Destroying the Black Altar Cult
Seth found another path in the forest, so he went in through this path. It actually led him to the banquet stage. Seth had just arrived when he was discovered. A eunuch shouted,""Who are you? Why are you here?" Seth was stunned, but someone called out,""Lishi, what happened?"
Eunuch Gao Lishi hurriedly said,"Reporting to the Emperor, a seemingly western-looking barbarian has run in."”
When Emperor Xuanzong heard this, he said,"Oh! Another one from the west? Ha! Ha! Strongman, bring him here. Zhen wants to see this person." Gao Lishi complied and let Seth follow him to the front of the steps. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan were sitting high on the throne. There were banquets of civil and military officials around them. It was very lively. Seth knelt down in front of the steps and said,"Seth greets His Majesty the Heavenly Khan. Long live the Heavenly Khan!" Hooray! Long live!" Seth had seen this title in books, so he knew how to address the Tang Emperor.
"Good!" Emperor Xuanzong smiled. Good! Good! Stand up! Rise!"
Seth then greeted Noble Consort Yang,"Noble Consort Yang is a thousand years old!" Qian Qiansui!"
"Stand up!" Imperial Consort Yang also said. I didn't expect you to be so polite! Barbarian, what's your name?"
"Reporting to the Empress, my name is Seth.”
"Seth, why did you come to the Tang Empire?" Xuanzong asked.”
Seth replied," I originally wanted to learn the method of winning a war. However, I found that the correct rule of a king is more important than the art of war. So, I am learning the way of a king. I hope that the western countries can be as prosperous as the Tang Empire.”
"Very good. It's rare for a Western barbarian to understand the great truth." It's been hard for you to come to the Great Tang, so join us at the banquet.”
Seth quickly thanked him. Emperor Xuanzong said,"Good, good, good! Everyone continued to have fun! Seth, let me introduce you to someone.”"Lin Ming!" Immediately, a young man walked out and knelt at the foot of the steps."Greetings, Emperor!"
"Seth, this person is called Lin Ming. He's an international student from Wei Nation." One of you is from the extreme east, and the other is from the extreme west.”Yang Guifei continued,"Putting them together like this, you really know how to think!"”"Hahaha!" Emperor Xuanzong laughed. The two of them had similar interests, so getting to know each other was equivalent to shortening the distance between them.”
A fat man sitting at the head of the guest table said,"As expected of the emperor! Ende's prestige spread all over the world, admiration! I admire you!" This person was none other than the Prince of Dongping, An Lushan, who was about to become the provincial governor of Fanyang.
Tang Xuanzong said,"Well, you guys can go down and have a chat. Don't stand on ceremony."”Seth and Lin Ming thanked him in unison and sat at the same table. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty immediately summoned dancers to offer songs and dances, so everyone was happy and continued to feast.
Lin Ming and Seth sat together and chatted. Seth asked Lin Ming if a person called Myers had come. Lin Ming said,""Yes, he came three months earlier than you, and he brought many rare treasures with him. The Heavenly Khan likes him very much. Did you come from the same place as him?"
"Yes."
"Yes, that's the Frank Empire. I've heard him talk about it before. It's really far away.”
"Then you want to come from an eastern country?”
"It's not as far as you guys. Wei Nation is an island country in the east. I heard that you're also here to learn the King Path? Me too. We have the same ambition. No wonder the Heavenly Khan associated me with you.”
"How long have you been learning? Do you have any insights?"
"It's been two years. If you want to learn the Way of the King, of course Mencius will be the main one.”
"Yeah, I'm reading it now,"
"After you have a certain level of Chinese, it won't be a problem to read it, but it's difficult to put it into practice.”
"Indeed. I've heard that the Great Tang's prosperity is due to the successive emperors working hard to put the Way of the King into practice. No wonder it's so prosperous.”
"Sigh, you should have noticed that now…they have already turned their backs on the kingly way.”
"Don't talk here. To be honest, this is the first time I've made friends my age.”
"Hahaha…I agree! Me too. The world was really big to be able to make friends in such a faraway place!”The two of them hit it off very well. They chatted while drinking, full of interest.
