The sunlight shone on the main peak of Mount Li, piercing through those rainbow-like sword glows and falling on Qiushan Jun's body. It illuminated his pale face, calm eyes, and blood-soaked body. Bright and beautiful, yet bloody, it was hair-raising.
From beginning to end, no one spoke. The mountain was deathly still.
At this moment, the only people with the right to speak were the father and son of the Qiushan clan.
"Father, let's go home. We will resolve the matter of Mount Li ourselves."
Qiushan Jun looked at his father and said. His voice was very steady, without the slightest tremble, but everyone could hear the pain in it. In order to save the human cultivators in the Garden of Zhou, he had slept for several dozen days before waking up. His injuries were far from completely healed, and now that he had been pierced through the chest by a sword, he was no longer able to support himself. If not for Bai Cai's support, he probably would have collapsed long ago.
The Qiushan clan head's gaze moved from the sword piercing through his chest to his face. The disappointment in his eyes grew stronger and stronger, until it reached the extreme point of indifference, the extreme apathy. He looked at Qiushan Jun and said, "How much did the Qiushan clan pay for you to allow you to obtain your current reputation? Yet in the end, you use your life to threaten the clan, even if the clan has to pay an incomparably painful price?"
Qiushan Jun said nothing.
The Qiushan clan head's body slightly swayed.
In the end, indifference was only a facade. How could he not be angry?
"How could my Qiushan clan produce a thing like you, unfilial son!"
After saying this, he turned around and walked away, no longer looking at his son. At the same time, he shouted out two words.
"Do it!"
Hearing these two words, the people on the summit immediately became nervous.
Everyone knew that these two words were directed at the Qiushan clan Guardian. Qiushan Jun was already heavily injured and on the verge of death, but the Qiushan clan head was still not willing to give up?
The expressions of the two Discipline Hall elders subtly changed. They wanted to say something, but in the end, they did not speak. Xiao Songgong and the Longevity Sect's Elder Jiang, on the other hand, appeared much more relaxed. Although Qiushan Jun's choice had exceeded their expectations, as long as the Qiushan clan still firmly stood on their side, at least the present situation was still under their control. That Qiushan clan Guardian with unfathomable strength had previously raised his cultivation to its peak in order to stop Qiushan Jun from drawing his sword. Now, upon hearing the Qiushan clan head's order, he simply did not need to adjust his breathing.
Just as the words "Qiushan Clan took the initiative" were still echoing in everyone's ears, the Qiushan Clan's Guardian had already made his move!
His first move was the Autumn Mountain Seal!
In the south, there was Autumn Mountain, which fell on the plains like a great seal. [Autumn Mountain Seal] was a type of palm technique, and when it was executed, it was able to attack dozens of enemies at the same time. If this palm technique was cultivated to the extreme, it would be like a mountain descending from the heavens, unceasingly crashing into the plains, and its might was incomparably enormous!
This Qiushan Clan Guardian was the only Qiushan Clan expert in the last hundred years who had cultivated the Qiushan Seal to its peak.
The mountain winds howled as the Autumn Mountain Seal broke through the clouds and descended, arriving in front of the dwelling on the main peak of Mount Li.
There was a loud bang!
The palm of the Qiushan Clan's Guardian heavily … struck the backs of the two Discipline Hall elders!
The two Discipline Hall Elders were completely unprepared. They felt as if their backs had been hit by a huge mountain. Blood gushed out from their mouths, drenching their short white beards and clothes!
At this time, the Qiushan clan head was just turning around. His right sleeve very casually rose, as if he wanted to sweep away the depression in his heart and the anger brought about by Qiushan Jun's disobedience. No one noticed that his palm had extended out from the shadow of his sleeve!
There was a light clap.
The Qiushan clan head's sleeve rose up, and his palm noiselessly extended out, lightly landing on Xiao Songgong's left shoulder.
Xiao Songgong let out a furious and shocked howl, raising his sword to block. However, there was no time to block his sword. That powerful and extremely pure true essence directly shattered his shoulder, then like a flood, it rushed into his sea of consciousness.
Only in the moment before he fainted did he realize that the Qiushan clan head had actually attacked him!
And this rumored extremely ordinary man whose brilliance had been completely overshadowed by Qiushan Jun actually possessed such terrifying strength!
The mountain winds were torn to shreds by the violent clash of Qi, howling without end. The two Discipline Hall elders sat cross-legged on the ground, constantly vomiting blood. Only by relying on their profound strength did they barely manage to survive. Xiao Songgong was even more miserable. His shoulder was already a bloody pulp, and he had fallen into the arms of a disciple. It was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
The sound of the wind gradually died down, leaving the scene in a deathly stillness.
No one could understand what had happened.
No one could understand why the Qiushan clan head and that Guardian would suddenly attack three Mount Li elders.
The situation had changed too quickly, so quickly that everyone was caught unprepared. They were stunned speechless.
