Looking at the heads rolling across the ground, Chen Cuo finally understood what his martial uncle had gone to do.
"This time, the Creation Dao put a great deal of effort into its scheme. It mobilized four people hidden in the Zhou Kingdom's officialdom alone. One fled before I found them, but fortunately, the other three met their deaths," Yan Yin Zi said, pointing to three of the heads. "Each held a title at the Zhou Court and had been undercover for years. They stepped forward to help plot against you and left traces behind. They had it coming."
Chen Cuo studied the bloodstained heads and sensed the fear and resentment lingering within them. "They held court positions, so their Fortune was bound up with the Dynasty, and they had ties to the Underworld Office. Won't killing them leave trouble behind, Martial Uncle? If it affects your cultivation..."
"No need to worry. Though I'm surprised you know about that." Yan Yin Zi laughed. "Then again, you were born into the Imperial Clan and spent half a month in the Book Grotto. It's only natural. If I'd killed them without cause, I'd incur the Sins of killing, damage my hidden merit, and likely earn a mark against me in the Underworld Office. But they provoked Great Hua Mountain first and created this karmic debt. Killing them severed the entanglement. Repaying a grievance with vengeance is only right and proper. Even the Underworld Office can't fault me!"
"Martial Uncle, you're mighty!" Xi Ran came over and gave him a thumbs-up. "But how did they provoke us? Come on, tell me!" Her eyes shone with curiosity.
"Go on, you ask too many questions!" Yan Yin Zi waved her away, then turned back to Chen Cuo. "Besides those three, two others were hidden in