The Evil King's Favorite: The Princess Is Too Cruel

Chapter 417 The Lord of the Temple

To the east of the Shenzhou continent, in the vast ocean, there is an island floating on the sea. The island is shrouded in fog, preventing outsiders from prying into the secrets inside. The temple is on this island.

At this time, in the main hall of the temple, the temple master Ling Guang sat high up at the head, his long silver-white hair tied up high with a crown, his handsome face with clear contours had no expression, his silver eyes looked down lightly, his eyes were calm.

The silver hair and silver eyes were obvious non-human features. Most people would think that the other party was a humanoid monster. However, Ling Guang was not a monster, nor was he of any other race. He looked like a human, but he was not a human.

If we really have to draw a conclusion, Ling Guang seems more like a puppet without heart or emotion, as if he is a doll made by someone.

"Has the high priest not returned yet?"

The clear and cold voice like jade slowly floated into everyone's ears. This should have been an auditory enjoyment, but everyone just felt a chill on their backs.

"Master, the high priest has not returned yet."

A young man stood up. He was dressed in a white robe and had a handsome face. He looked a bit like an immortal. This man was Ling Xiaohan, the disciple of the temple master Ling Guang.

"It's been half a year, and you haven't come back yet?"

Ling Guang frowned, he realized that something was wrong. Half a year ago, the high priest found him and said that he had reached a bottleneck in his cultivation and needed an opportunity to break through.

Therefore, the high priest proposed to go out to sea to the Shenzhou Continent to look for opportunities, and Ling Guang naturally would not refuse this request. Moreover, the high priest said that he would be back in about three or four months.

But now, half a year has passed and the high priest has not returned. Ling Guang had a bad feeling in his heart. He closed his eyes and tried to search for the breath of the high priest through some connection.

Ling Guang is the highest authority in the temple. Every disciple of the temple, when joining the temple, will swear allegiance and drink the holy water. This is actually another form of master-servant contract.

In other words, everyone in the temple is Ling Guang's servant. As long as he wants, he can find out the whereabouts of each servant through the medium of the contract.

However, an hour passed and Ling Guang did not find the breath of the high priest. There are only two explanations for this situation. One is that the other party has entered a secret realm that is isolated from the breath, and the other explanation is that this person is dead.

“You can’t find it?!”

Ling Guang murmured in surprise. He closed his eyes again and found the thread belonging to the high priest among the intricate contracts in his sea of ​​consciousness.

However, the other end of the line was dim, which could only mean that the other party was dead.

"Shh!"

Ling Guang suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a coldness in his silver eyes.

"Good, very good! You even dared to kill the high priest of my temple. You are truly courageous!"

With an expressionless face and cold words, people who didn't know the situation would definitely think that Ling Guang was angry, but Ling Xiaohan and the elders in the main hall knew that was not the case. They had been with Ling Guang for many years and already knew what kind of person he was.

He has no emotions. In his world, there is only what he thinks is right and wrong. For example, now, he thinks that the person who killed the high priest of the temple is wrong, so his tone becomes cold.

Moreover, Ling Xiaohan and others also guessed what Ling Guang would do next, which was probably to find the murderer who killed the high priest and punish him.

Sure enough, the next moment, they heard Ling Guang say in a tone of judgment: "Xiao Han, find the murderer who killed the high priest. This temple will exile him to the City of Sin."

"This……"

Hearing Ling Guang's words, Ling Xiaohan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. His expression changed slightly, and he showed obvious hesitation.

His appearance immediately aroused Ling Guang's suspicion, "Xiao Han, why are you hesitating? What happened?"

Ling Guang narrowed his eyes slightly, casting an icy gaze upon him. Ling Xiaohan's body stiffened, no longer daring to conceal anything. He quickly replied, "Master, the City of Sin... the City of Sin... is... is gone."

"Ok?"

Ling Guang was stunned, not understanding the meaning of Ling Xiaohan's words for a moment. "What do you mean by gone? What exactly happened?"

Everyone in the temple looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. In the end, Ling Xiaohan took all the responsibility alone.

Ling Xiaohan glanced at the elders with a mournful look before replying in a trembling voice, "Reporting to...Reporting to Master, the barrier imprisoning the City of Sin has been broken, and everyone inside has...everyone has escaped."

