A legend just disappeared like that.
The audience’s jeering disappeared and was replaced by silence. The determination of the Elder Hua Yu caught everyone by surprise. For a while, people did not know what expression to put on their faces.
The Taoists sighed and closed their eyes.
To say that Elder Hua Yu was evil, they wouldn’t agree. In the past few decades, the Liuyun Temple led by Hua Yu had done a lot of things to help the weak and uphold justice. Elder Hua Yu’s virtue was also firmly established. If a hypocrite carried out good deeds throughout her life, for what reason could they blame her?
But she was indeed wrong. No matter how many good things she had done, they couldn’t offset one evil. She had to pay for her mistakes.
This was Karma. Hua Yu was fated to have this disaster.
The Taoist people resented Li Xianyu’s exposure of this fact, which would have made the whole Taoist faction become the focus of public opinion for a period of time in the future. Their reputation was greatly damaged. Yet, they know that their anger wasn’t exactly justified, and were convinced of such results.
The Taoist Reverend looked at the body of Hua Yu, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Hua Yang stood by the corpse and looked down silently without joy or sorrow.
“I once said to Master that I had no intention of becoming the next Temple Head. When I was very young, my parents abandoned me. Master took me back to the mountain and taught me how to cultivate myself. I have a place I could call home, and I was very satisfied. But Master told me that the position of the temple leader is for the best disciple, not for any specific person. Master hoped that I could take over the position of the leader and go further and higher with Liuyun Temple.”
“I didn’t expect her to hate me so much. She hated me even when she died. Envy is indeed the greatest sin of mankind.”
Li Xianyu said in a low voice, “Mother Hua Yang… She had paid off her debt with her death. All is over.”
Hua Yu was indeed tough and decisively committed suicide. Otherwise, my Mother Hua Yang will have to fight more.
Hua Yang sighed.”Some debts can be recovered. What I’m afraid of are the debts that can’t be settled.”
Li Xianyu knew what she meant, but said, “Justice is never with the range of weapons. Law will never blame the masses.”
There were two regrets in Hua Yang’s life. First, she failed to marry Li Wuxiang. Second, Li Wuxiang was already dead.
“If I had not died, I would have no hesitation to stand with him. Your father is not wrong. It is the world that is wrong. In my opinion, it’s the whole demon descendant community. I’m sorry about your father, I’m sorry for you.”
You also wanted to say that even Great-Grandma is sorry for us father and son, right?
“My father will definitely not let you take part in that fiasco. My Great-Grandma didn’t really stand by. Father had managed to insist that she does not get involved. The demon descendant community is also not without people of justice, but they dare not make enemies with most of the community. Their justice can only be achieved without participating in the encirclement of my father.” Li Xianyu glanced at his Great-Grandma, whose face turned black, and whispered to his mother, “The treasures of the Great Deities Palace are so attractive that I can’t understand why he was so eager to die. Maybe he doesn’t want the Li family and the whole demon descendant community to be mutually destroyed. After finding out what my father brought out of the Great Deities Palace everything will be clear.”
It was understandable that Mother Hua Yang had complaints about Great-Grandma because Li Wuxiang was her love. However, in the eyes of Great-Grandma, great-grandchildren will never be as important as the continuation of the Li Family family line.
They had different goals, and thus their priorities were different.
Li Xianyu still had several doubts about his father’s single-minded pursuit of death. If he really didn’t want to die, it was possible for him to fight with the whole demon descendant community. The Buddha Head was his master, and the Unparalleled War Spirit was his grandmother. There was no single person who had as much power as him in the whole demon descendant community.
Buddha Head couldn’t make an enemy out of the majority, but he could at least protect him. Great-Grandma was even crazier. When I go crazy even my grandchildren would tremble in fear, how can they not be scared? But my father died.
There must have been other reasons at that time, which made Li Wuxiang feel hopeless for survival, even the Buddha head and the Unparalleled War Spirit were unable to resolve.
Li Xianyu suspected that it was related to the Great Deities Palace.
“Why are you still standing here? Let’s go. Do you want to do something else?” Lightning King dragged Li Xianyu to step down.
At the same time, he was relieved. Fortunately, it was over.
