Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 756 Must Intervene
In the "Yamata no Orochi Project", the strength of the monster finally cultivated is related to the number of sacrifices in the blood sacrifice ceremony.

For example, in the north, many supernatural gangs are in charge of their own affairs, with small territories and small populations. Therefore, the monsters born there are no match for Yan Yu and Anna, and can be easily dealt with. For example, in the south, the former Witch King personally ordered the arrangements, and the number of people involved in the blood sacrifice was large enough, so the summoned Luotouba was invincible. In the end, the Sun Zhenmei Sword Intent was used to completely solve it. When it died, part of the environment of the Indochina Peninsula was permanently changed, which shows how difficult it is.

However, when it comes to the allocation of resources, the supernatural powers can't even begin to match the secular regime. If Onmyoji devotes all his efforts to cultivating the Yamata no Orochi, it could very well lead to a world catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions.

Yan Yu carefully compared his memories with those of his past life, and the situation became increasingly confusing. Logically speaking, Onmyoji shouldn't have committed suicide in this way. After all, such a large-scale blood sacrifice would ultimately cultivate the Yamata no Orochi, a creature whose power would be completely uncontrollable. There was no other outcome except the destruction of all humanity.

But it is impossible for Jingye to lie.

The two of them flew to Pingjing at high speed on their swords, and Liu Longtao took him straight to the Privy Council.

The Liu family has a background in the Privy Council, and the staff all know this young master Liu. Logically, they should not come to stop them.

But before the two of them approached the office, a male secretary came out and led them to the lounge next door.

"Uncle Yang, stop making tea!" Liu Longtao said impatiently, "I have something to discuss with Old Liu!"

Yan Yu was silent on the side, wondering what did it mean that Master Jing called his father Old Liu instead of referring to his father by his title in such an occasion?
"The chief is receiving visitors." Secretary Yang said with a smile, without hiding anything. "I'll come out and let you know when things are done."

"Forget it." Liu Longtao was about to say something, but Yan Yu had already spoken up, "There's no need to rush these few minutes. Let's wait until they're done talking."

"You are quite patient." Liu Longtao sat down on the sofa and took a big gulp of tea.

"There's no better way," Yan Yu said. "You don't even know the location of the Yamata no Orochi's true form. Even if we just start a fight and kill it, what will happen?"

"Find the Yin-Yang master who's presiding over the blood sacrifice," Liu Longtao said word by word. "Torture him severely. I'm not afraid he won't tell me!"

"First find the person, then arrest him, and then interrogate him." Yan Yu laughed, "There are too many links in the chain. If there is a problem anywhere, it will be stuck again... Your plan won't work."

"What should we do?" Liu Longtao spread his hands. "Can you think of a solution?"

"Let's wait for the Privy Council to formulate a countermeasure." Yan Yu said, "Old Liu, we are cultivators. We are good at killing people in battle, but it's better to leave things like gathering intelligence, training spies, and reasoning and analyzing to professionals."

"It's been so long since we handed it over to them, but there's still no clue." Liu Longtao complained.

The two sat on the sofa, drinking cup after cup of tea, until finally someone came out of the office.

Chen Tianming?
The moment Liu Longtao saw the person coming, he gave Yan Yu a subtle look, meaning "You go talk to your father-in-law."

In the past, he had only called her "Old Taishan" out of habit from his previous life, but now that he had slept with Chen Lingyun several times, Yan Yu no longer had any psychological barriers and went straight over to ask:

"How to say?"

"Follow me." Chen Tianming made a gesture.

He took Yan Yu and Liu Longtao through many twists and turns and headed all the way to the underground confidential area.

The Lu Kingdom had a special system for the imprisonment of monks. Transcendents, after all, were not ordinary people, and it was difficult to contain them with metal shackles alone. Therefore, imprisonment facilities and security forces were of paramount importance.

After Li Zhaojiang's rebellion in his previous life, many suspected Annan monks were escorted to Pingjing and detained in this underground secret area for interrogation and investigation. However, this was Yan Yu's first time here, and he didn't know who he was going to meet.

