Chapter 199 Law Enforcement Elder Guards the World (12)

It seemed that they weren’t allowed to leave the room until a certain time to go to the gathering at the round platform. Since the spiritual energy here was abundant, Shen Zhuo simply crossed his legs and began absorbing the spiritual energy as he remembered.

The results of today’s assessment had already reached Bai Tang, the Sect Master, Juan Bai, Chang Shan, and Yan Hui.

Seeing hundreds of children with demonic bones, several elders still harbored some faint worries.

Chang Shan spoke up, “Elder Bai Tang, are we really going to accept demonic cultivators?”

Bai Tang replied, “It’s too late to say we won’t accept them now. I know what you’re worried about. Influenced by society, you’ve also developed prejudices against all demonic cultivators. But in fact, many children wouldn’t even know they had demonic bones if we didn’t test today. Since it’s innate, there’s no distinction between good and bad. The so-called demonic energy is just another form of spiritual energy.”

The Sect Master expressed his support. “Elder Bai Tang speaks the truth. In just three years, I occasionally investigated the situation within the sect and indeed, it has improved significantly. The disciples have become even more diligent in their cultivation.”

Yan Hui voiced his concern. “I’m just worried about that child with the innate demonic bone. If we let this Shen Zhuo grow up, he might become a demon king.”

Juan Bai suggested, “Since we’ve already discovered that Shen Zhuo has an innate demonic bone, why not just take it from him to prevent any future chaos in the world?”

Bai Tang countered, “Why would someone who’s perfectly fine want to cause chaos in the world? Have you ever thought about it? Even if he hasn’t done anything wrong, if you choose to suppress him, not to mention that the demonic bone cannot be removed, simply taking away what rightfully belongs to him for fear that he might cause trouble in the future… Let me tell you, who’s the crazy one here? If you do this and he does become a menace in the future, you’ll be accomplices to the havoc he wreaks upon the world. You’ve been cultivating for so long? Is all you know about cultivation being afraid to take responsibility?”

Currently, Shen Zhuo’s hands have not yet been tainted with the blood of the innocent, and Bai Tang is still willing to guide him. Every life is so tragic, and yet no one bothers to teach properly. He’s clearly very intelligent, but he’s been led astray and caused harm.

“Don’t just focus on his wrongdoing. Have any of you delved into the reasons behind it? In anything we do, we need to find the root cause and then solve it to prevent it from happening again. Instead of trying to avoid trouble by taking the simplest way out, have you thought about the possible consequences?”

If he harms innocent people, Bai Tang is not willing to reform him.

The words left Juan Bai, Chang Shan, and Yan Hui speechless. They were ultimately not as broad-minded and decisive as this mysterious Law Enforcement Elder or the Sect Master.

With this matter settled, it was now set in stone.

Fortunately, these elders who presided over the affairs of the Divine Movement Sect were not stubborn. If things made sense, they wouldn’t say one thing and do another behind closed doors, which made things much easier. Bai Tang had originally considered that if they remained obstinate, she would overthrow the Divine Movement Sect and establish a new sect as the Sect Master, rebuilding everything from scratch.

By the time the hour of Mao¹ arrived, the sky was beginning to brighten, and the night had faded slightly.

Shen Zhuo noticed that the spiritual seal on the door had disappeared, indicating that he could now leave. Without delay, Shen Zhuo pushed open the door and saw faint, indistinct images of stairs, houses, and tree branches.

Stepping out, Shen Zhuo found that everything had disappeared, and he was in a very special place. It felt like walking on ice, with deep blue all around, smooth and flat everywhere.

Was this the beginning?

“Remember how to walk…”

Shen Zhuo closed his eyes and recalled the path he had taken with the disciple earlier today.

Here was a turn, there was a step, and here was a lotus pond…

The path wasn’t too long, and Shen Zhuo easily arrived at the location of the round platform. As he opened his eyes, everything around him returned to normal, with the sky turning brighter by the moment.

Standing before him was a boy of similar age.

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TL/N:

1. [ 卯时 mǎo​shí ] : 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times). ↩︎