Brother, Your Name Is on This List
"Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be facing that damned Li Xianjing!"
Inside Shangli People's residence in Tu Province, Wang You, somewhat hysterically, roared at the people inside and his subordinates, "As partners, as subordinates, can't you think of any way to share my Prince and solve my problems, like you did with the Grand Sword Guardian Qin Donglai, to increase my chances of Prince?!"
Your Highness.
His subordinate, wiping the sweat from his brow, replied, "We've already paid three groups of assassins to try and kill that Sword God."
"He got stabbed, right? What happened to that person? And what was the outcome?"
Wang You angrily asked, "Is Li Xianjing dead?"
"N-nothing..."
His subordinates lowered their heads.
"The assassins never returned..."
"You... oh dear!"
Wang You grabbed a wine jug from the table and smashed it against his subordinate's forehead, causing blood to stream down his face.
"Prince Your Highness, please calm down."
At this moment, the middle-aged man beside him slowly spoke up, "Our followers have already begun to act. No matter what kind of Sword God Li Xianjing is, even if he really is Land Immortal, we will not let him escape, just like Grand Sword Guardian Qin Donglai."
Hearing the man's words, Wang You breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's still your friends from your sect who are reliable. They say you rely on your brothers at home and your friends when you're out in the world, and that's certainly true."
"Your Prince Your Highness too kind."
The man smiled.
"We each get what we need. As long as Your Highness is willing to help us spread the faith of the True God in Shangli after Your Highness return, that would be the best reward for us."
"Of course, of course--"
Bang!
Wang You and the high-ranking members of the Blood's Delight Sect were chatting and laughing in a harmonious atmosphere when suddenly someone kicked him away from Shangli People's residence.
Wang You and the higher-ups were startled, thinking that soldiers from the Great Xia had come to search them. But instead, they saw a beautifully sculpted little boy running in from outside with two other people, looking up at them.
"Where did this brat come from!"
Wang You roared angrily, about to order his men to throw the little boy and the two men out, but his superiors looked at the boy warily and asked, "It's you? Brother, what are you doing here?"
"Brother, you should know why I've come."
Bai Li said to him, "I'm sorry, your name is on the list for the Counter-Revolutionary Purge. Please come with us."
Are you sure you're not mistaken?
The middle-aged man took a step back.
"How could I possibly betray the True God and end up on that list?"
Please cooperate with our investigation.
Bai Li continued to look up at him.
"We're all brothers and sisters, don't make things difficult for me."
The middle-aged man looked at him for a while, then sneered, "Ha, I see. The Cult Leader gave you this position, but you use it to eliminate dissidents. Brother, you have quite the ambition."
"Anything you say is meaningless, but I will take it as your testimony."
Bai Li said sternly, "Brother, I advise you not to resist, otherwise I have the right to kill you right here."
"Ha, what a joke! Blood-Hatred True God’s Followers has no reason to sit idly by and wait for death."
The middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.
The atmosphere suddenly became very stiff. Bai Li turned his head and looked in the direction of Shangli Prince Wang You.
"Prince Your Highness, this is an internal matter of our Religious Sect. Please do not interfere."
A middle-aged man and a little boy, both with blank faces, yet a terrifying aura emanated from them, resisting each other in the small room.
One side is going all out, fighting to the death, while the other side... is deliberately hiding its true strength to lure the opponent into making a move.
In the blink of an eye, the middle-aged man struck first. His right arm shot out, emitting a bloody light. In an instant, his right hand transformed into a blood-red demonic hand, viciously grabbing at Bai Li's head.
But Bai Li was a step faster. In the blink of an eye, his figure flickered like a phantom, bypassing the demonic hand and sneaking inside the middle-aged man's arm. Then, with lightning speed, he struck the middle-aged man's chest with a palm strike.
Bang!
A single palm strike from an eleven or twelve-year-old boy sent the middle-aged man, whose arm had been demonized, staggering backward and crashing heavily into the wall of the room, creating a large crack.
"Puff!"
The middle-aged man, whose image was printed on the wall, coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his eyes dimmed, and he died suddenly.
Wang You watched this unfold and felt a chill run through his hands and feet.
He knew that the middle-aged man's strength was unfathomable, but now, he couldn't even withstand a single move from this little boy.
Bai Li glanced at Wang You, then ordered, "Take him away and report to the Cult Leader that this man resisted investigation and violently confronted me, the Team Leader, and has been eliminated by me."
The two men behind him must have walked up, pried the middle-aged man's body off the wall, and dragged it out of the room.
Bai Li followed closely behind, but just as he was about to step out of the room, Wang You called out to him.
"Wait, young man!"
Bai Li, holding onto the doorframe, turned to look at him.
"Tomorrow's Sword Discussion Assembly..."
"This is not my responsibility."
Bai Li said solemnly, "Our Religious Sect has a clear division of labor. My job is to catch traitors; I don't care about anything else. Thank you."
After saying that, he pushed Wang You and walked out the door.
The Sword Discussion Assembly resumed the next day, and this time, Sword God Li Xianjing finally had the opportunity to face Wang You, the enemy who had severed his arm and forced him to leave his home.
The Sword God's duel was scheduled for the afternoon, while the morning was reserved for other events. Bai Qiuran originally thought that the Blood's Delight Sect would take advantage of this time to make some big news, since it was almost the end of the competition. Bai Qiuran, Tang Ruowei, and Li Jinyao were even ready to perform a public display of their divine powers at any time. If the situation got out of control, Bai Qiuran would break through the barrier between the Consciousness Domain and the Material World, allowing Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and other Consciousness Demon to descend to the mortal realm.
As a result, the entire Sword Discussion Assembly proceeded very smoothly until the Sword God competition, as if they had never been there at all.
"Of course."
Bai Li, who had silently crept up to Bai Qiuran and the others, said while munching on a piece of fruit, "Those members in charge of the operation were all [traitors] to the Religious Sect. I've already taken care of them with my men."
What's the situation where you are now?
Bai Qiuran glanced at him.
"How many people haven't been turned?"
"Hmm... there's one more."
Bai Li thought for a moment and replied, "The Cult Leader, apart from him, all the members of the Blood's Delight Sect who have come to Great Xia are now followers of Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerables."
"You're so amazing?"
Upon hearing this Bai Qiuran couldn't help but ask, "Wow, how did you do that?"
"Simply put, people who believe in God are those who have unsatisfactory aspects in their lives, and they have unfulfilled desires. Once you pinpoint these desires, it's incredibly easy to lure them in."
Bai Li gave an "OK" sign, then added, "But I won't be able to do anything about the finals. The Cult Leader will definitely come in person with that Demon Sword to cause trouble."
"It's alright, just leave it to us when the time comes."
Bai Qiuran patted him on the shoulder.
Just as the two finished speaking, the duel between Li Xianjing and Wang You officially began. The two swordsmen came to the two sides of the Arena and faced each other across the Arena.