The undercover plan was extrely successful.
Jiang Si had never expected it to go so smoothly, succeeding in making the other side accept him after only killing the second person.
He had been a bit worried earlier that his sche might be too complex.
After all, the more complex a sche is, the more it requires the opponent's cooperation - if one link goes wrong, the entire plan collapses.
In web novels that emphasize realism, complex sches are never used to break imrsion.
Fortunately, the Witch Association in Jiangming City also possessed sufficient intelligence.
Only clever people could fall for his intricate plan.
Walking to the third room, although there was no sign above it.
In Jiang Si's eyes, it seed like there was a huge golden plaque with four large characters written on it:
Great Emperor's Treasure Vault!
He didn't know what thod the Witch Association used, but not a trace of magical energy could be detected.
If Bai i hadn't previously located all the Witch Association executives' positions, Jiang Si would have had trouble detecting these Witch Association mbers.
They had the ability to shield magical energy and interfere with perception.
Turning to look at Ruo Yun who was still following him, "Did you hear the password she said earlier?"
Ruo Yun imdiately shook her head, "I didn't hear it! I won't tell anyone!"
"Really didn't hear?"
"Really didn't hear!"
Looking at Ruo Yun who seed afraid of being silenced, Jiang Si sighed.
He actually preferred the disciple who occasionally resisted and talked back earlier - at least she had backbone.
Unfortunately, from Baldie's place all the way to this middle-aged man's base, her resolve probably wasn't firm enough. After seeing so dead people, she beca sowhat cowardly.
But Jiang Si had pretty much anticipated this - Bai i probably hadn't supervised their cultivation much.
After all, guiding Magical Girls in cultivation is actually quite troubleso work that requires patience.
How to motivate them, when to seriously punish them, making them afraid, balancing kindness and authority - these thods aren't sothing ordinary people can master.
Only a genius like Bingtang, whose ability and ntality far surpass her peers, could achieve this.
But to not even grasp the basics... Bai i was really too negligent...
Raising his head, Jiang Si glanced at the security door of the Witch Association's secret underground warehouse.
Very thick. Reaching out to knock on it, the quality of the steel was quite good too.
"66478."
The password was correct, but the door was stuck.
Pushing it, he found that the password lock was probably broken.
Stepping back, gathering so strength, he suddenly charged forward, and after a running start, kicked hard at the thick steel door!
Ruo Yun saw the steel door dent inward slightly, and imdiately after, cracks instantly appeared in the surrounding walls.
The powerful impact directly shattered the walls connected around the steel door!
The tough steel door, dragging the surrounding door fra and walls, flew backward with a crash, smashing into a Disaster Beast inside.
The dormant Disaster Beast, along with several Calamity Eggs in glass containers behind it, were instantly crushed to pieces.
Jiang Si's eyes showed heartache, "Damn Witch Association remnants, actually using such thods to waste my heavenly treasures!"
"......"
Wasn't it you who used excessive force and kicked the door flying?
Then he looked back at Ruo Yun, "Why are you still following ? Do you want to compete with for opportunities?"
Ruo Yun imdiately shook her head repeatedly in fear.
"Then hurry up and get lost."
"I, I can't transform right now, I'm afraid of encountering the Witch Association."
After walking this path, she had pretty much figured things out.
Although this young man in front of her was brutal, he wasn't soone who killed indiscriminately.
At the very least, he hadn't touched the ordinary people captured by the Witch Association. Although she had been beaten too, it was only a few light hits.
If he had been serious, just that door-kicking move earlier - Ruo Yun felt that even if she transford into a Magical Girl, she probably couldn't withstand it.
So he actually wasn't a truly vicious and evil person. Of course, if you made him unhappy, or tried to take his things,
Jiang the Demon Butcher wouldn't hesitate to use force.
Earlier, there were two ordinary people captured by the Witch Association who tried to take the Grief Seeds he had just collected - their legs were broken.
Although those two were driven mad by the Witch Association's tornt and that's why they tried to take his Grief Seeds, Jiang the Demon Butcher showed no rcy, though he didn't take their lives in the end.
