Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 283 Better to kill the innocent than to infiltrate

Upon hearing Yan Yimei's explanation, a chilling murderous intent flashed in Zhu Jinzhen's eyes.

The Scar of the Sky, the Three Great Emperors?

Zhu Jinzhen memorized the code name. If they were to meet again on the roadside, he would make sure the other party saw that the sword in his hand was not inferior.

But for now, he can only suppress his anger for the time being.

"No rush, the Three Officials?"

“The spiritual realm will be restored soon. At that time, even if he is a rat in the gutter, one of the 84,000 insects in the water that Buddha spoke of, blending into the crowd, we will still be able to find him.” Zhu Jinzhen’s eyes flashed with a dangerous glint, and a cold smile appeared on his face.

A magic mirror?

A hint of surprise flashed across Yan Yi's face, but she quickly realized that her prince had probably used some means to reduce the recovery time of the spirit mirror, and she was overjoyed.

With the Spirit Mirror, the Secret Guard no longer needs to go through so much trouble to investigate any clues or find any people.

Zhu Jinzhen naturally noticed the surprise on Yan Yimei's face, smiled, and changed the subject, continuing to ask, "You first mentioned the Great Brahma Dao Yu, Ziwei, Zhenwu, and the Martial Emperor, the Three Officials, but Qianqiu didn't mention any clues, leaving only the Dragon Lord. Could that Dragon Lord be something special?"

"Your Highness, that Dragon Lord... is suspected to be the Grand Dragon Leader of the Azure Dragon Society!"

Green Dragon Society?
Zhu Jinzhen seemed to realize something, but wasn't too surprised.

A force like the Heavenly Gate, amidst the turmoil of the world, naturally attracts top experts and leaders from all sides.

"So, the leader of the Azure Dragon Society is also at the peak of the Land Immortal realm?" Zhu Jinzhen hadn't forgotten that Dao Yu ranked fourth in the Heavenly Scar organization, and his strength was even above that of the codenamed Dragon Lord.

Yan Yimei nodded.

In Dao Yu's memory, apart from the lack of a plan on how to deal with his own prince's final contingency, all other memories were clear and distinct, which was equivalent to exposing the entire power of the Heavenly Scar to the Secret Guard.

There are no secrets at all.

The Dragon Lord of the Sky Scar, who is suspected to be the Great Dragon Leader of the Azure Dragon Society, naturally possesses considerable strength.

"You've already made your move?"

Zhu Jinzhen suddenly asked an unrelated question.

"Your Highness, this is to prevent unforeseen circumstances and a counterattack or withdrawal by the forces of the Heavenly Scar."

"After obtaining Dao Yu's memories and knowledge of all the strongholds and halls, I, along with Xiao Luoyang, dispatched 70% of the secret guards and 132 terrestrial immortals to various places overnight. We have already wiped out Datong, Xuanfu, Taiyuan, Baoding, as well as Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other places."

"Last night, we destroyed seventeen strongholds of the Heavenly Scar."

Yan Yimei replied in a clear voice.

Zhu Jinzhen gave her the authority to act expediently. In the absence of Changsun Wangqing, the Grand Commander of the Secret Guard, Yan Yimei could make decisions on all matters of the Secret Guard and could act first and report later.

Having obtained the intelligence, Yan Yimei naturally wouldn't remain indifferent.

All the strongholds of the Heavenly Scar known to Dao Yu, and all the forces related to the Heavenly Scar, except for those that are far away and those outside of the Great Ming Dynasty, are being targeted by the Secret Guard.

Listening to Yan Yimei recount the various arrangements and achievements, Zhu Jinzhen praised her decisiveness: "Well done. When facing such rebellious and wicked people, we should use thunderous force to suppress them with iron and blood and eliminate them with ruthless methods."

"It is better to kill a thousand innocent people than to let one guilty person go free."

If the Demonic Sect, the Azure Dragon Society, and various other gangs and factions in the martial arts world gave Zhu Jinzhen the impression of being eccentric, unscrupulous, and lawless, then the Heavenly Scar gave Zhu Jinzhen the impression of…

terrorist.