The banquet only ended when it was dark. Seth and Lin Ming left together. When they reached the mountain gate, Seth said,""Brother Lin! Do you know Huang Lei?"
"I know!" Lin Ming said. Huang Lei had recently helped An Lushan build a new home, so An Lushan invited Huang Lei to live there. I know that An Lushan wants to rebel, so I'm going to An Lushan's house to find evidence.”
"Why are you doing this?"
"Of course. An Lushan is an ambitious man who loves war. If we become his emperor, our country will definitely be attacked.”
"I also want to go and take a look."
"It's almost dawn. Let's go back to Chang 'an first and think about it later.”Therefore, the two left Mount Li together and parted ways before returning to Chang 'an.
The next morning, Wang Siyue came to the study room and saw that Seth had woken up to read. Seth greeted her and Wang Siyue said,""There's a person called Lin Ming outside looking for you.”
"It's Brother Lin, quickly invite him in."
Wang Siyue went outside and brought Lin Ming in. Then, she went out first. Lin Ming said,"Brother Seth, didn't you just come to the Great Tang not long ago? How did you get to know such a beautiful girl so quickly?”
"Brother Lin, you've misunderstood." Seth said. Lady Wang's family was destroyed by Huang Lei, so she temporarily sought refuge with Lord Bai.”
"There's such a thing?" Lin Ming asked. What kind of deep hatred did her family have with Huang Lei?”
" He said he was rude to Huang Lei's priest friend…"
"Just like that?"
"I think it's strange too. I think it's just an excuse for him to experiment with new weapons. Do you know that China has a very powerful explosive?”
"Explosives? Isn't that for celebrating the new year?”
"No, it's something more powerful. I learned from the grocery store that it can also be used to dig holes in mountains. Huang Lei wants to use this for military purposes."
"This…is its power really that terrifying?”
"Yes, Miss Wang's family was blown up into pieces.”
"If Huang Lei rebelled with An Lushan, what would happen? Let's go! Seth, let's go to An Lushan's mansion to check it out. We can't let them succeed!”
"Alright, let's go."
The two of them left Bai Lianyi's house immediately and arrived at the Dongping Prefecture Mansion in the northeast corner of Chang 'an City. They saw that this mansion was actually a mix of Eastern architecture and was very magnificent. Lin Ming said,"Huang Lei has been to the Western Regions before, so perhaps he designed it like this.”The two of them walked to the door of the manor and were stopped by the guard."Stop right there. What's the matter?"
"We want to see Lord An Lushan," Lin Ming said.”
"Don't you know?" the guard asked. Sir An has gone to Fan Yang to take up the post of provincial governor.”
"I see. Then may I ask if Lord Huang Lei is here?" Lin Ming asked.”
"Lord Huang doesn't see any guests, please leave.”
"I have an urgent matter to discuss with Lord Huang. Please make an exception." Seth said.”
"Lord Huang has ordered that unless the Emperor summons, he will not see anyone.”
"This…"
"Please go back!"
"Then we'll visit again in the future." Seth could only say.”The two of them turned around and walked away. Seth said,""Looks like I have to find another way."
"How about sneaking in at night?" Lin Ming asked.”
"Yes, we can try."
"I need to prepare first. I'll contact you later. You're temporarily staying in Lord Bai's residence, right?”
"Yes, I'll wait for your news."
Lin Ming left first. When Seth was about to return to the Bai Residence, he saw Wu Yuan rushing over and said,""Uncle-Master Seth, bad news."
"What's the matter?"
"Something happened to Master Bai's family. Go back and take a look!”
Seth and Wu Yuan hurried back to the Bai Residence and saw Bai Lianyi and Hui Rong standing in front of the corpse of an old servant. Seth went up and asked," Mister White, what's going on?"
" A group of men in black rushed in and killed me," Bai Lianyi said." Fortunately, Master Huirong came to save me, but Lady Wang was taken away."”
"This person is very likely from the Black Altar Sect," Hui Rong said.”
