This farce ultimately ended with the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s group being led away by an elder of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion who happened to be passing by.
Before leaving, the elder apologized to them.
But even so, the mood of the party, disrupted by this sudden farce, did not improve.
Rong Mingmo poked at the spiritual rice in her bowl with her chopsticks, her mouth pouting in a clearly impatient manner: “What exactly do those people from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion want to do?”
Xia Changxun was also very puzzled.
He even speculated whether something incredible had happened within the Heavenly Secret Pavilion during the few months he was in seclusion: “Is there a power struggle going on inside the Heavenly Secret Pavilion? Didn’t they say that the Pavilion Master and elders of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion were all begging the Third Elder for longevity pills?”
He speculated, sinking into a conspiracy theory he had made up for himself and unable to extricate himself: “Generally speaking, after begging for longevity pills, the next step is to enter seclusion to break through. The Pavilion Master and elders have both begged for pills, so this period should be the best time to seize power. I heard that the Young Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s status has been somewhat unstable in recent years. Is someone trying to take advantage of this to deprive Si Mingyan of his position as Young Pavilion Master?”
Rong Mingmo sneered and said: “Why would they look for trouble with us while seizing power? Senior Brother Xia, stop reading those messy scripts!”
Xia Changxun coughed lightly: “Not all of them are messy; some look quite reasonable and well-grounded.”
Lan Qinchuan put down his chopsticks: “The ones just now should be the people around Si Mingyan. If there really is someone trying to grab power from Si Mingyan, then it’s best for Si Mingyan’s people not to create complications outside at this time, right?”
Suo Xuanlin had been paying attention to Wen Qixue and naturally noticed the (other party’s) strange attitude: “Brother Xue, do you know something?”
Wen Qixue shook his head gently and explained: “I just feel that they might have stayed at the Heavenly Sword Sect with Si Mingyan for too long, thus becoming tainted with some of the Heavenly Sword Sect’s…”
He didn’t finish his sentence, but the others already understood what he meant.
Suo Xuanlin echoed: “Indeed, it sometimes looks very much like the style of the Yuanwu Sect.”
He had only heard of the Heavenly Sword Sect’s great name and had never truly seen people from the Heavenly Sword Sect, so he could only use the Yuanwu Sect for comparison. But it must be said that the scene just now by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion really was quite similar to the Yuanwu Sect’s style.
Especially when the people of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion were throwing harsh words at them.
Suo Xuanlin had heard similar words countless times at the Yuanwu Sect.
The other three from Danxia Valley had never had any contact with the Yuanwu Sect, but they knew the deeds of the Heavenly Sword Sect in recent years very clearly.
The Heavenly Sword Sect was not large in scale; it could even be considered small. Logically speaking, there were too many sects like this, and the possibility of it being looked upon by other major sects on the Guangling Continent was small. But in the Western Continent, its status was almost on par with the Western Continent’s first major sect, the Tianhuan Sect.
The reason for this was Gu Ninglu, or rather, the “Heavenly Chosen One.”
The “Heavenly Chosen One,” as the name implies, is “someone the Heavenly Dao is proud of,” and also someone shrouded in the Heavenly Dao’s luck. If such a person appears, then the people around him who have connections with him may receive the blessings of the Heavenly Dao’s luck.
And that the Heavenly Sword Sect was once shrouded in the Heavenly Dao’s luck was beyond doubt.
The only question was whose Heavenly Dao luck it was.
The biggest possibility was Gu Ninglu.
It is said that not long after Gu Ninglu started his apprenticeship, the Heavenly Sword Sect began to have the Heavenly Dao’s luck descend.
Ever since the Heavenly Sword Sect was shrouded in the Heavenly Dao’s luck, the status of the Heavenly Sword Sect began to rise in a straight line. In just a few short years, it approached the Western Continent’s first major sect, the Tianhuan Sect, so the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect began to inflate extremely.
Anyway, according to what Lan Qinchuan and the others had heard, there were plenty of jokes made by the Heavenly Sword Sect.
