Concerning the Tiansheng Sect, Governor Xiao personally led the government guards and arrived, seeing the chaos, his temples throbbed and he looked towards Qin Liuxi.

Your actions are certainly not small!

Qin Liuxi shook the Sanqing Bell, and the deep sound spread out, making everyone feel invigorated.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, stood dazed for a moment, then squatted down, holding their heads and crying bitterly.

Governor Xiao ordered the government guards to capture those Holy Sect Followers, while he walked over to Qin Liuxi, seeing a cold, black chain in her hand binding several elders, he glanced around, didn’t see the sect hierarch he’d seen, and asked, "Did that sect hierarch escape?"

Qin Liuxi gestured towards the main hall with her mouth, and said: "No, he’s inside."

Governor Xiao was puzzled, but this was the main issue, he immediately rushed inside, quickly overwhelmed by a strong smell of blood, and his head spun as he saw dismembered pieces of flesh, his eyelids twitched.

"Look, the sect hierarch is everywhere." Qin Liuxi’s voice eerily sounded in his ear.

Governor Xiao’s fingers trembled as he looked at this bloody and terrifying scene, he looked at her, his mouth opened and closed.

"It wasn’t me!" Qin Liuxi said: "He self-detonated in front of me."

I don’t believe it!

But even though he didn’t believe it, he didn’t dare to say it.

Governor Xiao’s head buzzed, worrying about how to write this report.

"The main altar of the Tiansheng Sect is here, now destroyed, I advise you, Governor, to interrogate those elders immediately, find the accounts, they have many believers, defrauded countless families of their wealth, but whether this wealth has been squandered or sent somewhere is unknown." Qin Liuxi said with her hands behind her back: "In addition, quickly issue their confession and post it in every county and town, after all, in other places, who knows how many sub-altars have been established, how many commoners have been deceived, so the faster and more publicly these cultists are dealt with, the better."

Only by handling it publicly will more people understand the true face of the Tiansheng Sect.

Governor Xiao nodded.

"By the way, do you have anyone above you?" Qin Liuxi asked.

Governor Xiao: "What does the temple master mean by this?"

Qin Liuxi replied: "The Princess Consort Ru in the Imperial Palace is one of the people who funded this Tiansheng Sect. This means the sect has her protection, now that it has been destroyed, it’s bound to be blamed on you, and your official hat might be in jeopardy."

Governor Xiao was a bit stunned, wasn’t this your doing?

Qin Liuxi seemed to see through his thoughts, laughed and said: "Although I initiated it, I can’t just submit a report, this is your territory, you are the official. So, if the Princess Consort Ru wants revenge, the fire would first burn to your head!" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Governor Xiao’s face changed, he sternly rebuked: "If the Tiansheng Sect is allowed to grow, it will be detrimental to the state. Their monk’s fields are even comparable to legitimate temples, and if they grow, there will be even more. Now that the monks’ fields of Daoist temples and other temples are increasing, if more sects like this arise, the state will be in jeopardy. If Princess Consort Ru dares to interfere, I will impeach her even if I lose my position. Not right, my next report, I will impeach her."

The monk’s fields owned by temples and Daoist temples are exempt from taxes, but if these fields increase without paying taxes, the country will lose a lot, and if someone exploits this, it would be a major threat, no bright monarch would allow the vast increase of temples and Daoist temples.

"Lord Governor is as upright as always, Miss Xiao..." Qin Liuxi mentioned his daughter who entered the Buddhist Sect for love when she saw his face darken, she said: "No intention to dig into your wounds, just speaking hastily."

Governor Xiao snorted, thinking of his legitimate daughter, his brows furrowed, feeling a bit forlorn, if he hadn’t been so pedantic back then, perhaps his daughter could still be by his side?

Past events are irretrievable.

Qin Liuxi didn’t dwell on the past and said: "It is uncertain if she will interfere, but she might have some influence on the emperor. It’s said that Princess Consort Ru was once the Bright Monarch’s beloved."