"I found a piece of paper on the corpse," Bai Lianyi said. Bring the Lianyao Flask to Luoyang to exchange for the person!"
"That's…the Black Altar Cult. They're coming for me…I'll go find them!" Seth said.”
Hui Rong said,"We can't leave these evil people alone. I'll go with you!"”Wu Yuan also wanted to go, but Hui Rong said," I'm afraid those evil people will come again. You stay here and protect Lord Bai."”Wu Yuan agreed.
"Mr. Bai, I'm sorry to have implicated you." Seth said to Bai Lianyi.”
Bai Lianyi said," This is the situation in the entire Celestial Empire. It's my fault for not working hard enough as an official. It's not your fault." It's more important for you to save her safely.”
"Yes, then I'll go."
"There's a very suspicious Taoist temple in Luoyang. Let's go there and take a look first."”The two of them immediately set off.
After traveling day and night for about ten days, they arrived at Luoyang City. As soon as they entered the city, a Taoist priest welcomed them and said,"You're the person we're looking for, right?”
"What do you think?" Seth asked.
The Taoist priest said,"Hand over the Lianyao Flask and we'll return the person to you."”
"How despicable. Where is he? I want to see it first."
"Please go to the northeast tower. There will be someone there to receive you.”
"Humph! I don't believe that you guys won't play tricks."
"Let's go over first," Hui Rong said.
The two of them followed the Taoist priest's instructions and came to a tall tower. At the door, another Taoist priest welcomed them."Hand over the pot."
"There's no evidence. What should I give you?" Seth asked.”
"We'll only let her go after you give me the pot.”
At this moment, a lion's roar was heard. Hui Rong and Seth quickly moved to the sides. A lion pounced towards the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was so scared that he shouted,"Don't…don't eat me…"
At the same time, a burly man with a curly beard walked over from behind and said,"My friend is in a bad mood today. You'd better answer my question honestly.”
"So it's the Great Swordsman Zhang Ke."”
"You know each other?" Seth asked.
Hui Rong said," No, I've heard a lot about you. I've often heard that he brought the curly-haired lion to uphold justice and oppose the Black Altar Cult. This is the first time I've seen him."”
"Is this the Black Altar Cult's headquarters?" Zhang Ke asked the Taoist priest.”
"This…is it! This is it!"
"Where's your Black Altar's Cult Master?"
"On the tower!"
"Eat him!" Zhang Ke shouted.”Just as he was about to let the lion eat the Taoist priest, Hui Rong hurriedly stopped him,"Keep your mouth shut!" Zhang Ke immediately grabbed the lion's neck and asked,""Who are you?"
"This Penniless Monk is a monk from Shaolin Temple. My Dharma name is Hui Rong."”
"The eminent monk of Shaolin Temple, Master Hui Rong!？I've heard a lot about you. Mage, why did you stop me from eradicating evil?”
Hui Rong said," Almsgiver Zhang, saving a life is better than building a seven-storied pagoda. That Taoist priest just answered your question honestly. Let him go."”
"You're lucky today," said Zhang Ke."The eminent monk will plead for you." If you do evil again, you won't have the chance! Let's go!"
The Taoist priest thanked him and was about to leave when Seth shouted,""Wait a minute!" The Taoist was so scared that he stopped. Seth said,""You still haven't told me where Miss Wang is being held?”
"She was locked up at the top of the tower by Cult Master."
Seth then let him go. Zhang Ke asked,"Were your people kidnapped by them? I'll go with you."
" Hero Zhang, you've already helped us a lot," Hui Rong said." The rest is our private matter. You don't have to take risks for us."”
"My parents were killed by bandits," Zhang Ke said."My wish is to exterminate all the evil people in the world so that my parents 'souls can be sacrificed in heaven.”
"Amitabha." Huirong pressed her palms together and said. Hero Zhang, don't get too caught up in this. No one in the world takes killing as their profession.”
"If evil people have it, why can't good people have it?" asked Zhang Ke.”
"Sigh, come on. I hope that there will be a chance in the future for you to come into contact with the Buddhist Dharma.”
