Heavenly Court Sect Welcomes Another New Member

"Do you want to come with me to Yanjiang County?" Lu Yang asked Meng Jingzhou.

Meng Jingzhou was clearly tempted, but he still shook his head and refused. "I still need to train my shadow, so I won't go out for now."

Meng Jingzhou felt that if the Third Elder were to check his studies and discover that he had neglected his cultivation, he would likely be in grave danger.

The path to immortality is fraught with peril, as this example illustrates.

"Okay." Lu Yang pouted; he was inevitably a little bored being all alone.

"Hey, Junior Sister Tao, over here." At the foot of the mountain, Lu Yang saw Tao Yaoye not far away. Judging from her leisurely pace, she seemed to be doing nothing.

"Senior Brother Lu, what is it?" Tao Yaoye had a faint smile on her lips, which was very pleasing to the eye. Her movements were naturally beautiful, and one could foresee what a graceful and charming beauty she would become in the future.

"Would you like to join our Heavenly Court Sect?" Lu Yang warmly invited, as the young sect leader, he wanted to recruit more geniuses for the Heavenly Court Sect.

"You probably haven't heard of the Heavenly Court Sect, it's the number one sect in the world..."

"Okay."

"Um?"

Lu Yang was taken aback for a moment, but Tao Yaoye smiled and agreed.

"Have you heard of the Heavenly Court Sect?" Lu Yang wondered if the Sixth Elder had mentioned it to Tao Yaoye.

"No."

"Then why did you agree so quickly?"

Tao Yaoye revealed a sly smile, blinking her eyes. "Will Senior Brother Lu still try to trick me?"

Of course not!

"That settles it then. Senior Brother Lu wants me to join the Heavenly Court Sect, which is definitely for my own good. Since it's for my own good, why should I refuse?"

Lu Yang was speechless; he had never considered it from that perspective.

"So what exactly is this Heavenly Court Sect?" Tao Yaoye asked curiously.

"The number one sect in the world, our sect's eight elders and master are the Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly Court Sect, our eldest sister is the sect leader, and I am the young sect leader. We worship the omnipotent Bean Celestial Venerable!"

Tao Yaoye automatically ignored Dou Tianzun, whom she had never even heard of, and thought to herself that now she knew why her master had been struggling to come up with a name lately, saying that she should be named something like Heavenly King.

"In addition to these, there are Meng Jingzhou, Li Haoran, and Li Haoran's ex-daughter Qin Yanyan."

Tao Yaoye's expression was strange; she found the members of the Heavenly Court Sect quite complicated.

Furthermore, why establish the Heavenly Court Sect in the first place? Is Senior Brother Lu not content with simply eliminating the Demonic Sect, but instead wants to take its place?

"Here's what happened: initially, Meng Jingzhou, Li Haoran, and I were just out catching ghosts..."

Lu Yang recounted the whole story from beginning to end, leaving Tao Yaoye completely stunned.

As expected of Senior Brother Lu, his mind is quick and he even came up with a way to fabricate a religion to gain the trust of the Nine Nether Sect. This is much more proactive than infiltrating the Nine Nether Sect as an undercover agent.

"Our Heavenly Court Sect at least claims to be the High Antiquity Heavenly Court, so we need to have a few outstanding geniuses. I think Junior Sister Tao is very suitable to be High Antiquity genius."

Tao Yaoye somewhat happy, feeling that Lu Yang had acknowledged her.

"I'm about to meet with the higher-ups of the Nine Nether Sect. Junior Sister, would you like to come?"

"Go."

Yanjiang County, let's go to the original barbecue restaurant again.

The barbecue restaurant business is booming and expanding rapidly, and you can see the "Come On Barbecue" restaurant in counties surrounding Yeongang County.

If there were enough grills and flammable materials, barbecue restaurants would have sprung up everywhere and formed a chain industry long ago.

