This Venerable One Really Didn’t Abandon My Familiar

aborated an attack with the Rebel Army from inside and damaged LangFeng City’s Aerial Prohibition Array.
This Venerable One caught him at the scene of the crime.” Pei QianYue said slowly: “Discipline Elder, you’ve been in charge of the laws in LangFeng City for over 300 years.
Why don’t you tell this Venerable One, what’s the punishment for betraying one’s sect?”

“Betraying?” The Discipline Elder spat out blood and sneered: “This old man has never betrayed my sect.
If it weren’t for you— If it weren’t for your arrival in LangFeng City 300 years ago, bewitching my Shixiong with Demon(妖) magic and making him transfer the position of City Master to you before his death— What rights do you have to sit in this position, and what rights do you have to represent LangFeng City!”

“Not transferring the position to this Venerable One?” 

Pei QianYue chuckled quietly: “If he didn’t transfer it to this Venerable One, should he have transferred it to you, his Shidi, who had casted a malicious curse on him, which caused him to become heavily wounded during an enemy encounter and ultimately die from being unable to recover properly?”

The Discipline Elder’s pupils constricted instantly.

 

Pei QianYue stood up and walked down the front stairs of the Main Hall to stop in front of the Discipline Elder: “The previous City Master of LangFeng City, Sword Saint Rong Ji, was an honest and kind-hearted person.
Back then, Rong Ji saved this Venerable One’s life.
In repayment, this Venerable one promised to fulfill one of his request.
Discipline Elder, do you want to guess what it was?”

The Discipline Elder looked at Pei QianYue in a daze.
Suddenly, he started to tremble violently. 

Pei QianYue said coolly: “He wanted this Venerable One to promise to let you remain in LangFeng City.
As long as you remained loyal, this Venerable One would spare your life.”

“No…… not possible…….” The Discipline Elder trembled all over.
His emotions fluctuated violently, causing the gold inscriptions on the shackles around his neck to flash incessantly: “I never wanted to kill him, I only wanted…..
In Shizun’s eyes, it’s always been only him.
The City Master’s position was his.
The citizen’s admiration and reverence were also his…I only wanted…… I only wanted him to resign.
I didn’t know that he’d encounter a powerful enemy at that time.
I didn’t know—”

Looking like he had suddenly recalled something, he raised his head, looked directly at Pei QianYue, and yelled: “It was you! At that time, Shixiong said that he was going to LingWu Mountain to pay respect to Grandmaster QianQiu.
When he encountered the enemy, you were the only person present.
All of this is only a one-sided recount from you! Clearly, it was you; it must have been you—”

Wen HuaiYu, who had been silent and taciturn this entire time, suddenly looked up. 

However, the Discipline Elder did not continue talking.

Because the chains wrapped around his neck suddenly tightened.

Like a snake, the chains swiftly crawled around his neck and four limbs.
The Discipline Elder’s face very quickly swelled bright red as the bones of his neck made the frightening sound of being strangled.

A moment later, the chains loosened and the Discipline Elder collapsed to the ground. 

Without any signs of life.

“LangFeng City law: Those who betray the sect will be sentenced to death, their bones crushed into ashes and scattered to the wind.” Pei QianYue said coolly: “Take him away.”

The soldier dragged off the recently deceased corpse and left the Great Hall.

Pei QianYue said: “I apologize to everyone for having you listen to some internal grievances.
Now, how do you want this Venerable One to deal with you guys next?” 

Naturally, no one dared to answer this question.

However, Pei QianYue seemed to be in a pretty good mood today.
Not annoyed, he said slowly: “Then this Venerable One will say it differently.
Do you guys want to live…… or die?”

“Pei QianYue!” In the darkness, someone finally spoke up.
A middle-aged man in purple struggled to stand up.
He yelled loudly: “You are merciless and cruel, slaughtering innocents  indiscriminately.
My LuoHua Sect definitely won’t surrender and swear allegiance—”

His voice stopped abruptly. 

The same sound of bones being crushed could be heard within the Great Hall, like right before the Discipline Elder’s death.
This was accompanied by Pei QianYue’s ice-cold voice: “LuoHua Sect…… very good.
From today onward, LuoHua Sect will be expelled from the Immortal alliance.
The LuoHua disciples captured tonight will be executed.
The remaining disciples of the sect will have their spiritual roots destroyed, never to enter the cultivation world again in this lifetime.”

As soon as his voice fell, the hall finally ceased to be silent.

 

“City Master, spare us.
LiuGuang Mountain is willing to surrender and swear allegiance!”

“LeiTing School is willing to surrender and swear allegiance!” 

“XuanYue Sword Sect is willing to surrender ands swear allegiance!”

……

The LuoHua Sect Leader slumped to the ground.
The other nine Sects all expressed their stance.
However Pei QianYue ignored them.
Instead, he turned his head slightly.

To face Wen HuaiYu. 

“Sect Leader Wen, what about you?” Pei QianYue asked.

In the darkness, Wen HuaiYu closed his eyes and said in a low, hoarse voice: “From today onward, QingJing Sect…… will obey the Alliance Leader completely.”

The crowd departed, leaving only Pei QianYue inside the Main Hall.

Xiao Que walked inside swiftly. 

