Chapter 79 The Test
Aju: "That's not necessary..."
He knew perfectly well that their master hated eating that the most.
The group reunited inside the hall and, through a brief explanation, learned that the imposter demon lord had gone into hiding.
"I've already sent my men to look for them," Yan Shiqun said. "But they alone might not be enough."
Ruan Linglai said, "Isn't it just finding someone? Leave it to us, take care of all the suspicious people..."
"Your Excellency!"
Before she could finish speaking, a demonic cultivator servant ran out of the door and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Xijing was found in the dungeon of Qianlun Mountain, but..."
"The dungeon? What could he be there?"
"Ah...it was us fools who were tricked into the dungeon by those impersonating you. It has been a forbidden area since the sealing of Qianlun Mountain. We only entered because you ordered us to be found..."
The separated goose cried out, "Bring it up!"
Bobo was startled, his eyes widening: "So the person who pretended to be possessed by the Demon Lord was Lord Xijing?"
Jie Zhoujian: "You can't say that. If the West View in the dungeon is the real West View, then this is obviously a lie that person told to protect himself."
Qingjue: "But is there anyone in this world more skilled in deception than Li Wei? He almost fooled the biggest villain."
Jie Zhoujian reminded him: "Master, Jieyou is a troublesome person, but his cultivation is below ours, so things are going very smoothly for him."
Ruan Linglai: "Ugh, this is so confusing, I'm getting dizzy... But... if that person impersonating my junior brother was doing this to protect himself, why didn't he just kill the person who was originally named Xijing, instead of locking him up in the dungeon?"
Aju: "Yes, although we still don't understand the current situation, after hearing what you've said, it's safer to kill him, right?"
Wen Tianyu also said, "Even if he wasn't killed, his cultivation should have been crippled or he should have been left half-crippled so that he could never get out of the dungeon... And how did he manage to contact the outside world? What was his purpose in doing all this?"
Jie Zhoujian's expression grew increasingly serious; he felt that the Demonic Sect was different from when he left.
But the guy who brought about these changes has gone into hiding and his whereabouts are unknown.
Qingjue also thought a lot, wondering how the Demonic Church would intervene in the original plot.
Because, at least for now, apart from the sealing of Qianlun Mountain, the other villains don't seem to be connected to the main storyline.
He also didn't believe they were powerful enough to communicate and cooperate with the people inside the seal.
However, it seems that sealing such a large area is still quite a challenge, since the restriction of this seal only closes Qianlun Mountain, and others can still carry out normal activities inside the mountain.
...In other words, the original villain's killing of the Demon Lord and sealing of Qianlun Mountain was just a fuse to bring out the traitors within Qianlun Mountain.
But would the original Demon Lord have been able to break the seal so easily without their help?
What would happen if he didn't break the seal?
The cult, with its internal and external supporters, followed and believed imposters in their rebellion, violently breaking through Qianlun Mountain.
It will surely be a scene of utter devastation and death.
At this moment, a large number of people were standing far away outside Qianlun Mountain.
The leader was dressed in a white Taoist robe, with a handsome appearance, a cloud-patterned jade pendant around his waist, and a sword called "Wangsheng Sword" in his hand.
Yun Yuelin arrived here with the rest of the Yun family.
"Young Master!" Yun Shu exclaimed, "The seal on Qianlun Mountain has been broken! Let's charge straight in...!"
"Don't be reckless," Yun Yuelin gave a look as a warning: "Not to mention that there are still embers of the Burning Fire within ten miles, which is obviously the work of that guy's disciple, secondly, although the seal has been broken, have you seen a demonic cultivator run out from inside?"
"...Yes, Yun Shu was too hasty...So we came here because..."
“A backup plan,” Yun Yuelin looked up again: “Qing Huli sent me a message the day before yesterday. With his personality, it’s impossible for him to go in without a backup plan.”
"...So we're just going to stand here and guard it?"
Yun Yuelin sniffed the air and said, "It smells of blood. They've already made their move. As long as no one leaves this area, we won't move. We'll prohibit all unrelated people from going in."
"Yes, Yunshu understands."
After a while, a member of the immortal sect rushed out from inside... or more accurately, an ordinary person without any cultivation.
He stumbled out, only to be stopped instantly by Yun Yuelin's men.
The servant boy who did odd jobs for the Fan family recounted what had just happened. After finishing, he kowtowed heavily again, begging Yun Yuelin to spare his life, just as he had done to Jie Zhoujian.
“The Fan family, it’s really true…” Yun Yuelin lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then said, “He really has no cultivation. The fact that he was able to walk out of here must mean that Qing Jue tacitly approved it. Let him go.”
The servant repeatedly expressed his gratitude for not killing him.
During the wait, Qingjue sensed something.
"Oh, he went out?" Qingjue asked Zhoujian, "Zhoujian, you let a servant with no cultivation go, right?"
"Yes, is there anything wrong with that? If Master is worried about potential problems, I can go after them now..."
