Chapter 460

"How could you despise a snake demon—so faithless and heartless!"

"This scum deserves to die!"

Upon hearing this, the civil and military officials were left speechless.

But since the Emperor had said it, everyone naturally followed by fawning.

They all began cursing Xu Xian.

They portrayed Xu Xian as the greatest villain under heaven.

"Enough!"

Wu Zetian cursed for a while, then gradually calmed down.

"But this story is truly bizarre!"

"Could the intelligence really have been written this way?"

Shangguan Wan looked helplessly at the attendants beside her and took the Juan Sect document from one of them.

"Your Majesty, please see—this is indeed the intelligence sent back by the Bu Liang Ren spies within the Song territory."

Wu Zetian unrolled the document and found everything matched exactly what Shangguan Wan had said, word for word.

"This is too strange…"

After reading it, Wu Zetian became even more confused.

Could it be that gods and demons truly exist in this world?

"Your Majesty…"

Yuan Shoucheng spoke up at this moment,

"Perhaps they really do exist—it's not impossible…"

"After all, only recently did a black dragon appear in the capital of Great Ming."

"And the Tong clan, to which Yin Tianxue belongs, also practices sorcery…"

"Exactly!"

Wu Zetian nodded, pondering for a moment,

"But I still feel there's something suspicious about the flooding of Jin Shan."

"There might be a divine beast, but the claim of a demon is highly implausible."

"Wan'er, have you found out what the snake demon's name is?"

The entire story of the flooding of Jin Shan has a male lead, Xu Xian, a major antagonist, Old Fahai,

a supporting character, God Xiao Qing, and a witness, Jing Wang—who doesn't even qualify as a supporting character.

But the snake demon's name is entirely missing!

This is indeed the most bizarre aspect of the story!

"No!"

Shangguan Wan also noticed this strange omission.

"Forget it!"

Wu Zetian waved her hand; she had asked about the flooding of Jin Shan

only because she had gradually realized that events mentioned on the Heavenly Dao Golden List were all significant.

"Do you know anything about this Xiao Sanxiao?"

"Twelve Terrifying Ones—he's lived for over a thousand years…"

Shangguan Wan and Yuan Shoucheng exchanged weary, bitter smiles.

"Too bad 'Tian Mo' isn't here—he might know something."

Wu Zetian sighed softly.

Cang Qu had deep cultivation and had lived for centuries.

He might know the truth about Xiao Sanxiao and the flooding of Jin Shan.

"Your Majesty, are you considering recruiting Jing Wang?"

Shangguan Wan ventured to ask.

"Recruit?"

Wu Zetian gave a cold, sharp laugh,

"The Demon Lord Bai Suzhen once saved this man and gave him a chance at rebirth."

"Yet he betrayed the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen—why would we recruit such trash?"

"Such conduct disgraces his identity as a Fomen follower and wastes all those scriptures."

"Issue my decree: upon encountering Jing Wang, beat him to death."

"Whoever kills this scum shall be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Battalion Commander!"

"Huh?"

Yuan Shoucheng was stunned—earlier, when it was a Heavenly Dao Golden List expert, Wu Zetian wanted to recruit them.

Jing Wang's strength ranked twenty-seventh on the Heavenly Dao Golden List—he was undeniably formidable.

Why would the Emperor not only refuse to recruit him but want to kill him outright?

Isn't this too frivolous?

Just as he was about to advise her, Shangguan Wan spoke up,

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Compared to Jing Wang, the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen is far more worth winning over."

"If we kill Jing Wang, the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen might even defect to our Great Tang."

Now, on the Heavenly Dao Golden List, there are already three people connected to the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen.

Death Crossing, the Hand of the God of Death, Black Pupil.

Snow Crossing, Xue Damo.

Scripture Crossing, Wujing Wudao, the Scripture King.

Not one of these three is weak.

But before encountering the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, they were truly at the very bottom of this world.

Xue Damo, Xue Xiu, was an ugly little novice monk with not the slightest bit of skill.

Black Pupil, though she was the Young Lady of the Hei family of Yunzhou, also suffered the Mie Sect disaster and nearly lost her life.

As for the Scripture King, he was even drawn into the Flooding of Jin Shan incident and nearly drowned.

Three people from the bottom of the world, upon meeting the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, were almost as if reborn anew.

Rising directly from mere mortals to now appearing on the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

If one could win over the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, not to mention having her train a few like Xue Damo or Black Pupil.

Even if slightly lesser, having a few more Heaven-Gazing rank ones would be great!

Such a Demon Lord Bai Suzhen—is she not worth the Great Tang going all out?

"Your Majesty is wise!"

None of the civil and military officials present was a fool.

After catching on, they all cried out in unison that Wu Zetian was wise.

"Also, the identity of that purple-roated leader must be clarified as soon as possible."

Wu Zetian, this time, had thoroughly set her sights on the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen.

"The Bu Liang Ren have all been dispatched. No matter how deeply that purple-robed leader hides, sooner or later we'll dig him out."

Shangguan Wan said with full confidence.

291-What a brilliant scheme, Khan!

The Great Yuan Imperial Court.

"Wujing Wudao, the Scripture King? Gentlemen, do you think this man can be used by our Great Yuan?"

Tie Muzhen had also set his sights on the Scripture King at the first opportunity.

Although it appears that this Scripture King is only ranked on par with Monk Huanxi.

But in reality?

He was wounded by the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen and still hasn't recovered!

Then, in his prime, could the Scripture King's strength break into the top twenty?