Chapter 654: Rebellion

He Caifei arrived at the Treasure Vault and directly found Yao Wen.

"Elder Yao."

"What do you want?"

He Caifei looked at Yao Wen: "Feng Yue isn't dead, right?"

Yao Wen looked at He Caifei in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick to say such nonsense?"

He Caifei snorted coldly: "Elder Yao, since you also know our identities, there's no need to pretend with you. Our sect's plan cannot be changed; Elder Yao, it's not too late to turn back now."

Yao Wen's face changed, then he looked at him calmly: "He Caifei, the Sacred Land has not treated us poorly. Now, in this turbulent autumn, whether it's Paolong Sacred Land or looking at the whole Zhong Tian Zhi Yu, a transformation will soon come. But that doesn't mean the long‑inherited Paolong Sacred Land must change."

"Is it just because our reputation is bad?"

Yao Wen looked at the other party, his gaze indifferent as if not looking at a person: "Heretics and demonic cultivators, everyone deserves to be killed!"

"You!" He Caifei widened his eyes, gritted his teeth: "Even so, do you want to rebel? That's foolish, not like a decision you could make!"

"Someone has to do certain things." Yao Wen looked at He Caifei.

Puchi!

He Caifei suddenly saw a flash of light, he clutched his neck in pain, blood spurted, he turned his head to look at a familiar voice beside him:

"Feng... Feng Yue!"

"Die, you demonic scum!" Feng Yue coldly stared at He Caifei, then thrust another sword into his dantian!

He Caifei couldn't believe even in death that they would actually join forces to kill him!

"Why... Elder Yao, I've never done anything to wrong you... I even helped you..."

"Too bad you're a demonic cultivator; demonic cultivators are sly as foxes, untrustworthy!" Yao Wen said calmly.

"Kill me, and your Yao family won't have a good end either..."

The reason He Caifei dared to confront Yao Wen was because the Yao family behind him had already been controlled by them; putting it bluntly, all cultivators of Paolong Sacred Land, their family forces and relatives were in the hands of the Great Sinful Sect's cultivators. Although they weren't trying to kill and coerce, they merely forced them to accept the Great Sinful Sect's rule, but they never expected these people...

He Caifei died here, feeling wronged and foolish.

Feng Yue drew his longsword, stained with blood, and looked at Yao Wen: "After fighting for so many years, we finally found an opportunity."

"Hehe, this time we must definitely eliminate the evil within the Sacred Land and restore peace to Paolong Sacred Land!" Yao Wen declared solemnly.

It seemed he didn't care about his own family background either.

"Let's begin." Yao Wen walked out the door, looked at the disciples outside who were loyal to the Sacred Land, and shouted:

"The Sacred Land is covered in dust, demonic cultivators cause chaos! At this time of heavenly clarity, how can we tolerate these heretics running rampant! All disciples, follow me...."

"Kill!!!"

"Kill!!!"

"Too fast!"

"Too fast!"

This premeditated chaos suddenly caught everyone off guard!

Yan Buji was in the Lian Dan Tang at that moment, hearing the shouts of killing outside, and couldn't help but freeze in place.

"What's going on?"

"Hall Master, Hall Master!"

Wang Daolong and Mo Dengqing hurriedly climbed over the wall, shouting a few times.

"What's going on?"

Yan Buji ran out and looked at them.

Wang Daolong wore a bitter face: "Something's happened—Yao Wen and Feng Yue don't know what's gotten into them, leading some disciples to start massacring others!"

"Ah?!"

Boom—!

Before Yan Buji could react, a huge explosion came from the Inner Gate side!

The entire Paolong Sacred Land instantly fell into chaos; Yan Buji stared wide‑eyed at the scene, wondering what he had miscalculated.

"I misjudged their resolve; these people probably aren't just trying to stop Paolong Sacred Land from becoming a demonic sect, but are after deeper interests..." Yan Buji suddenly thought of something.

Since the Great Sinful Sect is about to replace Paolong Sacred Land, that isn't necessarily a bad thing for Yan Buji.

Anyway, joining either the orthodox or demonic forces makes no difference to him.

But if it involves a struggle between the Great Sinful Sect and Paolong Sacred Land people, then it's not something he should intervene in.

Precisely for that reason, Yan Buji wanted to be a fence‑sitter, going whichever way the wind blew—but he didn't expect that some people inside Paolong Sacred Land had already prepared and launched a great purge!

What now?

Before Yan Buji lay only two paths: either go with the flow, but that's risky. Even if the Great Sinful Sect's people hadn't reacted and were caught off guard, they'd prepared for years and surely had backup; in a situation where it's unknown who will win, rashly jumping in is quite dangerous.

Or just grab a bit and run!

Objectively speaking, Yan Buji thought the second option was pretty good, but thinking that he'd spent so much time in Paolong Sacred Land just to snatch a bit and run felt like a huge loss.

"There's another way."

Yan Buji looked at Wang Daolong and Mo Dengqing before him and said solemnly: "Gentlemen, why have you come to see me? Shouldn't you be hurrying to evacuate the disciples to avoid being hunted by Yao Wen and his lot?!"

Wang Daolong's face darkened: "What time is it, Hall Master, and you're still saying this? You're on good terms with He Caifei, right? I heard He Caifei was killed by Yao Wen!"

Yan Buji raised his eyebrows: "So why are they killing people?"

"Don't play dumb, Hall Master; do you think they'll let you off?"

"They will."

"Huh? On what basis?"

"Just because...."

Yan Buji suddenly lunged at Wang Daolong's face and struck his dantian with a palm!

Wang Daolong was suddenly ambushed by Yan Buji; before he could react, he violently crashed through several buildings, fell to the ground and vomited blood nonstop.

"You! Yan Buji, what are you doing?!" Wang Daolong spat blood as Yan Buji grabbed Mo Dengqing, who was trying to flee, with one hand and laughed.

"You two might as well also help me; I really do have a reason I can't leave here."

Mo Dengqing turned his head in terror and looked at Yan Buji: "What are you doing?"

"Alright, stop pretending; I'll escort you over, and after that I don't care what you do—but this Wang Daolong is my greeting gift for them!" Yan Buji said lightly.

Mo Dengqing's face changed drastically, and he gave a sinister laugh: "Hall Master Yan sure knows quite a bit."

Wang Daolong widened his eyes, glaring angrily at the two: "You're courting death!"

"I think it's you who's courting death!"

Yan Buji released Mo Dengqing and suddenly struck!

The commotion from their fight was huge, quickly drawing Yao Wen and others.

"Yan Buji? Wang Daolong, how did they start fighting?!"

Seeing someone approach, Wang Daolong shouted anxiously: "Yan Buji, are you crazy? He'll kill us!"

"Don't worry, only you will die!" Yan Buji looked at Yao Wen and others and shouted loudly: "Hall Master Wang has been possessed by a Youming Jie cultivator, intending to plot evil; Elder Yao, help me take down this scoundrel!"