Monarch Night
Chapter 97 - 56: The Intentions of Yin Shen Palace

Chapter 97: Chapter 56: The Intentions of Yin Shen Palace

Having reached a thousand Contribution Points, one could essentially be appointed to a stronghold within the Yixin Sect.

Yemo now had seven hundred fifty points, not far off the mark.

Yin Divine Palace thought for a moment, "No matter. This brat isn’t doing anything at the Martial Arts Academy anyway. It doesn’t hurt to give him more; what does he know? Could he possibly come to me demanding an official position?"

Mu Lin Yuan glanced at his Communication Jade and chuckled internally, thinking: Now he’s coming to ask you for rewards, so why couldn’t he ask you for an official position?

Mu Lin Yuan reminded, "Sect Hierarch, about the matter of Yemo wiping out the Heavenly God Sect’s stronghold... The points awarded were rather generous."

The face of Yin Divine Palace darkened for a moment.

Logically speaking, those points should not have been awarded.

The Heavenly God Sect was, after all, an ally, also belonging to the True Sect.

Destroying one’s own people and still awarding points...

In fact, after the event, Yin Divine Palace had felt it was perhaps inappropriate. But at the time of destroying the Heavenly God Sect’s people, he had felt so refreshed that he couldn’t help but reward them. Now, of course, he had no regrets.

He snorted, "It was just a bit of encouragement for the kid."

Mu Lin Yuan said nothing further.

His mind began to analyze: The Sect Hierarch had never done this before, and none of those previous seeds had ever received such high regard from the Hierarch.

This Yemo, why does the Sect Hierarch treat him so differently?

Of course, Mu Lin Yuan didn’t know that in this world, there is a word called: "flattery!"

Apart from a few people with high status and power, who would dare to flatter Yin Divine Palace like this? They would kneel anxiously upon seeing him, unable to even speak, let alone flatter him.

Including Mu Lin Yuan himself, although he could be slightly more casual, he could not behave like Fang Che, who flattered Yin Divine Palace in every possible way, making him feel utterly comfortable.

After all, his status was too high to flatter any further.

And Yin Divine Palace naturally had no guard against Fang Che, thinking: With Yemo’s cultivation, I alone could annihilate a city!

What do I have to worry about?

So right now, Fang Che is going all out with his flattery, shamelessly and unabashedly, while keeping a good sense of proportion.

I only let you feel great!

I will never bother you!

And this was precisely the experience that Yin Divine Palace, who had been on high for countless years, had never tasted. Moreover, the kid was really living up to expectations, so it was not unforgivable.

Yet that was only part of the reason, and not the whole picture.

Choosing his words carefully, Mu Lin Yuan smiled and asked, "Sect Hierarch, I’ve never seen you pay so much attention to the younger generation before. With Yemo this time, it seems different. Do you have other plans for the future?"

This question made Mu Lin Yuan feel somewhat uneasy.

But he felt it might have hit the nail on the head for Yin Divine Palace.

Sure enough, all of Yin Divine Palace’s attention was captured.

He even broke a slight smile.

Musing, he said, "Old Mu, have you ever seen the Sect Leader?"

Mu Lin Yuan immediately showed a look of respect, "No."

"It is said that during the Sect Leader’s initiation, the Celestial Worm God showed a very satisfied emotion."

Yin Divine Palace conveyed this message secretly.

Whispering directly into Mu Lin Yuan’s ear.

However, Mu Lin Yuan still looked startled in an instant, his expression revealing extreme shock.

"Duan Shouzuo was the same,"

The Yin Divine Palace continued secretly.

Mu Lin Yuan was so shocked that he couldn’t think.

"Since ancient times, there have been only two. Now, there is an additional Yemo."

Yin Divine Palace no longer spoke secretly but said openly, "So you ask me why I treat Yemo a bit differently... Your question truly hits the mark."

"Yemo is only seventeen and a half this year. Four months ago, he was still a Martial Disciple."

"After breaking through the Samurai rank, his innate talent and bloodline stimulated by nature’s spiritual energy, suddenly transformed, and he became a genius. Then he joined the sect, and then the last time Sun Yuan came to report to me, he said there was a problem with the disciple’s physique."

"What problem?"

"That is, after every breakthrough, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy from nature increases more than twofold, which is more than double the normal breakthrough rate; and the more breakthroughs he makes, the more pronounced this situation becomes."

"What is this called?"

Yin Shen Palace harrumphed and said, "In just over four months, from Martial Disciple to Samurai, then to martial master, and now breaking through to Wuzhong; apart from the things we and Sun Yuan gave him, he has nothing else, an outsider of the Ninth level Family. What does this represent?"

"Nothing at all!"

Mu Lin Yuan’s heart was churning with a tumult of emotions.

"What does the Sect Hierarch imply?"

Yin Shen Palace stood up and said, "Hierarch Fang Zhi, Ren Zhongyuan over these years has fostered quite a few loyal followers, many of whom he lifted from obscurity and nurtured, step by step to high positions."

"Although these roles are merely that of Leaders... but the advantage is that these people are fiercely loyal to Ren Zhongyuan."

"And Ren Zhongyuan continues to do these things, even intercepting some truly talented and promising seeds for himself, leaving no trace of them in the sect’s archives."

"Even now when we investigate, we find nothing."

Mu Lin Yuan said nothing, his expression grave.

