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Human Sacrifice
Light Shadow vanished, leaving everyone in shock.
"How could Master Brother Song Qianqiu be such a person?" someone exclaimed.
"I refuse to believe Master Brother is like this," another cried out, unable to contain their tears. The once flawless image of Master Brother in everyone's hearts suddenly plummeted, as if their faith had collapsed.
Whispers filled the air; Song Qianqiu's good name had long spread throughout the Daoist World. Many did not know the name of the leader of the Azure Cloud Sect, but everyone recognized the name of its eldest disciple. The name Qianqiu resonated like thunder, a legacy known far and wide.
"Capture that traitor Song Qianqiu!" shouted the Third Elder, his eyes nearly bursting with rage.
But Song Qianqiu had already disappeared. The Azure Cloud Sect Leader sighed and said, "He fled as soon as Zhou Compass's Light Shadow appeared."
I put away the Zhou Compass and said, "To prepare for the various sects arriving, the Mountain Guardian Formation of Azure Cloud Sect has been shut down. We need to activate it quickly; I will go rescue Zhang Jianzi."
"Do you know where Zhang Jianzi is?" asked Yunxi.
I nodded and replied, "Zhang Jianzi is in the secret dungeon of Song Qianqiu Cave. He built a dungeon without permission."
I rushed towards Qianqiu Peak, while the elders of Azure Cloud Sect urged members of other sects to leave. When I finally brought Zhang Jianzi out from the dungeon, Yunxi followed closely behind and said, "Let me take care of Zhang Jianzi."
I responded, "Yunxi, even if you hand over Zhang Jianzi to the Serpent Cult, they won't spare Azure Cloud Sect. If I take him away now, you'll be seen as having defected. If we get Zhang Jianzi out of Azure Cloud Mountain, then the people from Sword Pavilion and the Yinshan Yang Family won't join forces with the Serpent Cult against us. There will still be a ray of hope for Azure Cloud Sect."
After hesitating for a moment, Yunxi agreed, "Alright."
Just then, a sudden sound of slashing echoed around us. Near the lake by Yunhua Peak, several disciples attempting to activate the spirit stones for the Mountain Guardian Formation were unexpectedly cut in half by an unknown sword energy. A few figures clad in red Daoist Robes appeared, their faces twisted with malice.
I said, "We've alerted the snake. Song Qianqiu must have notified the Serpent Cult to act early. With the Grand Elder dead and various sects arriving, they will surely try to shut down the Mountain Guardian Formation. I'm afraid it might be too late to activate the formation now."
The members of the Serpent Cult quickly surrounded us from below the mountain, forcing the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect and others to retreat towards the Azure Cloud Hall. Yunxi wasted no time and flew straight toward the Azure Cloud Hall.
I shouted, "Yunxi, the Azure Cloud Sect is doomed. There's no need for you to stay here and throw your life away."
Yunxi ignored me. Zhang Jianzi said, "I can tell you care about this Yunxi. I'm already a useless person now; you should go save her."
"You all are about to die; who do you think you can save?" came Song Qianqiu's voice.
"Song Qianqiu!" Zhang Jianzi shouted upon hearing him.
Song Qianqiu appeared, sword on his back, followed by several elderly figures dressed in Serpent Cult attire.
"Capture them," Song Qianqiu commanded.
Two elderly members of the Serpent Cult nodded and rushed toward me with a gust of wind at their feet. I threw a punch, shattering one elder's protective Dao Qi and sending him tumbling to the ground.
"Hmm?" The other elder was startled. "How can someone at the late Foundation Establishment Realm be so powerful?"
The elder's Daoist robe fluttered without wind as he stood firm, causing the ground beneath him to tremble. He raised his right hand, and a gray spear shot up from the earth, aimed directly at me.
I activated Time Walk and vanished from his sight just as the spear pierced through the mountain behind me. Zhang Jianzi also disappeared alongside me.
A few dozen feet away, I appeared at the edge of a cliff, carrying the severely injured Zhang Jianzi. Without hesitation, I jumped down. Although Taoists cannot fly, they can harness their energy to glide lightly. After learning Time Walk, my agility improved significantly, allowing me to move through the treetops like Yunxi and others of that caliber.
I fled to the Azure Cloud Hall with Zhang Jianzi, where a crowd had already gathered—Inner Sect and Outer Sect disciples, along with members from other sects, numbering over ten thousand.
Fear was evident in the eyes of the crowd. Some shouted to the Serpent Cult members, "We are not from Azure Cloud Sect; let us go."
However, the Serpent Cult members ignored them completely. As everyone gathered in the square in front of Azure Cloud Hall, the God Serpent Cult Leader, clad in a crimson battle robe, approached with several elder disciples whose hair was gray.
The Azure Cloud Sect disciples held their swords but had no choice but to part ways. The mere aura of Dao Qi emanating from the God Serpent Cult Leader extinguished any fighting spirit among them.
The Azure Cloud Sect Leader said, "Nangong Master, do you really intend to destroy my Azure Cloud Sect today?"
The God Serpent Cult Leader replied, "Cloud Master, I have no intention of destroying your Azure Cloud Sect; I only came to ask you to hand over Zhang Jianzi."
Everyone turned to look at me and Zhang Jianzi in the crowd. The God Serpent Cult Leader looked at the bloodied Zhang Jianzi and asked, "Are you Zhang Jianzi?"
Zhang Jianzi scoffed and said, "After chasing me for ten years, now you come to ask if I'm Zhang Jianzi? Are both of us blind?"
"How dare you insult the Master! You must be seeking death!" an elder behind the God Serpent Cult Leader exclaimed.
"Be respectful," the God Serpent Cult Leader admonished, causing the elder to retreat immediately. "Zhang Jianzi, you have truly been hard to find. Now that you've finally gone blind, who knows where you would have hidden otherwise."
