Chapter 161 The Majestic Kunlun Mountains
Chapter 161 The Majestic Kunlun Mountains
Emerging from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, I had no strength left to break free.
Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin carried him on their left and right sides.
Pang Jiuyun injured his right arm, and Song Jin injured his left arm, but fortunately, both of them could support him with their other arm.
When I emerged from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, it was just as the last rays of the setting sun fell upon me on the third day.
The three of them didn't even have the energy to laugh.
But he kept smiling.
For the first time, Song Jin burst into tears while laughing.
"You're out?" A familiar voice came from the valley outside the Heavenly Gate.
The three looked up, then their eyes lit up with surprise: "Junior Uncle?!"
Especially unfollowing: "Junior Uncle!"
Junior Uncle's face was full of gentle smiles: "The three of you really did it."
The three of them looked at each other, unsure of what to say. But in the end, it must have been the second round after they unfollowed each other. The three teenagers, supporting each other, suddenly burst into tears.
Junior Uncle stepped forward and took the pass from the two of them: "Let me check your wounds first. If you don't want to lose an arm or a leg, bandage the wounds. We can talk about other things later."
*
Junior Uncle's residence is far from the other elders' residences.
It's near the back of the mountain.
It was secluded, with few disturbances, and the winter snowscape was beautiful. While my junior uncle was bandaging his wound, he looked out the window, remembering a time when Fatty and I had a snowball fight here…
It happened several years ago, but it's still vivid in my mind.
Junior Uncle has a good reputation among all the disciples of this generation in the Kunlun Sect.
Kunlun is in chaos right now, with several elders fighting to the death, but no one is causing trouble for Junior Uncle.
To put it bluntly, since Junior Uncle has treated him so many times, no one feels embarrassed.
To put it more broadly, the reason why Junior Uncle is in this place is because it is remote, because he is not close to any of the elders, and because only he and Master probably know that Junior Uncle is close to Master.
In short, Kunlun is in chaos these days, while Junior Uncle's place is peaceful.
He was the most seriously injured, and both Song Jin and Pang Jiuyun asked their junior uncle to bandage him first. It took the longest, and then their junior uncle had to bandage Song Jin and Pang Jiuyun as well. Unable to wait any longer, he said, "Junior Uncle, I'm going to see Master first."
Song Jin and Pang Jiuyun both knew he was anxious.
Junior Uncle glanced at him and said in a low voice, "Go."
He left in a fit of rage after unfollowing me, and he even jumped out of the window.
Those familiar with him who unfollowed him know that he would jump out of the window when he was excited.
As he closed the window, he overheard Pang Jiuyun joking, "It's only because he's Junior Uncle that he's here. Otherwise, no matter who asked him to bandage the wound, he wouldn't come. He would definitely go to see the Sect Leader first."
Song Jin didn't speak, she just smiled.
They unfollowed him and ran away, but then he came back and grinned at them.
Junior Uncle also looked at him.
At that time, Guan's heart was full of light. The light in his eyes shone on Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin, and also on his junior uncle.
"Junior Uncle, be gentle," Song Jin cried out in pain.
Junior Uncle did not respond.
*
Upon returning to the sect leader's residence, he practically burst through the door: "Master!"
Chiyu was meditating when he saw him burst through the door like a wounded monkey that had been bandaged up. Chiyu got off the soft couch.
I was surprised the moment I saw the fish-eating video.
He thought his master would look haggard, but when he saw him eating fish, he looked just like the first time he saw him.
No, it wasn't like that back then. I was dressed in tattered clothes, but I'm just as energetic now as I was then, the only thing missing is that I'm always eating dried fish.
"Master?" He stepped forward.
She watched him eat the fish, then looked at him gently and asked, "Did you get it?"
He took out the Kunlun thumb ring from his pocket and handed it to Chiyu. Chiyu took it, his eyes filled with a faint smile: "Ah Guan, you've worked hard."
But unfollowing didn't concern him with this: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
He wanted to say, "How come you look so much better?" But then he thought about it and realized that his master's injury was caused by the reverse flow of his true energy while fishing. Later, his internal injuries worsened, and he forcibly stopped several elders, so his injuries accumulated and did not improve.
