Chapter 275: I'm Not a Fool
After exiting the game, Li Muyang had Bu Hongsheng bring him several scriptures of the Blood Lotus Sect to peruse.
Li Muyang had briefly looked at the teachings of the Blood Lotus Sect before, but he had never paid much attention to the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master.
After all, the idolatry within the Blood Lotus Sect worshiped not the Ancestral Master who passed down the doctrine, but the ancient blood lotus that had been handed down from Ancient Times.
The sacrifices were offered to the blood lotus, not to the Ancestral Master.
The presence of that Ancestral Master within the Blood Lotus Sect was very low.
So much so that Li Muyang had not realized that the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master was in fact the Ink Fairy.
—Of course, even if it was the Ink Fairy being worshiped, Li Muyang found it hard to associate that gruesome and evil demon shadow with the Ink Fairy in Nanjiang City.
In any case, this new discovery that the Ink Fairy was the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master surprised Li Muyang greatly.
He had someone fetch some books about the Ancestral Master, but after carefully going through these scriptures of the Blood Lotus Sect, Li Muyang shook his head in disappointment.
The records about the Ancestral Master in these scriptures of the Blood Lotus Sect were very chaotic and full of holes in many places.
It was evident that the successive Sect Hierarchs of the Blood Lotus Sect knew very little about the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master. The records and descriptions about the Ancestral Master were largely made up.
The only verifiable truths were that the ancient blood lotus and the Four Directions Cauldron were left by the Ink Fairy, and the core teaching of the Blood Lotus Sect to eradicate all cultivators and return the world to ordinariness was also originated by the Ink Fairy.
Beyond this, the Ink Fairy had not left anything else to posterity.
The very first Blood Lotus Sect Leader hadn't even developed his own cultivation techniques; he had stolen others' techniques and relied on the powerful effects of the ancient blood lotus to reach the realm of the Purple Mansion.
Looking over these records, Li Muyang sighed.
"Familiar ancient teachings…"
The very first Blood Lotus Sect Leader was also a protagonist character who luckily received ancient teachings.
Using the ancient blood lotus, this person founded the Blood Lotus Sect and passed it down through generations.
But Li Muyang didn't care about this developmental history of the Blood Lotus Sect.
He only wanted to understand the experiences of the demonized Ink Fairy and to know more about what exactly happened during the ancient dark turmoil.
But unfortunately, there were no records of this in the scriptures of the Blood Lotus Sect.
Although they worshiped the Ink Fairy as their Ancestral Master, they knew little about this Ancestral Master.
Li Muyang shook his head as he read.
After returning to the game, Li Muyang commanded the Jade Scythe Mantis toward the secret realm.
After the failed exploration, Li Muyang chose not to dwell on it further.
He and Shen Miao challenged the secret realm once again.
But at this moment, Shen Miao was somewhat lacking in confidence.
"Attacking the illusion of the Ancestral Master, does that count as betraying and destroying our master…"
Shen Miao muttered to herself, uneasy and tense.
Li Muyang smiled at her, saying, "Your father is the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, but you are not a follower of the Blood Lotus Sect."
"You died as soon as you were born and never joined the Blood Lotus Sect. Even if the Blood Lotus Ancestral Master stood before you, killing her wouldn't count as betraying and destroying your master."
Li Muyang comforted the young girl.
In the moral view of this world, betraying and disrespecting one's master is considered a very serious crime.
Even among cultivators, many are superstitious about this, believing that betraying their master leads to lesser fortune and attracts calamities.
Li Muyang, being a person from Earth, naturally did not carry such psychological burdens.
He reassured the infant spirit girl as they stepped into the secret realm together.
They saw endless seas of blood drowning everything, and within the bloody ocean, the shadowy figures of four divine beasts reappeared.
Azure Dragon from the east, White Tiger from the west, Vermilion Bird from the south, Black Tortoise from the north… the Four Symbols manifested in the ocean and rapidly merged, about to transform into the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master.
Seeing the terrifying scene in the sea of blood ahead, the infant spirit girl nodded slightly, seemingly persuaded by Li Muyang's comforting words. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire
"It seems so…"
The girl nervously stared ahead, muttering, "I didn't go through the initiation ceremony; I am not a follower."
"My brother-in-law is an undercover agent from the Demon Sect, not a follower, so this doesn't count as deceiving the master and destroying the ancestor..."
The girl comforted herself by muttering to herself.
However, her light-hearted words sounded like thunder in Li Muyang's ears.
Li Muyang, who had been ready for the BOSS to appear, was stunned when he heard the key phrase "undercover from the Demon Sect."
He looked at the infant spirit girl beside him with a face full of astonishment, "… What did you just say?!"
Undercover from the Demon Sect?
Damn!
This little girl knows I'm an undercover agent from the Demon Sect?
How did she know? Did she hear it from Shen Miao's perspective or from Fang Yingtian?
In the midst of the blood-red sea, countless thoughts flashed through Li Muyang's mind.
The exposure of his undercover identity was an absolute disaster for him.
If the Blood Lotus Sect knew he was an undercover agent from the Demon Sect, would the undercover identities of Yan Xiaoru, Yu Chan, and Cheng Feiyang still be safe?
Li Muyang's eyes shifted slightly as he stared intently at the infant spirit girl beside him.
But the girl panicked and said, "The Sect Ancestral Master is charging over! Brother-in-law, what are you dazing for!"
The infant spirit girl attempted to assist.
During the few seconds Li Muyang was distracted, the demonized BOSS had already manifested from the sea.
With a health bar labeled in blood-red [Ink Fairy], the demonic shadow swung its chain, striking the giant body of the emerald blade mantis, and a surge of blood-red demonic energy instantly rose on the surface of the emerald blade mantis.
[Demon Sha——36%]
Status bars immediately popped up in Li Muyang's view.
He was jolted back to his senses and hurriedly intercepted.
However, his momentary distraction had already cost him the initiative.
The demonized BOSS kept charging at him, beating him back step by step, and gave Li Muyang no time to catch his breath.
Three minutes later, the game was lost.
Emerald blade mantis and Shen Miao were both kicked out of the secret realm and returned to the mist-filled ghost city.
The moment the two returned to the city, the infant spirit girl jumped over with a dissatisfied face and glared at Li Muyang.
"Brother-in-law, what were you dazing for just now! At such a critical moment, how could you lose focus?"
The infant spirit girl was unhappy.
Li Muyang looked at her, unsure.
"Uh..." After pondering for a few seconds, Li Muyang decided to have an honest discussion.
The most important matter now was how Shen Miao knew he was undercover!
As well as how many others besides him had been exposed!
Li Muyang asked, "You just said I am an undercover agent from the Demon Sect... Who told you that?"
Li Muyang observed the girl's reaction.
But the girl had no intention of hiding anything, looking nonchalantly at Li Muyang, she said, "Does someone else need to tell me this?"
"I may have never been to the human world and interacted with people, but that doesn't mean I'm a fool, okay?"
"You willingly joined the Blood Lotus Sect, yet somehow avoided the blood oath and can betray the sect at any time... Isn't that obviously the work of an undercover agent? You must have come with a mission, right?"
After finishing her statement, Shen Miao seemed to realize something belatedly and stared at Li Muyang in front of her.
"Hey! Brother-in-law, what did you mean by that earlier? Who told me... Does this really need someone to tell me?"
"You don't think I'm a fool who can't see something so obvious, do you?!"