expression for a while, then reached out to pick up the Compass. After slightly urging it, he saw the needle on the Compass spin continuously.

It showed that Yu Ziqing had no incarnation and was not an incarnation.

Then he aimed the Compass at himself, but after a moment of spinning, it still indicated no incarnation, and he was not an incarnation.

Zhong Shouzheng thought to himself that this magical treasure indeed could not detect if there had been an incarnation in the past.

This was just right.

His incarnation died entirely, and at that time, that spatial strike used the connection between the incarnation and him as a guide.

His Primordial Spirit split, critically injured, almost Fallen.

But now, that kind of connection was wiped clean, which turned into a blessing in disguise.

Hmm, does this mean that extreme misfortune brings prosperity?

Zhong Shouzheng pondered when this change began occurring.

It seemed to start the last time when, on sudden impulse, he advised Qing Ziyu. He used to never actively engage in such unprofitable good deeds.

He had no desire to encounter Qing Ziyu.

Wishing to avoid him by three thousand miles, detour by all means.

He scrutinized Yu Ziqing, smirked, and happily accepted the Compass.

"Alright, I will spread this news for you, and I will also take the magical treasure as payment."

"Thanks to senior, by the way, I should tell you that many people already know about this news."

"Alright, I'll do it soon."

After sending off Yu Ziqing, the next day, the Black Robed Man arrived at the conference secret chamber.

Since many people already knew, he had to act quickly to use this intelligence for benefits.

Looking at the attendees, the Black Robed Man directly stated,

"Since I am in a good mood today, offering cheap prices: a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure to nurture the Primordial Spirit for you to buy two pieces of world-shattering information. Do you want it? One answer, if not, I'll turn and leave."

Someone immediately presented a piece of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure to the Black Robed Man.

The Black Robed Man glanced at the empty chair in the corner and smirked.

"The first piece of news, Cui Changping is an incarnation, an incarnation undetectable by anyone.

The second piece of news, Jinlan Mountain developed a kind of magical treasure capable of discerning whether someone has practiced the specialized Incarnation Technique.

That's all, whether you believe it or not isn't my concern, I am leaving."

The Black Robed Man walked away decisively. After taking the reward and completing the task of spreading the news, he turned to leave.

The secret chamber was as silent as death.