Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a rare happy event. However, Ding Yi's situation is very special. He is the first person on the red notice, and his identity cannot be revealed to the public. Although Zhao Yong and the others were extremely happy, they still asked him to transform and go back quickly.

"My youngest, it's great to see you again. The reason why Zhen Zhen and I want to go to sea is actually to find you..." Ma Yuan was extremely excited. Who would have thought that they would meet here by chance?

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"Xiao Ma has always said that you will definitely be able to escape from the Huangquan Tiankeng, and you may be hiding somewhere overseas, isolated and helpless..." Zhen Zhen cried with joy.

Ding Yi felt a warmth surge in his heart, glanced at Ma Yuan and Zhen Zhen, and without any explanation, hugged them both.

"Ding... Mai Jia, why are you back at this time? Now is not a good time. Daoyuan is looking for you all over the world. It is not safe everywhere. There are more inspections than ever before, and the review is stricter than ever. Especially.

In the seven southeastern provinces, there are complicated procedures when entering each city...By the way, how did you get here?" Zhao Yong asked, relatively sober.

Ding Yi sent Cai Meiniang and Dai Xiaoxue to inquire about the information. In fact, it was precisely for this reason. When Zhao Yong mentioned it, he quickly asked Zhao Yong for advice.

It turns out that eight years ago, Ding Yi fled overseas alone. As the saying goes, you can escape the monk, but you cannot escape the temple. Tiangang City and Jiyun City, these two industrial cities, suffered major disasters. Various other industrial cities also suffered major disasters.

of blow.

Hai Bingwei, Bu Ban, Tian Xingkong, the three great masters of Iron Cast City, as well as Gui Valley's formation master Mo Ming, and mechanism master Li Yu, they were admonished by the ban... Iron Cast City and Gui Valley,

All research on puppetry must be stopped.

The Ministry of Education has even removed the formation course from primary school textbooks. Various cultivation colleges have ordered that only cultivators above the Xuan level are allowed to contact and learn formations and mechanism techniques. Various colleges, sects, and people below the Xuan level,

No one is allowed to engage in activities related to weapon refining. As for the private sector, more stringent laws have been issued, and all workshops engaged in machinery manufacturing are banned...

The Car Club is considered an illegal organization, and any objects related to puppets will be destroyed. Puppetry is considered an evil art. Books about puppets are considered evil books. No one is allowed to collect, study, or research privately.

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This kind of behavior that turns the clock back on history actually appears in a country that claims to be the most advanced, scientific, and free. Ding Yi was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Our Xuanzang College is the eye of this storm. The special inspections that have never happened in history, and the political review of teachers and students have all happened one after another after you left. Principal Lei, Vice Principal Yang, Zeng

Guidance, Gu Gu... they were expelled from the Ministry of Education, the school is now headed by Qiu Fengwei, and the Xuanji Club was ordered to disband..." Ma Yuan introduced to Ding Yi sadly.

"Where's Aunt Yao? And where are Iron Master and the others?" Ding Yi asked.

Ma Yuan was silent and just shed tears sadly. Zhen Zhen also burst into tears.

Zhao Yong sighed and said in a deep voice: "Aunt Yao, she, she committed suicide. The old principal of Tiezhongtang, Teacher Yi Xiaomei, Teacher Guyue, Teacher Xiao Ling... they were imprisoned in Qinglan Prison."

Ding Yi's heart felt as if he had been stabbed hard by a sharp knife, and the blood suddenly drained from his face.

These elders and teachers are all elders whom he respects and loves very much, especially seniors like Tiezhongtang and Yi Xiaomei. They are all elders who have lived for several decades. They were supposed to enjoy their old age. Unexpectedly,

, was implicated in this way.

Ding Yi's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't extricate himself.

Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still extremely sad when he suddenly heard the bad news.

"Brother Tian, ​​are you okay?" Meng Chan saw that Ding Yi's face was pale and his breathing was messy, so he quickly stepped forward to help him.

"Junior Brother Xu, if you want to cry, just cry." Zhu Can also looked anxious.

Ding Yi waved his hand. He looked very bad, but he was not so angry that he became possessed. He did not expect that Daoyuan would resort to such a heavy hand, nor did he expect that so many innocent people would be implicated.

