Red Heart Patrols the Sky

The burly man shook his head, "It won’t be the Security Office. The Security Office doesn’t need to handle things so cleanly. Besides, our Black Lotus Temple is proselytizing in Mo Yun City... who dares to suppress us?"

His voice was initially deep, but at the last four words, it suddenly opened up, spreading through the dark night, with a confidence akin to a slap on the face of the Mo Yun City officials.

Not to mention that the Heavenly Spider Lady is now seriously injured; even at her peak, how much support could Mo Yun City muster, and with what ability and courage, to dare oppose the Black Lotus Temple?

Indeed, all the cities under Tianxia are governed by the Ancient Imperial City, and all receive its shelter and support, but can the Ancient Imperial City watch over Mo Yun City day and night?

Black Lotus Temple, without going so far as to slaughter a city’s lord, killing a chief of Mo Yun City’s Security Office, wouldn’t trigger too much backlash, I think.

Moreover, the one previously preaching in Mo Yun City was merely a very weak Ghost Buddhist Monk. Preaching at this level is fundamentally below the bottom line of all major cities and is not likely to provoke a fierce confrontation.

In this prosperous age, gods and ghosts flourish, myriad sects coexist.

Those in the official circles, how many divine images have they secretly donned, who knows?

Logically speaking, the Ghost Buddhist Monk preaching in Mo Yun City shouldn’t have faced trouble.

From an internal perspective. He himself has many years of missionary experience, knowing his limits, wouldn’t cause too much trouble, wouldn’t put Mo Yun City’s rulers in a bind.

From an external perspective. Those who know the name of Black Lotus Temple are bound not to touch the preaching. Those who do not know it presumably don’t have the means to tackle it.

But sometimes things don’t make any sense.

The monster in the shadows raised its palms in salute and bowed its head in silence.

The burly man in the hood carefully studied the floor tiles for a while, then shook his head again, "Too clean. No body, no trace left. There are few forces that could do something this cleanly, and even fewer that would dare to target the Black Lotus Temple."

The core disciples of Black Lotus Temple are few and each precious; losing one is a great loss. This loss far outweighs the divine image of that Ghost Buddhist Monk.

So he felt immense pain in his heart, but his voice betrayed no emotion.

"Could it be... not targeting us?" A voice emerged from the shadow.

"What makes you say that?"

"The Ghost Buddhist Monk got into trouble, with only the words ’Peaceful Ghost Messenger’ left at the scene. It’s unclear if this is a monster or an organization," the voice in the shadow said, "Master Hu came here earlier to investigate. He was guarding a black-market monster dealer specializing in selling intelligence. From that guy’s mouth, he pried out some information and began setting ambushes, tracking until today he vanished...

I have reviewed the intelligence records. Recently in Mo Yun City’s underworld, every few days, a masked guy would go to that black-market monster dealer to buy various sect-related intelligence, and shortly after the purchase, the corresponding Evil God would be executed, with the words ’Peaceful Ghost Messenger’ left at the scene each time.

The masked guys buying intelligence were different each time; some were gamblers who lost everything, others were drunken fools, and some were just dragged off the street, a knife to their throat to force them to buy intelligence.

Master Hu found many targets, but without exception, they couldn’t say who directed them.

The existence represented by the Peaceful Ghost Messenger is clearly very experienced in hiding, not their first time doing such things. We can trace records in other cities, maybe we’ll find similar incidents.

Of course, Master Hu, being Master Hu, still tracked down the target with his own methods. Unfortunately, he was overconfident, or perhaps caught off guard, causing information transmission delays, failing to wait for our support."

The voice in the shadow paused for a moment, then continued, "I suspect that Peaceful Ghost Messenger might not be targeting us, but targeting sects, targeting all sects other than the Orthodox church, that is... so-called Evil Gods!"

"Orthodox church?" The burly man sneered coldly.

The monster in the shadow, of course, understood the source of the burly man’s hostility but didn’t dwell on it, simply added, "Besides, every time the Peaceful Ghost Messenger executes a deity, they leave their name at the scene. But this time didn’t. Is it possible... that what Master Hu tracked down this time wasn’t the Peaceful Ghost Messenger, but another strong presence lurking in this city?"

"Whether it’s the Peaceful Ghost Messenger this time or not, whether the Peaceful Ghost Messenger is a deity or ghost, by offending us Black Lotus Temple, this time they’re dead," the burly man stated solemnly, "Such skillful methods of destroying and covering up, leaving no trace of body or soul, the perpetrator is surely not their first time doing this. Spread the word to investigate, see if there are similar occurrences in Mo Yun City in recent times."

The outline of the monster’s form in the shadow gradually merged into the darkness, leaving only a lingering voice in the dark alley: "The Ghost Crowd humbly obeys the command."

Buddhism has The Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons.

The first is the Heavenly Beings, the second the Dragon Crowd, the third the Yaksha, the fourth the Qian Dapo, the fifth the Asura, the sixth the Garuda, the seventh the Jin Naluo, the eighth the Moduoluojia.

The orthodox Buddhism in the Monster Realm, of course, is at Ancient Nan Mountain, also nowadays referred to as the "Orthodox church," recognized by the Ancient Imperial City.

In this world without dragons, Ancient Nan Mountain replaces the Dragon Crowd with snake beings, also called The Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons.

And since its inception, Black Lotus Temple has been competing with Ancient Nan Mountain and naturally has its own Eight Divisions of Ghosts and Gods.

The first is the Ghost Crowd, the second the God Crowd, the third the Luo Cha, the fourth the Kalipari, the fifth the Phandopa, the sixth the Apidauta, the seventh the Karma, the eighth the Moroughna!

Though the monster in the shadows shows a humble attitude before the burly man, it is indeed one of the top existences in the Eight Divisions of Black Lotus Temple.

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