Lilium {Mo Dao Zu Shi}

Chryasenthemum [Chapter 23]

Wei WuXian woke up in the Empathy. Opening his eyes, the first thing he laid his gaze upon was...a cult meeting, from what he could tell.

There were several people gathered in a place. A hall, to be exact. They all wore the same grey clothes from before. The number of people was quite a lot, which surprised Wei WuXian. He didn't think a demon would have this many followers.

The power of Zidian came from this very demon...thinking about it made him shiver. Maybe the reason why demonic cultivation came so easily to him was because....

Because of how frequently Zidian was used on him by Yu ZiYuan.

He didn't blame her for it. Even more so now, when she felt extremely guilty about it.

The place was more like, a temple? A shrine?

A big hall that was like...a shrine? Wei WuXian looked around. People surrounded him. He looked ahead, there was someone standing upon what looked like a stage.

The people were all silent, which made Wei WuXian stand even more on edge. There was an old man, someone who was even older than Lan Qiren from the looks of it.

He wore grey and purple robes, and walked up the stage with heavy steps.

Standing in front of the large crowd, he began, "To my fellow worshippers of the great Wenyi Yicheng, greetings. Today, we have gathered for an important meeting."

Silence. Everyone listened intently.

"We have found a sacrifice to bring in this land of the living. A girl named Xiao MingYu, shall bring the Violet Spider back to this land from the dead. Worry not, this procedure was done by Mo XuanYu to bring back Wei WuXian. The former Sect Leader Jin, Jin GuangYao, had returned to us the favour he had taken from us."

Wei WuXian was stunned. Meng Yao managed to get a cult group on his side? No wonder he was able to get where he was. Truly, his methods knew no bounds.

From what Wei WuXian could guess, Jin GuangYao also helped in the prosperity of this cult. This lavish place, only the money of the Jins could make it possible. It was a simple give and take. With Jin GuangYao gone, they had the liberty to take the scrolls away from his possession according to some contract. That was the conclusion Wei WuXian could come up with.

The people were listening intently. The man continued, "We need the weapon Zidian, as well as a Zidian user as a sacrifice to summon the great Wenyi Yicheng."

He continued solemnly, however, the desperate obsession in his eyes were prominent, "Now, is our chance to summon our Lord. We mustn't fail again. All those years ago, we failed with the arrival of the Sect Leader Yu, but today, at this moment, we shall not fail! We shall prevail!" He made a commanding statement. The entire public yelled in unison.

"With thy greatness, we shall prevail!" The old man yelled in sincerity and fell to his knees bowing. The others also fell to their knees bowing. Wei WuXian also felt his body, or should he say, the person he possessed now, falling to his knees and bowing.

Wei WuXian could now understand the gist of it. They wanted to summon the demon itself. As for why they wanted Yu ZiYuan as a sacrifice instead of Jiang Cheng.

Women had stronger yin energy compared to men.

They took every chance they had to bring the perfect sacrifice.

"This cube, you see, will allow you to control the energy of Wenyi Yicheng." The man showed one of the cubes that he knew were terrorizing Gusu and YunMeng with attacks.

Wei WuXian felt the body get connected with the energy of the cube. The cube would allow this body to...

He knew what to do. He knew what to do now. Wei WuXian began to unravel ways of use of the person's corpse in many ways.