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The current sect masters of the Seven Great Daoist Sects were all in their prime, and the head of the Tianji Temple had only been in his position for seven years. There was no hurry to appoint a junior sect master.
Besides, the younger generation of cultivators had yet to fully mature and could not hold their own.
In addition, there were Demons spying on them from both inside and outside.
At a time like this, it was not worth it to rashly give the position of junior sect master to a sect disciple.
An unpolished jade would not become a treasure. Similarly, the tallest tree in the forest would be destroyed by the wind.
The junior sect master of the Daoist Sect had unquestionable potential.
Not only would the Demons want to get rid of him, but some of the other sects of the human race would also have bad thoughts in private.
If you place a young lion under the gaze of a pack of wolves, this is not training, you want it to die.
And that was exactly what Qingyun Sword Immortal was doing.
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In the battle of Chang 'an, three beings above the ninth level had fallen, and the imperial capital had been massacred. This was destined to be impossible to hide. It would cause a sensation and spread throughout the Seven Realms.
Hence, Xia Hou did not hide this at all.
Originally, a cultivator from the Da Xia Kingdom had suggested that the massacre of Chang 'an be blamed on a Mystique Venerable.
After all, no matter the reason, the massacre of Chang 'an would affect Xia Hou's reputation among the human race. Moreover, the murderer was King Qing of the Da Xia Kingdom. This would cause a crisis of trust in the Da Xia Kingdom.
If all the reasons were attributed to a Mystique Venerable, the damage to Da Xia Kingdom's reputation would be relatively small. At the same time, it would make it easier for Xia Hou to deal with Qing Province.
However, this suggestion was firmly rejected by Xia Hou.
If people were immoral, the heavens would punish them. If the heavens did not punish them, the sword immortals would punish them.
Li Qiubai had punished King Qing with his life. How could she allow King Qing to escape the condemnation of the world for these reasons?
Not only would she not hide this matter, but she would also publicize King Qing's crimes to the world!
"Everyone must remember this as a warning to all human cultivators. At the same time, King Qing's crimes cannot be hidden. If they are forgotten, he will go down in infamy for thousands of years!"
The reconstruction of Chang 'an began.
The formerly prosperous Imperial City of the Da Xia Kingdom might have been in decline for a while, but under the influence of the powerful hand of the Da Xia Kingdom, it was only a matter of time before it returned to its former glory.
However, repeating the glory of Chang 'an was only a very small matter after the sword opened the Gate of Heaven.
Other than that, there were many more important things to deal with.
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An extremely simple and unadorned tall building stood tall. It had a total of nine floors, with a pointed roof and layers of cornices, and looked like one when looking around.
This was where the headquarters of Zhishou Building was located. It was called the Noble Spirit Building.
On the top floor of the Noble Spirit Building, several cultivators were gathered in the tea room on the ninth floor. The atmosphere was extremely solemn.
A man in a red robe was sitting on the main seat, holding a spiritual jade in his hand.
His black hair was tied up with a hairpin, unlike most people who tied it up with a hair band. His sideburns were already white, and his eyes were deep, revealing a kind of vicissitudes of life that he had experienced over the years.
His dark red robe was embroidered with complicated patterns, and there was a lifelike qilin beast embroidered on his chest. The workmanship was extremely exquisite.
The officials of the Da Xia Kingdom were divided into nine ranks. Each official's robe was embroidered with different images of spiritual beasts. From the first rank to the ninth rank, they were the qilin, golden lion, cloud leopard, tiger, bear, biao, rhinoceros (seventh and eighth ranks were the same), and seahorse.
This person's attire indicated that he was a first-rank official of the Da Xia Kingdom, and his status was extremely high.
In fact, this person was the head of Zhishou Building, Wei Mo.
He was a cultivator with both temperament and appearance. He had a deep temperament, but his appearance was extremely scholarly.
There were four people in the tea room. Two of them were sitting on the side seats beside Wei Mo.
On the left was a man with a very square face. His facial features were as sharp as knives, and his expression was extremely solemn. It was daunting, and one could tell at a glance that he was an extremely dignified person.
This was one of the deputy heads of Zhishou Building, Yan Ming.
The male cultivator on the right looked slightly feminine. His lips were thin and narrow, and he had willowy eyebrows. At first glance, he gave off the feeling of a so-called Poison Warrior.
He was the other deputy head of Zhishou Building, Luo He.
In addition, there was a male and female cultivator sitting opposite the three heads of Zhishou Building.
The female cultivator had a noble temperament and a beautiful appearance. However, one could tell that she had experienced the vicissitudes of life and was not young. The male cultivator was extremely handsome and extremely young.
