Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 212: The Xuan Sect
What!!?
Xu Zun, who was eavesdropping outside, shuddered and suddenly felt his blood rushing faster and his heart beating wildly.
He never imagined that just when he was about to go to the holy city of Xuanmiao, he would discover such a shocking conspiracy?
"What did you say!?" Zhao Yu and Ashu were also shocked. Zhao Yu asked, "What big thing are you going to do? Where exactly is it in Xuanmiao City? Who is the target?"
"Hurry up and tell me!" Ash asked excitedly, "Tell me where you are in Xuanmiao City, and your personnel list!"
"My Lord, my Lord... I am just an ordinary Taoist master in the Southwest Road," Ye Hanchen said, "I am only familiar with the situation in Yonghui and Shuzhou. As for Xuanmiao City... I really don't know!
"If I knew, I would tell you everything. I am also anxious to make a contribution!"
"Southwest Road..." Zhao Yu savored it and asked, "What road is Xuanmiao City?"
"Zhongyuan Dao," Ye Hanchen replied with a bitter face, "Those who can enter Zhongyuan Dao are all powerful Dao Masters. My level is still not enough!"
Previously, through the interrogation of Zijian Feishuang, Xu Zun already knew some of the levels of Xuanmen.
Xuanmen is divided into levels. The highest leader is called Xuanmen Tianzun, who is also the most mysterious figure in the entire Xuanmen. No one has ever seen this person.
Below the Heavenly Lord is the Holy Lord, also called the Holy Envoy, who is mainly responsible for conveying messages to the various Taoist Lords.
The second is the Dao Zun. The Dao Zun has a stronger functional role. Everyone is responsible for all matters big and small within his own area, and then act according to the instructions from above.
What Ye Hanchen said was correct. Although the levels of Dao Zun were the same, there were differences in their strengths.
Often the closer a Dao Zun is to the political center, the stronger his abilities are, because it is more dangerous there and the actions are more covert.
The side courtyard of Yonghui is desolate, so Ye Hanchen is obviously not an important figure among all the Taoist masters.
Xu Zun judged that Shangyuan City's Changping Hou Lu Jinlong or Lu Jinlong's mother, the abbot of Qinglan Temple, must also be a Taoist master.
Since Shangyuan City is a prosperous area, they are obviously much more important than Ye Hanchen.
In addition, according to Zijian Feishuang's explanation, Yonghui was one of the birthplaces of Xuanmen , and it was indeed an extremely important base in its early days.
However, as the Xuanmen grew stronger and stronger, it had already penetrated into the Central Plains, so apart from making money, this place has lost most of its functions, which is why it was handed over to Ye Hanchen to manage.
"The Dao Zuns are independent of each other and have no contact with each other, so I have no way of knowing the identities of other Dao Zuns!" Ye Hanchen continued to confess, "I just heard this news accidentally mentioned by the Holy Envoy. They said that Xuanmen will make a big move in Shengdu in the near future, and then the Great Xuan Dynasty will change..."
"What is the Holy Envoy's name and where is he from?" Zhao Yu asked.
"I... I don't know!" Ye Hanchen replied, "When the Holy Envoy descends, he will hold the token of the Heavenly Lord, wear a veil, and speak in a voice that is neither male nor female.
"Moreover, in Xuanmen, if someone deliberately explores the identity of another person, it is a serious crime that will be punished!"
"Then..." Zhao Yu asked again, "Did they mention when they would start? When did you get this news?"
"Oh, yes, yes," Ye Hanchen said hurriedly, remembering something, "I forgot to mention that this news was not told to me by the Holy Envoy himself, but I overheard it by accident!"
"Oh? Eavesdropping?" Zhao Yu and Ashu looked at each other.
"No...but... " Ye Hanchen quickly emphasized his own importance, "It is precisely because I overheard it that the news is more credible!"
"Tell me quickly," Ashizai pressed, "What's going on?"
"Half a month ago," Ye Hanchen replied, "the Holy Envoy was in Shuzhou collecting the annual tribute. The Holy Envoy and his men were resting and waiting in the inner room, and I was preparing things for them in the next room.
“But they didn’t know that there was a hole in the wall, and I heard everything they said in the house!
"That's how I heard the news," Ye Hanchen said helplessly, "So, I only know this much, you... you'd better be on guard!"
Tsk tsk…
Zhao Yu and Ashu looked at each other and smacked their lips. It seemed that Ye Hanchen really knew very little about this operation.
Next, the two conducted a routine interrogation on Ye Hanchen and asked him to reveal some secret information about Xuanmen.
Since this was General Jinghui's territory, there were naturally military interrogators sitting in on the proceedings, who had already recorded every bit of information Ye Hanchen had confessed.
Through Ye Hanchen's confession, they got a different version of Xuanmen.
Back in Shangyuan City, Tangzhou Chief Clerk Dong Wanxing once told Xu Zun the origin of Xuanmen, saying that Xuanmen emphasized the supremacy of power and the ability to control the people. They also launched a rebellion in the early days of the founding of the country, which was later suppressed by Emperor Taizu Li Xuanzhen.
However, Ye Hanchen said the exact opposite.
He said that Xuanmen is not a branch of Xuandao at all, the two are originally one and the same. Xuandao is Xuanmen, and Xuanmen is Xuandao, they mean basically the same thing.
Before Daxuan was a terrifying era of chaos. At that time, each place had its own army, warlords fought each other, foreign races invaded, and the people suffered.
At the beginning, it was the Xuanjiao that rose first. Fu Guandao and others used the teachings of the Xuanjiao to create the Xuandao, and then won over the hearts of the people and became increasingly powerful.
Later, Taizu Li Xuanzhen seized the opportunity and led his troops to join Xuan Dao. From then on, he became even more powerful and stronger. From then on, he wiped out various warlord forces, drove out foreign races, pacified the world, and laid the foundation of the Great Xuan Dynasty.
However, after pacifying the world, the first thing Li Xuanzhen did was to use the excuse of being assassinated by thieves to kill a group of Xuanmen leaders headed by Xuandao's leader Fu Guandao. Only then was he able to seize power and become the founding emperor of Daxuan!
After the founding of the country, he used various banners to kill nearly 10,000 Xuanmen disciples, and wiped out the first group of Xuanmen backbone forces who helped him to pacify the world in order to eliminate future troubles.
Because of this, this incident is even less likely to be recorded in history. It was deliberately concealed by the royal family, and later generations have no way of knowing it.
However, there are so many disciples in Xuanmen, how could it be possible that not a single one is left?
The Xuanmen disciples who survived the catastrophe changed their identities and kept that history and hatred in mind. They endured for decades among the people, worked hard, and finally established a new Xuanmen.
Now, their team has grown stronger, and they even took advantage of the conflicts within the Great Xuan Dynasty to absorb many high-ranking officials and princes into the Xuanmen, preparing to fight the Great Xuan Dynasty to the end.
"The upper Xuan will destroy the dissidents, and all the gods will return to their origin. Cut off the nine gates above, and destroy the flatterers below." Ye Hanchen chanted, "If the Xuan has the Tao, it will be extremely mysterious; if the Xuan has no Tao, it will surely suffer a heavenly calamity!
"This... the purpose of these words," Ye Hanchen said quietly, "no matter how big or small, anyone who stands in our way will eventually be destroyed by Xuanmen..."
