133, Closed-Door Disciple

  The song of the wild sky gathers energy and holds its breath. The cultivation is over, open your eyes.

  Divine consciousness is born from the original spirit. If one does not intentionally cultivate it, the original spirit will gradually strengthen with the cultivation realm. Those with high and profound cultivation naturally have strong divine consciousness. If the cultivation realm reaches the formation of the elixir or the original infant, their divine consciousness can also cause harm. However, this harm is produced in conjunction with the pressure of the spiritual energy, which is extremely effective against low-level cultivators but has little effect on cultivators of the same level.

  However, the first layer of Lian Shen Jue can already cause fatal damage to cultivators of the same rank. The second layer of Lian Shen Jue can make the cultivator produce a sense of oppression towards cultivators of the same rank, if so, the opponent will be suppressed by her at all times during the battle, even if they have considerable abilities, they can only exert 60-70% of their strength.

  After witnessing the power of Lian Shen Jue, her current cultivation focus has shifted to Lian Shen Jue. Having cultivated Wu Ling Xiu Shen, her meridians are now strong and stable, and she won't go crazy from excessive spiritual energy. Cultivating this method is many times faster than others; if she doesn't cultivate it, it would be a waste.

  In the past two years in the Void Sky Realm, Mo Tian Ge has already completed the first layer of this technique and can use her substantial divine sense to attack. Now she is starting to cultivate the second layer. If the second layer is completed, she will be able to directly apply pressure to others' divine sense, allowing her to gain the upper hand in a battle of magical techniques. At the same time, the second layer of the Refining Divine Technique can also allow her to resist the pressure from high-ranking cultivators.

  However, the people from Gujian Sect will probably arrive soon. The second layer of Lian Shen Quan has just begun, and it's unlikely to play a crucial role in this battle.

  As soon as his thoughts fell, Mo Tian Ge felt a surge of fury and pressure spreading across the entire front gate ridge.

  Mo Tian Ge's body shuddered, this was at least a mid-stage Golden Elixir cultivator, how did someone from the Ancient Sword Sect reach this level?

  He took out a white silk handkerchief and flew to the outside of the house, where he saw a middle-aged swordsman wearing ancient swordsmanship attire, carrying a long sword on his back, standing at the front gate of the mountain stronghold with a fierce expression.

  At this time, Kuang Zhu Shixiong stepped on the ever-changing white clouds and flew towards the main gate of the Front Hill residence.

  Mochen Ge saw this and hastily held up a white silk handkerchief as he also approached the main gate.

  Apart from Ye Jingwen and Zhan Bai, other foundation-building cultivators of Xuan Qing Men also gradually drew closer to Kuang Zhuo.

  The other masters of the seven major sects were watching from a distance.

  Kuang Zhuang stopped in front of the main gate of Qianmen Ridge and bowed his hands, saying: "Liu Feng Zhenren has come from afar, I'm sorry for not welcoming you earlier."

  Liu Feng Zhen Ren suppressed his anger and said: "You are Kuang Zhu?"

  Facing the questioning of Liú Fēng Zhēn Rén with a stern and angry tone, Kuàng Zhú replied calmly: "It was indeed me."

  "In that case, bring out the other accomplices who helped in the plot against the seven foundation-building cultivators of my Ancient Sword Sect!"

  The candle flame smiled slightly, it seems that this time the Flowing Wind True Person has come to handle the matter as the sect leader. He said: "There was no murder at the Front Gate Ridge residence, I don't know who Du Sect Leader is referring to as the accomplice."

  Mo Tian Ge was shocked on the side, unexpectedly startling the leader of the Gujian Sect to come in person. It seems that today's matter cannot be resolved peacefully.

  Liu Feng Zhenren was furious: "My Gujian Sect has seven foundation-building disciples stationed at Qianmen Ridge. I sent my disciple to see that five of them, including Wan Hong'an, entered the main hall and died here. The other two foundation-building disciples are also unknown whereabouts. Please ask the master of the situation, how can this be explained to my Gujian Sect?"

  Kuang Zhuo remained calm and composed: "I suppose the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect have not been informed clearly about this matter, otherwise I wouldn't need to explain it."

  He then pointed to the site where the temple had been razed, saying: "This place was originally the location of a great temple. I ask you, Master Flowing Wind, do you sense that something has happened here?"

  The blood-refining aura of Wanxiang Xiuluo Formation won't disperse in just three to five months, which is why Liufeng Zhenren's complexion changed with just a sweep of his divine consciousness.

  Kuang Zhu smiled and asked, "If it weren't for the fact that my magic tool happened to be able to stop the formation of the Wanxiang Xiu Luo array, and also had a fellow sister who was good at arranging arrays, using the illusory beasts of the array method to execute the culprit Wan Hong An within the array, even if Du Zhangmen came to replace the other disciples of Gujian Sect to collect the body, it would be impossible."