Ruo Yun didn't want to be crippled.
As long as she didn't provoke him and went along with him, it was quite safe.
Now they were near the Witch Association's main base. As a Magical Girl of the Azure Cloud Sect who couldn't transform, going out would easily get her captured as an enemy by the Witch Association.
So it was better to just follow Jiang the Demon Butcher.
Moreover, Ruo Yun had beco sowhat curious about him.
"Jiang the Demon Butcher, why are you helping the Witch Association against us Magical Girls? You, with your abilities, both the Disaster Control Bureau and our Azure Cloud Sect would welco you."
Maybe it was because of the sense of security from following behind him along the way, or maybe it was because she had seen him kill so many Witch Association mbers.
Ruo Yun's aversion to him had lessened considerably.
She even wanted to recruit him.
With this level of strength, if he could join the Azure Cloud Sect or the Disaster Control Bureau, wouldn't it make fighting the Witch Association much easier?
Currently, the Jiangming City governnt had been heavily infiltrated by the Witch Association. Under the city governnt's propaganda, the citizens of Jiangming City had leaned toward the Witch Association.
In reality, the Witch Association had done plenty of dirty deeds behind the scenes.
For example, Ruo Yun's own parents had died at the hands of the Witch Association,
just because she had Magical Girl potential. The Witch Association used thods like purchasing, persuasion, and deception to try to take her from her parents.
In the end, they were all refused.
Because the thods used had been too gentle all along, an executive called Water Snake kept giving gifts to her parents, saying nice things, even coming to chat and help with housework daily - you could say he was like family.
But when her parents ultimately didn't agree to his request,
Water Snake killed both her parents.
Ruo Yun would never forget that day. Her parents, who were preparing to celebrate her birthday, went out to buy groceries. She was at ho inserting candles into the cake, obediently waiting for her parents to return.
But it was Water Snake who returned. Water Snake took out a beautiful gift box, saying it was a birthday present for her.
When Ruo Yun opened it,
Water Snake sat across the dining table, singing Happy Birthday to her.
Congratulating her on gaining a new life.
Inside the gift box were her parents' heads.
After that, when Water Snake took her away to send her to the factory, her teacher saved her.
She cut off Water Snake's limbs, handed a knife to Ruo Yun, and let Ruo Yun kill him herself.
The teacher was very powerful. The teacher was very kind. Over the years, she had saved many people in the Witch Association's territory and killed many bad people.
But one tree doesn't make a forest. The teacher alone couldn't do everything.
She could only try to avoid direct conflicts, continuously collect information, and save people hard by the Witch Association. The four disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect all ca about this way.
Although the Azure Cloud Sect had a headquarters, Teacher Bai i always said the ti wasn't right, the ti wasn't right, wait until the ti is ripe, then let the headquarters provide support.
But this "right ti" seed like it would never co.
The citizens of Jiangming City were deceived. The Witch Association's thods beca more restrained and hidden. In fact, in the past two years they hadn't done much killing, constantly winning over the people so that the Azure Cloud Sect, which caused trouble for the Witch Association, beca public enemy number one.
Ruo Yun knew that was just the Witch Association biding their ti, waiting until the Disaster Control Bureau collapses, then everyone in Jiangming City would fall into hell.
Just like she had back then.
After following the teacher and witnessing many things the Witch Association had done, Ruo Yun obtained her own Miracle Seed.
But her strength was insufficient, unable to help the teacher at all.
All disasters were caused by insufficient strength.
Because her own strength was insufficient, it led to her parents' deaths.
Because the Disaster Control Bureau's strength was insufficient, it allowed the Witch Association to develop.
Because the Azure Cloud Sect's strength was also inadequate, they were portrayed as an evil organization by the Witch Association.
If there was sufficient strength, if they could kill all the Witch Association mbers, there wouldn't be so much pain and tragedy.
But no matter how hard she tried, her rate of improvent was still slow. No matter how hard she tried, how hard she worked, the results were always the sa.
