Feng Xue's eyebrows were wrinkled tightly, and her eyes showed a solemn look. Mo Fa didn't wait for her to speak, and continued: "In just these three short months, I have been separated from the Chen Sect for twenty years."
Four disciples disappeared after going out. Cuiyun Mountain Huaqi, the ninth level building of the Qi Lianjing Realm, was found dead in a barren mountain 37,000 miles away from the gathering place about two months ago, with three yin amputations in his body, Qiyang
peak
Disciple Zou An, twenty-seven days ago, was killed in the south of the Zangxuan River. He was hit by seven swords and had the remaining strength of the Luohou Red Flame Sword in his body. Cao Ran of Wuji Peak died 120,000 miles away.
, by the Fengshui River. When it was discovered, the disciple's body had been eaten away by wild beasts, leaving only a few leg bones. And these three people, without exception, had signs of being forced to confess to soul searching before they died -
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There was once again a dead silence in the main hall, and the sneer in Mo Fa's eyes gradually became clear: "These are only three people with remaining corpses. The other twenty-one people have never been seen alive or dead. Either they are.
Either he has not been discovered yet, or his body has been destroyed. The origin of the murderer is unknown, and it is difficult to find out. It has become an unsolved case. Why this person committed such a murderous act is also unknown."
The wind and snow swayed slightly, and he had almost guessed what Mo Fa would say next. Before the person could finish speaking, he said impatiently: "This is strange, I am closer to Nie Xianling, so I am Xuanlingshan
The first lineage is the one. Isn't it ridiculous that those people don't attack the disciples of the Xuanling Mountain lineage, but instead focus on the disciples of other lines?"
"I don't know if it's ridiculous or not. Even if there was no incident about the Nie family's treasury, many of my Lichen Sect disciples would have died inexplicably."
Mo Fa put his hands behind his back and looked directly at Feng Xue: "Among these twenty-four people, Junior Sister Feng Xue, you can be sure that none of them died because of Nie Xianling? Let me ask you again, did Nie Xianling die in my death?"
Although the sect follows the rules and makes no mistakes,
What benefit does it have for me, Li Chen? How could these twenty-four disciples of my Li Chen Sect deserve to be implicated by this woman, their bodies and souls will be destroyed, and their bones will not be preserved after death? Do they have to be members of my Li Chen Sect?
How can you put the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of disciples in your sect at risk for a little bit of dignity?"
The aggressive words made more Jindan monks in the hall think deeply.
Feng Xue's face was livid and she stopped talking. Mo Fa's words were so righteous and just as she expected.
But knowing this, she couldn't refute it at all. Could it be said that for one Nie Xianling, she would sacrifice ten or a hundred disciples without hesitation?
"It was precisely because he had anticipated what would happen today that Mo Fa submitted the matter of Nie Xianling to the Foreign Service Hall for judgment. However, the consequences had not yet appeared at that time. Several elders of the Foreign Service Hall were concerned about their friendship and did not make a painful decision.
We can only hope for the same tragedy today, so that it will not happen again in the future."
Mo Fa looked around at everyone in the hall, and then fixed his gaze on Zhuang Wudao at the back of the hall, pointing directly at him: "Maybe Junior Brother Zhuang, you have other objections and you have something to teach me?"
Zhuang Wudao's eyes were indifferent, and he looked at this person for a few breaths. The people around him were all in high spirits, waiting for the wonderful show. Zhuang Wudao closed his eyes slightly again, and said expressionlessly: "Senior Brother Mo Fa said
He is very righteous, but Zhuang has no righteousness. He has his own reasons and has a clear conscience towards the whole sect. Senior brother, it is absolutely impossible for me to expel this girl Nie Xianling."
It would be foolish to tangle with your opponent in a battle that is destined to be unwinnable. Mofa is well prepared, and it cannot be refuted with words.
It was precisely because he knew that he would definitely be defeated, and he might even be hit in the face, and falsely accused of not caring about the life and death of Lichen's disciples, that he would lose the hearts of the Xuanling Mountain lineage. That's why he concluded from the very beginning that he had nothing to do with Jiefa at best.
I can only protect Nie Xianling's three-month period. I have never placed my hope on this Golden Elixir Conference.