.Especially Shi Yao and he had the same affection as mother and son. Hearing the news of her death made Ding Yi miserable.

Ding Yi took a deep breath. He wanted to smile to lighten the atmosphere, but his smile was uglier than crying.

"I came back to solve this problem. I can't let these respected teachers get involved. I..."

"Playing the piano randomly, Ding Yi, you are doing nothing!" Zhao Yong scolded angrily.

"We all know that this is a dispute between you and the Imperial Preceptor, and we are not on your side. Look, just because of you, how many innocent people have been affected. However, the Imperial Preceptor has done more

No, the three thousand Taoists do not necessarily have to be seated in the same order. No matter how wrong the puppet Taoism is, they should not be punished like this. What's more, this has also affected the people, causing countless mortals to lose their livelihoods, and the people are in dire straits."

"Principal Lei Yu and other teachers are indeed implicated because of you, but they have no regrets. We support you, sympathize with you, and are willing to help you, but this does not mean that we agree with you and

The Imperial Master took it upon himself to bear it. The chief culprit in this matter was the Imperial Master. He was a little paranoid, and he did go too far in targeting your puppets.

You must have suffered a lot and suffered a lot in these years... I can understand your dissatisfaction with the empire, but the object of your anger should be Daoyuan Imperial Master, not anyone else. In 1989

Time has passed, why don't you wait a few more years? The Imperial Preceptor is already an old man of four decades, how many more years does he have to live? If you insist on disturbing the situation, how can you really

Pay attention, is the Manggu religion like that?

Principal Lei Yu and the others are not asking you to do this for their forbearance and sacrifice. Do you want to be a rebel of the empire? Do you want to turn Qinglan Prison into Yankai Prison? Don't tell me, you don't have this idea!

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Ding Yi really has this idea, but he also understands Zhao Yong's thoughts very well. The system of this country has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone is proud to be a monk of this empire, and the influence of the empire on them has long been deeply rooted in their thoughts.

Deeply, they don't want to change everything at the moment.

Although everyone sympathized with Ding Yi and was very dissatisfied with Daoyuan's indiscriminate and brutal suppression, they would not agree if Ding Yi tried to change and destroy this system.

Lu Yuan and Ding Yi have discussed this issue a long time ago. In this world, the only people who really want to change are the ants in the eyes of cultivators, the so-called 'humble mortals'. They are the firm cornerstone of the Puppet Way.

Therefore, Ding Yi was not surprised when Zhao Yong said these words.

Ding Yi didn't want to refute Zhao Yong. He even believed that there should be many people who had the same idea as Zhao Yong.

"Senior Brother Zhao Yong, I don't agree with your opinion!" Meng Chan stepped forward.

Zhao Yong was a little surprised. This woman had been quiet since she came here. Ding Yi did not introduce her true identity. However, it was obvious that her friendship with Ding Yi was unusual.

"In the past few years, all the teachers and fellow disciples must have been affected by my husband. Everyone must have had a very hard life." Meng Chan said slowly.

She turned out to be Ding Yi's dual cultivation partner. The way everyone looked at Meng Chan was a little different. Ding Yi was so famous that it was said that he was a person who had never been seen in thousands of years. Who was this woman that could win Ding Yi's favor?

, married Ding Yi?

Zhao Yong and the other three made a half-bow to Meng Chan.

Meng Chan returned the salute and continued: "We are all my fellow disciples, and everyone knows very well what my husband is like. My husband is honest and upright by nature, and he is always kind to others. He is also willing to help others. No matter whether he is a monk or a mortal, he is always

He is good at charity and never cares about personal gains and losses. Is such a person evil? Was what happened to my husband caused by himself? When he fled overseas alone, he was less than twelve years old. For such a young child, even a criminal

If you make a mistake, how big of a mistake can you make?

As for the Puppet Way, as Senior Brother Zhao said, this is just one of the three thousand ways. This Puppet Way was not created by the outsider. Throughout the ages, this way has always existed. Is it just because the outsider learned the puppet technique?

