Zhao Yibing’s old face became very grim as he stretched out a finger to point at Zhang Ruochen, trembling non-stop as he said angrily, “Bullsh*t, at that time, you were clearly greedy for life and fearful of death before you knelt down and begged for forgiveness. Moreover, if you hadn’t exposed the Treasure Seeking Compass, the Treasure Seeking Compass wouldn’t have been seized by the Evil Cultivator.”
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Senior Uncle, you can’t say that, the situation was critical at that time, if we didn’t hand over the Treasure Seeking Compass, how could we return to the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain alive? Is it the lives of our senior brothers and sisters that are important, or is it the Treasure Seeking Compass?”
“Of course it is.”
Zhao Yibing was furious to the extreme, but just as he reached the halfway point of his sentence, he realised that it was a hole dug for him by “Lin Yue”, so he immediately shut his mouth and didn’t say the second half of his sentence.
At this moment, he only wanted to slap over and kill “Lin Yue”.
Although Zhang Ruochen spoke with great righteousness, the vast majority of people did not believe his words at all.
Especially, those inner disciples, who had witnessed the whole process in Qing Yun County, were even more unconvinced that “Lin Yue” was really that noble.
According to Zhang Ruochen, firstly, it was because of Zhao Yibing’s greed that he angered that evil cultivator and put all the disciples in danger.
Secondly, it was he, Lin Yue, who ignored his own dignity and knelt down to plead for leniency, and only then did he save the lives of all of them.
In order to stay in the Two Element Sect, Zhang Ruochen had brought out his full eloquence potential.
The Elders present did not know the truth, and when they heard Lin Yue’s words, they immediately revealed a grave expression.
If “Lin Yue” had really endured humiliation and knelt down to beg for mercy to save the lives of more than ten inner disciples, then wouldn’t it be unkind and unjust for them to expel “Lin Yue” from the Mountain Sect?
What is the truth?
The oldest Elder looked over to the inner disciple standing in the Taoist temple and asked, “Zhao Han’er, is everything your senior brother Lin Yue said true?”
Zhao Han’er was the youngest and the most innocent, which made her the least likely to lie.
She hesitated for a moment, but eventually walked out, pursed her lips, shook her head, and said, “I I don’t know.”
Originally, Zhao Han’er also very much despised what Lin Yue had done, however, what Lin Yue had just said was indeed true in every sentence.
She tried hard to recall, at that time, if Lin Yue hadn’t knelt down and begged for forgiveness, perhaps all of them would have really died in the hands of that one Evil Dao Cultivator.
If she said that what Senior Brother Lin Yue said was the truth, then, Senior Uncle Zhao would definitely be punished by the sect.
If it was said that everything that Senior Brother Lin Yue said was not the truth, then, Senior Brother Lin Yue would probably have his legs broken, his cultivation wasted, and be expelled from the sect.
What if Senior Brother Lin Yue was really trying to save them?
With Zhao Han’er’s age and experience, she was already somewhat unable to distinguish between what was true and what was false, so she didn’t dare to speak out of turn. Therefore, she could only say a “I don’t know”.
“Senior Brother Lin Yue, yes I’m sorry.”
Zhao Han’er directly cried out, sobbing while, at the same time, bowing to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen immediately greeted him and stretched out his hands, helping Zhao Han’er up, saying, “Senior sister, you didn’t apologise to me, it’s me who apologised to everyone. It’s only my fault that I wasn’t strong enough at the time to use my true strength and protect everyone. I could only grovel and could only kneel down and beg for forgiveness, only hoping to save your lives.”
“In my opinion, the lives of all of you senior brothers and sisters are far more important than my dignity. If you lose your dignity, you can still earn it back. However, if you all lose your lives, I will regret it for the rest of my life.”
Xu Chen clenched his fists, gritting his teeth in hatred, and said in a deep voice, “Senior sister, you must not be fooled by Lin Yue’s flowery words, this person is a coward who bullies the soft and fears the hard.”
Zhang Ruochen was originally a good-tempered person who didn’t want to cross paths with anyone, but what was the point of Xu Chen going against him three times?
Was it so difficult for him to simply want to stay in the Two Eyes Sect and track down the secrets of the altar?
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes stared over towards Xu Chen, revealing two sharp rays of light as he said, ”Senior Brother Xu, do you think that a coward who is afraid of softness can kill the Black Market’s One Piece Hall’s Phantom Blue Star Envoy? As I said, since I lost my dignity, I have to regain it, could it be that killing the Phantom Blue Star Envoy is not enough to salvage the face of the sect?”
Xu Chen sneered and said, “You’re full of deceitful words, who would believe that you could kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy? The Spectral Blue Star Envoy could press you to death with just a single finger. Ask the various master uncles and elders present, who would believe that you could kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy?”
Hearing Xu Chen’s words, Zhao Han’er, who had originally felt very guilty in her heart, suddenly, reacted with a feeling of being deceived by Lin Yue once again.
“I actually believed his words, how could he possibly kill that great devil, the Phantom Blue Star Envoy? Not being able to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, but still insisting that the Phantom Blue Star Envoy was killed by him, such a person’s words can be believed?”Zhao Han’er clenched her teeth, her eyes erupting with rage.
Xu Chen stared towards Zhao Han’er, and when he saw Zhao Han’er reveal her angry eyes, in his heart, he was instantly happy.
