NOVPUB834: Chapter 471: The Taoist Priest’s Ambition, Previous Life, Divine Lamp
834 -471: The Taoist Priest’s Ambition, Previous Life, Divine Lamp
“Come, drink up!”
“Continue the music, keep dancing~”
“Burp~”
Inside a resplendent golden palace, Yi Chen sat high atop a dragon-carved throne, actively urging on the drinking.
To his left naturally sat Selena, the City Lord of Youcheng, while to his right was a Horse Demon.
This demon was a representative of the Old Faction of nobles, possessing the Breakthrough Limit Double Layer in cultivation.
He played an important role when Yi Chen conquered the Western Extreme Royal City; adding to that, his flexibility, understanding of the rules, and knowing when to advance or retreat, Yi Chen had promoted him as a representative of the Old Faction.
Correcting past mistakes to save people, after all, blocking all paths for others would lead to big problems.
Beating some, killing some, and drawing some in was the real strategy.
Towards the Demon Nobles who actively leaned towards Yi Chengzi, Yi Chen still gave them a lifeline.
With Selena and her new party in control, the Old Nobles couldn’t stir up any waves.
Likewise, having the Old Nobles watching Selena allowed the Holy Venerable Jia Loulan to sleep more soundly; otherwise, the whole of the Demon Righteous Religion Country being old insiders from Youcheng wouldn’t be ideal.
Originally, taking the state examinations to recruit scholars had to feature both a southern and northern list for the very same reason.
Any organization naturally possesses characteristics of growth and corruption; without checks and balances, they would devour the entire body like cancer cells.
In Yi Chen’s vision, Selena’s Youcheng old insiders counted as one faction, the remnants of the Old Nobles another, and in the future, the top Demonkin cultivated under the “Fair Demon Code” would form another, perfecting the structure of the Demon Righteous Religion Country.
As the World-Shaking Pure Yang,
such actions would make the Demon Realm his eternal pasture, and he could feast upon the name “Holy Judgment” forever!
Under the brilliant illumination of the “Fair Demon Code”, if the top Demonkin wanted to progress, their only option was to join the immense system of the Demon Righteous Religion Country and climb up; otherwise, they should just live an ordinary life.
And for those unruly Demonkin, they were just nourishment for Yi Chengzi’s advancement.
“Cheers, to the Holy Venerable~”
“Ah, I have some good news to report to the Holy Venerable.
The Mysterious Ice Cellar within the Royal City has been set up.
The most vicious within the Demon Nation will be subjected to icy punishment, sacrificed by Your Holiness to the great Demon God of Righteousness.”
“Many small Mysterious Ice Cellar bases within the religious country are also under intense construction.
I believe it won’t take more than ten years for them to be fully operational across our Demon Righteous Religion Country.”
The blue-haired Centaur maiden smiled lightly and raised her glass to Yi Chen,
“Selena, how capable!”
“You do your work, and I, your lord, am at ease.
Keep up the good work!” Yi Chen downed the wine in his glass as a sign of approval.
“Reporting to the Holy Venerable, I also have some good news.” Seeing that Selena had won Yi Chen over with laughter at the banquet, the Horse Demon sitting to his right couldn’t stay still any longer.
He gave Selena a challenging glance from the shadows, then stood up and said with a smile.
Currently, he only regretted not being as conspicuous as a busty woman, so he had to make himself useful, more useful to the Holy Venerable.
Yi Chen’s intentions were nearly transparent, and all the present Demonkin, being intelligent beings, could certainly see his cautious checks and balances.
But the reason someone is a king is that even if you know, you have to endure; if you don’t change your mindset, he will change the person.
The Horse Demon clearly understood that the Holy Venerable needed a leader from the Old Noble factions, watching over Selena’s Youcheng lineage, but this leader…
didn’t necessarily have to be from the Horse Demon Clan.
If he hadn’t hedged his bets earlier, quickly taking a knee, it wouldn’t have been his turn, the Horse Demon’s, to sit in this position.
“Oh?
Ma Zouri, do you also have some good news for me?” Yi Chen’s eyes shifted, immediately turning his attention to the Horse Demon.
Considering the Horse Demon’s fence-sitting nature, Yi Chen was of course clear-minded, but without the unworthy, would he, Yi Chengzi, have no use for them?
Once they were under Yi Chengzi’s command, whether they were capable or not would no longer be up to them; if not, he would simply kill them and replace them.
“Holy Venerable, the Golden Hall that we, the Old Nobles, collaborated to build for you is now fully completed.”
“The Heavenly Wolf Hall is, after all, the hall from a previous era, the residence of Demon Lord Kun Yue.
It is inconvenient for the Holy Venerable to settle there; hence, I took the liberty of inviting the Holy Venerable to move to the Golden Hall,” laughed the Horse Demon.
“That quickly?” Yi Chen was startled.
He knew that the Old Nobles represented by the Horse Demon planned to build him a palace, but he never expected it could be done so quickly.
Indeed, good deeds bring good rewards; all these were well-deserved by him, Yi Chengzi.
The location of the Golden Hall was built on the ancestral mountain of the Demon Wolf Clan.
The so-called Golden Hall, as the name suggests, was a great hall whose main structure was entirely made of gold, as directed by the Holy Venerable Jia Loulan; wherever possible, use gold.
As for its defensive capability, it was roughly adequate.
Once enemies had reached the doorstep of the Golden Hall, those so-called defenses were only for the gentlemen, not for the villains—it was pointless.
“Good, Ma Zouri, how capable.”
“Let’s go, let’s all take a look together!”
Yi Chen grinned, immediately beckoning the Horde of Demons to head for the location of the Golden Hall.
In no time, the ‘Group of Sages’ of the Demon Righteous Religion Country arrived at the mountain base of the ancestral land of the Demon Wolf Clan.
At this moment, the sunlight was just right, the breeze gentle, a majestically immense palace complex lay atop the mountain, blinding people with its brilliance under the sunlight.
Outside the palace were two giant golden elephants, towering more than ten meters high.