The Nine Nether Sect has put a lot of effort into opening the barbecue restaurant, and the sect leader has given it strong support, suggesting that they put aside their current work and temporarily stop killing people. The Nine Nether Sect's current goal is to focus on opening the barbecue restaurant.

This is much safer than taking out a loan using your religious affiliation.

The cult leader was so happy he couldn't stop smiling; he would even laugh out loud while meditating.

Vice Leader Shi was unaware that the sect had been in deficit for nearly a thousand years, nor did he know why the leader had temporarily shelved the doctrines and instructed him to make sure the barbecue restaurant was a success.

Perhaps the cult leader is greedy, or perhaps there is some other reason.

The cult leader's purpose was irrelevant to him; he opened the barbecue restaurant to solve his 1 billion yuan debt problem.

Even if he possesses extraordinary skills, he can't withstand a monthly heavenly lightning strike. If he makes a mistake and can't withstand it, he's doomed.

He was determined to make the barbecue restaurant bigger and stronger.

Moreover, he knew that there were two key points to opening a store: first, having a secret recipe to keep secret; and second, having a favorable business environment.

The first point goes without saying: the barbecue restaurant is thriving entirely because they don't share their secret recipe.

Secondly, there are many things you can do, such as cultivating good relations with the government.

Bribery is risky and should not be done. Moreover, bribery is unreliable. If the official who bribes is caught, wouldn't their barbecue restaurant be finished?

Vice Leader Shi changed his thinking; what the government needed was stability and order.

Their barbecue restaurant can help the government arrest criminals and punish criminals.

When it comes to crime, who can be more professional than the Demonic Cult?

The crimes they commit nowadays are all old tricks; they're incredibly easy to deal with.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be done openly, it's too conspicuous. The best way is to do it secretly, so that the government suspects that you did it, but has no evidence.

This is the best-case scenario.

This would make the government suspect that the barbecue restaurant was a clandestine business owned by a legitimate force.

The barbecue restaurant also frequently punishes evildoers and maintains stability.

Under the influence of these two factors, the government will inevitably tend to protect barbecue restaurants.

As it turned out, Vice Master Shi's idea proved correct. The order in Yanjiang County was more stable than ever before. Many of the prison cells were empty, and the government did not conduct random inspections or give any hints.

In the dead of night, after the barbecue restaurant headquarters closed, the followers cleaned up the lobby and backyard. Vice Leader Shi was hunched over his table, writing furiously, summarizing his experiences from the past month of running the restaurant.

"Master, the Heavenly Court Cult has arrived," Huo Spirit Transformation said respectfully. As the head of the main branch, he was responsible for implementing Vice Master Shi's policies.

Three days have passed since the message was sent out, and during these three days, Vice Leader Shi has not gone anywhere but has been waiting at the main store.

"Master Shi, it's been a long time!" Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye pushed open the door and entered. "It seems your sect's business is doing very well; you need new grills and tinder so soon."

"Not at all, it's all luck." When Vice Leader Shi saw that it was Lu Yang, he dared not be presumptuous. This was the young leader of the Heavenly Court Sect, a direct disciple of Dou Tianzun, and could not be treated with disrespect.

"Who is this...?" Vice Sect Leader Shi looked at Tao Yaoye with suspicion.

"This is also a member of my Heavenly Court Sect, Tao Yao. Her talent is so outstanding that both my master and the sect leader have praised her highly."

Vice Leader Shi was filled with awe. "So it's Tao Tianjiao."

Tao Yaoye didn't show it on her face, but she was secretly surprised.

She knew that Senior Brother Lu was going to meet with the Nine Nether Sect, but she didn't expect that he would meet with the high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Sect as soon as he arrived, and that he would communicate with them on an equal footing.

Is this what Senior Brother Lu's social circle usually looks like?

In the sect, you can communicate with elders; outside, you can interact with sect leaders—both are at the Body Integration Realm!

Lu Yang and Vice Leader Shi chatted and laughed as if nothing was amiss, showing no sign of the other's terrifying identity.

The second update will be at 11 PM.