Late at night, Jade Immortal Peak.
Lu Chengfeng and Zhu Yuxian stood side by side, gazing at the hazy night.
"How do you feel?" Zhu Yuxian asked.
Lu Chengfeng, with a calm expression and a slightly mocking tone, said, "Just a farce."
They were referring to what had just happened in the Ancestral Hall.
The Five Peaks and Eighth Hall, plus Lu Chengfeng as the Young Sect Leader, fourteen people in total, were discussing and arranging how the Sect should respond to Youdu next.
Lu Chengfeng and Zhu Yuxian did not speak at all during the eting, only quietly observing.
Those people debated for over six hours before dispersing.
"Although it’s called the Five Peaks and Eighth Hall, they actually break down into three factions. Cyan Cloud Peak currently controls the Law Enforcent, Transmission, Ministry of Affairs, and Mountain Guardian Halls, effectively holding the Sect’s authority. Although Profound Sun lacks the title of Sect Leader, he exercises the responsibilities."
"Yellow Dragon Peak is the neutral faction. It oversees the Fighting Hall, and because Withered Bamboo, the First Seat, is a Half-Step Celestial Human and has hidden swords for decades, other high-level mbers do not dare underestimate him."
"Chixiao and White Rainbow Peaks collaborate, firmly controlling the Celestial Treasure, Zhili, and Tian Gong Halls."
"As for Profound Crane Peak, it has fallen into decline over the past twenty years, being squeezed out of the Sect’s decision-making level, with fewer and fewer disciples."
Zhu Yuxian explained carefully, "Profound Sun can control the situation because his master was the previous generation’s Celestial Human, revered as Ancestral Master Shaoyang, who used the Yimu Heaven-Reaching Sword Scripture as the foundation and advanced it to the Twenty-Eighth Layer, elevating it to a Divine Skill."
"From then on, the Cyan Cloud Lineage did not need the Great Five Elents Extinction Divine Light Sword to have a Stairway to Heaven, standing out among the Five Peaks and becoming increasingly prosperous."
"Especially after Ancestral Master Shaoyang ascended, leaving behind the Profound Sun Divine Sword to suppress the luck of Cyan Cloud Peak, making Cyan Cloud deeper in heritage."
"But Profound Sun is incompetent. Not to ntion breaking through to Celestial Human, even becoming a Half-Step Celestial Human seems unlikely, yet he holds the Sect’s power. Adding to the suspicious death of Xun Shuijing back then, it caused internal strife within the Sect."
"Chixiao and White Rainbow Peaks are unwilling to follow his orders, and Yellow Dragon Peak remains neutral, forming the current tripartite stand-off."
Lu Chengfeng curiously asked, "How is Yellow Dragon Peak able to maintain neutrality? Is it just because of First Seat Withered Bamboo?"
Zhu Yuxian shook his head, "Six hundred years ago, Yellow Dragon Peak produced a peerless prodigy who advanced Yellow Dragon Peak’s cultivation technique to the Thirtieth Layer and left behind the Dragon Slayer Sword. In terms of heritage, it is the deepest of the Five Peaks."
"However, Yellow Dragon Peak’s disciples have always remained modest and reserved, showing no outward sharpness, not vying for power or position, and thus have never caused turmoil in the Sect for hundreds of years."
Lu Chengfeng said, "In this way, it makes the Cyan Cloud Lineage seem to be jumping up and down, scrambling for power and interest, despicably."
Zhu Yuxian sighed, "The Cyan Cloud Lineage originally needed more Treasure dicine than the other four lineages to align with their cultivation techniques and comprehend the Wood Elent Heaven and Earth Law."
"After Ancestral Master Shaoyang advanced the Cyan Cloud Lineage’s cultivation technique to the Twenty-Eighth Layer, the required Treasure dicine increased several tis."
"To prevent the Cyan Cloud Lineage from consuming large amounts of the Sect’s Treasure dicine, Chixiao and White Rainbow Lineages acted early, seizing control of the Celestial Treasure Hall, thus choking the Cyan Cloud Lineage, which is the origin of all disputes."
"Ultimately, it’s just a struggle of interests, unrelated to right or wrong!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Chengfeng gained much clarity on the Sect’s current situation, yet he wasn’t particularly concerned. After all, facing a great enemy, however many internal conflicts there are, they must survive against Youdu.
"What exactly is the situation of that Acting Sect Leader now? It’s too strange to have been in seclusion in the Trapped Dragon Abyss for over twenty years. Could it be that sothing has happened to him?"
Many secretly speculated about this point, but no one dared to openly raise it.
A slight cold smile appeared on Zhu Yuxian’s face, "At the beginning, having Qi Yuan serve as Acting Sect Leader was just to find a puppet. After all, Profound Crane was the weakest of the Five Peaks, to balance the situation."
"Yet Qi Yuan overestimated himself by wanting to practice the Great Five Elents Extinction Divine Light Sword, so he went to the Trapped Dragon Abyss to comprehend the Sect’s Grand Array and Dragon-Binding Rope, hoping to advance further."
"He might have had so fortune, unknowingly gaining insight not into the Great Five Elents Extinction Divine Light Sword but rather from the Red Dragon, unfortunately causing him to lose control and beco deranged."
"A year ago, the beast tide suddenly erupted in the Sect because of him. He crafted a terrifying Red Dragon body using Dragon Blood, making him impervious to weapons and elents, possessing imnse strength, and able to breathe fire and ride clouds, nearly reaching Celestial Human, truly fearso."
"A year ago, Qi Yuan madly attacked the Dragon-Binding Rope for an unknown reason, seemingly wanting to release that Red Dragon. The Sect used the Sword Array to suppress him, leaving him barely alive, hanging by a thread."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chengfeng’s pupils couldn’t help but tremble, "What is the current state of the Acting Sect Leader Qi Yuan? Is there any hope of restoring his sanity? Is there any hope of achieving Celestial Human?"
Zhu Yuxian cast him a glance, "What makes you think he’s been mad all this ti? It’s nothing more than tacit permission by the other old fellows. If he truly regained his sanity, who would lead the Sect?"
"Even Withered Bamboo suspects he was sched against by that Red Dragon. If Qi Yuan breaks through to Celestial Human, it might free the Red Dragon, causing everyone’s downfall together."
"It’s simple to assist him in breaking through to Celestial Human; it only requires absorbing more Dragon Blood, making the breakthrough a natural process."
"The cultivation technique he gained from the Red Dragon is extrely bizarre, requiring no arduous practice or grinding. Simply ingesting Dragon Blood transforms his body into a dragon’s, eerily strange."
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