Great Hall of Light

Inside Feng Tuobang's military camp, Guan Yu stared gravely at Xie Yichou, who sat across the table with his legs crossed. He had just personally led a group of men to plunder a Spirit Stone mine, and when he saw his own trained troops slaughtering people, he felt a strange mix of emotions. The thought of wiping out everyone from seventeen Spirit Stone mine —that's thousands of people! He was shocked! He couldn't understand what Yue Qianchou was trying to do, why he had to kill so many people.

Out of compassion, he ordered the team leaders to spare the lives of the lower-level miners. However, to his surprise, the team leaders did not resolutely carry out his order for the first time. One of them asked, "Chief Instructor, our orders from the leader were to kill them all, loot them all, and destroy everything. Has the leader changed the order?"

He paused for a moment and then said, "No. These miners with low cultivation levels pose no danger if left alive, so why exterminate them all?"

The team leaders exchanged glances and said in unison, "It is our duty to obey the leader's orders. Please, Chief Instructor, withdraw your order and carry out the leader's orders."

Guan Yu was speechless for a moment, then waved his hand to signal them to continue. He now understood. Why did Yue Qianchou take that brainwashing education so seriously, constantly instilling in all team members the necessity and benefits of loyalty to the leader, and continuously painting a beautiful picture for them?

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Through this experience, he realized that although he had the authority to train this army, the real command remained in Yue Qianchou's hands. This army would only obey Yue Qianchou's commands, and any orders that disobeyed Yue Qianchou's wishes would not be carried out.

"Why kill so many people?" Guan Yu asked.

Yue Ganchou lay on the chair with his eyes closed, his feet propped up on the table and gently swaying. He had just returned when he received a secret report from his subordinates that Guan Yu had given orders contrary to his own. He knew Guan Yu fairly well; when he had captured the man, he was only at the Qi Refining stage and had never experienced the Cultivation World. How could he know the dangers of the Cultivation World? It wasn't surprising that he was somewhat sentimental.

After a moment of silence, Yue Qianchou didn't reply. Instead, he opened his eyes and said to Zhang Peng Pengran beside him, "Zhang Peng, when you were fighting in battles, how many people did you see die in a single battle?"

"I've seen a massive death toll once, with over 100,000 casualties on both sides. The battlefield was a sea of corpses as far as the eye could see," Zhang Peng replied. He glanced at Guan Yu, a hint of displeasure in his eyes—that Guan Yu was actually going against his master. He was a man tempered by blood and fire on the battlefield; he had just suffered heavy losses and had no qualms about showing mercy.

"One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand." Yue Qianchou muttered, putting down his feet from the table, and shaking his head at Guan Yu. "Yun Chang! I'm not a murderer. I certainly wouldn't kill so many people for no reason. I have my reasons for doing this. You're a good person in every way, but sometimes you're too soft-hearted. It seems necessary to arrange for you to come with me on a trip. What do you think?"

Guan Yu paused for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it! I don't need to change myself anymore. This is fine as it is. Let others handle the fighting and killing from now on! I'll stay here and continue to do my job."

As he said this, he thought of the woman in white in the Misty Palace, and sighed softly in his heart, "Let me silently guard her! I am willing to silently guard her for a lifetime, and I don't want to go anywhere else. I only hope to see her occasionally, and I will be content."

Yue Qianchou and said, "That's fine! From now on, you should focus on your training; the fighting and killing outside really isn't suitable for you."

Emerging from the west gate of the Dayang City, one finds a wide official road. Following this road leads to many countries.

Xin Lao San rode a horse along the official road as Yu Pinzhong had instructed. However, after traveling for most of the day, he still hadn't seen Yue Qianchou. He began to suspect that Yue Qianchou was playing a trick on him.

As they passed through a mountain pass nestled between two peaks, they suddenly heard a whooshing sound. Xin Lao San caught the wind with his toes. Turning around, he shouted, "Who's there?" Yue Qianchou emerged from the dense forest on the hillside, grinning as he ate a green apple. Xin Lao San's face lit up. He glanced at his own green apple and took a bite, only to find it so sour it made his tongue fall off. He quickly threw it away, yelling, "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

Yue Qianchou wasn't in much better shape. He was also vomiting incessantly. Xin Lao San cursed, "Yue Qianchou, you're giving me this awful stuff to eat!"

"Damn it! There's a wild apple tree in this forest. I took a bite and it tasted awful! "Yue Qianchou exclaimed, sticking out his tongue.

"Then why were you eating so happily? You deliberately tricked me."

"Hey! Didn't you say we'd share the good times and the bad?"

"How did you end up here?" Xin Lao San looked around. Yue Qianchou was still spitting out sour water; the price he paid to trick him was considerable. He said between spitting, "I've been waiting for you here." Actually, the jade pendant he gave Xin Lao San contained a wisp of his own Divine Sense, allowing him to contact him at any time. Xin Lao San had come here; he had come from Utopia. He estimated that the cultivators guarding outside the Dayang City would have to wait in vain for a long time.

The two discussed their destination, then released the horses and flew away together. At Guangzhao Peak, in the Great Bright Hall, Mi Ruhai tearfully told his master the news of his brother's murder. Huo Zongming, his face grim, crushed the golden cup in his hand into a gold ingot, and sternly said, "Yue Qianchou, you have some nerve!"

