Chapter 83

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Chapter 83

Yun Chuyou fell silent, and the atmosphere gradually became delicate.

A sect remarked, "Sect Master Yun, many disciples from our sect have died because of demon cultivators. The cultivators of Qingxu Sect should provide us with an explanation."

Yun Chuyou suddenly asked, "What kind of explanation do you want?"

"Of course, we want to test if Meng He is truly of the demon race. If he is indeed that ‘young master’ of the Demon Realm, he should pay with his life… no, he should be used as bait and imprisoned in the Demon Suppressing Tower."

The Demon Suppressing Tower, located at the Tianheng Sect, is an important reason why the Tianheng Sect has been able to be the strongest sect for so many years.

In this Demon Suppressing Tower, countless monsters that harm the people are kept, and every generation of direct disciples from the Tianheng Sect has made great contributions to suppressing these monsters that cause trouble.

Someone added from behind, "If he really is a demon, the Qingxu Sect must apologize to us!"

An apology is not just about saying sorry; it is also about making reparations. Some have calculated that, although the Qingxu Sect is a small sect, their ability to earn spirit stones is impressive.

Moreover, from the performance of Yun Chuyou and her companions before, it is clear that the Qingxu Sect is wealthy.

During this time, in order to deal with the attacks from demon cultivators, many sects have suffered significant losses; if they find a mistake made by the Qingxu Sect, they will surely want to make up for it.

Yun Chuyou was originally a bit uneasy, but upon hearing this, she smiled instead of getting angry. While they would accept their mistakes, they would not allow others to take advantage of them.

"Let’s not forget that in all those past instances, Meng He has never been tested as a demon. Even if he belongs to the demon race, as long as he has not done anything evil, Meng He is a disciple of our Qingxu Sect. If he harms the innocent, I, as the sect master, will take care of it myself."

Her cold gaze swept across the elders and close disciples of other sects, "You all said it yourselves; your own sect’s disciples were taken over by demon cultivators. Who killed them? Whom will you seek revenge against?"

"If you have no evidence against him, you should first investigate everyone in your own sect under the same conditions!"

She pointed out each sect where demon cultivator disciples appeared, "According to your theory, anyone connected to the demon race should confess to the entire spiritual world. Everyone present should confess now, after all, no one can confirm Meng He’s identity, but there are demon cultivators mixed in."

"How can this be counted? These demon race cultivators have harmed the other disciples of our sect and polluted many of our magical tools. We are the victims!"

Yun Chuyou replied coldly, "It sounds like no one is a victim. If Meng He is indeed a young master of the demon race, and he masterminded everything, then Qingxu Sect is also an unsuspecting victim. Why should we compensate?"

She drew out the clear cold sword in her hand, "Do you really think our Qingxu Sect is weak and can be easily pushed around? If anyone is unhappy, come and fight me now."

She actually didn’t like to fight with cultivators; sometimes, the complexity of human hearts can be more chilling than monsters.

But now she had to stand here, as a representative of Qingxu Sect. She couldn’t just swallow her anger and let others bully her. Always backing down sometimes made one seem guilty.

Cultivation is about cause and effect; every grievance has its source, and every debt has its owner. As long as Meng He is not responsible, she won’t let these people blame him.

But if Meng He truly betrays the sect as he did in the original story, attacking them, then no matter his reasons, Yun Chuyou would really clean up the sect.

The top sects have not said much yet, but they have all stayed silent, waiting for the small and medium sects to test Qingxu Sect.

Hu Xiao Bai, watching this, wished he could crazily bite his own tail. His master truly valued friendship; if he was ever trapped, she would surely not abandon him easily.

Yun Chuyou took a strong stance, and some people stepped in to ease the tension, "We trust Taoist Friend Yun and believe Qingxu Sect called everyone here to unite…"

Xie Fuzhi sneered, "Always thinking about other sects’ resources, what kind of cultivator can unite like this? We work hard to earn spirit stones, and we cannot trust our backs to such partners. I’m afraid we’ll be stabbed in the back by our own people before we even face the demon cultivators."

He emphasized the words "partners" and "own people" very strongly, his tone and expression quite mocking.

The Tianyuan Sect, who invited them, also had a bad expression, since they once had a connection with Xie Fuzhi. After that, Qingxu Sect broke off, but the former leader of Qingxu was also from Tianyuan Sect.

Such a relationship is naturally something unfamiliar sects cannot easily compare to. And like Xie Fuzhi said, there has always been competition between sects; if the stakes are high enough, even allies can turn against each other.

On the path of cultivation, former companions may harm each other for opportunities, let alone they are just weak allies.

The leader of Tianyuan Sect promptly said, "We also understand Sect Master Yun’s concerns. The reason for gathering everyone here is to discuss important plans and unite in cooperation; we cannot let our agreement turn into mere words."

Yun Chuyou expressed her unhappiness with sharp words, "This agreement isn’t meant for everyone to make some Internal Demon Oath. What does this Internal Demon Oath mean for those cultivators who intend to enter the path of darkness?"

