Chapter 44: The Upright Monk Who Doesn't Observe Martial Ethics
The news that the secret realm was going to open had spread everywhere these days, and both righteous and evil cultivators had received the news.
When the secret realm was opened that day, all the nearby sects, big and small, came, including more than 30 low-ranking evil sects.
One righteous disciple lamented, "The development of these evil cultivators is really getting faster and faster every year. In a few years, I'm afraid they will surpass us righteous cultivators."
Seeing that he looked like he had never seen the world, the other person kindly explained to him:
"My fellow Daoist, you don't know that these low-ranking, evil sects are just like leeks, cropping up one after another.
As long as their power doesn't grow, let them develop as they please. Their evil cultivators will fight a small group every two days and a big group every three days anyway, so they won't need us to do anything, they'll all die on their own."
"What about those evil sects that are larger in scale and have higher levels of cultivation?"
"That kind of thing is nothing to be afraid of. As long as our five righteous sects remain, the evil cultivators will not be able to cause any trouble.
Especially the Qingyun Sect, the most prominent sect in the righteous path. It is said that their sect's top genius, Zhong Hanshang, is only sixteen years old and has already reached the Nascent Soul stage."
"Then the future of our righteous sect can be said to be bright. Now these evil cultivators are nothing to be afraid of."
When the nine people from the Shadow Moon Sect arrived, there was no place to stand at the entrance of the secret realm. It was crowded with people.
The nine people were dressed in black and wore masks that only exposed their eyes, looking like evil cultivators.
"Didn't Senior Brother say that our Shadow Moon Sect is well-connected to both the black and white worlds? Why didn't the upright sect notify us to enter the secret realm this time?"
Lou Chongxiao said disapprovingly, "They're just afraid that we'll snatch their spots. I heard that many sects have already conducted early selections for the upright cultivators to enter the secret realm this time.
Although each small sect only has one or two foundation-building cultivators, the competition for the spots is still fierce."
"Also, I heard that many small sects have formed alliances privately. It's rare for a sect like ours to have nine of them."
Gao Huohuo agreed with what she heard. Third-level sects like the Shadow Sect where she used to be had places specifically for their disciples to train.
Therefore, this small secret realm has become a place that these small sects and schools compete for.
But once you enter the secret realm, there are no rules like in competitions outside. It is a fight to the death.
Anyone who can come out alive is either extremely strong or intelligent, and those are the talents that the sect should vigorously cultivate.
Every year when the small secret realm opens, some timid people dare not go in, so they run out during those few days to complete other tasks in order to avoid the fate of being killed for entering the secret realm.
Of course, most of them are brave. After all, the brave always win in the cultivation of Taoism.
Danger is often accompanied by opportunity; the greater the danger, the greater the opportunity.
Soon all the foundation-building monks received the notice from above and began to enter the secret realm one after another.
When Gao Huohuo and his group went in, there were not many foundation-building cultivators left outside.
As soon as I entered, I saw that a fierce fight had already taken place inside, between righteous cultivators and evil cultivators.
At this time, both sides were unprecedentedly united, both adhering to the idea of first uniting externally and then resolving internal conflicts.
When the evil cultivators saw Gao Huohuo and his nine companions coming in, they were very happy, while the righteous cultivators were frowning.
"Damn it, why are there so many evil cultivators? One batch coming in is evil, and the next batch coming in is still evil."
"Hey, newcomer, come to our side quickly. Be careful of those hypocritical people over there who might attack you."
After looking at the situation on both sides, it was obvious that there were more evil cultivators, and the way Gao Huohuo and the others were dressed, they could only go to the evil cultivators' side!
But the upright monks could not wait to take action, so they launched a sudden attack without waiting for them to approach.
Gao Huohuo and the eldest senior brother quickly blocked the first round of attacks.
Fourth senior brother Su Mo quickly threw out something like a shield to cover the nine of them.
"Isn't this an upright monk? Why doesn't he have martial ethics? And he even learned to use sneak attacks?"
As soon as Lou Chongxiao said this, the evil cultivators took the opportunity to start cursing.
The upright cultivators knew they were in the wrong and did not retaliate, but simply intensified their attacks, which made life difficult for the nine people from the Shadow Moon Sect who were still in the middle.
"Fourth Brother, how long can this thing of yours last?"
Hearing the little junior sister ask him, the fourth senior brother Su Mo silently stretched out five fingers.
Gao Huohuo felt relieved when he saw it.
"There's still five incense sticks of time left! Don't panic, let them fight for a while."
But just as they finished their words, the shield was broken by the attack, and the nine people hurriedly ran towards the evil cultivator.
When they finally stood in a safe area, Gao Huohuo looked at his fourth brother and asked in confusion:
"Fourth Senior Brother, didn't you say there were still five incense sticks left? How come it's so fast?"
Su Mo said embarrassedly, "Junior Sister, is it possible that you misunderstood? I was comparing the last five numbers."
Gao Huohuo has never doubted himself as much as he does now. Extending five fingers actually means counting down from five?
At this moment, her mother tongue is speechless.
"Big Brother, let's go now while no one is paying attention!"
Hearing what Seventh Senior Sister said, Gao Huohuo hurriedly walked up to her and comforted her:
"Don't worry, Seventh Senior Sister, we are still safe here, but we can't leave yet.
Just now, the righteous cultivators attacked us, but it was the evil cultivators who helped us. If we leave now, we will have a hard time moving forward in the secret realm.
After all, no matter if they are evil cultivators or righteous cultivators, they won’t like ungrateful people like us.”
After listening to Gao Huohuo's explanation, Seventh Senior Sister Lin Qingxue felt that it made sense and no longer asked to leave.
After persuading Senior Sister Seven, Gao Huohuo told his fellow senior brothers and sisters about his plan and ran to the front alone.
He just fired a barrage of verbal attacks at the upright monks on the opposite side.
Especially the line "The upright monks are worse than pigs and dogs, and they attack the shameless ones from behind."
It immediately gained the approval of all the evil cultivators, and they all shouted out in unison, one louder than the other.
The upright monks finally lost face and had to slip away.
The first battle between the forces of good and evil was easily won with Gao Huohuo's slogans.
Gao Huohuo was therefore looked at differently by the evil cultivators, and they were even glad that Gao Huohuo was on their side.
Didn’t you see that the upright monk who usually had a thick skin was scolded so hard that he couldn’t even raise his head and walked away in shame.
"Fellow Daoist, may I ask which sect you are from? You are so powerful."
Gao Huohuo humbly waved his hand and said, "It's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning. It's just that when you go in later, it's best to go in groups to avoid retaliation from the upright monks."
When the evil cultivators heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
So they all left in groups, and finally Gao Huohuo and the other nine also went in one direction.
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