In the dwelling at the peak of Mount Li, there were several more unconscious people today, lying between Qiushan Jun and Qi Jian's sleeping mattresses. Their wounds, which had been simply bandaged, were still oozing blood. The scene seemed rather bloody.
Several dozen Mount Li disciples stood outside the dwelling. Bai Cai stood at the very front, one hand supporting the Sect Master and the other holding a sword. His face was rather pale, not only because he was a little scared of blood, but also because his emotions were in turmoil. Of course, this turmoil did not refer to fear. Since he was scared of blood, he was definitely not a real Bai Cai.
This youth with a very strange name was an inner disciple of the Mount Li Sword Sect. He was ranked sixth among the Divine State's Seven Laws and was at the later stage of Meditation. The emotion raging in his chest was anger.
The Mount Li Sword Sect's expression was very grave, but his body was very weak. He was a mighty figure who had shaken the Heavenly South Region, yet he couldn't even stand properly. He had to be supported by his younger disciples in order to stand properly. The stone plateau and mountain path outside the dwelling were covered in blood and sword slashes. It was obvious that an extremely bitter battle had just occurred.
In the early morning, several elders suddenly brought their disciples to the main peak and requested that Qi Jian be handed over to the Discipline Hall for interrogation. When the Sect Master of the Mount Li Sword Sect rejected this suggestion, a battle suddenly broke out. The heavily injured person in the cave, the bloodstains and broken swords outside the cave, were the tragic results of this battle.
"Shameless to the extreme!" Bai Cai looked at Elder Xiao Songgong at the front of the crowd and rebuked in both grief and anger, "You dare conspire to harm the Sect Master! Do you want to betray Mount Li! "
At the moment, Gou Hanshi, Liang Banhu, and Guan Feibai were still comprehending the Dao in the capital's Mausoleum of Books, Qiushan Jun and Qi Jian were still heavily injured, and of the Divine State's Seven Laws, only Bai Cai remained. Several of the second generation martial uncles were trapped in the belly of the mountain, so he had to stand at the very front.
Although he was the Mount Li Sword Sect's most favored junior disciple and had a very special status, in normal times, he would have been extremely courteous to an elder like Xiao Songgong and would never have dared to say such words. But now, he was truly furious. If the Sect Master had not been injured in the Garden of Zhou, even if Xiao Songgong had ambushed him, how could he have been so heavily injured? If the Martial Uncles hadn't been trapped in the sword formation in the belly of the mountain, these people wouldn't have dared to come to the peak!
The mountain breeze caressed Xiao Songgong's white eyebrows. The morning light shone on his emotionless face. His usual transcendent demeanor had already been completely replaced by a callous and unyielding aura. He sternly yelled, "Just who wants to betray Mount Li? We only request that the Sect Master follow the ironclad laws of Mount Li and hand over the disciple Qi Jian, who is suspected of colluding with the demons, to the Discipline Hall for interrogation. Why do you not agree? "
Xiao Songgong stared at the pale-faced Mount Li Sect Master and said with a hint of ruthlessness, "Can you tell me the reason?"
The Mount Li Sect Master looked at him, his somewhat gloomy eyes brimming with indifference and sorrow as if he had seen through everything. "Then Senior Brother, can you tell me the reason? Why did you use the secret method left behind by Master and trap them in the belly of the mountain when they were preparing to go to the north to rescue Youngest Uncle through the sword formation? Why do you have fellow daoists from the Longevity Sect standing behind you, and also … the patriarch of the Qiushan clan, and also … why did you strike me with that palm earlier? "
As these words left his mouth, the whistling of swords grew louder under the morning light. Several dozen flying swords circled around the peak of the mountain where the dwelling was located, flying at high speeds, drawing out rays of golden light. This was a part of Mount Li's Myriad Sword Array.