When Hua Yu died, the Taoist faction did not rebound in retaliation, and the Unparalleled War Spirit did not go on a massacre.
It was no big deal…
Great-Grandma left with her great-grandson in indifference. When outsiders were present, Great-Grandma always put on a cold persona.
One would never see the Unparallelled War spirit sitting cross-legged with snacks in her mouth while playing games on a crackling keyboard.
One would never see the scene of the Unparalleled War Spirit in hot pants and singles displaying her curvaceous figure, kicking her great-grandson with her feet.
It was impossible to see her occasionally trying to show off her looks, usually when she had no money, playing coquettish in front of her great-grandson.
This was not fanservice for the great-grandson. This was actually a fanservice that only Li Xianyu would get.
Elder Hua Yang didn’t leave. She stood on the stage and looked at a group of Liuyun disciples.”Who is the eldest disciple?”
A mature looking, oval faced eldest disciple came out. “I-I am…”
Elder Hua Yang frowned, with an oval face and a steady and gentle temperament. This eldest disciple gave her a feeling of seeing Elder Hua Yu in her youth.
“From today on, I am the leader of Liuyun Temple, and you are my eldest disciple. During my travels, you shall manage Liuyun Temple for me. If you need money or cultivation resources, go to the local Baoze branch. Do you understand? ” Hua Yang was not shallow enough to judge people by their appearance.
“I understand…” The elder disciple hesitated and looked at the corpse of the Elder Hua Yu. Her eyes were filled with grief. “How to deal with Master…?”
“Give her a proper burial.”
“Yes.”
After the arrangement, Hua Yang folded her wings and went back to Li Xianyu. She took Li Xianyu’s qi as her food and condensed it into a solid body. She was no longer taboo and could show her true face in front of others.
“Mother Hua Yang, would you like to go back to Liuyun Temple and stay for a while?” asked Li Xianyu.
“No, I don’t know when the Great Deities palace will open. Your mental strength is too weak, I am worried for you.” Hua Yang shook her head.
She really is my mother.
At the end of the incident, several monks from the Lianghua temple came together and whispered to each other, among which Jie Se was also included.
He took out his cell phone and called Buddha Head. After connecting, he blocked his mouth with his left hand and said in a small voice, “Master, something big happened.”
Buddha Head said, “I know.”
With the cultivation of Buddha Head, what happened here couldn’t be concealed from him.
Jie Se said, “Then the Forum Conference should… continue?”
Buddha Head said, “Go on, but…” It was a rare moment that Buddha Head hesitated for a moment. “There may be more things happening later. Please let your martial peers be mentally prepared. No matter what happens, our Lianghua Temple will not participate.”
“What do you mean, Master? I’m so flustered.”
“Don’t panic. The sky can’t fall down with Master around.”
“Then what were you talking about?”
“Don’t ask. You’ll know later. Keep going. Don’t get involved.”
“What if I’m involved…”
“I will break your leg.”
“Alright…”
Hanging up the phone, Jie Se said, “Master said that the Forum Conference can continue.”
In the group of monks, a middle-aged monk came to the stage and said in a loud voice, “The Forum Conference will continue.”
In the audience, the man from Canada was relieved. He almost thought that the Forum Conference would be suspended. After all, such a big event happened, and a famous Taoist authority just died in the arena.
His duel with Jie Se was of utmost importance. It would decide who will compete with Dan Chenzi for the championship.
Such a fight should have attracted the attention of all, but to Zhao Ding’s disappointment, no one in the audience cared about the battle, and everyone either bowed their heads and faced their phones, or whispered to each other.
It seemed that everyone hadn’t recovered from the mess just now. For now, the goal was to have a wonderful performance and let the crowd’s eyes go back to the stage.
Zhao Ding was confident to fight with Jie Se. When he reached the top four, he didn’t encounter any strong opponents. The lucky goddess seemed to have fancied him and lifted her skirt to show him what was underneath. Thus, he kept part of his strength from the beginning to the end. He traveled all the way to China to participate in the Forum Conference. If he was not famous, how can he go back to see his parents?
After a ten minute break, he saw his Canadian three-syllable name and Jie Se’s name scroll pass on the screen.
“It’s my turn to go.” Zhao Ding stood up.
