Chapter 46: The testimony of the murdered wife (2)
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Zhu Qingchen hurried over, but was still a step late.
He tapped his toes lightly, his clothes rising and falling, and walked quickly towards Lu Nanxing.
Lu Nanxing fell to the ground and was surrounded by Xuantian Sect disciples. His body was covered in blood and dust and he looked extremely miserable.
Zhu Qingchen recalled the method of healing injuries, made a gesture, and used it on Lu Nanxing first.
Lu Nanxing only felt a stream of extremely clear spiritual energy pouring from his forehead and entering his limbs and bones. Wherever the spiritual energy passed, it felt warm.
His jaw and arms that had been removed were also restored. Lu Nanxing quickly untied the ropes on his body and stood up from the ground.
He wanted to run to Zhu Qingchen, but the second elder raised his hand to block his way and prevent him from passing.
Everyone was puzzled: "Who is this?"
"Didn't he say he had no sect or school? Where did this master come from?"
The second elder stepped forward and looked at Zhu Qingchen intently: "May I know who you are?"
The person who came was dressed in jade-white with wide sleeves, his white hair was like a waterfall, his clothes were fluttering, he was dignified and elegant, and his bearing was extraordinary.
The Second Elder was such a snobbish person that he could tell at a glance that he was different from Lu Nanxing and was not someone who could be easily provoked.
The voices became much softer.
Zhu Qingchen stood in front of him with his sleeves gathered up and said seriously, "His master."
"This little thief just said that he has no sect or school. I wonder what sect you belong to?"
Zhu Qingchen paused for a moment and asked the system in his mind: "Which sect am I from?"
The system also paused: "Well... you don't have any sect or school either."
Zhu Qingchen:?
The system quickly said, "Although you are a casual cultivator, you are also highly respected in the cultivation world. Just report the name of 'Jade Purity Immortal Venerable'. The identity I assign to you will not be wrong."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head, looked at the second elder, and said softly: "I have no sect or school..."
The Second Elder's expression immediately became contemptuous, and the Xuantian Sect disciples also began to whisper.
"I thought it was someone else, but it turns out he's just like him."
"You act so impressive, but it turns out you are just a useless person without any sect or school."
“…”
Zhu Qingchen paused, and then said calmly: "My Taoist name is Yuqing. My fellow Taoists call me 'Yuqing Immortal Venerable', but I am ashamed to accept it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second elder's expression became stern. The other juniors didn't know his name yet, so they asked the fellow disciples next to them.
"Who is Yuqing Immortal Venerable? I've never heard of him. Did he name himself?"
"Shut up, don't blaspheme the Immortal Lord."
The disciple who knew the inside story whispered, "Hundreds of years ago, spiritual energy was very thin, there were no sects, and all the cultivators were independent cultivators."
"Later, the devil appeared in the world and wreaked havoc on the human world. The cultivators went down the mountain to subdue the devil and seal the devil in the Demon Abyss. That’s how the current world of cultivation came into being."
"What about Jade Purity Immortal?"
"The Jade Purity Immortal Venerable was only eighteen years old at the time. He guarded Liuyun Peak with one sword and blocked thousands of demons from entering the peak."
"Where is Liuyun Mountain? How come I have never heard of this mountain? Is it just a bluff?"
"Liuyun Mountain is now Qixia Mountain. Qixia Mountain stretches for thousands of miles. Jade Purity Immortal killed demons and the blood stained the flowing clouds, so it was later renamed 'Qixia Mountain'."
People who practice Taoism have sharp ears and sharp eyes, and Zhu Qingchen also listened to it.
The system asked for credit: "How is it? The identity I arranged for you this time is not bad, right?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly: "Yeah."
The disciple then said, "The Jade Purity Immortal Venerable is of the same generation as the founder of the Xuantian Sect. If we are to be honest, the Second Elder should call him 'Little Uncle Master'."
When the second elder heard this, his expression changed.
Zhu Qingchen smiled at the second elder.
"Counting it up, Yuqing Immortal Venerable is 250 years old this year."
Zhu Qingchen:?
