I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World
Chapter 394 - 394 Helping Lian Sheng Vent His Anger

Han Zheng's words, as soon as they left his mouth, left everyone in the Great Compassion Temple completely stunned.

The Great Compassion Temple had closed its mountain for sixty years, outliving a generation. Those young disciples who once experienced the chaos caused by the Black Mountain Demon had now become the backbone of the temple.

It seemed like they had only just begun to escape the shadow of the Demon Chaos from Black Mountain, and now Han Zheng was saying that the Black Mountain Demon was about to make a comeback. Who could bear this?

"Are you speaking the truth?"

Fa Ming's expression suddenly changed, appearing extremely urgent.

"Of course, it's true. I killed Luo Dao Ren, a close confidant of the Black Mountain Demon, and that's how I learned of this information. I rushed to the Great Compassion Temple to report," Han Zheng said.

Looking deeply at Fa Ming, Han Zheng said, "Head Chair Fa Ming, while the Black Mountain Demon is currently plotting to seize the Bottomless Cave of our temple, you are leading the charge here to pressure Abbot Pu Du over the matter of Lian Sheng. Could it be that you are covertly colluding with the Black Mountain Demon?"

The other heads, including the disciples, looked at Fa Ming with strange eyes.

They were dissatisfied with Master Pu Du for being overly indulgent with Lian Sheng and also dissatisfied with the abbot's orders to close the mountain and the temple, preventing them from going out.

But all these were just dissatisfactions. Sixty years ago, the Black Mountain Demon incited internal discord within the Great Compassion Temple, which greatly weakened the temple, killing many disciples—a deep and bitter hatred!

If Fa Ming was indeed colluding with the Black Mountain Demon, that would be an unforgivable crime!

Moreover, upon closer reflection, it seemed that Fa Ming had always been discontent with the abbot, constantly criticizing him in private for being overly cautious and conservative.

After Lian Sheng left the Great Compassion Temple and his slaughtering outside became known within, it was Fa Ming who first publicly questioned Master Pu Du.

Including this time, when everyone confronted Master Pu Du, forcing him to kill Lian Sheng, it was Fa Ming who took the lead in rallying everyone.

If Fa Ming indeed achieved this, it would inevitably lead to a rift between Master Pu Du and the people of the Great Compassion Temple, plunging the temple back into internal strife.

Previously, people didn't link this incident to the Black Mountain Demon and didn't think much of it.

But now, with Han Zheng revealing the Black Mountain Demon's scheme, the way everyone looked at Fa Ming became even more suspicious.

"You're talking nonsense! I am the head chair of the Arhat Hall of the Great Compassion Temple, how could I collude with demons?"

Upon hearing these words, Fa Ming exploded, his face turning crimson, teetering on the verge of rage.

"Han Zheng! Even if you are from the Demon Cleansing Bureau, daring to slander me by saying I'm colluding with the Black Mountain Demon, I will not let this slide!"

Han Zheng replied leisurely, "Head Chair Fa Ming, don't get angry just yet. I'm simply suggesting there is a possibility.

Now, you're taking the lead here in pressuring Master Pu Du to kill Lian Sheng, the consequence being internal chaos in the Great Compassion Temple, just like sixty years ago.

Your actions all benefit the Black Mountain Demon. Is it wrong for me to suspect you?"

Just as Fa Ming was about to say something, a short, unassuming middle-aged monk stood out, pointing at Fa Ming with a face filled with grief and indignation, "Brother Fa Ming, how could you collude with that demon from Black Mountain? Do you not remember how many disciples died in the internal strife within our Great Compassion Temple sixty years ago?

You may be dissatisfied with the abbot, and we would support you if you were right because our Great Compassion Temple is not a place ruled by one voice alone, and the abbot is not a dictator.

But you should never have colluded with that demon, bringing disgrace upon our Great Compassion Temple!"

Fa Ming looked at the monk incredulously, "Brother Fa Ping, do you also see me this way?"

This Fa Ping was of the same generation as the various head chairs like Fa Ming, but he had suffered a serious injury early in life. Though he survived, he never managed to condense the Martial Arts True Pill and remained at the Dan Sea Realm; thus, he was not the head of any hall but was responsible for various chores within the Great Compassion Temple.

Fa Ming had the best relationship with Fa Ping, as they were both once disciples of the same master. He never thought his own junior brother would doubt him too.

And it wasn't unreasonable for Fa Ping to have suspicions, given Fa Ming's high-profile actions recently. Now, combined with the news brought by Han Zheng, he indeed appeared to be the most suspect.