All of a sudden, the audience were embroiled in excitement. Some women even screamed. Their eyes were on the entrance.
There was a group of people entering, led by an old man with grey hair and hunchback. He was supported by a young man with a sharp eyebrow and cold face. Most of the people’s eyes fell on him. The women pointed at him excitedly and shouted, “Li Peiyun, Li Peiyun…”
Behind the old and the young, there was a group of Taoist followers, as well as a group of Japanese who wore their katana at their waist.
Li Peiyun?!
Zhao Ding was stunned. He was quite familiar with the matter in the China demon descendant community. He was familiar with some of the strongest young people in the Chinese demon descendant community. Li Peiyun was the inheritor of the Demonic Priest. Although he had not been known for a long time, he was still famous. Even if someone did not know about the Chinese Demon Descendant scene, he would have heard of him after coming to China.
Wasn’t Li Peiyun a heretic cult leader?
Wasn’t he wanted by both the Taoist and Buddhist Factions, and Baoze?
Why did he come?
So, what about my turn?
Look at the scrolling subtitles in a hurry. Sure enough, the rolling credits were off and the name was gone.
Zhao Ding was shocked.
The two eminent monks greeted them, put their hands together, chanted the Buddha’s name, and then frown and asked, “You are…?”
The old man broke away from Li Peiyun’s assistance, put his trembling hands together, and returned a greeting. However, he didn’t answer the monk’s words. He straightened his back and looked around. “Everyone, this is the old Li Zhu. I came here uninvited, please forgive me.”
“I saw what happened outside. Good, great. Since ancient times, evil had never been oppressed. There is still justice in our demon descendant community. I’m very glad to be old.”
The audience was confused.
“Who is this man? He’s talking like a big shot.”
“I don’t know, but his surname is Li… Look at how Li Peiyun is behaving like a grandson. Maybe he is an elder of the Li family?”
“Wasn’t Li Peiyun banished by his family long ago? The Li family in Jiangnan is just a small family, but he gives off the vibes of a bigshot.”
“The incident about Elder Hua Yu is something about the Taoist Faction. How is he qualified to comment?”
Amidst sounds of discussion, Li Xianyu was confused.
The name is familiar… Li Zhu? Li Zhu!
“Why is Li Zhu here?” The Shangqing Sect head frowned.
“Hmph, he still dares to come.” Another Taoist priest snorted coldly.
The Taoist Faction was stirred with action.
The Demonic Priest was the sinner of Taoism. After Li Peiyun jumped into the public’s eyes, his identity was immediately picked out. The people of the Taoism secretly found the Li family and contacted this old man.
The old man insisted that he didn’t know. He said that Li Peiyun had been expelled from his family ten years ago. The Tri-Element Sword Technique was the result of his adventures outside, which had nothing to do with the Li family. The Taoist Faction found no evidence and had to give up.
The bigshots of Buddhism, Taoism, and the big families looked at the old man curiously while being surprised.
Even if he came here, he even brought a wanted man from the younger generation of wanted criminals. What did you come here for? To die? Baoze, Taoism, and Buddhism failed to catch your great-grandson, not because they are afraid, but because Li Peiyun is good at hiding and they couldn’t find him. There’s also the reason that they don’t do much and are not a threat to society.
But that didn’t mean that they could come out and stroll in the open.
Moreover, who didn’t want it the Tri-Elements Sword Technique of the Demonic Priest? It was literally Taoist Faction’s wet dream. Every big family coveted to kill Li Peiyun. It was reasonable to kill a wanted criminal for a unique skill.
Li family’s heirs could show up without a care in the world because they were protected by his Great-Grandma. In addition to that they were bound by a contract, and they didn’t want to touch him.
You are the inheritor of the Demonic Priest, and yet you are learning to swagger in the open like Li Xianyu?
“But I have a bigger case here, which is far more shocking than what happened to Elder Hua Yang. It’s just that I don’t know if the righteous people here can preside over the judgment for this old man again…”
“Second Child… Are you Second child?!” A voice interrupted him. The old man was stunned. After many years, he heard the familiar yet forgotten way of being addressed. He was utterly lost for words.
The old man looked around. The bigshots of all sects, families, and various bystanders followed his gaze.
