Chapter 72 The Traitor of the Peak Sect in Liuhuan Valley
In the mirror, five disciples dressed in identical robes stood together, seemingly discussing something.
The clothing looked somewhat familiar, but there were many sects participating in the spiritual cultivation competition, and Ji Mingran did not recognize them.
"It's them." Guan Wangzhen clicked his tongue in disdain: "Liuhuan Valley."
He poked his index finger at the mirror, magnifying it to clearly reflect a corner of the sleeve of a disciple from Liuhuan Valley participating in the trial, embroidered with a double lotus flower pattern. Guan Wangzhen said with utter disgust, "Someone from Medicine Valley? Bah!"
Ji Mingran: "What did they do to you again?" His disgust came out of nowhere. Although Guan Wangzhen never took other sects seriously, it was not for no reason that he would have such a negative feeling towards other sects.
“The grudge we have is huge,” Guan Wangzhen said coldly. “Three hundred years ago, a traitor from the Dingsheng Sect.”
"A traitor to the Dingsheng Sect?" Ji Mingran was surprised. Wasn't this referring to her master and boss, Jiang Xiaoyi? Rumor had it that her master had absconded with 100,000 inheritances of the Dingsheng Sect during its time of crisis, making him a notorious figure in the spiritual cultivation world for betraying his sect.
Even so, Guan Wangzhen had never shown such disgust when she mentioned her master before. How come there is another group of traitors?
Although the rumors about Boss Jiang were rampant and seemingly convincing, Ji Mingran did not believe that Boss Jiang was the kind of person who would do something like seizing the sect's inheritance. She had only heard a little about what happened back then from Guan Wangzhen, and although the sect's records left to her by her senior brother Sanyang were extremely detailed, they did not mention this part of history.
It's likely that this incident has deeply saddened him, and since he wasn't directly involved and didn't know the truth, he was unwilling to discuss it.
Therefore, Ji Mingran still doesn't know exactly what happened in Dingsheng Sect three hundred years ago.
She could only ask Guan Wangzhen, "What kind of explanation is this?"
"Back then, when Dingsheng Sect suffered a calamity, all the peak masters of the sect led the high-ranking disciples of their peaks to resist the heavenly tribulation. Among them were Jing Yaoyao, the former peak master of Lin Peak, and her former eldest disciple, Nanmen Hong." Guan Wangzhen said, "You should have met him. I heard that he was the leader of Liuhuan Valley this year."
There were quite a few people leading the team, but Ji Mingran only remembered a few of them and had no impression of Liuhuan Valley.
However... Ji Mingran raised an eyebrow: "The eldest disciple of Peak Master Linfeng is the leader of the Liuhuan Valley?"
“He was the only survivor of the calamity that year,” Guan Wangzhen said. “After witnessing the loss of the sect’s inheritance and the death of Uncle Jing, he took the disciples of Linfeng to Liuhuan Valley. Linfeng had already lost its sect’s inheritance, and his departure almost caused the Linfeng lineage to be cut off, leaving Dingsheng Sect without any medical practitioners.”
"Witnessed the loss of the sect's heritage with your own eyes?" Ji Mingran found it strange. When Dingsheng Sect encountered a great calamity, and the various peaks struggled to stabilize their regions and rushed to the treasure cave on Luanfeng Peak, the cave was empty, with only Senior Brother Xiao Sen, who had lost consciousness and whose body was intact, remaining.
How could rumors of Boss Jiang absconding with the sect's inheritance have spread?
Guan Wangzhen confirmed, "He is the eyewitness. When Liu Huangu asked him why he left Dingsheng Sect, he said that he personally witnessed Jiang Xiaoyi, the sect leader, killing his disciples and ransacking the treasure cave. With his master dead, the sect leader breaking his promise, and the inheritance lost, he became disillusioned with Dingsheng Sect and chose to leave and join Liu Huangu."
Therefore, all the rumors about Boss Jiang originated from him.
Ji Mingran stared at the twin lotus leaves and said slowly, "Then our feud has indeed become quite serious."
The disciples of Liuhuan Valley are arguing in the mirror.
