Chapter 28
If it really is targeting Tianyu Mountain, then Tianyu Mountain has far too many enemies.
Before he could think any further, the man's dagger stabbed straight at his face. Zhou Xuanzhi had no choice but to retreat and create distance. He took out several talismans from his pocket, which formed an array that trapped the man.
The man's dagger struck the array several times, but he couldn't break it. His gaze towards Zhou Xuanzhi was filled with rage. "This isn't a technique from Tianyu Mountain?"
"This method comes from the Qingxu Sect. I once sought instruction from Senior Brother Shen Junning of the Qingxu Sect." As Zhou Xuanzhi said this, he kept a close eye on the man's expression.
As expected, the man revealed a mocking smile. He then pricked his finger and drew a talisman in the air. The talisman merged into Zhou Xuanzhi's formation, and the formation's light dimmed, rendering it ineffective.
Previously, it hadn't been confirmed, but now that he had witnessed this move, Zhou Xuanzhi was certain of the man's identity. However, he still had some doubts, but there was no rush. They wouldn't die today, and neither would Miss Ma.
Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi's unmoved demeanor, the man was quite confused about what he planned to do next, but he wasn't in a hurry.
Seeing the man's confident demeanor, Zhou Xuanzhi deliberately took two steps back, feigning fear. The man, seeing this, scoffed, "This is the disciple of the Tianyu Mountain elders? Nothing special."
As soon as he finished speaking, an array appeared around Zhou Xuanzhi—the same one he had just used to trap the man. However, this array was much more powerful than the one he had just used.
Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi trapped, Shi Yunzhou couldn't care less about Miss Ma trapped within the barrier. Watching as the expert forced Miss Ma's soul out of her body and locked it in a black box, he hesitated for a moment before finally arriving at Zhou Xuanzhi's side.
"How are you?" Shi Yunzhou stood in front of Zhou Xuanzhi, blocking the man's view of him.
"I'm fine, and I've confirmed their identities." Zhou Xuanzhi straightened his back, looking at the man in the barrier and the young man blocked by Shi Yunzhou, and continued, "Do you remember when Master killed a traitorous disciple of Tianyu Mountain?"
That happened over seven hundred years ago; the young man before him didn't seem that old. Those within the barrier might even be their descendants. He glanced at the two: "You mean they're descendants of that traitor?"
Before Zhou Xuanzhi could answer, he muttered to himself, "No wonder their moves looked familiar."
The young man didn't care what they were saying. The barrier had already dissipated, and the middle-aged man went inside to talk to the Gou couple.
"Don't you think it's too late now that you know?" As the young man spoke, he expanded the formation that had trapped Zhou Xuanzhi, including Shi Yunzhou.
"You all stay here and behave yourselves!" he said, then headed towards the outer courtyard.
Everyone is currently locked up together and there's no immediate danger. Zhou Xuanzhi, seeing Shi Yunzhou's injuries, asked, "How are you? Where are the people outside?"
"I'm fine, but they aren't," Shi Yunzhou replied. However, his gaze remained fixed on the middle-aged man.
He wasn't even born back then, so he didn't know what that rebellious disciple looked like, or what the person from the Qingxu Sect looked like. Therefore, he didn't know if this person was a descendant of that person.
Everyone who had been involved in the matter remained silent, except for Shi Wanqing, who was willing to speak. He approached Zhou Xuanzhi and asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhou Xuanzhi shook his head and whispered, "There aren't many people who can simultaneously decipher both the Tianyu Mountain Sword Technique and the Qingxu Sect's talismans, and only they also harbor hatred towards Master." Didn't they just implicitly admit it?
Tianyu Mountain once had a prodigy, a little girl picked up by an outer disciple. She rose from outer disciple to inner disciple, then was accepted as a disciple by an elder, becoming one of the candidates to succeed the next sect leader—every step of her life was legendary. In fact, the woman initially admired by Tianyu Mountain was not Shi Wanqing, but her senior sister, Wen Sushu.
However, she later went astray in her pursuit of absolute power, was scorned by the immortal sects and hunted down by her own sect, and her ending was truly lamentable.
It was also because of her that Tianyu Mountain and Qingxu Sect had little contact for hundreds of years. Not because Shi Wanqing killed Ding Xiuyuan, a disciple of Qingxu Sect, but because of awkwardness.
In this matter, no one quite understands Ding Xiuyuan's thought process. He clearly knew what Wen Sushu had done, yet he still gave up everything and followed her to the mortal world to help her do whatever she wanted.
It was unclear what had suddenly occurred to Shi Yunzhou, but his eyes gleamed as he looked at Zhou Xuanzhi. He'd only ever seen that look in Xiao Mu's eyes before—the look Xiao Mu would give after uncovering some gossip. He heard his junior brother say, "What do you think about selling this information to Xiao Mu?"
Zhou Xuanzhi seemed to foresee a scene where a storybook titled "My Wife is a Demon" would become popular after Tianyu Mountain.
Zhou Xuanzhi sighed and stopped answering. This matter was kept secret by Tianyu Mountain and Qingxu Sect more than seven hundred years ago. He had heard his master mention it; back then, both major sects issued kill orders against their disciples simultaneously. Those who knew the inside story at the time all sighed at Ding Xiuyuan.
"But have they established a sect?" Zhou Xuanzhi was curious when he saw the group of disciples from the outer courtyard helping each other to the inner courtyard, ignoring them who were trapped in the formation.
