Chapter 236: The Master of Juque

Chapter 236: The Master of Juque

Chapter 236: The Master of Juque
Kong Jingci carefully checked the pages on the table and verified the contents. The pages contained the fragments of six copies of the Great Tribulation Sword Scripture. They were not treasured by the Suhua Sect, but were obtained from other sects.

As one of the five major sects, the Suhua Sect also has six vassal sects, which usually follow the Suhua Sect's lead.

But even so, even though she was one of the most respected disciples of the Suhua Sect, it would be very difficult for her to ask the elders of the other six sects on the Great Tribulation Mountain for the remaining fragments of the Sword Scripture.

But last night, Li Wuxiang first killed Jinchuan and Lu Pan, and then in the second half of the night massacred the secret guards of various factions near his residence. If she went to ask for it during the day today, things would become easier.

The elder He Youchong was stationed at the Great Tribulation Mountain by the Suhua faction. Last night, she told Li Wuxiang that Elder He's statement that he could get another six copies today was actually a lie - it was true that Elder He memorized the fragments of the Great Tribulation Sword Scripture of the Suhua faction, but she memorized it unwillingly. It was only after Kong Jingci begged and begged again, saying that he would take the responsibility if anything went wrong, that she finally relented.

When we went to other sects to ask for the fragments today, she refused to show up.

Kong Jingci could understand this - the Thirty-Six Sects pay attention to the lineage, which is actually the blood inheritance. Elder He is from another family, and he got his current position because of his good qualifications and careful work. Naturally, he can't be as carefree as himself, who is from the Kong family.

She felt that she was holding on to a great opportunity. Since Elder He did not have the courage to make the decision, she had to hold on to it tightly so that the Suhua Sect would not lose a great opportunity.

So she read the pages carefully again, making sure there were no typos or grammatical errors, and that the cultivation methods she could understand made sense. Then she decided to go to Li Wuxiang's residence and hand these things over to him.

However, when I just walked out of the door, I found two more people in the yard.

One of them was a woman in gorgeous attire. She was extremely beautiful and seemed to be surrounded by a faint glow, making her seem as if she was not dead but a being in heaven.

She was sitting on a beauty chair in the hexagonal pavilion in the garden, facing the gate of the courtyard.

The other person was standing at the gate. He looked like a wealthy and powerful man, wearing a brown brocade suit, with his hair neatly combed and his temples shaved. His eyes were very clear, and one could tell at a glance that he was a strong and sharp-minded person.

Kong Jingci was stunned for a moment, then immediately stopped.

She recognized both of these people.

The man at the door was called Mou Zhenyuan, the leader of the contemporary Juque Sect. The man sitting in the pavilion was called Kong Xuan, the leader of the contemporary Suhua Sect.

Anyone who saw these two people appear in their own yard would probably be stunned, and Kong Jingci was no exception.

It’s just that she reacted a little faster - the leader of the Juque Sect and the leader of the Suhua Sect had arrived early.

At this time, the face of Juque Sect Master Mou Zhenyuan was calm and composed. He stood at the gate of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, as if he was patiently waiting for the person living here - himself - to come out of the house.

The first thought in Kong Jingci's mind was that the people of Juque Sect knew that she had given the Great Tribulation Sword Scripture to Li Wuxiang. You know, this is not difficult, you can find out with a little effort, which is why she told herself to act quickly last night.

The Suhua Sect has its vassal sects, and although the Suhua Sect itself cannot be called a "vassal" of the Juque Sect, it can be considered an "ally" - Li Wuxiang had made an enemy of the Juque Sect, but he was privately friendly with him. In the past, this would have caused the Juque Sect to send people to the sect to reprimand him with words that sounded polite but were actually harsh.

However, she didn't expect that this time it was the leader of the Juque Sect who came to her in person.

She heard that Mou Zhenyuan's temper was considered good in the Juque Sect. However, since it was "considered good in the Juque Sect", it meant that the temper of the entire sect was not good. The method of cultivation would change a person's temperament, and this was the case with the Juque Sect.

People like Mou Zhenyuan don't get angry easily, but once they do, it will be like a thunderstorm. In this regard, she thought that she was somewhat similar to Li Wuxiang.

And now she guessed that since Mou Zhenyuan came here to find her in person, what was going to happen would definitely not be a happy thing.

But... fortunately, the master came.

The master was sitting in the courtyard, and he should have stopped Mou Zhenyuan. No matter what he originally wanted to do - severely reprimand him, or even kill him, he couldn't do it in front of the master now. The leader of the Suhua Sect was here, and he had to save face. He could only punish the disciples of his own sect.