Zhang Jianzi retorted, "Old thief Nangong, you are truly shameless. Chasing after a man for ten years without success and still having the audacity to come here—seeing your shamelessness makes me wonder if you're here to ask for something."
The God Serpent Cult Leader chuckled softly and said, "If you had handed over the Martial Dao Classic earlier, would I have needed to chase you down? The Martial Dao Classic has been with you for ten years; you've practiced it for ten years as well. At this point, your skills are not even a match for my disciple. The Martial Dao Classic is useless to you now and has only brought you trouble."
Zhang Jianzi replied, "You think you can get your hands on the Martial Dao Classic so easily? My Zhang Family Village was wiped out with over three hundred people; just for that reason alone, don't even think about obtaining the Martial Dao Classic."
"Since that's the case, you really aren't afraid of death. I admire those who fear nothing. But I wonder if you care about the life of this man beside you," said the God Serpent Cult Leader.
"You!" Zhang Jianzi was taken aback when the God Serpent Cult Leader used him as a threat, unsure of how to respond.
At that moment, a man's voice came from below Azure Cloud Mountain. "Brother Nangong, that's quite inconsiderate. You clearly came here with good intentions, yet you've forced someone to the mountain top ahead of time. It certainly looks like you're trying to monopolize the treasure."
The speaker was a man dressed in white, with hair as white as snow and a youthful face. His eagle-like eyes scanned the surroundings as he walked up from the foot of the mountain, followed by seven or eight handsome young men carrying large swords, exuding an impressive aura.
"Brother Dongfang, what are you talking about? Wasn't it agreed that Azure Cloud Sect would hand over Zhang Jianzi? Although we haven't reached Seven Days yet, now that Zhang Jianzi has appeared, if I hadn't arrived in time, he might have escaped again," replied the God Serpent Cult Leader.
The white-haired youth was none other than Dongfang Jiu, the master of Sword Pavilion. Those from Daoist Sect referred to him as the Eastern Sword Master or Mr. Dongfang.
"It seems I'm the only one from Yinshan Yang Family who hasn't arrived yet," another voice chimed in. Above Azure Cloud Hall, a yellow talisman appeared, glowing with golden rays that seemed ready to tear through the sky.
"The Thousand Li Talisman?" Sword Sect Master Dongfang Jiu remarked. "The Yang Family is indeed extravagant; they always use the Thousand Li Talisman wherever they go."
As the Thousand Li Talisman burned brightly in the air, an elderly man suddenly appeared. He looked thin and somewhat frail.
Seeing this old man, Elder of the Divine Serpent Sect Si Tu Nan snorted and said, "The Yang Family really has a big ego. Here I am, God Serpent Cult Leader, and Sword Sect Master have both come personally, yet all you send is an elder? Do you think you can stand on equal footing with us?"
The Yang Family elder chuckled softly and replied, "Yin Mountain is far from Azure Cloud Mountain. My Yang Family Head is advanced in years and has been suffering from a chronic cough; he cannot use the Thousand Li Talisman. Thus, I have come in his stead—Old Man Yang Yunfei."
"So it's Yang Yunfei, the top expert among the third generation disciples of the Yang Family. I've long heard of your great name," Sword Sect Master Dongfang Jiu said.
The Yinshan Yang Family had six generations living together: Old Scholar Yang Kaishan was the first generation; Yang Family Head was the second; Yang Yunfei was the third; Divine Hero Yang Sanqian was fourth; and Yang Yan was merely fifth generation. Now in his twenties, he already had children of his own, ushering in the sixth generation.
I am of the same generation as Yang Yan, but I can only rank as the fifth generation within the Yang Family.
Although the Yinshan Yang Family only sent a third-generation member, Yang Yunfei, he is over seventy years old and is of the same generation as Sword Sect Master Dongfang Jiu.
"I want to know, why have you come here today? Is it to destroy my Azure Cloud Sect or to capture Zhang Jianzi?" Yunxi stood atop the Azure Cloud Hall, looking down at the crowd. The strong winds at the hall's peak billowed her Crimson Silk robe like a fluttering red flag.
The God Serpent Cult Leader looked at Yunxi with great interest and said, "This girl is truly remarkable. At just twenty years of age, her skills surpass all the young people present. She might well be the best among the current younger generation. If she continues to grow for another five years, wouldn't she be able to overshadow us old fellows?"
Si Tu Nan replied, "Reporting to the leader, this person is called Yunxi. She is the Guardian of the Mountain for Azure Cloud Sect. It was she who injured my subordinates and killed all my disciples."
"Oh? Is she that formidable?" The God Serpent Cult Leader responded. "Girl, in a battle between two armies, one does not kill envoys. Don't you think you've gone a bit too far?"
Yunxi coldly stared at the God Serpent Cult Leader and said, "You come to my Azure Cloud Sect to wreak havoc, and I kill a few people—do I need to report that to you?"
"I truly admire your spirit," the God Serpent Cult Leader said without anger. "Our Serpent Cult did not come here specifically to target Azure Cloud Sect; we merely wish to capture Zhang Jianzi. I am Nangong, a person who values talent. With your qualifications and cultivation, if you were to submit to our Serpent Cult, not only would everyone in Azure Cloud Sect be pardoned, but you could also continue as your Azure Cloud Sect's Guardian of the Mountain."
Nangong's words stirred the hearts of the disciples of Azure Cloud Sect. Surrounded by a large number of Serpent Cult members and initially resigned to their fate, they now found that the God Serpent Cult Leader did not intend to harm them.
Yunxi coldly looked at Nangong Dao and said, "To make Azure Cloud Sect submit to an evil cult? You're dreaming."
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