Barely reaching the Seedling rank was her limit. Teacher Bai i always shook her head at her, seeming disappointed.
She couldn't beco stronger. She couldn't achieve the teacher's level of independent capability.
I'm just an ordinary girl with braids, I don't have that kind of power, I'm too weak...
I can't beco an inner sect disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect. The Azure Cloud Sect headquarters wouldn't care about a small place like Jiangming Azure Cloud,
after all, apart from Teacher Bai i, the four of them were all novices.
If she could bring such a strong person into the Disaster Control Bureau or Azure Cloud Sect, dealing with the Witch Association wouldn't be so difficult, right?
The teacher would have it much easier too.
Although it was because the Witch Association currently had to deal with the Disaster Control Bureau and Teacher Bai i, and didn't have ti to deal with Jiang the Demon Butcher,
his strength was already not insignificant.
Stronger than her...
Thinking of this, Ruo Yun felt a pang of sorrow.
As a Magical Girl, what value do I actually have...
Maybe I can still do sothing more, even just a little bit...
"Stop being a dog for the Witch Association, co to our Azure Cloud Sect and Disaster Control Bureau instead!"
Hearing Ruo Yun's persuasion, Jiang the Demon Butcher only laughed coldly, "Being a dog?"
Jiang the Demon Butcher walked into the treasure vault, reaching out to pick up the rows of Calamity Eggs. So Disaster Beasts had awakened due to the disturbance and were staring at him.
"aningless. Would joining the Azure Cloud Sect and Disaster Control Bureau an not being a dog? What basis are you judging by?"
Ruo Yun was speechless, imdiately beginning to ponder hard about how to persuade him.
Not continuing to pay attention to her.
Jiang the Demon Butcher simply followed the thod Chilian had provided, wrapping Polluted Magic around the Disaster Beasts.
The core concept of controlling Disaster Beasts is resonance.
Using perception arrays arranged with Polluted Magic, after the arrangent is completed, through seven high-precision array endpoints similar to sensors, one can extrely delicately capture the emotional source of Disaster Beasts.
Then one can try to experience the Disaster Beasts' feelings.
Every Disaster Beast is born around extre emotions, though these core emotions are hidden very deeply.
Resentnt, pain, sorrow, anger...
First, one must experience the emotion that gave birth to the Disaster Beast, then also beco infected with the sa emotion, making the Disaster Beast feel kinship with a kindred being.
This is the first step in controlling Disaster Beasts.
Then, through the perception arrays, one can continuously resonate with the Disaster Beasts, imrsing in the sa negative emotions as the Disaster Beasts...
But after trying it briefly, Jiang the Demon Butcher couldn't help shaking his head.
This is the thod of a century-old organization?
Simply unreasonable.
Apart from the perception array design being sowhat interesting, with complexity far beyond Jiang Si's expectations, other aspects - especially the philosophy - were completely evil cultivation thinking.
Experiencing the Disaster Beasts' feelings, becoming infected with the sa emotions to make Disaster Beasts feel kinship - this itself pollutes one's own emotions.
Simply put, it's treating oneself as livestock to communicate with Disaster Beasts.
Degrading.
Willingly degrading oneself, polluting the Dao tradition.
Although Jiang Si didn't read much beast-taming web novels - after all, they largely focused on animals he wasn't interested in, mostly talking about how to strengthen those little beasts.
Even if their cultivation thods weren't problematic, and Jiang Si imitated them to cultivate with stray cats and dogs, and they did beco stronger, it was aningless since they were ultimately external objects, and most training results ended in death anyway.
So Jiang Si had long looked down on beast-taming web novels.
But regarding how to ta beasts in other web novels, he did know a little.
They're just a bunch of wild beasts.
Let them infect ?
Ridiculous!
It's who should infect them!
Polluted emotions transmitted over through resonance, but similarly through resonance, Jiang Si could also implant certain emotions into the core of these Disaster Beasts.
