Chapter 173 Cleaning up the portal

Chapter 173 Cleaning up the portal

Chapter 173 Cleaning up the portal
"Yamanei? What does that mean?" Miao Yi was stunned, and ran to his side again, and Lou He followed him.

Opposite the Wenxin Pavilion is a small hillside, half of which is cut off by a road, giving it a small cliff. The Tianxin Sect created a landscape based on the cliff and transplanted a few dwarf pines on it, so that this half of the hillside looks like a towering wall.

At this time, Lou He saw a man standing on the top of the hill. This man's face was older than Zhou Ruixin's, but his features were sharp and his hair and beard were all white, half-lit and half-dark by the light of the moon halo above. He stood with his hands hanging down by his side, his back slightly hunched. This posture should have made him look a little reserved and humble, but there were more than 40 disciples of the Tianxin Sect gathered under this small hillside, and because of them, he had a more majestic temperament.

"This is Yu Shunzhen. As soon as the flying sword arrives, the disaster will come." Zhou Ruixin whispered these words, and suddenly raised his voice, "Elder Yu! What are you doing here so late at night?"

Yu Shunzhen stood at the top of the slope and bowed to Zhou Ruixin on the tall building. "Master, the mountain protection forbidden formation has been triggered, and the disciples in the sect are terrified. That's why I came here to ask you for your instructions. How should this matter be handled?"

"Elder Yu, you are the chief elder. Since you know that the disciples in the sect are frightened, you should tell them—" Zhou Ruixin took another half step forward, completely leaning against the railing, and looked around from a high position, "The Tianxin Sect's mountain protection ban is unbreakable and indestructible. There is nothing to be afraid of. And you, Elder Yu, should lead people to patrol the mountain gate, appease the disciples, and do your job well."

Yu Shunzhen nodded: "Sect Master, it's just that the Tianxin Sect has been peaceful and friendly with all the sects over the years. Where did this powerful enemy come from? Why did it become hostile to our sect? Although the mountain protection ban is strong, can we just let the powerful enemy stay outside while we are trapped on the mountain?"

Zhou Ruixin looked into the distance again. The rules of the Tianxin Sect were not strict, and there was no curfew. The disciples of the mountain sect had their own habits in daily life and practice, and the moon was shining on the top of the mountain all year round, so even at night, it was not as deserted and quiet as other sects.

At this time, many disciples had gathered in the pavilions and towers near Wenxin Pavilion and were looking this way. Most of them were wearing white clothes, and it seemed like the lively scene of the sect's monthly meeting.

He knew what Yu Shunzhen wanted to say. But two flying swords had hit the mountain protection barrier just now, and the third one hit Yue Xuanguang. At this moment, he had no room for prevarication. So he pressed his left eye with the handkerchief again, and was about to speak, but Yu Shunzhen spoke first -

"I heard that a few days ago, someone in the sect captured four swordsmen and brought them up the mountain. Sect Master, is the powerful enemy outside tonight another swordsman?"

Yu Shunzhen took two steps forward and raised his voice a little more: "Tianxin Sect and the Thirty-Six Sects all inherit the lineage of the Donghuang Taiyi Sect and worship Donghuang Taiyi Emperor and Guiyin Zhenjun. Although the Sword Sect is not among the Thirty-Six Sects, it is also a Taiyi brother. Sect Master, now that the Sword Sect is in trouble, some people in our sect took the opportunity to hunt down swordsmen and join forces with the Six Sects of Mysterious Sects, thus attracting powerful enemies. Can this kind of behavior be tolerated by Yulun Mountain?"

Yu Shunzhen raised his hands high and cupped them in front of him: "For the sake of the three thousand years of Tianxin Sect's foundation and the righteousness of the thirty-six sects, I implore the Sect Master to expel the True Form Sect monks from the mountain, return the swordsman, and keep Yulun Mountain safe!"

Keep your ass safe!

In the current situation, with the Sword Sect and the Xuan Sect at odds, the Thirty-Six Sects cannot sit on the fence!

Either die with Jian Zong, or join Xuan Jiao as soon as possible to gain more benefits and prolong your life, or continue to be a fence-sitter and let Xuan Jiao slaughter you until the outcome is decided without any benefit!
Zhou Ruixin didn't believe that Yu Shunzhen didn't understand this. But tonight, in order to seize power, he had to pretend to be ignorant. What was most frustrating was that Yu Shunzhen's bullshit was really spoken from the standpoint of legal justice. Although it was bullshit, it was extremely correct bullshit!
But the things that were truly useful and beneficial to the Tianxin Sect, and that he had just thought in his mind, could not be said openly!