Exposing Lin Yue’s ugly face to his face, not only did he please Uncle Zhao, but also left a good impression of a righteous gentleman on his little sister, Xu Chen only felt a little fluttery, and the image of “Lin Yue being expelled from his master’s school, but he got a beautiful woman” had already appeared in his mind.
The name of the Blue Star Envoy was naturally so famous that even the elders in the Taoist Temple could only run away when they encountered him. Therefore, no one believed that Lin Yue was able to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy.
Zhao Yi C’s heart was overjoyed, knowing that now was a good opportunity, and he couldn’t give “Lin Yue” another chance to speak.
“Lin Yue, you dog who is full of lies and deceives his master, poor Taoist will clean up the door for the Everlasting Academy today and abolish your lifelong cultivation.”
Zhao Yi C’s toes stomped on the ground as he rushed towards Zhang Ruochen, his hands cupping into palm seals as he mobilised his entire body’s cultivation.
He didn’t want to waste “Lin Yue’s” cultivation, rather, he wanted to kill “Lin Yue” with one palm strike, so that he would never be able to speak again. At that time, when the Venerable Lord asked, he would be able to use the excuse that he had killed him by mistake and he would be able to get away with it.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen felt the killing aura from Zhao Yibing’s body, and immediately, his eyes narrowed as he also began to secretly gather his strength.
It was really unexpected that this old Taoist was so hateful that he actually wanted to kill and silence him.
Zhao Yipeng’s Fifth Transformation of Fish Dragon cultivation, Zhang Ruochen did not place it in his eyes at all.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to fight with Zhao Yi C, the humanoid stone statue in the centre of the Taoist temple suddenly emitted a bright light.
“Wow!”
A powerful pressure of holy power emanated out, suppressing everyone so much that they couldn’t move.
Of course, it also included Zhao Yi C.
Zhao Yi C only felt that his entire body’s true qi instantly became solidified, completely unable to operate, and at the same time, the powerful holy power fell onto his body, directly pressing him to his knees on the ground.
“Stop.”
A voice like heavenly thunder emitted from the mouth of the stone statue.
Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew his true qi and stared at the stone statue, only to see that the eyes of the stone statue opened, and a burning holy light emanated from inside the eye sockets.
All of the elders and inner disciples in the Purple Cloud Guan all fell to their knees and said in unison, “Greetings to the Venerable Lord.”
The Venerable Lord of the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain, known as the “Violet Cloud Half-Saint”, was one of the three Half-Saints of the Everlasting Life Academy, with an unfathomable cultivation, and spent most of his time in closed-door cultivation, seldom appearing.
The vast majority of inner disciples had never seen the Violet Cloud Half-Saint.
Therefore, in their hearts, the Zixia Half-Saint was a divine existence, and seeing the stone statue of the Zixia Half-Saint manifesting, naturally, they were incomparably excited and their hearts were filled with awe.
Zhao Yi C knelt down with both legs, beads of sweat kept appearing on his forehead, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
The Purple Cloud Half-Saint did not descend in real form, but rather put a holy soul on the stone statue to achieve the effect of “manifestation of sainthood”.
Even if the Purple Cloud Half-Saint was 100,000 miles away, as long as he manifested the Saint, the humanoid stone statue would be able to possess one-tenth of the power of the Purple Cloud Half-Saint in a short period of time.
This was a means that only Half-Saints had.
Even if it was only one-tenth of its power, it was still enough to suppress a cultivator of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon to kneel and bow.
However, the crowd found that the “Lin Yue” standing in the centre of the Taoist temple did not kneel down. He merely clasped his hands and bowed to the stone statue.
“Lin Yue, how dare you. The Venerable Lord has revealed himself as a saint, and you actually dare not to kneel?”Zhao Yi C said in a deep voice.
Zhang Ruochen only glanced at Zhao Yipan faintly, with no intention of kneeling at all.
Although “Lin Yue’s” failure to kneel made the elders present very unhappy, there were some who still admired “Lin Yue”.
After all, not everyone could withstand the Saintly Might of a Half-Saint.
“The fact that Lin Yue was able to do so was enough to show that he was really quite something.
The Violet Cloud Half-Saint’s pair of holy eyes were also fixed on Lin Yue’s body, without the slightest hint of anger, instead, he revealed a rather admiring gaze and said, “Not bad. No wonder you were able to break through to the Fish Dragon Realm at the age of thirty-six, you are indeed quite extraordinary.”
“Boom!”
The inner disciples present, including Xu Chen and Zhao Han’er, all looked as if they had been struck by lightning and looked towards “Lin Yue” with incomparable shock.
He had broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm?
“No, it can’t be.”
Xu Chen’s face turned very pale.
Only a cultivator who had reached the great circle of the Heavenly Extremity Realm would understand how difficult it was to break through to the Fish Dragon Realm. How could Lin Yue reach the Fish Dragon Realm so easily?
With Lin Yue’s age, once he broke through to the Fish Dragon Realm, he would be able to become an exalted Sacred Transmission Disciple, and his status would be one step higher than all the Elders present.
According to the rules of the Two Element Sect, a Sacred Transmission Disciple was not required to kneel and salute a Half-Saint. Thus, even if Lin Yue didn’t kneel, it was still quite normal.
“Everyone get up!”
The holy might on the stone statue of the Zixia Demi-Saint gradually converged back, appearing rather easygoing.
The crowd stood up one after another, each returning to the side of their seats, each of them a little shocked and uncertain, not knowing what should happen next?
Especially, Zhao Yibing and Xu Chen, they didn’t even dare to utter a single breath.