This shows that Wen Pai did indeed, as Yue Qianchou himself said, shift all the blame onto him.

"Go back to the palace first and detain the people from the Biyuan Kingdom. I want to see how the Wen family explains themselves to me." Huo Zongming squinted and said, "I certainly won't let Yue Qianchou off the hook."

"Master, there's something else." Mi Ruhai wiped away his tears and said, "The Wen family said that their Old Ancestor, Wen Lanfeng, has emerged from seclusion."

"What?" Huo Zongming was startled and asked again, "What did you say?"

"The Wen family said that Wen Lanfeng has already emerged from seclusion," Mi Ruhai repeated.

Actually, after learning of his brother's murder last night, he immediately wanted to kill a few members of the Wen family to vent his anger. However, Wen Pai suddenly mentioned that Wen Lanfeng had emerged from seclusion, which startled him. He naturally knew what kind of person Wen Lanfeng was; he was someone even his master respected. Although he was furious, he didn't dare to cause trouble for his master, so he could only suppress his anger and return to Guangzhao Peak to report to his master.

"Has that love-obsessed man emerged from seclusion?" Huo Zongming slowly sat down. After pondering for a while, he sighed and said, "Don't make any moves against the Wen family for now. I'm no match for that guy. Let's not provoke them for the time being. I'll wait until I've found out more about the situation. You go back first."

Having no choice but to obey his master's orders, Mi Ruhai choked back tears as he withdrew. Just then, a burly man burst into the Great Bright Hall, bumped into Mi Ruhai, and frowned, asking, "Ninth Junior Brother, what's wrong?"

This man was Lu Chengjian Huo Zongming's younger brother. He looked much younger than Mi Ruhai, but was actually older. Mi Ruhai choked up and said, "Senior Brother, my elder brother was killed by Yue Qianchou."

"Ah! Eighth Junior Brother was killed? What happened?" Lu Chengjian asked in surprise. Mi Ruhai explained it again, and the former laughed angrily, "Well done, Yue Qianchou, how dare you provoke our Guangzhao Peak."

"Chengjian, you rushed over here. Is something the matter?" Huo Zongming asked, somewhat exasperated.

"Master, misfortunes never come singly." Lu Chengjian took out the small black flag of "Hero" and walked over, saying, "Our seventeen Spirit Stone mine were completely destroyed overnight."

"What?" Huo Zongming stood up abruptly again, snatched the small black flag, unfolded it, and after reading it, sneered, "Another hero? I thought they were only targeting Yin Baikang, but it turns out they specifically came to cause trouble in my Great Yang Kingdom. I was even looking forward to seeing Yin Baikang make a fool of himself. What do you mean by saying the Spirit Stone mine was destroyed?"

Lu Chengjian clenched his fists and said, "All seventeen Spirit Stone mine were blown up, all the Spirit Stone that were handed over were looted, and all the thousands of disciples were slaughtered without a single survivor. It will be very difficult to recover."

The Great Bright Hall fell silent instantly. Mi Ruhai stopped crying and quietly withdrew. This matter was far more significant than his elder brother's death compared to Guangzhao Peak's; the seventeen Spirit Stone mine were the main source of Spirit Stone for Guangzhao Peak! If he continued crying, he might get punished by his master. It was best to obediently go back.

"This isn't looting; it's someone retaliating against me. Otherwise, there would be no need to go to such extremes." Huo Zongming said with a gloomy face, spreading out the flag in his hand, his expression unpredictable. "The owner of this hero must have a grudge against me; he's someone I know."

Seventeen Spirit Stone mine were attacked simultaneously overnight. Heh heh! This was premeditated.

"Master, Eighth Junior Brother was killed on the same day as the attack on the Spirit Stone mine. Do you think this might be related to Yue Qianchou?" Lu Chengjian.

"It shouldn't be!" Huo Zongming shook his head and said, "This is not something one person can do. We couldn't possibly not have discovered that Yue Qianchou brought so many people from China. With his cultivation level, it's impossible for him to have traveled to so many places overnight." As he spoke, his face suddenly turned ferocious and he said, "Investigate! Use everyone you can. Forget about everything else for now, let's find out what's going on first. I want to see who's behind this."

Lu Chengjian immediately accepted the order and went to make arrangements.

Such a big event could not be kept secret, and within a few days it spread throughout the entire Cultivation World. The mysterious "hero" once again became the talk of the town in various countries.

"The Treasure Gathering Basin, Yin Baikang from the God of Wealth Peak. He's been quite depressed about what happened last time, and despite mobilizing his subordinates to investigate everywhere, he hasn't found anything. Upon hearing this news, he was first taken aback, then burst into laughter three times."

At first, Yin Baikang thought the "hero" was specifically targeting him, but he hadn't expected him to go so far. That bastard Huo Zongming probably wasn't laughing now! He might have been dragged down by that bastard last time, and the "hero" was probably just killing two birds with one stone, robbing him of some easy money along the way. His main target was actually Huo Zongming. Otherwise, there was no need to go to such lengths. After figuring this out, Yin Baikang felt much better. He had been feeling down for a long time, and finally decided to go down the mountain to see how business was going.

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