"Head of the Water Moon Temple, His Excellency told me that you have something important to discuss with us, and that you need our cooperation?" Wei Mo put down the spiritual jade in his hand and said. He looked at the female head of the temple and inadvertently glanced at the young male cultivator beside the female head of the temple.
This should be Lu Qingshan from the Sword Sect. He had recently become famous and was indeed extraordinary. However, why would the head of the Water Moon Temple bring an outer sect disciple here?
As the head of Zhishou Building, although he had never seen Lu Qingshan before, he was extremely familiar with him, so he recognized him at a glance. At the same time, he was extremely puzzled.
However, he did not ask directly.
The head of the Water Moon Temple was not someone who did not know the gravity of the situation. Since she had brought Lu Qingshan along, she must have her reasons.
"Head Wei Mo," the head of the Water Moon Temple exhaled slowly and said seriously, "there is indeed something important that requires your cooperation."
"Please speak. Zhishou Building will do our best to cooperate." Wei Mo was very polite.
"The matter of King Qing's massacre has come to an end, but there are still many things that need to be dealt with." The head of the Water Moon Temple's voice gradually became cold. "King Qing's massacre has been planned for ten thousand years. Other than the Demons, many other forces are also involved."
Wei Mo frowned and vaguely understood the meaning of the head of the Water Moon Temple's words.
"Head of the Water Moon Temple, are you referring to Zhishou Building?"
The head of the Water Moon Temple nodded fiercely without hesitation and said, "Yes!"
She exhaled slowly and organized her words. "King Qing massacred Chang 'an for two purposes. First, to obtain enough essence and blood to help himself break through to the Half-Ancestor level. At the same time, he planned to kill the Demons and Mystic Venerables and tried to push all the blame onto Mystic Venerables."
"Second, to force Mystic Venerables to abdicate and usurp the throne."
"However, his target was too big and there were many obstacles that could not be avoided."
"First, in order to obtain the Blood Incantation Formula and lure Mystic Venerables into the Human Realm, he had to establish a connection with the Demons and obtain a certain level of trust from the Demons."
"In the end, Xia Qing chose to collude with the Demons through a blood exchange transaction and formed a transaction that lasted ten thousand years. Through ten thousand years of inactivity, he deceived Mystic Venerables' vigilance. Coupled with the possible huge benefits, he tricked Mystic Venerables to enter the Human Realm and help the massacre."
Even so, Xia Qing did not completely obtain Mystic Venerables' trust. This was because after Mystic Venerables entered the Human Realm, he secretly prepared a passage back to the Tianmen Region. Only then did he appear without worry … Lu Qingshan added in his heart.
The head of the Water Moon Temple continued. "This ten thousand year blood exchange transaction not only obtained the Demons' trust in him, but also helped the cultivators of King Qing's line to grow rapidly. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone."
"However, the price was that many humans were transported to the Demons by Xia Qing because of this."
"The disappearance of so many humans shouldn't have been hidden from the world. However, there are two reasons why no one has discovered it in the past ten thousand years. The first is that King Qing's forces have been targeting small sects and clans. They've been using the method of breaking up the whole to hide from our eyes."
Although the Tianji Temple monitored the world, the areas it monitored were all prefectures. This was the disadvantage.
A prefecture was so vast that the spiritual cultivators of the Tianji Temple could only monitor it on a macro level.
If they could even detect the destruction of a small sect or family in a prefecture … that would not be called monitoring, but monitoring.
It was through this method that King Qing's line escaped the surveillance of the Tianji Temple.
"As the saying goes, if you walk by the river, your shoes will eventually get wet. However, the cultivators of King Qing's line moved at such a high frequency, yet they did not reveal any flaws for ten thousand years. There is a more important reason …"
The eyes of the head of the Water Moon Temple were filled with coldness. She said firmly, "In the Zhishou Building, there are people of King Qing's line helping Xia Qing erase the news!"
Wei Mo frowned. "I can accept this accusation because it is reasonable. However, words alone are not enough. We need evidence."
The head of the Water Moon Temple did not have much of an expression on her face. She said softly, "Qingshan."
At this moment, the gazes of the three overseers all gathered on the silent young sword cultivator that they had temporarily forgotten.
Lu Qingshan stepped forward and said slowly, "I am Lu Qingshan of the Sword Sect. I believe the three overseers should know me."
His gaze swept across the faces of the three overseers without concealing anything. He then said, "I have two disciples who were lucky survivors of King Qing's blood exchange transaction. They are from the Green Wind Sect, a small sect near Great Peace City."
"After I learned about the possibility of the blood exchange transaction from them, I asked the Zhishou Building's Sandwall City branch for information about the Green Wind Sect. I wanted to find out the truth."