  Liu Feng Zhen Ren had not yet responded. Kuang Zhuo continued, "The disciple who activated the Wan Xiang Xiuluo Formation should be considered a traitor of the Gujian Sect. I ask you, Du Zhangmen, at this time when the demonic beasts are running amok, what should be done with the seven major sects' traitorous disciples appearing in the Kunwu Alliance's territory?"

  Not to mention that activating the Wanxiang Xiluo Array requires at least three blood sacrifices, and even if the array master survives after activation, they will become a demon cultivator with greatly reduced cultivation. This array is completely a suicidal formation. However, let's put aside why the Gujian Sect disciples activated the Wanxiang Xiluo Array and focus on the consequences of its activation.

  Even if Liufeng Zhenren had many more excuses, the fact was that he had already pushed the disciples of the ancient sword sect to the opposite side of the entire Fengmen Ridge garrison.

  But seeing the true face of the Flowing Wind, his complexion changed from red to white and then from white to green. Finally, he said indignantly: "You have killed all the foundation-building disciples of my Ancient Sword Sect who participated in this matter. It's clear that you had a murderous intention, but I don't know what despicable means you used to make my Ancient Sword Sect disciples use the Myriad Illusion Mahoraga Formation. Since it can't be explained clearly, let's see the truth with our own eyes!"

  As soon as this was said, all the foundation-building disciples of the Xuqing Sect present at the scene took out their magic tools.

  "Moreover, let's not mention that it was originally the unorthodox behavior of Du Zhangmen's disciples. Does Du Zhangmen plan to exterminate all the disciples of the seven major sects at Qianmen Ridge?"

  The True Person of Flowing Wind was about to speak, but a majestic voice accompanied by an aura of terror echoed from afar: "Why not kill me too, Dugu?"

  The originally tense disciples of Xuanclear Gate suddenly cheered up, and some even shouted: "It's our ancestor Jinghe who has come!"

  The cry had hardly died away when a cloud chariot appeared on the mountain in front, under the escort of eight female immortals clad in cloudy garments and holding palace lanterns, flying swiftly towards the main gate of the Front Hill residence.

  This is indeed the style of a confused and tyrannical ruler, and it naturally belongs to Jinghe Daojun of Xuqingmen.

  After the incident, both parties' thousand-mile transmission talismans were sent out at almost the same time. The Gujian Sect is relatively farther away from Qianmen Ridge than the Xuanqing Gate, so Jinghe Daoren should have set off after receiving the transmission talisman, and only arrived now. It seems that the speed of Yunzhu's carriage was restricted by these female cultivators.

  Looking at the cloud carriage moving slowly under the protection of the female cultivators, Guan Zhen's normally calm and expressionless face seemed to have turned slightly darker.

  The magnificent cloud chariot, however, did not notice these gazes. The eight female cultivators beside the cloud chariot seemed to be seasoned veterans as well. With a smile on their faces, they put away the palace lanterns and took out identical flower baskets from the Qiankun bag. Under everyone's gaze, they performed like actors, scattering flower petals with a refreshing fragrance into the air, filling the ground with a thick layer of petals before the cloud chariot slowly descended to the ground.

  Everyone looked at the two ladies pushing the golden cloud sedan chair, with a middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and royal robes sitting inside, casually scanning the people in front of him. If someone had thought that this cloud sedan chair was too ostentatious before, now they felt that it was not excessive at all after seeing its owner.

  Finally, Jing and Daojun stared at the Flowing Wind True Person as if they were a formidable enemy, smiling very kindly: "Your ancient sword sect advocates for the supremacy of martial power, but our Xuanqing Gate is after all a Taoist gate. As a Taoist gate, we naturally have to talk about reason."

  The crowd of disciples at Xuán Qīng Gate were taken aback by his words. Our way is the way of harmony with heaven, it's a balanced way, what does it have to do with reason?...

  Moreover, this Shifu has always been a bloodthirsty person and never talked about reason...

  Jinghe Daoren didn't wait for the True Person of Flowing Wind to respond, and instead turned his head to say to Ye Jingwen: "Ye Jingwen, why don't you tell me about the whole story from beginning to end? That way, I can discuss it with Du Zhangmen and reason things out."

  Ye Jingwen heard this and first looked at Kuang Zhu, who nodded. Ye Jingwen then looked at Mo Tian Ge, who said: "Brother Ye, just tell the truth."

  Ye Jingwen wouldn't be foolish enough to tell the truth, so he could only optimize the words that several people had discussed and said with a bow: "Master, this matter starts from when Shu Shi Mei arrived at Qianmen Ridge."