One of the male cultivators, with a thin face, thick eyebrows, and large eyes, was their leader. He spoke up, "It can be confirmed that this is a breakthrough test. As long as we eliminate the ten-eyed bat demon beasts hiding in the forest, we can leave the test."
Guan Wangzhen pointed at him and said, "This is Yan Dongbai, Nanmen Hong's last disciple under Liuhuan Valley." He said with some regret, "Liuhuan Valley is full of medical cultivators, so dealing with them is not difficult."
Unfortunately, he is now forbidden from using magic, which restricts his abilities.
Ji Mingran listened attentively to the information that Ya Dongbai revealed in detail.
After carefully explaining the precautions for dealing with the Ten-Eyed Bat Demon Beast, Ya Dongbai began to assign tasks to the four Liuhuan Valley disciples: two would lie in wait along the path the Ten-Eyed Bat swarm was bound to take, while the other two would go to the Bat Cave to act as bait and lure them out of the cave.
As for the last remaining disciple, Ya Dongbai said gently to the beautiful female cultivator standing beside him, "Dan Niang, you are weak, just hide well."
Obvious bias.
Immediately, a disciple of Liuhuan Valley objected: "Now that we've reached the third round of the competition, does Senior Brother Ya have to take care of her too?" He rolled his eyes and said: "She's a burden. She clearly doesn't know anything, yet she's shamelessly stuck here until now."
"I..." the female cultivator called Dan Niang said weakly, "I..."
But Ya Dongbai immediately interrupted, saying in an unquestionable tone, "You all do as I say and go prepare for the ambush. In a quarter of an hour, once the Bewitching Pill is refined, I will give a signal, and everyone must respond immediately."
"Only Senior Brother Ya could refine a high-grade Bewitching Pill in such a short time." The other disciples clearly had great faith in Ya Dongbai, saying, "With the Bewitching Pill, we can take down even those bats with fifty eyes. Let's go."
Seeing that everyone was ready, the dissenting disciples had no choice but to drag themselves away reluctantly.
Ya Dongbai and Dan Niang remained where they were until the other three disciples disappeared from sight. Only then did Ya Dongbai finally make a move. He took out a storage bag from his waist and handed it to the person beside him: "Dan Niang."
Dan Niang silently nodded, took the storage bag, took out a small furnace from the bag, then sat down, holding the small furnace in both hands and meditating to concentrate.
Ji Mingran and Guan Wangzhen exchanged a puzzled glance and continued to wait in tacit agreement.
A quarter of an hour later, Dan Niang opened her eyes, a smile appearing on her lips. She opened the furnace and poured out ten lustrous pills.
Ya Dongbai took it, examined it carefully, and frowned, saying, "It's not in very good condition, but fortunately it's usable."
The smile that had been on her lips immediately faded, and Dan Niang said in a timid voice, "Is that so? I will be more focused next time."
"Hide well." Ya Dongbai walked away without looking back in the direction the other disciples of the Illusion Valley had left. "I will let you know after I join them and take down the bat monster."
"Okay." Dan Niang nodded hurriedly and left in a hurry.
After everyone left the spot, Guan Wangzhen readjusted the mirror's angle and asked Ji Mingran, "Didn't they say she had thick eyebrows and big eyes and was good at alchemy? How did it turn into this female cultivator? Didn't the others say she couldn't do anything?"
"But that's not the point. The point is, is it really true that they said they can break through the barrier by killing the bat monster?" Guan Wangzhen fiddled with the mirror for a long time, but nothing was projected onto it. "It seems that they have probably already gone beyond the range that the mirror can reach."
Ji Mingran couldn't answer any of Guan Wangzhen's questions. Staring at the mirror, another question arose in her mind: "Tell me, where is the only way for these ten-eyed bats to pass?"
The jungle they were in wasn't particularly large.
The direction that the two Liuhuan Valley disciples who were preparing to ambush her had headed seemed to be exactly the same direction that she and Guan Wangzhen were currently in.
The branches and leaves overhead thrashed violently.
Did they accidentally step on a dangerous path?
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