"We killed those people."
Zhao Layue took off her conical hat and said to Yao Songshan.
Jing Jiu also took off his conical hat.
Looking at the beautiful face that he hadn't seen for a long time, Lin Yingliang finally confirmed that this person … was indeed his Senior Master.
As the Peak Master of Shenmo, Yao Songshan treated Zhao Layue with respect, but hearing what she said, he couldn't help but let out a bitter smile, saying helplessly, "Senior Master has come out of the mountains to travel, and I've seen some injustice, so it's my duty to kill, but … I've killed too many people."
"There are so many people who deserve to die. You should just kill more."
Zhao Layue glanced at Jing Jiu. When they were in Shangzhou, he had said that it was impossible to eliminate evil, and it was impossible to kill all the evildoers.
Yao Songshan thought about it and said seriously, "Senior Master's words are reasonable. You did a good job."
It wasn't flattery or mockery. He really thought so.
Zhao Layue suddenly felt that Liangwang Peak was not bad, at least in this aspect.
"What's your name?"
"Yao Songshan, from Shangde Peak, 11th of Liangwang Peak."
"How's Aoyama?"
She and Jing Jiu didn't know the current situation of Aoyama after traveling in the world for two years without any contact with the sect.
Yao Songshan briefly told her what had happened in Aoyama in the past two years. There wasn't much to say.
Most of the second-generation swordsmen were in closed-door training, and the disciples were practicing their swordsmanship diligently. It was no different from the past hundreds or thousands of years.
For cultivators, two years was indeed too short a time, and it was very difficult for too many changes to occur.
"How's Liu Shisui recently?"
Zhao Layue knew this was what Jing Jiu wanted to know, even though he hadn't mentioned the name Liu Shisui even once in the past two years.
Yao Songshan was a little hesitant, and Lin Yingliang was even more uneasy.
Zhao Layue was convinced that something must have happened to Liu Shisui, so she said, "Speak."
…
…
Through Yao Songshan's narration, Zhao Layue learned that too many things had happened to Liu Shisui in the past two years.
Two years ago, when he was sent back to Aoyama from the Muddy River, he had been in a coma with a high fever. When he woke up, he was imprisoned in the Sword Jail of Shangde Peak.
Shanghai De Peak suspected that he had eaten the Dace Devil's Monster Pill.
After an extremely harsh interrogation, Liu Shisui was released because there was no direct evidence.
However, he was unable to resume his normal cultivation.
This was because everyone in the Nine Peaks of Aoyama believed that he had secretly eaten the Monster Core.
Including his master, Elder Bai Rujing.
Bai Rujing was extremely disappointed in him. Although he didn't expel him from the sect, he never gave him any guidance on cultivation.
Perhaps because he didn't want to hear those discussions or see those strange looks, Liu Shisui became more taciturn. He stayed in his cave residence all day long and rarely showed up.
It was said that someone once saw him go to Liangwang Peak at night, but he soon went down the mountain.
Obviously, Liangwang Peak, which had placed high hopes on him, had no intention of taking him in.
…
…
"If he goes on like this, he will probably be forgotten. But one year ago …"
Yao Songshan paused for a while and continued, "Shanghai De Peak suddenly started to re-investigate the death of Senior Uncle Zuo Yi of Bihu Peak. It is said that Liu Shisui is also a suspect. Although he couldn't have done it himself, and the details are not clear, Senior Uncle Duan was in charge of the interrogation, but I don't know why he wasn't put in the Sword Jail."
Zhao Layue glanced at Jing Jiu, wondering why he could be so calm.
She asked Yao Songshan, "Do you also think he ate the Devil Pill?"
"Yes."
Thinking of those rumors, Yao Songshan glanced at Jing Jiu and said, "I believe the masters won't make a mistake. The temptation of the path of heaven is indeed hard to bear for a disciple like him who grows up too fast. I'm not the only one who thinks so; all the colleagues on the nine peaks think so."
Lin Yingliang couldn't help but say, "There are still some people who don't believe Shisui would make a mistake. Gu Qing went back to Liangwang Peak for this matter and quarreled with Big Brother Gu Han."
Gu Qing was expelled from Liangwang Peak. He was willing to go back and quarrel with his brother, which meant he thought Liangwang Peak was too ruthless.
"Gu Qing … How is he?"
Jing Jiu finally spoke.
"I'm not sure. He stays on Shenmo Peak all day long. Nobody knows what he's doing."
Lin Yingliang said this while looking at Jing Jiu, thinking that the current Gu Qing was very similar to the one by the Stream of Sword Washing.
Yao Songshan didn't want to talk about this matter anymore. He looked at Zhao Layue and asked, "Senior Master, are you here to participate in the Four-Seas Banquet?"
"We're here to see someone," Zhao Layue said.
Haizhou was the territory of the Western Sea Sword School, and the most famous person there was naturally the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean.
He was a figure in the Heavenly Arrival State who was as famous as the Sect Master of Aoyama.
In Yao Songshan's opinion, the person Zhao Layue came to see could only be this person, given her current status.
He shook his head and said, "The host of the Four-Seas Banquet is not the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean, but Xiwang Sun."
Four years ago, a mysterious figure suddenly appeared in Haizhou. His Cultivation state was unfathomable, and he called himself Xiwang Sun, who had great power in the Western Sea Sword School.
It was said that he was the illegitimate son of the Godly Swordsman, and some said that he was the personal disciple of the Godly Swordsman. Another said that he was the Young Brother of the Godly Swordsman.
Either way, the Godly Swordsman didn't admit it, nor did he deny it.
It was after the appearance of Xiwang Sun that the Four-Seas Banquet was held in Haizhou City.
Anyone could tell that the West Ocean Sword School didn't like the ruling of the Imperial court, and wanted to hold a grand banquet to compete with the Plum Meeting in Zhaoge City.
Since the Four-Seas Banquet had just started, it couldn't be compared to the Plum Meeting. In order to attract the Cultivation practitioners to participate in the Four-Seas Banquet, the West Ocean Sword Sect would prepare four extremely rare treasures each time, which would be given to the four winners. Even so, few swordsmen of the older generation and those famous geniuses were willing to participate in the Four-Seas Banquet.
The geniuses like Tong Yan wouldn't attend the Four-Seas Banquet, and Zhuo Rusui wouldn't come even if he didn't stay behind closed doors at Tianguang Peak.
This time, the Aoyama Sect had only sent two disciples of the third generation, Yao Songshan and Lin Yingliang. Ōzawa and Guocheng Temple had also sent some disciples who happened to be in the vicinity to represent them.
However, it was said that the Zhongzhou School and Shui Yue Nunnery had sent two outstanding disciples to the Four-Seas Banquet. It was unknown what price the West Ocean Sword School had to pay.
If the Aoyama Sect was the number one orthodox sword sect in the world, then the Zhongzhou School was the number one orthodox sword sect in the world in the eyes of most of the Cultivation practitioners. Because of its close proximity to Zhaoge City, the Zhongzhou School had excellent disciples and talented geniuses every generation. In terms of the recent decades, the Zhongzhou School was even more famous than the Aoyama Sect.
Yet, Zhao Layue was concerned about something else. What would be the competition at the Four-Seas Banquet?
If it were a competition of Cultivation states, she was confident that she wouldn't lose to any of her peers.
If it were a competition of killing people, she was confident that she could defeat all of her peers.
A few days ago, she had flown across Aoyama and killed the Head Monk of the Black Dragon Temple. She was convinced that even Tong Yan, who was the same age as her seven years ago, was no match for her.
Yao Songshan said, "They will compete in zither, chess, calligraphy and painting."
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