That Mount Li disciple stood in front of the cave, his clothes stained with blood, but he had not retreated half a step or revealed the slightest timidity. His loyalty and courage were naturally not to be questioned, yet he could not help but ask this question. All the peaks were quiet for the same reason. The vast majority of Mount Li disciples had firmly stood on the Sect Master's side, furious at the shameless actions of Xiao Songgong and the other two elders. But now, there was a change — Su Li was the idol of Mount Li, but if Elder Xiao Songgong's words were true, then this idol was gradually crumbling.
A disciple's voice came from Refine Rock Peak up ahead. "If Senior Brother Qi Jian really is … a descendant of the demons, then perhaps … we really should have the Discipline Hall properly interrogate him?"
Bai Cai was enraged by these words, but before he had time to say anything, he saw a Mount Li disciple at his side kneel with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing to the Sect Master's back until blood seeped out of his forehead.
"Master, if … Junior Brother really is the daughter of Martial Granduncle and a Demon Princess, why do you need to protect him? A few days ago, it was said that Junior Brother caused the death of Third Senior Brother. I didn't believe it at all, but … if the filthy and smelly blood of the Devil Clan flows in her body, and she colluded with the Wolf Clan's demon, then what could she not do?
The Sect Master gazed at this disciple who was usually the most respectful to him and lightly sighed. This disciple's entire family had been killed by the demon army, so how could he still blame him?
Bai Cai looked at these two disciples and listened to the discussion rising from the distant peaks. His anger flared even more, and he yelled, "A solemn disciple of Mount Li is actually bewildered by the bewitching words of an enemy! Where has your sword heart gone!"
The various peaks grew somewhat quieter, and the main peak did the same.
Xiao Songgong sneered and said to him, "If your sword heart really is pure, then why do you only dare to yell at your fellow disciples, but not dare to ask your master if this matter is true or false?"
Bai Cai angrily glared at him, but he clenched his teeth and said nothing.
? So-called silence sometimes represented extreme anger, sometimes it meant that there was nothing to say, and sometimes it was tacit approval. Ever since Xiao Songgong had said that Qi Jian was the daughter of a Demon Princess and Su Li, some time had passed. The Mount Li Sect Master stood in front of the cave, his demeanor desolate and silent. His meaning was actually very clear.
The several dozen Mount Li disciples in front of the dwelling and even more Mount Li disciples in the various peaks were all looking at the Sect Master.
Even now, they were still loyal to Mount Li, supporting the Sect Master, and disdaining Xiao Songgong and those two Discipline Hall elders. But now, they had already begun to believe that Qi Jian and even Su Li had a relationship with the demons. Otherwise, why would Third Senior Brother Liang Xiaoxiao look at her with such a complicated and painful gaze before he died?
Even Cabbage's sword heart was somewhat shaken, his emotions somewhat perplexed.
Ten-some years ago, Mount Li and the entire human world had been thrown into chaos because of two women. Ten-some years later, this matter finally returned to Mount Li and began to change its situation.
At this moment, the Mount Li Sect Master finally spoke once more. He looked into Xiao Songgong's eyes and said, "You shouldn't know about this, because the people who knew about this back then have all died. Other than the three Saints and me, no one else knows about this, not even the Demon Monarch. Then, how did you know?"
This was a very difficult question to answer, so Xiao Songgong's expression abruptly chilled and he had no intention of opening his mouth to answer.
"Even if the Tianhai Divine Empress and His Holiness the Pope wanted to kill Junior Martial Uncle, the Dao heart of a Saint floats in the sea of stars. It is impossible to violate the oath made back then, and the other Saint is even less likely to harm Junior Martial Uncle."
The Sect Master did not explain why that Saint would not harm Su Li. He spoke as if it were a matter of course, then he continued to ask, "Then, how did you know about this secret?"
Xiao Songgong sneered, "I said before, there are no absolute secrets in the world."
With a grave and stern expression, the Sect Master said, "Back then, when Junior Martial Uncle went north to Xunyang City, he killed everyone in the Liang Household who knew about this matter. The Divine Empress and His Holiness also acted to purge this matter, all for the sake of protecting this secret. I would very much like to know just who the three of them left out."
Xiao Songgong's expression turned cold. It was only now that he knew that behind that bloodbath all those years ago was the will of these three powerful figures.
The Sect Master continued, "If you cannot state the source of this information, then I can only assume that it was Black Robe's doing."
This was a very crude deduction, but in the Eastern Continent, it was the most convincing deduction. This was because in the human world, the land of demons, and the Demi-human race, there was a perception that was close to truth: Black Robe knew all the secrets of the world.
"If it really was Black Robe who told you … you said that Junior Martial Uncle colluded with the demons, then what about you? The Demon Military Advisor used your hands to destroy the foundation of my Mount Li! Does this count as collusion!? "
He was truly worthy of being called the Sect Master of the Mount Li Sword Sect. His words were like swords. He had suffered heavy injuries from the sneak attack, but this rebuke brimming with anger and fighting spirit still resounded like thunder through the peaks of Mount Li, causing all the discussions within the peaks to come to a screeching halt. The situation had once more changed.