The people present had already felt something was off about Fa Ming and now seeing Fa Ping, who had the best relationship with Fa Ming, speaking out, everyone started vociferously denouncing Fa Ming.

At that moment, Fa Ming was somewhat dazed, feeling as if he had become the Lian Sheng from moments ago, standing isolated and alone at the center, with everyone calling for his downfall.

The difference was, Lian Sheng faced everyone's questioning and calls for his death with a smile and without showing even a hint of fear.

But when Fa Ming faced the same plight as Lian Sheng, all he had was impotent rage, and his mind collapsed.

Just then, Abbot Pu Du heaved a sigh and said, "Enough."

The abbot's voice was soft, yet it seemed to reverberate deep within everyone's hearts.

The Grand Hall, which had been filled with clamor, fell silent as a tomb.

"Fa Ming couldn't possibly have colluded with the Black Mountain Demon, I believe in Fa Ming."

Fa Ming suddenly raised his head, disbelievingly looking towards Abbot Pu Du.

Had he not just banded everyone together to force the abbot to kill Lian Sheng? Had his actions not been excessive? And now the abbot still chose to believe in him?

Abbot Pu Du looked at Fa Ming and sighed, "Fa Ming, your six senses are impure, your anger is intense, indeed there are many problems with you, but the one thing you would not do is to collude with demons, to do anything that would harm the Great Compassion Temple.

Fa Ming's parents were killed by demons when he was young, a child of five or six who traipsed hundreds of miles to reach the foot of the Great Compassion Temple.

Since then, among his peer disciples, Fa Ming was the most diligent and the most hardworking in his cultivation, a person who intensely detests evil, who once chased a demon for a thousand miles, even pursuing it to West River Road, and only returned to the Great Compassion Temple after slaying three demons.

Fa Ping, do you still remember when you were still in the Xuan Gang Realm and you took your junior disciples out for adventures, and encountered a Demon Lord?

It was Fa Ming who stood up at the forefront, clashing with the Demon Lord to buy time for you to escape.

If it were not for the fact that the Demon Lord wished to consume a complete Xuan Gang Realm martial artist and therefore did not deal a fatal blow, Fa Ming would have been consumed by the demon before help could arrive.

How could such a person collude with demons?

I believe even if the Black Mountain Demon stood before Fa Ming, promising to make him the Abbot of the Great Compassion Temple, Fa Ming would not hesitate for a moment and would choose to fight for his life against the Black Mountain Demon."

Listening to Abbot Pu Du's words, Fa Ming's hands slightly trembled.

There was disbelief, shame, and touched feelings; a whirlwind of emotions suddenly surged to his heart.

Indeed, Fa Ming had many flaws, such as his love for glory, extreme temperament, and burning anger, among other issues.

But none of these problems were for personal gain, they were all out of consideration for the Great Compassion Temple.

He wanted to kill Lian Sheng because he truly believed that Lian Sheng's presence would bring shame to the Great Compassion Temple.

To let such indiscriminate killing continue, sooner or later the reputation of the Great Compassion Temple would be ruined by Lian Sheng's hands.

He wanted the Great Compassion Temple to rise again in the Martial World because he deeply cared about the temple's glory, wanting it to regain its position at the forefront of the Five Families and Seven Sects.

His opposition to Abbot Pu Du was only against the abbot's decisions, not against him as a person.

When it came to the position of the abbot, Fa Ming truly had not a trace of covetousness.

Fa Ming believed he had always been selfless, and that people should understand his intentions.

To his surprise, in the end, the person who truly understood him, who knew his heart, turned out to be the very abbot he had been pressuring and challenging!

Han Zheng looked at Fa Ming with a smirk that wasn't quite a smile: "First Seat Fa Ming, now you should understand the unpleasantness of being doubted and targeted, right? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Fa Ming glared at Han Zheng fiercely.

Wasn't it because of Han Zheng that he had ended up in such a situation?

If Han Zheng had not led the suspicion against him, how could the brothers of the Great Compassion Temple have doubted him?

"First Seat Fa Ming, don't glare at me like that. If I hadn't acted so, how else could we have drawn out the true spy who is colluding with the Black Mountain Demon? I did it for the good of the Great Compassion Temple.

Of course, I also wished to vent for Master Lian Sheng. Lian Sheng is my friend; he was continuously targeted by you all, and there had to be a reckoning for that."

Before Fa Ming could continue his anger, Han Zheng turned to look at Abbot Pu Du.

"Abbot Pu Du, you must have a suspicion as to who colluded with the Black Mountain Demon, don't you?"

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