"Let's talk about the future. Evil Suppression, let's go.”It turned out that the lion was called Evil Suppressing.
Along the way, they passed through many traps and defeated many Black Altar Cult members who were hiding inside. Finally, they arrived at the top of the tower and saw Wang Siyue standing in front of a spell altar. Meanwhile, Yu Danzi had his back to them and was drawing an image.
"Lady Wang!" Seth called out.
When Wang Siyue saw Seth, she was overjoyed and said,""Brother Seth! You came to save me!"
"Are you okay?" Seth asked.”
"No," Wang Siyue said,"After this Taoist priest captured me, he's been drawing portraits of me.”
"Are you done with your nonsense?" Yu Danzi turned around and asked. Where's my Lianyao Flask? Aiya aiya, even hero Zhang is here, I was just about to see you!”
"What?" Zhang Ke asked. Yu Danzi! Do you want to beg for mercy?"
"It's not about that. I heard that you've seen the Xuanyuan Sword in the Western Regions, so I wanted to ask you about the exact location."”
"You're dreaming," said Zhang Ke.
" I know you saved some kind people before," Yu Danzi said." Most of them were placed somewhere in Chang 'an.”
"So what?"
"As for me, I've already sent people to monitor them. As long as I give the order, I can take their lives at any time.”
"Humph! I will kill you first!"
"Hahahaha!" Yu Danzi laughed loudly. No one in the world can kill me. Just give it a try!"
Seth immediately shouted,"Lady Wang, stay away."”Who knew that Yu Danzi would suddenly cast a spell and a blue light would enter Wang Siyue's body. Wang Siyue immediately became extremely gloomy and her body was filled with evil energy. She approached Seth and the others. Seth was shocked and said,"You…what happened?"
"This is my spell," Yu Danzi said."Do you think I'm just drawing people for fun?"”
"Damn it…" Seth said angrily.
"This is my Great Art of Bedevilment," Yu Danzi said."I can control the actions of others at will." Wang Siyue, attack them."
Wang Siyue launched a fierce attack at the order. Seth and the others had no intention of hurting Wang Siyue and were giving way to her in every way. The situation was very passive. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Ke said,"Seth! Lady Wang seems to have been possessed by an evil spirit. I'll ask Suppressing Evil to try using Lion's Roar to force the evil spirit to reveal its true form.”
"Of course, hurry!"
Zhang Ke called for Suppressing Evil, and Suppressing Evil immediately understood. He opened his mouth and roared. The power was indeed amazing. It really forced out all the evil spirits in Wang Siyue's body. Seth took the opportunity to launch an attack and destroyed all these evil spirits.
"Brother Seth, what happened?" Wang Siyue immediately woke up.”
Seth said," You were just controlled by that Taoist priest with an evil spell. It's fine now. Stay away from him."”Wang Siyue quickly retreated behind Seth.
"You don't have a choice now, do you?" Seth said.”
"Last time, my paper man lost to you, but that doesn't mean you can beat me. Take this!"”Yu Danzi was good at using poisonous claws, but Seth, Hui Rong, and Zhang Ke were all top experts. With Lion Suppressing Evil and the help of the four elves, Yu Danzi was unable to display his skills and was finally unable to resist. He was hit by Zhang Ke's palm and fell heavily to the ground.
Yu Danzi was so shocked that her face turned ashen. She hurriedly begged for mercy,"Heroes, please spare my life! The Lord will forgive me!"
"Only now do you want to repent?" Zhang Ke asked.”
"I know my mistake! I will definitely repent!"
"Who would believe that?"
"Hero Zhang, leave this person to me." Seth said.”As he spoke, he walked in front of Yu Danzi and said,"Yu Danzi, didn't you want the Devil Refining Gourd?”
"This…I wouldn't dare."
"I still don't know if the Devil Refining Gourd can suck humans in. I want to try."
"Ever since the Immortal in the Flask went missing, the Devil Refining Gourd cannot absorb humans.”
