"Saint Lu might not agree."
Arhat Ding Lin looked at Qu Yuanwen and put his palms together. Slowly, he spoke.
Qu Yuanwen said, "If the three of them are in the wrong, then they deserve to be detained by Chang 'an. As for the Academy, reputation is not as important as justice."
Hearing this, Arhat Ding Lin fell silent.
Qu Yuanwen looked at him and continued, "No matter what the result is, the Dean and I will try our best to help the Buddhists to get the Manjushri back from Chang 'an. It may be difficult, but it's better than a bloody battle."
"Qu Zi is righteous. I and the other Buddhist disciples are grateful," Arhat Ding Lin said, "But Chang 'an may not be as reasonable as you think."
Qu Yuanwen looked at Arhat Ding Lin quietly.
On the side, Arhat Kongshan said, "Ever since the rise of Guan Chang 'an, they have been constantly expanding in all directions. Those who submit will prosper and those who resist will perish. This has never changed. In the long run, there will be a day when they will dominate the entire Eastern Heavens and even the wider universe. When that time comes, I'm afraid that even Doushi Academy will not be able to stay out of this …
Qu Yuanwen said, "If such a day really comes, both I and the Academy will reject it. But now, if the instructor of the Academy is in the wrong, the Academy should deal with it fairly and think about the future."
Arhat Kongshan and Arhat Ding Lin were silent.
At this moment, in the void of the universe, there was a flash of sword light. Then, a Tai Chi diagram appeared beside them.
The Tai Chi diagram divided into Yin and Yang, and then into the Four Divisions.
The Four Divisions separated, and the void changed. A middle-aged Daoist priest appeared.
He wore a Daoist robe and had a long beard. He looked like an immortal.
Qu Yuanwen and the others greeted the middle-aged Daoist priest, "Immortal Xiangyuan, how have you been?"
He was one of the core members of the Taiyi Sect, Immortal Xiangyuan. He was above Immortal Shaoqing and the others in terms of cultivation and seniority.
"Greetings, Qu Zi and the two masters."
Immortal Xiangyuan looked at a woman beside the three masters.
This woman was the human form of a Tianyuan Bee. She looked around thirty years old. She was not very beautiful, but she had a good temperament.
"This is a disciple of the master of this place, Yuan Ping of the Sky Origin Bee Clan." Arhat Kongshan introduced Reverend Xiangyuan.
Immortal Xiangyuan nodded and then bowed to Qu Yuanwen. "Thanks to Saint Lu and Ananda Bodhisattva, we were able to defeat Zhao Kuangming. Our sect is very grateful."
"You're too kind, Spiritual Master." Qu Yuanwen asked, "How's the situation now?"
Immortal Xiangyuan answered, "Saint Lu is confronting Zhao Kuangming, and Bodhisattva is helping to hold the line. As such, our sect has a chance to take a breather. Senior Uncle Xue and the others are recuperating from their injuries, and at the same time, gathering the lost disciples of our sect. Therefore, I was the only one who came to help."
Qu Yuanwen said, "You can ask the two masters about the specific situation. I'll take my leave first."
Perfected Xiangyuan was surprised, "Qu Zi, what is this?"
"Extreme Celestial Sect is facing a great calamity. It is not easy for me to persuade them." Qu Yuanwen said, "However, there may be another truth behind this. Spiritual Master, please think twice before you act."
With that, she took her leave.
Perfected Xiangyuan was confused.
After listening to Arhat Kongshan's brief explanation of the situation, his face darkened.
Extreme Celestial Sect had already investigated thoroughly. Their conflict with Chang 'an was completely undeserved. It escalated until it was out of control.
They had no real conflict with Chang 'an.
Perfected Du Qing himself had no grudges with Chang 'an in the past. He went to Chang' an purely to help his good friend, Master Fang Cun.
However, later on, the Four Symbols Formation of Creation was lost, triggering a chain reaction. Extreme Celestial Sect was breached by Emperor Song Zhao Kuangming, and the casualties were not light.
Thus, they blamed Chang 'an. To a certain extent, they were taking their anger out on them.
However, it was difficult to say that they did not think about this at all.
In the end, the initiator, Yue Fengling, and Doushi Academy did not suffer any casualties. Instead, it was Extreme Celestial Sect that suffered the real loss.
If Yue Fengling was to blame, it would be even more vexing …
Although he did not know what the Saint's final decision was, Qu Yuanwen and the people of Doushi Academy stayed out of it, which also made Perfected Xiangyuan depressed.
