After Gao Zhentian's narration, everyone finally understood the reason why Qingmu Sect was defeated.
Thirty years ago, although the Qingmu Sect was not very powerful, it at least had dozens of disciples and was well-known throughout the Ping'an Region.
However, thirty years ago at a sect exchange meeting in Ping'an Domain, the former leader of Qingmu Sect, Du Qing, had a conflict with a young man over a trivial matter, and things became very unpleasant.
But later Du Qing found out that the young man was none other than Sun Shaoqian, the young master of the Shenyin Sect. The Shenyin Sect was one of the three giants in Ping'an Domain. The sect was located in Pingyang City, one of the three major cities in Ping'an Domain. It was not something that a small sect like their Qingfeng Town could afford to provoke.
So Du Qing immediately brought a group of disciples to find Sun Shaoqian and apologized in public. Sun Shaoqian behaved very magnanimously in front of everyone. Not only did he not argue with Du Qing, but he also treated Du Qing and others to good food and drink. This was regarded as a good story at the time. Everyone praised Sun Shaoqian, and even Du Qing and others thought so at the time.
However, Du Qing soon regretted it. After the sect exchange meeting ended, on the way back to Qingfeng Town, Du Qing and others were stopped by a group of people. They beat them up without saying a word and left without saying a word.
You have to know that Du Qing was in the late Jindan stage at that time, but he was beaten without any ability to fight back. Obviously, the opponent was not simple. Du Qing thought about it and thought that the only person who could command such a powerful subordinate was Sun Shaoqian, whom he had offended. But even if he knew it, what would it matter? He had no evidence, and even if he had evidence, they couldn't do anything to him. He had no choice but to swallow his anger.
I thought the matter was over, but half a year later, Sun Shaoqian went out for training, and his mission was to capture the bandits who were causing chaos in Ping'an Domain. However, the bandits were so rampant because the management of Ping'an Domain was chaotic, so how could they be so easy to capture?
When Sun Shaoqian passed by Qingfeng Town, he remembered that Du Qing had once had a conflict with him, so he came up with an idea and went directly to Qingfeng Town to find Du Qing. Du Qing did not think too much at the time and still treated Sun Shaoqian with good food and drinks. As for the fact that they were beaten on the road, he did not mention it at all. It was useless to mention it anyway, and it would offend Sun Shaoqian again. It would be better to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with others and just ask Sun Shaoqian not to embarrass himself and his sect again.
However, after learning about Sun Shaoqian's purpose, Du Qing was furious. Sun Shaoqian actually wanted him to capture some people in the town as bandits and bring them back to Sun Shaoqian for his mission. Du Qing naturally would not agree to this, because the people in the town were all ordinary people, and even if Sun Shaoqian captured them, no one would believe that they were bandits. But Sun Shaoqian didn't care at all, and said to Du Qing calmly: "Just take back some heads? Who knows if the owner of the head is a cultivator or an ordinary person? If it doesn't work, just take a few ordinary disciples of Qingmu Sect to make up the number!"
Hearing what Sun Shaoqian said, Du Qing immediately became furious and drove Sun Shaoqian out. At that time, Sun Shaoqian didn't bring many people with him, and he himself was only in the early stage of Jindan. He knew that he would not get any benefit if he forced it, so he had to leave in disappointment.
However, Sun Shaoqian would not let this go. Half a year later, at the sect exchange meeting, Du Shaoqian instigated some small sects to constantly cause trouble for Qingmu Sect. Finally, Du Qing could not bear it anymore and beat Sun Shaoqian in public. This was considered a real mess. Without the words of the Shenyin Sect, other sects took the initiative to distance themselves from the people of Qingmu Sect and constantly excluded Qingmu Sect. In the next few years, Qingmu Sect became more and more difficult. Not only were its own resources divided up by the major sects, but it could not even recruit new disciples.
Du Qing, disheartened, decided to tell the top leaders of the Hidden God Sect that Sun Shaoqian had asked him to capture civilians to make up the numbers of bandits. He thought that as long as Sun Shaoqian fell, those sects that followed suit would no longer embarrass them. Gao Zhentian didn't know what happened later, but half a month later, the people of the Hidden God Sect found the Qingmu Sect and told them that Du Qing had colluded with the bandits and had been executed. The people of the Qingmu Sect were immediately in chaos. They all knew that this matter must have been framed by the Hidden God Sect, but after a lot of coercion and inducement from the Hidden God Sect, they could only endure it.
In this way, Gao Zhentian took over Du Qing's position as the sect leader. Many disciples became disheartened or left Qingmu Sect for fear of being implicated again.
"So there are only a few of you left in your sect now? Then what's the reason why your sect is so dilapidated?" Zhao Dongsheng asked puzzledly.
"It's the Liehuo Sect. Their sect is the closest to our Qingmu Sect, and one of our largest spiritual veins has been occupied by them. They say they are keeping it for us, but in fact they have been secretly mining it. Seven years ago, my brother thought that it had been so long since this happened, so he wanted to discuss with them whether they could return part of the spiritual vein to us. After all, we cultivators can't take a single step without spiritual stones. Who knew that they didn't even take my brother seriously at all. Their chief elder came to their house and beat my brother up, and also threatened us not to repair the sect buildings in the future, otherwise they would not even leave us our only remaining small spiritual vein." Lin Feng said.
"What do the people from Liehuomen mean by doing this? Are they just trying to insult you?" Zhao Dongsheng was puzzled.
"Haha, fellow Daoist, you think too simply. They obviously want our sect to disappear naturally! If we can't recruit disciples and the sect collapses, the Qingmu Sect will naturally cease to exist in the future. Then, their Liehuo Sect can rightfully occupy our spiritual veins." Gao Zhentian said.
"Why make so much trouble? You're already in this state. Can't they just kill you directly?" Zhang Jingxuan said disdainfully.
Gao Zhentian shook his head and said, "No, Ping'an Domain has unwritten rules. No sect in any town can exterminate other sects under any pretext, and cannot merge with other sects, unless the sect naturally declines. Otherwise, all sects in Ping'an Domain will kill them."
"Then what's the difference between what they are doing now and open robbery? Isn't this just deceiving themselves? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, right?" Zhao Dongsheng said.
"Haha, it's not that simple. The rules are only meant to restrict people from small sects. The Liehuo Sect is doing this now, and they must be backed by the Shenyin Sect. For a small place like Qingfeng Town to be annexed in this way, everyone should just turn a blind eye for the sake of the Shenyin Sect. After all, they didn't really rob it openly." Gao Zhentian said with a wry smile.
"Then you are indeed quite pitiful." Zhao Dongsheng sighed.
"This is also the reason why I advise you not to establish a sect in Qingfeng Town. If you establish a sect here, it will inevitably affect the interests of the Liehuo Sect, and they will definitely not let you go at that time." Gao Zhentian said solemnly.
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