139: Chapter 135 Fake Heavenly Girl and New Target 139: Chapter 135 Fake Heavenly Girl and New Target The clerks at the Demon Suppression Department have had a rough few days.

While Zhao Changhe was challenging rivals boldly in the Changhe main street, they were overturning cabinets to interrogate members of the Demon Sect; when Zhao Changhe returned to the Xiao Xiang Inn for dual cultivation with the female knight that got you coming and going, they were still out there engaging in wits and bravery, even sustaining injuries.

It’s not easy to screen and capture members of the Maitreya Sect in such a large city—it would take at least a month to finish the job.

Not to mention the distant ones, just take the White Lotus Temple that they flattened that night, searching every nook and cranny would take two to three days just to clear.

Today, it was the Demon Suppression Department personnel who stayed behind to inspect the warehouses of the White Lotus Temple that stumbled upon a girl hidden in a corner among a pile of clothes, who was pulled out only to reveal that she had been tied up there and starved for several days, barely clinging to life.

Upon questioning, she claimed she was the Heavenly Girl of the White Lotus Temple…

that a few days ago, she was mysteriously knocked out, knew nothing, and woke up to find herself in this state, even asking which year it was now.

There were already undercover agents from the Demon Suppression Department within the Maitreya Sect; Gong Chaoqun had known earlier that a Heavenly Girl of the Maitreya Sect was preparing to entangle Zhao Changhe, and had intercepted Zhao Changhe on the road to remind him of the Heavenly Girl’s illusion technique.

It was also clear later that the Heavenly Girl sent by the Maitreya Sect to seduce Zhao Changhe was called the Heavenly Girl…

But where did this near-death Heavenly Girl come from?

Gong Chaoqun sensed something was amiss and quickly sent Tang Buqi to find Zhao Changhe.

When Zhao Changhe hurried to the Demon Suppression Department, he saw the Heavenly Girl looking haggard, her appearance vaguely resembling the previous Heavenly Girl’s, but generally quite different, a stranger in essence.

He squatted in front of her and asked, “Do you recognize me?”

The Heavenly Girl looked at him with confused eyes for quite a while: “Are you…

the Bloodthirsty Shura, Zhao Changhe?”

Zhao Changhe twitched the corner of his mouth, “Yes.

Are you guessing by my appearance?”

“I saw you enter the White Lotus Temple.”

“…And then?”

“I only know you went to meet Upper Buddha Fa Yuan, but I don’t know what you talked about,” the Heavenly Girl recalled painfully, “Even earlier, Upper Buddha Fa Yuan told me, if Zhao Changhe came, it could be my mission…

but that day, I hadn’t received those instructions yet, and then suddenly I knew nothing.”

Zhao Changhe’s expression became even more peculiar.

It seemed someone had knocked this girl out and taken her place…

Let alone the imposter’s purpose, just speaking of this fake Heavenly Girl, how did she deceive the Maitreya Sect members?

Oh right…

Zhao Changhe tapped his head—the imposter had disguised herself to look like Yue Hongling, and the appearance was so much like Yue Hongling that the other Maitreya Sect members did not give it an extra thought…

This girl is too interesting.

As an imposter, she actually used the chance of disguising as Yue Hongling to stay inside the Maitreya Sect this whole time—on the night the White Lotus Temple was attacked, she was there resisting!

It’s unbelievable.

Thinking more carefully, Zhao Changhe could even hypothesize an amusing scenario:

For some reason, the fake Heavenly Girl knocked out the real one.

Most likely, it wasn’t for the purpose of replacement, she had other plans; that’s why she continued to stay in the White Lotus Temple— she had something to do.

But right after she knocked out the real one, someone outside called for the Heavenly Girl to go on a mission to impersonate Yue Hongling…

This put the fake Heavenly Girl in a tough spot—she couldn’t very well wake up the real one, asking her to proceed with the mission, could she?

So, taking advantage of the fact that she was already in the clothing storehouse, and right next to the dressing room, she simply changed into a red-clad female knight’s outfit, applied some masculine makeup, and confidently took the mission as the Heavenly Girl.

The general members of the Maitreya Sect wouldn’t think too deeply about it, they took her to Xiao Xiang Inn and even reapplied her makeup to make her look more like Yue Hongling.

The more he thought about it, the more amusing it became.

Even funnier, this girl sat in the room waiting for him, Zhao Changhe, and perhaps was still rolling her eyes round and round, considering how to botch the mission quickly.

But then the real Yue Hongling jumped in, knocked her out, and stuffed her under the bed.

Zhao Changhe almost laughed aloud at the thought.

No wonder afterward she was so cooperative—putting on an act as if something had happened with Zhao Changhe, all without a hitch.

The real Heavenly Girl would not have behaved that way, and he mistaken to think that the real Heavenly Girl wasn’t brainwashed thoroughly…

Though he didn’t know her original intentions or what changes in thought she had afterward, as to why she ended up genuinely sharing her Qi with him for dual cultivation, and what her ultimate aim was…

but the general sequence of events should be just like this, almost certainly.

