A Group of Dangerous People

"Congratulations to Dharma Master Hongku on becoming a Venerable. You may choose any vacant Venerable's palace to live in!"

Atop the Sacred Mountain, the Dao Lord's voice was calm and unruffled.

The death of one Venerable, or even three Venerables, would have no effect on the Dao Lord.

In the Yedie River Holy Land, there was only one person at its true core.

As long as the Dao Lord stood, the Yedie River Holy Land would endure.

And as soon as the Dao Lord left, this Holy Land that stood on the Northern Kuru Continent would vanish like smoke within a few short years.

That was the difference between the Dao Lord and the Venerables.

Venerables were the flowers embroidered on the brocade of the Yedie River Holy Land, but whether they stayed or died made little difference to it.

Likewise, the Dao Lord had no particular feelings about who rose to power or who died.

As long as they were willing to stay in the Yedie River Holy Land and abide by its rules, the Dao Lord let them compete and develop as they pleased.

He even ignored the Venerables forming little cliques, and cared nothing for the Dharma Masters monopolizing power and supporting the forces of Xiong State.

The Dao Lord sensed something amiss at the place below, but he did not mention it. He merely spoke indifferently to congratulate Hongku on becoming a Venerable.

"Dao Lord, Hongku relied on a formation to rise to his position, and may well have relied on outside help too. His claim to the position is not legitimate; he should not become a Venerable!"

After the Dao Lord spoke, a loud voice rang out from a palace.

"What do you mean, Venerable Yinghua?"

The Dao Lord asked the question in a leisurely