He turned his head and said, "System, can you explain to me why I am an idiot?"
The system anticipated that he would be angry, and flew away with a whoosh: "Take care of things here first, and I'll explain the idiot to you later."
Zhu Qingchen turned around and met the unfriendly gaze of the Second Elder.
"The Jade Purity Immortal has been in seclusion for a hundred years. Others don't even know whether he is alive or dead. You came and said you are the Jade Purity Immortal and that this little thief is your disciple. I'm afraid it's someone else pretending to be you..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Nanxing saw the movement of his hands and suddenly shouted, "Xianzun, be careful!"
The next second, the second elder raised his palm to strike, but Zhu Qingchen subconsciously raised his hand to block his hand.
The system shouted at the side: "Host, use your health-preserving Five Animals Exercises! I have given you a secret manual!"
Zhu Qingchen pushed his hand away, dissipated the oncoming force, and with a backhand palm, knocked the second elder back three steps.
Zhu Qingchen looked down at his hands, and the system continued to take credit: "This is the Immortal Cultivation Version of the Five Animal Play that I specially customized for you, so that you can quickly integrate into the Immortal Cultivation World."
"Not bad." Zhu Qingchen took back his hand and smiled at the second elder, "Thank you."
Now, the Second Elder no longer dared to worry about whether he was impersonating the Jade Purity Immortal.
No one stopped him. Lu Nanxing immediately ran to Zhu Qingchen and bowed to him: "Thank you, Immortal Lord. If you hadn't come today, I'm afraid they would have taken me back and tortured me into confessing."
"You're welcome." Zhu Qingchen turned to look at him and asked softly, "I'm Zhu Qingchen, do you want to be my disciple?"
Lu Nanxing was stunned for a moment:?
What?
He originally thought that the Immortal Venerable was merely helping someone in need when he saw injustice, so why would he ask him this?
Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously and asked again: "Do you want to be my disciple?"
"I do..." Lu Nanxing nodded blankly, "Of course I do."
"Then we are master and apprentice from now on."
After quickly confirming the relationship, Zhu Qingchen turned to look at the people from Xuantian Sect.
The second elder was defeated and bowed quickly, "Greetings, Immortal Lord. I was blind and didn't recognize the great man."
Zhu Qingchen did not answer, but clasped his hands and looked at him seriously.
At this time, a small voice came from the crowd: "Even if he is the disciple of Yuqing Immortal Venerable, the fact that the eldest brother has become like this is not unrelated to him."
Zhu Qingchen turned his head following the voice.
I saw a boy of about sixteen or seventeen, wearing the same uniform as the disciples, supporting Xu Fangting, who was covered in blood.
The disciples hurriedly advised: "Little Junior Brother, please stop talking."
The second elder also rebuked: "Mingzhu, shut up!"
The system introduced Zhu Qingchen: "This is the junior brother who grew up with the senior brother as a child, Shen Mingzhu."
The one who teamed up with Xu Fangting to steal Lu Nanxing's golden elixir.
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly and looked at the second elder. "That's great. We should also sort this matter out."
Zhu Qingchen protected Lu Nanxing behind him: "My disciple just said it clearly, he is Xu Fangting's savior, he saw Xu Fangting being chased and stepped forward to save Xu Fangting, you are ungrateful and slander my disciple instead, how can you explain this?"
The second elder said, “Please forgive me, Immortal Venerable. We didn’t know that this person was your disciple. And… seeing that he looked plain and hadn’t yet formed a pill, we thought that he…”
As the Second Elder spoke, his voice became quieter.
Zhu Qingchen asked back, "You thought he didn't have the ability to fight off the monster, so you insisted that he drugged Xu Fangting in order to curry favor with the rich and powerful?"
Everyone nodded: "...Yes."
Zhu Qingchen couldn't help laughing: "Can't you check for yourself whether what he said is true or not?"
He strode forward, and Shen Mingzhu, holding Xu Fangting, couldn't help but step back.
Zhu Qingchen pinched the corner of Xu Fangting's sleeve with disgust and lifted his sleeve up, revealing the wounds on his body caused by the monster's claws.
