Monarch Night
Chapter 130 - 88: Yin Shen Palace’s Relief [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Luo Yi Yun]

More than a dozen.

Yin Shen Palace hadn’t replied with a single word, but right when Fang Che made a breakthrough to the Seventh Realm, Mu Lin Yuan was sent to deliver some spiritual medicine for strengthening foundation and vital energy.

The last message.

That is, after the message of Fang Che’s breakthrough to the Innate Grandmaster was transmitted...

Yin Shen Palace, while dealing with the sect’s affairs, pulled out the Communication Jade, his eyes lit up, he slapped the table, and exclaimed, "Good!"

Everyone below was startled.

The Sect Hierarch had been in a gloomy mood just moments ago, so why was he now applauding?

What happened?

During this period, Yin Shen Palace’s days had been extremely average, one might even say both depressive and joyful.

In the previous battle in Hei Song Forest, Yin Shen Palace had arranged their people in the rear, encouraging essentially only Ren Zhongyuan’s men to go to the front and kill.

Thus, the personnel of Yin Shen Palace had mostly fled swiftly and suffered little loss.

However, the people who Vice Sect Leader Ren Zhongyuan took with him suffered a total loss of thirty percent!

Ren Zhongyuan was extremely frustrated.

Moreover, upon returning, he was severely scolded by Yin Shen Palace, "I entrusted people to you, and in such dangerous times, you didn’t order a retreat? Are you stupid?! Losing so many good fighters all at once, they are the core strength of our sect, how should we compensate? With the task handled like this, how are we supposed to explain to the higher-ups?"

"I..."

Ren Zhongyuan was like a mute eating bitter medicine, unable to voice his suffering.

Then the Main Sect began to demand accountability.

During the retreat, the cultivation of both Yin Shen Palace and Ren Zhongyuan was actually capable of participating and restraining the enemy, but neither of them joined the fight.

This led to an irreversible situation.

Naturally, this situation wasn’t exclusive to the Yixin Sect, leaders from the Yemo Sect and Mingguang Sect also abstained from action.

Thus, the entire Southeast Road was reprimanded by the Main Sect!

Extremely gloomy.

Even the Inspector of Southeast Road faced stern reproach.

This added to everyone’s frustration: this operation, they weren’t even informed of the basic reason.

They were just told to kill people here.

All they could do was execute their tasks in sheer confusion, creating a deceased master’s cave, naturally the most effortless method.

Who would have thought that the true situation would be discerned, and various elite troops from the Guardian side emerged to intercept.

Resulting in a huge defeat for the Wei Wo Zheng Sect.

It was said that the Main Sect was immensely furious and was thoroughly investigating internal traitors.

How was the information leaked? Anyway, this information could definitely not have come from the subordinate sects, they didn’t know the true contents.

So, the problem must be on the Main Sect’s side!

It was said that in Xuanwu City of Xin Chu Capital, the atmosphere was tense; the entire headquarters was catching traitors!

Indeed, several secret strongholds of the Guardians were captured in Xin Chu, followed by a great battle, flames shot high into the sky, and after completely annihilating the opposition, a vast area was turned into ruins.

Yin Shen Palace was grumbling.

"What’s the point, for what, what exactly is the purpose, nothing is clear, just start executing tasks. Upon making errors, it turned out to be blamed on us below!"

"When was it ever said that we should join the battle? It was the chaos of the Weapon List, what use is there for us to go up!"

Of course, he could only say this within his own sect. He wouldn’t dare outside.

Because Yin Shen Palace did indeed have the strength to fight in the battle; compared to those ranked in the Weapon List, he was certainly inferior, but against ordinary experts like the Guardian Hall Masters, he could still gain the upper hand.

Even facing two at once wasn’t out of the question.

But there was a silver lining, Yin Shen Palace used this opportunity to severely weaken Ren Zhongyuan’s strength.

Moreover, in rage, he directly dismissed the War Hall Master and replaced him with a nominal insider.

At this moment, mixed emotions of gloom, secret pleasure, relief, and frustration intermingled together, making Yin Shen Palace even more capricious.

Inside the Headquarters, he constantly threw tantrums, took advantage of situations, and killing people on a whim became commonplace.

Silently dealing with and eliminating Ren Zhongyuan’s influence.

When Fang Che’s message arrived, Yin Shen Palace was holding a high-level sectarian meeting; just after he crushed a close aide of Ren Zhongyuan hopeful to become the Vice War Hall Master in his palm.

The entire hall was dead silent.

Just then, Fang Che’s message arrived.

Yin Shen Palace, with his eagle-like grim eyes, looked down and said coldly, "Each hall, conduct your own rectification. If I see this kind of negligence and lack ofprogress again, I will decisively not spare anyone!"

Then he immediately returned to the back hall.

Ren Zhongyuan, who had been scolded throughout the entire meeting, felt an indescribable depression.

Finally, the meeting adjourned.

Ren Zhongyuan walked out of the grand hall, his eyes fixed on the midday sun, feeling as if the bright sunlight was like thousands of sharp arrows shooting towards him.

He took a deep breath and strode away.

Many people, after coming out from the grand hall, showed no expressions to each other and left in different directions.

Then...

Silently, they arrived at Ren Zhongyuan’s residence.

"Sect Leader Ren, it seems the Sect Hierarch has noticed."

A man with a goatee’s face looked somewhat pale.

He appeared quite fearful.