Governor Xiao’s eyes twitched, and he made eye contact with her, both understanding what "beloved" meant.

Princess Consort Ru, he knew of her, once the Princess Consort Ning, feigned death to become Princess Consort Ru, in his view, was an unchaste woman, but she is the woman of the Bright Monarch, and since it wasn’t publicly declared, no one would say more, the Bright Monarch said whoever she is, she is!

So now the situation is, Princess Consort Ning is dead, Princess Consort Ru remains!

"What does the temple master actually mean?"

"I mean, Governor Xiao could dig some dirt on this Princess Consort Ru, concubines in the Palace need silver, they also need backing for later years." Qin Liuxi reminded: "Now the Crown Prince has been deposed."

Governor Xiao: "..."

You almost said that woman was involved in the struggle for the throne, that the Tiansheng Sect was to accumulate wealth!

"Now with no one above you, Governor Xiao, how about Minister Yu, I know he loves to collect inkstones." Qin Liuxi said: "If you accuse that water-fowl Princess Consort Ru, Imperial Censor Zuo is also upright, and now his favorite is his little granddaughter."

Governor Xiao widened his eyes: "!"

It seems like she’s teaching me how to bribe, what should an old-fashioned and pedantic person like me do?

"Lord Governor, it’s for the country, and to achieve this merit, you need to keep your official hat, and to achieve this merit, a little lowering of posture is acceptable!" Qin Liuxi patted his arm and said: "This place is entrusted to you, the rest of the Tiansheng Sect’s main altar I didn’t destroy, it should belong to the officials, in the future, whether as a refugee shelter, or a Charitable Hall, would be good. Besides, the Holy Water they used to deceive the common folk clouds people’s minds and is addictive; I’ll give you a detoxifying recipe, you have people boil it according to the recipe, when you issue a public notice, let all who drank the Holy Water come for a bowl, meanwhile announce how notorious the Tiansheng Sect is. You know, news spreads fast."

Governor Xiao saluted her.

Qin Liuxi took out paper and pen, wrote down the recipe, and let him get on with his tasks.

"About the believers outside, can the temple master help calm them?" Governor Xiao thought of those devastated believers and felt a headache. The stronger their faith in the Tiansheng Sect was before, the deeper the hatred after the truth was exposed.

Qin Liuxi thought for a moment and said: "I will hold a field practice here tomorrow, you can notify them."

Governor Xiao was overjoyed, immediately went to make arrangements, after all, it’s better to believe in the Qingping Temple than in the chaotic Tiansheng Sect.

After he left, Feng Xiu quietly reappeared, perched on her shoulder, and said: "You’re doing this field practice to harvest faith?"

Qin Liuxi looked at the Heavenly Saint Statue she had smashed to pieces, and said: "The Power of Faith is a good thing, Si Luo wants it, I just have to intercept it, what about your side, what’s this Spiritual Cultivation, is it Si Luo’s trick?"

Feng Xiu sneered: "The so-called Spiritual Cultivation is actually Dual Cultivation, they preach that the soul is impure and to achieve purification and sublimation, one must do Spiritual Cultivation, only then will the soul be pure, people will be beautiful and kind, and not affected by bad Heavenly Punishments, if anyone doubts, they’ll use minor Magic Tricks to make women deeply convinced. In truth, they are merely rogue monks swindling money and lust, they refine Corpse Oil into ointment and distribute it, many women become entangled with yin energy and karma, plagued by yin illnesses. And as for the Spiritual Cultivation Hall’s statue, it’s like this."

He flicked his finger, a phantom appeared from his hand, it was a seated monk with a Buddha Seal, holding a flower and smiling, the phantom slowly raised its head, smiled at her, then vanished.

"It’s him!"

Qin Liuxi and Feng Xiu exchanged a glance, their brows cold, he was everywhere, fearing the world not in chaos.