If his master passed on his internal energy to him, wouldn't that be the same as getting rid of a burden?
Unfollower's eyes lit up with surprise: "Master! I'm so glad you're alright!"
Still inexplicably worried, he also inexplicably thought of the fat man from back then...
Unfollowing? Shaking my head. How could that be? Master is perfectly fine.
"Tell me about what happens inside the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates." The fish-eating fish wanted to hear.
Although unfollowing was tiring, he perked up immediately because he needed to listen to the advice to eat fish.
The master and apprentice talked from dusk till night, even forgetting to eat. Chiyu listened patiently and gently, describing the scene in great detail, as if it were still vivid in his mind, not wanting Chiyu to miss a single thing.
At the end, he sat up straight and said, "Master, I have finally lived up to your expectations."
Chi Yu reached out and patted his shoulder, as if he had a lot to say, but swallowed it all back down. Then he stood up and said, "Ah Guan, come here."
He unfollowed her, got up, and followed her to the living room.
I knew my master had a big wooden box, and I had seen him open it before.
Inside was a pile of fishing gear, and some other random things that clearly shouldn't belong to the Kunlun Sect Leader. That's why Master always felt out of place among the other elders.
He thought his master was going to take something out of the wooden box for him.
But the master held down the lock on the wooden box, locking it with countless tiny holes as fine as pinholes. The master then used silver needles to pierce these holes in sequence.
Instantly, a partition popped out from the bottom of the wooden box.
Unfollowing was surprising; there was a mechanism here, and it was as thin as a cicada's wing.
Even if you chopped this big wooden box in a few blows, you might not be able to break through this thin and narrow partition.
"What is this?" I asked, wondering.
Chi Yu smiled and took out a small brocade pouch from the partition. Amidst curious gazes, Chi Yu took out a necklace from the pouch. The necklace resembled a miniature version of a vajra (a magical pestle).
Chi Yu handed him the Vajra Pestle: "The Kunlun Thumb Ring is the token of the Kunlun Sect Leader. This is the token that your master passed down to you."
Unfollowing surprised me...
Wang Sumo was also surprised. Was this something the old fish-eating elder had given to the old man?
So, the old man later gave it to Geng Hongbo.
After Geng Hongbo died, the people on the border returned the demon-subduing pestle to the old man.
The old man entrusted it to her for safekeeping.
It remembered that when it was in the Enchanted Town, the old man had told it—"If I don't come back to meet you in five days, girl, take the Demon-Subduing Pestle to Tianchi Hermit, and she will destroy this key."
Now, the origin of this Vajra Pestle has finally been revealed.
He's a veteran fish eater...
Wang Sumo blinked, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and subconsciously reached out to touch the Vajra necklace around her neck.
So this is how this Vajra Pestle came to be.
Bai Cen never expected to hear about the old man's past in the Kunlun Sect. Decades have passed, and the Kunlun Sect of today is very different from what it used to be. Hearing about the Kunlun Sect from the old man's perspective felt like stepping into another world.
The old man's hand had already been bandaged, but Bai Cen had already started listening. Since the old man didn't tell him to leave, Bai Cen didn't intend to get up and leave either.
The old man continued, "To my shame, this is a keepsake left to me by my master, but I still don't know how he used it..."
"This is not something from the Kunlun Sect."
He unfollowed the account, took the jewelry, and examined it several times, but still couldn't see anything amiss: "Master, is this jewelry?"
Master has been in good spirits ever since.
Now, after listening to him talk for so long, I finally couldn't help but cough a few times gently.
"Master, are you alright?" (The user was nervously unfollowing him.)
He waved his hand, indicating that it was alright, and then continued, "It is a vajra."
It really was a Vajra pestle; he had seen people using it as a weapon when he came down the mountain.
But this was the first time he had ever seen one so small.
Such a small vajra is probably only suitable for making jewelry, not weapons.
I felt a pang of regret after unfollowing, but I was still happy to accept it.
Since this Vajra Pestle was a token given to him by his master, it is the same as the Kunlun Thumb Ring.
Chi Yu looked at him and said gently, "Ah Guan, this Vajra Pestle is a key. It can unlock the sharpest weapon in the martial arts world today. It can kill instantly and cut through iron like mud."