"What did you say?!"

Ling Guang's tone finally showed some movement, and for the first time, everyone heard anger in his voice. However, they were not happy at all, but became even more frightened.

"Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter in time? If I hadn't asked, would you have kept it a secret?"

As the questioning words fell, the fierce momentum pressed down on everyone in the hall.

The next moment, a series of "bang bang" sounds were heard in the hall, and everyone was forced to their knees.

"Palace Master, please calm down." Everyone pleaded with trembling voices. Great Elder Zhuang Hong quickly explained, "Palace Master, you misunderstood. We didn't mean to hide it. You were in seclusion at the time, and we didn't dare disturb you."

After listening to the explanation of the Great Elder, the anger in Ling Guang's heart gradually subsided. He knew that it was no use to pursue right and wrong. The most important thing now was to catch those escaped criminals again.

"Alright, get up!" Ling Guang gathered his strength. After a moment's silence, he gave the order in a cold voice, "Pass on this order. Hunt down all the criminals who have escaped from the City of Sin. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot."

In Ling Guang's view, everyone in the City of Sin is full of sins, and they deserve to stay in the City of Sin to atone for the rest of their lives. It is only because of his mercy that he left them a way to survive. But now, they dared to disobey his orders and escape from the City of Sin privately. Then, he will take back this last bit of mercy.

"Master, there's no need to go through so much trouble." Ling Xiaohan said, "Disciple knows where those criminals are."

"Oh? Where are they?" Ling Guang asked.

"Xuanjian Sect."

As Ling Xiaohan spoke, he recounted the causes and consequences of how the City of Sin occupied the Xuanjian Sect under the leadership of Su Huaijin.

After hearing this, Ling Guang's expression remained unchanged, but his voice was noticeably colder. "You're saying that the people of Sin City have united and that they now have a city lord?"

Ling Xiaohan nodded, "Yes."

"The Xuanjian Sect's leader died tragically, and the Xuanjian Sect was occupied? Ha!" Ling Guang sneered, "They are indeed a group of sinners. As soon as they left the City of Sin, they committed such evil deeds. It seems that I shouldn't have shown mercy in the first place. They... all deserve to die!"

Ling Guang had murderous intentions and was about to give the order to encircle and suppress the Xuanjian Sect. At this moment, a disciple of the temple hurriedly ran in from outside.

"Palace Master, this is bad, something big has happened."

Upon hearing his disciple's words, the Great Elder immediately frowned and scolded, "Which hall are you from? How dare you make such a loud noise and speak nonsense here? Are you trying to save your life?"

Upon hearing this, the disciple was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Great Elder, please spare my life. I did not mean to make a noise. I really have something important to report."

The Great Elder's brows turned cold, and he was about to ask the disciple to leave, but Ling Guang spoke at this time.

"Wait," Ling Guang looked at the disciple and asked, "What do you want to report?"

"Palace Master, our temple's disciples who stayed in the Shenzhou Continent sent news that the Liu family contacted them." said the disciple.

"Hmm? Liu family?"

Ling Guang thought for a long time, but couldn't remember any information about the Liu family, so he looked at his apprentice and asked.

Ling Xiaohan understood and immediately said, "It's the Liu family of Fengling City, a middle-class family."

"Oh."

Ling Guang nodded indifferently. It was just a medium-sized family and not worth his attention. However, he thought of another family in Fengling City.

"Fengling City? I remember that the Yun family seems to be in Fengling City as well."

"Yes." Ling Xiaohan nodded and said, "The Liu family has been jealous of the Yun family for a long time. I think this contact with the temple is related to the Yun family."

"Oh?" Ling Guang raised an eyebrow. "The Liu family is jealous of the Yun family? What are they jealous of? Are they jealous of the Yun family's status as the head of the aristocratic family? Could it be that they want to replace them?"

There was a hint of contempt in Ling Guang's tone. It was obvious that in his opinion, a small middle-class family was overestimating its own capabilities by dreaming of becoming the head of an aristocratic family.

Others also felt that the Liu family was overestimating their capabilities, but everyone has ambition, so they would not laugh at the Liu family's ambition. At most, they would think that they were a little whimsical.

"You," Ling Guang turned his gaze to the disciple kneeling in the center of the hall, "tell me, what does the Liu family want to do?"