Resentnt? Pain? Sorrow? Anger?
No need for so many useless emotions.
A hundred Disaster Beasts, thousands of mixed negative emotions were gradually unified.
The greatest negative emotion in this world subrged and assimilated all other emotions,
until only one remained, the emotion Jiang Si bestowed upon them -
Fear.
And the Disaster Beasts wrapped in his Polluted Magic gradually awakened, all standing up, beginning to emit dangerous low growls.
More and more Disaster Beasts stood up, their roars resonating with the Calamity Eggs. So Calamity Eggs even began giving birth to new Disaster Beasts.
The Calamity Eggs here were all filled with negative emotions. The eggs contained already ford Disaster Beasts, ready to break out of their eggs at any mont!
Ruo Yun was startled.
Then she tightly gripped her Miracle Seed.
If all the Disaster Beasts in the Calamity Eggs were born, there would be nearly a hundred Disaster Beasts!
Looking at Jiang Si who remained motionless, she bit her lip.
Ruo Yun hesitated.
She could pretty much transform now, but transforming here, even if she helped him deal with the Disaster Beasts, wouldn't an much.
She could wait a bit longer.
Jiang the Demon Butcher was very powerful, but ultimately just an ordinary person. Even if he could use Polluted Magic, dealing with or controlling so many Disaster Beasts simultaneously would be very difficult.
If she waited until he was in trouble, then stepped in to help, maybe she could get him to join the Azure Cloud Sect...
"Kneel."
However, with just that casual command from Jiang the Demon Butcher, the originally fierce, ferocious, and violent Disaster Beasts actually all obediently knelt down!
Every one of them was trembling, as if enduring imnse fear!
How did he do it...
Ruo Yun had seen the Witch Association control Disaster Beasts - they definitely didn't control them like this. He wasn't using the Witch Association's control thod at all!
Superhuman physical strength, the ability to freely control Polluted Magic, and Disaster Beast control thods completely different from the Witch Association's.
"Just what organization is the Saint Hall..."
She unconsciously murmured the question.
Jiang Si took a deep breath, plopping down on top of a Disaster Beast. A Disaster Beast tentacle delivered Calamity Eggs to his hand.
Jiang Si stuffed two small ones into his body.
Proving the Dao with three thousand Golden Cores might also be possible.
Moreover, parasitic Disaster Beasts continuously entwined, sinking around the Golden Cores within his body, providing magical energy.
An endless stream of terrifying power spread throughout his entire body!
When three Golden Cores echoed each other, connecting in resonance, Jiang Si took a deep breath.
Clenching his fist, looking at the overflowing Polluted Magic.
Peak Great Perfection of the Seedling realm!
Then with a wave, magical energy took form, simulating dozens of planets, rendering the entire warehouse into a dark, profound cosmic environnt.
As long as the control was precise enough, using magical energy for such special effects rendering wasn't difficult for Jiang Si.
Casually pulling over a planet, placing it on his palm, Jiang Si smiled slightly.
Finally, soone asked. He had created a bunch of settings for the Saint Hall in his mind, but after fighting this far, not a single Witch Association mber had asked what organization the Saint Hall was.
They truly deserved to die.
It had to be a Magical Girl, unashad to ask and learn.
The planet in his hand split into two, then three, becoming ten nearly identical planets surrounding Jiang the Demon Butcher. Then a great sun rose from behind him, illuminating the entire universe, "These ten nearly identical planets are all places where we exist, yet not the places where we exist."
Ruo Yun nodded sowhat dazedly.
"Planets are like fireflies, worlds are like tides."
"The instant of a firefly, the ebb and flow of tides, worlds are extinguished in this instant and fall." The great sun suddenly erupted, destroying these ten planets. The entire universe fell into montary darkness, then slowly lit up again with leisurely words,
Paradoxical colors covered the tranquil environnt. Jiang the Demon Butcher opened his hands, and ten more spheres flew out from his palms,
Still encircling, only now no longer resembling planets, but rather bubbles with glowing specks in the darkness: "Those with great supernatural powers, great compassion, and great realms cannot bear to see living beings fall in ignorance—"
"Standing above the great thousand worlds, reaching out from the other shore, building the Saint Hall."
