True Martial Dao Sect.
On Chonghe Peak, in the Taiji Hall, Sect Leader Xuan Chen and the other five Peak Masters have been waiting for a long time.
“Peak Master Xuan Zheng of Zheng Yang Peak, Peak Master Xuan Lin of Tian Xu Peak, Peak Master Xuan Zhen of Su Nu Peak, Peak Master Xuan Yin of Kun Yin Peak, and Peak Master Xuan Yin of Chi Ming Peak. “Xuan Yin, Xuan Ming, the master of Chi Ming Peak, and Xuan Feng, the master of Wan Fa Peak, who was on his way here, brought the top bra*s of the True Martial Dao Sect together.
Xuanfeng was holding a light grey parcel, followed by Qingzhou and Qingling, and four disciples carrying a sandalwood coffin, and slowly stepped into the hall.
“Xuan Feng, you —— this ——” Just after entering the Taiji Hall, Xuan Zheng was so shocked by Xuan Feng’s face at this moment that he could not speak.
At this time, Xuan Feng’s hair was mixed with hints of flowers and white, his face was haggard and looked much older.
“How dare that villain Xuan Guang torture Senior Xuan Feng to this extent, without the slightest remembrance of the old days, incorrigible, incorrigible!” The dismay was followed by endless anger.
In Xuan Zheng’s view, although Xuan Guang had not killed Xuan Feng, torturing him like this was already without the slightest regard for the friendship of his fellow disciples.
“Be still, Senior Brother Xuan Zheng.” Sect Leader Xuan Chen spoke, his voice infused with true essence, leisurely and clear, with an air of authority and dignity.
Xuan Zheng’s head cleared and his anger subsided a little as he bowed his head and said, “It was senior brother who was rude.”
“No matter,” Xuan Chen’s gaze turned to Xuan Feng, “Senior Brother Xuan Feng, we have received the letter eagle you sent earlier, but the words on paper are ultimately limited, now, you come and elaborate on what has happened in Yang City.”
“Yes, Senior Brother Master.”
Xuan Feng bowed his head and smiled bitterly, Sect Leader Xuan Chen was majestic yet easy-going, loved by the disciples in the sect, himself and other brothers and teachers, they also respected you, but who would have thought that his secret face would be so —— despicable.
“I arrived at Yangcheng two months ago with my two nephews, Qingzhou and Qingling, on my mount, White Jade. At that time, the situation within Yang City was on the verge of erupting, with the Department Six Sect and the City Lord’s House supported by the Zhenshan Army at sword point.
In case the struggle between the two sides erupted and disrupted my trip, I used Xuan Guang’s breath left in the gate as a guide and used my ‘immortal guidance’ technique to look for him first. I didn’t expect that Xuan Guang’s power had improved so much that he was only a hair’s breadth away from being a god. I was captured alive by Xuan Guang instead, and it was only after the battle at Yangcheng was over that he let me go ——”
“Wait, Brother Xuanfeng, we all know the strength of Brother Xuan Guang, he just entered the True Dan realm five years ago, how could he capture you alive?” The one who spoke was Xuan Ming, the peak master of the “Chi Ming Peak”.
“Humph, you still call him senior brother. He must have joined the Southern Border through the sneaky ways of the Southern Border Witch Cult.” Xuan Zheng grunted.
Zhenshan Jun, no, it should now be called Zhenshan King. The common people did not know the inside story, but they, the top bra*s of the forces, knew all about it. Otherwise, Qingzhou was located on the border, with the Great Qian in front of him and the Southern Border behind him, how stupid was Zhen Shan Wang to take over Qingzhou, which belonged to the Southern Border and now belongs to the Great Qian?
Had it not been for the battle of Yangcheng, which was well prepared by King Zhenshan, and the fact that the experts of the southern frontier did not take part, and that the various factions of the Central Plains did not want to be used as a gun by the court, King Zhenshan would have taken possession of Qingzhou, and it is still unknown whether he would have been able to hold on to it.
After all, the court took over the resource-rich Qingzhou, but did not give the major factions in the Central Plains a share of the profits, and even secretly told the Zhenshan Army to target the Jiang Hu people above the Xiantian level in Qingzhou, resulting in all the Taobao martial artists who went to Qingzhou were Houtian realm martial artists, so that the court’s side could also collect resources.
