My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1041 Discovering clues

Yun Zhongzi retorted, "Hmph, how are you any different from those scoundrels in the Daoist sect who abuse their magic, using supernatural powers to bewitch mortals and extort money?"

"We Taoist disciples are indeed not as good at accumulating wealth as you Western Sect disciples, after all, we don't use as many tricks. Besides, you used hypnotic powers, aren't you afraid of being monitored by the Skynet and discovered by the police?"

"Fellow Daoist, please calm down."

Kasyapa smiled wryly and gently advised, "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. As for the Skynet surveillance, I always remove my clothes before using hypnosis to block it, so I don't have to worry about revealing my identity when using my supernatural powers."

After careful consideration, Yun Zhongzi understood Jia Ye's scam and realized why she dared to use her supernatural powers without fear of being exposed under the surveillance of the Heavenly Net.

The cities under the Demon Alliance's rule have excellent public security and very low crime rates, all thanks to the existence of Skynet.

After all, the Demon Alliance is a multi-race organization, and each race has its own unique extraordinary innate abilities. This is also a world with magical powers that can be cultivated. Even humans without innate abilities can learn wall-penetrating techniques, illusion techniques, and earth-遁 techniques after a few years of cultivation if they have good cultivation aptitude.

If these supernatural powers are used to commit crimes, the local police will face a sharp increase in the difficulty of law enforcement, and the investigation of crimes will become extremely difficult. Even if Sherlock Holmes came to investigate the crime scene where someone was killed by a sword that flew from a hundred miles away, he would not be able to find the culprit by reasoning through genetic deduction.

The Skynet surveillance system is so powerful precisely to prevent supernatural crimes. Only with such tight surveillance, where any supernatural fluctuations are detected and recorded, can the crime rate in the Demon Alliance city be kept low, preventing the emergence of many super criminals.

However, Kasyapa exploited a bug, taking advantage of the privacy clause to devise a scheme to commit crimes using hypnosis, swindling so much money from mortals and managing to remain unscathed.

After Yun Zhongzi understood the cause and effect, he couldn't help but admire her. As expected of a disciple of the Buddha of the Western Sect, her method of exploiting loopholes to amass wealth was truly skillful.

Kasyapa paused for a moment, then continued, "Fellow Daoist, you should keep this money. It's good to find a new place to live. The place the local City God arranged for you has countless surveillance cameras installed."

Yun Zhongzi suddenly realized that he was suffering from a lack of ways to make money and had to accept the local city god's support. He thought that he would definitely be under close surveillance. If he didn't change locations, how could he possibly find clues under their noses?

Despite his reluctance, Yun Zhongzi accepted the banknotes offered by Jia Ye for the sake of the greater good.

But the thought that this money was earned by Kasyapa through selling his body made Yun Zhongzi feel nauseous, and he felt that the money was dirty.

Although Kasyapa explained that she did not actually sell her body, but rather lured customers there, removed her clothes to block the surveillance cameras, and then used hypnosis to swindle money from them.

However, Yun Zhongzi, who had a strong sense of moral purity, still felt that holding this money would make his Dao heart unclear, as if he were a pimp or a kept man.

"Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid you haven't found anything in the past month."

Seeing Yun Zhongzi reluctantly accept the money, Jia Ye was secretly delighted and pressed his advantage, saying, "I have indeed found some clues. Do you want to know what I found?"

This question struck a nerve with Yun Zhongzi. Even though he was unwilling to join forces with the Western Sect, he could only helplessly ask, "What have you found out?"

Kasyapa's expression changed, and he said in a gloomy voice, "That Wen Rui is indeed harboring evil intentions. That so-called demonic calamity was very likely a play staged by him in collusion with the Blood Sea Ancestor!"

"what?"

Yun Zhongzi was greatly alarmed. He had already reviewed all the changes that had occurred in the Three Realms during his seclusion. The current great upheaval in the world stemmed from the Blood Sea Demon Clan invasion that nearly destroyed the human world. Wen Rui's meteoric rise from Great Emperor to Heavenly Venerable was also due to his great contributions during the demonic calamity.

The martial arts puppet army he cultivated and created was ostensibly intended to wipe out the remnants of the demon race lurking in the mortal realm, but it ended up being used as his private army. Although the gods of the Heavenly Court were wary of it, they dared not speak out against it.

It was thought that the times made heroes, and Wen Rui seized the opportunity of the demonic calamity, encountering a great opportunity as the one destined to face the tribulation.

If, as Venerable Kasyapa said, this calamity was a staged performance orchestrated by him and the Blood Sea Ancestor from beginning to end, then it would be terrifying.

"Impossible. Wen Rui's merits and spiritual aura cannot be faked. If he were the mastermind behind the demonic calamity, even if he could deceive the gods and Buddhas, he could not deceive the Heavenly Dao."

Yun Zhongzi shook his head and said, "What evidence do you have? You can't just conclude that he's the mastermind because he benefited from the demonic calamity, can you?"

"Hmph, if it were just conjecture, Wen Rui would have been listed as an enemy of Buddha and an evil god in our Western Religion long ago."

Venerable Kasyapa gritted his teeth, looking as if he wished he could devour Wen Rui alive: "The Buddha used his great power and supreme supernatural ability to foretell destiny to see the trace of evil in Wen Rui's past and present lives. However, due to his special identity and the large amount of merit he received from the Heavenly Dao, it is difficult to convince the masses with just words, especially the powerful figures of the Jie Sect who support Wen Rui behind the scenes."

"Therefore, the Buddha sent me to infiltrate the foundation he established in the mortal world to investigate and find strong evidence to prove his evil nature."

"Even the Buddha's testimony cannot accuse a celestial being of evil. Not only would the Tongtian Sect Leader behind Wen Rui not believe it, but even the Jade Emperor could not make a judgment based on this. Otherwise, if the Buddha said that any deity in the Heavenly Court was a demon, and the Jade Emperor punished that one, who would be the ruler of the Three Realms—the Jade Emperor or the Buddha?"

Yun Zhongzi nodded and asked, "So, do you have any evidence?"

"Of course!"

Venerable Kasyapa smiled smugly and said, "When it comes to the ability to infiltrate and investigate in the mortal realm, we disciples of the Western Sect are second to none. I discovered a group of women in the city who claimed to be insect demons in human form. Their appearances do indeed look very much like insect demons who have cultivated and transformed, and they still retain some insect demon characteristics. Even you immortals would find it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake."

"But this couldn't escape my divine eye; I saw through a flaw."

"A fake insect demon?"

Yun Zhongzi's eyes flickered, his mind raced, and he immediately made a connection.

"The Demonic Calamity was caused by the Blood Sea Demon Mosquito Clan, under the command of the Blood Sea Ancestor, invading the mortal realm in an attempt to use it as a springboard to seize the Heavenly Court and dominate the Three Realms..."

"The demon mosquito is also a kind of insect, but it is not a demonic insect, but a demonic insect."

"As expected of the immortal who was the first to discover Daji's disguise and infiltration of the Shang Dynasty royal court, he is indeed exceptionally wise!"

Kasyapa praised, "I have dealt with demonic insects many times, and I have personally killed tens of thousands of them. Those women who call themselves insect demons have almost no demonic energy left, but I can still sense some similarities between them and demonic insects."

(End of this chapter)