A legend just disappeared like that.
The audience’s jeering disappeared and was replaced by silence. The determination of the Elder Hua Yu caught everyone by surprise. For a while, people did not know what expression to put on their faces.
The Taoists sighed and closed their eyes.
To say that Elder Hua Yu was evil, they wouldn’t agree. In the past few decades, the Liuyun Temple led by Hua Yu had done a lot of things to help the weak and uphold justice. Elder Hua Yu’s virtue was also firmly established. If a hypocrite carried out good deeds throughout her life, for what reason could they blame her?
But she was indeed wrong. No matter how many good things she had done, they couldn’t offset one evil. She had to pay for her mistakes.
This was Karma. Hua Yu was fated to have this disaster.
The Taoist people resented Li Xianyu’s exposure of this fact, which would have made the whole Taoist faction become the focus of public opinion for a period of time in the future. Their reputation was greatly damaged. Yet, they know that their anger wasn’t exactly justified, and were convinced of such results.
The Taoist Reverend looked at the body of Hua Yu, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Hua Yang stood by the corpse and looked down silently without joy or sorrow.
“I once said to Master that I had no intention of becoming the next Temple Head. When I was very young, my parents abandoned me. Master took me back to the mountain and taught me how to cultivate myself. I have a place I could call home, and I was very satisfied. But Master told me that the position of the temple leader is for the best disciple, not for any specific person. Master hoped that I could take over the position of the leader and go further and higher with Liuyun Temple.”
“I didn’t expect her to hate me so much. She hated me even when she died. Envy is indeed the greatest sin of mankind.”
Li Xianyu said in a low voice, “Mother Hua Yang… She had paid off her debt with her death. All is over.”
Hua Yu was indeed tough and decisively committed suicide. Otherwise, my Mother Hua Yang will have to fight more.
Hua Yang sighed.”Some debts can be recovered. What I’m afraid of are the debts that can’t be settled.”
Li Xianyu knew what she meant, but said, “Justice is never with the range of weapons. Law will never blame the masses.”
There were two regrets in Hua Yang’s life. First, she failed to marry Li Wuxiang. Second, Li Wuxiang was already dead.
“If I had not died, I would have no hesitation to stand with him. Your father is not wrong. It is the world that is wrong. In my opinion, it’s the whole demon descendant community. I’m sorry about your father, I’m sorry for you.”
You also wanted to say that even Great-Grandma is sorry for us father and son, right?
“My father will definitely not let you take part in that fiasco. My Great-Grandma didn’t really stand by. Father had managed to insist that she does not get involved. The demon descendant community is also not without people of justice, but they dare not make enemies with most of the community. Their justice can only be achieved without participating in the encirclement of my father.” Li Xianyu glanced at his Great-Grandma, whose face turned black, and whispered to his mother, “The treasures of the Great Deities Palace are so attractive that I can’t understand why he was so eager to die. Maybe he doesn’t want the Li family and the whole demon descendant community to be mutually destroyed. After finding out what my father brought out of the Great Deities Palace everything will be clear.”
It was understandable that Mother Hua Yang had complaints about Great-Grandma because Li Wuxiang was her love. However, in the eyes of Great-Grandma, great-grandchildren will never be as important as the continuation of the Li Family family line.
They had different goals, and thus their priorities were different.
Li Xianyu still had several doubts about his father’s single-minded pursuit of death. If he really didn’t want to die, it was possible for him to fight with the whole demon descendant community. The Buddha Head was his master, and the Unparalleled War Spirit was his grandmother. There was no single person who had as much power as him in the whole demon descendant community.
Buddha Head couldn’t make an enemy out of the majority, but he could at least protect him. Great-Grandma was even crazier. When I go crazy even my grandchildren would tremble in fear, how can they not be scared? But my father died.
There must have been other reasons at that time, which made Li Wuxiang feel hopeless for survival, even the Buddha head and the Unparalleled War Spirit were unable to resolve.
Li Xianyu suspected that it was related to the Great Deities Palace.
“Why are you still standing here? Let’s go. Do you want to do something else?” Lightning King dragged Li Xianyu to step down.
At the same time, he was relieved. Fortunately, it was over.
