Chapter 378: Chapter 161: Sixteen Major Sects, Magic Gate Alliance Leader, Luotian’s Westward Journey, Gathering of Six Bloodlines, Zuo Shanhe Emerges from Seclusion!!
A multitude of names floated to mind.
Li Xuanzong’s face tightened, not daring to relax in the slightest.
"So many masters have been drawn here by the Mountain and River Immortal’s upheaval..."
He whispered to himself in his heart.
At this moment.
To the side, the slender Taoist sitting with closed eyes, blind in one eye, from ss Mountain, had integrated the nine inheritances within the mountain, becoming a head of the generation, respected as the Sect Leader by various sects.
Behind him, standing solemnly on either side, were disciples from different branches and sects within ss Mountain, who had been standing for three days.
Gazing at the scroll depicting disciples of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect as if they were Immortals, a look of dissatisfaction crossed his eyes:
"The Dharma of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect was given unreservedly to the Wuwei Sect Leader by the Immortal, do they not understand that Dharma Lineage is of utmost importance?"
"Because of granting this Dharma, many disciples scattered down the mountain, and due to being coveted for the ’Life and Death Mountain and River Skill,’ several batches have pursued and killed them."
"If not for the multifaceted protection by the two Primordial Pill Masters who practice and study the Dao, the inheritance would have long been cut off."
"That was once the World’s Number One Profound Skill. The Wuwei Sect obtained it, why can’t others? We at ss Mountain practice amalgamated techniques without taboo, everything is cultivated. Why isn’t this Dharma given to us at ss Mountain to take a look..."
The hall is filled with experts.
The disciple’s mumbling was heard by others, who merely glanced sideways, and the blind leader of ss Mountain furrowed his brows and reprimanded once, ceasing further discussion.
This moved Li Xuanzong to feel as though a great building was about to collapse, such sadness, causing him to sigh deeply, filled with mixed emotions:
"Hundred years of inheritance, ruined in one morning, alas..."
Father Li Shen Yao still retained an overly idealized view of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect, mistaking the former strength of the Mountain and River Immortal as the sect’s might.
In fact, aside from Zuo Shanhe’s extreme mastery of the skill.
His wide recruitment, opening the sect widely, rarely resulted in disciples who could practice this profound skill as profoundly as him.
In a hundred years, only three people have had the potential.
Yet those three disciples, without exception, all went insane, either dying violently or disappearing without a trace.
When it came down to it, with the fall of the Mountain and River Immortal, the remaining disciples were pursued and scattered, unable to form any substantial support.
Father only practiced to the first and second level back then, never obtaining the crucial third volume rumored to lead to heaven, and regretted it lifelong, thus having a deep-seated fondness for this profound skill.
Following his father’s advice, he thought of bringing back the sideline brother possibly entrusted with the Mountain and River Immortal’s legacy to pass on a line of ’Life and Death Mountain and River Profound Skill’ within his own family, certainly not a bad thing.
Li Xuanzong contemplated this, amidst indifferent admonishments resonating within the hall.
"You two, lacking skill in magic, dare speculate on the Mountain and River Immortal’s realm?"
"Once overwhelming this Jianghu for a hundred years, his youth, his adulthood, his founding of the sect... Several old veterans present have all witnessed it."
"The way of heaven has its constants, the winds flow on, even if it empowers Wuwei Sect Leader Feng Zizai, it marks a historic period’s close."
"You’re not qualified, young ones."
"When you are worthy of being ’Celestial Pride’s first and Magic Gate Alliance Leader,’ then you may comment as entitled."
"Step back."
The leader of ss Mountain, ’Seven Evils Taoist,’ opened his one remaining eye, speaking calmly.
His other eye remained closed, seemingly glued shut, dry and sunken, hiding who-knows-what, but as soon as he spoke, it silenced the two disciples.
Yet...
Their utterance sparked murmuring among several impatient peers:
"Indeed, even if Mountain and River Immortal was the former ’Magic Gate Alliance Leader,’ he dissolved the sect."
"All present are seasoned elders of the Jianghu, high masters of mystic sects."
"Making you all wait this long, and sending only one cold-faced pale man who spoke a word, without anyone else appearing, is this the hospitality of the World’s First Mysterious Sect?"
"Hearing that the Luotian Sect Leader from the Eastern Sect’s Dharma Lineage has reached the ’Half-Step True Master,’ perhaps mastering the thunder magic to become the first true Fourth Step pure-blooded human, disbanding the sect at such a time, Mountain and River Immortal... is he worried about failing his later years?"
Several disciples from Flying Curse Sect and Puppet Hall conversed jokingly.
This provoked a tall, lean young man from the Sword Immortal Temple, holding a sword, who frowned slightly, retorting:
"Mountain and River Immortal crushed a generation, his magic once oppressed your sect’s ’cursing’ and ’puppet’ arts, unable to break through even slightly."
"Tricks of witchcraft are mere illusions before the truth of the grand Dao; you two, worthy of comment?"
These words instantly angered the two disciples:
"Meng Ke, in the presence of the masters, you dare insult our sects?"
One pulled out a talisman, the other with metallic gleaming on his arm, stepped forward to strike, yet the young man named Meng Ke raised his brows, smirked coolly, and drew his sword:
"Feel free to try, see if my sword is sharp or not?"
To the side,
A young and delicate Taoist from Danxia Mountain, upon seeing the tension, with several masters silently observing, grew red with anxiety and waved repeatedly:
"Everyone, everyone!"
"Hear the little Taoist speak, you all are experts in the Western Sect’s Dharma Lineage, Mountain and River Immortal is a living fossil, a living legend of the Western Sect’s Dharma Lineage for a hundred years, we should at the very least maintain reverence for our predecessors."