The disciples of Tianxin Sect were not as innocent as the disciples of Xuanjiao, but they were still pampered compared to those outside the diocese. People like him understood that "the thirty-six sects helped each other, and Tianxin Sect inherited the law of Donghuang Taiyi" was a matter of timing and occasion, but for the young people in the sect... they really believed it!
Yu Shunzhen bowed there, and his disciples at the bottom of the slope immediately bowed down together, shouting loudly: "Master, please expel the True Form Sect monks from the mountain, return the swordsman, and keep Yulun Mountain safe!"

Zhou Ruixin knew that this would happen sooner or later, and he had made some arrangements. But tonight, the three swords of the Yuanying swordsman outside came too suddenly, and Yu Shunzhen came too quickly. When he looked at the crowd in the distance, he saw some disciples of his lineage trying to persuade them. However, when Yu Shunzhen and his men bowed down, some young disciples could not hold back. For a while, the crowd was excited and many people bowed down.

Zhou Ruixin's face darkened. "Great Elder, it's not that someone in the sect is searching for the swordsman. The swordsman went to Yulun Mountain and was temporarily detained. You also know that my Tianxin Sect has a foundation of more than 3,000 years. Do you think we can let anyone come and go?"

"Again!" Zhou Ruixin raised his voice, "Whether it's the Sword Sect or the Xuan Sect, when they come to Yulun Mountain, they are all guests, not hosts! My Tianxin Sect does not need to be humble and lower our status in front of anyone. But you, Elder Yu, saw the swordsman's three swords and immediately brought people to force me to expel the swordsman. People outside the mountain attacked my sect's mountain protection ban and treated everyone in the mountain as nothing. How arrogant, then, are you scared by these three swords at this time?"

Yu Shunzhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "I am not——"

"Okay! I know you are brave, Elder Yu. You are not scared!"

Zhou Ruixin said this, and Yu Shunzhen nodded immediately: "Of course not——"

Zhou Ruixin sneered: "Then why did you come here tonight to force me to hand over someone? Do you want to be the leader of the clan, or do you want to be a swordsman?"

Yu Shunzhen was stunned again: "Sect Master! I am only doing this for the safety of Yulun Mountain!"

Zhou Ruixin sneered in his heart: "Tolerance and compromise cannot guarantee the safety of Yulun Mountain. Now the people of the Sword Sect are outside the mountain gate, without asking for the reason or without any instructions, they just attack with swords. How arrogant! You think that the Sword Sect is also Taiyi's brother, but is there any brotherhood in what the swordsman did tonight?"

These words made Yu Shunzhen unable to respond for a moment, and the disciples who had originally prostrated themselves on the ground gradually showed some anger on their faces.

Seeing this, Lou He gently pushed Miao Yi and whispered, "Zhen Shou, we didn't come to Yulun Mountain for anything else."

Miao Yi woke up as if from a dream, and immediately stepped forward: "My fellow Taoists from Tianxin Sect! I am Miao Yi, a monk from the Five Mountains True Form Sect. I came to Yulun Mountain for no other reason than that the Six Sects Mysterious Sect and Tianxin Sect were originally from the same Taiyi lineage, and we were brothers three thousand years ago! I left the diocese this time to renew our friendship, and I have no other intentions!"

He wanted to say a few more words, but couldn't think of anything else for a moment, so he simply stepped back two steps to look at the Tianxin Sect disciples outside the building. Except for the people from Yu Shunzhen's lineage, those who had originally prostrated themselves on the ground had slowly stood up, but most people still had a look of bewilderment on their faces.

So Zhou Ruixin looked towards the outside of the mountain. It had been more than a quarter of an hour since the three sword strikes, and there had been no other movement. The missing moon halo on the top of Yulun Mountain had become a complete circle again, and it looked exactly the same as before. Lou He stepped forward and walked behind Zhou Ruixin, whispering, "Master, you are right. Yu Shunzhen is indeed a disaster. In fact, the disciples of Tianxin Sect have been disturbed by what he said tonight. We should think of a solution as soon as possible. We must eradicate all evil, or we will have more troubles."

Zhou Ruixin didn't look at him, but only stared at Yu Shunzhen, and smiled coldly: "There is a way to deal with him."

After a while, he sighed again: "Yu Shunzhen is a man who is eager to help others. What a pity. He didn't want to be a swordsman, but chose to come to my Tianxin Sect to be an elder."

Then he took another step forward, leaped slightly, and stood on the railing. The moonlight in the sky also split into a thin ray, shining down from above his head, making his whole body glow and look dreamy, as if he was about to ascend to heaven.

"Yu Shunzhen," Zhou Ruixin said in a deep voice, "I shouldn't have talked about your story tonight, because you are the great elder of Tianxin Sect after all. I wanted to give you a chance to talk about it in private. But tonight you couldn't hold back and wanted to cause chaos among the people. Since I am the leader of Tianxin Sect, I can't let you do that. You colluded with the swordsman and wanted to secretly harm me and occupy Yulun Mountain. What else do you have to refute about this matter?"

Yu Shunzhen glared and couldn't help but straighten her slightly hunched body: "Zhou Ruixin, what did you say?!"