  Jinghe Daoren said with a nonchalant tone: "Go ahead and tell me in detail."

  "A few days ago, Mo Shizhi, who had gone missing after the battle at Dan Ding Gate last year, finally recovered from her injuries and found our front-line base. Gu Xiong arranged for someone to take care of her and assigned her a task. Since she was new here and things had changed a lot in the past two years due to the demon beast war, Mo Shizhi decided to take a look around after receiving the task. Because of what happened back then, most people inside the base didn't recognize Mo Shizhi, and I was also outside on a mission at that time and hadn't returned yet. So, Mo Shizhi had no choice but to leave the base alone. Wan Hong'an from Gu Jian Pai took advantage of this opportunity and followed her out of the base with two other disciples who were in the early stages of building their foundation. That day, I happened to be returning to the base after completing my task, and just as I was approaching, I suddenly felt that someone was attacking a fellow disciple from our sect. When I arrived, Wan Hong'an and his companions had surrounded Mo Shizhi, taking advantage of their numerical superiority... At first, Ye Jingwen still felt a bit guilty for lying, but now that he was the actual person involved, just with the names changed to Mo Tian Ge, he became more and more agitated as he spoke. He described in vivid detail how Wan Hong'an and his companions had killed people and stolen treasures without showing any respect."

  On the other side, the more and more depressed Tian Ge thought to himself, Ye Shixiong, this person who was beaten by others and treated like that has nothing to do with me.

  As the people in the audience began to show their indignation, Ye Jingwen promptly adjusted the plot to have Mo Tian Ge rise up and counterattack. With his assistance, he and several Gujian Sect cultivators engaged in a fierce battle to the death. Meanwhile, Wan Hong'an was clearly waiting for an opportunity to sacrifice his fellow sect members and escape back to their base.

  By this time, Jing and Dao Jun were both furious.

  If Ye Jingwen continues to speak in this manner, I estimate that the several cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect who died in the grand hall will also be portrayed as being guilty of heinous crimes. Kuang Zhan was still afraid that his master would start killing again, so he interrupted Ye Jingwen and said: "As for what happened afterwards, let me explain."

  The people in the hall then heard Kuang Zhuo's calm and elegant voice continue: "After Wan Hong'an died, he returned to instigate several other Gujian Sect disciples to come to the main hall to frame and interrogate Mo Shizhi. He also proposed that if Mo Shizhi married him, he would take responsibility for the death of the two disciples in front of the Gujian Sect elders. Mo Shizhi had previously been surrounded by him outside the residence and knew his evil intentions deeply, so she naturally did not believe his words. I believe that some people at the Qianmen Ridge residence also know that Wan Hong'an is an unrighteous person. After being exposed by Mo Shizhi, the Gujian Sect disciples would no longer help him. Seeing that things were going to be exposed, he would also be blamed for the death of the two disciples, so he launched the Wanxiang Xiu Luo formation and intended to kill us and several Gujian Sect disciples in the hall."

  "When we first entered the grand hall, several senior brothers of the Gujian Sect were overly impulsive and clashed with us in a small fight. They were manipulated by Wan Hong'an to become blood sacrifices. If not for my yao cloud's timely intervention, which prevented the formation of the Shura Array, I fear that the front gate would have been filled with vengeful spirits. Alas, those senior brothers of the Gujian Sect died unjustly."

  In the end, Ye Jingwen never intended to let Wan Hong'an off from the start. As for Kuang Chou, he wasn't a soft-hearted person either. He deliberately used his words to infuriate the foundation-building cultivators of the Gujian Sect. The other cultivators who died in the great hall were indeed somewhat unjustly killed, but Kuang Chou's words also served as a form of vindication for them.

  Jing He Dao Jun, who had been violent and tyrannical all along, listened to the whole story and snorted coldly. With a wave of his hand, he blasted out a large pit on the site where the grand hall that had been destroyed by Wan Hong An was originally located.

  The remaining aura was even more shocking to the people present, and some of the weaker Qi Refining stage disciples had blood oozing from the corners of their mouths.

  At the same time, Jinghe Daojun furiously said: "Can my closed-door disciple also be casually teased?"

  Upon hearing this, Tian Ge was extremely surprised and quickly raised his head, scanning Jing and Dao Jun with a glance before turning to look at Ye Jingwen.

  Ye Jingwen also looked at Tian Ge with a surprised expression, although he had already known early on that Mo Tian Ge was Jinghe and Daojun's nominal disciple, but the difference between a closed-door disciple and a nominal disciple could be said to be like heaven and earth.

  Named disciples are at most thought of occasionally, although they naturally have more advantages than ordinary disciples, but after all, they lack the proper care of a master, and the path to cultivation is much more difficult.