When Hua Yu died, the Taoist faction did not rebound in retaliation, and the Unparalleled War Spirit did not go on a massacre.
It was no big deal…
Great-Grandma left with her great-grandson in indifference. When outsiders were present, Great-Grandma always put on a cold persona.
One would never see the Unparallelled War spirit sitting cross-legged with snacks in her mouth while playing games on a crackling keyboard.
One would never see the scene of the Unparalleled War Spirit in hot pants and singles displaying her curvaceous figure, kicking her great-grandson with her feet.
It was impossible to see her occasionally trying to show off her looks, usually when she had no money, playing coquettish in front of her great-grandson.
This was not fanservice for the great-grandson. This was actually a fanservice that only Li Xianyu would get.
Elder Hua Yang didn’t leave. She stood on the stage and looked at a group of Liuyun disciples.”Who is the eldest disciple?”
A mature looking, oval faced eldest disciple came out. “I-I am…”
Elder Hua Yang frowned, with an oval face and a steady and gentle temperament. This eldest disciple gave her a feeling of seeing Elder Hua Yu in her youth.
“From today on, I am the leader of Liuyun Temple, and you are my eldest disciple. During my travels, you shall manage Liuyun Temple for me. If you need money or cultivation resources, go to the local Baoze branch. Do you understand? ” Hua Yang was not shallow enough to judge people by their appearance.
“I understand…” The elder disciple hesitated and looked at the corpse of the Elder Hua Yu. Her eyes were filled with grief. “How to deal with Master…?”
“Give her a proper burial.”
“Yes.”
After the arrangement, Hua Yang folded her wings and went back to Li Xianyu. She took Li Xianyu’s qi as her food and condensed it into a solid body. She was no longer taboo and could show her true face in front of others.
“Mother Hua Yang, would you like to go back to Liuyun Temple and stay for a while?” asked Li Xianyu.
“No, I don’t know when the Great Deities palace will open. Your mental strength is too weak, I am worried for you.” Hua Yang shook her head.
She really is my mother.
At the end of the incident, several monks from the Lianghua temple came together and whispered to each other, among which Jie Se was also included.
He took out his cell phone and called Buddha Head. After connecting, he blocked his mouth with his left hand and said in a small voice, “Master, something big happened.”
Buddha Head said, “I know.”
With the cultivation of Buddha Head, what happened here couldn’t be concealed from him.
Jie Se said, “Then the Forum Conference should… continue?”
Buddha Head said, “Go on, but…” It was a rare moment that Buddha Head hesitated for a moment. “There may be more things happening later. Please let your martial peers be mentally prepared. No matter what happens, our Lianghua Temple will not participate.”
“What do you mean, Master? I’m so flustered.”
“Don’t panic. The sky can’t fall down with Master around.”
“Then what were you talking about?”
“Don’t ask. You’ll know later. Keep going. Don’t get involved.”
“What if I’m involved…”
“I will break your leg.”
“Alright…”
Hanging up the phone, Jie Se said, “Master said that the Forum Conference can continue.”
In the group of monks, a middle-aged monk came to the stage and said in a loud voice, “The Forum Conference will continue.”
In the audience, the man from Canada was relieved. He almost thought that the Forum Conference would be suspended. After all, such a big event happened, and a famous Taoist authority just died in the arena.
His duel with Jie Se was of utmost importance. It would decide who will compete with Dan Chenzi for the championship.
Such a fight should have attracted the attention of all, but to Zhao Ding’s disappointment, no one in the audience cared about the battle, and everyone either bowed their heads and faced their phones, or whispered to each other.
It seemed that everyone hadn’t recovered from the mess just now. For now, the goal was to have a wonderful performance and let the crowd’s eyes go back to the stage.
Zhao Ding was confident to fight with Jie Se. When he reached the top four, he didn’t encounter any strong opponents. The lucky goddess seemed to have fancied him and lifted her skirt to show him what was underneath. Thus, he kept part of his strength from the beginning to the end. He traveled all the way to China to participate in the Forum Conference. If he was not famous, how can he go back to see his parents?
After a ten minute break, he saw his Canadian three-syllable name and Jie Se’s name scroll pass on the screen.
“It’s my turn to go.” Zhao Ding stood up.
