Chapter 248 – The Second Card

When Xue Mu entered Heron State, Luo Qianxue was already waiting on the road that must be traveled through, when he saw Xue Mu appear, he flew over and whispered in his ear, “Young Lord has made progress, the rumor spreader is someone from the White Heron Sect.”

Xue Mu nodded: “I expected that there would be a major local sect cooperating, I never thought it would still be an acquaintance.”

Luo Qianxue angrily said, “Then let’s go exterminate them!”

“Nonsense. The White Heron Sect can’t possibly be the mastermind, at most they’re an accomplice. If my hunch is true, with the White Heron Sect’s size it might as well be just a dog, so what’s the point of fighting them, it’s just a waste of time.” Xue Mu thought for a while and said in a low voice, “Things have gotten to the point where I have a rough idea of what’s going on, and I still need to get some corroboration at the Blameless Temple.”

Curry said, “I’ll accompany dad to the Blameless Temple!”

Xue Mu shook his head, “Your task is to preside over the disciples of this sect and be ready to go to war with the White Heron Sect. White Heron Sect is a big sect in Heron State, so it’s expected that there will be fewer initiates in the sect, plus the people behind it……. If you don’t sit in on it, Xiaochan Qingqing and the girls won’t be able to carry it off, so don’t get killed by a wave of counter-killers and it’ll be fun.”

Curry Night froze: “Then your safety ……”

“I am safe. The source of the poison hasn’t been removed yet, in case the plague returns, I’m the only one who can absorb it, Yuan Zhong refuses to let anything happen to me even if he dies himself.” Xue Mu smiled faintly, “Besides, those people are the ones who can’t afford to harm me… If I hang up, how else can they put the black pot on me? The safest person in the world at this moment is me.”

“Uh……”

Xue Mu’s gaze was cast toward the Blameless Temple in the distance as he faintly said, “Not to mention that if you were on the side, they wouldn’t necessarily be willing to do what I expected them to do anymore. ……”

Mu Jianli was sitting in the secret room within the Blameless Temple, eyes and nose watching, indifferently listening to the bickering between the seats.

Zhu Chen Yao, on the other hand, was indifferently looking at Mu Jian Li, looking at her so speechless that she didn’t even have much of a heart to listen to the bickering.

“I, the Natural Sect, am firmly opposed to co-hosting the World Martial Argument with a demon like Xue Mu!” Leng Qingshi said expressionlessly, “Master Yuan Zhong, Xue Mu has poisoned Heron State, you and I should be the ones to cut down the demons and get rid of them!”

Yuan Zhong lowered his Buddha’s name: “The truth is not yet known, there is still no conclusion yet, how can we use our swords.”

“That’s the case, he is only a suspect, how can he sit on the stage and make a mockery of the world?” Another blue-robed middle-aged man faintly said, “I, Haitian Pavilion, do not agree.”

Haitian Pavilion, one of the eight sects of the righteous path, hanging alone in the East Sea, not showing much in the Jianghu, Xue Mu had never even seen anyone from this sect. However, it didn’t harm their identity as one of the eight sects of the righteous path, and their words carried extreme weight.

Yuan Zhong sighed, he knew that Haitian Pavilion shouldn’t have anything to do with this, but most of the people present were harboring one thought – to take this opportunity to sideline Department Six’s qualifications, and to truly turn the World Martial Arts into a playground for the Eight Sect of the Righteous Path.

Honestly, he wanted to as well. It didn’t matter if Xue Mu was the real culprit or not, this was indeed a good excuse to squeeze the obtrusive Department Six out of the World Martial Arts Seat, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the Righteous Path had been thinking about this for generations.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Yu Lin angrily said, ”Who doesn’t see Xue Mu’s recent hard work! Are you all also following the example of the marketplace pikers, who see the wind as rain?”

An old man with a withered description faintly said, “Xue Mu is both a devil and a hawk of the imperial court, virtuous nephew Yu Lin, you and I, the eight sects are in the same breath, don’t be obsessed.”

This is also one of the eight righteous sects of the Wild Sand Sect, which is located in the desert, and also seldom involves the Middle Kingdom. Don’t look at the name of the sect as quite earthy, but the strength was not earthy at all.

