Chapter 361: Grand Court Meeting at Chengde Hall

Chapter 361: Grand Court Meeting at Chengde Hall

Chapter 361: Grand Court Meeting at Chengde Hall (Part )

The leader's throne is high above.

Along the steps, there were twelve large cauldrons with dragon patterns, with flames rising up, illuminating the dark hall with incredible brightness.

Even without the beaded curtain blocking the view, people in the hall would have to stretch their necks and look up if they wanted to see the Eastern Sect Leader's face clearly.

It wasn't like this before.

A small court filled with servants and slaves, and a martial arts sect where everyone is like brothers.

After a while, people got used to it.

Yang Lianting, a lowly man with no martial arts skills, could only obtain a status far beyond his own achievements in the 'small court', so he had reason to add fuel to the fire. However, if it is said that the Eastern Patriarch was completely unaware, it would be an underestimation of the world's number one man.

On the second level of white jade steps, there were two tiger-skin chairs placed diagonally. Below the Eastern Sect Leader, the two largest forces within the Sun and Moon Sect were in a subtle confrontation. In the past, Yang Lianting had the upper hand. For quite a long time, the Saint Lady was squeezed away from the Black Wood Cliff and took refuge in Luoyang.

But today, the attack and defense are alien.

"Is Qu Yang dead? Or did you let him go?"

Yang Lianting's aggressiveness already seemed a bit unreasonable.

Zhang Yu said calmly: "Qu Yang is dead! Just like Yang Fengming, those who betray the Divine Religion will never have a good ending. No matter how far he escapes, the Dharma Protector Hall will hunt him down to the end!"

"You brought back Yang Fengming's head, why didn't you bring back Qu Yang's?"

"Butler Yang didn't hear clearly, so let me say it again. The Orthodox Cult pursued us very quickly, and Qu Yang's body was sunk into the Xiangjiang River. In order to carry out this bloody plot, the Dharma Protectorate suffered heavy losses, Hall Master Di died, and the entire Xiyuan Army was wiped out. I also had a narrow escape, and only then did I escape back to Blackwood Cliff."

Yang Lianting didn't believe it, but he had no evidence.

Tong Yukang once reported that Zhang Yu and Qu Yang had a close relationship and their friendship was worth their lives. This time he was sent south to monitor the Dharma Guardian Hall's actions to eliminate traitors and to drag Zhang Yu into the river with Qu Yang.

Ren Yingying looked around at His Highness and the Palace, taking stock of the situation.

The four hall masters and elders, Tong Baixiong, Shangguan Yun, Jia Bu, and Huang Tianci, did not take Yang Lianting seriously, but they were also secretly wary of themselves. If a real fight broke out, they would certainly not help either side and would just sit back and reap the benefits.

Bao Dachu, Sang Sanniang, Sun Wanqiao, and Chang Yillong are the religious elders who were promoted in the past few years. They have little experience, and although they are attached to Yang Lianting, their minds may not be very firm, so they can be disintegrated and used.

His foundation in Heimu Cliff was still a little weak. His confidants were only Qin Weibang, Wen Mengjiu who was forced to join him, a few wavering fence-sitters, and the Ren family's diehards. There were also some middle and low-level disciples. As for the high-level ones, except for Xiang Wentian, they were all killed back then.

"Zhang Yu is certainly hateful, but he will not go along with Yang Lianting. I will lend him a helping hand today."

After she sorted out her thoughts, she stood up from her chair, walked towards Yang Lianting and started questioning.

"Butler Yang, instead of thinking about revenge, suspects a deputy hall master who has defeated the Five Mountains Sword Sect, made great military achievements, and made the orthodox people tremble with fear. I really don't understand. Are you going to frame him for colluding with the enemy? Are you trying to assassinate Hall Master Di?"

Yang Lianting thought to himself, you finally told the truth!
Di Baiying died in the territory of Zhuquetang, and Zhang Yu took refuge with Ren Yingying. There is no way that these three events are unrelated.