Mou Zhenyuan was standing at the gate of the courtyard, which should mean he was supervising the execution - he wanted to see how his master would deal with him to satisfy him.

These thoughts swept through Kong Jingci's head like a storm, and she sighed in her heart.

Master rushed to Dajie Mountain, probably because he wanted to get things done before Mou Zhenyuan, finalize the alliance with Jianzong, and then act in secret. But now that Mou Zhenyuan showed up here... maybe they have to break up in advance. This is not a good thing for Suhua Sect.

She calmed herself down, walked down the stone steps in front of the door, bowed to both of them, then looked at Mou Zhenyuan, then lowered her eyes: "Master, I am sorry for not coming to greet you in person--"

Before she could finish her words, Mou Zhenyuan smiled and said, "According to the sect, you are a disciple. But we five sects have occasionally had marriages in the past. I remember that when you were a child, your master brought you to the Ten Thousand Swords Tomb. Junior Sister Kong, Jing Ci is still my cousin, right?"

He had a smile on his face. But Kong Jingci just felt a chill for no reason. She glanced at Kong Xuan and saw her master sitting in the pavilion with a solemn look. She didn't respond to his words, but just tilted her face slightly in her direction: "When did the practice of our thirty-six sects start to talk about seniority and closeness? Why, Brother Mou, do you want to say a few more words of family talk?"

The smile on Mou Zhenyuan's face immediately disappeared. He raised his head slightly and remained silent.

Kong Jingci's heart skipped a beat, knowing that his master must have had a fight with Mou Zhenyuan before coming to his courtyard - Mou Zhenyuan knew very well that the Suhua Sect was going to form an alliance with the Sword Sect... the relationship was already broken... otherwise his master wouldn't have spoken so impolitely!
Even though he had many concerns about the sect's situation, Kong Jingci calmed down after hearing his master's words.

The pressure on her shoulders and back was suddenly lifted, and she straightened her body slightly, standing firmly on the spot.

Kong Xuan heard him say, "Jingci, last night, you gave the fragments of our sect's Great Tribulation Sword Scripture to that swordsman named Li Wuxiang, right?"

She immediately understood that the master was going to speak frankly. Now that the matter had come to this and with the Suhua Sect Master here, Kong Jingci raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Master." "Are the six fragments in your hand now?"

"Yes."

"Is it also going to be handed over to Li Wuxiang?"

"Yes."

Mou Zhenyuan seemed to take a breath, and his face became gloomy. Kong Xuan turned to look at her, but a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, Jingci, I heard that Li Wuxiang killed Juque Sect's Mou Tieshan in Youjiuyuan, and killed Juque Sect's sword master Mou Jinchuan in Dajie Mountain last night - our Suhua Sect and Juque Sect are of the same blood, why did you still give these things to Li Wuxiang?"

She immediately understood Kong Xuan's intention.

No one in this world likes to be humble and subservient. The Suhua sect has been inferior to the Juque, Qingxiao and Qianji sects for nearly a thousand years. Even with a temperament like that of the master, he would feel a little suffocated.

However, there are some things that a sect leader cannot say, but disciples who “do not know the seriousness of the matter” can say!

Kong Jingci did not look at Mou Zhenyuan, but only at his master's eyes, and said, "Because I feel that this is what I should do on the Great Tribulation Mountain."

"The Great Tribulation Alliance was first proposed by Sect Leader Mou, and the remaining four of us seconded the proposal. We felt that the thirty-six sects had been in disarray for three thousand years, and although they claimed to be of the same blood, in reality they had gradually become alienated."

"Now the Sword Sect and the six Xuan Sects have started a dispute. Once the Sword Sect is destroyed, the Xuan Sect will immediately target the thirty-six sects. Therefore, Sect Master Mou said that he wanted to unify the thirty-six sects. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Sword Sect abandoned You Jiu Yuan and gave up the East Emperor Seal, he asked Taiyi True Spirit to use this seal to reorganize the sect, so that the disciples of the various sects can study the classics again, to strengthen their strength and compete with the Sword Sect and the Xuan Sect."

"Master Mou also said at the time that since the thirty-six sects were of the same lineage, any of them could naturally inherit the Taiyi Sect's lineage. According to this statement, our Suhua Sect can naturally do the same."

"As for Li Wuxiang, he said he has already left the Sword Sect and is now the leader of the Ranshan and Tianxin Sects. He has a seal of honor with him. According to the rules of the Thirty-Six Sects, there is nothing wrong with our Suhua Sect making friends with him and exchanging fragments of the Great Tribulation Sword Scripture."