“The Witch God Cult in the southern border has a long and bizarre heritage, and it is not surprising that it has a way to make people’s power improve greatly,” said Sect Leader Xuan Chen, “Senior Brother Xuan Feng, continue.”
“I was imprisoned by Xuan Guang for a few months, and many things happened in between, including the death of Senior Xuan Fa’s only disciple, Qing Yu. As for this matter, I was imprisoned at the time and did not know anything about it, so let the two nephews, Qingzhou and Qingling, who were personally involved, tell you all about it in detail.” After speaking, Xuan Fa sighed wearily.
Qingzhou and Qingling stepped forward and bowed, “Greetings to Sect Leader and all the senior nephews.”
“No need to be polite,” Xuan Chen drew his palm in an imaginary way, “You guys tell us about the scene.”
“Yes.” Qingzhou said, “Senior sister Qingling and I, after senior uncle Xuanfeng left, scouted around Yang City for senior brother Qing Yu’s trail. In the course of our search, we came across a man in black wearing a black mask and dressed as a dead soldier chasing after a young man.
The young man was chivalrous, so he tried to save him. After blocking the attack, I realised that the young man was the one we were looking for, Qing Yu.
Seeing that I was no match for him, the man in black repeatedly burned his blood in an attempt to kill the two of us who were in his way. In the end, I deflected the man’s sword by using the Xuanwu Zhenhai Sword’s power removal technique.
Unexpectedly, as the man in black burned his blood, his power increased and the sword energy left on his sword struck Qing Yu, who was badly injured and unable to dodge. The sword qi broke through her upper body and injured all her internal organs, and although Sister Qing Ling came from the Su Mui Peak, which is good at medical treatment, she was unable to return.”
“It was my fault,” Qing Ling said grimly, “I was so shocked to see Qing Yu’s body covered in blood that I forgot all my usual experience.”
“I was the one who killed Senior Brother Qing Yu.” Said Qing Ling, hanging her head and wanting to sob.
“Ling’er, come here.” The one who spoke was Xuan Zhen, the Peak Master of Su Mui Peak, who was Qing Ling’s teacher.
“Master.” Qing Ling cried and ran into Xuan Zhen’s arms.
“The internal organs are all wounded, and a Houtian martial artist’s internal strength is insufficient and his body is too weak to sustain such serious injuries. There is no need for you to blame yourself.” Xuan Zhen said with relief.
“Go on.” Xuan Chen said.
“When the man in black struck this blow, the effect of burning his blood was over and he was very weak, so I took this opportunity to deal him a fatal blow. Afterwards, Senior Sister Qingling sewed up Senior Brother’s remains so that he could go into the ground in one piece. I changed senior brother Qing Yu’s clothes into new ones, only to find that ——”
“The fact that the True Martial Sword is in Qing Yu’s hands is just nonsense. On the inside of Senior Nephew Qing Yu’s outer garment, the events that led to Xuan Guang controlling him were written in red pigment.
Xuan Guang used Qing Yu as a pawn, allowing him to cause chaos all over Yang Cheng, focusing the attention of all on the disciple of Xuan Fa, in order to conceal the truth and allow Zhen Shanjun Zhang Huchen time to break through the Tong Shen and emerge successfully. This is the garment of Senior Nephew Qing Yu ——”
Xuanfa spoke out and unpacked the package, shaking out a black outer garment.
On the inside of the black tunic, dark red words were written on the black garment in red pigment.
All of the Xuanzi present were experts of the True Dan realm, and the head of the sect, Xuan Chen, was an expert of the Tong Shen realm, so they watched the writing on Xuanfa’s handwriting on the clothes as if it were right before their eyes.
There was a large area in the middle that was splattered with blood, but one could still faintly make out what the writing was.
Apart from a detailed description of Xuan Guang’s strategy, the rest of the handwriting also contains a large pattern, as well as some instructions for the luck of the meridians.
It begins with eight big words, “If you want to practise divine kung fu, wield the sword.” Yes, this is exactly the “Sword Manual of Pervasive Evil”.
These eight words were written in blood, and the handwriting was distorted, so it was obvious that the writer was very unsettled in his heart when he wrote these eight words, and a bone-deep hatred came through.