Tong Baixiong laughed and said, "I have also heard of the name of Ziwei Sword Immortal when I was in Pingding City. The Five Mountains Sword Sect lost a great man in front of the martial arts heroes. Now they hate Brother Zhang to the core. Those who say he is collaborating with the enemy are the ones who are really collaborating with the enemy!"

Qin Weibang sneered, "Some people, who have not done anything themselves, are extremely jealous of others. Many good brothers did not die at the hands of the orthodox church, but fell under the guillotine of their own people."

Jia Bu, Shangguan Yun and others were a little surprised.

If we take this matter more seriously, it will involve the Eastern Patriarch.

Qin Weibang had not been back to Heimu Cliff for two years in the far south of Suzaku Hall. His return with Ren Yingying this time had already shown his attitude. Today in Chengde Hall, he spoke without restraint, like a reckless man, and seemed to have inexplicable confidence.

"Who gave him the confidence?"

Yang Lianting thought to himself that it was futile to question Zhang Yu without any evidence. The Eastern Sect Leader was not here, and that fake was harboring evil intentions. He had been forced into a corner with a boiling oil pan below him. If he aroused public anger and made the four hall masters and elders completely side with Ren Yingying, his situation would be even worse.

"Let's assume that Hall Master Di died at the hands of the orthodox sect. However, if I find any clues that someone is trying to harm the Dharma Protector Hall Master out of personal feelings, I will not let him off!"

Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He had rescued Qu Yang and assassinated Di Baiying. These two things were finally covered up temporarily.

Ren Yingying continued, "The Dharma Protector Hall Master is in charge of the discipline of the Divine Religion. This is a huge responsibility and cannot be neglected for a single day."

Yang Lianting said first: "Saint Aunt is right. Bao Dachu is an excellent martial artist, loyal and diligent, and an elder of the Divine Religion. He is the most suitable candidate. This chief steward recommends him to replace Di Baiying as the head of the Dharma Protector Hall."

Bao Dachu is a gray-haired man in his fifties. He has been sitting on the bench for many years and was just sitting in a corner. Suddenly, he heard a pie falling from the sky and it hit his mouth. He was so happy that he wanted to step out, but he just let Yingying say.

"Wait a minute."

"The teachings of God are to select people based on their talents and to employ people based on their achievements."

"The duty of the Dharma Protector is to be the sword of the leader and the Dharma wall of the Divine Religion. The talents used must be used with caution."

Yang Lianting asked coldly, "What do you think, Saint Aunt?"

Ren Yingying chuckled and said, "Manager Yang, you have someone to recommend, and I also have a favorite candidate."

Yang Lianting said sinisterly, "Could it be that the person Saint Lady likes is Zhang Yu?"

Ren Yingying nodded immediately and said with a smile, "Great minds think alike. It turns out that Manager Yang also thinks he is suitable! Zhang Yu was originally the deputy head of the Dharma Protector Hall and has made great contributions. Since Head Di died in battle, it is only natural for him to succeed him as head."

Everyone in the hall looked sideways.

When Qin Weibang was thirty years old, he became the head of the Suzaku Hall, which was already shocking.

Zhang Yu has just turned twenty and he has the opportunity to become the head of the Dharma Protectorate Hall. This speed is slightly inferior to that of the Eastern Sect Leader in his time. It seems that the Saint Lady is intending to cultivate followers in the main temple and deliberately vigorously promotes young followers.

"I disagree!"

Yang Lianting stood up and said in a cold voice: "Zhang Yu has little experience, and being a deputy hall master is already a stretch, how dare he have such extravagant hopes? Bao Dachu was originally a guardian elder, and I think it is justified for him to be in charge of the Dharma Guardian Hall."

Ren Yingying walked up to Yang Lianting, stared at him through his hat and said, "In terms of seniority, Chief Steward Yang, do you have any merit? As far as I know, you are only 26 years old. How can you stand in the Chengde Hall and give orders?"

The two men were in a stalemate.

Everyone in the hall did not want to see the Dharma Protector Hall fall into Yang Lianting's hands and become the sword for him to launch a new purge, but it was not a pleasant feeling to have a young man in his early twenties be on par with themselves.