The two Discipline Hall elders clearly did not know the source of this information, so they subconsciously turned to Xiao Songgong. Xiao Songgong finally could not endure the might of words as swords. His face slightly pale, he said, "It was Liang Xiaoxiao who left behind a will before he died."
The Sect Master was silent upon hearing this, then said, "So it was like this."
He turned to the Longevity Sect elder and said, "I still remember that it was you, Senior Jiang, who sent those two children to Mount Li. Now that I think about it, he already knew of his past at that time."
Elder Jiang was silent for a while, then said, "I don't know when he knew of his past. I also only found out about this matter when I saw the will that Zhuang Huan Yu secretly sent to the Longevity Sect."
The Sect Master said, "Banhu clearly did not know of his past, and even more did not know of that major event that year. Xiaoxiao was slightly younger, so why did Elder Liang entrust the matter of vengeance to him?"
Elder Jiang said, "Perhaps Elder Liang had already realized ten years ago that Liang Banhu was too sincere, and was far from being as ruthless and steady as his younger brother."
This was indeed the case. In terms of ruthlessness and steadiness, within the younger generation, who could be Liang Xiaoxiao's opponent? Even if he was already dead.
A young genius, whose cultivation was only at Ethereal Opening, yet, for the sake of sacrifice, he dared to let a Saint go through the sea of bitterness. He used his own death to raise countless waves in Mount Li! To deal with Chen Changsheng and Wofu Zhexiu? That was only a smokescreen, a method he used to muddy the waters. Of course, it was also something he was willing to do in passing. His true goal had always been Mount Li, Su Li.
Liang Xiaoxiao was keenly aware that he would never have the chance to kill Su Li in his entire life. Even if he wanted to secretly injure Qi Jian, it would be very difficult. Thus, he chose the most desperate path, using the most extreme method. He wanted to destroy Qi Jian's reputation. A matter like reputation did not require any evidence. It only required malicious guesses to destroy it. Moreover, in the eyes of the world, he was the senior brother who most doted on Qi Jian. He wanted to destroy Su Li's legend. A matter like a legend was the most sacred and dignified, yet it was also the easiest to stigmatize. This was because Su Li himself had done far too many things that could easily be stigmatized.
He and that unfathomable Demon Military Advisor in the distant snowy plains, one in the south and one in the north, coordinated with each other from a distance. Thus, they laid down two layers of killing traps in and around the Garden of Zhou and at Mount Li in Xunyang.
For this, he only needed to pay the price of his life, then leave behind a gaze and a will.
Before his death, he had presumably calculated that although he was dead, countless people would follow his arrangements to continue this trap, using his gaze and will to continue fighting.
The entire world would take revenge for him, take revenge for his ancestors.
It could be believed that in the moment he stopped breathing outside the Garden of Zhou, Liang Xiaoxiao was calm and joyous.
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Xiao Songgong said nothing, the two Discipline Hall elders said nothing, and the Longevity Sect's Elder Jiang also said nothing. The Sect Master stood behind the several dozen sword glows, calmly gazing at the sword gripped in his right hand. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking. They were all experts of the present age at the upper level of Star Condensation. A junior like Liang Xiaoxiao could be easily killed with a wave of their hands, yet now that they completely understood Liang Xiaoxiao's intentions and what he had done, they inexplicably felt a sense of reverence towards this already deceased junior.
If they knew that Zhou Tong had once said that Liang Xiaoxiao was his best successor, perhaps they would feel the same way.
In a very short amount of time, the Mount Li Sect Master seemed to have aged a little. He understood everything, and a faint sense of disappointment and frustration appeared in his heart. Liang Xiaoxiao had always lived in hatred since he was young, yet he even had to hide it from his own brother. Just what sort of pain was that? Why had he never noticed anything strange about him?
The silence was finally broken in the next moment. The speaker was the head of the Qiushan clan. In the early morning, he had followed Xiao Songgong and the others to the main peak of Mount Li. Afterwards, the head of the Qiushan clan and the Guardian with unfathomable cultivation had not spoken a single word, even though their positions had already made their positions clear.
"This matter has to be resolved," the head of the Qiushan clan warmly said to the Sect Master.
This clan head of a prestigious clan of the south even had a smile on his face, yet his words were unyielding. "Since the blood of the demons flows through Qi Jian's body, it should naturally be handed over to the Discipline Hall for interrogation. Sir Su Li concealing this matter is also responsible, but since he has already died in Xunyang City, this matter will naturally be dropped. As for Sect Master … I think that it really is time for you to abdicate."
These were all the demands that Sir Xiao Songgong had made, and the head of the Qiushan clan once more reiterated them.
The disciples of Mount Li on the various peaks once more grew nervous.
This was an internal strife, a confrontation between two factions that had even surpassed the boundaries of Mount Li. This was a confrontation between two great factions of the south, and what they were fighting over was the position of Mount Li's Sect Master, the hilt of ten thousand swords that could pierce through the clouds! Up until now, not much blood had been shed. Could it be that Mount Li would really be dyed in blood today?
Crucially, although these words were a reiteration, they came from the mouth of the Qiushan clan head. This was even more unyielding and forceful than Xiao Songgong's just now. It was not only because of the status of the Qiushan clan in the south, but also because … he was Qiushan Jun's father.
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(The next chapter is to strive for twelve.)
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