No matter what he said at this time, it was wrong, so it would be better not to say anything. He was too lazy to waste his energy arguing with Mo Fa.
“What a clear conscience”
At this moment, Mo Fa had the feeling that he had thrown out a heavy punch, but it hit the empty space. He had already guessed that Zhuang Wudao might have given up. However, he thought that this person would probably struggle to the death and resist.
Judging from the result, it was Zhuang Wudao who never resisted at all. Looking at the other people in Xuanling Mountain, Yun Lingyue and others were either silent, confused, resentful, or annoyed. But no one was there.
, I have the intention to speak again.
Mo Fa shook his head, thinking that this was fine, and directly raised his fist towards the cloud platform where Fang Yejunquan and the four immortals were standing and said: "In that case, I have more words to say, and I would like to ask the master and several immortals to make a decision."
Ye Junquan glanced around, then shook his head slightly: "This matter is still judged by all the Jindan present, each person has one vote. If the number of people exceeds 50%, Nie Xianling will be kicked out of the Lichen Sect's gate. If there are not enough votes, everyone
You are not allowed to mention this matter again. No matter what the outcome is, you must follow the order at that time, and you must not have any objections or dissatisfaction, otherwise the sect will deal with it."
The atmosphere in the hall condensed again, but no one, including Zhuang Wudao, made a sound. As Ye Junquan waved his sleeves, several Taoist boys immediately came on duty and placed a huge jade plate with a radius of nearly ten feet.
, and carried it to the center of the hall.
Zhuang Wudao opened his eyes again and looked at it carefully. He knew that this was the Yupan, which was the tool for the decision of the elders at the Lichen Sect's Golden Elixir Conference.
The jade plate will display gold, silver and black fish patterns. The gold fish pattern means agreement with the proposal, the black fish pattern means veto, and the silver fish pattern means abstention.
All Jindan monks can control the changes in the fish patterns on the jade plate with their own authentic or secret jade tablets.
Therefore, even the Yuanshen monks with vast spiritual thoughts cannot know what kind of choices the many golden elixirs present made when making decisions.
Zhuang Wudao took his secret jade tablet and scanned it with his mind. He could see that there was a black fish pattern on the plate.
Then the number of fish patterns gradually increased, until there were about a hundred. And the faces of everyone in the hall began to change.
The black fish patterns only account for a small half, with a total of only forty-eight. There are not many golden fish patterns, forty-nine in total. There are only a dozen silver fish patterns, so they can be ignored.
A total of one hundred and nine, the four real Yuanshen, plus Zhuang Wudao and Jin Dan present, are exactly this number.
Zhuang Wudao raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling quite surprised. Forty-eight, this number was actually far beyond his expectation. It was not too few, but too many.
No matter how he calculated beforehand, the number of votes this time would not exceed forty. The Xuanling Mountain lineage was present, including him, there were twenty-seven people in total, and Cuiyun Mountain's fifteen people, the total was only forty-two.
A monk. What's more, these forty-two votes may not be guaranteed.
Even if they belong to the same family, they may have conflicts of interest, discord and grudges, and even different temperaments. Some are righteous and some are greedy for money. Disagreements are inevitable.
And outside of Xuanling Cuiyun Mountain, let alone Shuiyun Peak and Suyun Peak, they only temporarily joined forces with Xuanling Mountain. Since Elder Gu Xu of Shuiyun Peak can join forces with Mo Fa's property
.So it is inevitable to switch sides today and stab Xuanlingshan in the back.
As for the twelve abstentions, they should have come from other peaks. They were unwilling to betray their own branch and had disagreements with the leader of the branch, so they had no choice but to give up. But are these twelve people too many? Yes.
Huangji Peak? Master Sanfa gave instructions? Speaking of Huangji Peak, they are also eleven Golden Elixir monks.
——The number forty-eight is also too coincidental.
Zhuang Wudao narrowed his eyes and looked at the seats in front of the first seats of the real people. Especially He Daozhi, the first seat of Shuiyun Peak, his eyes were like swords, scraping towards the back of this person.
There are twenty-seven people in Xuanling Mountain and fifteen people in Cuiyun Mountain. Suyunfeng, the weakest lineage, has only six Jindan elders, which makes the total number exactly forty-eight. Shuiyunfeng has a total of seven Jindan elders.