The Qiushan clan head took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped away the blood of Xiao Songgong on his hand. His expression was very calm.
The Longevity Sect's Elder Jiang stared at him and asked in a trembling voice, "You … have gone mad?"
The Qiushan clan head looked at him and said, "Elder, why don't you follow me down the mountain?"
Elder Jiang had no idea what was going on. He was furious and confused, and upon hearing these words, he was prepared to harshly continue questioning when he suddenly came to his senses. No matter what the Qiushan clan head wanted to do, the three Mount Li elders had already fallen to their sneak attack. If he wanted to do anything, perhaps he would be attacked in the next moment.
Just like many of the experts of the south, Elder Jiang's impression of the Qiushan clan head was very ordinary. In private, he would even occasionally ridicule him. He thought to himself, if not for Qiushan Jun, who would care about such an incompetent person? But now he understood. There was no way this person was an incompetent person.
Although he still did not understand why the Qiushan clan would suddenly rise in revolt, he could at least clearly see just how powerful the Qiushan clan head was — it must be known that even if it was a sneak attack, to be able to so casually cripple Elder Xiao Songgong with a single palm, there were not many people on the continent that possessed this kind of strength.
Moreover, the Qiushan clan head had a Guardian with an equally unfathomable cultivation at his side!
Elder Jiang understood these matters. Without another word, he walked down the mountain path. In the space of a few breaths, he had disappeared from the winding mountain path of Mount Li, walking without the slightest hesitation!
The peak was currently in chaos. Those Mount Li disciples that had followed Xiao Songgong's three elders into the main peak were furious that their teacher had been heavily injured in a sneak attack, but even more of them were perplexed and helpless.
"We should also go." The Qiushan clan head did not pay any attention to those Mount Li disciples that were glaring at him in grief and indignation, and calmly said.
The Qiushan clan Guardian walked to his side, took the blood-stained handkerchief he handed over, stuffed it into his sleeve, and then walked down the mountain together.
In this entire process, the Qiushan clan head did not turn around to glance at Qiushan Jun, not even when he was leaving.
A cool breeze lingered, and his figure had already disappeared.
On the stone plateau of Mount Li's main peak, only a few bloodstains remained.
Qiushan Jun gazed in the direction of the mountain path in silence.
With regards to the Qiushan clan, ever since he was very young, there were some things that he could not understand.
That old Guardian was actually his third granduncle. The great clans and clans had always respected strength. He had never understood why his third granduncle, who had cultivated to the peak of Star Condensation, had not become the Qiushan clan head. On the contrary, it was his father, who was very ordinary in every aspect, who had become the Qiushan clan head. He had originally believed that this had something to do with his true dragon bloodline, but just now, when he saw his father move, when he saw his third granduncle respectfully and silently take that blood-stained handkerchief from his father's hands, he finally truly understood. Only, he still could not understand why his father had done this in the end.
… …
… …
An extremely luxurious carriage traveled from the base of Mount Li to Qiushan.
The carriage was pulled by dragon-blooded horses, the carriage was accompanied by flood dragon blood wine, and the floor was paved with a carpet woven from demon rabbits.
The people sitting in the carriage were naturally the Qiushan clan head and that Guardian.
"Now it seems that the scheme to seize the Mount Li Sword Sect was still a little too hasty. The losses this time will be rather large."
The Qiushan clan head looked through the carriage window at the faintly discernible Mount Li in the clouds. It was as if the person who had launched a sneak attack on Xiao Songgong was not him, nor was the person who had caused this matter to end without any cause.
The Guardian smiled. "I wonder what Elder Jiang will say when he returns to the Longevity Sect."
The Qiushan clan head revealed a mocking smile. "Ten-some years ago, after Sir Su's massacre, the Longevity Sect was already crippled. No matter what he says, would the Longevity Sect still dare to declare war against my Qiushan?"
The Guardian's expression turned grave. "But the Empress … how will we explain this to her side?"
The Qiushan clan head's eyebrows perked up. "The Empress is benevolent. She can't possibly force me to kill my own son … yes, that's my son. I'm not as formidable as the Empress."
He was not willing to think about this matter. He sighed, "After the Garden of Zhou, my son has once again improved. He can actually think of such a ruthless method."
To use one's own life to threaten one's own father, no matter how one looked at it, this matter was very ruthless.
Just like how the Qiushan clan head had at the very beginning prepared to use the position of father and son to pressure Qiushan Jun, it was also very ruthless.
It was just that the son was even more ruthless than the father.
"He's even more ruthless than me, so I can't force him to help me, so I naturally have no choice but to help him."
"I just don't know when Qiushan will be able to understand this point."
"There's no need to understand, just do it. Just like how ruthless he is, this is a necessary temperament for those who accomplish great things, even though this inevitably reveals a rather unpleasant fact to me."
"What fact?"
"I love him more than he loves me."
After saying this, the Qiushan clan head fell silent, then he smiled and shook his head. "… but isn't it always like this between father and son?"
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