He was stunned when he unfollowed her. Before he could even put her in his pocket, he quickly took her out and looked at her again: "That's it?"
He nodded as he ate the fish, then took a deep breath: "For the past one or two hundred years since the Kunlun Sect was founded, no one has ever known how to open it."
"Then it's a treasure of Kunlun?" the unfollower exclaimed in surprise.
Chi Yu shook his head: "There's a story behind this. When Kunlun was first established, it was on good terms with Tianchi. Kunlun's ancestors were humble and compassionate, and even among the wicked they forgave, there were still those who committed adultery and plunder. Tianchi Hermit then gifted the ancestors a Vajra Pestle. Since Kunlun was compassionate, they used the Vajra Pestle to awe the world. So, more than two hundred years ago, Kunlun held a Compassionate Palm in its left hand and a Vajra Pestle in its right."
"Later, before his passing, the Kunlun ancestor personally went to Tianchi and returned the Vajra Pestle to the Hermit of Tianchi. The Hermit of Tianchi accepted it, smiled, and asked the Kunlun ancestor to wait three days at Tianchi. Three days later, the Hermit of Tianchi brought the Vajra Pestle back and gave it to the Kunlun ancestor again. The ancestor was surprised, and the Hermit of Tianchi laughed and said, 'Evil people are common, but compassion is rare. If the Kunlun successors no longer display the Vajra Pestle in public, then behind compassion there should also be an object for subduing demons.'"
"It turns out that the Hermit of Tianchi destroyed the earlier Vajra Pestle and forged this smaller one. The meaning was that even if the successors of Kunlun no longer wielded the Vajra Pestle, they would still have a powerful weapon to subdue demons. However, over a hundred or two hundred years have passed, and this Vajra Pestle has never been opened again. The Kunlun Palm has become famous throughout the martial world. But as the Hermit of Tianchi said, evil people are common, but compassion is rare. Therefore, this Vajra Pestle has always been hidden, and only the successive leaders of Kunlun have known about it."
The unfollower was shocked: "So there's such a story behind it."
"Therefore, the Kunlun thumb ring is the possession of the sect leader and will definitely be passed down to the Kunlun sect leader; but the Vajra Pestle is not." Chi Yu patted him on the shoulder: "The Vajra Pestle is the possession of the Kunlun lineage, and will only be passed down to a descendant who can subdue demons. Ah Guan, remember, the more powerful something is, the greater the danger. It is a double-edged sword. In the hands of a good person, it can slay demons and eliminate evil, but in the hands of a wicked person, it will be a catastrophic disaster for the righteous path. I hope you will never have to use it, and I also hope that you will entrust it to the person you trust most in the future."
Unfollow: "Master..."
"Many people in the world covet it. When it sees the light of day again, it may cause another bloodbath in the martial arts world. Remember, if you cannot find someone to entrust it to, take it to Tianchi. Only the hermits of Tianchi throughout the ages know how to destroy it."
"Yes, Master."
"Ah Guan, come fishing with your master."
"good."
That night, the master and his apprentice fished at Kunlun Tianhu Lake.
As dawn broke, he turned slowly to look at his side, his eyes bloodshot.
He closed his eyes while eating the fish.
"Master." He clenched his fists, knelt on the ground, and remained kneeling before his master for a long time.
He carried the "sleeping" fish on his back on the way back to the Kunlun Mountain gate.
He recalled that four or five years ago, when he was wounded by swords at the city gate, and in his dazed state, someone carried him on their back and sped away, just like today.
— I have no money, so I'm using yours. We'll go as far as your money can go.
There are quite a few hidden masters in the martial arts world; you might even find one around you.
These days, you even have to bribe someone to take on an apprentice...
— That makes sense. I'll go change into the most eye-catching clothes I can find on Mount Kunlun. I guarantee I'll stand out!
— Ah Guan, your master is gone. Take care of yourself.
...
On the way back to Kunlun, Tu Guan looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, sobbing uncontrollably.
*
With the passing of the sect leader, the entire Kunlun region suddenly fell silent.
The passing of a sect leader is often accompanied by three things.
