Ming Province, Yidu Prefecture.
Because the Great Luo Sect was located within Yidu Prefecture, the Zhengfa Main Academy there, along with the local Bureaus of Impartial Justice, was almost entirely controlled by the Great Luo Sect.
Peng Hongping, president of the Yidu Prefecture Zhengfa Main Academy, belonged to the same generation within the Great Luo Sect as Ning Chuan and the others. He was also of the "Ning" generation.
However, to avoid suspicion, he had not taken a Daoist title.
After all, he was also an official of the imperial court, and held an important position.
Tonight, Peng Hongping had summoned all the Daoist disciples and trusted confidants within the Zhengfa Main Academy for a meeting, conspiring over a major undertaking!"If our Daoist sect had not rendered its utmost assistance back then, how could the Qin Family have gained its empire? The Grand Ancestor Emperor even promised our Daoist sect that we would share in the nation's glory!
"But ever since the current Son of Heaven ascended the throne, our Daoist sect has been suppressed and weakened! The disciples of the Bureaus of Impartial Justice across the land have been constantly pushed aside! Now the imperial court has openly raised the status of the Buddhist sect to suppress us Daoists, and has even interfered with the election of the Great Luo Sect's Sect Master! If this continues, sooner or later our Daoist sect will become nothing more than a loyal dog of the imperial court, with no autonomy left at all."
In the room, Peng Hongping said indignantly:
"The Qin Family has betrayed its word so completely. Don't blame us for being disloyal!"
As his voice fell, the expressions of everyone present varied.
Some were agitated, while others were apprehensive.
That was because what Peng Hongping had just told them