"Countless rays of light fall where the light reaches, awakening the innate wisdom of all things, leaping across the sea of suffering once more."
"Where the profound light of the Great Dao sweeps, all are of one mind; the delusion of universal ascension transcends all worlds."
"Establishing such great vows, this is the Saint Hall Master."
Casually pointing at one bubble, the bubble suddenly expanded and enveloped the two. What t their eyes was the rapidly expanding cosmic web, then superclusters, galaxy clusters, star systems, planetary systems, until a planet returned to Jiang the Demon Butcher's hand.
"The three thousand worlds have countless living beings. Although the Saint Hall Master established great vows, this magnificent undertaking is arduous and long, which is why we Saint Hall mbers need to travel throughout the worlds seeking destined individuals to beco Saint Hall mbers, achieving unity of all minds. The Witch Association? Just a casually picked tool."
Ruo Yun was already shocked speechless by the Demon Butcher's thods before her.
Looking at the intricate stars and universe, her lips trembled, "So you're so powerful as an ordinary person because of the Saint Hall Master's power?"
Good question, instantly making Jiang Si's thoughts beco active, completing the Saint Hall's settings.
"The Saint Hall issues tasks to Saint Hall mbers, and completing these tasks yields rich rewards. With these rewards, even ordinary people can obtain supernatural power matching witches and Magical Girls. That's why I possess such power - because I've traveled to multiple worlds and completed enough tasks."
Ruo Yun suppressed her excitent, "Even I can beco very strong?"
Jiang Si looked her over, pondered for a mont, "Not great talent, but I can recomnd you a wheelchair exchange list: Mother-Drowning Spring Dao Heart Demon Seed Divine Princess Bloodline Black Heavenly Book Narcissism Curse Dream-Shattering Blade. As long as you complete enough tasks, after exchanging, you can beco infinitely stronger. As long as you have enough points, talent doesn't matter."
"I want to join the Saint Hall!"
Without hesitation shouting these words, Ruo Yun trembled all over with excitent.
"I want power too, power as strong as yours! I want both Magical Girls and witches to disappear! I want everyone to return to normal lives! I want to beco stronger, even stronger!"
Ruo Yun shouted loudly, "I want to beco a Saint Hall mber!"
Jiang Si was even taken aback by her excitent.
But looking at her serious and expectant expression, Jiang Si touched his mask, saying solemnly: "Good! Very spirited!"
"But I refuse."
The sudden refusal made Ruo Yun's passionate emotions suddenly stall.
Shouldn't the atmosphere just now have led to naturally agreeing?
Just as the dumbfounded thought erged in her mind, she heard the masked person before her slowly say: "The Saint Hall Master once said that before soone joins the Saint Hall, they must first answer a question."
With that, Jiang the Demon Butcher lightly waved his hand. The planet in his hand flew back to its cosmic position. Correspondingly, a dialog box appeared before Ruo Yun's eyes - the kind only antique computers had, completely out of place—
[Do you want to know the aning of life, do you truly... want to live?]
The girl's pupils contracted slightly, then she looked at him with a puzzled expression.
What does this an?
The other person seed to suck in a sharp breath, then explained solemnly: "Are you sure you want to beco a Saint Hall mber? Once you beco a Saint Hall mber, your previous identity will be completely erased."
Ruo Yun was stunned for a mont, thinking of Teacher Bai i's teaching and help over these three years.
These years of interaction with Bai i, Gan Jing, and Shui Ling, every bit of daily life.
Fighting together, laughing together, crying together, learning together.
Every mory was incredibly beautiful.
The teacher truly treated them very well. The Azure Cloud Sect was a very good organization.
But...
From the day Ruo Yun beca a Magical Girl, she had wanted to change the essence of this world - being coerced by magical power, with people constantly being polluted, and others constantly becoming miracles, like a competition, a suffocating competition.