First, a new leader takes over;
Second, the redistribution of power among the Elders' Hall and various factions;
Third, other sects came to mourn or congratulate the new sect leader on his succession.
With these three major events at hand, all the chaos and disputes temporarily ceased, and those with selfish motives and those without temporarily made peace. But everyone knew that the real undercurrents would only begin to surge after the sect leader's funeral.
Everyone in Kunlun knows that once you pass through the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates and obtain the Kunlun Ring, as long as you have the sect leader's decree, you can succeed as sect leader even without passing the Elders' Hall.
On the day the funeral ended, the coffin of the former sect leader was buried.
The Kunlun Sect disciples all knelt before him, bowing their heads in farewell.
Returning to the main hall from the burial place of Kunlun's ancestors is another major event in the Kunlun Sect: the succession of a new sect leader.
Because of the death of the former sect leader, other sects will soon come to Kunlun to mourn. Before that, a new sect leader of Kunlun will take over and announce it to the public.
The main hall was solemn.
Inside the main hall, all the elders and the top one hundred disciples gathered, while the remaining disciples lined up in order of seniority and ranking from outside the hall down the mountain.
The Grand Elder fell ill during the previous chaos in Kunlun and could not get out of bed. Elder Xiao Ran presided over the gathering before the succession ceremony of the sect leader.
"Unfollow me. Although you are still relatively inexperienced, you are the direct disciple of the sect leader, and you have passed through the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates and obtained the Kunlun Ring. The ancestral teachings will be followed by the Elders' Hall and the entire Kunlun Sect."
After Elder Xiao Ran finished speaking, he gestured for him to follow: "Unfollow, bow three times to the patriarch in the hall, then take out the Kunlun thumb ring. After the elders and the eldest disciple confirm, tomorrow will be the new sect leader's succession ceremony."
All the elders and disciples looked toward Qu Guan, who was still dressed in mourning clothes, in the hall.
"Yes." He unfollowed her in response.
Then he kowtowed to the portrait of the Kunlun ancestor in the hall.
All the Kunlun disciples paid close attention.
Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin both smiled, and Junior Uncle was at the end of all the elders, his gaze indifferent as he looked at the unfollower who was attracting everyone's attention.
He kowtowed.
Two kowtows.
Three kowtows.
After unfollowing him and getting up, Pang Jiuyun stepped forward, holding a tray covered with a brocade handkerchief. He then placed the Kunlun Sect Leader on the tray and asked the elders to confirm. Once this formality was completed, unfollowing him would make him the Kunlun Sect Leader.
Pang Jiuyun's eyes were filled with suppressed excitement.
Unfollowing is also an option.
But when he reached into his clothes, his expression suddenly changed.
Seeing him like this, Pang Jiuyun was also stunned. He unfollowed the account and continued to search his body, but to no avail.
Pang Jiuyun also realized something was wrong and whispered, "Ah Guan?"
He unfollowed her, his face turning deathly pale. Wait, the Kunlun ring is gone?!
Pang Jiuyun also noticed it from the unfollowed face.
Pang Jiuyun's expression also changed drastically.
The stalemate in the hall lasted for a long time, and disciples began to whisper among themselves. The elders had many objections to the matter of Guan Yu taking over as the head of Kunlun Sect, but they had no choice but to comply with the rules set by the founder. They never expected this to happen.
Immediately, Elder Xiao Ran began the attack: "Unfollow, where is the sect leader's ring?"
He looked grim as he unfollowed him. He couldn't very well say, "I was still here this morning, and I was still here before my master's coffin was taken to the burial..." in such a formal setting.
Elder Xiao Ran harbored deep resentment over Zhuang Yun's death: "The Kunlun Ring is the most precious treasure of Kunlun. No matter who it is, even the sect leader, if they lose the Kunlun Ring without authorization, they will be ashamed before the founder! They will have no face to sit in the position of sect leader. You have not yet succeeded to the position of Kunlun sect leader, so where is the Kunlun Ring now?"
After Elder Xiao Ran finished speaking, the other elders, each with their own ulterior motives, echoed him.
"Outrageous! How dare you treat my Kunlun treasures like this!"
"Even if you are the former sect leader's direct disciple, this matter cannot be dropped in front of so many disciples!"
