Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 288 The Western Demonic Cult, Reigning Supreme over Rakshasa

Demonic cult.

It was originally a force formed by warriors from the Central Plains who were forced to leave their homeland for various reasons and came to the Western Regions.

What circumstances would lead these people to leave their hometowns and come to the Western Regions, which are seen as a desert by the people of the Central Plains?
The better ones did so to escape war.

On the other hand, it's because they are the losers in this war.

Even worse, some were simply heinous criminals, so they couldn't survive in the Central Plains and were hunted down wherever they went, so they simply fled to the Western Regions.

The cult formed by these people was also divided into different factions.

Some people just want to live a peaceful life in the Western Regions.

However, some people want to be unrestrained and indulge their desires without restraint.

In the Western Regions, where martial arts are scarce and national strength is weak, their strength often allows them to achieve their goals.

Another type is those who are always resentful of their failures and constantly want to accumulate strength to return to the Central Plains.

The former gradually integrated into the Western Regions.

After decades of unbridled indulgence, they realized in their old age that they had nothing.

Those with a bit of foresight would establish families or sects, then collude with the local powerful figures in the Western Regions to become the new nobility of the Western Regions.

The third party, possessing a goal and being willing to work towards it, has a cohesive force that the first two lack, and gradually became the main body of the Western Regions Demonic Sect, a force that exists in people's mouths but is actually extremely loose.

The Western demonic cult mentioned by people in the Central Plains often refers to this group.

Time has passed, and what was once a group of people who came together because of the same goal has now become a well-structured force from top to bottom.

Following ancestral teachings, their goal remains to return to... or rather, to invade the Central Plains.

The reason for changing this term is that the current Western cults claim to be guided by ancestral teachings, but in reality, most of them were born and raised in the Western Regions. They do not want to enter the Central Plains because of any ancestral teachings, but simply because they are envious of the wonderful world of the Central Plains.

They would invade the Central Plains every so often.

But the Central Plains, with its boundless resources, always produces powerful figures who defeat them.

If they fail, the Demonic Sect will retreat to the Western Regions to recuperate and accumulate strength in preparation for the next invasion.

However, while the Demonic Sect was recuperating, a powerful and cunning warlord emerged in the Western Regions.

That is the Jade Rakshasa.

He single-handedly established the Rakshasa Sect, and in just over a decade, he became a hegemon in the Western Regions, controlling the border between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and reaping endless profits by exploiting passing caravans.

This land originally belonged to the Western Demonic Cult and was in their interest.

The Western evil cult naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch.

Unfortunately, the Western Demonic Sect had just launched an attack on the Central Plains, only to be defeated and forced to retreat, suffering heavy losses and weakened.

Whenever there is a setback, various conflicts will inevitably erupt within any group, leading to power struggles at the top.

Western cults are no exception.

This meant that the Rakshasa Cult encountered no obstacles in its early stages. However, once it truly developed and attracted the attention of the Western Demonic Cult, its strength became so great that the Western Demonic Cult was unable to deal with it.

They could only watch helplessly as the Rakshasa Cult continued to grow stronger.

The Western Regions are vast but desolate, and martial arts are not prevalent there.

It is extremely difficult to produce talented individuals.

In the past, the Western Demonic Sect was the largest power in the Western Regions, with a profound foundation and countless treasures of martial arts techniques. If talented people wanted to achieve greater development, the best way was naturally to join the Western Demonic Sect.

But now, the Rakshasa Cult has surpassed the Western Demonic Cult in influence, so these talents naturally have a second option.

In the past, Western demonic sects could recover every few decades and accumulate enough power to attack the Central Plains again.

However, with the Rakshasa Cult, the recovery speed of Western demonic cults has been greatly reduced, and they may not be able to attack the Central Plains even once every seventy or eighty years, or even a hundred years.

Therefore, the rise of the Rakshasa Cult is equivalent to constantly absorbing the nutrients that originally belonged to the Western demonic cults.

This has resulted in the Western evil cult not recovering much power to this day.

However, the Rakshasa sect itself did not develop to the point of being able to impact the Central Plains.

After all, given the strength and influence of the Western Demonic Cult, many people are still willing to join it, while others have a negative view of the Rakshasa Cult.

The land of the Western Regions is like a wasteland. Although it is vast, it cannot grow much. Fortunately, with diligence, one can still harvest grain.

If all this food were given to one person, that person would be full.

But now, both the Western Demonic Cult and the Rakshasa Cult coexist on this land, vying for the crops that grow there.

The result of the two of them sharing the food was that they could only eat until they were half full.

Insufficient food leads to insufficient strength, resulting in poor development.

From this perspective, the existence of the Rakshasa Cult was actually a good thing for the Central Plains.

