Seeing Xuan Zhen ponder for a long time, the female crown thought she was reluctant and added, “I heard that that fellow Daoist Qing Yu has a profound realm and a subtle mystical ability that is unknowable, those little ones on the peak all want to see a bit of it!”
The corners of Xuan Zhen’s mouth curled up into a smile as she turned her head to look at the female crown, her gaze seeming to see through her, “Is that really all? Just those juniors wanting to see a bit of it?”
Under Xuan Zhen’s gaze, the female crown quietly lowered her head.
“You all, ah, are also somewhat discontent with Senior Brother Master, aren’t you?” Xuan Zhen shook his head and sighed.
“Senior Sister forgive me!” The female crown whispered.
The two sect members of the Su Nui and Kun Yin peaks were all female crowns who practiced the Kun Dao, and they would have interacted with each other during the week.
The Kun Yin Peak was sometimes targeted due to its disagreement with the Sect Leader’s faction. As time goes by, the Su Maiden’s Peak has also been subjected to certain difficulties.
Although the women are not treated too harshly because they are women’s champions, many of them are still deeply dissatisfied.
Compared to the female disciples of Kun Yin Peak who were determined to pursue the path, the healers of Su Nui Peak had lost some of their flexibility, so how could they endure being given a hard time every day, and their secret grievances had already accumulated into a river.
”Senior Brother Xuan Chen, should not be able to endure a second voice in the sect all the time either, this is forcing me to take a stand.” Xuan Chen sighed in his heart.
After ten years of accumulation, this position of Xuan Chen’s Sect Head was also stabilised, and it was time to want to make a move against those old Xuanfa members.
Xuan Goblet and the others wanted to rebel against Xuan Chen, but did they not know that Xuan Chen was also trying to cleanse them of those who opposed!
The hunter and the prey are always relative. The mystery will not be revealed until the last moment.
When Xuan Chen dared to do so, he also had his own backbone. At least, based on Xuan Chen’s secret observation over the years, the Three Elders of True Martial Arts in the back mountain forbidden area were not necessarily disgusted with Xuan Chen.
One, or two, of the Three Elders should actually be supporting Xuan Chen. Otherwise, Xuanfa’s action would not have failed back then, and Xuan Chen would not be the one sitting in the position of Sect Leader now.
If the Three Elders of True Martial Arts did not support Xuan Chen, why did they not allow Xuanfa to ascend to the position of Sect Leader in the first place?
The so-called collusion with the Shadow Tower was actually not the main reason. Back then, it was actually a little too arbitrary to directly conclude that a sect leader candidate was a traitor just because of Xuan Guang’s words alone.
After all, in the end, this so-called witness, Xuan Guang, was a traitor himself.
The memories of the past flashed through Xuan Zhen’s mind, and finally, the Su Maiden Peak Master said softly, “All of our peaks are female, and it would be a disservice to Daoist Master Qing Yu’s reputation to come to our peak. I’d better find a time to meet Daoist Master Qing Yu at Wanfa Peak.”
“Senior sister understands.” In the soft voice of the female crown, there was an unconcealed excitement.
She knew that Senior Sister was afraid that she was not sticking to neutrality anymore. If she was going to be the same as always, why would she need to go and meet that Xuan Goblet close friend, Daoist Master Qing Yu?
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The night was as cool as water, and the night breeze at the top of Wanfa Peak was extraordinarily cold.
In front of the small hut at the peak, Xuan Feng was still lying on the recliner, staring at the sky in fascination.
The True Dan realm was particularly energetic, and it was idle to stay awake for days and nights. After his body’s vitality was gradually restored, Xuan Feng’s energy returned to its proper state.
“Is this how you treat Senior Brother Xuan Feng?”
In the night breeze, the female crown’s voice came out of nowhere with a hint of anger.