Pang Jiuyun whispered, "Go back and look for it."
The unfollower made it very clear: "What I had with me is gone..."
Pang Jiuyun was surprised.
Looking at the people in the hall, he knew perfectly well: "The Kunlun Ring is no longer with me."
"Unfollow! What did you say?!"
"Unfollow me, how dare you!"
Junior Uncle stepped forward: "Please calm down, elders, unfollow me, let's clarify things first."
Elder Xiao Ran sternly ordered: "Seal off Kunlun Mountain! No one is allowed to enter or leave without permission!"
"Yes!" A disciple immediately relayed the order.
He unfollowed everyone in the hall, including all the senior disciples.
These people were all present when we saw our master off today.
The Kunlun thumb ring was on his person, and it could only be lost during the funeral procession.
But it just so happens that it was lost today; this was intentional!
I've never felt so clear-headed about unfollowing.
In the chaos, a disciple rushed into the hall: "Elders, we are on duty at the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates today and have discovered something unusual."
The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates are the place where the Kunlun Thumb Ring was obtained.
After unfollowing Song Jin, Pang Jiuyun exchanged bewildered glances. The three of them had gone to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates together; this shouldn't have happened...
The disciple presented the items to Elder Xiao Ran, who angrily exclaimed, "Unfollow me! How did you even pass through the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates?!"
Unfollowing suddenly made me realize that this was a complex scheme.
Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin were about to speak when they shook their heads slightly. This was a series of elaborate schemes targeting him, and it certainly wasn't just going to be planned for this day!
This person is well aware of their movements.
Actually, from the very beginning, this person was...
After the human skin mask was discovered, he fueled the chaos from behind, watching Kunlun descend into chaos and witnessing his arrival here.
"Unfollow! The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates are only passed by disciples through their own strength to gain the approval of the Elders' Hall. How could there be gunpowder and saltpeter here!" After Elder Duoyin finished speaking, the hall erupted in uproar.
Gunpowder, saltpeter?!
"Isn't this explosive?!"
"No wonder he's so young, having only been in Kunlun for five years, yet he managed to pass through the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, a feat many sect leaders throughout history have failed to achieve!"
"Does passing through the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates using gunpowder and saltpeter count as passing through?"
"Yes, this..."
Discussions arose in the hall, with almost everyone looking at the unfollower with disapproval and doubt.
Just as Pang Jiuyun was about to say something, he unfollowed him and whispered, "Senior Brother Jiuyun."
As clever as Pang Jiuyun was, he understood.
The situation is getting out of control. Gunpowder shouldn't be around there. Something went wrong. What else could it be?
"This beast actually managed to gain your master's trust in this way. All that care he took in teaching you has been for nothing, and you've done something so disloyal and treacherous, bringing shame upon your master before the ancestors!"
"This brat who unfollowed me actually thinks he can use this to become the leader of my Kunlun Sect!"
"Back then, Zhuang Yun was framed, and it was you who framed him!"
The elders took turns launching attacks.
Kunlun was already embroiled in internal strife, but now they have suddenly come together.
"Saying so much is pointless, let's take him down first." Immediately, Elder Xiao Ran and Elder Duo Yin stepped forward to arrest him.
Junior Uncle stepped in front of them: "Elders, the matter of gunpowder and saltpeter has not yet been investigated. We cannot make hasty conclusions. He is Senior Brother's disciple, and he took the Kunlun thumb ring with Senior Brother's approval! How can we make such a drastic judgment?"
If it weren't for Junior Uncle's intervention, Xiao Ran and Elder Duo Yin would have already taken action against him.
In the chaos, a disciple from some unknown faction in the hall suddenly spoke up: "Could it be that the sect leader wants to bypass the Elders' Hall and hand over the position to his disciple, but is afraid that failing the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates test will prevent him from doing so, so he's resorting to this..."
Hearing such a voice, he unfollowed the account in anger: "Nonsense! My master is already in the ground, how can he be slandered like this!"
"Is this slander? The sect leader is no longer here. Now that gunpowder has been discovered, are we not allowed to investigate?"
