Chapter 143 A True Genius: I alone, without the Xianchen Sword, can also...

"So what if it is?"

"A-Su, how... how could you do this?" Lu Buwen originally thought that Shen Jiuxu was talking nonsense. The innocent, kind and lovely woman in his memory could actually have such a face.

"Sect Leader Lian, you are simply outrageous and treat human life like dirt. What do you consider all these lives to be? Do you just disregard them for your own selfish desires?"

Lian Chisu felt ashamed of Xian Chenjian's behavior. She never imagined that her contempt from more than ten years ago would lead her into such a predicament.

"A-Su, what exactly do you want?"

Lian Chisu didn't look at him, but sneered. All her thoughts had been revealed in public, and all her plans had become a joke.

"I underestimated Sect Leader Shen. Since that's the case—"

Before she could finish speaking, a sudden chorus of footsteps approached. Jiang Yu looked closely and saw a large group of disciples dressed in the robes of different sects coming over, with several sect leaders and elders at the front.

He quickly thought of Chu Jue. Sure enough, when Jiang Yu looked at the man, the other man raised an eyebrow and grinned at him. The kind-faced old man was the first elder besides Zhou Yongyin who made Jiang Yu feel cared for and loved.

In front of so many people, Lian Chisu would most likely not completely drop her pretense. She originally wanted to build a good reputation so that she could strengthen Bailuzhou in the future. Therefore, in front of people like Chu Jue and Jiang Yu, whom she felt she could handle, Lian Chisu had nothing to pretend for. But with more people around, things were different.

As expected, experience matters.

Chu Jue had lived a long time and knew these people's temperaments inside and out. When he saw Lian Chisu's expression change as expected, her face stiffen, but she quickly put on her familiar smile again, he knew that this move had definitely worked.

"Young Master Jiang, so you're here! We know about the situation at the desolate mountain. It seems we'll need your help again this time!"

An elder who was on good terms with Chu Jue first noticed him winking at him. Before he could figure out what was going on, he knew that Chu Jue must be someone special to have called them over at this time.

The situation was urgent, so he had no choice but to temporarily put aside his doubts, silently scolded Chu Jue, and then looked at Jiang Yu, who was standing silently to the side. Unless someone was deaf, who wouldn't have heard the ascension lightning? He wasn't stupid.

The man lowered his voice again, his face now appearing incredibly kind and gentle as he looked at Jiang Yu. “Young Master Jiang, we all know about the commotion just now. We hadn’t even congratulated you on your ascension yet, and we were planning to have a proper celebration. But who would have thought that something else would happen at the desolate mountain? We’ll probably have to ask you to go there to resolve it.”

After he finished speaking, he stared straight at Jiang Yu, but the man didn't respond. The man muttered to himself, he had sensed something was wrong as soon as he arrived, and who would have thought that there really was another problem.

Jiang Yu didn't speak, and the atmosphere became awkward. He could only look to Chu Jue for help, but Chu Jue seemed to be blind this time. The cleverness he had shown in giving him a wink just now seemed to have been eaten by a dog.

Chang Yi wanted to beat the man up, but his gaze swept over Shen Jiuxu behind him. He wanted to speak but felt it was inappropriate. This couple probably favored each other, and as an outsider, his words would be as good as nothing to them.

He suppressed his agitation, smiled at Lian Chisu on the far right, and then wondered why Lian Quesheng wasn't there, but Chang Yi couldn't worry about that now. The desolate mountain was still close to his sect, and some of the disciples who had been stationed there had also contracted the disease. If it weren't for these reasons, Chang Yi really wouldn't have made a special trip to humbly beg for help.

"Sect Leader Lian, I remember that your Egret Continent also has disciples in the desolate mountains. Why don't we call Young Master Jiang and go over there together to take another look?"

Lian Chisu was being held there, caught in the middle. She wanted to say something, but Chu Jue and Jiang Yu were there, knew her true colors, and understood that she was the culprit behind all of this.

“That’s right, Sect Leader Lian. I remember that Bailuzhou sent many disciples there at the beginning. Young Master Lian was there before. He and Young Master Jiang are the most familiar with each other, so it would be most appropriate for them to go together.”

Although Xu Youling, the leader of the White Blade Sect, disliked Jiang Yu, there was nothing he could do. The major sects had tried various methods but had not found a suitable solution. If no one went to rescue the people of the desolate mountains, they would become a laughingstock throughout the world.

"Sect Leader Lian, what do you think?"

Chu Jue asked knowingly, and then shouted to Jiang Yu, "Young Master Jiang, why don't you return this Xianchen Sword to Sect Leader Lian first? Sect Leader Lian is probably still unhappy about it! If Sect Leader Lian is unhappy, and the disciples of Bailuzhou listen to Sect Leader Lian and withdraw from the desolate mountain, it will be a loss."

"Isn't the Xianchen Sword Young Master Jiang's sword? Why return it to Sect Leader Lian?" A disciple standing in front asked without thinking when he heard Chu Jue raise his voice. He was immediately silenced when someone next to him slapped him hard.

