When he entered the Spirit Wind Pavilion, Zhang Ruochen summoned Little Black out and began to discuss together.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Having already entered the Two Yi Sect, can you sense the location of that one altar?”
“This Emperor will project it first.”
Little Black stretched out his two claws and carved out crooked patterns on the ground, all of which connected together and soon formed a compass with a diameter of two metres.
“Wow.”
A true qi struck out, and instantly, the compass emitted a white glow, rising up from the ground and slowly rotating.
When it rotated to the third circle, the compass settled down and rushed out a ray of light, pointing in the southwest direction.
“Southwest direction.”
Zhang Ruochen rummaged inside the study and soon found a book called Two Yi Sect Geography Mountain and River from the top of the bookshelf.
“The Two Yi Sect is divided into three palaces and seventy-two courtyards, and to the southwest of the Eternal Life Courtyard are the ** Courtyard, Devil Suppressing Courtyard, and Shangqing Palace in that order.”
The **Yard was the closest to the Eternal Life Courtyard, and the Shangqing Palace was the furthest from the Eternal Life Courtyard.
Zhang Ruochen’s finger pointed on top of the map and said, “Since the compass is guiding in the southwestern direction, let’s check from the nearest **Institution.”
Spending a quarter of an hour, Zhang Ruochen relied on his powerful spiritual power to memorise the entire contents of the book. Afterwards, he left the Spirit Wind Pavilion and prepared to go to the **Yard to investigate first.
Just as he stepped out of the gate, an outer sect disciple wearing a white dao robe greeted him, looking to be in his early twenties, bowed and bowed to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Senior Brother Lin, the Venerable Lord has an order for you to head to the Violet Cloud View immediately.”
The Venerable Lord, was the master of the Zixia Spirit Mountain, and all the outer disciples, inner disciples, and Sacred Transmission Disciples, all of them had to follow his orders.
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, “Now?”
“That’s right, it’s now.”That one outer disciple said.
“You lead the way!”
Zhang Ruochen originally didn’t want to meet any Venerable Lord, but there was no way around it, after all, he was now a disciple of the Two Element Sect, so naturally, he couldn’t disobey the orders of the Venerable Lord.
The matter of investigating the altar could only be put on hold for the time being.
The Zixia Temple was located halfway up the Zixia Spirit Mountain, built from green jade bamboo, the Taoist Temple was not built in a lofty and atmospheric manner, nor did it have any peculiarities.
However, Zhang Ruochen had only just walked to the outside of the Taoist Temple when he felt a powerful oppressive force, and vaguely, it seemed as if a huge Saint Might had fallen on his shoulders.
“That Venerable Lord, should be a Half Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart stirred and he immediately became cautious.
He endeavoured to revolve the thin Saint Qi in his body and adjusted the aura on his body, trying his best to become arrogant and fit Lin Yue’s character more.
When he walked into the Purple Cloud View, he only saw dozens of people gathered inside, all of them were at the level of the Elders of the Purple Cloud Spirit Mountain, and most of them had cultivation levels that reached the Fish Dragon Realm.
Other than that, Zhao Han’er, Xu Chen, and the inner disciples who had returned to the mountain together earlier were also standing on both sides of the Taoist Temple.
At the location directly above the Taoist Temple, there stood a humanoid stone statue, roughly two metres tall, wearing a Taoist robe and hanging a long sword at his waist, appearing solemn and dignified.
That holy might was emanating from the stone statue.
“Adverse disciple, seeing the stone statue of the venerable lord, why don’t you kneel down and salute?”A white-haired old man wearing a green-coloured Taoist robe stared at Zhang Ruochen with a pair of wide eyes and coldly rebuked him.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the white-haired old Taoist and guessed in his heart that the other party should be Lin Yue’s master.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the centre of the Taoist temple, standing upright and unassuming, “Didn’t you all kneel and bow in front of the stone statue of the venerable master as well?”
