Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Unable to Obtain Merit

The three men were unaware that Lin Haoming was wondering why they would give him merit. Seeing Lin Haoming looking at them, they said fearfully, "Senior brother, we were only ordered to protect the Emperor of Nanliang. Since the Emperor was killed because of his own family affairs, we know what to do!"

They were worried about their own lives and immediately softened their stance.

Li Shuntian himself was only an outer disciple and didn't dare to cause them trouble. He turned his gaze to the assembled officials.

"Liu Yang, point out who here is close to my second brother!" Li Shuntian ordered.

"Ah! Yes!" Liu Yang was first startled, then overjoyed. His gaze swept over the assembled officials, and everyone's eyes were filled with fear upon seeing Liu Yang.

"Your Highness, this..."

Liu Yang glanced around, about to speak, but Lin Haoming spoke first, "Junior Brother Li, as I just said, don't involve too many people. They are just subjects; they won't affect your mother!"

Lin Haoming was someone Li Shuntian had sworn a blood oath of loyalty to. Now that he had spoken, Li Shuntian, though not understanding why Lin Haoming was doing this, could only nod and say, "Senior Brother Lin is right!"

Seeing that Li Shuntian had actually obeyed and wouldn't kill, the entire court breathed a sigh of relief. Some were even so frightened that they sat down on the ground, wiping away cold sweat.

Lin Haoming looked at these people, a very strange expression appearing on his face. He realized that he had kindly saved these people, yet he hadn't received a single merit!

Lin Haoming carefully observed the people here. From the eyes of some ministers, he could still see their gratitude towards him.

Since they were grateful to him, and it was clearly he who had saved them, why hadn't he received any merit? Not even a sliver of it! This is utterly illogical! Is it because they are merely mortals, and therefore unable to bestow merit upon him?

Lin Haoming was immediately filled with frustration, because if that were the case, his trip here would have been for nothing.

Originally, Lin Haoming planned to have Li Shuntian cooperate with him, using Li Shuntian's position here to commit evil deeds, while he would rescue people, thus gaining their gratitude and merit. But now it was clear that this idea wouldn't work.

"Liu Yang, immediately arrest everyone in Li Yitian's entire clan!" Since he couldn't kill the minister, Li Shuntian still needed to vent his anger, and he could only do so on those related to Li Yitian.

Liu Yang was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately ran out to carry it out.

The court officials, hearing Li Shuntian issue such an order, were helpless. After all, this Ninth Prince, who had become a Celestial Master, had directly killed the Emperor, and the Celestial Master protecting the Emperor hadn't even intervened.

However, not long after Liu Yang ran out, he ran back, knelt before Li Shuntian, and said with a bitter face, "Ninth Prince, Princess Yongfu has been accepted as a disciple by the Celestial Master. Should we arrest her too?"

Li Shuntian hesitated upon hearing this, glanced at Lin Haoming, and seeing him nod slightly, immediately affirmed, "Arrest her!"

"Arrest her? This… Princess Yongfu has already cultivated some immortal techniques. I'm afraid… afraid I can't arrest her!" Liu Yang said with difficulty.

"Oh! I'd like to see what this niece is capable of!" Li Shuntian had just used the Xuan Iron Ball once, and although it had only killed a mortal, he felt it was quite effective and wanted to try it again. So he followed Liu Yang out, leaving the entire court of officials bewildered.

**What should have been a peaceful place turned into chaos with Li Shuntian's arrival. Shouts of killing, pleas for mercy, and cries filled the air.**

Li Shuntian went directly to the outside of Princess Yongfu's Yongfu Palace, but the gates were closed.

Liu Yang ordered his men to open the door, but they couldn't. Li Shuntian then hurled a fireball, blasting the door open.

Seeing the Ninth Prince's imposing manner, Liu Yang's men, without hesitation, rushed inside.

Once inside, the palace maids found several people, but Princess Yongfu was nowhere to be seen.

After interrogating the maids, they learned that Princess Yongfu had placed a talisman on Li Yitian, ensuring immediate notification should anything happen to her father, the Emperor. Therefore, upon learning of Li Yitian's murder, she had immediately fled to her master.

Knowing Yongfu had escaped, Li Shuntian was furious. At this moment, many people, including several of Li Yitian's concubines, were brought in from elsewhere.

Li Yitian was only ten years older than Li Shuntian, and the most beautiful women were only in their early thirties. These women, all of whom had been brought before him, were truly rare beauties. But looking at these palace maids and concubines, Li Shuntian didn't hesitate for a moment, directly saying, "Kill them all!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Haoming, hearing the group of women cry out, immediately shouted again, "Wait, Junior Brother Li! If you resent your second brother, killing his close associates is enough. Most of these palace maids are innocent; there's no need to do this!"

Hearing Lin Haoming speak again, Li Shuntian naturally couldn't object and could only agree again, but he was somewhat annoyed: "What's wrong with Lin Haoming? Why is he so kind to mortals? Could it be that he's taken a liking to these women? I've never heard of this Senior Brother Lin having such a hobby before, and besides, excessive yang essence depletion affects cultivation!"

Li Shuntian was annoyed, and Lin Haoming was even more annoyed. He had spared those ministers before, but hadn't gained any merit; now, sparing the palace maids, he found it was the same.

Lin Haoming saw many palace maids weep uncontrollably upon hearing his words and knowing they could be saved; some even prostrated themselves before him. Yet, even so, his Merit Bead sensed no merit whatsoever.

Could it be that the Merit Bead only works on cultivators?

Faced with this result, Lin Haoming felt utterly helpless and gradually accepted the reality. However, this meant he truly needed to rethink his plans.

Of course, Lin Haoming felt it was right to save these palace maids. Although he had learned to be ruthless, he still possessed a shred of compassion for innocent people, especially a group of women.

But no sooner had he pardoned these palace maids than trouble immediately followed.

The person stationed in Nanliang Kingdom was an inner disciple of the sect, possessing a cultivation level at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. Just then, everyone saw a handsome scholar, seemingly under thirty, dressed in a white Confucian robe, riding a cyan flying sword, with a beautiful woman who appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old on his arm, flying directly towards them.

Lin Haoming, recognizing the scholar's Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage cultivation, understood that this was the so-called Senior Brother Qian. His arrival with Princess Yongfu was certainly not for anything good.