146: The undercover agent has caused a huge blunder! This is a disgrace in the entire game!

Inside a secret base in Ten Thousand Demon City, disguised as an abandoned Artifact Refining workshop.

The atmosphere was so heavy it felt like it could squeeze out water.

Over a dozen "Demonic Cultivators," with varying auras but all forcibly disguised with Devilish Qi, sat around a dilapidated stone table, their faces darker than the bottom of a pot.

They were the undercover Prodigies dispatched by the various Righteous Path Holy Lands, bearing heavy responsibilities.

At this moment, a shadow recording stone in the center of the base was heartlessly looping that "annual big drama" that had sent the entire Demon Realm into a frenzy.

"Preposterous! This is simply preposterous!"

Jian Buping, a True Disciple of the Taiyi Holy Land, slammed the table, trembling with rage.

The sword at his waist, which he had forgotten to remove the Taiyi Holy Land tassel from, hummed and buzzed, its Sword Qi overflowing and nearly becoming uncontrollable.

"We Righteous Path Cultivators are upright and act with integrity. Since when have we produced such a shameless scoundrel!"

He pointed at Qin Feng's face on the light screen, absolutely furious.

"It would be one thing to sneak around and engage in such illicit affairs, but to be... to be so incompetent! It's simply taking the reputation our Righteous Path has built over tens of thousands of years and pressing it into the dirt for these demon brats to trample on repeatedly!"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became, wishing he could rush out right now, find that scum named "Qin Feng," and slay him with a single sword strike to set things right!

"Amitabha."

Monk Jiese, the Buddha Son of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Holy Land, pressed his palms together, his face—clumsily painted with pot soot—filled with compassion for the world.

"Benefactor Jian, please calm your anger. I see that Benefactor Qin has a dark omen between his brows and is shrouded in Devilish Qi; clearly, his Dao Heart is clouded, and he has gone astray. What he needs is not killing, but conversion."

He said solemnly, "In my humble opinion, we should find him immediately. I shall recite the 'Great Compassion Mantra' for him for eighty-one days, supplemented by day and night baptisms with the 'diamond sutra.' This will surely help him expel his Heart Demon and return to the Righteous Path!"

"Conversion?" Beside him, Yue Qinghan, a candidate for the Yaochi Saintess disguised as an enchantress from the Poison Sect, couldn't help but roll her eyes and mutter under her breath.

"For someone like that, it would be faster to just humanely destroy him and have him reincarnated."

As she spoke, she quietly took out her own shadow recording Spirit Stone, aimed it at the light screen from a tricky angle, and clicked.

"This meme is so explosive. If I post it to the 'Jade Pool Immortal Friends Circle' with the title 'Shocking! The Light of the Righteous Path is actually a Three-Second Real Man. Is this the distortion of humanity or the loss of morality?', it will definitely trend!"

Beside her, Gu Changfeng, a Disciple of a Great Scholar from the Jixia Academy, held a feather fan with his brow furrowed, looking heartbroken.

"Not so, not so! The 'Three Hundred Rules of Conduct for Devil Heads' states: one must act ruthlessly and plan far ahead. Even when enjoying the joys of fish and water, one should display majestic virility to awe their partner and make them submit. This man... this man is simply a textbook example of a negative model! I am ashamed to be associated with him!"

As he spoke, he pulled a thread-bound ancient book from his robe and began writing furiously, clearly intending to record this incident as a case study to warn his fellow disciples in the future.

For a moment, the entire base turned into a chaotic mess.

There were "Radicals" like Jian Buping, who felt their honor had been damaged and were furious.

There were "Conversionists" like Monk Jiese, whose "Holy Mother" hearts were overflowing, wanting to save the fallen youth.

And there were "Bystanders" like Yue Qinghan and Gu Changfeng, who just wanted to watch the drama and even learn some lessons from it.

"All of you, be quiet!"

Finally, the middle-aged man sitting in the main seat—who had been silent all along, the direct superior of Xuan Ya and the Commander of the Great Xia Divine Dynasty's "Shadow Guard"—gave a cold shout, his aura as deep as an abyss.

He was the general person-in-charge of this undercover operation.

Everyone fell silent and looked at him in unison.

"The matter of Qin Feng is already settled; arguing is useless."

The Commander's voice was cold and devoid of emotion.

"This incident has not only caused our Righteous Path to lose all face but has also disrupted our original plans. Now the entire Ten Thousand Demon City is searching for him. If we are linked to him, we will be exposed immediately."

He looked around, his gaze as sharp as a blade.

"From now on, no one is allowed to act without authorization, let alone go looking for Qin Feng! Our primary mission is to destroy the demon codex and prevent the yellow springs demonic sword from being born! Not to clean up the mess for a piece of trash!"

"But, Lord Commander..." Jian Buping was still somewhat unwilling.

"No buts!" The Commander coldly interrupted him. "This is an order! Whoever dares to disobey, do not blame me for punishing them according to the sect rules!"

Jian Buping could only sit back down indignantly.

The Commander took a deep breath and rubbed his throbbing temples.

He felt like he wasn't leading a group of top Prodigies, but a bunch of troublemaking problem children.

Just then, a communication Jade Slip at his waist grew slightly warm.

He projected his Divine Thought into it, and after a moment, his expression became incredibly solemn.

"Her Majesty the Empress has issued an order."

He spoke slowly, and everyone pricked up their ears.

"From this moment on, everyone is to abandon their original missions."

The Commander's gaze swept across everyone present as he spoke word by word.

"Fully cooperate with a Demonic Path Loose Cultivator codenamed 'Cold Moon Immortal'."

"Her mission is our mission."

"Her will is the will of Your Majesty."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.

"Cold Moon Immortal? Who is that?"

"I've never heard of such a figure in the Demonic Path?"

"To have Her Majesty the Empress personally issue an order for all of us to cooperate with her? What on earth is this person's background?"

Everyone discussed animatedly, their faces filled with confusion and shock.

They were all the favored children of heaven from various Holy Lands, proud and arrogant. Now they were being told to follow the orders of an unknown Demonic Path Loose Cultivator; many were naturally dissatisfied.

The Commander did not explain, only coldly adding one more sentence.

"This is Her Majesty's highest directive. You only need to obey."

His gaze subconsciously flickered toward the west of the city.

He didn't know who on earth this "Cold Moon Immortal" was either.

But he could feel that a storm far more terrifying than 'Qin Three Seconds' social death was quietly brewing in those dark underground sewers.

The situation in the entire Ten Thousand Demon City became even more complicated and confusing because of this sudden order from the Empress.