Seeing these flying swords, the people who had followed Xiao Songgong up the mountain all had grave expressions, including the upper level Star Condensation elder of the Longevity Sect and the Guardian of the Qiushan clan with unfathomable strength. Only the patriarch of the Qiushan clan seemed oblivious.
How profound was the Mount Li Sect Master's cultivation? Even though he was heavily injured and powerless to fight, his heart of the sword still existed. His words were like sharp swords, making it impossible to respond. The two Discipline Hall elders that had been standing behind Xiao Songgong this entire time revealed expressions of shame. Even Xiao Songgong's expression changed several times, and then he turned to the Longevity Sect elder.
Previously, after Xiao Songgong's sneak attack had succeeded, the Sect Master had used the last of his sword intent to awaken a part of the Myriad Sword Array, protecting the dwelling and simultaneously isolating the peaks of Mount Li — several of the second generation Star Condensation experts of Mount Li had been trapped in the belly of the mountain by Xiao Songgong's secret method. He did not want the disciples of the other peaks to come to their rescue only to be injured by Xiao Songgong's faction — but at the same time, he had activated the sound amplification technique of the Myriad Swords Rumbling Thunder, so all the words spoken on the summit could be heard by the peaks of Mount Li.
If possible, Xiao Songgong naturally did not want to answer the Sect Master's questions, but in the current situation, if he wanted to smoothly seize authority over Mount Li and convince the masses, he had to give an extremely convincing answer.
The Longevity Sect elder expressionlessly said, "Why? Because we suspect that you're colluding with the demons! "
Hearing this, the Mount Li disciples standing by the Sect Master's side were enraged and could not help but curse. Bai Cai was so angry that his entire face turned red, and the hand that gripped his sword began to tremble. There were even curses coming from one of the nearby mountains.
The Mount Li Sect Master was a person of virtue and prestige. He treated all his disciples equally, and even in the entire south, he was renowned for his benevolence. Yet now, this Longevity Sect elder was actually accusing him of colluding with the demons. How could anyone endure this?
The ten-some mountains began to boil, but at this moment, the only people present were the third generation disciples, as well as some outer sect disciples with even lower cultivations. They simply had no way of breaking through the Myriad Sword Array and coming to the rescue, so they could only curse.
The Longevity Sect elder's skin was truly extremely thick. His expression did not change as he said, "Before Mount Li disciple Liang Xiaoxiao died, he accused Qi Jian of colluding with the demons, Wofu Zhexiu, and Chen Changsheng to begin a massacre in the Garden of Zhou. It was precisely because of this that Qiushan Jun fell into a coma. As Qiushan Jun's teacher, why have you delayed for so many days and refused to hand Qi Jian over to the Discipline Hall for interrogation? Just what are you trying to hide? How can people not suspect that you are also colluding with the demons? "
"Since when did the Longevity Sect have the right to interfere in the matters of my Mount Li?" The Mount Li Sect Master looked at the Longevity Sect elder and said, "Don't say any nonsense about the Longevity Sect being the ancestral court of the south. Back then, Junior Martial Uncle killed all the elders of the Longevity Sect. Do you really think that my Mount Li would listen to you? Truly naive and childish to the extreme. "
Hearing these words, the ten-some mountains of Mount Li exploded with thunderous laughter. There were even some disciples who praised the Sect Master's assessment. Bai Cai and the other disciples even roared with laughter. Paired with the blood and swords covering the ground, the atmosphere spontaneously rose.
Xiao Songgong noticed that the disciples loyal to him and the other two elders had rather uneasy expressions and couldn't help but feel regret. He thought to himself, I was only thinking that Mount Li is a subordinate of the Longevity Sect, so I agreed to let the Longevity Sect elder accompany me. I forgot that in these ten-some years, because of Su Li, the disciples of Mount Li had no respect for the Longevity Sect, only hostility.
"No matter what, Elder Ji is still an elder of the same sect. Junior Brother, you should still be a little more respectful."
