Dragon Tamer-Chapter 832 - 836 Familiar Rumors

Chapter 832: Chapter 836 Familiar Rumors

Chapter 832: Chapter 836 Familiar Rumors

The death of the Flowing God could still be kept a secret.

But the death of the War Saint was witnessed by a hundred thousand of the God Army, and such an event simply could not be covered up with a silencing order.

Moreover, the residents of Holy Mountain City also came to know some of the truth, and word spread rapidly; soon enough, everyone in Xuange Country Capital, as well as the leaders from the Tian Shu God Domain, were aware of the incident.

The War Saint, Qiu He, was dead!

Slain by a Tian Shu leader!

The two had a grudge and fought outside the city; in the end, the War Saint was defeated, his body obliterated, leaving behind only a skeleton.

And the killer was none other than the obscure Master of Building Dragon Sect, Zhu Qingzhuo!

As a leader, he was already a figure of great renown within the Tian Shu God Domain. Logically, such a declined Sect Master should not have been able to cause any trouble in a place like Xuange Country Capital, but who could have imagined that it was this Sect Master who almost stirred up a storm in the sea!!

How can the word ‘insane’ even begin to describe it!

What astonished countless leaders beyond belief was that Master Zhu, the one who killed the War Saint, was neither executed on the spot nor pursued with a warrant; he even still resided in the Knowledge Saint Mansion!

“Do you know, the scene of the two Female Saints fighting over someone was as epic as a divine battle. The first thing the Martial Saint did upon her return wasn’t to report back but to rush to the scene to claim someone, and she declared in front of hundreds of thousands of the God Army soldiers that Master Zhu was her fiancé. This statement nearly drove the Knowledge Saint mad because Master Zhu had previously been residing at the Knowledge Saint Mansion, not only assisting the Knowledge Saint on several occasions but even serving as her personal bodyguard—the relationship must be extraordinarily deep… However, in the end, it was the Knowledge Saint who took him back home!”

“My heavens, when did our Xuange become so chaotic!”

“It’s precisely this chaotic, and I’ve heard that the War Saint had previously pursued the Knowledge Saint. Seeing Master Zhu and the Knowledge Saint together, he provoked Master Zhu in front of the ten thousand-strong army and attempted to kill Master Zhu’s Purple Dragon. As a result, Master Zhu unleashed strength he had hidden for years and snapped the War Saint!”

“One side is the Knowledge Saint stepping in to protect him right away and personally taking him back to her mansion for custody, while on the other hand, the Martial Saint aggressively demanded the person, nearly coming to blows with the Knowledge Saint just outside the city. It’s unimaginable, our two leaders of Xuange God Country almost broke into an internal fight over a man!”

“Did Our God not intervene?”

“For the sake of a man? How can Our God interfere in such matters? In the affairs of God Country, Our God Xuange has already delegated authority to the Saint Honors and Holy Monarchs. Unless the God Country is on the brink of destruction or the deities are desecrated, Our God Xuange won’t step in.”

“You’re all spouting nonsense! If you continue to spread rumors, be careful to not lose your heads!!” A patrolling officer came by, saw a few idle people gathered at an open-air teahouse, spewing utterly ridiculous gossip, and promptly came forward to disperse them!

The patrons at the teahouse quickly bowed their heads and started cracking melon seeds, not daring to babble nonsense any longer.

The patroller shook his head. The Leader’s Conference was about to convene, and yet hardly anyone in the vast God Country Capital was discussing the future of Tian Shu or the leaders’ decisions. All were engrossed in such outlandish gossip, utterly engrossed!

Indeed, it seemed that Our God Xuange had fed these people too well; the hard-working masses had no interest in these matters, toiling for their survival against the coming night and winter.

“Don’t mention it. Since the incident with Master Zhu and the War Saint, Xuange has actually become much quieter, and those long-standing Sect grudges have surprisingly backed down from each other. Even the Lower God Organizations that were always rubbing against each other have been unusually well-behaved, rarely coming out to patrol the streets and maintain stability. With so much idleness, I feel like finding a tea house to listen to storytellers,” Master Li Wangshan and Little War God Yang Bing walked on the great avenues of the God Capital, unable to suppress such a remark.

“Are those things Master Qin Zuo mentioned true?” asked Female Dream Master Shao Qingchi.

“Master Qin Zuo was one of the earlier arrivals back then; at that time, the War Saint was still alive. But since Master Qin Zuo said that both the Knowledge Saint and the Martial Saint intended to spare Master Zhu, it’s likely that there is something between the three of them that we don’t know about. I never thought… I never thought that Master Zhu, whom we only met en route, would be such a legendary figure. I’m embarrassed to recall we even offered him guidance!” Master Li Wangshan said.

“I don’t think so. I’ve heard that the Knowledge Saint wanted to take him into custody, but the Martial Saint wouldn’t allow it, nearly escalating to a skirmish between the two armies over the affair.”

“Alas, it’s a pity that Master Zhu’s yard is off-limits; otherwise, we could have asked him in person.”

“Such a leisurely life. After Xuange’s God Capital has been in chaos for half a month, its sudden calm feels rather unsettling,” said Little War God Yang Bing.

…

At Knowledge Saint Mansion, Simple Bamboo Yard.

