“Real Qing Yu, there is one more thing I must ask,” Mu Xiuji asked, “Is Master Xiao Zhuang, unharmed?”
Qing Yu’s appearance naturally represented Xiao Qianxiu’s defeat. And at this moment, Xiao Qianxiu had not shown his face, which forced Mu Xiuji to have a bad guess.
“Although Master Xiao and the poor Taoist have some disagreements, the poor Taoist is not willing to hurt people’s lives over this point of disagreement. Please don’t worry, Mr. Mu, Master Xiao is safe and sound, just — well —— a bit embarra*sed and has already gone back to the Imperial Sword Villa.” Qing Yu said with his eyes open.
That’s right, “Xiao Qianxiu” has already returned to the Royal Sword Villa, after burning the corpse that resembles him.
In a sense, Qing Yu was not lying. The person “Xiao Qianxiu” was indeed still alive, and Mu Xiuji could easily find out.
Therefore, Mu Xiuji did not doubt Qing Yu’s words, but only sighed that the initiating party had one less party and the future was a bit difficult.
“President Zhuge, it has been a long time since I have seen you.” Qing Yu said to Zhuge Longxu.
“It is a long time since I have seen you, Master Qing Yu,” Zhuge Long Su returned, “Master has been away from the Northern Zhou for many days, and His Majesty misses you very much.”
“It is a pity that I have not been able to visit Northern Zhou because of my busy schedule.” Qing Yu said.
“I just don’t know, why is President Zhuge here?”
“Oh,” Zhuge Long Su laughed lightly, “Senior Brother Mu was only a student of the academy back then, Senior Brother is full of enthusiasm and stands up for justice and righteousness, how can I, as a junior brother, not come to help out.”
“Cough,” Mu Xiuji coughed lightly, “Brother Zhuge, and Real Qing Yu, let’s not chat for now. It is more important to get down to business.”
He looked at the nervous Gui Ling Chang and the others and said in a solemn voice, “Pavilion Master Gui, earlier I asked you what the entanglement between the Hundred Herb Pavilion and True Master Xuan Zhen was, and you avoided talking about it, but now it is time to speak.”
“There is no entanglement,” Gui Ling Chang said loudly, although his face was tense, “It was her Xuan Zhen who took away my Hundred Herb Pavilion’s important treasure, the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Armature, can’t my Hundred Herb Pavilion get it back? Mr. Mu, the Haoqi Alliance has always been eager for justice and righteousness, does it want to speak out for a bandit?”
“It is true that there is no entanglement, it is just a transaction,” Xuan Zhen said indifferently, “In the past, when I was practicing medicine in the jungle in disguise, I once met an old man who was seriously injured when I went into the mountains to collect medicine. The old man confessed that he was the head of the Hundred Herb Pavilion and hoped that I would send him back to the Pavilion. In return, the old man gave me the sacred needle Spiritual Hub Nine Ruins.
I did comply with the deal and sent the old man to the door of the Hundred Herb Pavilion before taking the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Armature and leaving. Only ——”
The first thing I want to say is that I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to get the money. Or rather, that old man, the previous head of the Hundred Herb Pavilion, he didn’t think of a fair deal.”
The deep meaning in the words was understood by the old journeymen present. Qing Yu had heard Xuan Zhen say this before and understood why she had said it.
The previous Pavilion Master of the Hundred Herb Pavilion had been seriously injured, but he had met the unidentified Xuan Zhen in the deep mountains. At that time, the old head of the pavilion was on the chopping block, so if Xuan Zhen had any mischief, the Spiritual Hub Nine Ruins could not be saved for sure.
So, in return, he asked Xuan Zhen to send him back to the Hundred Gra*s Pavilion. As for whether or not the Nine Spiritual Ruins would fall into Xuan Zhen’s hands after returning to the Hundred Herb Pavilion, it depended on whether or not she was strong enough.
With the connections of the Hundred Herb Pavilion, as long as one was not a Tong Shen, one would not be able to seize the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Armature from them.
This idea is a typical example of an empty glove and going back on one’s word, which is completely at odds with the Hundred Herb Pavilion’s image of hanging pots and pots to help the world. However, as the rivers and lakes are dangerous, it is normal for the old Pavilion Master to have this idea. Anyone else would feel that this method is more secure.
After being in the jianghu for a long time, no one would dare to trust anyone easily? Who knows that Xuan Zhen is not a decent gentleman?
If she really was a decent person, then it would be fine, as long as the old pagoda master explained his plight, and then apologised nicely and offered a generous gift in return.
No matter what the gift was, as long as the Nine Spiritual Ruins were not lost, it would be fine.
The old Court Master’s calculations were very clever, but Xuan Zhen was not stupid either. She directly threw the old pagoda master towards the door of the Hundred Herb Pavilion, took the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Pivot and left, not dealing with the people of the Hundred Herb Pavilion at all.
The old pavilion master’s words were not the same as the nine spiritual pivotal ruins.
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Everyone could guess the general situation, but Gui Ling Chang still refused to give up. He shouted, “My master has been helping the world all his life, how could he do such a thing? I respect you, Xuan Zhen, for being a master of the Tong Shen realm, but if you want to slander my master’s reputation, I will make you pay for it even if I have to break your bones!”
There was no evidence anyway, and with Mu Xiuji and the others on the scene to witness, Gui Ling Chang could be said to be shouting with a straight face and a loud voice.
“That’s enough!”
A sudden shout drew the attention of the crowd. A thin bamboo pole-like figure suddenly jumped out from the group of people behind Gui Ling Chang, pointing at him and shouting, “Pavilion Master, it was the old Pavilion Master who personally promised a reward in the first place, how can you go back on your word!”
“Elder Jia, you ——” pointed at the suddenly rebellious elder, and his face was stunned and surprised.
“I what I? I’ve put up with you for a long time,” Elder Jia shouted, “You’ve been blaming the Old Pavilion Master for sending out the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Hub, which caused the Old Pavilion Master to become depressed and eventually trigger his injuries and die. What qualifications do you have to say that for the sake of the old Pavilion Master’s reputation, what qualifications do you have to spout off here!”
A speech that was a complete shock to the crowd. The crowd would never have expected that at such a moment, someone from the Hundred Herb Pavilion would suddenly jump back and point the finger at Gui Ling Chang, who had always claimed himself as the bitter master.
“Jia Gui, you ——” Gui Ling Chang was so angry that he could hardly speak, “You are full of nonsense, you ——”
It was true that the old pagoda master died of depression, but not because of Gui Ling Chang’s blame, but because the old pagoda master regretted that he had given away the nine markets of the Spiritual Hub, so that his heart and soul became depressed and he eventually vomited blood and died.
Now Elder Jia was putting this Sh*t on Gui Ling Chang’s head, which made Jean so angry that he was about to ascend to heaven.
“Humph,” Jia Gui snorted coldly, “I, Jia Gui, have acted openly and honestly throughout my life, and have never made any false claims. On the contrary, you, reversing black and white and making false statements, I have never seen such a brazen and shameless person!”
“You —— poof–” Gui Ling Chang finally spat out blood in anger, staggering back two steps, his bloodshot eyes staring at Elder Jia, “Jia Gui, you shall not be allowed to die!”
“If you still don’t believe me, my uncle still knows how to use needles to pierce the acupuncture points, so he can make people tell the truth without the after-effects of soul searching. Since Elder Jia is so eager to do justice, I think he doesn’t mind being given the needle.” Qing Yu said.