"In the end, after a detailed investigation, I discovered that the Green Wind Sect, the sect that my two disciples once belonged to, seemed to have never existed in the Zhishou Building's information vault. Someone had erased all information about them.
That was not all. Because of this, I was ambushed by someone in the Green Wind Sect of the Lianyun Mountains. "
"At that time, my whereabouts were erratic. However, someone was able to accurately locate my location. There is only one explanation. It was revealed by the people of the Zhishou Building."
"Also …"
Lu Qingshan was about to continue when the head of the Luohe Overseer on the right suddenly raised his eyes. There was a ferocious look in the depths of his eyes that no one could see through.
He stared at Lu Qingshan and interrupted him. He said unhappily, "Even if he is a disciple of the Taoist Sect, he is still just a junior.
We, the Zhishou Building, have fought against the Hades for tens of thousands of years for the sake of the human race. We have sacrificed many of our comrades. Everyone acknowledges our sacrifice.
How can we say that there is a problem with the Zhishou Building just because of a junior's confession? "
Hearing this, Wei Mo and Yan Ming looked at each other. A certain emotion flashed across their eyes as if they had reached a consensus.
Then, Wei Mo said lightly, "What Luohe said is reasonable. Although I respect the Tianji Temple and believe in you, the head of the Water Moon Temple, if the evidence you are referring to is just the confession of a junior, it is indeed not enough to convince us."
Having been in charge of the Zhishou Building for so many years, the three people present were not useless. They would not allow King Qing to slaughter the human race as he wished. Since much of the information had been erased from the Zhishou Building's information vault by Zhong Ming, they were basically certain that there was a spy in the Zhishou Building.
However, the reason why they were acting this way was because they cherished their reputation.
The matter of the spy in the Zhishou Building had to be investigated. However, it was best to investigate internally, in private, and solve it quietly. They should not investigate under the coercion of the head of the Water Moon Temple.
This would minimize the impact on the Zhishou Building.
Thus, they thought that they would first brush off the matter for now.
And Luo He Tower Master's words were a very good entry point, so they immediately agreed.
Lu Qingshan's expression was calm as he looked at the three tower heads.
He could guess what they were thinking. It was precisely because of this that Lu Qingshan became angrier.
Their first reaction to not fulfilling their responsibilities was not to reflect on their actions. Instead, they wanted to protect themselves and cherish their reputation.
This might be human nature, but to Lu Qingshan, he could not accept such a reaction.
The Zhishou Building had a great responsibility. The three tower heads should be capable and virtuous enough to take up the position.
Since they were not capable enough, they should obediently give the position to someone more suitable.
"It is true that I am a junior. However, I can understand if my words are not enough to convince the three esteemed tower heads …" Lu Qingshan said mockingly.
When he said the word 'honorable', he even raised his voice.
"But I'm not just an ordinary Sword Sect disciple like all of you said …" At this instant, a shocking cold light suddenly bloomed in his calm eyes.
Clang!
In the next moment, Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and there was a flash of spirit light.
With a clang, a sword talisman flew out of Lu Qingshan's hand and landed on the table.
It was an old dragon sword talisman. At this moment, the back of the talisman was facing up. There were four words written on it that were extremely eye-catching. In an instant, it attracted the gazes of the other four people present.
"The Sword Sect's Young Master!"
"Now, are my words enough to convince the three tower heads?" Lu Qingshan's gaze swept across the faces of the three Zhishou Tower lords with different expressions as he enunciated each word.
The three House Leaders, including the Leader of the Water Moon Observatory, were stunned as they glanced at Lu Qingshan, who stood there with a calm expression.
"Lu Qingshan is now … the Sword Sect's Young Sect Master?" Even the head of the Water Moon Temple, who was with Lu Qingshan, was extremely shocked. Before this, she did not know that the Green Cloud Sword Immortal had already appointed Lu Qingshan as the Sword Sect's Young Sect Master.
This was beyond her understanding.
Even though she had always thought highly of Lu Qingshan and thought highly of him.
However, if she remembered correctly, Lu Qingshan was only 23 years old this year.
The Sword Sect was a super Taoist sect with a heritage of more than 100,000 years.
He had become the Young Sect Master of a Taoist sect with a heritage of 10,000 years at the age of 23. He had been chosen by the Green Cloud Sword Immortal to be the successor of the Sword Sect with a cultivation base of only Realm Six …
In the history of the human race, there had never been such a young Young Sect Master of a Taoist sect, and there had never been a Young Sect Master of a Taoist sect with such a low cultivation base.
This was the first time since the establishment of the Taoist sect.
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