, violated the rules of heaven, and had to be dealt with by the national master with all the strength of the country? A child under the age of twelve was ranked at the top of the red notice, which is simply outrageous. The husband fled overseas, Daoyuan

The old thief still refused to let him go, and sent domestic experts to encircle and suppress him several times, and finally forced the husband into the sinkhole of the underworld...

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, what's wrong? In the world of cultivation, strength is respected. We admit that now, we are not Daoyuan's opponents, so we have to endure the humiliation and be bullied by him... But, this does not mean that we,

We must swallow our anger, knock out our teeth and swallow our blood. He, a great national master, doesn’t care about his status and bullies us. Aren’t we allowed to fight back?”

"Brother and sister, you are right!" Ma Yuan responded loudly, but in an instant, Zhao Yong glared at him and quickly stopped.

Zhao Yong was very cruel to Ma Yuan, but he was still kind to Meng Chan.

"Sister-in-law, I can completely understand that you feel sorry for your husband. As his senior fellow apprentices, we all love and care for you. We have no other intentions. Aren't we afraid that he will be overly extreme and make wrong choices?" Zhao Yong

He said cautiously.

"Senior Brother Zhao, in your opinion, all these mistakes are only the fault of one person, Master Daoyuan. That's why you have to bear with me. Am I right?" Meng Chan asked politely.

Zhao Yong was startled and nodded.

Meng Chan sneered and said: "Senior Brother Zhao, you are a gentleman. You don't know many things. Your Shenwu Empire can be said to be from head to toe. There are filth and shady places everywhere.

Yes, maybe, you don’t know yet, right? Do you know how many testing grounds the empire has, where monks and mortals are being tested? Every year, how many of the empire’s citizens travel across the ocean and are sent to various testing grounds to be used as creation pills and magic pills.

Raw materials for other elixirs? You are a beast tamer, so do you know about the 'Swallowing Beast'? In order to enhance its bloodthirsty attack power, the empire's breeding grounds feed each living human being..."

Part of what Meng Chan said came from the narratives of Ding Yi and Jin Jiao, and part of it was what Cai Meiniang told her.

Cai Shi, the Thousand-Faced Person, has been to many places. Her ever-changing supernatural powers make it difficult to distinguish between ghosts and gods. She enters and exits various confidential places as if she is in a deserted place...

These things were completely beyond Zhao Yong's understanding. He was not familiar with Meng Chan and was still a little skeptical.

Ding Yi sighed. He looked at Zhao Yong with a complicated look, and said: "What Xiaochan said is all true. I have sneaked into several test sites in the Giant Rock Continent. To be honest, these actions of the empire,

Compared to the demon in the phantom disk, it is even worse, but not as good as it is. It is very bloody, cruel and inhumane. The elixirs issued by the Ministry of Education every year, especially the secret pills such as Foundation Building Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill, and God Breaking Pill,

In fact, there are many medicines that are refined using such insidious methods. Senior Sister Zhen Zhen is a pharmacist and should know the difference between the essence of plants and the elixir of flesh and blood."

Zhao Yong looked at Zhen Zhen. Zhen Zhen did not speak, but nodded silently.

Ding Yi

He continued: "Either we join the others and we enjoy the elixir made from other people's flesh and blood. Otherwise, we become other people's elixir... Is this really good?

Senior Brother Zhao, I know that you are mature and prudent, and it is for my own good. Two brothers in the same generation, how could I not know your intentions? Do you think Daoyuan and I are just fighting for the Dao? There are three thousand Dao, Daoyuan can accommodate

Although other sects can be accommodated, why can’t it only accommodate the puppet sect? Have you thought about this problem?"

Zhao Yong looked a little disappointed. The amount of information he got today was a bit too much, especially when he heard about the imperial secrets for the first time. He didn't have time to digest them.

He didn't trust Meng Chan, but he believed in Ding Yi. Ding Yi's words were so inspiring that he felt a little uneasy. The cornerstone of trust in this empire that he had built over the years suddenly collapsed, making it difficult for him to adapt for a while, and he fell into silence.

Ding Yi turned around and looked at Ma Yuan and Zhen Zhen.

"My youngest, no matter what you do, I will support you." Ma Yuan grinned.

"And me, and me!" Zhen Zhen also said loudly.
To be continued...