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Zhuang Wudao didn't know whether this was a coincidence, but this result couldn't help but arouse his doubts. It also corroborated with Jie Fa's words when he had a secret meeting with him three months ago.
Not only him, but also the other Jindan monks who came from the Xuanling, Cuiyun and Suyun three lineages also looked at him with suspicion.
Na He Dao was a little surprised at the beginning, but after just a moment, he was calm again and there was no abnormality.
However, Zhuang Wudao was keenly aware that He Daozhi's fists were tightly clenched, clearly pretending to be calm.
"Hey, He Daozhi was so calm before, and now he stabbed him with a knife,"
The voice of Sikong Hong next to him was low, and his eyes were full of unyielding coldness: "Master's move is really wise. Otherwise, at a critical moment in the future, Shui Yunfeng will attack behind his back, and the consequences will be disastrous."
Zhuang Wudao shook his head and defended He Daozhi: "It may not be Shuiyun Peak. The forty-eight fish patterns may be a coincidence. And even if Shuiyun Peak casts golden fish patterns, it may be those few
You think you have nothing to fear. You feel that Xuanling Mountain is still inseparable from Shuiyun Peak, and you want to get some benefits from Mo Fa."
Even so, Zhuang Wudao was thinking about what Jie Fa said that day - 'I am worried about water clouds, and I have long been connected with Ming Cuifeng.
Just because his master had already predicted that the Shuiyunfeng lineage was just a chess piece prepared by Zhenren Hongfa on Xuanling's side.
I had also known that Ming Cuifeng's defeat in the Golden Elixir Conference two years ago was certainly due to the current situation, but it was also Master Hongfa who took the initiative to show weakness in order to paralyze Xuanling Mountain.
That’s why you are trying every possible means to join forces with Huangji Peak? Even at the expense of Nie Xianling’s heavy investment?
Thinking of Nie Xianling, Zhuang Wudao was slightly absent-minded. He didn't know how this woman was doing now.
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In Daoye Mountain, Nie Xianling's heart was racing, and she looked at the steps in front of her seriously. It was built in a crack in the mountain, made of unknown sapphire ashlar, with a total of 999 steps, extending to the top of the mountain.
It is not too steep, but within the Lichen Sect, more than a thousand talents have died on this road. Among them, there are twenty-three with super-grade spiritual roots.
Nie Xianling was not afraid, she only thought secretly in her heart. Is this the path Zhuang Wudao took a few years ago?
She didn't know if it was fate. Three years ago, Zhuang Wudao took the risk and forcibly crossed the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps just to protect her.
Three years later, for her own sake, she stood in front of this heavenly path and repeated Zhuang Wudao's path.
"Once you enter this path, your life or death will be unpredictable."
Xuanjizi stood beside her and said in a leisurely tone: "Don't you regret it?"
"How?"
Nie Xianling smiled: "Besides Xianling, what else can you regret?"
If you don't retreat, you will live; if you don't advance, you will die. She had understood this principle three months ago.
"I don't know how sure you are, Junior Brother Wudao, and what you really think about it, but I hope you can succeed."
Xuanjizi breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's true, Xianling, you have done a great job for me at Xuanling Mountain. Xuanjizi can't thank you enough."
“It will definitely succeed”
Nie Xianling shook her head and said persistently: "Xianling must cross this path even if it is for herself."
Xuanjizi was dumbfounded. He didn't know where Nie Xianling got her confidence.
He wanted to remind him a few more words, but Xuanjizi frowned and stopped. At this moment, the sound of the bell was heard from afar.
The bell rang past nine, which was the official start of the Nine Meridians Dharma Assembly. Xuanjizi immediately knew that the two of them were running out of time. He stopped talking and simply said: "Be careful not to fall down along the way."
"I remember the fairy bell"
Nie Xianling also sensed that the blood barrier between her eyebrows suddenly shattered.
Knowing that this was Zhuang Wudao, he had freed her from the bondage of her spiritual slave. However, Nie Xianling did not feel happy and rejoiced at being free, but felt confused for a while.
After a long while, Nie Xianling recovered, but her eyes became clearer and brighter. Without any hesitation, she stepped onto the sapphire stone steps.
At this moment, the figure of a middle-aged Taoist suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. Holding a sword in his hand, wisps of green sword light came towards her.