The answer was soon revealed.

The three of them made their way through layers of security and finally arrived at the interrogation room. Inside, they saw a middle-aged man wearing a dingy gray jacket, his hair streaked with silver, and his stubbled face bore a distressed expression. It was none other than Kore Soichirō, the samurai and one of the Four Great Demon Lords of the Sakura Empire!
When was this man arrested by Lu Guo?

Yan Yu turned his head to look at Liu Longtao, but saw that Jing Ye also had a confused look in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had no idea about this matter before.

"He's now wanted by Yin Yang Academy," Chen Tianming said slowly, "and the charge is treason."

This was even more outrageous. According to Yan Yu's memories from his previous life, although Soichiro was a left-wing anti-war activist at heart, he was also a patriot who adhered to the Bushido spirit. Asking him to betray his country was like asking Yan Yu to be a scumbag. It wasn't 100% impossible, but it was basically unlikely.

Well, wait...

"Something happened at Onmyoji's headquarters?" Yan Yu suddenly connected all the clues. "As a secular regime, Onmyoji wouldn't risk social unrest by forcibly subjecting a large number of mortals to blood sacrifices. That would undoubtedly undermine the very foundation of their regime! Unless something unexpected happened at Onmyoji's headquarters. In that case, all the blood sacrifices and unrest in various places, as well as Soichiro Kore's defection to Lu Country, could be explained!"

Chen Tianming was shocked. Damn, if this matter wasn't kept strictly confidential, I'd really suspect someone had secretly leaked it to you!
The moment you learned that Kore Soichirō had committed treason, you were able to deduce the truth. You are no pushover either. Someone will be able to control Lingyun from now on.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Chen Tianming's face showed no expression. He nodded and said:

"There's currently no way to definitively verify whether anything happened at Onmyojiin headquarters. We only have Soichiro's unilateral testimony." "We can only say that, judging by the various actions of the other side, we can't rule out this possibility."

"It's almost certain," Yan Yu said decisively. "And if the Onmyoji headquarters has been captured, then the one who did it is definitely Shen Yuan Si Mie! First of all, he is the first Onmyoji to pass the tribulation, and the gap between his cultivation and that of other Onmyoji has already widened. Before the second promoted Onmyoji appears, if he wants to overthrow the powerful, there will be almost no one to stop him."

"Secondly, this guy has anti-human tendencies. He's perfectly capable of mass-sacrificing civilians to cultivate the Yamata-no-Orochi, even if it means causing social unrest and a breakdown of order."

"Finally, Kanhara's method of using paper figures to kill people means that even if he massacres the entire Onmyoji headquarters, he can still rely on the paper figures to replace the victims for a short period of time, and naturally manipulate the paper figures to issue orders!"

Liu Longtao listened with his eyes wide open, as if he was staring at Sherlock Holmes' Watson, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Chen Tianming said slowly:
"If what you said is true, it means that the Onmyoji Institute headquarters no longer exists, and the secular government of Sakura Empire has been seized by the extraordinary."

"I support Liu Longtao on this matter," Yan Yu quickly stated. "Shenyuan Simie's anti-human and anti-social tendencies are extremely serious. We cannot allow him to continue the blood sacrifice ritual unscrupulously. Intervention measures must be taken as soon as possible!"

"How confident are you that you can locate the position of the Yamata no Orochi?" Chen Tianming suddenly asked.

Yan Yu was silent. The number of people known to have been sacrificed there had already exceeded the number in his previous life, so it was difficult to predict the ultimate strength of the Yamata no Orochi.

The only thing that was certain was that the longer it was delayed, the more trouble it would cause. If Onmyoji was in charge, they would at least be able to maintain a sense of proportion and ensure that Yamata-no-Orochi wouldn't become too powerful to escape control. However, if Kanhara was to perish, they would definitely not hesitate to let all of humanity be buried with him.

