Yan Chu grabbed the fox and ran away until he was beyond the scope of the nearby town, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

A man and a fox were panting facing each other on a secluded path in the wilderness.

After a moment, Yan Chu, who had recovered from his shock, immediately accused, "I was the one who ran with you in my arms, why are you panting?!"

The black fox, which was drooping its ears and sticking out its tongue, was stunned when it heard the words. It demurely retracted its tongue, straightened its squatting position, and the fox ears on its head stood up again.

Immediately, he said in a noble and cold voice, "Ha!" and then asked, "Why are you running?"

Yan Chu said confidently: "You didn't stop me!"

Not only did he not stop him, he was extremely well-behaved. Even when Yan Chu plucked a few hairs out of desperation, he did not bother him.

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Both of them knew the real reason, and the result of this quarrel between five-year-old children was that both sides snorted and turned away at the same time.

After a while, it was Yan who broke the silence first. He poked the fox's black fur and said, "Hey, go to that town first."

The black fox's fur stood up, and the whole fox looked bigger because of the fluffy fur.

It took a step back and bared its teeth at Yan Chu, "Why?! Why don't you go?"

Yan Chu shouted: "I dare not!"

He was justified in being cowardly.

Since senior brother has come out of the Demon Locking Tower, he must have discovered it.

Whether it was the tricks on the Dragon Lock or the tricks outside the Demon Locking Tower...

I have destroyed half of the sect treasure left by our ancestors, and I am still doing tricks outside the important place of the sect, such as the Locking Demon Tower. Will my senior brother be angry? He will definitely be angry!

Moreover, when the Demon Locking Tower moved strangely, he was not at the mountain gate.

Thinking about the last time they met (the time when he turned into a dragon doesn't count, because his brother was not conscious at that time), and his brother's instructions to "take good care of the responsibility of the head of the sect", Yan Chu felt a rare sense of guilt.

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The master of the two knew that his life span was coming to an end, so he divined for his disciple for the last time and found out that his eldest disciple had a great disaster in his life. He could not figure out the details of this disaster, but only vaguely pointed out that it was related to the Demon Locking Tower. The heads of Tianshang Mountain from generation to generation were responsible for guarding the Demon Locking Tower...

The former headmaster thought for a long time, then called the young disciple over, and the two talked all night.

On the second day, Yan Chu was chosen as the successor to the leadership of Tianshang Mountain.

Within a few days, the leader passed away, and Yan Chu naturally became the new leader of Tianshang Mountain.

In fact, it is not so "natural"...

Every leader of Tianshang Mountain would consider carefully before accepting his first disciple. This was not only true for Tianshang Mountain but also for other sects, because they were often the default successors.

Generally speaking, unless the master's first disciple makes a serious mistake, the successor will not be easily replaced.

Jiang Lu not only did not make any mistakes, he was simply a model senior brother, the one that all the disciples in the sect loved.

Now the head of the sect directly bypassed this flawless senior brother and passed the position to the little devil star who was famous throughout Tianshang Mountain.

For a while, rumors spread and people were in unrest.

Director Yan didn't take those things to heart.

He was a very self-centered person who acted according to his heart. When he proposed this idea to his master, he had already guessed the situation at the time, and he didn't care at all about what those people thought.

——Do you have the guts to say it to his face?

See if he doesn’t beat the guy to a pulp.

If you can't beat him, don't bother talking. This was the capital that allowed Yan Chu to dominate Tianshang Mountain back then.

But others don’t care, but what do my senior brothers think?

Director Yan didn’t know and didn’t dare to guess.

In fact, after the matter was settled, the two brothers never met again except for the funeral of their master.

It was Director Yan who was deliberately avoiding his senior brother.

He didn't know how to explain this to the other party.

After the master and disciple talked that night, they agreed to keep the divination results secret from the senior brother/eldest disciple.

——According to Jiang Lu’s character, even if this was a fatal disaster, he would rather die than implicate others, especially when this other person was his junior fellow apprentice.

Since there is no explanation, just hide.

The rumors in the sect were getting more and more intense, even to the point that he was trying to murder their master. Although Yan Chu felt that his senior brother would not believe them, there was a one in ten thousand chance, and he did not want to hear similar questions coming from his senior brother's mouth.

But after all, they were brothers who grew up together, and Jiang Lu was very familiar with the places where Yan Chu could hide.

After all, every time Director Yan hid away and was lazy, it was this senior brother who followed the master's orders to catch him back.

So Yan Chu didn't hide for long before he was caught red-handed.

Jiang Lu challenged his junior fellow apprentice who had become the sect leader.

——She was angry as expected.

Yan Chu thought.

He even roughly guessed that after this fight, his already difficult situation in the sect would be made even worse.

However, he didn't care about these things.

It would be nice if my senior brother could just beat him up and vent his anger.