Jade Rakshasa was also an ambitious person.

It was precisely because they saw through this point, knowing that the Rakshasa Sect alone could not penetrate the Central Plains, that they cooperated with the Yuan Dynasty.

Unfortunately, he encountered Kunsa, and all his ambitions were thwarted.

Now that Yu Luosha is dead, the Western Demonic Sect is overjoyed.

They immediately contacted the higher-ups of the Rakshasa Cult.

In fact, even without their contact, the higher-ups of the Rakshasa Cult were already very dissatisfied.

Those who manage to make it in a place like the Western Regions generally possess a certain wildness about them.

Yu Luosha was quite capable and skilled, and after her death, she played the Rakshasa card in this struggle. In fact, the higher-ups of the Rakshasa Cult did not oppose it in their hearts.

Because this means that each of them has the opportunity to become a cult leader.

But if this opportunity falls into the hands of someone else, they will object.

Even if it's the Three Friends of Winter, even if it's the son of Jade Rakshasa, no matter who sits on the position of sect leader, they will inevitably harbor some resentment in their hearts.

Moreover, it's an outsider.

He was still a Xiantian who hadn't even reached the Grandmaster level.

what?
He possesses a treasure capable of suppressing a Jade Rakshasa at the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top level.

That would be even better; the treasure should belong to the virtuous!
But no matter how long they waited, Khun Sa never came.

A full month later, the many high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult finally met Kunsha, the one who had killed their former leader.

And the three thousand Rakshasa soldiers following behind Kunsa!
"what?"

"How could the Rakshasa army..."

"Damn it, a bunch of rigid blockheads! They really think anyone can just grab a Rakshasa token and obey orders!"

The Rakshasa Army is a powerful force cultivated by Jade Rakshasa, and every single person in the army is a congenital martial artist.

However, this army was not at the headquarters of the Rakshasa Cult, but was instead assigned to another location by Jade Rakshasa.

Many high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult did not know where Jade Rakshasa had hidden this army. They only knew that at crucial moments, this army would emerge and destroy all enemies at Jade Rakshasa's command.

Jade Raksha made this arrangement because these three thousand Rakshasa soldiers were all puppets controlled by the Rakshasa Mind Control Technique, which he developed using the special function of the Rakshasa Talisman.

Their immense strength was forcibly cultivated through various self-damaging techniques.

Furthermore, the Rakshasa Mind Control Technique requires the amplification of the Rakshasa Talisman to be able to control others.

Therefore, although each of these three thousand Rakshasa soldiers possesses solid innate-level combat power, they cannot be used as three thousand individual martial artists, but must be controlled as a whole.

To prevent this from being discovered, Jade Rakshasa hid the three thousand Rakshasa soldiers. The higher-ups of the Rakshasa Cult were unaware of the truth and believed that the Rakshasa soldiers were simply normal people loyal to Jade Rakshasa.

It's obvious that a normal person would be loyal to the person who killed their original lord.
Furthermore, since they were unaware of the location of the Rakshasa army, they hadn't really considered the possibility that Kunsa could command the Rakshasa army.

But what they never expected has now actually happened.

They couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The Rakshasa army...aren't they supposed to be loyal?

Where is there a loyal person who, upon the death of his lord, immediately pledges allegiance to the one who killed him?
That's nothing but utter loyalty!
Even if they were very upset, they had no choice but to accept the fact and quickly changed their original ideas.

Originally, they just wanted to wait until Kunsa appeared and then kill him.

Now, however, it is absolutely impossible to do so.

Three thousand innate beings!
Everyone was armed.

As for the armor...

Although they couldn't acquire many suits of armor from the Western Regions, the strength of the Rakshasa Cult was enough to equip five hundred of its members with armor.

If these people make a move, the entire Rakshasa Cult will likely be finished.

Upon learning the news, the remaining high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult immediately came down the mountain to greet their new leader with utmost respect.

The high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult can be simply divided into eight groups: one, two, three, four, six, and eight.

The leader of the sect is Jade Rakshasa.

The two messengers are the Angel of Luo and the Messenger of Hell, both under the command of Jade Rakshasa.

The Three Protectors refer to the Three Friends of Winter.

The Four Venerable Ones refer to the four venerable ones from the east, west, south, and north.

Below them are the Thirty-Six Heavenly Demons and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.

Of the thirty-six Heavenly Demons, one Heavenly Demon General is chosen from every six, thus there are a total of six Heavenly Demon Generals.

Among the seventy-two Earthly Fiends, one Earthly Fiend General is selected for every nine people, so there are a total of eight Earthly Fiend Generals.

