They were all prepared to fight to the death, but these monks surrendered?

What's going on here?

The followers glared angrily at the monks sprawled across the ground.

Anger at their unwillingness to fight, pity for their misfortune!

Zhao Yi only felt it was ironic.

The followers' faith in the Buddha was even stronger than that of the monks.

The Great Xia Dynasty nurtured them, yet they were never this devoted!

The monks were pleading desperately with Zhao Yi, while the followers glared angrily at him.

The most reactive was a woman in her fifties.

The woman was adorned with jewels, followed by a dozen maids and servants, while two young women who bore a close resemblance to her attended her nearby.

Zhao Yi had seen such an entourage many times in Shengjing City; the matriarchs of noble families loved this display.

The woman stood at the forefront of all the followers, pointing at Zhao Yi and reprimanding him mercilessly: "This is a sacred place of the Buddhist Sect, even the Empress dare not show the slightest disrespect to the Buddha here. Since you are the Crown Prince, you should adhere to protocol, such unbridled behavior, forcing those who have taken vows, is not the conduct of a wise ruler!"

Zhao Yi was about to step into the Great Hero Hall, but hearing these words, he stopped abruptly.

He could disregard the monks' curses.

On one hand, the Buddhist Sect and the Great Xia Dynasty had a relationship like the oppressed and the oppressor, with the Buddhist Sect offering numerous donations to the Great Xia Court annually. The Buddhist Sect owed nothing to the Great Xia Court, so their curses in such dire times were understandable.

On the other hand, Zhao Yi had already given the order, and the monks of Little Leiyin Temple would soon become dead men. Zhao Yi was always lenient towards the deceased, since they were about to die anyway, he let them continue their uproar.

However, this woman was different.

Her attire clearly marked her as a member of Shengjing City's affluent elite.

The Buddhist Sect owed nothing to the Great Xia Court, but these people did.

Without the Great Xia Court, it would be uncertain whether these people would be humans or ghosts now.

Enjoying the feast, then cursing the benefactor?

Who gave her the courage?

Looking at the woman, Zhao Yi asked expressionlessly: "Which family are you from?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it instantly suppressed all the monks' cries.

Upon hearing Zhao Yi's words, the monks immediately fell silent, not daring to cry further, fearful of angering this death-threatening Crown Prince of Great Xia.

The woman lacked the monks' keen awareness.

She heard Zhao Yi's words and thought he was yielding, arrogantly raising her head, saying: "I am the head of the Kong Family. By blood, you should address me as aunt!"

Kong Family?

Zhao Yi nodded.

The Kong Family, like the Yao Family, had been assisting the Zhao family since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty.

But unlike the cautious Yao Family, the Kong Family had been closely aligning with sect forces within the Cultivation Realm, often pridefully claiming to be founding heroes, acting arrogantly in Shengjing City.

When Zhao Yi first awakened in the Cuihua Building, it was the Kong family's young miss leading the noble ladies in troubling Su Qianqian.

Zhao Yi originally thought only the younger generation of the Kong family lacked sense, but he hadn't expected the matriarch to be equally muddled.

Who gave her the courage to speak so boldly against the Crown Prince of Great Xia?

"Impudent!"

Miaoyin's face turned dark.

Without any visible movement from her, suddenly there was a "slap" sound, and a bright red palm mark appeared on the face of the woman from the Kong Family.

Miaoyin held back.

She knew Zhao Yi wouldn't easily forgive her, so she didn't directly kill.

The woman from the Kong Family was only at the sixth stage, Divine Travel Realm. If Miaoyin used her full strength, a slap could have obliterated her head!

The woman was taken aback by the slap.

Not from pain, but from fury.

She hadn't imagined Miaoyin really dared to hit her!

With a millennium-long reputation, who dared disrespect her?

"Preposterous, truly preposterous!"

The woman pointed at Miaoyin, trembling with rage: "You little brat dare defy your superiors? Someone, hit her, beat her to death!"

Miaoyin listened to the woman's rant, speechless.

"Isn't this old woman crazy?"

Miaoyin gazed at the woman, face full of confusion.

Miaoyin wasn't low-key in Shengjing City; even the common folk recognized her, let alone the matriarch of the Kong family.

Miaoyin couldn't believe the woman didn't recognize her.

Knowing who Miaoyin was, and still daring to call for beating and killing, besides madness, Miaoyin couldn't think of any other reason.

"She's not crazy, she's clearer than anyone!" Zhao Yi sneered, looking at the woman, mocking, "She's merely arrogant, and such arrogance stems from her firm belief in something."

"Spirits?" Miaoyin's face changed, "Those ghostly things have already infiltrated Shengjing City?"

The two were both wise; just a hint was enough for them to grasp the situation.

Zhao Yi nodded, eyes deep: "No wonder they managed to rule the Cultivation Realm for ten thousand years, without any sign or warning, these things are really unusually troublesome!"

The two chatted casually to themselves, completely disregarding the woman's threats.

The woman was teetering on the edge of blowing up!

She saw the servants behind her looking at each other, hesitating and not daring to step forward, she raised her hand and slapped the nearest maid on the face.

With a grim expression, the woman said: "Damn fools, don't forget your indenture contracts are with the Kong Family! You dare defy my orders, do you want to die?"

Upon hearing this, before the maid could respond, Zhao Yi's expression changed first.

The laws of Great Xia were very explicit about protecting servants, dictating the relationship between masters and servants was simply one of employment, strictly prohibiting slavery and trade.

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