“This is ——” asked Xuan Chen, pointing at the eight words.
“Master Nephew Qing Yu has never practiced martial arts, and his hands have no power. This is a martial art that Xuan Guang forced him to practice in order to allow him to better utilize the true nature of the disciple of Xuan Fa. This martial art is very evil, as long as he can pa*s the first level shown in these eight words in the opening chapter, he will be able to advance by leaps and bounds.” Xuanfeng said.
“I’ve checked Qing Yu’s body, and his meridians are in a state of disrepair, apparently having been catalyzed by some overbearing drugs, as well as the method of consuming potential to catalyze the valley’s internal strength.” Qing Ling also stopped her tears and looked up from Xuan Zhen’s arms and said.
“This, mischievous to the extreme ——”
“Xuan Guang, it’s simply extermination of humanity ——”
“Xuan Guang has fallen into the devil’s way ——”
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The peak masters of the peaks present were all depressed and indignant.
The “Wicked Sword Manual”, which can injure a man’s fifth limb in order to improve his martial arts, is the most evil of the evil paths. Even among those in the Devil’s Way, there are few who practice such techniques, and those here are unheard of.
What’s more, the one who was forced to practise such an exterminating gong method was their nephew. Although Qing Yu was exiled and not everyone here wanted him to return to the True Martial Way Sect, Qing Yu was still a disciple of the True Martial Way Sect, the only disciple left of the Xuan Fa.
The one who used the gongfu to harm Qing Yu was still their senior brother, Xuan Guang. If they could harm Qing Yu today, tomorrow, they might be able to harm their disciples, that is, to attack them, their senior brothers, and it was not impossible, Xuan Feng was a lesson from the past.
“Senior Brother, give the order, we will kill Xuan Guang!” Xuan Lin said.
“Good, Xuan Guang has fallen into the demonic path, he must never be left —— behind,” the rest of the peak masters, also agreed in unison.
“Quiet,” Xuan Chen shouted to stop it, “after this, Xuan Guang will definitely hide in the southern border and seek its blessing. Although we are a great sect in the world, there is nothing we can do about it.
But this is not the way to go. We should announce to the world that Xuan Guang will be expelled from our school and will no longer be a disciple of our school. If there are any righteous people in the world who can kill Xuan Guang, they can study two of my True Martial Daoist Sect’s Four Elephants.”
“This —— master brother, the Four Elephant Jutsu is the secret technique of my True Martial Daoist Sect, it must not be allowed.” Xuan Zheng hurriedly said.
“No more, Xuan Guang rebelled against the sect, the Four Elephant Jutsu has been leaked, in the future, no longer is the secret transmission not leaked.” Xuan Chen said.
“My mind is made up, let’s disperse. Later, I will go to the Ancestral Hall and remove Xuan Guang’s name from the Golden Disc of True Disciples.”
“Senior Brother Xuan Feng, is there anything else?” Xuan Chen saw Xuan Feng’s hesitant face and wanted to say something several times.
“Nothing, senior brother is just a little tired and wants to go and rest first.” Xuan Feng said in a dishevelled manner.
“Then you go and recuperate well first. The things of the sect in recent days should be put aside for the time being.” Xuan Chen spoke in a warm voice.
“Thank you, Senior Sect Leader.” Xuan Feng saluted and thanked him.
Then, Xuan Feng turned around and left.
He looked even older than when he arrived, even his straight back was hunched over all of a sudden.
For, this time, he had betrayed Senior Xuan Fa again. This time, it was not that he was deluded, it was just that he had once again made a choice, for the sake of the True Martial Daoist Sect.
The True Martial Daoist Sect, one scandal after another, first Xuan Fa, now Xuan Guang, and next, if even Xuan Chen was involved, he could hardly imagine what would become of that.
His reputation would be in tatters, that was for sure. A matter of this magnitude, Xuan Chen was sure to step down. Even if it was kept under wraps, Xuan Chen’s stepping down would cause a rumour, and a wise man would be able to guess that something had changed.
Will there be civil unrest? That’s for sure. Not to mention the old members of Brother Xuanfa, even those who support Xuan Chen may not be able to see what Xuan Chen is doing.
In that case, I will take the blame for all this. This was Xuan Feng’s decision.
Everything, all for the sake of the True Martial Dao Sect.