Although he had allied himself with Ren Zhongyuan, the infamous reputation and deep-seated authority of Yin Shen Palace inspired fear in everyone who thought of their methods.

Ren Zhongyuan hummed and looked at the twenty or so people below, speaking indifferently, "These few days, I have also noticed something."

"Sect Hierarch, you must have found out something..."

Ren Zhongyuan’s voice was quite heavy, "Going out on missions, those lost, those purged within the sect, they were all our own people. Very precise!"

"What should we do? Has the Sect Hierarch already gotten hold of a specific list?" one person asked, turning pale.

"Impossible. Even we ourselves don’t have a specific list," another person countered.

"Sect Leader Ren, what should we do?"

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Ren Zhongyuan.

Yixin Sect was unlike the Guardians. If there was a rebellion within the Guardians, someone wishing to replace another, at most they would be repositioned unless it led to serious consequences, which might call for execution.

But if a rebellion occurred within the Yixin Sect, then only one deathly resolution would emerge; this matter would end only with one side being completely annihilated.

In other words, either Yin Shen Palace and its associates would be wiped out, or Ren Zhongyuan and his people would be.

There was absolutely no third outcome.

"Stay calm."

Ren Zhongyuan said composedly, "After I report to the higher-ups, we will make a decision."

"Alright."

Ren Zhongyuan harbored worries in his heart, something he hadn’t mentioned.

He knew that Yin Shen Palace had a high-ranking mole within Baiyun Martial Academy, and this person was utterly loyal to Yin Shen Palace. Ren Zhongyuan did not know who it was.

Thus, he had selected several talented individuals to study at Baiyun Martial Academy.

He hoped that they might get a chance to contact this high-ranking official, allowing him to confirm the person’s identity. With the identity unknown, things were always out of control, a sensation Ren Zhongyuan found uncomfortable.

However, he had recently received news that one of the cadets had actually been executed.

And it was an internal execution of the Yixin Sect.

Moreover, it had also implicated the cadet’s family, which was eradicated root and branch.

This intensified Ren Zhongyuan’s sense of crisis: Could this also be the handiwork of Yin Shen Palace, or was it the high-ranking mole from Baiyun Martial Academy making a move?

If so... what did this imply?

...

At the same time.

Mu Lin Yuan drifted to the outside of Yin Shen Palace’s study.

"Sect Hierarch."

"Come in. How did it go?"

"Sect Hierarch, your calculations are divine. Those traitors, all stealthily went to the place where the Vice Sect Hierarch lives."

Yin Shen Palace hummed, "Who were they, and how many?"

"There are quite a number, a full twenty or more."

Mu Lin Yuan said, "Out of over sixty people meeting in the hall, surprisingly, more than twenty went there! Such ungrateful wretches!"

"That might not be all of them."

Yin Shen Palace hummed again, saying, "Let me deal with what’s at hand first, see if I can gain some benefits from the Main Sect. For now, let Ren Zhongyuan do as he pleases."

"Moving against Ren Zhongyuan also requires caution against potential hidden threats afterward."

Now Yin Shen Palace was increasingly cautious and, having discovered it early, various arrangements made Ren Zhongyuan’s rebellious acts clearer in Yin Shen Palace’s mind.

Because this was clearer, Yin Shen Palace’s confidence increased.

If it weren’t for the timing being off, they now had the confidence to eradicate him root and branch.

...

Then, Yin Shen Palace took out a Communication Jade, his expression once again becoming radiant.

"Old Mu, do you know what level Yemo has reached now?"

"The last time I went there, Yemo had just broken through the Second Level of Grandmaster... Now, should be around... the Eighth Layer?"

Mu Lin Yuan purposefully guessed a bit higher.

After all, it had been just over a month.

Even for a genius, advancing to the Sixth Realm would have been impressive enough.

"Hehe."

Yin Shen Palace spoke lightly, "The last time I sent you to deliver resources, Yemo had already reached the Seventh Realm. Now, Yemo has broken through to the Innate Grandmaster Realm."

He curled his fingers, saying, "There are three and a half months left until the Cultivating Gu to Become a God Plan; three and a half months, enough for Yemo to break through to the General Level! If he continues at this rate, reaching the first level general rank shouldn’t be a problem, and reaching the Second Grade will depend on luck."

Mu Lin Yuan was startled and quickly offered his congratulations, "Sect Hierarch truly has boundless fortune to believe that such an almost impossible goal could actually be realized, it’s truly surprising."

"But this kid keeps sending me messages, that’s really annoying me to death," Yin Shen Palace pretended to have a headache.

"Sect Hierarch, maybe let him send messages to me in the future," Mu Lin Yuan offered boldly, "I’ll handle it for the Sect Hierarch."

"Get lost!"

Yin Shen Palace laughed and scolded.

"Having broken through to the Innate Grandmaster, this matter needs careful consideration now."

"This guy even specifically mentioned that all cultivation materials were exhausted... just look at this cunning."

Yin Shen Palace spoke discontentedly, "If it always goes like this, what then? Would like their intentions to be so blatantly obvious."

Mu Lin Yuan laughed sheepishly, "After all, he’s still a child, he’ll grow up eventually..."

Yin Shen Palace started to frown, "The materials needed by Yemo need to be considered. He has gotten to this point one step at a time, using hardly any other cultivation resources except for those to strengthen foundation and vital energy."

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, asking, "This fellow has big ambitions. So, what do you suggest?"