  The closed-door disciple is not just a simple conversion to a formal disciple, because he feels that this disciple is enough, most of the closed-door disciples are also legitimate heirs. When it comes to closed-door disciples, the master naturally emphasizes teaching and various rewards, of course, are the best things in the treasure box. With Jinghe Daoren's words, saying that Mo Tian Ge is a step into heaven is not an exaggeration.

  Jing and Daojun were facing the leader of the Gujian Sect, who was exerting immense pressure. "You think you can threaten me by taking the life of my disciple? You're not even worthy of death! Since someone has already died, I won't show mercy today. However, it's clear that your sect's discipline is lax. Du Liufeng, go back and tell Fuling Old Daoist that if he doesn't want me, Qin, to kill my way up the mountain gate, he'd better give me a good explanation!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Jinghe and Daojun turned around, looked at Moke Tiansong with a severe expression, and called out: "Tiansong!"

  Mó Tiān Gē was still in shock, but he wouldn't dare to ask Dào Jūn to explain himself in front of everyone. He hastily lowered his head and replied: "Disciple is here."

  "This kind of despicable person should be killed with a knife. Two years ago, he dared to single-handedly provoke a fifth-level demon beast, but didn't dare to kill this kind of rat on the spot. As my disciple, it's really shameful. Today, you'll follow me back to the mountain and close up for now." Although the words were severe, they couldn't be said to be cowardly, and using the fifth-level demon beast as a conversation starter made people easily believe that Qingmingmen was showing mercy, making Gujianpai look even more despicable. Compared to Ye Jingwen's tedious narrative, Jinghe Daojun's three sentences were more convincing, and this rascal's performance was even more impressive.

  Later, Jing and Daojun scolded, "Ye Jingwen, you've been away from the mountain for some time now, yet you haven't made much progress. It's about time you went back to listen to your master's teachings."

  As soon as he finished speaking, with one hand on the left and one hand on the right, he grabbed both of them into the cloud carriage.

  As the cloud carriage slowly rose into the air, Jinghe Daojun coldly laughed and said: "This matter has already been made clear, yet Du Zhangmen's several fellow disciples have not arrived. It seems they probably can't make it. If Du Zhangmen doesn't want to collect corpses, he should quickly hurry back to provide reinforcements."

  Liufeng Zhenren's face changed greatly upon hearing this, originally thinking that the bloodthirsty Jinghe Daoren would say "Today we won't go on a big killing spree", he had thought it was because of the heavenly blessing of the red rain, but who knew that they had already vented their frustrations on the way here.

  Originally came to deal with the foundation-building cultivators, but if this also dragged in a few Golden Dan cultivators' lives, I'm afraid the ancient sword sect's outcome will be as miserable as the Dan Ding Gate that was destroyed by the demon beasts.

  Liufeng Zhenren didn't dare stay any longer. When Jinghe Daojun finished speaking, he had already disappeared without a trace.

  After Yun Feng rose into the air, Jing He and Dao Jun shouted again: "Kuang Zhu."

  "Disciple is here."

  "This thing is awarded to you, if there are any more ignorant people from the ancient sword sect who dare to come again, drive them away without mercy." Then, a female cultivator beside Yunzhang's sedan chair took out a jade gourd-shaped object from the sedan chair, stepped on a flower basket and floated down to Kuang Zhu's side, presented the jade gourd after which she flew back to the side of the cloud sedan chair with elegant posture.

  Jinghe Daojun's voice, devoid of any anger, came from within the cloud: "This pot is called the Hun Tian Pot. The pestle inside is named Lie Di Pestle. One attacks and one defends, complementing each other perfectly, and has an even greater effect on spiritual medicine. It suits you best."

  Right then, the female cultivator beside the cloud carriage took over a skirt from inside the carriage. Jinghe Daoren said from inside the cloud carriage, "This Hundred Fragrance Flower Skirt will be given to your Xiaobai. A girl should have the appearance of a girl. Every day dressing like a man, is that interesting? I dislike this kind of thing in Mingzhu Gate the most."

  The numerous disciples of Xuán Qīng Gate widened their eyes upon hearing this, and in an instant, Zhǎn Bái became the center of attention.

  This time, everyone really saw the usually calm and gentle Kuang Zhan Shixiong with a dark face.

  The female cultivator beside Yun Cong sent the Bai Xiang Hua Chang to Zhan Bai's hands, and then left the Qianmen Ridge camp with Jing He Dao Jun's cloud carriage.

  The numerous disciples of the Xuán Qīng Gate watched as their Master and Patriarch Jinghe left, then turned back to size up Zhǎn Bái. Just then, they heard Kuàng Zhú Shīxiōng's voice, which was neither loud nor soft, shout: "What are you looking at? All of you, go back!"

  He dragged his white robe and left.

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