"And I, over these years, fancied myself as having great power, holding the universe in my hands..."

Yin Shen Palace sighed lightly, "Now, the internal situation within the sect is somewhat opaque and even some old brothers, when they talk about Ren Zhongyuan now, start to show some oddities."

"Old Mu, if I, Yin Shen Palace, do not prepare, I fear the day will come when my corpse will be exposed in the wilderness without even knowing the reason."

"In this lifetime, no matter how many times divine favor graces me, my highest position will only be that of a Hall Master, an altar master at the headquarters. But with that, the power in my hands would actually diminish. It’s better to be a Sect Hierarch outside, at least you’re on par with the regional lords."

Yin Shen Palace said softly, "Yemo, however, is different. Given a hundred years, his cultivation could reach my current level, and what high positions he could hold in the future is hard to say, perhaps after two or three hundred years..."

"Moreover, Yemo himself carries a destiny. Since he appeared, he has fortified our sect’s fate; suppressing the seeds of the Three Sects seems ordinary, but connected with our recent defeat, it seems coincidental. Just the thing to turn the tide."

Yin Shen Palace spoke solemnly, "Old Mu, it’s not just paranoia in my mind. The theory of destiny, as ethereal as it is, cannot be disbelieved."

"And this time, Ren Zhongyuan’s rebellion, in a way, was also a reminder from Yemo."

"Yemo’s reminder?" Mu Lin Yuan was greatly surprised.

"Yes. Even though he himself doesn’t realize it, a reminder is a reminder. It further convinces me that there is an inexplicable destiny tied to this child."

Yin Shen Palace took a deep breath and said, "Old Mu, at our level, we should understand something, and that is... there is a divine intention in the mysteries of fate."

Mu Lin Yuan nodded his head.

His face was solemn.

To most young people, the concept of divine intention is unbelievable, but the older you get in Jianghu, and the more you experience, you realize there are many things that cannot be explained.

Many coincidences that are extraordinarily strange.

Like someone who is critically injured and happens to encounter their sworn enemy, an enemy that has always been vastly inferior in strength, yet strangely dies at their hands.

Or someone who is gravely wounded in the wilderness facing certain death but miraculously gets saved.

Or some things that by all logic shouldn’t have anything to do with you, yet somehow a benefactor takes a fancy to you. And you’ve never met this benefactor before.

Even more so, some people who have been stuck at a particular bottleneck in their cultivation technique for decades suddenly gain insight one morning and their understanding opens up...

Such occurrences, once you’ve experienced enough of them, start to seem believable.

People like Mu Lin Yuan Yin Shen Palace, who have reached the pinnacle of Martial Arts, have gone through so much that it’s unimaginable. Things that ordinary martial artists could not experience in a lifetime have happened to them many times.

As for ’the arrangement of divine will’, they may be skeptical. But when it comes to ’personal destiny’, they believe it unreservedly.

And this is indeed a reality.

"The Main Sect is very dissatisfied with our sects scheming against each other," said Yin Shen Palace indifferently. "The Main Sect always believes that if we weren’t undermining each other like this, competing maliciously, we would’ve unified the continent long ago. Heh, such a notion is nothing but an absurdity from those in high positions."

Mu Lin Yuan also laughed, "Only when they are in our position will they understand that not to fight is to die."

"Indeed. If you do not step on others, others will step on you to climb higher. Over the years, how much has our Yixin Sect suffered because of this? Heavenly God Yemo and San Sheng mingguang, how many of our people have they sold off openly and behind the scenes to advance themselves, holding our severed heads for promotion?"

"Also, are things really that different with the Guardians? Aren’t they also stepping over one another for positions, benefits, and cultivation? Aren’t there just as many bloody fights among them?"

Yin Shen Palace sneered, "The world itself is a great battleground."

"What I appreciate about Yemo is his venom! And his independence! Have you noticed? Because he is someone our Yixin Sect unearthed, his intentions are entirely aligned with our sect. He’s ruthless to the other sects. As long as he and the Yixin Sect are well, he doesn’t care about anything else, which is the most important."

"That’s why, right from the start, we cut off any assistance from other sects and the possibility of them poaching him in the future. Meanwhile, we suppress the other sects, firmly aligning him with our cause, leaving no room for split loyalties. Besides fighting for Yixin Sect, he has nowhere to go, which is the main direction for nurturing him."

"As for us, if we want to advance further in the future..."

Yin Shen Palace turned to look at Mu Lin Yuan, "Old Mu, as long as Yemo maintains his cultivation progress and growth speed after breaking through to Innate Grandmaster, then I’m afraid in the future, he could be of great benefit to both you and me. This is someone we’ve cultivated from a young age!"

"So right now, I’m just watching and providing some assistance with his cultivation, but if he continues his rapid progress after becoming a Grandmaster... then that’s when my real support begins. However, by then, just controlling him with the Five Spirits Gu will be far from enough."

Mu Lin Yuan could not hide the shock on his face, "So the Sect Hierarch has been thinking this?"

"Merely taking precautionary measures. Right now, everything is still uncertain; it all depends on how far this young fellow progresses. If, after becoming a Grandmaster, he turns out to be mediocre... then that’s as far as he goes with me."

"Happening upon a talent and making arrangements is all in good time, who can be sure of the future? However, Yemo’s unintended influence on our sect’s fortune has led me to think one step further."

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