"Sect Leader Lu, why don't you mention how Qu Jing Sect's Jing Lan and Xi Le Sect's Yun Youyue plotted behind the scenes against their benefactor with malicious intent? Why don't you mention that Si Qin's revenge is just and righteous? Why don't you mention that the missing Dao Lord Rong Ku is the eldest daughter of our Yue Qing Mountain, and that Yue Qing Mountain has shown sufficient respect by not taking action against Qu Jing Sect and Xi Le Sect?"
"Or Sect Leader Lu, have you done something that makes you so guilty? So uneasy?"
Even though he was a junior, he was not afraid of anyone present. After all, the old man had said that if anything went wrong, they would just overturn this Shen Qi Heaven!
In any case, the sects of Shen Qi were already rotten beyond recognition!
It had to be said that Yue Yuan Gui's unruly attitude stunned most of the people present.
Lu Fu Ping was left speechless.
However, while they had nothing to say, Yue Yuan Gui did.
"In any case, Yue Qing Mountain's stance is clear: regardless of what everyone here thinks, Yue Qing Mountain will resolutely advance and retreat with Shen Qi Mountain this time!"
Lu Fu Ping's face turned pale, and he subconsciously looked at Li Ting Yun.
Li Ting Yun lowered his gaze, lost in thought, rubbing his fingers without speaking.
Hua Ling Mountain Lord frowned and said gently, "Yuan Gui, you've spoken too broadly."
Yue Yuan Gui replied, "Why doesn't Hua Ling Mountain Lord first explain why rumors are spreading from Hua Ling Mountain that my niece harmed the cultivators from Hua Ling Mountain who entered the mystic realm?"
Just as Bai Sheng Yi successfully slayed the dragon, but disappeared, her reputation soared. News spread from all over Shen Qi that all cultivators from Hua Ling Mountain who entered the Huan Yu Minor Mystic Realm, except for Hua Ni Shang, had been brutally murdered by Bai Sheng Yi!
Her methods were so cruel, her killing so terrifying, that she was unworthy of the title Dao Lord Rong Ku!
Hua Ling Mountain thought they had acted discreetly, but Yue Qing Mountain and Shen Qi Mountain, by joining forces, found out everything.
"Isn't that true?" Hua Ling Mountain Lord said in a deep voice, "My son saw it with his own eyes, so how could it be false? Yuan Gui, it's not that uncle is lecturing you, but since you participated in the competition, there are bound to be wins and losses and risks. If Shen Qi Mountain were to act like this, couldn't Hua Ling Mountain also do whatever it pleased to Shen Qi Mountain?"
"Exactly!" Lu Fu Ping immediately perked up upon hearing this.
Yue Yuan Gui clenched his fingers, about to speak, when a voice as cold as the unmelting glaciers of the Southern Wasteland River came from outside.
"Firstly, does Hua Ling Mountain Lord confirm that your Hua Ling Mountain disciples were killed by Bai Sheng Yi?"
Qin Si strode in, and a bloody scent instantly assailed everyone present, making them frown.
He was followed by two cultivators, one with a cultivation at the middle stage of Nascent Soul, and the other already at the late stage of Nascent Soul.
"Of course, we are certain," Hua Ling Mountain Lord said in a deep voice.
Ni Shang herself had told him, so how could it be false?
If it weren't for the fact that many of Hua Ling Mountain's disciples were killed by Bai Sheng Yi early on, Ni Shang wouldn't have been eliminated so early, and Hua Ling Mountain's performance this year would have been dismal.
Qin Si let out a sneer, clapped his hands, and turned to the cultivators behind him, "You two, give Hua Ling Mountain Lord a good look."
"Hua Ling Mountain Lord, please take a look." Zhan Jiu Zhou expressionlessly took out several image stones. Within the image stones, everything that happened in the underwater palace was played, including Hua Ni Shang's act of killing her fellow disciples to protect herself, and the scene of Hua Ni Shang and Yuan Bing Xin cooperating.
Most importantly, in one of the recordings presented by Zhan Jiu Zhou, Yuan Bing Xin was seen interacting amicably with countless gray threads, even commanding the gray threads to attack the disciples of the Xuan Nv Sect.
"Bang!" The Sect Master of the Xuan Nv Sect, Xuan You, directly crushed a nearby teacup and struck Li Ting Yun with a palm, "Sect Leader Li, don't you owe everyone an explanation?"
"Sect Master Xuan, don't rush," Qin Si waved his hand, and a chair appeared out of thin air. He sat down, appearing to be placating, but in reality, he was stirring up even greater anger among the assembled crowd. "This is just one small issue."
