Helian Kuang sighed deeply, "That happened a long time ago!"
"That Fu Shengyuan is my junior brother!"
Lan Hua wasn't too surprised.
He had already guessed the old man's various relationships with the Immortal Talisman Sect, with the most likely being that they were fellow disciples.
"Could it be that they fell out over the position of sect leader?"
Helian Kuang nodded slowly, "Although it's not perfect, it's not far off!"
"Back when the evil spirits ravaged the Eastern Region, it just so happened that the Immortal Talisman Sect was selecting its next sect leader. Fu Shengyuan and I were the two people on whom the hopes were placed!"
"My junior brother and I are evenly matched, so it's difficult to determine who should be the sect leader based solely on cultivation level!"
"So Master came up with a plan: whoever kills an evil spirit first will be the next sect leader!"
Lan Hua asked in surprise, "Could this be from thirty years ago?"
"It's been too long, I can't remember!"
"I went down the mountain to find the evil spirit, but I encountered two at once. I had no choice but to kill them both!"
"But those two evil spirits were quite powerful, both possessing the strength of the Yuan Dan realm. At that time, I was only at the mid-stage of the Yuan Dan realm!"
"I originally intended to kill one and then slip away, but those two evil spirits worked together seamlessly!"
"As you can probably guess, that battle was extremely brutal. I not only lost my left arm, but I also went blind in my right eye!"
Lan Hua was taken aback. Those were two evil spirits at the Yuan Dan realm, possessing the power of corrupted essence, and they were not easy to deal with.
Helian Kuang was able to kill two evil spirits in one fell swoop. How intense must that scene have been, and how abnormal must his strength have been?
"What about Fu Shengyuan?"
Helian Kuang smiled bitterly, "To my surprise, he also killed two evil spirits. Although he was seriously injured, he was a hundred times better off than me!"
Lan Hua asked curiously, "The evil spirit that Fu Shengyuan killed, could it be some trash?"
Helian Kuang shook his head. "No, it was just as powerful as the evil spirit I killed!"
"Seeing how badly I was injured, my master would never pass the position of sect leader to me, so my junior brother gained my master's approval!"
Lan Hua was puzzled, "Senior, you can create your own talisman techniques, and your strength is not much different from Fu Shengyuan's, so why are you so badly injured while Fu Shengyuan is perfectly fine?"
Helian Kuang's expression suddenly changed. "Later, I found out that it was Junior Sister who helped him kill the evil spirit!"
"Junior Sister?"
Lan Hua was a little confused. Suddenly, a junior sister appeared. It seemed that this was a big surprise.
Remembering that she had brought barbecue, Lan Hua quickly poured two large glasses of cloudy wine.
After devouring a whole skewer of food and downing a drink, Helian smiled wryly and said:
"Perhaps it was fate, but my junior brother and I both fell in love with our junior sister, who is none other than our master's daughter!"
"Perhaps it's because my junior brother and I are too outstanding that my junior sister has been wavering between the two of us!"
"Just like Master, who was unsure who to choose as the next sect leader!"
Lan Hua suppressed a laugh, looking somewhat pained, "This old geezer is quite adorable!"
What is the truth?
Helian Kuang said with distress, "I was seriously injured and resting quietly when my junior sister came to my room and told me the whole story!"
"It turns out that the night before my junior brother and I went down the mountain, my junior brother went to see my junior sister alone and made a life-or-death promise to her, which is what won her heart!"
"So the next day, the junior sister secretly followed her junior brother down the mountain, and at the crucial moment, she helped him kill an evil spirit!"
Lan Hua sighed, "Fu Shengyuan really understands women!"
"What happens next?"
Helian Kuang suppressed his anger and said, "After learning the truth, I was furious and wanted to seek justice from my master!"
"But what good is that? Although my junior brother easily killed two evil spirits by cheating, I've already lost an arm and gone blind in one eye!"
"With his condition so severe, he can never become the next sect leader!"
"Although Master punished Junior Brother, it was only punishment; the position of Sect Master was ultimately passed on to Fu Shengyuan!"
"I was furious, but with my master there, I was helpless!"
Lan Hua could understand that Helian Kuang was already useless, and Fu Shengyuan was the most qualified person to succeed him as sect leader.
He suddenly felt that Helian Kuang was also a pitiful person, having not only lost his position as sect leader but also his beloved.
With both career and love suffering setbacks, it's not easy to simply survive.
Helian Kuang added, "The evil spirits that time were very powerful. Not only were there many of them, but there were also quite a few strong ones. Many people in our sect were killed or wounded!"
"Although Master quelled the chaos caused by the evil spirits, his foundation was damaged, and he passed away suddenly a year later!"
"With my master dead, I will declare war on Fu Shengyuan at his succession ceremony as sect leader!"
"And what was the result?" Lan Hua asked curiously.
Helian Kuang glanced at him, as if to say, "Isn't that obvious?"
"I had only recently recovered from my injuries when I lost an arm, which damaged my cultivation. Of course, I am no match for him!"
"My junior brother felt guilty and repeatedly urged me to stop, but I kept fighting harder and harder, and he still beat me to a pulp!"
"Finally, unable to vent my anger, I betrayed the Immortal Talisman Sect, vowing to return in the future!"
Lan Hua listened with great interest; Helian Kuang's past was so fascinating that it could easily be made into a TV series.
If he hadn't had to show a bit of sympathy, he would have loved to applaud.
Lan Hua asked curiously, "How did you meet Zhao Xing'er?"
"Three years ago, I returned to the back mountain and hid in this cave. By chance, I ran into that little girl, Xing'er!"
"Although this girl is kind-hearted, she is also quick-witted. After learning about my affairs, she did not expose me, so I occasionally gave her some pointers!"
"By the way, I'd like to ask her to find a suitable young man to carry on my legacy!"
Lan Hua took a swig of her drink. "Could I be the first person she brought along?"
"How could that be? Those who weren't suitable have had their memories erased and been sent away!"
"Old man, if I defeat Zhou Kai, will you really remove my Heart-Eating Talisman?"
"good!"
Lan Hua returned to the kitchen, and after finishing dinner, she began cultivating in her small, dilapidated room.
Helian Kuangchuan's lightning talisman was indeed powerful; he had practiced it for two hours and had only just begun to understand it.
He needs a few more days to be able to put it into practice; the remaining five days are crucial.
Suddenly, the communication jade talisman in Lan Hua's arms stirred.
"At this time, there probably won't be any orders coming in, right?"
Lan Hua picked up the communication jade talisman and saw that it was a message from Zhao Xueli.
"Strange, Zhao Xueli actually invited me to help him with an assassination mission?"
"Brother Zhao's cultivation has reached the ninth level of the Transformation Realm. Coupled with his sword control technique, assassinating a master of the first level of the Core Formation Realm wouldn't be too much of a problem!"
"Could it be that the mission he received this time is a tough one?"
Since Zhao Xueli invited him, it meant he thought highly of him, so he naturally couldn't refuse to give him face.
Lan Hua readily agreed.
The meeting point is Cangliang Mountain in the eastern region, a thousand miles away from Shuangsheng Mountain.
"That's the Shan family's territory. Are they planning to target the Shan family head?"
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