Thinking of this, Yan Chu accepted the challenge.

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...He won.

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When the sword was put against the opponent's neck, Yan Chu was a little slow to react, so the sharp sword energy left a bloody mark on the opponent's neck.

The disciples watching the fight were completely silent, and one could hear a pin drop throughout the entire arena and the surroundings.

Yan Chu knew that it was not that the other party was giving in on purpose, it was just that his brother’s personality was not one that would allow him to do that…

But it seems to be no different from "giving in to each other".

It was only then that Yan Chu remembered that in the past, when fighting against monsters, his senior brother always used a killing move that left no room for maneuver. It was obvious that such a move could not be used in a fight with others, especially in sparring with fellow disciples.

On weekdays, although the two brothers occasionally exchanged moves, they had never had a serious fight. And given the status and reputation of the senior brother in the mountain sect, no one would dare to challenge him...

Different from Yan Chu who was often challenged to a fight by his fellow disciples, Jiang Lu, as the eldest brother, was actually not very good at fighting with "people".

Brother, does he know it himself?

He must have known that, that's why he did it on purpose and chose such an occasion... to lose to him.

Yan Chu could feel the gazes of his fellow disciples watching the battle gradually changing as they fell on him.

It seemed as if there was suddenly a reason why the former leader passed the position of leader to him instead of his eldest disciple.

But Director Yan knew.

...That's not the case. That's not the case.

That person did not have any of the anger or questioning that Yan Chu was worried about.

After so calmly treating himself as a "stepping stone", he simply explained in his usual calm tone, "Since the master has passed the throne to you, then you should take up the responsibility of being the head of the sect."

He didn't even ask why.

He trusted and relied on everyone, whether it was his master who taught him or his fellow apprentice who grew up with him.

Then, he left the mountain gate.

He understood that if he, the former eldest senior brother, continued to stay in the sect, it would not be of any benefit to his junior brother who had become the sect leader.

Yan Chu felt that his senior brother must be afraid that he would get into trouble after becoming the head of the sect, so he must have cast some kind of spell or spiritual power on that sentence.

In short, after that day, Yan Chu, who had been pushed up to the position just to make do with it and was planning to be a casual person, actually calmed down and seriously studied how to be a good leader.

Although the original reason was somewhat complicated, it was not Yan Chu's original intention to become the head of the sect.

But things have come to this point, his senior brother has made such a great sacrifice for him, even to the point where he has no home to return to, there is no way that Director Yan can just treat this as a joke as he did in the beginning.

And the sooner he can convince everyone, the sooner his brother can return to the mountain gate...

When the time comes, he will have to fight with his brother again.

At that time, his position as the head of the sect would not be shaken by a victory or defeat, and his strength would be at the point where he would not have to worry about his senior brothers killing him. Then he could lose openly and honorably.

Director Yan: ……?

...something seems to be a little off, but you don't have to worry about the details.

This is what Yan Chu thought and did.

He is a man of extraordinary talent and the ability to understand people's minds. When he really makes up his mind to do something, there is little he cannot accomplish.

But the disciples accepted him as the new leader so easily, which made Yan Chu feel sorry for his senior brother.

So, during that period of time, the leader of Tianshang Mountain seemed to be having a seizure, jumping back and forth between "reliable" and "making trouble", but overall, things were still moving in a good direction.

If he continues like this, although his reputation will be a little strange, Yan Chu will eventually become a qualified leader of a sect.

If, there hadn't been that... East China Sea Incident...

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It was not until he personally sealed his brother in the Demon Locking Tower that Yan Chu finally knew where the calamity that his master had predicted would occur.

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Yan Chu didn't like divination at first.

He has always scoffed at the so-called "chance" and "destiny", and he believes that if you want something, you should get it yourself.

But this time, he really hated it.

——What is this? What is this? !

Predict disasters, avoid misfortunes and seek good fortune.

However, it was precisely this careful avoidance that ultimately led to the final disastrous consequences.

If he knew nothing about everything, then by now, the senior brother would have successfully taken over the position of the master and was well-behaved as the head of Tianshang Mountain, respected by the world and loved by the disciples.

His senior brother tarnished his own reputation and left the sect, but in the end he ended up with this result...

joke!

Everything he did was like a huge joke!

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If the disciples on duty at the Sutra Library that day had not tried desperately to stop them, the books on divination in Tianshang Mountain would have been gone long ago. Even so, there are still many handwritten copies in the Sutra Library that the disciples racked their brains to recall and restore.

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Yan Chu didn’t know how to face his senior brother whom he had sealed with his own hands, and he was also worried that his senior brother would be angry because of what he had done.

But what he feared more was—

When they met again, he heard it again.

...those three words that came out of my senior brother's mouth, one by one.

"Kill. Me."