"Unfollow us. This matter should be investigated by the elders first, and a conclusion will be reached." Junior Uncle looked at him, then said loudly, "Before this matter is investigated, anyone who speaks nonsense is tarnishing Kunlun's reputation!"
He looked at his junior uncle with gratitude after unfollowing him.
Several elders also looked at their junior uncle with annoyance.
"Then let's go to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates!" Elder Xiao Ran led the way, and everyone moved to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates.
The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates is one of the most sacred places in Kunlun, and even the elders have never entered it.
The events that occurred within the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates are still vivid in my mind, but I never expected that today I would be here with the Elders Hall and a group of disciples.
"Elder, there are indeed traces of gunpowder and saltpeter."
In special circumstances, the combined palm power of all the elders in the Elder Hall can forcefully open the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates.
The gates of heaven opened, and the place that had been visited just the day before was now covered with traces of gunpowder explosions.
How could that be?
The unfollower and Junior Uncle were both shocked, as were Song Jin and Pang Jiuyun.
"Unfollow me, what else do you have to say!" Elder Xiao Ran said sternly.
All the disciples were present, and everyone's eyes were filled with doubt, including those who had previously believed in him; now they were incredulous.
“Only you have been here. There could not have been anyone else. After the Heavenly Gate was closed, there was no trace of it being reopened!” Duo Yin said righteously.
I didn't even know I unfollowed them.
Pang Jiuyun stepped forward: "No, unfollowing is..."
Unfollowing him stopped him, my mind racing, and then I realized that this situation was aimed at him. Someone was able to frame him in such a place and knew how to kill him.
Someone wanted to kill him.
At this point, we can't drag Senior Brother Jiuyun and Song Jin into this mess...
He interrupted, saying, "Yes, I'm the only one who's been to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, but I don't know where these explosives came from. I've never done it, and my master never made me do it."
"Could it be that once the Heavenly Gate opens, it can open again on its own?!"
"You little brat, do you really think the Elders' Hall is so easily fooled!"
"For over a hundred years, the Elders' Hall has been in charge of overseeing the successive leaders of the sect. For someone to try to deceive the entire Kunlun sect in this way is a great disgrace to Kunlun in its two hundred years of history!"
"You alone probably can't do these things, but you can go with your master."
The person who unfollowed him angrily said, "My master is already in the ground, stop slandering him!"
He stopped circulating his true energy, and the pressure emanating from his body suddenly became terrifying!
"you!"
"Unfollow! What are you doing?!"
"If you want to find fault, you can always find a pretext! Some of you have been scheming all along, just waiting for this day! Even on his deathbed, Master dragged his ailing body to resolve the feud between you, and this is the result he got in return." He unfollowed through gritted teeth.
"That rebellious disciple!"
"How could Kunlun produce a disciple like you!"
"I think there are many suspicious things about the sect leader's death. I listened to his slander before and didn't have the injuries examined. He managed to fool me!"
"The sect leader died from internal injuries. Why did he pass on his internal energy to you before he died? Or did you plot against him first, forcing him to his death so you could take over his position?"
"Elders, we cannot let our sect leader die in vain. Open the coffin and examine the injuries!"
"That's absolutely right!"
"How dare you!" Qu Guan gritted his teeth, and if it weren't for his junior uncle and Pang Jiuyun stopping him, he would have charged forward with bloodshot eyes.
"Elders." Another disciple stepped forward, leading a doctor who looked like an outsider inside.
"Who is this?" Elder Xiao Ran asked.
The disciple said, "It was a doctor from a village a dozen miles down the mountain. During his patrol, the doctor mentioned that a Kunlun disciple had previously bought a lot of medicinal herbs that were not commonly used. He also happened to see him buying other items, which could be made into gunpowder."
The anger on his face gradually gave way to surprise.
What a coincidence! The doctor stepped forward and, upon seeing him, exclaimed in shock, "It's him! It's him! He's the one who bought it!"
"Old man, can you see clearly now!" The eyes of the unfollower were bloodshot.
The old man was so frightened that he stepped back.
Xiao Ran was furious: "How dare you threaten me!"
Even though she knew it was a setup, she was still disappointed: "He deliberately framed me!"