Who knew that Seth would open the lid of the pot and the power in the pot would absorb Yu Danzi. Yu Danzi cried out in panic,""No, I can't! That's impossible!" In the end, Yu Danzi was kept into the pot.
"It seems that Yu Danzi has become a half-demon and can't be considered a human." Seth said.”
"So the legendary Devil Refining Gourd is really in your hands."”
"I brought this from my hometown, but I didn't know it had such a big background." Seth said. Right, the Xuanyuan Sword that Yu Danzi mentioned, how much do you know?”
Zhang Ke said," It's a legendary divine weapon in the past. It was created by the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. He used it to kill the demon Chiyou and brought peace to the world. Then, the culture of the Celestial Dynasty began. After that, the Xuanyuan Sword passed through the hands of many heroes and created many great achievements.”
"I've heard of this before."”
"I see." Seth said.
"Since the matter is settled, let's go out first."”
Everyone left the pagoda together and returned to the outside. Hui Rong said,""Since I know that there is evidence of An Lushan's rebellion, I will go and investigate.”
"I'll go too," said Zhang Ke."It's good to have an extra helper."”
"I'll bring Lady Wang back to Mister White's house." Seth said.”
"I heard that my enemy, Huang Lei, is also at An Lushan's house," said Wang Siyue. Yu Danzi told me that Huang Lei helped An Lushan build a house and that An Lushan's preparations for rebellion were also there.”
Huirong said," Then we should really go and take a look. If we can find evidence, maybe the Emperor will wake up and dismiss An Lushan."”
"He should be executed."”
"That's all. I'll leave with Great Swordsman Zhang first."”
"Please take care of yourselves," Seth said. Hui Rong and Zhang Ke set off first while Seth brought Wang Siyue back to the Bai Mansion in Chang 'an.
When they returned to Bai Lianyi's house, they saw Wu Yuan waiting for them. When he saw that the two of them had returned safely, he said,"Uncle-Master Seth! Is Lady Wang alright?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Wang Siyue said. Thank you!"
" The matter has been resolved," Seth said." The Black Altar Cult has lost their leader. It should be difficult for them to rise again."”
"Then what about Grand Master?" Wu Yuan asked.
"He heard that there was evidence of An Lushan's rebellion and went to An Lushan's residence to investigate," Seth said.”
"So that's how it is!" Wu Yuan said. Since Miss Wang is fine, then my mission is considered complete. I'll go help Grand Master!”After taking two steps, he turned back and said,"Oh right, Uncle Seth! There's a guest in the house looking for you."
"Guest?" Seth and Wang Siyue quickly entered the house. Bai Lianyi was happy to see them back. Wang Siyue said,"Yes! It was so close. The evil man had already been eliminated by brother Seth.”
"That's good, that's good!" Bai Lianyi said.”
Seth saw Lin Ming standing beside him and said,""Lin Ming is here too."
"Right, I'm looking for your friend," Bai Lianyi said.”
Lin Ming went forward and said to Seth," I've heard about what happened. It's a good thing that you're back!"”
"Miss Wang, you go and rest first. I'll talk to Lin Ming in the study room." Seth said.”
"Yes, you're so young, but you've already gone through so much hardship. It's really hard on you."”Wang Siyue returned to the guest room to rest while Seth pulled Lin Ming to the study.
Lin Ming said," I've already investigated. The guards at An Lushan's residence sleep at night. We can sneak in at night."”
" Yes," Seth said." I'm worried that Myers is also inside. Besides, two of my friends have already gone in."”
"What's wrong with that Myers?" Lin Ming asked.”
Seth said," He sneaked into the palace. He must have a big plan. Moreover, he knows very powerful sorcery. Ordinary people can't beat him."”
" There's no need to worry," Lin Ming said." I heard that you were able to defeat the Black Altar Cult's boss. That's already extraordinary."”
"I don't even have the confidence to deal with Myers.”
"So powerful?" Lin Ming was stunned.
"Anyway, I don't know what the situation is like. I should go and take a look." Seth said.”
"Alright, let's meet there tonight."”Therefore, Lin Ming took his leave first while Seth rested well and prepared himself for the night.
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