Chapter 574: One Is Enough

Tang Luo and his disciples' initial plan was to coordinate inside and out, attacking from both sides.

Tang Luo controlled the exorcists to form a powerful force within the Holy Group.

Zhu Bajie and the others became fathers to the councilors; many councilors had multiple fathers, competition was fierce, and quite a few were biological fathers.

Stealing someone else's son is relatively difficult.

Zhu Bajie and Ao Yulie's natural target was the orphan among them, the Sis family, who needed a new father.

They changed their appearance and made contact with the current clan head, Kele Sis; progress was acceptable.

Although the Sis family had fallen on hard times and become orphans, just anyone could not become their father.

Assessment was required, and those who contacted Kele Sis were not only Zhu Bajie and his few companions.

The two sides maintained this lukewarm contact; Zhu Bajie and the others were not in a hurry, and using this opportunity to learn more about the forces behind the Holy Group was also beneficial.

Naturally, the fathers were not limited to being just one person's father; if possible, they also hoped to become everyone's one and only, unique father.

Then, as progress was made bit by bit, Kele suddenly rose up with righteous indignation, declaring he would not accept food offered in contempt.

Although my Sis family has declined, how could I recognize someone as my father?

Upon seeing that they had found a true big moneybags father, Zhu Bajie and the others observed secretly, wanting to see which person was so wealthy as to directly smash Kele Sis to the ground.

Along the way, they also met Tang Luo once.

Not for any other reason, Tang Luo had taken away the Heavenly Howling Dog.

Abel's death led to a broken clue, but Tang Luo still had a method: find the Heavenly Howling Dog.

He took the Heavenly Howling Dog to the place where the god descendants died that day, to sniff out the scent—the god descendants' scent must necessarily share similarities.

With the Heavenly Howling Dog's ability, once confirmed, naturally they could find the feigned-death-hiding Abel.

As for why confirming feigned death—joking, would such a god descendant die from falling down stairs?

After meeting Tang Luo and handing over the Heavenly Howling Dog, Zhu Bajie and Ao Yulie went to find Kele Sis.

Unexpectedly, they stumbled upon this guy's secret plot with Abel.

Having searched everywhere in vain, fortune suddenly smiled upon them.

"Master, Master!" Ao Yulie urgently contacted Tang Luo, "I and my second senior brother have endured countless hardships, crossed mountains and rivers, pursued clouds and chased the sun, not shirking toil, experienced the eighty-one tribulations, and finally found Abel!"

"A bit exaggerated." Zhu Bajie reminded, "Just enduring humiliation while posing as a gardener."

"Meow."

The Heavenly Howling Dog's disdainful sound came over.

Between the gray mist, a group chat status was "set."

"Oh, where is he?" Tang Luo asked.

"Right beside us." Ao Yulie said, "He's mixed in with Kele Sis, saying he wants to deal with you, Master."

"Just them?"

"There should also be the Seven-Person Council; I don't know what they're plotting, saying they'll kill you within a month, not knowing where their confidence comes from." Ao Yulie said.

"Since they've mixed in together." Tang Luo said, "Good, let's settle them all at once."

"Then we'll keep watching, waiting for them to jump out one by one." Ao Yulie hehehed twice.

On the other side, in the study, Abel closed his eyes, and suddenly blood tears flowed from his eyes, which he could not stop even with his eyes closed.

"Tang Luo..."

Abel whispered softly, his face slightly turning ferocious.

The matter can be said to have already slipped out of his control.

Originally, he intended to use the Holy Group to achieve his goal, resulting in mutual destruction.

But in the end, the god descendants were indeed wiped out, yet the Holy Group—remained completely unharmed!

In fact, when Tang Luo repeatedly resolved Abel's obstructions, Abel had already sensed something was off.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired; recalling the demons dispatched was impossible—did he really think the other three god descendants were all fools?

Now, Abel could only resolve Tang Luo, this major threat, through internal struggle within the Holy Group, while simultaneously dealing a heavy blow to the Holy Group.

The Exorcist Holy Group, simply and crudely divided, consists of two parts: one is the exorcists, the other is secular power.

The former is the blade, the latter is the one who wields the blade.

Without the latter, the former poses no threat to demons, god descendants, or world-destroyers.

And a blade without someone to wield it also lacks that great threat.

Originally, Abel surely thought to solve his worries at the root, the exorcists suffering heavy damage, the Holy Group's blade shattered.

Then he could do as he pleased.

Now the situation is different; Abel can no longer harm the re-forged blade—cannot harm the foundation, so he settles for second best, choosing to harm people.

And to harm them with the blade's sharpest edge.

The final result, perhaps not as good as destroying the blade, but for Abel, is also quite advantageous.

Even, if he could cause internal strife between people and the blade, that would be even better.

"This guy's crying is truly heartbreaking." Ao Yulie, observing secretly, commented.

"Where is he heartbroken? It's just pure tears." Zhu Bajie said.

"It's precisely because he's not heartbroken but forcing tears that makes it heartbreaking."

"Cut the nonsense, you keep watching him well, I'll go look for others." Zhu Bajie assigned the task of watching Abel to Ao Yulie, then went to confirm other suitable candidates for salvation.

Prevent any fish from slipping through the net, calculating that Master still wants to run?

A few days later, Tang Luo received news from field personnel that the Holy Group's organization had already decided to allow Tang Luo to contact the legendary special Sacred Heart.

But because of the Sacred Heart's special nature, it cannot be delivered to Tang Luo by them.

Tang Luo must go to the designated location before being allowed to contact it, and only for him is it open for a period of time—accurately speaking, the Sacred Heart has actually been sealed away.

It was only to reward Tang Luo, an exorcist who had contributed to the development of the Holy Group and the great cause of exorcism, that they specially brought it out.

It will be resealed soon, giving Tang Luo only a short time.

At the same time, the Holy Group believes Tang Luo, this "planar friend" who has contributed to the cause of exorcism, but they do not believe in others who have been summoned here.

Therefore, Tang Luo cannot bring his colleagues along.

The colleagues here are quite particular—does it refer to all other exorcists, or only those high school students who are also "otherworldly people"?

That said, if the currently solitary Tang Luo wishes to contact any exorcist, it is impossible.

Unless he personally finds someone and brings them along.

Because the communication channels are firmly controlled by the Seven-Person Council.

Moreover, they have already found excuses to transfer the five generals separately from headquarters, sending them to different places to carry out missions.

Tang Luo wants to find people, but it will take considerable time to gather them together.

The Seven-Person Council has not given Tang Luo enough time, and their words, both explicit and implicit, mean "once missed, it's gone."

Without the Holy Group's (secular power's) help, saying the exorcists are a scattered mess is not an exaggeration.

While demons cannot grind all the sand into powder, exorcists also struggle to quickly coalesce into a strong force.

This era is not like the modern world with advanced communications.

Last time, Tang Luo took up the righteous cause, the five generals gave strong support, and the Seven-Person Council had no choice but to grit their teeth and assist wholeheartedly.

This time is different—it's a private matter.

Tang Luo wants to go home; speaking of which, the five generals may not even want him to come into contact with the Sacred Heart, in case he truly can return home.

Once you've clung to a thigh, it's hard to let go.

But these people's actions are clearly just winking at a blind man.

Because Tang Luo never had the idea of finding someone to go with him.

What people? He alone is enough.

Moreover, this time he came for "this object is fated with me"—he should keep a low profile, keep a low profile.