The Magpie Seizes the Nest, the Army Returns to Court (Part One)

To tell the truth, the Three Demons of Mystic Mountain had not joined the Great River Alliance's rebellion because they wanted to bring peace and order to the world.

They simply wanted a way forward.

If the Great Liang Court offered them no way forward, they might as well rebel against the damned thing.

That was why the Three Demons of Mystic Mountain had joined forces with Yuchen.

Now Yuchen was dead, and White Deer Grotto's reaction was little different from someone who had taken the wrong medicine. But that did not mean the underlying conflict had changed.

The bitter conflict between the Three Demons of Mystic Mountain and the Great Liang Court remained.

So they needed a new ally.

And why couldn't that ally be Liu Yidao?

Su Che's gaze swept over the Three Demons of Mystic Mountain before him, then over Old Ox and Shikshananda, who watched him expectantly from the other side.

"Alliance Leader Yu may be gone, but White Deer Grotto is still here, and so are all of you. We have to find a way forward."

Su Che did not speak loudly, but his voice held unshakable resolve.

"The truth is, all of us have somewhere to retreat. If the court grows too powerful and tries to grind our bones to dust, we can always head to Guobei County. The Buddhist School is vast. It delivers all sentient and insentient beings, whether they have form or not. It would surely open the Expedient Dharma Gate to us and let us lay down our butcher's knives and become Buddhas on the spot."

Shikshananda nodded repeatedly, approval shining in his phoenix eyes.

That was indeed true. If the Three Demons of Mystic Mountain led their followers to the Buddhist School, the three Buddha Ancestors would surely open