Zhou Ruixin sighed and put down the handkerchief covering his left eye. His left eye was swollen, and the white of his eye was red as if it was about to bleed: "Isn't this wound in my eye the result of the assassination attempt by the swordsman you arranged with me? You conspired with Junior Sister Cheng, and she repented before she died, and told me everything about your plan."

"Junior Sister Cheng?" Yu Shunzhen was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Junior Sister Cheng?! She's dead?!"

Zhou Ruixin frowned and closed his eyes, tears streaming down his left eye: "You don't have to pretend. In the past, Sister Cheng and I entered the mountain sect together to learn martial arts, and we were as close as siblings! If you hadn't led her astray, and if the sect rules were not strict, how could I have the heart to ignore the brotherly love and take her life!"

Just as Yu Shunzhen was about to speak, Zhou Ruixin raised her head and shouted, "Yu Shunzhen! Do I have to tell you about the ugly things you have done?!"

He looked around at the disciples around him and spoke, "You all know some of your Uncle Cheng's private affairs. This matter has been passed around in the sect for many years! Today, I will speak frankly - it was this Supreme Elder of our sect, Yu Shunzhen, who seduced your Uncle Cheng when he was sixteen years old and gave birth to a daughter named Cheng Shengfei! And Cheng Shengfei, as you all know, has already become a swordsman!"

"You are slandering me!" Yu Shunzhen's body suddenly stood up, his eyes gleaming, his hands turned dark red, revealing the shadows of other bones and blood vessels. He argued loudly for a few more times, and there were also some sporadic shouts, but they were all drowned out by the buzzing of many disciples.

Zhou Ruixin stared at him. He was still standing on the railing of the top floor of Wenxin Pavilion, while another hazy, translucent figure floated out of his body and hung in the air. It was his wandering Yin Shen: "Disciples of Tianxin Sect, listen to the order of the Sect Master! Great Elder Yu Shunzhen colluded with the swordsman to seize Yulun Mountain. Today, the Sect Master will clean up the sect and punish him! Anyone who wants to help him will be regarded as a traitor to the sect - all thirty-six sects will kill him together!"

The disciples of Yu Shunzhen's lineage who were kneeling at the foot of the hill looked at each other. Some showed resentment, some were panicked and confused, and stood up to look at Yu Shunzhen. Others had already stood up and slowly moved aside, and two of them walked to the foot of the hill and stared at the great elder in silence.

Zhou Ruixin's Yin spirit said, "It will take five counts. Anyone who refuses to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Yu Shunzhen also shut up at this time, glanced down the slope, and shouted: "Everyone retreat! Good! Zhou Ruixin, you are such a beast! I didn't expect you to be such a beast! You want to clean up the house?! Today I will also clean up the house for the ancestor!"

Lou He frowned, retreated behind the crowd, walked a few steps away, and came to Zeng Jianqiu and the other two.

Everyone in Wenxin Pavilion was looking outside. Because Miao Yi was standing very close to the front, his attendants and Zhao Xuchen, who had rushed over from the plain, also gathered behind him to protect him.

Lou He came to the three people and winked at the three True Form Sect disciples who were guarding them: "Go and guard the town. Nothing can go wrong at this critical moment. I will lock these three up."

The three swordsmen were tied up like dumplings, lying on the ground sideways. The True Form Sect disciple looked at them, nodded to Lou He, and walked forward.

Lou He immediately squatted down, stuffed the three small swords and sword strings into their hands through the gaps in the ropes, and whispered, "Zeng, no matter how chaotic it is later, you must trust me and not act rashly. You must follow my orders. Do you understand?"

Zeng Jianqiu looked outside the building. At this moment, a bright light suddenly appeared outside the building, illuminating the room as bright as day. Then, it died down again, and Yu Shunzhen cried out in pain. The two of them must have already started fighting.

He sighed, "I've heard of Yu Shunzhen, he's a good man. Senior Brother Lou, do you mean we shouldn't help him? What if Zhou Ruixin really wants to kill him?"

Lou He looked at him. Because he was facing away from the light, his face was hidden in the shadows, with only his eyes shining. "Remember I said I would destroy the Tianxin Sect? Only by destroying the Tianxin Sect can the world know that if someone surrenders to the Six Sects of Xuanjiao, this will be the end. Zeng, I know you don't like to hear about the overall situation, but now is the time to say such things."

Zeng Jianqiu frowned: "Then when do we start?"

"I don't know. We have to wait for Li Wuxiang. The one who sent out the flying sword just now must not be him, but he must be on Yulun Mountain."

Zeng Jianqiu was stunned: "You don't even know where he is, or what he's going to do?!"

Lou He smiled slightly: "I don't know. But for us swordsmen, isn't mutual trust the most important thing? At this time, I believe him - if I know when is the best time to take action, then he must know it too."

(End of this chapter)