Qing Yu slowly turned around and faced Xuan Zhen, who was visiting him late at night, and said, “You should know Xuan Feng’s character well, right? He is dedicated to the True Martial Sect, but unfortunately, he has always taken the wrong path as the right path.
To seal his memory and keep him out of the matter is actually a protection for him.”
This protection would last until the final showdown came.
The words were not spoken by Qing Yu.
“You just informed me of what you did to Senior Brother Xuanfeng, aren’t you afraid that I will pa*s it on to Senior Brother of the Sect?”
“Woo…”
A cold wind blew through the night sky, as if a chill had descended, and the temperature in this area of the peak dropped several notches once again. In the darkness, there was a murderous aura surrounding the area, and the awe-inspiring murderous intent was locked on the female crown’s life.
Qing Yu’s eyes were emotionless as he looked at Xuan Zhen, seven sword shadows pa*sing through his pupils, invisible sword Qi looming over his body.
The conversation seemed like it was about to turn into a fight, and a sombre atmosphere was brewing.
“Heh,” the laughter dissolved the coldness, the murderous intent was swept away, and Qing Yu laughed lightly, “So you will? Senior Uncle Xuan Zhen.”
The sudden change of address caused Xuan Zhen’s eyebrows to lightly raise, but did not show any surprise, “It really is you, Qing Yu.”
“This time, your crisis has deepened another layer. If I were to inform the Sect Leader of your identity, you would be destined to spend the rest of your life in the pursuit of the True Martial Sect.”
Spending the rest of your life in the pursuit of the True Martial Sect?
Would Qing Yu be afraid of that?
Sorry, back when he had struck Qing Xu alive into a cloud of blood mist, he was destined to be on the True Martial Sect’s, or rather Xuan Chen’s, side of the undying blacklist.
If he was afraid of being hunted, Qing Yu would have been afraid of death long ago.
Moreover, even if Xuan Chen were to turn against him now, could Qing Yu really be allowed to stay here? Impossible.
If he wasn’t sure he could escape, how could Qing Yu be standing here so unafraid.
“Yes, if senior uncle really told Xuan Chen about it, I would indeed suffer an endless pursuit from the True Martial Sect, but would you, O senior uncle?”
Qing Yu slowly paced a few steps and said, “When I went up the mountain today, Xuan Goblet once told me that ‘my’ corpse had been personally examined by Senior Uncle. So senior uncle, as a medical daoist, did you find some traces on the corpse that shouldn’t be there? For example ——”
“Traces of the face having been moved.”
Qing Yu gently gestured at his lower jaw, “At that time, I was not yet familiar with moving knives to change faces, and the marks left behind would inevitably be a bit much. No, it should be that even if I had my face treated with a knife now, I wouldn’t necessarily be able to hide it from Senior Uncle.”
At that time, Qing Yu had not long learnt “Reihua Baojian”, and even though he had done some surgery beforehand to try his hand, he still left some marks.
These traces were important clues for medical professionals to detect the truth if they found them. What’s more, Xuan Zhen was a True Dan realm healer.
The True Dan realm’s perception was far superior to that of the previous realms. This was something that Qing Yu had experienced when he had advanced to the True Dan realm.
Therefore, as soon as he heard what Xuan Goblet said today, Qing Yu could conclude that Xuan Zhen knew that Qing Yu was still alive.
“Phew,” Xuan Zhen suddenly exhaled, seemingly exhaling the knot of the past, “I would never have thought that the nephew who faked his death would reappear in front of my eyes in such a manner. When I found that Daoist Qing Yu with a face identical to my nephew’s at the Tian Zhen Guan in Shu Zhou, God knows how I felt at that time.”
When the nephew, who he thought had fraudulently died and gone into hiding, suddenly appeared in front of him one day as a true Dan realm expert, Qing Yu asked himself if he were himself, he would have had mixed feelings.
However, it was also because of this incident that Qing Yu was able to ascertain that Xuan Zhen’s neutral position had shifted.