Hearing the Palace Master's question, the disciple didn't dare to hide anything and quickly said, "Palace Master, the Liu family has passed on an important message to the Temple."

"The eldest daughter of the Yun family who had been missing for eighteen years has returned, and she has brought back a pair of children."

"Ok?"

Ling Guang raised an eyebrow in surprise, finally showing a hint of interest. "The eldest daughter of the Yun family? But Yun Ruopiao, who refused to become the Holy Maiden of our temple, is she married?"

"Yes, Miss Yun is married. Her husband is...is..."

The disciple hemmed and hawed for a long time without being able to explain clearly. Everyone in the hall was getting impatient. The Great Elder even scolded him impatiently, "What is it? Who is it? Just tell me! What are you doing with all this hemming and hawing?"

The disciple was so frightened by the Great Elder that he trembled and blurted out, "Miss Yun's husband is the Lord of Sin City."

Because of fear, the disciple subconsciously raised his voice when he spoke, and the words "Lord of the City of Sin" echoed in the hall for a long time.

Everyone fell silent because of this sentence, and the hall became quiet in an instant.

After a long while, Ling Xiaohan finally spoke, his voice filled with disbelief, "What did you say?! The Yun family is colluding with the City of Sin?!"

This statement was really ridiculous. Su Huaijin and Yun Ruopiao were married in a formal ceremony, and the Yun family and the City of Sin had a normal in-law relationship. However, when the Temple spoke of it, it became a collusion, as if the Yun family and the City of Sin had some unspeakable secret and were going to do something bad.

However, no one present thought there was anything wrong with Ling Xiaohan's words. Perhaps in the eyes of these hypocrites who pretended to be God's messengers, anyone who opposed them was wrong and should be judged.

"Master, what should we do?" Ling Xiaohan's face was filled with solemnity. "The Yun family is the leader of the three great families and is very powerful. And when the people of Sin City unite, their strength cannot be underestimated. If they really collude with each other, it will be a great threat to our temple."

"Ha!" Ling Guang sneered, his brows filled with gloom. "The City of Sin should not exist in this world. If the Yun family befriends it, they will only bring about their own destruction."

"Grand Elder, gather the disciples of the Divine Temple to go to the Shenzhou Continent to encircle and suppress the Xuanjian Sect and annihilate the City of Sin in one fell swoop. Also..." Ling Guang looked at Ling Xiaohan and ordered, "Xiaohan, go to the Liu family. Since they want to replace the Yun family, go and help them."

"Yes, my disciple understands."

Ling Xiaohan curled up the corner of his mouth into a sneer. Compared to the unyielding Yun family, the Liu family would be a dog that was very easy to control.

……

On the other side, at the Yun family, Su Qingning agreed to help Liu Nanjiang treat his leg. So, in order to facilitate the treatment, Liu Nanjiang and Yue temporarily stayed at the Yun family. No one in the Liu family had noticed that the second young master Liu was missing. Or perhaps they had long forgotten that the Liu family still had a disabled young master!

In the space, after Su Qingning formulated a treatment plan, she walked out of the pharmacy.

However, just as she walked out of the courtyard, she ran into Yuebai, Xie Yichen and three others who came to look for her.

"Sister Qingning, are you done with your work? We have something to discuss with you." Qi Runyu said with a smile.

"Well, I'm done for now." Su Qingning nodded and asked, "What's the matter? What do you want to discuss with me?"

"It's like this. We've been practicing in seclusion in this space for a while now. Although our cultivation has improved, we still feel that our realm is not stable." Xie Yichen said, "So, after much thought, we feel that practice alone is not enough. We still need some experience."

Su Qingning nodded, feeling that what Xie Yichen said made sense. She thought for a moment and said, "Well, you're right. Theory should be combined with practice. How about this! There are hundreds of magical beasts in the space. Let them serve as your sparring partners!"

Hearing Su Qingning's suggestion, Xie Yichen smiled and said, "Your idea is indeed feasible. However, since we are in Shenzhou Continent, we also want to go out and see the world."

"This……"

Su Qingning hesitated. There were many powerful people in Shenzhou Continent, and Xie Yichen and others had just broken through to the Saint King Realm. She was worried that they would encounter danger when they went out to train. What if she was too late to save them?