Yan Yu fell silent, and Chen Tianming did not respond. After a while, he said:

"Ultimately, it's all speculation. You can also ask Soichiro for his confession."

Liu Longtao immediately asked to participate in the interrogation and followed the monks from the military mansion in. Yan Yu and Chen Tianming stood outside the reflective glass, listening to the translator relaying Kore Soichiro's statements and answers.

At the end of last year, Onmyoji headquarters suddenly switched to email for all communications. This wasn't a problem for others, but Soichiro, who ran a kendo gym before becoming a Transcendent, rarely used electronic devices, possessing only an old flip phone. Typing was extremely laborious.

Therefore, he proposed that the headquarters arrange a special person to liaise with him and delegate daily tasks through face-to-face communication.

There was no response from the headquarters, but Soichiro found it strange and went straight to the headquarters to ask about the situation in person.

As a result, as soon as he entered the headquarters, he was suddenly surrounded by Yin-Yang masters, who claimed that he had trespassed into the headquarters' important area, which was a serious act of treason and that he would be killed on the spot - just like Lin Chong who accidentally entered the White Tiger Hall.

Soichirō refused to yield, so he charged out with all his might. For the next two months, he wandered across Sakura Empire, hiding under false names and avoiding assassins sent by headquarters. He discovered, however, that headquarters had begun a large-scale blood sacrifice plan for the Yamata no Orochi. He suspected that Onmyoji had launched a rebellion and completely seized control of the Diet. Knowing he had lost his position and was powerless to stop their brutality, he resorted to considerable maneuvering, traveling through the four northern islands to the northern borders of Asia, then on a winding journey to the Land of the Continent, hoping to persuade them to intervene for humanitarian reasons to prevent the destruction of his homeland and his entire clan.

After Lu Guo was arrested, he had repeated this statement countless times to different waves of interrogators, so he recited it fluently.

Yan Yu subconsciously wondered if there was a trick, for example, the Onmyoji Headquarters deliberately sacrificed Kore Soichiro to trick our Jindan cultivator into killing him... But then he thought, the series of consequences caused by large-scale blood sacrifices directly damaged the ruling foundation of the Onmyoji Headquarters. Only a fool would do such a self-defeating thing to carry out tactical deception.

"It doesn't feel fake," he concluded. "It's just fish on a plate, so there's no point in lying."

"Regardless of whether what he said is true or not," Chen Tianming said calmly, "Yamata no Orochi is definitely being cultivated. The question is whether or not to intervene."

"What do you think?" Yan Yu asked.

Chen Tianming glanced at him and said:

"You know you have to intervene, so how could I not know?"

"You are far-sighted." Yan Yu complimented Old Taishan and added, "That means someone else in the cabinet disagrees."

"If the Yamata-no-Orochi is truly formidable, there's no reason to force our Lu Nation's Jindan cultivators to sacrifice themselves in battle," Chen Tianming said slowly. "All nations should do their utmost to protect humanity. No country can stand idly by."

"But after all, it is the closest to our Lu Kingdom." Yan Yu sighed.

"There's no wall built in the Pacific either." Chen Tianming said coldly.

Yan Yu was immediately shocked, thinking that they were going to lure the Yamata-no-Orochi to the eastern Pacific Ocean... No, no, no, we have always been peace-loving, how could we do such a cruel thing?

To be precise, after the Yamata no Orochi appeared, it would definitely run around uncontrollably, and it is entirely possible that it would spontaneously cross the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, in order to prevent this from happening, the Western world, especially the superheroes across the Pacific, must intervene in the Onmyoji Temple. Otherwise, no one can guarantee that something unbearable will not happen!
After thinking it over, Yan Yu decided to speak frankly and asked:
"In fact, we still can't locate Yamata no Orochi in the short term, so we have to use this time window to mobilize other forces to reduce our burden, right?"

"As long as there is progress, I will be responsible for persuading the cabinet to send you immediately." Chen Tianming promised in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)