"Can't you tell what caused the wounds on his body?"
"Can't you smell the strong aphrodisiac scent of the wound and blood?"
"My apprentice was exhausted from saving him, can't you see that?"
"Do we still need to interrogate this? Isn't this obvious at a glance? Or do you think that you have lost face because our sect's senior brother was so seriously injured and in such a state of disgrace, so you just put all the blame on my disciple?"
"He is a mortal without any sect or school. We can just say that he framed our senior brother and caused him to be seriously injured. We can blame him for being treacherous and cunning, not our senior brother, right?"
These words clearly hit the mark among the disciples of Xuantian Sect.
After all, they are not stupid, they just don't want to lose face.
The disciples lowered their heads, blushed, and said nothing more.
As soon as Zhu Qingchen finished speaking, the sound of orderly footsteps was heard not far away.
The people from Xiaoyao Sect have arrived.
This is the territory of Xiaoyao Sect. They made a big noise here, so the patrolling disciples of Xiaoyao Sect reported it immediately. After a while, the patrolling disciples arrived.
The Xiaoyao Sect and the Xuantian Sect have been at odds for a long time. Now seeing that the eldest brother from the opposite sect was seriously injured, the disciples couldn't help but laugh out loud.
They stood by and watched with swords in their hands.
The second elder whispered to Zhu Qingchen, "Immortal Lord, can we discuss this matter after returning to the sect? I..."
"No." Zhu Qingchen said sternly, "You first slandered my apprentice, then beat him up, this matter is not over yet."
Zhu Qingchen threw away Xu Fangting's sleeve and said, "I just want to ask you one question, who hurt him?"
The Xuantian Sect disciple quickly said, "It's a monster."
They bowed to Lu Nanxing and said, "We have wronged you this time. We are truly sorry."
Zhu Qingchen looked at the Second Elder, who bowed reluctantly, “I’m sorry.”
Lu Nanxing had always been by Zhu Qingchen's side. Seeing that he had finally cleared his name, he heaved a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Immortal Venerable."
"And..." Zhu Qingchen turned and looked at Xu Fangting.
Xu Fangting looked at Shen Mingzhu, who was dying, and fainted, leaning on her shoulder.
Shen Mingzhu supported Xu Fangting and was already a little unsteady on his feet. Seeing Zhu Qingchen looking over, she hurriedly said, "Brother is seriously injured, please save him, Immortal Lord!"
He had just seen it with his own eyes. Lu Nanxing was lying on the ground, unable to move, but with a wave of Jade Purity Immortal's hand, he became full of life again.
The eldest brother was injured so badly that he must have lost a lot of his cultivation. If he could be treated by the Immortal Venerable, he would definitely...
The next second, Zhu Qingchen raised his hand and slapped Xu Fangting under Shen Mingzhu's earnest gaze.
Loud and crisp.
"Before the people came, what were you doing lying on my apprentice? As soon as they came, you immediately fainted and didn't even have the energy to clarify a word?"
"What? This monster is aphrodisiac, but it also has a sense of shame and can recognize whether there are people around? When there is no one around, you are full of energy, but when there are people around, you immediately become sick and seriously injured? This monster is so sensible, it is simply a wonder in the world!"
"Life and death must come before death. You are seriously injured and dying, and you still have the energy to humiliate others? This is illogical, Senior Brother of Xuantian Sect."
As if they were enlightened by Zhu Qingchen's words, everyone looked at Xu Fangting.
Yes, the person is dying. Even if he was poisoned by an aphrodisiac, he would just die of heat and suffocation. How could someone be seriously injured and dying and yet still bully others?
Unless it's fake.
Zhu Qingchen had said so much, Xu Fangting had no choice but to slowly open his eyes and said to Zhu Qingchen "weakly": "The Immortal Master misunderstood, I am indeed..."
He was indeed conscious.
He woke up when Lu Nanxing was drawing the teleportation formation.
If he had lured the monster away at that time and given Lu Nanxing time to concentrate on drawing the formation, they would have escaped faster.