This time, Duo Yin bypassed his junior uncle and pressed him down with his palm. Just as he was about to stand up, another elder came from the other side. The two of them pressed down on his shoulders with their palms from the left and right, forcing him to kneel down.
He either resists or is unable to move.
Because the force of the palm strike was too great, blood flowed from Guan's lips.
Junior Uncle was about to step forward when Xiao Ran stopped him, saying, "Step back."
Junior Uncle bit his lip.
"Still not admitting it?" Xiao Ran said angrily.
"I didn't do it." Unfollowing is difficult.
The two elders exerted even more force, and Pang Jiuyun heard the sound of bones being crushed. Just as he was about to step forward, the other disciples blocked his way.
"Jiuyun! Are you making a mistake too?" Xiao Ran looked at him.
Pang Jiuyun's eyes were filled with tears. She knew she had been wronged for unfollowing him, but...
He struggled to unfollow her, saying, "Senior Brother Jiuyun, you don't need to get involved in my affairs."
"Ah Guan!" Pang Jiuyun clenched his fingers.
"Go open the coffin!" Xiao Ran ordered, completely enraging the person who had unfollowed him.
He circulated his true energy throughout his body, actually breaking through the full suppression of the two elders.
Both elders were thrown back by the shockwave; one crashed into the stone wall, and the other fell to the ground, both coughing up blood!
"You traitor to Kunlun!" Xiao Ran led the way, and the remaining elders joined in.
Even if he had inherited the internal energy from the fish-eating technique, he was injured by the two elders earlier and is now being attacked by several elders together, so he can't withstand it.
At the critical moment, Junior Uncle used a clever trick to shield him from the two blows from Xiao Ran and the other elder behind him!
Unfollowed, eyes gleaming with rage: "Junior Uncle!"
Seeing that another person had been accidentally injured, the elders all stopped. "Tan Huisheng!"
Elder Xiao Ran was furious at his lack of ambition.
They tried to help him up, but he stopped them. Instead, he looked around and said in a deep voice, "My senior brother's body is barely cold, and you're already making things difficult for his only disciple like this?"
"When the elders pass away one day, how will we face the Kunlun Patriarch and our senior brothers!" The junior uncle's voice was weak, but it was extremely shocking.
Those around them exchanged hesitant glances, unsure whether to step forward.
"Unfollow me, come here," Junior Uncle called to him.
He stepped forward and said, "Junior Uncle."
Junior Uncle coughed up another mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with tears: "Junior Uncle!"
Junior Uncle calmly said, "Leave Kunlun. This place can no longer accommodate you. Leave!"
"Junior Uncle..." He bit his lower lip, and blood flowed down his lips.
"Your senior brother is already gone, you can't die here too." Junior Uncle clenched his fist.
Just then, a disciple returned, his face ashen: "Elders, we have examined it carefully. There is an inconspicuous palm print on the back of the sect leader's neck. His internal organs have been shattered. However, since he was previously immersed in ice water, no one has examined it carefully..."
The words had barely left her lips when she unfollowed him, tears streaming down her face, screaming, "Who did this?! Why did they do this?!"
The elders were all stunned.
"Ah Guan!" Junior Uncle stopped him.
"Unfollow him! Traitor to Kunlun! He has betrayed his master and ancestors! Men, seize him!" Xiao Ran gave the order, and all the disciples were shocked, looking at each other, unsure whether to step forward.
Junior Uncle laughed loudly: "You all know perfectly well it's not about unfollowing! Why bother?!"
Everyone in the Elders' Hall froze.
Junior Uncle propped himself up and said, "He unfollowed Senior Brother's disciple. He has countless ways to kill Senior Brother. Why leave this evidence for you?"
As soon as Junior Uncle finished speaking, everyone present was in an uproar. Yes, how could this be?
"Can't you see how blatantly you've framed him!" Junior Uncle spat out another mouthful of blood. "Even if he blew up the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, does he deserve to die?! You want to kill him for your own selfish gain! Do you have any conscience?!"
After these words, the elders did not come forward again.
"Elders, this is not about unfollowing." Pang Jiuyun took the lead and threw down the sword in his hand.
Then there was Song Jin.
Then came countless Kunlun disciples.
"You, you all!" Elder Duoyin exclaimed angrily.
Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, his expression subtly changing before he said in a deep voice, "Even if the sect leader's death was not your fault, you may be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment."
Everyone looked at Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran slowly stepped forward: "The Kunlun Ring has fallen into your hands. Kunlun's most important treasure, built up over two hundred years, has been stolen, bringing shame upon Kunlun! You used gunpowder to break into the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gates, bringing shame upon Kunlun! Kunlun can no longer tolerate you. From this day forward, you are expelled from Kunlun."
After unfollowing, Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin both looked at Elder Xiao Ran.
Elder Xiao Ran: "You shall relinquish all Kunlun mental cultivation techniques and martial arts, and leave Kunlun forever. From this day forward, whatever you do in the martial world is unrelated to Kunlun! If you disobey, you will be a traitor to Kunlun, and all disciples of the Kunlun Sect will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"
"Elder!" Pang Jiuyun had just opened his mouth when Xiao Ran pushed him away with a flick of his sleeve.
Immediately, disciples stepped forward and detained Pang Jiuyun.
He unfollowed his seriously injured junior uncle, then looked at Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin, his eyes bloodshot as if they were being quenched with fire.
— To safeguard the fishing techniques and skills of my master, so that they may not be lost...
He gritted his teeth and unfollowed her, saying, "The death of my master."
Elder Xiao Ran snorted, "That's a matter within my Kunlun Sect. We'll investigate it thoroughly; it has nothing to do with you!"
"Ah Guan," his junior uncle called out to him.
He stepped forward and helped up his seriously injured junior uncle.
"Elder, I want to pay my respects to my master before I leave." This was his final request before unfollowing me.
"No one who is not a disciple of my sect is allowed to enter or leave the Kunlun Sect!" Xiao Ran refused.
The other elders also turned away in anger.
Unfollow suddenly burst into laughter, causing everyone around to freeze. Unfollow continued to laugh, and Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin felt as if a blunt instrument had slashed through their hearts.
He unfollowed his junior uncle with one hand and patted his own chest with the other.
"Unfollow!" Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin shouted.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, then looked up at the Elders' Hall: "I have abolished the Kunlun Sect's martial arts. From now on, I will never use anything from Kunlun again. Junior Uncle is seriously injured, and I'm sure you all won't treat him well. I'm taking Junior Uncle away."
"Unfollow!" Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin's voices trembled.
He was barely breathing, his gaze not on the two of them, but on the Elders' Hall, yet only they could understand what he was saying.
“I once said that no matter what Kunlun becomes, I will stay.” Unfollowed softly: “I can’t stay, but I believe that even an ant can shake a tree, and a small flame can light up the stars.”
Pang Jiuyun and Song Jin's eyes were red.
Unfollowing them is a way of telling them that it's not over, and it won't end.
At least they're still here...
After unfollowing him and turning around, she weakly helped her seriously injured junior uncle walk slowly away from the mountain gate.
Along the way, all the Kunlun disciples stepped back and made way, without blocking or helping them.
Unfollow with a light laugh.
Upon reaching the main hall, Qu Guan and his junior uncle looked back one last time, for from that point onward, there was no turning back.
"Ah Guan," Junior Uncle said softly.
"Let's go." He gritted his teeth and turned around.
The steps of Kunlun were very high and very long. Every step felt like walking on a knife's edge. His vision blurred and the burden on his shoulders grew heavier and heavier.
Just as he was about to fall, another arm helped up his junior uncle.
He turned his head and saw Pang Jiuyun.
"Senior Brother Jiuyun?" He looked at him in surprise. Going down the mountain to help him at this time meant there was no turning back. Originally, he was the most likely successor to the Kunlun Sect Leader. But after this trip back, he would have no chance of succeeding as the Kunlun Sect Leader.
Pang Jiuyun said gently, "I'll see you and Junior Uncle off on your way."
“Jiuyun…” he choked up.
"Live well, and leave the rest to me and Song Jin," Pang Jiuyun said in a deep voice.
He nodded.
That was his last stretch in Kunlun, until the majestic Kunlun Mountains disappeared at the edge of the horizon...
[Author's Note]
There is never just one villain.
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This chapter also includes a red envelope giveaway; this storyline has ended.
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