Chang Yi's gaze lingered between Jiang Yu and Lian Chisu. Only now did he understand what had happened. So that's how it was. No wonder Jiang Yu hadn't spoken for so long. Chu Jue, that old bastard, had summoned them all over, ostensibly to discuss how to resolve the issue of the barren mountain, but it turned out there was another reason behind it.

"There's a misunderstanding. Just now, Sect Leader Lian said that Young Master Jiang's sword is a treasure of their White Egret Continent, but it was obtained by Young Master Jiang by mistake, and he wants to return it to its rightful owner! Young Master Jiang isn't the type to take advantage of others, so of course he wants to return the Xianchen Sword. Therefore, if you want to go to the desolate mountains to rescue people, you should find Sect Leader Lian!"

Chu Jue acted as an uninvolved bystander, clearly explaining everything to everyone, and also spoke up for Jiang Yu, saying, "Young Master Jiang has just ascended, and the injuries left by this tribulation have not yet healed. His body is currently weak. Does that mean that without him, so many sect leaders and elders cannot do anything to a desolate mountain?"

"this--"

“Although we are indeed older than Young Master Jiang, it has always been Young Master Jiang who has been in charge of dealing with the people of the desolate mountains. How can we... how can we take over?”

Chu Jue rolled his eyes at him. "What, you only come looking for people when something happens? I've never seen you come looking for Young Master Jiang and the others when you were enjoying your life?"

Perhaps they knew they were in the wrong, so they didn't refute. However, everyone's eyes turned to Lian Chisu again. Chu Jue was doing it on purpose. Fortunately, she couldn't get angry yet. Lian Chisu gritted her teeth and swallowed her anger.

"Although this sword belongs to Bailuzhou, we are at a critical moment now, and it has been in Young Master Jiang's hands for so many years. It would be better for Young Master Jiang to use it."

"I was just impatient. I hope Young Master Jiang will consider the bigger picture and not hold it against me. The people of the barren mountain can't wait any longer."

Lian Chisu's voice was almost a series of words uttered one by one. If it weren't for so many people, she wouldn't have felt so aggrieved. If she had known this would happen, she should have dealt with Chu Jue, this troublemaker, sooner.

Jiang Yu knew that Chu Jue was venting his anger for him, but what would happen to the Xian Chen Sword, and when would the backlash on Shen Jiuxu erupt? These were all unsolved mysteries.

Xian Chen was like a warning line made of blood and lives, constantly reminding him to be careful.

Jiang Yu left Xian Chen aside, and Chu Jue turned back to look at him because of this action. Only Shen Jiuxu knew what Jiang Yu was thinking. He leaned there with a smile on his lips. He knew exactly what Jiang Yu was going to do and what he would do.

He had long known that Jiang Yu would make this choice. In Shen Jiuxu's mind, Jiang Yu had always been an upright, unrestrained genius, and his style of doing things had been set long ago.

Jiang Yu must have a clear conscience.

"I don't know how to use the Xianchen Sword. Since it belongs to Bailuzhou, it should be returned to its rightful owner. I can save the people of the desolate mountain on my own, without the Xianchen Sword."

When Jiang Yu said this, no one doubted him, nor did anyone think he was arrogant, because Jiang Yu's reputation and strength had already been clearly and unequivocally laid out before them.

Some things are destined to be done by only one person, and only one person can succeed at them. That person can only be Jiang Yu.

Lian Chisu's face was as dark as a sky filled with gloomy clouds. She felt like a clown stirring up trouble. Jiang Yu didn't look at her. Xian Chen was also left alone on the ground. The young man was tall and straight. Even though his face was still covered in blood and his clothes were not as bright as they used to be, he still easily attracted everyone's attention.

Everything she wanted and longed for had been so easily obtained by Jiang Yu, and the stark contrast and sense of loss were hard for her to accept. Lian Chisu stared at Jiang Yu's back for a long time, and only after he had completely disappeared did she glance at Shen Jiuxu and Zhou Yongyin, who were pretending to be asleep, and finally followed them.

Lu Buwen wanted to say something to Shen Jiuxu, but in the end he hesitated and left alone, pushing his wheelchair. Chu Jue followed Jiang Yu early on. In just a moment, only Shen Jiuxu and Zhou Yongyin were left in the place.

“Grandfather, why don’t you go with them? Otherwise they’ll bully Jiang Yu there.” Shen Jiuxu was still in the mood to joke as he spoke to the sullen Zhou Yongyin. After he finished speaking, he coughed several times, and his body trembled from the coughing.

“I am Jiang Yu’s grandfather, and also your grandfather.” Zhou Yongyin said to him with a sense of disappointment, and even wanted to curse him in his heart. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. When I’m really gone, I’ll probably only see a withered tree branch when I come back. It’s like a white-haired person sending off a black-haired person. I don’t want to not even see him one last time.”

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A note from the author: I haven't updated for a few days because I've been busy with my graduation thesis defense. I feel guilty and am thinking about how to make up for it [pity][pity].

This book is estimated to be finished in a few chapters. I'll try my best to finish the main text within a week.