But he really didn't want to take any more risks, so he simply hid behind Lu Nanxing and let him deal with the monsters while drawing the formation.
Later, when they arrived at the cave, Lu Nanxing fainted. He had been trying hard to suppress the poison in his body, but suddenly he remembered what the elders of the sect had told him.
He was already twenty years old, and his cultivation had reached a bottleneck. The best way now was to -
Killing his wife to prove his truth.
He was reluctant to kill the junior fellow apprentice who grew up with him, so...
He no longer suppressed the toxins in his body, but instead deliberately catalyzed them and pounced on Lu Nanxing.
He thought that he had no choice but to do so and he would compensate Lu Nanxing.
Unfortunately, before he could do anything, people from the sect arrived, including his junior brother.
He could only close his eyes and pretend to faint from serious injury.
Later, when he heard that the second elder wanted to bring Lu Nanxing back to the sect for careful interrogation, he came up with another plan.
Let Lu Nanxing suffer a little, then clear the matter up, rescue him, and become his Taoist partner.
In this way, others will not say that he is taking advantage of the chaos, but will praise him for his loyalty and righteousness.
Unfortunately, Zhu Qingchen saw through his plan at a glance.
Zhu Qingchen laughed and turned to look at the others.
"People who cultivate immortality have clear eyes and ears, and their hearts are as clear as a mirror, but what about you?"
"He keeps saying 'innocent', and he only cares about face, and he casually accuses good people. What kind of good guy is Xu Fangting? He took advantage of the chaos to bully his savior, and my apprentice wants to flatter him?"
After all, Zhu Qingchen is of higher seniority, so when he gives a lecture, his subordinates have to bow their heads and listen, no matter if they obey or not.
"I have only been away from the mountain for a few years, and the cultivation world has become so chaotic. Bullying others and repaying kindness with enmity are not what cultivators do. If you practice like this, you will not be able to ascend even if you practice for ten thousand years, let alone a hundred or a thousand years."
Xu Fangting held on to his body and staggered to Zhu Qingchen. "This is all caused by me. It's my fault. Please calm down and don't take your anger out on others."
"Why are you taking your anger out on others? You were wrong in the first place, but others were accomplices. I am not taking my anger out on others. I am angry in a righteous way." Zhu Qingchen glanced at him. "You know what you are thinking."
When Xu Fangting heard him say this, his heart sank.
Could it be that this Jade Pure Immortal had the ability to read minds? And had he seen what was going on in his mind?
No, Xu Fangting turned around and gently asked Shen Mingzhu to hold him.
Zhu Qingchen pulled Lu Nanxing and said to everyone, "My disciple saved Xu Fangting, but was bullied by Xu Fangting and slandered by your Xuantian Sect."
"This matter is obvious, and there is only this one explanation. If I hear any more nonsense about trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful or deliberately drugging someone, I will recognize you, but my sword will not recognize you."
As soon as Zhu Qingchen finished speaking, the long sword on his back made a clanging sound and came out of the sheath half an inch.
The system is cooperating with him.
Zhu Qingchen looked at the Xiaoyao Sect disciples standing far away and said, "Laur and the others, please bear witness to what happened today."
"Of course!" Xiaoyao Sect would not miss any opportunity to mock Xuantian Sect. "Don't worry, Immortal Venerable. We are all witnesses to what happened today. If they dare to go out and talk nonsense, we will report it to you immediately."
Zhu Qingchen felt relieved.
The second elder of Xuantian Sect tried to salvage the situation a little: "It is indeed our fault today. We will return to the sect immediately to set up a banquet to apologize to the Immortal Lord. Would the Immortal Lord do us the honor…"
"No need." Zhu Qingchen pulled Lu Nanxing to leave. Before leaving, he took a last look at the second elder of Xuantian Sect and other disciples, "The first sect in the cultivation world, it looks beautiful on the outside, but it's rotten inside."
"Being stubborn and repaying kindness with enmity is definitely not the path to ascending to heaven. This is all I have to say. Whether you can understand it depends on you."!
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