The "Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Scripture"? The Yellow Emperor's Dual Cultivation Technique?

On the other hand, the other two factions—the Taoist Sect and the Demonic Sect—had always been openly and covertly at odds. The Taoist Sect was somewhat more restrained, since it had to preserve its reputation as a righteous sect and only schemed behind the scenes. The Demonic Sect, however, had no such scruples. It brought its disputes into the open and killed without mercy, whether the victims were enemies or their own people.

The Buddhist Sect had managed to stay low-key despite its great strength. When the great calamity struck, it let the Emei Sect take center stage and face off against the Demonic Sect, while it stayed in the background and quietly reaped the rewards. That was the right way to grow.

As the Buddhist Sect's foremost goddess, Master Fentuo naturally knew of the sect's plans and had always worked to ensure they went smoothly. The two treasures in the Xuan Yuan Imperial Tomb had long been among her targets.

Master Fentuo herself had no particular affinity with either treasure, and she also had to take the dignity of the Yellow Emperor into account. After all, Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan had studied under Guang Chengzi and was much closer to the Taoist Sect. If she, a Buddhist, took the treasures by force, she would incur a heavy karmic debt with Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan.

But the members of the Buddhist Sect were best at scheming. If she couldn't claim the treasures herself, she could send a disciple to do it. And so she set her sights on Ling Xuehong.

Ling Xuehong was the younger sister of the eccentric beggar Ling Hun. She had always hated evil and injustice, but she was somewhat too prone to slaughter. Master Fentuo had already divined that Ling Xuehong would inevitably meet with disaster