Chapter 590: Infiltration (1)
Jianmen.
The Grand Master Hall.
The original portrait of the Supreme Master of the Bai Clan had been torn off. Behind the altar, there was now a portrait of a young monk wearing a necklace, riding a green lion, with a face like a full moon and a kind expression.
On the altar, there were two long-burning lamps with green smoke curling up, and flowers and fruits were neatly arranged.
Li Xu, the current great elder of the Li clan, had long hair and wore an apricot-yellow monk's robe. There was a gleam of wisdom between his brows and he looked at the children of the four clans standing in the hall with clear eyes.
Beside Li Xu were Yuan clan’s great elder Yuan Duo, Luo clan’s great elder Luo Zheng, and Zuoqiu clan’s great elder Zuoqiu Han.
Like Li Xu, Yuan Duo and the other two were also the sons of the most caring sword-serving disciples of the Bai clan Supreme Supreme who stayed in the lower world. Like Li Xu, they were also restricted by the Bai clan and could not make any progress in their cultivation for thousands of years. They were gradually excluded and suppressed by the Bai clan, and gradually evolved from fellow disciples to "slaves". In the end, they became angry and became disloyal.
The three of them, like Li Xu, wore monk robes and held prayer beads in their hands . Wisdom light rose from their bodies. Their aura changed from the sharp edge of a sword cultivator to a deep and magnificent one, majestic and powerful, yet there was a hint of sharpness hidden.
"If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext." Li Xu was giving a lecture to the four families in the main hall: "For 30,000 years, the Bai family has been mean and ungrateful, and has treated the children of our four families in many ways. I will not elaborate on this. In short, it is the Bai family that has wronged us, not us."
"The Bai family is immoral and abuses fellow disciples. Therefore, we changed our sect and became disciples of our master. With his great magical power, he passed down the secret of the Great Bright Wisdom Sword from the upper realm, which enabled us to break through the realm of heaven and man."
"After just a few decades of practice, the four of us have made great progress. The realm of heaven and man is right before our eyes."
"So, despite all the disturbances in the outside world, you don't need to panic or be afraid . Just sit firmly at the mountain gate and guard the entrance hall. Once my four brothers and I break through the bottleneck, we will have a bright future and can gallop freely!"
Li Xu's body was shining brightly. All the clan members and disciples in the ancestral hall felt a chill all over their bodies, from their flesh to their souls, as if they were gently brushed by countless invisible sword lights. They felt cold all over, and their souls trembled subconsciously.
The Buddhist "Great Light Sword of Wisdom" is a secret sword technique from the upper realm. It is extremely powerful, profound and grand, far superior to the "Supreme Sword Canon".
The "Taishang Sword Canon" was just a collection of sword-practicing techniques left behind by the Supreme Lord before he ascended to heaven. After that, Bai Zhu and all the members of the Bai family became lazy and did not make any additions or improvements.
However, this "Great Light and Wisdom Sword" was created by a true immortal from the upper realm after hundreds of thousands of years of hard practice and contemplation. Naturally, it is more mysterious and more powerful than the "Taishang Sword Canon".
Li Xu said confidently: "Although the Changsheng Sect has two great celestial beings, their cultivation methods are just secret techniques from the lower world. How can they compare to the techniques that our master has bestowed upon us?"
Yuan Duo, Luo Zheng and Zuo Qiuhan smiled reservedly and nodded slowly.
The four elders who stayed behind in Jianmen, as well as the disciples of each family, all smiled at the same time, and some even laughed out loud. The ancestral hall was suddenly filled with joy, as if they regarded the coalition forces from various sects outside as mere chickens and pottery dogs, and did not take them seriously at all.
Li Xu waved his hand lightly, and the laughter in the hall stopped abruptly.
"Don't worry about those who are making trouble out of nothing. But there is one thing that needs to be done now."
A flash of lotus sword mark flashed in his eyes, and Li Xu said sternly: "Where is Bai Yuan, the young master of the Bai family? Quickly dispatch capable personnel to track down her whereabouts. She... must be captured alive!"
The disciples of the four families in the hall were slightly stunned, then bowed and responded.
At the same time, Lu Yi had already driven straight in and walked directly into the Jianmen Mountain Gate.
After capturing Bai Xuanyue alive and getting his confession, the Jianmen Mountain Protection Formation no longer had any secrets in Lu Yi's eyes. He also got the Baidi Sword Order, which was the Sword Order of the Jianmen Master, and could directly control the operation of the Jianmen Mountain Protection Formation. Its authority was extremely high, enough to ensure the safety of the person holding the order in the formation.
Therefore, Lu Yu and Wanxiang organized a coalition of sects to besiege Jianmen from all directions.
Lu Yi himself covered his tracks with the Taichu Huntong Pearl, and holding the sword order, he walked into Jianmen leisurely as if he was going on an outing.
Today, Jianmen looks rather dilapidated.
The originally beautifully maintained mountains and caves were shattered in the internal fighting a few days ago. Some floating mountains used for decoration fell from the sky, crookedly falling to the ground, smashing countless cave buildings and making the entire mountain gate a mess.
The white jade avenues that connected everywhere were broken and bumpy, and some places were buried by collapsed mountains. Now, countless low-level disciples were shouting and rebuilding these avenues and rearranging the various restrictions on them.
Some important damaged halls are also being repaired and rebuilt at a rapid pace. Everywhere you look, you can hear flames and heat from smelting various materials, and the busy sound of "clanging, dangling".
Of course, more people are the disciples of the four families who have turned the tables and are screening the sword cultivators in the mountain gate.
