Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 126

After giving his orders, Feng Heng returned to his own main temple. When he reached his cultivation room, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man standing there waiting for him.

The middle-age man had a calm and serene look on his face. His eyes radiated a profound wisdom that made anyone who approached him instantly have a good impression of him.

Despite the man’s unusual temperament, this was not the thing that caught people’s attention when first meeting.

His most noticeable or recognizable trait was his short black hair. Unlike most people who keep their hair long, this man had very short hair.

Although it was to the point of being completely bald, it was quite close to it. However, this short somehow accentuated his calm and peaceful vibe.

Feng Heng looked at the man with a surprised look on his face and asked, "Master?"

The man just nodded to Feng Heng, who rushed to meet him with an exciting smile on his face.

"Master, you seemed...alright now. No, you seemed better than alright."

"Yes. I have found something that stabilized my Primordial Soul."

"Really? Huh, who would have thought that such a small world would have such a powerful thing," responded Feng Heng, genuinely happy for his master.

"Yes, who would have thought," nodded the middle-aged man. "Disciple, how are things going recently?"

"I just received an envoy from the Great Zhou Dynasty asking us to not interfere in their battle with the Great Wu Dynasty."

"So, what are you going to do?"

"I’m going to accept, after all, remaining neutral was our original plan. However, the people of the Great Wu Dynasty need to pay certain prices to buy our neutrality," responded Feng Heng while looking out a window in his room..

Feng Heng’s master nodded after hearing this, then he suddenly asked, "Something seemed to be on your mind. What happened?"

"Master, I just discovered that a large portion of Incense Power was absorbed in the temples throughout the dynasty. I’m just worried about this."

A gleam of light flashed from Shi Fuyu’s eyes after hearing his disciple’s words and asked. "Did you find the culprit?"

"That’s the problem, Master. I have not found anything despite personally searching with, well, you know what."

Shi Fuyu nodded as he understood the meaning behind his disciple’s words.

"Do you think that one of your competitors in the sect did it?"

"It’s unlikely. As the Dao Child of the sect, I am the only one chosen to participate in this trial."

"Disciple, you are too tender. Do you think your competitors will easily give up the position of Dao Child? Even if they cannot attend the trial, with the supporters they have, they can easily sneak in a few of their subordinates into this world in order to cause you trouble."

Feng Heng frowned after hearing this and started thinking.

The Taiyi Profound Gate way of choosing a successor is different from the Dao Opening Sect.

While the Dao Opening Sect was decided purely based on strength--Wang Wei being the only exception--The Taiyi Profound Gate’s process is more complicated due to it being a religious sect based on taoism.

Beside strength, its successor--aptly named Dao Child--is chosen based on the amount of people supporting them in the sect and more importantly, their understanding of the sect’s philosophies and teachings.

In the Taiyi Profound Gate, this is called Dharma Heart or Dharma Perception.

One of the reasons that Feng Heng was able to become the Dao Child was due to his profound Dharma Perception. And the reason he had such a deep understanding of Taoist Dharma was because his master, Shi Fuyu, personally explained it in great detail to him.

As such, Feng Heng has a great deal of respect for his master. Not only because of his powerful origin, but because of his profound understanding of taoism.

After his master pointed out the possibility of his competitor sending spies to try to sabotage his trial, he realized that this was actually a possibility.

Even if he failed this trial, his status would not be affected that much. As the sect’s Dao Child, he is the Heaven Chosen selected to fight for the Heaven Will in this generation.

One failure is not enough for him to be disposed of his position. However, if he was ever caught in possession of Incense Power, then he would be in a difficult situation--even if he did not personally absorb it.

After thinking about this, Feng Heng decided to spend more resources focusing on finding the spies his competitor sent in this world. At the same time, Shi Fuyu nodded with a smile after this.

Great Zhou Dynasty, Imperial Palace.