It couldn’t possibly be that she deliberately knocked out the real Heavenly Girl and took her identity just to get close to him, could it?

That logic doesn’t stand, nor is there any need.

To get close to him, a clean and pristine identity would be much more useful than that of a disposable Heavenly Girl.

“It’s okay now.” Having contemplated for a while, Zhao Changhe finally turned to Gong Chaoqun, “She’s just an ordinary Maitreya Sect Heavenly Girl, handle it the usual way.”

Gong Chaoqun knew what he meant, “The previous one…”

“Trouble the Demon Suppression Department to help screen for what kind of background this person might have, clever and decisive, acts with a wicked nature, and just like the Heavenly Girl of Maitreya, has no inhibitions…”

Gong Chaoqun’s expression became increasingly strange, “Aren’t you quite familiar with the Four Symbols Sect yourself?”

Zhao Changhe was quite annoyed, “The Holy Daughters of the Four Symbols Sect are not like that, they would never flirt with people they dislike, you’ve got it quite wrong!”

Tang Buqi said in a mockingly serious tone, “We aren’t as knowledgeable about the Four Symbols Holy Daughters as you are.”

Zhao Changhe clenched his fist.

Tang Buqi took a step back.

Zhao Changhe couldn’t be bothered with him and continued, “Another clue is she truly knows the Cultivation Techniques of the Maitreya Sect, I now suspect her inexperience in battle was because she was unfamiliar with imitating Maitreya Sect’s Techniques, she should have another fundamental Cultivation Technique, her level of cultivation might not be too low, but there’s a considerable gap compared to Yue Hongling.

Anyway, this narrows it down quite a bit, sift through and let me know if there are any results.”

Gong Chaoqun was also pondering these leads in his mind, then shook his head and nodded, “Alright, I will sift through them thoroughly.”

Tang Buqi’s gaze shifted back and forth between the two, looking utterly puzzled.

Gong Chaoqun added, “There’s another matter, Young Master Zhao would surely be interested.”

“Oh?

What’s that?”

“The correspondence between Fa Yuan and the Hierarch of Maitreya Sect, you didn’t look at it yourself when you gave them to me, did you?”

“No, there are so many letters, I don’t have the leisure to read them slowly…

Whatever communications and movements the rebels have, that’s your business.”

“True, most of it is our business, but there is one item in which you would take a particular interest,” Gong Chaoqun said with a smile.

“In the letter Maitreya sent to Fa Yuan, he mentioned a suspicion that a Nourishing Evil Treasure might be in the Jiangdong area, telling Fa Yuan to be on the lookout, with Jinling being the most likely place, where Maitreya is currently located.

Fa Yuan wrote half a reply stating definitely not in Yangzhou, he speculated the likelihood being greater in Gusu.”

Zhao Changhe listened quietly, his breathing becoming obviously heavier.

Tang Buqi asked from the side, “What is a Nourishing Evil Treasure?”

Gong Chaoqun responded with a laugh, “Just as the Maitreya Sect preaches ‘Killing to Become Buddha’, many of their techniques are filled with Evil Qi and Vicious Energy, the more violent the person or the more murders one has committed, the more powerful these techniques become.

Therefore, the Maitreya Sect once showed an interest in recruiting Zhao because, as a Bloodthirsty Shura, he fits their Killing Skills quite well.

In fact, the practices of the Blood God Sect also encourage murder, the heavier the Evil Qi, the more powerful you become.

To reach the late stages of the Blood Evil Skill, merely relying on one’s Qi and blood isn’t enough, one must kill to nourish the Evil Qi.”

Zhao Changhe didn’t interject; he understood the logic quite well.

A while back, he had specially used Wang Dashan’s head to break through.

Why does each battle, especially those involving bloodshed and killing, benefit the breakthrough of his Blood Evil Skill?

Why is his combat strength at its wildest after each breakthrough?

The fundamental principle of the Blood Evil Skill is based on this.

Tang Buqi persisted in asking, “So there are treasures that can nourish this kind of Evil Qi?”

“It could be a treasure, or a location, or some special method, there has to be something, it can’t just rely on killing,” Gong Chaoqun laughed.

“Young Master Zhao handed us these letters; Gong feels this piece of news is useful to you, so I return the favor.”

Zhao Changhe took a deep breath, “Much appreciated, indeed useful…

very useful.”

What had he just been thinking about?

The physiological advantages he gained were almost exhausted, the next considerations would have to be those beyond human.

This Evil Qi is precisely the most classic non-human aspect of his Blood Evil Skill, to break through past the Sixth Layer, even to glimpse into the Secret Treasure, one must focus on this.

But you can’t simply consider committing murders, can you?

And just when he was pondering this, news came along.

Still considering where the next stop should be…

forget Wushan, forget the Capital for now.

Worried about not being able to defeat Sect Hierarch Xue in combat for the continuation of the secret book for Blood Evil Skill?

Of course, you should seek every possible upgrade before confronting him.

That’s the right path.

There’s no need to think about the next destination anymore, it will be Gusu.