Zhu Minglang was also idly sitting in the courtyard, watching the fish in the pond swim freely and glancing at Mr. Jinli who drifted to and fro nearby.

Mr. Jinli’s attitude toward the pond fish was akin to that of a deity overlooking the mortal world. A sense of superiority was evident in the involuntary wagging of his tail.

“Who’s that in the tiger skin coat outside? He looks fierce and formidable,” Mr. Jinli asked.

“The ones who are guarding us now see us as half prisoners,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Oh, so is there a problem with going to the back mountain to train dragons?” Mr. Jinli asked.

“Probably not allowed. The moment I open my sigil, I could be identified as a dangerous element,” Zhu Minglang said.

“How boring.”

“Yes, and now the auspicious purple aura on my head has grown even denser. If I don’t go out, how can I obtain this divine boon?” Zhu Minglang said.

“This War Saint, did he do a lot of utterly conscienceless deeds? Logically speaking, slaughtering him should have cost you some virtue,” Mr. Jinli said.

“Hard to say, but the purple aura I’ve obtained this time isn’t very pure. It has some blackness in it and, although it’s thick…”

“That’s most likely the Demon Heart. Every deity has a Demon Heart, which is a result of divine authority. After all, the will of the heavens tends to be in one direction. Some deities walk the righteous path, while others follow the path of evil. But in reality, this hardly restrains the deities. Even if a deity becomes utterly dark to the core of their soul, the harshest punishment they might face is simply having someone like you, a god slayer, end their life and earn a bit more heavenly virtue,” Mr. Jinli said.

“As long as it doesn’t bring me misfortune, that’s fine,” Zhu Minglang nodded.

“On the contrary, this thing might bring you even greater benefits. It will surely increase your cultivation base and strength. It might even deliberately reward you more, considering that your previous cultivation was led by righteousness and the Demon Heart holds little sway over you. So this time, the purplish-black auspicious qi makes you subconsciously believe that killing at will is the right thing to do, leading you towards the deeper realms of the Demon Heart and turning you into a Violent God like Hua Chou,” Mr. Jinli said.

“This sounds a bit complicated,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Let me give you an analogy. Imagine that there are two versions of the heavens, one righteous and one evil. Both Old Heavenly Fathers need workers to accrue merit. Deities like you are like employees working for Old Heavenly Father. You were originally working for the right side, destroying Violent Gods and wholly embracing righteousness; righteousness was quite pleased with you, rewarded you generously, and nurtured you carefully. The evil side had given up on you, thinking you belonged to the Righteous God. However, after this incident, the evil side found out you aren’t purely righteous in cultivation, have quite the temper and kill at will, so it began to bestow favors on you, steering you towards the path of Evil Immortality,” Mr. Jinli said.

“Two bosses fighting over one capable assistant?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Right!”

“But evil deeds are supposed to bring retribution. That common belief ought to hold true, right?” Zhu Minglang said.

“There is retribution, indeed – that’s what the Righteous God tells you. The Evil God will tell you that compared to the benefits you receive, the retribution is negligible,” Mr. Jinli said.

Zhu Minglang had an epiphany.

Both bosses would offer benefits. On the surface, he was a paragon of righteousness, his presence instilling faith and trust wherever he went, even the heavens praised him amply. However, in the shadows, he performed deeds that slightly dented his virtue but reaped great opportunities. These were harmless enough if kept to a minimum. The key was to act decisively without any psychological burden, aim to leap from side to side and enjoy support from all directions, thus rapidly expanding his power. Eventually, he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the heavens and be his own master!

“The same goes for dealing with women,” Mr. Jinli said, happily jumping into a pond of colorful fishes as he spoke.

Zhu Minglang: “????”

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…

After being kept under house arrest in the yard for three days, the Knowledge Saint Honor finally showed up.

Probably, Mi Qingqian had no idea how to deal with the troublesome figure of Zhu Minglang. She also deeply regretted having listened to the words of two close associates, Lord Song God and Mi Rong, to keep Master Zhu by her side in past days. Otherwise, such ludicrous rumors about herself and the Martial Saint snatching men wouldn’t have spread throughout the entire Xuange Country Capital!

The mysterious man in a tiger-skin cloak stood beside the Knowledge Saint Honor, his eyes holding a trace of vigilance. If Zhu Minglang showed any excessive behavior, he would execute him on the spot!

“It’s alright, Wu Yan. He won’t hurt me,” Knowledge Saint Honor assured the man in the tiger-skin cloak.

They were living under her roof, and if there was any intention to assassinate her, there was no need to wait until now. Knowledge Saint Honor also knew that Master Zhu held no ill will towards her.

That being said, the man in the tiger-skin cloak still stared intently at Zhu Minglang.

“Knowledge Saint Honor, how much have you found out about the situation?” Zhu Minglang asked first.

“It’s basically consistent with what I initially investigated. It’s just that both Mountain Saint Lord and Dragon Saint omitted some key factors. Master Zhu, I don’t really understand how your Sect operates, but you should not have killed War Saint outright. Even if you had left him with a breath of life, none of this would have escalated to such an extent. Of course… it is also because we all underestimated your strength. In the entire Tianshu, you now stand at the pinnacle. Apart from the top ten True Gods, I fear there aren’t many who could battle you. War Saint was just overestimating himself,” Knowledge Saint Honor sighed.