Now, apart from the dead Jade Rakshasa and the Three Friends of Winter, all the other two, four, six, and eight are present, and even the remaining Heavenly Demons and Earthly Fiends are all here.

In addition, the hundreds of disciples who remained at the Rakshasa Cult headquarters lined up in front of the mountain gate to welcome Kunsha.

However, compared to the three thousand Rakshasa soldiers, these hundreds were only a small group.

Both of the two messengers were Grandmasters of the Second Flower, while only one of the Four Venerables was a Grandmaster of the Second Flower, and the other three were Grandmasters of the First Flower.

As for the Six Heavenly Demon Generals and the Eight Earthly Fiend Generals, only half of them are Grandmasters.

That is, three two-flower grandmasters and ten one-flower grandmasters.

Everything else is innate.

Such strength is not weak.

However, compared to the title of the Western Region overlord of the Rakshasa Sect, it is completely incomparable.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it, since the Rakshasa Cult was established only a short time ago, a mere ten years or so.

The Western Regions were barren, and the development of martial arts there was far behind that of the Central Plains.

The Rakshasa Sect has so many grandmasters only because of Jade Rakshasa's martial prowess and reputation.

It's no wonder that even though Jade Rakshasa had three thousand Rakshasa soldiers under her command, she didn't dare to directly invade the Central Plains.

They have been in a standoff with the Black Tiger Gang for so many years.

A plan to completely eradicate the Black Tiger Hall even requires Jade Rakshasa to fake her own death in order to carry it out.

It's simply because we don't have enough subordinates!

"I am truly ashamed that you, my seniors, are here to welcome me."

"You flatter me, Master. It is we subordinates who have failed to welcome you back from afar; this is truly our fault."

"Heh, you... acknowledge me as your leader?"

Kunsha sneered and looked at the crowd.

You've brought three thousand Rakshasa soldiers with you, how can we not recognize you?
While everyone secretly grumbled inwardly, they repeatedly said they dared not.

The angel Luo said, "The late Master's dying wish is that anyone who obtains the Rakshasa Token and comes to the Rakshasa Cult headquarters will become the new Master of the Rakshasa Cult."

"Your subordinate, the Angel of Luo, greets the Lord!"

"Your subordinate, a messenger from hell, pays respects to the Master!"

"Your subordinate, Venerable Dongfang, pays his respects..."

A continuous stream of greetings and salutations filled the air.

Seeing this, Kunsha laughed heartily and said, "In that case, lead the way. This sect leader wants to see just how powerful the Rakshasa Sect really is!"

"Yes!"

The group then respectfully invited Kunsha into the Rakshasa sect.

As we walked, we introduced the Rakshasa sect.

Kunsha listened attentively.

But with each step he took, the Rakshasa soldiers beside him followed closely, guarding both sides of the road. At various corners and key points, they would also set up teams of five or ten men to guard the area.

This is where Zhou Ming far surpasses Yu Luosha.

Although Yu Luosha is powerful, it is completely impossible for him to precisely control every single person in the entire Luosha Army with his mental strength.

Even the ability to control the three thousand members of the Rakshasa army as a whole was entirely due to the amplification provided by the Rakshasa talisman, a natural treasure.

Zhou Ming, however, had Xiao Ai mark each member of the Rakshasa army, and then Xiao Ai would control these Rakshasa soldiers through the marks.

How can we achieve precise operations for every member of the Rakshasa Army?

While it's impossible to say that a single member of the Rakshasa Army would possess substantial innate-level combat power, it would certainly allow them to demonstrate near-innate strength in battle.

In this way, Zhou Ming only needs to give orders to Xiao Ai to control all members of the entire Rakshasa Army.

As Kunsha walked step by step from the mountain gate to the core Rakshasa Hall, the Rakshasa army had already secured all the key locations throughout the Rakshasa sect.

Even outside of this, along ordinary roadsides, the Rakshasa army maintains a strict presence with guards every three steps and sentries every five steps.

Many high-ranking members of the Rakshasa Cult were furious but dared not speak out.

Even if they dared to speak out, what could they possibly say?

At the mountain gate, they had already acknowledged Kunsha's identity as the leader of the Rakshasa cult.

As the leader, it was his right to send people to guard the entire Rakshasa Cult.

No one can say anything.

Besides, who would dare to say anything in front of these three thousand Rakshasa soldiers?

They could only swallow their anger and watch helplessly as Kunsha, with the most domineering attitude, directly seized the entire territory of the Rakshasa Sect.

And they all had to obediently stand by Kunsa's side, putting on a smiling face.

When they saw Kunsha sit on the throne of the cult leader that each of them wanted to sit on, they still had to kowtow and pay their respects.

How incredibly frustrating!
(End of this chapter)