Chapter 217 — That Which Must Not Be Looked Upon
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Light flickered in Crown Prince Jingping's eyes, bright and dim by turns. He rose. "Not the faintest trace? I fear it is rather that Father Emperor does not much wish to find any. This is plainly the work of the Dark Demon Cult! Only the Dark Demon Cult, the very head of the demon path, could do a thing so utterly without trace or sound! They have lost two Heavenly Kings; of course they must take their revenge on me. Go to the Datingming Temple and request an audience with the Old Tathagata. I must know who the new Cult Master of the Dark Demon Cult truly is!"
His hands clasped behind his back, he said coldly: "Nantuo Temple is a Buddhist sect as well; the Old Tathagata will not sit by and do nothing. The Grand Tutor is dead, but the thread to the Datingming Temple must not be severed. The Old Tathagata is much dissatisfied with Father Emperor, and with the Imperial Preceptor Jingping; he will surely be glad to lend me his support. I mean to kill one to warn a hundred, so that these sects of the martial world see clearly that I am no man of no account. Whoever dares lay a hand on my people can wait to be wiped out, root and branch!"