"Martial Uncle, I have something to report." The other cultivator who had entered with Qin Si said to Yue Yuan Gui.
Yue Yuan Gui said, "Please speak freely."
"Before the competition ended, and because your nephew did not have evidence for some matters, he did not report them," Yue Ci explained why he was only reporting today after emerging from the mystic realm.
"Firstly, Yuan Bing Xin of the Supreme Sect colluded with the Prison Fiends to harm cultivators; secondly, the revival of the ancient Azure Dragon was not solely by the Azure Dragon's own power, but by its cooperation with the Prison Fiends to raise Qian Hun Silk within the mystic realm, absorbing the vital essence and blood of cultivators to nurture the Azure Dragon's divine soul... Your nephew has reason to suspect that this Huan Yu Minor Mystic Realm was a setup orchestrated by the Supreme Sect for the disciples of all sects in the Shen Qi world!"
"Absurd!"
Li Ting Yun could no longer sit still, slammed the table in anger, and stood up.
"You're spouting nonsense! Ignorant child! Do you know what you're saying?" Li Ting Yun said, projecting a terrifying pressure onto Yue Ci, his eyes filled with killing intent!
With a flick of his scarlet, arrogant robe, he easily blocked Li Ting Yun's oppressive force.
"Why is Sect Leader Li so nervous?" Qin Si curved his lips coldly. "Or perhaps, your Supreme Sect, like Hua Ling Mountain, likes to pressure innocent young people?"
Yue Ci: ...
Although, but he seemed older than Sect Master Qin, right?
Li Ting Yun's face was gloomy. "He is slandering my Supreme Sect with baseless accusations, is it not permissible for this sect leader to administer a small punishment?"
"That is also the affair of my Yue Qing Mountain!"
Yue Bu Fan strode in from outside.
This time, the atmosphere in the entire venue became even more tense.
No one had expected that a closing ceremony, which was supposed to be held as usual at the final martial arts competition, would uncover so many issues.
The key was that it now involved the interplay of interests between major sects.
Shen Qi Mountain and Yue Qing Mountain clearly intended to seize this opportunity to challenge Hua Ling Mountain and the Supreme Sect. The Xuan Nv Sect would also absolutely not let the Supreme Sect off the hook. As for the remaining sects, the first-rate sects Qu Jing Sect and Fang Lan Sect would undoubtedly side with the Supreme Sect and Hua Ling Mountain...
As the people from the various sects were calculating, Yue Bu Fan, as soon as he opened his mouth, thoroughly berated Li Ting Yun.
"Slander your sister! I really can't believe I have to deal with you, Li Ting Yun. If you have the ability to get angry, why don't you have the ability to control your Supreme Sect's people? Go and see what kind of freaks your Supreme Sect's Hui Ling San Ren and Yan Hua Dao Jun are! I must have had terrible luck to have organized this Shen Qi Grand Gathering with you!"
The more Yue Bu Fan thought about it, the angrier he became. He blathered on for a while, still feeling indignant, and continued to curse with his hands on his hips.
"Is your brain, Li Ting Yun, filled with the stagnant water of Qian Lian Sea? You're being toyed with by two women from the Prison Fiend clan and you don't even know anything! Oh, wait, if you didn't know the identities of those two women, then you're a fool! If you did know, then you're venomous! And you—"
Yue Bu Fan looked up, pointed at Hua Ling Mountain Lord, and suddenly struck out with his palm!
Hua Ling Mountain Lord's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously raised his palm to counter. As their palms met, they directly overturned the temporarily erected tent!
"Crash!"
"What happened?"
"It looks like the big shots are fighting?"
On the glacier, it was currently the time with the most disciples.
Because the Huan Yu Minor Mystic Realm had closed not long ago, all disciples who entered the mystic realm had to come out, regardless of their performance. Therefore, many sect disciples had gathered here, partly to receive their disciples, and partly for gossip, such as who were the final contenders in this mystic realm competition, and which disciple had made a dark horse appearance at the end...
So when Yue Bu Fan and Hua Ling Mountain Lord started fighting, everyone's attention was drawn to them.
Everyone only heard Hua Ling Mountain Lord loudly exclaim, "Yue Bu Fan, I respect your seniority, but by acting so indiscriminately, where is the bearing of a great sect? Or is it that your Yue Qing Mountain truly intends to insult all the sects that participated in the Huan Yu Minor Mystic Realm selection competition for the sake of one Bai Sheng Yi?"