Huang Daoxian

Forty-seven years after the Taisho era, the unified Luofu Dynasty ushered in a series of periods of instability.

Natural disasters, man-made calamities, and cults emerged one after another, and when Luo Tianming entered the palace, the emperor at the time had just passed away.

Many of the old eunuchs, palace maids, and concubines who served the emperor were buried with him, which gave Luo Tianming an opportunity to rise in rank.

He entered the palace at the age of sixteen and by the age of thirty-two had become the chief eunuch, reaching the pinnacle of eunuch power.

Eunuchs had no Lineage support, nor did they hold civil official positions or possess military skills. Their power originated from the emperor's grant, and eunuchs who lost the emperor's protection were bound to be trampled into a corner by those who came after them.

This also led to many eunuchs clinging to the emperor like parasitic dodder.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Luo Tianming would serve as Luo Zhong's lackey for life and would never harbor any thoughts of betrayal.

As Luo Tianming reminisced about the past, some events connected him to Pan'an.

He muttered to himself, clearly recalling this place that commanded the awe of the monarchs of the Louvre Dynasty.

"Rumors circulated in the palace that there was an immortal in Pan'an who bestowed upon the emperor a seed that averted disaster, and every batch of seeds brought a bumper harvest," Luo Tianming said after a long pause. "This can serve as the original source of our high-yield genetically modified crops!"

"What immortal?" Zhang Xuezhou asked, frowning.

"It seems to be called Huang Daoxian," Luo Tianming replied.

What connection does he have with the Yellow Sect?

"The Yellow Sect... that seems to be a sect that worships Huang Daoxian, but this sect incited people to rebel everywhere and was wiped out by the imperial court!"

Luo Tianming's memory was not as reliable as the information Ren Yisheng sought in ancient books, but Luo Tianming had heard many things in the palace and knew a great deal about the situation.

"What connection does Huang Daoxian have with the king of the Luofu Dynasty? Did he just send seeds?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Yes, he only sends seeds..."

Luo Tianming's reply inevitably brought to mind some of the rumors circulating in the palace.

"Why are you asking about this?" Luo Tianming asked suspiciously. "This kind of old matter shouldn't be of any use to you."

"What exactly is Luo Chong guarding against?" Zhang Xuezhou didn't answer Luo Tianming's question, but continued casually, "He has supreme power, no shortage of civil and military officials and troops, he shouldn't be afraid of domestic rebellions, so why has he resorted to such militarism!"

He was on guard...

"You should know that when it came to choosing between Professor Luo Hui and you, I trusted you completely, and I believed everything you said," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Having been with him for so many years, you should know some things!"

"Luo Chong... he said there was a great catastrophe in the world, everyone would die, and only he could save the world." Luo Tianming pondered for a few seconds before saying, "He was crazy at the time, talking nonsense, but he calmed down later and stopped talking about these things."

"What major disaster?" Zhang Xuezhou asked. "Did he explain in detail?"

"He said that each of us has an evil seed in our body, and no one can destroy these seeds. When the seed sprouts, we will all turn into mindless puppets," Luo Tianming said.

"Then how will he save this world?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

He said only he could destroy the source of the seed, and that the source of the seed would come looking for him!

After answering, Luo Tianming thought of the rumors he had heard before and couldn't help but mention them as well.

"Can you say things that haven't been verified?" Luo Tianming asked.

"Okay," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"Back then, people in the palace said that the late emperor... said that when Luo Yan, Luo Yongwen, Luo Shan, and Luo Ke died, poisonous plants grew in their ears," Luo Tianming said. "The cause of their deaths seems to be the same. Is this kind of rumor of yours of any use?"

Did Luo Zhong's ears also grow after he was beheaded?

"No, not at all," Luo Tianming replied, then added, "But I haven't seen how long Luo Chongzhen was when he died!"

"He smelled terrible when he died; the liquid from the broken container was so foul it poisoned others, but there was no grass growing in his ears!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head, and his response made Luo Tianming's eyes widen.

He looked at Zhang Xuezhou with disbelief.

If Zhang Xuezhou knew the circumstances of Luo Chong's actual death, it could only prove that Zhang Xuezhou and others had seen Luo Chong, or were even related to Luo Chong's death.

Luo Zhong's death likely led to a complete break between Luo Hui and him.

Thinking about all of this, a huge shadow fell over Luo Tianming's heart.

"Don't think this is my fault," Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, "It's just that the Sequence Committee found that head during their verification, and someone happened to recognize it by comparison. But we found out very late, and by the time we knew the situation, the head was already beyond repair."

"What head are you talking about? Is it that rotten dead man's head that was in my car back then?"

Zhou Yueyan listened for a while.

She didn't understand the questions Zhang Xuezhou asked until now, when she felt that what Zhang Xuezhou and Luo Tianming were talking about was starting to become familiar to her.

"Rotten up? Completely dead?"

Although he was somewhat prepared, Luo Tianming still found it hard to accept when Zhang Xuezhou and the others confirmed the information.

In his view, Luo Chong represents longevity and immortality.

Before he entered the Twilight Mansion, Luo Zhong was in excellent condition, still maintaining a youthful appearance, with long, jet-black hair.

If you ignore the area below the neck, Luo Zhong looks almost the same as someone in their thirties.

Moreover, Luo Zhong was very lucid, and the opponent's strength was still within the high-risk range. Even when Luo Tianming and Luo Hui made contact, they had to use the electric grid switch as a precaution.

"Where's his head?" Luo Tianming asked.

"You should ask Sister Zhou about that," Zhang Xuezhou said, gesturing to Zhou Yueyan.

"You're not saying that rotten head is Luo Zhong's, are you? Ha... hahaha, what kind of joke are you talking about!"

Zhou Yueyan gave an awkward laugh.

But seeing the extremely unwilling look in Luo Tianming's eyes, she felt that everything was terrible.

Changkong Household's guess was correct; the Luo family was indeed hiding a major secret.

But it seems the matter ended before it even began.

Luo Zhong is finished, and so is the Luo family.

It is now virtually impossible to extract secrets from these populations.

Like a fog, Zhou Yueyan felt she couldn't see anything clearly at all.

She couldn't imagine the scenario she was speculating about, and she found it hard to believe that a head could live for decades.

"Do you have any other inside information?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"That's all," Luo Tianming said absentmindedly. "Now that you're in power, if you want to verify anything, you can go and dig up their tombs to check and see if you can find any clues you're looking for!"

"Grave raiding... I don't really like going into graves!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about his less-than-friendly experience in the tomb and realized he didn't really enjoy doing this kind of thing.

However, Luo Tianming's suggestion may indeed point to the clues they are looking for.

"Is the source of the seed that Huang Daoxian?" Zhang Xuezhou asked again, "You've been keeping Luo Chong by your side for so many years, hasn't he ever come knocking on your door?"

After questioning Luo Tianming for a while, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he had likely encountered another kind of strange Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

Based on initial assessment, the other party seems to be a cultivator of the agricultural sect.

However, compared to the cultivators of the Agricultural Sect, this Huang Daoxian's abilities are clearly several levels stronger.