Jia Bu looked at Zhang Yu, then at Bao Dachu, and said with a smile: "Elder Bao has a profound experience, and Deputy Hall Master Zhang has made great contributions. Both sides have their own advantages, so why not decide the winner by martial arts? Whoever wins will become the Dharma Protector Hall Master."

This statement attracted many people's agreement.

Among the four newly promoted elders who protect the religion, Bao Dachu has the strongest martial arts skills. He broke through the innate realm half a year ago and is considered a rare master.

If Zhang Yu could defeat him, Tong Baixiong, Shangguan Yun and others would be able to accept him.

Yang Lianting was silent for a while, weighing the pros and cons. Although his martial arts skills were low, he also knew that the Xiantian realm was also an important fighting force within the Sun Moon Sect. Zhang Yu was known as the Ziwei Sword Immortal and his martial arts skills were very strong, but that was only compared to the younger generation.

According to the information we have, Zhang Yu has not yet broken through the innate realm and is most likely no match for Bao Dachu.

"Elder Jia's suggestion is very good. I think it will work! What do you think, Saint Aunt?"

Ren Yingying looked at Zhang Yu and saw him nod.

"Okay, three days later, the two of you will fight at Blackwood Cliff, and the winner will become the Dharma Protector."

Yang Lianting frowned and asked, "Three days later?"

"Deputy Hall Master Zhang has just returned from the South Country and has traveled a lot. He cannot compare to Elder Bao who has been resting in Blackwood Cliff for many years. Chief Steward Yang, it is not too much to allow him three days to recuperate."

"Humph, since Saint Lady said so, three days is enough."

The grand court meeting in Chengde Hall ended here.

Ren Yingying and Yang Lianting, together with everyone else, decided on two things.

The nature of Di Baiying’s death adds another blood debt to the Orthodox Church.

Three days later, the successor to the Dharma Protector Hall Master will be decided.

"Farewell to the Eastern Patriarch." "Farewell to the Eastern Patriarch."

"Farewell, Master Dongfang."

From beginning to end, the Eastern Patriarch sat silently behind the pearl curtain until he disappeared amid the farewells of the crowd. He was like a clay idol in the temple, being revered, watching coldly but saying nothing.

No wonder Tong Baixiong often suspected that his brother Dongfang had been poisoned and silenced. Otherwise, why did he allow the religious power to fall into the hands of others while he watched like a puppet, Yang Lianting and Ren Yingying cultivating their own followers.

After Yang Lianting stood up, he was silent for a long time, sighed, and walked towards the back garden reluctantly.

"Butler Yang."

A guard bowed.

"Where is the leader?"

The guard looked strange: "The leader is in Xiaoyao Pavilion."

When Yang Lianting heard the word Xiaoyaoting, he felt like nauseating.

Because he knew how the 'Eastern Sect Leader' was enjoying himself in the pavilion.

It took him two quarters of an hour to walk along the corridor, which was only a few hundred steps long, before he reached the big garden.

really.

In front of Xiaoyao Pavilion, there are even more neatly arranged long boots.

"A pair."

"Two pairs."

...

"Nine pairs!"

Yang Lianting felt frightened.
"Hahahaha~"

"Happy!"

Inside the Xiaoyao Pavilion, the red gauze curtain swayed and a strange sound was heard.

"Sunflower Manual, no wonder it's called the Sunflower Manual!"

Nine people, heads facing outwards and feet facing inwards, form a circle.

The loaches that come ashore during the dog days of summer struggle wildly under the scorching sun, but the more they struggle, the more water they lose, until finally, their water is completely sucked dry and turned into dried fish.

"Amazing! This is truly a supreme skill."

Dongfang Bubai sat cross-legged in the middle, with his five hearts facing the sky, and nine streams of white energy surrounding his body.

The Sunflower Manual is profound and extensive. It is based on the Taoist Yin-Yang technique and integrates the teachings of hundreds of schools.

However, Zhao Xu played a joke on the world.