“City Master.
According to your instructions, I have injected the Life Soul Parasite into all of the…… elders’ bodies.
If they consider rebelling again in the future, their Divine Consciousness will shatter, and their body will explode.” Xiao Que said.

Pei QianYue acknowledged it indifferently.

Most of his figure was hidden in the darkness.
When Xiao Que looked up however, he was shocked at the sight of Pei QianYue untying the black silk in front of him.

Since Pei QianYue’s eyes were injured many, many years ago, he rarely removed the black silk in front of others. 

His eyes were photophobic.
Without anything to cover the light, it was tantamount to exposing his weakness in front of others.

Xiao Que opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
However, he then saw Pei QianYue reach into his pocket, pull out a bloodstained green cloth, and tie it over his eyes.

Xiao Que: “……”

That strip of fabric was cut from a LangFeng disciple’s uniform.
It had already lost its magic enchantments.
Then the edges were ripped in a previous fight.
It was covered in a faint color of blood. 

Nevertheless, Pei QianYue didn’t show any disgust towards it.

Xiao Que didn’t dare to speak.
He stood to the side, waiting for Pei QianYue to finish tying the fabric.
Then he heard Pei QianYue say: “Add another clause to the poisonous parasite’s restrictions.
They are not allowed to reveal even the slightest details about what they saw on LinXian Terrace today.”

 

This was naturally talking about how Feng Ci unveiled his sword aura, killed Cheng Chao, and saved Pei QianYue.

LinXian Terrace was at the highest point of LangFeng City, but it was also some distance from the Main Hall and entrance plaza of the front mountains.
Although the sword aura that Feng Ci displayed today was strong, it was far away.
It’s unlikely others know what happened. 

The only people, who knew the whole story and witnessed Grandmaster QianQiu’s astonishing strike, were actually the dozen cultivators who were present at the scene.

Even Xiao Que had only guessed a general idea from the way the two people acted and behaved.

However, Xiao Que didn’t dare to ask too much; he only acknowledged quietly with a “Yes”.

Pei QianYue stood up.
When he got up, he tugged on some unknown wound, which made him pause slightly. 

“City Master, your injury……”

That Demon(妖) Imprisonment Talisman inherently damages a demon(妖)’s primordial soul.
In addition, Cheng Chao had attacked mercilessly.
Even though Pei QianYue didn’t show anything outwardly, in truth, he had been fairly injured.

Xiao Que hastily stepped forth: “This disciple will heal you right away, City Master.”

Pei QianYue didn’t move.
He suddenly asked: “Does this Venerable One look very heavily injured?” 

Xiao Que was completely dumbfounded by this question.

This was LingXiao Gate’s Demon(妖) Imprisonment Talisman.
In these years, who knew how many demons(妖) had died inside this magic array.
Even a great demon like Pei QianYue, who had cultivated over 3000 years, might face the danger of having his soul scattered if he stayed within that array for a little while longer.

Xiao Yue didn’t understand why he’d ask this.
However, he still answered honestly: “That Demon(妖) Imprisonment Talisman is no trivial matter.
City Master, you should not delay treatment for your injuries.”

Pei QianYue seemed to be very satisfied with this answer. 

Chuckling quietly, he said faintly: “Very good.”

After Feng Ci left LinXian Terrace, he flew on his sword and returned directly to the outer disciples’ courtyard.

This group of young outer disciples did not participate in the battle and still didn’t know what had happened in the front mountains.
Thus, Feng Ci was unhindered on his way back to his own little residence.

Tonight Feng Ci had really been pissed off majorly by Pei QianYue, that asshole. 

To prevent himself from picking up his sword in anger and giving that little brat a good beating, he simply returned to his room and entered static meditation, which at the same time, would help him calm down a bit.

When he woke up again, the sun was already starting to rise.

 

Feng Ci’s anger came quickly and also left quickly.
After meditating for an entire night, his anger had already dissipated pretty much.

Exposing his true identity in front of Pei QianYue… really wasn’t anything major. 

Even if those things didn’t happen last night, Feng Ci would have still found a chance to confess to him anyway. What really pissed Feng Ci off the most was that this asshole bastard didn’t care about his own body at all and used Feng Ci’s soft spot for him as a way to test Feng Ci.

However, the ultimate reason why that asshole bastard had such terrible ideas right now… was most likely because Feng Ci had left him when he was still young.
The many years of negligence in the hatchling’s upbringing and discipline was what caused baby to grow more and more crooked.

Therefore, despite being possibly too late, Feng Ci still felt like he needed to have a good chat with Pei QianYue.

As he thought this, he got out of bed and opened the door. 

A black-robed figure was kneeling ramrod straight in front of his door.

Yesterday night, it snowed in LangFeng City.
Pei QianYue didn’t use his spirit energy to resist the cold.
Snow landed all over his hair and robes, making his complexion even more pale white.

Hearing the door open, Pei QianYue raised his head slightly, looking like he wanted to say something.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he first started to cough quietly.

Feng Ci: “……” 

Was this asshole bastard aware that he’s still injured?

Feng Ci took a breath of the cold and fresh morning air after the snow, only feeling the fiery anger that he had finally suppressed returning again.

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Xiao Hei: What’s three days and three nights.
Master loves this act of mine.
You guys don’t have wives, you don’t understand.