No demon cultivator has ever been defeated by an internal demon because they are demons themselves. Making trouble and swearing this oath is no different from being both a competitor and a judge, scoring oneself.

The leader of Tianyuan Sect wiped his sweat, "Of course, it’s not about making the Internal Demon Oath."

He pushed the leader of Tianji Sect to the front, "Let Sect Master Yan speak, as I believe everyone trusts Tianji Sect’s divination skills."

"Sect Master Yan, how did you become like this? Has Tianji Sect also been invaded by demon cultivators?"

For the spiritual world, Tianji Sect is a very mysterious sect. Although this sect is not as large as other top sects, it controls the rankings of various powers and can glimpse the secrets of heaven, holding a unique position.

Even the top sects have gone through rises and falls and have even vanished in the long river of history, but only Tianji Sect, due to its special heritage, has avoided disaster time and time again and stands strong.

In the eyes of the cultivators who knew him, Sect Master Yan always had a good spirit, but when they saw him this time, they almost didn’t recognize him.

The most obvious change was that his once shiny, beautiful black hair had turned white. However, unlike Hu Xiao Bai, the white demon beast with shiny white fur, this white hair lacked any sheen, as if his essence was drained, and he was on the edge of death.

Sect Master Yan sighed, "This is the fate of trying to predict the secrets of the heavens."

"What did you try to predict, and why did it end up like this?"

Sect Master Yan is a cultivator with Transcendency Stage cultivation, and he usually does not easily appear in the world. He was very young when he reached the Transcendency Stage, and with a normal lifespan, he should have more than ten thousand years left.

Now, facing this fate of nearing the end of his life, one must have glimpsed something truly terrifying in the secrets of the heavens to end up like this.

Sect Master Yan said, "I have seen that in the Three Realms, there is a Tribulation of Destruction."

All the cultivators present gasped in shock, and even Yun Chuyou, who had seen the script, was surprised.

Wasn’t the script she received too incomplete? Why wasn’t such an important plot mentioned?

Tribulation of Destruction, and the male and female leads are at such a low level right now. Even if Song Mingzhu is lucky and favored by the heavenly way, she cannot grow so quickly.

"Is that true? The spiritual world seems fine, how can there suddenly be a Tribulation of Destruction? Don’t trick us!"

The one who raised the question was a young disciple from a small sect. He had never heard of the Tianji Sect’s great reputation.

"I actually hope it’s not true. It’s just that after calculating so many times to find a way to break it, I ended up in this situation."

Peering into the secrets of heaven comes with a price—the price is their essence and lifespan. So in a way, the cultivators of Tianji Sect are trading their lifespans for their skills.

The master of that direct disciple happened to be there and awkwardly tapped his disciple, "The child doesn’t understand and doesn’t know of your sacrifices."

They respect the disciples of Tianji Sect so much because, in many major crises in the spiritual world, the Tianji Sect contributed greatly. They never fought or grabbed for power and sacrificed countless disciples. Anyone who isn’t heartless would remember their contributions.

"It’s fine." Sect Master Yan, as an elder, showed great tolerance towards the young one’s offense.

Mainly because the matter of the Three Realms’ destruction weighed heavily on him, he didn’t have the heart to care about such unimportant little things.

"Are you saying that this world-ending disaster was caused by that demon cultivator?"

The demon races from the Demon Realm are all troublemakers; in past major crises, it was always the demon races causing trouble, although some other demon races were involved too.

After all, the alliance between the human race and the demon race has always been very fragile, and at critical moments, they have often betrayed each other.

Everyone knows this, but now the power in the spiritual world has also weakened a lot. Human cultivators no longer dominate like they did in their prime, so everyone took a step back to maintain a facade of peace.

Sect Master Yan sighed deeply and said, "At first, I thought it was like that too."

For prophecies that involve many people, the information given by the heavens cannot be clear in every detail; they can only make inferences based on the information provided.

In the initial information, Sect Master Yan could only determine one thing: the calamity that destroys the world is related to the Demon Realm and the Ghost Realm.

So he thought it was the Three Realms joining forces to destroy the spiritual world.

Since there is a crisis, it is necessary to find the child of destiny who can save the world.

Sect Master Yan worked hard to calculate and successfully identified the fated girl and the fated boy favored by the heavens.

Then he tried to deduce based on his changed situation—failure, failure, countless failures.

Countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood, along with a sky full of flames, everything will be destroyed in the fire, but there will be no way to welcome a new beginning.

Unlike the previous crises, this time even the Fate Lady cannot save the spiritual world.

Sect Master Yan had a serious expression, "The disaster that could end the world is coming. When it arrives, it won’t just affect our spiritual world. In the face of this danger for all, I urge everyone to set aside all disagreements and hatred and to join hands to survive this crisis together."

Using the demon cultivator as a raft and having these cultivators with their own agendas cooperate with them is actually very difficult, but all calculations will eventually become meaningless in the face of the world-ending disaster.

If we do not unite, whether big sects or small sects, direct disciples or outer disciples, everyone will perish.