The white-haired old Taoist stood up abruptly, the true qi in his body revolving rapidly, forming a vortex of intense wind energy around his body as he said in a cold voice, “Are you going to kneel or not?”
The white-haired old Taoist was very powerful, with his cultivation reaching the Seventh Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
His aura erupted out and condensed into a layer of volatile air waves that crushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Rumble.”
In an instant, the air currents in the entire Daoist Temple shook violently.
Zhao Han’er, Xu Chen, and the other inner disciples, who were only standing at the edge, were suppressed by the aura emanating from the white-haired old Taoist, so much so that their entire bodies were unable to move.
One could imagine how terrifying pressure Zhang Ruochen, who was located at the centre of the aura, would be under?
If Zhang Ruochen was really Lin Yue, who only had a cultivation of the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Circle, he would not be able to withstand the white-haired old Taoist’s aura pressure and would immediately kneel on the ground.
The current Zhang Ruochen, however, was not the least bit afraid of the white-haired old Taoist, and it was even more unlikely that he would be compelled by his aura, to kneel down.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the same spot with a breezy demeanour and said proudly, “Master, even if you want me to kneel, you should give a reason, right?”
The white-haired old Taoist revealed a hint of astonishment when he saw that Zhang Ruochen had effortlessly dissolved his aura.
In the Taoist temple, the elders of the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain, a few of them were originally resting their eyes with their eyes closed, and at this moment, they all opened their eyes one after another, staring at Lin Yue in amazement.
Being able to resist the Qi oppression of a Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation cultivator, Lin Yue’s cultivation, must have already broken through the limits of martial arts and reached the Fish Dragon First Transformation.
One must know that Lin Yue’s age was only thirty-six years old.
A thirty-six year old Fish Dragon First Transformation cultivator was already considered quite outstanding, naturally making the elders feel incredible.
In the Two Element Sect, as long as one breaks through to the Fish Dragon Realm before the age of sixty, one can worship a Half Saint as a teacher and become a “Sacred Disciple”.
Anyone who broke through to the Fish Dragon Realm after the age of sixty would not have much potential, and would have limited achievements in life, and could only be named a “Green Robe Elder” at most.
The elders in the Taoist temple were all the lowest elders, the green-robed elders.
Originally, they were prepared to dispose of Lin Yue, even abolish his cultivation and expel him from the mountain.
But now, at only thirty-six years old, Lin Yue had broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm and would immediately become a Sacred Transmission Disciple, his status was even higher than theirs.
Other than Lord Venerable, who would dare to punish him?
Zhao Yi C also changed his face, not even thinking that Lin Yue’s cultivation, had already broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm.
The elders in the Taoist Temple, all of them knew Lin Yue’s cultivation, had reached the Fish Dragon Realm, however, those inner disciples did not know.
Xu Chen had always looked at Lin Yue very unfavourably, knowing that the elders were going to punish him, at this time, he naturally wouldn’t let go of the opportunity to drop a stone on him.
Xu Chen took a step forward and said in a cold voice, “Lin Yue, you are an inner disciple of the Two Element Sect, yet you have succumbed to the lustful authority of the evil cultivators, kneeling down and begging for forgiveness, disgracing the Two Element Sect.”
“Now, senior uncle asked you to kneel down and bow to the stone statue of the venerable lord, yet you refused to obey. Could it be that in your eyes, the Venerable Lord is inferior to an evil cultivator? For a life-hungry disciple like you, do you deserve to be a disciple of the Two Element Sect?”
The reason why all the elders had gathered at the Purple Cloud View, all of them had been invited by Zhao Yi C, was to dispose of Lin Yue.
The reason why Zhao Yi C did this was because he wanted to put all the blame for the loss of the Treasure Seeking Compass on “Lin Yue”.
Zhao Yibing said in his heart that since he had already offended Lin Yue, he would take this opportunity to expel him from the sect in one fell swoop, and would definitely not give him the chance to become a Sacred Transmission Disciple.