Looking at those cultivators and recalling their well-trained formation, Shi Yunzhou didn't know either; both of them were just guessing. He nodded, "Probably! Could it be that they really have descendants?"
Thinking about his master's personality, and seeing those people listening to the middle-aged man's reprimand and then leaving, Zhou Xuanzhi became certain that the two people from back then did indeed have descendants, "either children or disciples."
Everyone says that the master was indeed very brave in the battle to defend the mountain gate back then, but it has to be admitted that she was sometimes soft-hearted. If she had eliminated all the threat back then, would this scene not have happened today?
Shi Yunzhou couldn't voice his true feelings; that was his master, the one who taught him skills and removed demonic energy from him. If his master hadn't saved him back then, he would have long since become a demon, hated and killed by everyone.
"What exactly is their purpose?" Now that they know the identities of these people, they have some guesses about their motives. "Could it be that they think it was wrong for our Tianyu Mountain to kill their master or parents? Is it wrong for them to absorb the life essence of mortals?"
"Perhaps, such hatred is indeed worth spending more than seven hundred years on." Zhou Xuanzhi naturally knew that the two traitors had done wrong, but killing them was killing them. In the eyes of their disciples or children, they were good people.
If they truly believed this and dedicated over seven hundred years to it, that's no small feat. It also means that none of these people can be spared; they must be eradicated completely.
Alright, the situation that wasn't resolved over seven hundred years ago will be cleaned up by Tianyu Mountain today. But the more they think about it, the more they feel cheated. Qingxu Sect was also involved in what happened back then, so they should at least contribute some effort today!
"How do we contact the Qingxu Sect?" Looking at his and his senior brother's injuries, Shi Yunzhou was very annoyed. There was still a mess that their Qingxu Sect hadn't cleaned up! Back then, their master dealt with it, and now her disciples had to do it too. Did they think the Qingxu Sect was just going to sit back and reap the benefits?
The matter in Jianye Town is not over yet. Those who were nailed to the wall still do not know who killed them.
I couldn't hear the sounds outside clearly, so when I looked up I saw the young man, but I didn't know when he had arrived.
Since he had come, he must have something to discuss. Knowing the man's identity, Zhou Xuanzhi made no attempt to hide it. He approached the man and asked, "How should I address you, sir?"
“Ding Jiangyi,” the man replied.
Now the two could hear the sounds outside clearly, most of which were the insults from the Gou family's servants, which Ding Jiangyi must have done on purpose.
The surname is Ding, so it seems my guess was right. Zhou Xuanzhi nodded and asked again, "I wonder what the relationship is between Cultivator Ding and Senior Ding Xiuyao?"
Ding Jiangyi looked at Zhou Xuanzhi with amusement, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said jokingly, "Didn't you already know? So why are you still talking to me?"
Zhou Xuanzhi's words were thus cut off, but he quickly replied with a smile in the other party's manner: "Naturally, it's to find out your purpose."
"For example, what have you done in the past seven hundred years? What are you going to do to Young Master Gou? And will you make trouble for Tianyu Mountain and Qingxu Sect?"
Zhou Xuanzhi's series of questions left Ding Jiangyi somewhat at a loss. Logically speaking, the one with the thick skin should be Shi Yunzhou, who is currently in the Illusionary Sea.
"you guess?"
Zhou Xuanzhi approached the array barrier and whispered, "My guess is that whatever your purpose is, you will fail."
Ding Jiangyi's face was grim. He looked at Zhou Xuanzhi and asked coldly, "Do you really think I won't kill you?"
Seeing the other party's unfriendly expression, Zhou Xuanzhi laughed loudly, "Since we dared to break into the Gou family, we didn't expect to leave alive."
Shi Yunzhou also came to Zhou Xuanzhi's side at this time, put his hand on his senior brother's shoulder, and looked at Ding Jiangyi and said: "No matter what your purpose is, it is unlikely to be achieved."
This time, it was Ding Jiangyi who burst into laughter. He looked at the two of them and said, "Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? Can you really save that girl this time?"
They collected Miss Ma's soul into a black box, and no one knew what they were doing with it. However, by using this method to separate the soul from the body, they had a chance to save her as long as it didn't exceed three days.
Ding Jiangyi turned around and waved his hand without looking at them, "You should think about yourselves!"
Su Qiwen has now moved out of the Ye family's house and rented a room next door to settle down temporarily. While he was studying, he heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Xiao Mu.
"Cultivator Xiao?" The fog had lifted from Jianye Town these past two days, and the weather was fine. Xiao Mu, looking somewhat disheveled with sweat on his brow, smiled and said, "Young Master Su, it's been a long time. How have you been?"
He had spent some time with Xiao Mu before and knew his character well; he wouldn't come knocking without a reason. So he asked, "Is there something you need, Cultivator Xiao?"
Xiao Mu smiled and nodded, "There is indeed something I'd like to trouble you with."
Su Qiwen invited Xiao Mu into the room, poured him a cup of tea, and said, "It's not very good tea, please don't mind, Cultivator Xiao."
After Xiao Mu explained his purpose, Su Qiwen felt somewhat uneasy.
"I won't force you on this. If you feel uncomfortable, you can..." Su Qiwen interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.
"I will do my utmost."
Xiao Mu stood up and thanked Su Qiwen, "Thank you, Young Master Su. With your help, the matter in Jianye Town will be resolved soon."
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