"Even if he is still from the Sword Sect, Master, the Thirty-Six Sects also recognize that the Sword Sect inherited the Taiyi Dharma Lineage - we are actually the Thirty-Seven Sects, but the Sword Sect has always been the only one to resist the Xuan Sect. Therefore, no matter whether Li Wuxiang is the leader of Tianxin or Ranshan Sect, or the Sword Sect Swordsman, I don't think what I did broke the rules."

"The position of the sect leader at the Great Tribulation Conference should be held by those who are capable and virtuous, not necessarily by the Juque Sect. It wouldn't be against the rules for us, the Suhua Sect, to come and compete for it, right?"

She said all this in one breath, her eyes clear as she looked directly into Kong Xuan's eyes.

Kong Xuan smiled approvingly and nodded slightly. Then he turned to look at Mou Zhenyuan, who had a gloomy face, and said, "Brother Mou, you heard what my disciple said. Since she thinks so, there should be more people in the Great Tribulation who think that the position of the Sect Master does not necessarily have to be held by someone from your Juque Sect. In fact, the people from the Sword Sect are the most legitimate."

"We discussed before how to choose the Sect Master who holds the seal. It depends on who can invite Taiyi True Spirit and who can use the East Emperor Seal. Whoever can take on this responsibility. For us 36 sects to invite someone, we need many means, arrangements, and precautions. After we invite someone, we also need to firmly trap the person who has the True Spirit in his body - just like the Supreme Sect Master Jin Zijiu of the Tianxin Sect."

“For someone who has worked hard to reach the Nascent Soul stage or the Yang God stage, no one would feel happy if he were to seal his cultivation and become a vessel. If it were a small sect with only one or two Nascent Soul stage disciples, I’m afraid they would be even more reluctant to ask their disciples to do such a thing.”

"As for the people of the Sword Sect, since they have been worshipping Taiyi for three thousand years, it would be easier to invite them down. Isn't it only natural for them to come forward? So Jing Ci did these things for the Suhua Sect, and in fact, for the Thirty-Six Sects as well. By asking the people of the Sword Sect to become the Sect Master, it actually means that the Thirty-Seven Sects have returned to the Taiyi Sect, which is more powerful than if the Thirty-Six Sects did this on their own."

She looked at Mou Zhenyuan: "Brother, do you think what I said makes sense?"

Mou Zhenyuan was silent for a moment, then sneered, "Okay, that makes sense."

When he said this, Kong Jingci immediately held his breath and became alert - Mou Zhenyuan was a Yang God, and so was her master Kong Xuan. They had both been Yang Gods for more than a hundred years, and had never fought each other, so it was hard to say who would be stronger if they fought.

And logically speaking, at this time, they would not fight on the Great Tribulation Mountain.

But Mou Zhenyuan's sneer and the five words he said made her nervous - the leader of the Juque Sect was not so easy to talk to!
She was afraid that he would suddenly attack her!

She had to be on guard... at least survive the possible thunderbolt, so that her master could come to rescue her!

But Mou Zhenyuan put his hands behind his back. He stared at Kong Jingci for a while, shook his head, and sighed: "It's rare. The outstanding disciples of my sect all have bad personalities. Those with good personalities have poor aptitude. On the contrary, your Suhua Sect has a treasure that has infinite uses, and all the disciples are talented and beautiful. Junior Sister Kong, you are right. Niece Jingci is not planning to cause chaos in the thirty-six sects... Okay. Let's do as you say."

Kong Jingci was stunned, wondering if what he just heard was an illusion - Mou Zhenyuan...really wanted to give up the position of the Sect Master! ?
To Jian Zong, to Li Wuxiang! ?

She turned to look at her master in astonishment and saw Kong Xuan also looking at her.

But this time there was no smile on her face, but her brows were slightly furrowed and her eyes were trembling... She couldn't tell whether it was a sad expression or something else.

"Jing Ci." Kong Xuan sighed softly and stood up.

"Master, I'm here."

"Break it yourself."

Kong Jingci frowned, opened his mouth slightly, looked at Mou Zhenyuan, then looked at Kong Xuan, and asked softly, "Master?"

"The Juque Sect is the bone of the Thirty-Six Sects, while Qingxiao, Qianji, Suhua, and Tiangong are the blood of the Thirty-Six Sects. The bone and blood are inseparable, which is what is called the same blood and branches. You are still young, and any other mistakes you make can be forgiven, but it is such a big mistake as now." Kong Xuan walked to her side and raised his hand to touch her hair. "Sect Master Mou has agreed not to let you be annihilated. If there is a chance, your master will go to Lingshan to take you. Good child, do it."

(End of this chapter)