These words were almost tantamount to making it clear that they didn’t care if Xue Mu had poisoned them or not, they just wanted to take the opportunity to push the “court hawks and dogs” out of the World Martial Arts. Through several publications, Department Six has become more and more powerful in the Jianghu world, and has already made the eight sects of the righteous path feel threatened. As long as they can control the World Discourse on Martial Arts, the eight sects of the righteous will still be able to win back the city.

In his heart, Yu Lin was quite displeased with this kind of fly-on-the-wall calculations, but he did not want to quarrel with his elders, so he turned to Yuan Zhong, “Master, after all, this martial arts discussion is presided over by the Wu Gui Temple, it’s better for the master to decide.”

Yuan Zhong smiled faintly, “Scholar Xue has been living countless lives recently, and ten thousand families in Heron State have erected monuments and want to offer them to the Living Shrine. Instead, you and I are saying that he is a suspect, won’t that be a disgrace?”

Several people looked at each other in disbelief, unable to comprehend how Yuan Zhong could be such a pedantic monk, is this matter really a matter of any good guy or bad guy? Stupid or not!

They could anticipate that Yuan Zhong would try to protect Xue Mu for the sake of the future antidote to the poison, which is understandable, but this doesn’t conflict with this opportunity for the expansion of the clan’s power, it’s totally possible to have both, ah, to save Xue Mu’s life while restricting him from participating, isn’t this very simple?

Yuan Zhong secretly sighed in the bottom of his heart, why didn’t he know this? But no matter how heartwarming it was, it wasn’t as heartwarming as the conditions Xue Mu gave him.

Yuan Zhong remembered that last night, his disciple Liu Danshui hurriedly ran here and showed him that item.

A book, you can see that it is also very scribbling to catch up with the manuscript, only hurriedly rushed out a few chapters, far from being finished. But only halfway through these few chapters, Yuan Zhong could no longer sit still.

He knew that this is a book as long as the dissemination of open, will be able to spread the Buddha’s teachings in the world, on the road of the Wu Gui Temple can simply be the zephyr of ten thousand years and not stop!

To squeeze Department Six out of the world of martial arts, the benefits to the Blameless Temple compared to this? Don’t kid yourself, okay. Yuan Zhong couldn’t possibly resist the horrific prospects that this book brings, not to mention ostracizing Xue Mu, even Xue Mu’s next few requests, he cooperated with them all, okay?

The heart wants what it wants, the obsession is not empty, Yuan Zhong also knows that he can’t achieve the Dao for this reason, but he really can’t transcend it, at least not in front of this book.

Xue Mu’s second card, Journey to the West, how could outsiders understand its horror?

Amidst a sea of embarrassed faces, Mu Jianli finally spoke up, “There’s no point in arguing more, the vote is taken. The Questioning Sword Sect recognizes Xue Mu.”

Yu Lin immediately said, “Xuan Tian Sect recognizes.”

“Haitian Pavilion opposes.”

“Mad Sand Sect opposes.”

“The Natural Sect opposes!” Leng Qingshi glanced at Yuan Zhong and added, “Master Yuan Zhong is endorsing it, three to three at this point. What does Senior Sister Zhu say? Don’t disregard even the sect again because of an old relationship.”

Zhu Chen Yao faintly said, “How does Chen Yao do things that I need you to teach? Naturally, the sect is the most important thing.”

Leng Qingshi was overjoyed, “Then Seven Xuan Valley ……”

Zhu Chen Yao interrupted, “Recognized.”

Yu Lin laughed with a “Ha” and gave Zhu Chen Yao a thumbs up.

Leng Qingshi’s smile froze on his face, forcibly suppressing the anger under his eyes, he coldly said, “Four to four, still a draw, what are you happy about, Yu Lin?”

Yulin deliberately raised the bar, “What four to four? I only saw four to three, the other Mind Sect hasn’t even made a statement yet.”

Leng Qingshi waved his hand and said, “Brother Wei and I are close friends, how could he not know? Of course the Mindfulness Sect is anti ……”

Before the words were finished, Wei Ruyi interrupted quietly, “The Mindfulness Sect recognizes it.”

Leng Qingshi was dumbfounded, not to mention him, even Yu Lin and the others had unbelievable colors flashing in their eyes.

What is going on here?

There was a knock on the door, and Xue Mu’s voice leisurely sounded, “Everyone is having a meeting, ah ah ah ah ah ah, Mister Xue just came back from running outside, I’m late, I’m late, I’ll definitely punish myself with three cups later on!”