The Azure Cloud Sect was good, but couldn't realize her ideal; Teacher Bai i was good, but never cared about her ideal of becoming a Magical Girl.
"I..."
"Traveling three thousand miles in battle, a single sword once blocked a million troops."
A light chant interrupted Ruo Yun's response, then she heard Jiang the Demon Butcher suddenly praise: "Good sword!"
Before the words faded, a sword split the heavens!
Ruo Yun looked up, staring blankly at the sky.
That's right - suddenly, they could see the sky from this underground warehouse.
Terrifying sword energy had swept through like a storm in an instant. Ruo Yun hadn't even noticed.
The ceiling above and all the buildings were gone. Dark clouds gathered as if about to rain. A gentle breeze blew past, and a figure in white floated gracefully.
"Teacher..."
Ruo Yun's lips moved, but she lowered her head, not daring to look.
Jiang Si simply looked up, expression calm, "You ca."
Bai i pointed her sword at Jiang Si, imposing aura vast and mighty, "I ca."
"You shouldn't have co."
"But I still ca."
Ruo Yun was slightly stunned. Although Jiang Si's words earlier had hinted at knowing Teacher Bai i,
only now was she certain that the two were actually acquaintances.
But clearly, their relationship wasn't good. That hostility, and the rarely seen intense fighting spirit on Bai i,
let Ruo Yun know they were definitely not friends.
Jiang the Demon Butcher was the teacher's enemy...
"Ruo Yun, co here." Bai i glanced at Ruo Yun, then smiled slightly, looking back at Jiang Si, "Sir is also a first-class cultivator. I imagine you won't trouble a junior."
"So that's it. With one more burden, you have no chance of winning, is that it?"
Bai i proudly lifted her chin, "How could that be? Even if I need one hand to protect my disciple, I, Bai i, remain invincible in this world!"
Jiang Si felt extrely exhilarated.
As expected of my great disciple, much more skilled at reciting the Azure Cloud Sect ancestors' quotes than Bingtang.
He laughed loudly, releasing Polluted Magic explosively!
"Bai i the sword cultivator has the bearing of a Great Emperor!"
Sword energy and Polluted Magic collided violently. A huge gust of wind stirred up dust, making Ruo Yun instinctively shield herself.
"Gan Jing, go bring your junior sister back."
Bai i blocked Jiang Si's magical energy outburst with one sword, turning to instruct the student behind her, "Be careful."
"Understood, teacher!"
Then Ruo Yun saw her friend Gan Jing flying over from above, calling her na with a face full of joy, "Ruo Yun!"
"Co quickly! The teacher and I have been looking for you for so long!"
When the flying Gan Jing reached out to pull her, Ruo Yun looked up and slapped away the extended hand.
"I want to withdraw from the Azure Cloud Sect."
The originally lively atmosphere suddenly beca stiff and cold.
The dark clouds above churned, faint thunder could be heard.
Having forced back Jiang Si, Bai i turned, her Mind's Eye gazing at Ruo Yun who had refused Gan Jing, slowly asking, "What did you say?"
Ruo Yun looked up, facing the teacher who made her feel cold for the first ti, took a deep breath, "I've decided to withdraw from the Azure Cloud Sect."
"Boom!"
A sharp sword brushed past Ruo Yun's cheek. Bai i's slender body trembled slightly, coughing violently.
Gan Jing also looked at Ruo Yun at a loss, "Wh-why? Did sothing happen?"
Biting her lip tightly, Ruo Yun lowered her head: "It's my own matter."
"Rebellious disciple!"
As Bai i said this and moved to grab Ruo Yun, Jiang the Demon Butcher stepped forward, blocking between them, "Fine birds choose their trees to perch on, Fellow Daoist Bai i."
Gan Jing looked almost about to cry, "Ruo Yun!"
A clap of thunder.
Bai i slightly raised her head, pale-faced pursed her lips, tightened her grip on the sword, pointing it at Jiang Si:
"Please enlighten ."
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