And because it was Saint Lu who blocked Zhao Kuangming and saved Extreme Celestial Sect, he was even more conflicted.
Even with Perfected Xiangyuan's strength and cultivation, he still felt a surge of anger in his heart at this moment. He did not know who to vent it on.
At this moment, he looked at the Heaven Origin Bee Yuan Ping and the Medicine Valley world with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.
Arhat Kongshan sighed. "Please calm down, Perfected Xiangyuan. There is a Taoist Lord of Heaven and two Demon Minor Saints in this world. Perfected Li is even more powerful. Now, he has the advantage of the formation. Slowly, we need to plan."
Arhat Kongshan could not help but sigh at the thought that if Qu Yuanwen had not given up at the last minute, they would not have to feel like a tiger biting the sky.
Perfected Xiangyuan's expression was calm, and he quickly regained his composure.
He looked at the Heaven Origin Bee Yuan Ping, who was quietly waiting on the side. "You stay and don't mind listening to our chat. Is there something else?"
Arhat Kongshan and Arhat Ding Lin also locked their gazes on Yuan Ping.
They had also noticed that Yuan Ping had sent Qu Yuanwen away and still did not leave after greeting Perfected Xiangyuan. They could not help but be curious.
However, no matter how they looked at it, the humanoid wasp before them was still at level-13 cultivation. They could not see anything special about it.
"Perfected Xiangyuan and the two masters are discerning. I do have something to discuss with the three of you."
Yuan Ping said, "I had planned to have Qu Zi as well, but she decided to leave. Fortunately, Perfected Xiangyuan arrived."
Arhat Kongshan thought that if Perfected Xiangyuan had not come, he would not have stayed to say this.
"I would like to ask the three of you to uphold justice and give me a fair chance to compete with Old Wang."
Since Yuan Ping had spoken, he might as well go straight to the point. "In exchange, I am willing to help the three of you take down the guests from the Flameyellow World."
"Oh?"
Perfected Xiangyuan's eyes lit up. "You can challenge the old wasp king?"
Arhat Kongshan and Arhat Ding Lin were both surprised and caught something in their hearts.
From the perspective of a wasp colony, Yuan Ping was clearly a worker wasp.
Normally, the worker bees would only serve the Queen Bee and follow the Queen Bee's lead.
The worker wasps of the Tianyuan Wasp Race had a limit to their cultivation, and were always two realms lower than the wasp king.
Only when the wasp king reached a higher level would the worker wasps have hope of climbing to a higher realm with their own talent and hard work.
There were three possibilities for the birth of a new wasp king.
First, the wasp king would give birth to a talented larva.
Second, after the old wasp king died for various reasons, a new wasp king would be born from the worker wasp colony.
The third and last possibility was that in an extremely rare case, there was a worker bee in the worker bee colony that broke through the natural colony barrier when the queen bee was still alive, and its cultivation strength increased to a level close to that of the queen bee. Then, it would duel with the old queen bee, and the winner would become the queen bee of the colony.
Even if the loser did not die, they would be expelled from the colony.
When the old wasp king left, she could only take away the drones that were willing to follow her. The remaining workers would be loyal to the new king.
If a new colony could not be formed as soon as possible, the old wasp king, who lacked the support of the workers, would soon wither.
As for the challenger, she was no longer a worker wasp the moment she became a challenger. After being expelled, she would end up the same way if she could not be supported.
"Without enough confidence, I dare not take that step directly."
Yuan Ping turned into his human form, his expression calm. "With the three of you here, I have the confidence to give it a try. Currently, I am suppressing my cultivation with a secret technique. As long as I release the restrictions, I can become a Demon Saint in a short time. There is no need to stabilize it. After all, I have been like this in recent years."
This kind of cultivation secret technique was also part of the custom of the Tianyuan Wasp Race. The mutated worker wasps would not be detected by the old wasp king in advance.
As for what Yuan Ping said, Immortal Xiang Yuan, Arhat Kongshan, and Arhat Ding Lin could all hear that the other party's so-called confidence was not referring to the confidence to challenge the old wasp king.
She was worried that the battle between her and the old wasp king might be affected by others.
The old wasp king's best friend, the Illusionary Butterfly King.
And Mr. Taiqing.
In theory, although the Illusionary Butterfly Race did not have similar customs and traditions, the butterfly king might respect the rules of his old friend's race and not interfere.
Mr. Taiqing also seemed to be able to stay out of it and let nature take its course.
But Yuan Ping did not dare to gamble.
The result of failing the challenge was likely to be death.
"I just hope that there will be a fair chance." Yuan Ping's tone was calm.
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