And as someone who used to be in the Heavenly Sword Sect, Wen Qixue was more aware of the attitudes of the people within the Heavenly Sword Sect.
The people of the Heavenly Sword Sect deeply knew where their status came from, so before he had his accident, the Heavenly Sword Sect basically followed Gu Ninglu’s lead.
Lan Qinchuan sneered and picked up a piece of food with great interest: “The Heavenly Chosen One is not so easy to be, and not to mention the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Heavenly Chosen One, I don’t know who it is yet!”
Since the implication of the Heavenly Chosen One is “someone who makes even the Heavenly Dao feel proud,” it naturally isn’t something that can be achieved simply.
It doesn’t have any standard, but those who have been shrouded in Heavenly Dao luck over the years have all achieved countless accomplishments that made people shudder.
For example, the Primeval Ancestor perfected the natural gas-inducing method of breathing and gas-induction. This is the most widely known general technique, and it was the birth of this technique that allowed more people to step onto the path of cultivation.
Another example is the Minshan Demon Venerable, who is said to be the first demon race to cultivate into a human. It was from him that demon cultivators began a more systematic cultivation.
Although these are the later achievements of these people who carried Heavenly Dao luck, they are enough to show that the Heavenly Chosen One is not something just anyone can be.
And now, for the dissipation of the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Heavenly Dao luck, the most popular saying is that Gu Ninglu is no longer sufficient to be the “Heavenly Chosen One” in terms of talent or cultivation.
Not only did Wen Qixue and the others not understand what those few people from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion were making a scene about, but even that elder from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion didn’t understand.
Although he apologized to the Danxia Valley people at the first opportunity and took the people away, he actually didn’t understand how this happened until the end.
Although Si Mingyan had been somewhat revolving around Gu Ninglu in the past two years, he shouldn’t have been mindless to this extent.
On the way back to the City Lord’s Mansion, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion elder couldn’t help asking: “Creating unpleasantness with the Danxia Valley people at this juncture—and that Rong Mingmo is Jiang Che’s direct disciple do you still want the longevity pills? What exactly are you thinking?”
Some of them didn’t think they had any problems and were still indignant: “Can Jiang Che humiliate the Pavilion Elder at will? I just don’t like looking at them. It’s as if, just because they can refine pills, they can hold our Heavenly Secret Pavilion in their hands.”
After listening to his words, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion elder couldn’t understand even more: “Jiang Che humiliated the Pavilion Elder…”
“Are you referring to the pill refining matter recently? This was originally an extra pill I requested him to refine. It’s normal for him to be dissatisfied. As long as he can refine the pills well in quality and quantity, he can curse a few times if he wants to. Jiang Che is an alchemist and hasn’t cultivated the ‘Mute Technique.’ Just cursing a few times won’t have any substantive impact on the Pavilion Elder. What’s the big deal about that?”
He said bluntly: “When Si Mingyan asked me to go see the Heavenly Sword Sect’s luck, I also cursed him, and I cursed him to his face.”
Asking people to do things for no reason—who wouldn’t curse people!
Even if there is a reward, they still curse, not to mention that Si Mingyan didn’t give him a reward back then.
They are just cultivators, not immortals, and couldn’t be so desireless and crave-less to that extent.
Even the Heartless Path has to break its oath, let alone them.
Hearing this, that person instinctively felt that the two should not be compared in this way, but after thinking carefully, he couldn’t refute it. In the end, he just opened his mouth and couldn’t say anything.
Seeing them like this, the elder didn’t entangle himself in this issue and actively changed the subject: “Do you know why I had to let Si Mingyan come along this time?”
When the Heavenly Secret Pavilion elder said this, his expression was too serious, so much so that the few following him felt a “thump” in their hearts, and immediately an ominous premonition arose.
“Wh, why?”
The Heavenly Secret Pavilion elder twitched the corners of his mouth: “To see if he is still qualified to be this Young Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.”