All of a sudden, the audience were embroiled in excitement. Some women even screamed. Their eyes were on the entrance.
There was a group of people entering, led by an old man with grey hair and hunchback. He was supported by a young man with a sharp eyebrow and cold face. Most of the people’s eyes fell on him. The women pointed at him excitedly and shouted, “Li Peiyun, Li Peiyun…”
Behind the old and the young, there was a group of Taoist followers, as well as a group of Japanese who wore their katana at their waist.
Li Peiyun?!
Zhao Ding was stunned. He was quite familiar with the matter in the China demon descendant community. He was familiar with some of the strongest young people in the Chinese demon descendant community. Li Peiyun was the inheritor of the Demonic Priest. Although he had not been known for a long time, he was still famous. Even if someone did not know about the Chinese Demon Descendant scene, he would have heard of him after coming to China.
Wasn’t Li Peiyun a heretic cult leader?
Wasn’t he wanted by both the Taoist and Buddhist Factions, and Baoze?
Why did he come?
So, what about my turn?
Look at the scrolling subtitles in a hurry. Sure enough, the rolling credits were off and the name was gone.
Zhao Ding was shocked.
The two eminent monks greeted them, put their hands together, chanted the Buddha’s name, and then frown and asked, “You are…?”
The old man broke away from Li Peiyun’s assistance, put his trembling hands together, and returned a greeting. However, he didn’t answer the monk’s words. He straightened his back and looked around. “Everyone, this is the old Li Zhu. I came here uninvited, please forgive me.”
“I saw what happened outside. Good, great. Since ancient times, evil had never been oppressed. There is still justice in our demon descendant community. I’m very glad to be old.”
The audience was confused.
“Who is this man? He’s talking like a big shot.”
“I don’t know, but his surname is Li… Look at how Li Peiyun is behaving like a grandson. Maybe he is an elder of the Li family?”
“Wasn’t Li Peiyun banished by his family long ago? The Li family in Jiangnan is just a small family, but he gives off the vibes of a bigshot.”
“The incident about Elder Hua Yu is something about the Taoist Faction. How is he qualified to comment?”
Amidst sounds of discussion, Li Xianyu was confused.
The name is familiar… Li Zhu? Li Zhu!
“Why is Li Zhu here?” The Shangqing Sect head frowned.
“Hmph, he still dares to come.” Another Taoist priest snorted coldly.
The Taoist Faction was stirred with action.
The Demonic Priest was the sinner of Taoism. After Li Peiyun jumped into the public’s eyes, his identity was immediately picked out. The people of the Taoism secretly found the Li family and contacted this old man.
The old man insisted that he didn’t know. He said that Li Peiyun had been expelled from his family ten years ago. The Tri-Element Sword Technique was the result of his adventures outside, which had nothing to do with the Li family. The Taoist Faction found no evidence and had to give up.
The bigshots of Buddhism, Taoism, and the big families looked at the old man curiously while being surprised.
Even if he came here, he even brought a wanted man from the younger generation of wanted criminals. What did you come here for? To die? Baoze, Taoism, and Buddhism failed to catch your great-grandson, not because they are afraid, but because Li Peiyun is good at hiding and they couldn’t find him. There’s also the reason that they don’t do much and are not a threat to society.
But that didn’t mean that they could come out and stroll in the open.
Moreover, who didn’t want it the Tri-Elements Sword Technique of the Demonic Priest? It was literally Taoist Faction’s wet dream. Every big family coveted to kill Li Peiyun. It was reasonable to kill a wanted criminal for a unique skill.
Li family’s heirs could show up without a care in the world because they were protected by his Great-Grandma. In addition to that they were bound by a contract, and they didn’t want to touch him.
You are the inheritor of the Demonic Priest, and yet you are learning to swagger in the open like Li Xianyu?
“But I have a bigger case here, which is far more shocking than what happened to Elder Hua Yang. It’s just that I don’t know if the righteous people here can preside over the judgment for this old man again…”
“Second Child… Are you Second child?!” A voice interrupted him. The old man was stunned. After many years, he heard the familiar yet forgotten way of being addressed. He was utterly lost for words.
The old man looked around. The bigshots of all sects, families, and various bystanders followed his gaze.
