Chapter: 884

At noon on the third day, the members of Cardinal Spear and the envoy from Forces of Justice arrived.

Around fifty or so people from Yulin were waiting for their entry passes to be issued in front of the south gate of the Dragon Palace.

However, half of them weren’t martial artists.

Half of them were like nuns in grey monk robes with a thin scabbard on their backs.

The middle-aged nun at the forefront was none other than a long-time elder of the Hangsan clan, Monk Sathi.

“I hope that Monk Sathi doesn’t cross us.”

Peng-gyu, the head of the Peng family, grumbled.

Normally, he was only planning to move with Yeon Buso, the eldest son of the Forces of Justice Great Leader, and the members of his clan, but at the orders of the Great Leader, the Hangsan clan members had joined in.

The reason being,

“Amitabha, would it be bad to change Buddhism as a new religion? This is an opportunity for the merciful Buddha to be known by the entire empire. Leader Peng-gyu.”

It was just an in-case situation.

Although the Emperor had officially announced a change in the State Religion, they thought it would be difficult for the Emperor to change his words.

With that in mind, they intended to recommend Buddhism as the next best solution to Yulin.

If there was distrust in martial arts because of Elder Cheong-su, the Great Leader decided that it wouldn’t be bad to recommend Buddhism, so he had asked Monk Sathi.

“It would have been better if Monk Gak-yeon had come, what could I possibly do? Amitabha!”

Monk Gak-yeon had a strong reputation and influence as he was the leader of the Shaolin clan, the largest Buddhist centre in Jianghu.

However, since he was currently in charge of a separate task, he couldn’t leave his position.

“Let’s talk with His Majesty first. It may not be too difficult to convince him to reconsider his suggestion.”

On their way to the palace, the eunuchs had given them various pieces of information.

Fortunately, they came to know that even though the Emperor had announced the change of State Religion, he hadn’t completely withdrawn Taoism.

As the eunuch had said, there was still time to change his mind.

“Amitabha. But this is taking longer than I thought.”

They had been waiting at the south gate entrance for more than half an hour and hadn’t received any news.

They were told that the eunuch would enter the palace first and bring them an issued entry pass, but it was taking a lot of time.

“What will you do if the Lord of the Demonic Cult has already left? Your hopes might collapse if he is not here.”

Peng-gyu spoke to Yeon Buso, who was quietly standing alone.

When he arrived at the capital, the eunuch had told them that the Lord of the Demonic Cult had returned to the cult and he’d seemed disappointed.

‘Maybe we are not fated to meet yet?’

The young man had a strong desire to meet his rival, who was also the Lord of the new generations.

Besides, his fiancé, Jegal Sohi, was praising him too much, and he wanted to see what kind of a person this Lord was.