"No, on the contrary, I would say that indiscriminate killing of innocent people is not like you," Qingjue waved his hand and said, "It's just that he had already left Qianlun Mountain by more than ten miles, and I sensed something, so I asked him."
Jie Zhoujian: "Hmm...Does Master think he's innocent? After all, he was just a handyman in the Fan family. His food, clothing, and daily necessities should all be provided by the Fan family. At the time, I was just..." He was thinking of his past self.
Perhaps imitating Qingjue's decision to spare him, he also spared the young man.
However, upon closer examination, this behavior is somewhat inappropriate and could indeed pose potential risks.
"This question..." Qingjue replied, "Perhaps they are innocent or not, but I wouldn't have cared about that in the past."
"Huh?" Aju couldn't help but say, "But Master, it's not just that Fan Aotian who has wicked thoughts, but the Fan family is also protecting him, aren't they? They even colluded with the fake Demon Lord... What do you mean by not caring whether he's innocent or not..."
“You’ve all misunderstood. I didn’t mean they were good people,” Qingjue explained. “They had to die. Those with a heart for revenge cannot be allowed to live. In this timeline, they were bad people who did wrong, and they deserved to die. It’s just that this matter itself was about filling a void in fate. From this perspective, perhaps they can be considered innocent.”
"I don't quite understand..." Ruan Linglai: "Making a mistake is just making a mistake, how can you call it making amends?"
Yan Shiqun: "They've started speaking in a language I can't understand..."
"Haha, don't take it to heart. The perspective I had just taken was from the viewpoint of an observer. But I'm not an observer now," Qingjue said, seeing their troubled and thoughtful expressions. This feeling was long-lost, as if he had returned to ten years ago, slowly raising these children.
"I am your master, the immortal lord of the people, the head of the Qing family, the friend of Young Master Chunhua, and the benefactor of Miss Muyuan... I didn't realize I had so many identities."
"In short, if it were me in the past, I would have analyzed it that way. I would have thought that it was all a drama... cough, fate, all fate. If it were me, I might have really struck that guy who didn't even have any cultivation, because I didn't care whether he was innocent or not. I only cared whether he would suddenly attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven after I let him go, receive guidance from some hermit master, and then come back to take revenge on me."
After all, these unimportant people were just NPCs in his eyes, but this kind of formulaic approach might appear in everyone.
"This is such an imaginative idea!" Yan Shiqun said. "Even storybooks wouldn't dare to write something like this."
"Who can say for sure?" Qingjue shrugged. "Maybe this kind of grassroots revenge story will be popular in the world thousands of years from now."
“Master wouldn’t do that,” Jie Zhoujian said firmly. “You wouldn’t do that, even if you only had a guess.”
Qingjue was stunned. For a moment, even the usually eloquent Qingjue couldn't reply: "..."
Jie Zhoujian laughed and said, "After all, there are many speculations about me, but Master still raised me with care. I know that, I have always known."
Yes, he had initially thought that Jie Zhoujian and the others might suddenly fall in love with their master in a heart-wrenching romance.
It now seems that his disciples are all very mentally healthy...
Wen Tianyu said, "Senior brother... you really like Master, all these years."
Jie Zhoujian said, "...Yes, I like Master, I've always liked Master."
Qingjue was about to speak, but then stopped himself...
well?
Aju: "Huh? Senior brother, you mean that? You mean that kind of liking..."
Jie Zhoujian nodded: "Yes, I've always liked it."
Wen Tianyu: "I think it's quite obvious."
Um? ?
"How cunning," Ruan Linglai said, "Doesn't that mean that Senior Brother likes Master more than we do? Sigh—but I clearly like Master and Senior Brother very much too."
Jie Zhoujian shook his head: "Yes, I want more, but I also like Linglai. Linglai is like my little sister."
"Hehe, I like my senior brother too. He's like an older brother to me."
ah? ? ?
Yan Shiqun: "Hey, you can't compare feelings like that... It's just an extra layer of love, it doesn't mean anything."
? ? ? ?
Aju: "Does Senior Brother want to marry Master?"
Jie Zhoujian glanced at Qingjue and said with a smile, "I didn't mean that. I just think that Master is also a very important person. I didn't want to marry Master, and I never said it was for love."
"Huh? Is that not it? Then we misunderstood..." Aju scratched his head: "Uh, I'm sorry, senior brother!"
Ruan Linglai: "I'm sorry, senior brother."
Wen Tianyu: "Is it a misunderstanding...?"
Yan Shiqun: "Next time, put the clarification at the beginning..."
Qingjue breathed a sigh of relief...
That was terrifying.
Because if it were someone else, Qingjue believed he could handle it perfectly, and even provide ideological education.
But that's during the daytime...
He said it so casually that no one else seemed to think anything was wrong, even though he had been so scared his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
If it's during the day... then things get tricky.
Thank goodness, it was just a misunderstanding. This brat, does he even know how to talk? Flirting like that so casually, do his parents know?
Oh, he's his parent...
Teasing parents could be disastrous for him! (Remove the osmanthus cake!)
"Your Majesty," a servant reported, "the person has been brought."
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