As mentioned earlier, in the battle of Qianyun City, Bai Zhu was suppressed, and many elders of Jianmen, including Li Yu, Yuan Miaoer, Luo Tian, Zuoqiu Hui and other four elders, were captured alive. Only Bai Xuanyue escaped in a panic.
Bai Xuanyue fled back to the mountain gate and gave an order to mobilize the high-ranking officials of the major immortal dynasties that were vassals of Jianmen, and all the sword masters to return to the mountain gate to defend it.
Once the internal strife broke out, the Bai family completely collapsed. The four family members began to conduct strict screening and scrutiny, or retaliate, against the members of the major vassal dynasties that gathered at the mountain gate.
The royal relatives, aristocratic families, and heads of large and small families of the Xian Dynasty were called into halls by the powerful families and investigated to see if they had any connection with the Bai family or if they were the remnants of the Bai family.
From time to time, there would be unlucky guys who would be stripped of all their fat and would cry out to the sky for their injustice. They would be pushed out of the hall by the law enforcement disciples, pinned to the ground, and then beheaded with a sword!
From time to time, there were large groups of sword cultivators dressed in gorgeous clothes who had their cultivation directly banned, were put in various shackles, and were whipped by law enforcement disciples with small whips. They were forced to run to various construction sites and join the team that was renovating the mountain gate.
Blood was rising and resentment was overwhelming.
The entire Jianmen no longer looked like a lofty holy place for spiritual practice, but instead had some semblance of a hell on earth.
As Lu Yi walked along the way, he even saw many noble ladies who were once high and mighty being dragged and randomly taken into some pavilions or houses, or being executed on the spot in the woods and grass by the roadside, crying and shouting. They were so miserable that their faces turned pale and their cries shook the sky.
The four families headed by the Li family, as well as the disciples of other large and small branches outside the four families, were suppressed by the Bai family in the past and were a little suffocated.
The more severely they have been suppressed over the years, the more violent their rebound today is.
As a result, many middle and low-level disciples behaved in disorder and insanity, and even showed signs of being possessed.
But now the top leaders of Jianmen, especially the core members of the four families, have not stepped forward to restrain these disciples. As a result, their behavior has become more and more insane and violent, leaving Lu Yi dumbfounded.
Gradually, Lu Yi secretly came to the door of Jianmen Patriarch's Hall.
A large group of Jianmen disciples, with arrogant looks on their faces and bloodshot eyes, stood outside the hall, with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, looking around with pride.
The open door of the hall did not block out the sounds from inside.
Li Xu was still assigning tasks to the members of each family: "I remember that the Taoist Luzhu from Iron Palm Ridge is also a half-step heavenly being, and he owes Junior Brother Yuanduo a favor. Taoist Luzhu is very tactful and has a good relationship with cultivators from all sides."
"Please ask Junior Brother Yuan Duo to give him a letter and ask him to go to the Changsheng Sect to find out what the four disciples who were captured by the Changsheng Sect are doing now, especially the four elders Li Yu, Luo Tian, Yuan Miaoer, and Zuo Qiuhui."
Li Xu said dimly, "We must fight against the Changsheng Sect, but now each family has powerful members who have fallen into their hands. Before we break through the Heavenly Man Realm and defeat them, we must find ways to protect the lives and property of our disciples."
"Find a way to communicate with the top leaders of the Changsheng Sect."
"If the families are fine, that's fine. Let's see who has the best skills and who is the winner."
"But if the Changsheng Sect has already killed them, then... don't blame us for being furious and slaughtering all of the Changsheng Sect and exterminating the entire clan."
Lu Yu raised his eyebrows.
'The wrath of the Ming King'?
This is Buddhist rhetoric. You, a bunch of sword cultivators from Jianmen, are yelling about Buddhist rhetoric here?
Li Xu waved his hand gently: "Forget it, everyone should go about their business... In times of crisis, you must be cautious and prudent, but also be brave and diligent. In your spare time, you must carefully study the "Great Bright Wisdom Sword" that we have passed down. Your future will be determined by it!"
Lu Yu's heart skipped a beat again.
"The Great Bright Sword of Wisdom"?
Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this is a Buddhist heritage. Tsk, could it be that the internal strife of Jianmen and the bloody cleansing of the Bai family by the four families actually involved some Buddhist methods?
It’s just that the majority of the Buddhist practitioners in Yuanlingtian are led by Mahakala’s group of vicious monks, and the events in Jianmen obviously have nothing to do with Mahakala.
So……
Lu Yi raised his head and looked towards the endless and vast sky.
Has the conflict in the upper realm reached this point? Have they started to use all means to cultivate spokespersons below and directly roll up their sleeves to take the lead?
So, whose sword does the Senluo Sect own?
In the hall, Li Xu's voice came: "Three junior brothers, the Bai family is cruel and has treated us unfairly... The fathers of the four of us followed the Supreme Supreme to ascend to the upper realm, but they all died in a few years. There is a lot of mystery in it."
"Since the Bai family is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust."
"You and I will quickly retreat, break through the last barrier, step into the wonderland of heaven and man, unify the Yuanling Heaven Queen, make meritorious deeds and ascend to heaven. With the support of our master, we will also settle accounts with the Supreme Supreme!"
Yuan Duo and the other two responded in unison. Then, four rays of light rushed out from the hall and disappeared without a trace in a flash.
Lu Yu became more and more confident.
This must be the true Buddhist sword technique. Its power of breaking through the air and teleporting is similar to his method of escaping with a single thought!
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Yi followed the sword light of Li Xu.