Sects like the Demonic Cult and the Azure Dragon Society have businesses spanning all sectors, from the imperial court to the common people and all walks of life. At most, they might disregard human life, wiping out entire families or killing people to practice their skills. But they would never be so depraved as to plant explosives in various prefectures, disregarding the lives of dozens or even millions of people.

From the moment Yan Yimei reported the situation of Tianzhihen, Zhu Jinzhen had only one word in his eyes regarding Tianzhihen: kill, and it had to be a complete and utter extermination, leaving no one alive.

Yan Yimei also had no goodwill towards Tian Zhihen. "Yes, the Secret Guard will strictly carry out Your Highness's orders."

Immediately, Yan Yimei revealed her plan.

The influence of the Heaven's Scar covers all the countries under heaven. Their shadow can be seen in the Central Plains and overseas countries. The person who surpasses the six gods and ascends to the top of the seven gods of the Heaven's Scar, codenamed Martial Emperor, is suspected to be Wang Xianzhi of Martial Emperor City.

No matter how fast the Secret Guard operates, it's impossible to wipe out all the Heavenly Scar strongholds in the world at once.

This is a slow and meticulous process.

In order to alert the enemy, Yan Yimei and Xiao Luoyang planned to deceive them and pull off a surprise attack.

"Find someone to replace Dao Yu and become the Great Brahma of the Heavenly Scar, so as to uproot the entire Heavenly Scar?" Zhu Jinzhen closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. After reviewing the situation in his mind, he slowly nodded: "Approved!"

For someone else to impersonate Dao Yu and infiltrate the Heavenly Scar to continue serving as one of the Seven Gods, Brahma, is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven.

But Zhu Jinzhen's approach was very simple.

The Martial Arts Cultivation Furnace can synchronize power, cultivation level, martial arts insights, and even memories. It only requires one secret guard to synchronize the power, cultivation, and memories of the Dao.

Even if he simply changed his appearance and stood in front of the Heavenly Lord and the Demon Lord of the Heavenly Scar, saying that the secret guard with a seventh-level pagoda and all of Dao Yu's memories was not Dao Yu, no one would believe him.

And there is absolutely no risk of being exposed.

"Have all the gunpowder been disposed of?"

"Your Highness, everything that Brahma was responsible for has been completely eliminated without any oversight."

Yan Yimei acted overnight because she was worried that the news would leak out or that Tian Zhihen would discover it first and take action, causing an irreparable tragedy. Before dawn, the secret guards cleaned up all the places where gunpowder was buried in Datong, Taiyuan, Xuanfu and other places.

"In addition, during last night's operation, the secret guards killed and captured several 'dead men' who should have died long ago."

"Xie Wangsun of Shenjian Villa, Yi Yun of Mingjian Villa, Shen Tianjun, King of the Nine Provinces, the Five Great Elders, the Heavenly Absolute Elder, and many other martial arts masters who have long since disappeared from the martial arts world and whose deaths have been rumored."

"According to the interrogation, most of these people were on the verge of death when Dao Yu tampered with their bodies, making the outside world believe that they were dead. After they were buried, they were dug up and resurrected, and then coerced and lured into joining the Heaven's Scar."

Yan Yimei breathed a sigh of relief, finally having an answer to the matter that her prince had been concerned about, namely the recent frequent appearances of dead people in the martial arts world.

"Oh, I see."

"These are minor matters that the secret guards can handle themselves."

Zhu Jinzhen nodded, completely unconcerned. As long as it wasn't a transmigrator causing trouble, the martial arts world wouldn't be able to turn upside down. Even if all the masters from the past three hundred years attacked him, let alone some masters who had faked their deaths, he wouldn't be afraid.

"Yes, this subordinate understands what to do." Yan Yimei nodded, her expression unreadable.

Zhu Jinzhen took a sip of the fragrant tea, held the cup, and smiled faintly.

"Heavenly Lord, Demon Lord."

"Ha, all sorts of monsters and demons are popping up in this world."

"Since you want to play, I'll play along and see what surprises your trump cards can bring me."

Zhu Jinzhen was very curious about what the plan of Da Fantian Daoyu, one of the seven gods of the Tianzhihen organization, was, which was kept completely hidden from him. He wanted to know what kind of trump card they had prepared to deal with him.
(End of this chapter)