If Lin Yue became a Sacred Transmission Disciple, in the future, would there be a place for him, Zhao Yibing, in the Two Element Sect?
Zhao Yibing said with righteousness, ”Lin Yue, it’s just as well that you knelt down to the evil Taoist cultivator, the poor Taoist is too lazy to care about you, a soft bone. However, you actually betrayed Poor Tao, causing the Treasure Seeking Compass to be taken away by the Evil Dao Cultivator. Do you know that the Treasure Seeking Compass is the greatest treasure of the Purple Cloud Spirit Mountain? Elders, what do you think should be done with Lin Yue?”
One of the elders with a hawkish nose said coldly, “Not only has Lin Yue disgraced the Two Element Sect, he has also betrayed his master’s elders, the lightest punishment would be to break his legs, waste his cultivation, and expel him from the mountain.”
The inner disciples, led by Xu Chen, all secretly laughed at once.
As long as Lin Yue was expelled from the sect, they would also have a chance, to become the inner sect’s eldest senior brother, and in the future, they would be able to pursue their youngest sister openly.
Zhang Ruochen had only just arrived at the Two Element Sect, how could he be willing to be expelled from the Two Element Sect just like that?
The white-haired old Taoist said in a deep voice, “Lin Yue, do you still have something to say?”
“Of course I have something to say.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze stared over towards Zhao Yipeng and said, “Uncle Zhao, you said that I kneeled down to the Evil Dao practitioners, and that I betrayed you, causing the Treasure Seeking Compass to be lost. However, did you say why? Who actually put everyone in danger?”
“What reason?”
Zhao Yibing was a little weak, yet, he still forced himself to remain calm.
Zhang Ruochen let out a loud laugh and said, “That day in Qing Yun County City, Senior Uncle used the Treasure Seeking Compass and discovered that there was the scent of a Sacred Stone nearby. Thus, you were moved to greed and wanted to snatch the holy stone, but ended up inviting a powerful evil cultivator. Am I right?”
Zhao Yi C clenched his teeth and said, “So what? The holy stone of an evil cultivator was originally from an improper source, so why can’t the poor Taoist take it?”
“It’s not fetching, it’s robbing.”
Zhang Ruochen sneered, “A green-robed elder of the Two Element Sect, yet he has to disguise himself as a robber to snatch the holy stone of an evil cultivator. If it were to be spread out, wouldn’t the Two Element Sect lose face?”
Upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, all the elders present immediately frowned and glanced at Zhao Yi C with some disgust.
Zhang Ruochen continued, “That one Evil Dao expert that Uncle Zhao messed with was quite powerful, even the Blood Cloud Sect’s number four assassin, Luo Shi, was defeated by him. Uncle Zhao was even seriously injured by him in one move and lost his ability to fight.”
The crowd in the Taoist temple all sucked in a breath of cool air.
The Blood Cloud Sect’s number four assassin, Luo Shi, was a prestigious Evil Dao expert, and most of the elders present had heard of his name.
“That one Evil Dao expert actually defeated Luo Shi? With a strength as powerful as his, how did you escape from his hands?”A rather old green-robed elder asked.
Zhang Ruochen sighed and said, “Master Zhao’s attempt to snatch his holy stone must have enraged him, claiming to kill all of us. In order to save the lives of all of us, I could only kneel down and beg him.”
“Of course I know that there is gold under a man’s knees, and even more so, I know that temperament is more important than life, and that I would rather die than kneel. However, as the Inner Sect Senior Brother of the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain, am I going to stand by and watch all of my brothers and sisters, who have been dragged down by Uncle Zhao, all die a horrible death at the hands of an evil cultivator?”
“Uncle Zhao is already an old man who has lived most of his life, so of course he could care less about his own life. However, all of you senior brothers and sisters are still young, and there is still a long road ahead for them to travel. I would rather suffer some insults myself than save their lives.”
Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh and looked over towards the dozen or so Inner Sect disciples standing not far away, revealing a rather sad expression.