Men are yang bodies and women are yin bodies.

A man practicing the Sunflower Manual has excess yang energy and insufficient yin energy. If he forces himself to practice, his body will only be filled with yang energy and all his meridians will be damaged. Therefore, he must first remove the root of the evil before he can open the door to practice.

When Zhao Xu created this technique in his early years, he was inspired by his own tragic experience and wanted to use it to humiliate all the men in the world. He never expected that a female protagonist would practice it in later generations and leave a back door.

The principle of yin and yang remains unchanged.

Women who practice the Sunflower Manual do not have to pay any price in the early stages, but as they approach perfection, they will gradually transform into male bodies, and the disadvantages will remain in the later stages.

"How ridiculous that people in this world are so foolish and can't break free of their superficiality. They ignore the shortcut to heaven and only seek suffering for themselves!"

The Sunflower Manual, known as the Manual, has thirty-three paths to the top.

Absorbing the essence of Yang to boost one's power is one of the most insane and fastest-acting ways.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, strong winds surged and turned into swords, tearing the red gauze curtains. Thousands of curtain beads flew in all directions and hit Yang Lianting like raindrops. The force was as strong as iron balls and his skin and flesh were painful. He quickly dodged and hid behind the corridor pillar.

"get out!"

"This leader doesn't need you anymore!"

Dongfang Bubai laughed loudly towards the sky, and the makeup on her face became three times thicker.

The nine people, as if awakened from a dream, looked at the mess in the pavilion, put on their boots, and ran out of Xiaoyao Pavilion. However, they fell to the ground one after another before they took more than ten steps.

"This bastard's martial arts have improved a lot!"

Yang Lianting was frightened when he saw this scene. Just as he was hesitating whether to go and see him, he heard a shrill male voice coming from the pavilion.

"Lian Ting, since you came to see me, why are you still hiding?"

"Are you scared?"

"Don't worry, even if I kill everyone in the world, I won't harm you at all."

Yang Lianting hesitated for a moment, but still came out from behind the pillar. With the current difference in martial arts between the two, if the other party were to attack him, he would basically have no way to escape. Those Ziyun Guards who obeyed his orders were originally the most loyal supporters of the Eastern Sect Leader, and would not attack him, even if he was just a fake.

"Lian Ting, come here."

Dongfang Bubai stood in the pavilion with a gentle expression, like a young wife waiting for her husband to come home.

"Listen, your name also has the word 'pavilion' in it. I plan to dig a lotus pond in front of this Xiaoyao Pavilion so that you can be with me all the time. If you want to handle the teaching affairs, you can just come to see me every day."

Yang Lianting felt nauseous and pinched his thighs with both hands to suppress the urge to turn around and leave.

The situation was dangerous, the Saint Lady was pressing him step by step, and there was not much room left for him to maneuver.

Dongfang Bubai looked at the nine corpses and seemed to have come up with a very good idea. He covered his mouth and laughed softly, "Let's use these stinky men to make fertilizer. What do you think? At this time next year, the lotus will surely be in full bloom."

"Humph! This time next year, if things continue like this, we may not even be here this time next year."

Yang Lianting said coldly.

Dongfang Bubai raised his orchid finger, came forward, and asked with concern: "Lian Ting, what's wrong? Who bullied you?"

"Humph! You can see that Ren Yingying, Zhang Yu, Tong Baixiong, those old ministers, all of them are looking forward to my demise. Haven't you mastered the magic skill to suppress the sect? Why don't you kill them for me? Or... teach me the magic skill?"

"But…"

Dongfang Bubai pinched the hem of her skirt, a little hesitant.

Yang Lianting closed his eyes and said, "Humph! Is this your true heart?"

"Brother Lian, you misunderstood me. It's not like that."

Yang Lianting asked coldly: "What is that like?"

"My magical power is not yet fully developed. You just have to be patient for another half a year. Then I will kill whoever you want me to kill!"

In Xiaoyao Pavilion.

Dongfang Bubai took two steps forward.

(End of this chapter)