Chapter 401

"Her singing can raise the probability of overcoming one's inner demon!"

"Hiss…"

At this moment, every martial practitioner across the nine provinces of the realm snapped to attention!

The inner demon is something every martial practitioner under heaven must face sooner or later.

Especially when a Land Immortal breaks through to become a Heavenly Being Realm expert!

The inner demon will keep appearing at the peak of the Land Immortal realm.

And when one is on the verge of breaking through, it becomes utterly unavoidable.

If one cannot sever the inner demon, one will instead be controlled by it.

In the end, one will go berserk from cultivation deviation, and a lifetime of cultivation will come to nothing.

And the inner demon is indeed the hardest thing to sever.

After all, every person has the seven emotions and six desires, has cravings.

The inner demon is the deepest, darkest side of every person.

To sever the inner demon is to struggle against oneself.

How many people has this hurdle defeated?

Take, for example, the former head of the Da Qin School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, Gui Guzi, who topped the Heavenly Dao Combat Power List of the nine provinces.

This man was dazzlingly brilliant all his life, leaving behind a vivid and legendary story in Da Qin.

Yet, he happened to encounter Ximen Wudi.

In half a move, he was gravely wounded and on the verge of death.

To escape Ximen Wudi, he did not hesitate to damage his own foundation to flee, and ultimately lived in hiding under a false name.

After that, his cultivation never recovered. Were it not for the Heavenly Dao Golden List, probably no one would have known he was still alive.

And although he is alive now, over all these years he has been controlled by his inner demon.

His inner demon is Ximen Wudi.

It is that one move of Ximen Wudi's that was unrivaled and nearly sent him to his death.

In the end, the Heavenly Dao bestowed a Bodhi Clear-Heart Pill, hoping he would restore his fame.

Then isn't Shang Xiufang essentially a living Bodhi Clear-Heart Pill?

In an instant, everyone, and every faction, thought of this point.

"Quick, quick, quick—at any cost, bring this woman back to Da Qin for me."

Qin Huang Hearing Ying Zheng, who had always been steady and reliable with everything in hand, could not help but feel a touch of urgency this time.

Right now Shang Yang and Bai Qi have not yet returned.

Li Si has also taken the bulk of the elite forces to search for Xie Tiao.

Now, the only one still by Hearing Ying Zheng's side is unexpectedly only Zhao Gao.

"This servant will go at once…"

Zhao Gao was overjoyed—at last, a chance to prove himself.

"Wait…"

Hearing Ying Zheng's face changed, and he called out to stop him,

"With you and the Luo Net's strength alone, I'm afraid you cannot guarantee success."

"You immediately have the Luo Net pass orders to the Hundred Schools of Thought, and to Li Si and the others."

"I want not only Xie Tiao, but also Shang Xiufang. This matter must succeed—failure is not permitted."

"If you fail, you need not come back to see me."

"Yes, Your Majesty…"

Zhao Gao's face fell, but he could only obey the order.

The Great Yuan Imperial Court.

Tie Muzhen also realized the importance of Shang Xiufang at the first moment.

The Great Yuan's secret art: a Living Buddha's reincarnation, enduring tribulations and re-cultivating.

What, in fact, is it most afraid of?

It is the inner demon!

Each reincarnation carries the cultivation and memories of the previous life.

And the memories of each life carry a portion of inner demon with them.

With many reincarnations, one's own strength, although surging forward by leaps and bounds,

the inner demon also continuously accumulates and grows stronger.

Moreover, those who reincarnate, in order to prevent memory confusion, seal away the memories of past lives as much as possible.

Yet the inner demon does the opposite—as long as it can grow stronger, inner demons from different generations can actually devour one another.

Therefore, every reincarnated Living Buddha, every person who endures tribulations and re-cultivates,

has deep within their heart an indelible, terrifyingly dreadful inner demon.

All along, the Great Yuan has relied on Buddhist teachings, and a certain unique secret art, to suppress the inner demon.

The effect, although present, was not good.

Otherwise, it would not have come to so many Living Buddhas and reincarnated persons simply vanishing.

Even those who succeed often turn out somewhat strange.

For example, Monk Naomo's lack of brains, Monk Huanxi's fondness for the perverse Joyful Zen, and so on.

Over all these years, methods to suppress the inner demon, or even to destroy it.

It has always been what the Great Yuan wanted most.

So if Liu Ruofei, the Ghost Valley Master, weren't so hard to track, they would have snatched the Bodhi Clear Heart Pill long ago.

Now the Heavenly Dao has given them a chance!

Shang Xiufang!

A living one!

A "Bodhi Clear Heart Pill" that can be used over and over, squeezed again and again!

Isn't this exactly what the Heavenly Dao set up for the Great Yuan?

For a moment, Tie Muzhen really wanted to laugh,

"Clan Uncle, you should know what this woman means to our Great Yuan."

"What she means for my eternal great enterprise?"

"Your subject understands!"

Si Hanfei this time solemnly cupped his fists and accepted the order.

240-The Great Dragon Head's specialty is the Way of Controlling Women?

Great Tang, Changancheng, Great Ming Palace.

"Now this is interesting — the Nine Heavens Sacred Maidens of the Phantom Sound Hall have actually become Ximen Wudi's backdrop."

"Miaocheng Tian got from Ximen Wudi the ability to turn her innate severed meridians into innate divine meridians."

"Suoluo Tian can also obtain a better inheritance from Ximen Wudi."

"What on earth does this Heavenly Dao mean?"

"So only he, Ximen Wudi, can cure illnesses?"

"How could it be only Ximen Wudi who has a better inheritance?"

"Wan'er, does our Great Tang truly have no peerless national masters, no better music-system Wu Gong?"

Shangguan Wan'er could not help but smile bitterly.

The Nine Heavens Sacred Maidens each have their own charm, different looks, each with their own character.

But Wu Zetian is a woman, and the Great Tang imperial palace is hardly short of beauties, is it?

As for paying attention to the Nine Heavens Sacred Maidens over such a small matter?

What clearly deserves more attention is that Shang Xiufang, hailed as the Great Tang's foremost talented woman.

It's just that she also understands Wu Zetian extremely well.

This Your Majesty has suffered several setbacks at the hands of the Qinglong Society, and has also been ignored by Ximen Wudi.

A bellyful of fury has long been bottled up inside.