Xiao Songgong coldly said to the Sect Master, "If you don't want others to suspect that you are colluding with the demons, then hand over Qi Jian. When the time comes, I will personally apologize to you, then cut off one of my arms and seclude myself in the back of the mountain for five hundred years!"
These words were extremely unyielding, actually causing the jeering and cursing of the peaks of Mount Li to stop. The Sect Master calmly gazed at Xiao Songgong and sighed, thinking to himself, if you weren't certain that I wouldn't hand over Qi Jian, you wouldn't have dared to swear such a venomous oath.
"Just this matter?" he asked, looking into Xiao Songgong's eyes.
Xiao Songgong made no concession. Staring into his eyes, he hatefully said, "The magic sword naturally has to be handed over as well, and then you have to hand over the Myriad Sword Array!"
The Mount Li Sect Master calmly asked, "Everything has been handed over. Presumably, my position as Sect Master will also have to be handed over."
Xiao Songgong said nothing, tacitly agreeing.
Bai Cai angrily retorted, "Why is it that when you say that Junior Brother is colluding with the demons, he is colluding with the demons?"
A Discipline Hall elder who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "The one who accused Qi Jian of colluding with the demons was not us, but your deceased Third Brother."
This Discipline Hall elder had an extremely high prestige in Mount Li. He was normally very strict in enforcing the law and was the most just and fair. There was not a single disciple of the various peaks that dared to submit to him. Hearing his words, Bai Cai was momentarily speechless, and even the disciples of the various peaks fell silent.
The Discipline Hall elder turned to the Sect Master and sighed, "Why are you not willing to let the Discipline Hall interrogate him?"
The Mount Li Sect Master calmly replied, "Because I do not believe that Qi Jian would commit such an evil deed."
The Discipline Hall elder sternly said, "Even if your other disciple, Liang Xiaoxiao, personally accused him and he's already dead."
The Mount Li Sect Master was quiet for a while, then replied, "Yes."
The Discipline Hall elder asked, "Since you don't believe him, why are you not willing to let the Discipline Hall interrogate him?"
The Mount Li Sect Master looked at him in silence for a very long time. Finally, he said, "Because I do not trust the Discipline Hall."
There was a slight uproar in the mountains. Bai Cai and the other disciples had fought a bloody battle to protect the dwelling, but when they heard the Sect Master's words, they also found it somewhat difficult to believe. It must be known that Mount Li's Discipline Hall was the most just and had never done anything improper.
The Discipline Hall elder's eyebrows slightly twitched, clearly very angry. He asked, "May I ask Lord Sect Master, in these past hundred years, has the Discipline Hall ever done anything unjust? If not, why is it not trustworthy?"
"Because you do not trust Junior Martial Uncle," the Sect Master said to the two Discipline Hall elders.
The Discipline Hall elder asked, "Why do you say this?"
The Sect Master explained, "When you entered the Mausoleum of Books and swore a blood oath to become Monolith Guardians, Junior Martial Uncle flew into a rage when he heard this. He charged into the Mausoleum of Books and forcefully took you away. Every time the common people mention this matter, they always praise my Mount Li for acting like the bright moon and cool breeze, but I am keenly aware that you have always felt that you would never have the chance to enter the Divine Domain because Junior Martial Uncle took you out of the Mausoleum of Books. You always felt that Junior Martial Uncle had let you down."
This was an extremely famous event of the past. But only this morning did many Mount Li disciples realize that those two Mount Li disciples who had been forcefully taken away from the Mausoleum of Books by their martial grandaunts were actually the two Discipline Hall elders who were later renowned for their incorruptibility.
The other Discipline Hall elder who had not spoken suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "Could it be that Junior Martial Uncle had not let us down?"
The Sect Master painfully replied, "The Mausoleum of Books is a holy land and also an abyss. It's been opened for so many years, and you still haven't understood? Junior Martial Uncle did not hesitate to offend the Li Palace in order to give you true freedom, but you held a grudge for so many years. How absurd! "
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