Righteous Qi Martial Venerable!

"Sister Yue, there is a group of disciples from the Righteous Qi Sect at the Thunder Cloud Mountain. The leader of them is carrying a letter from Master Wen and wishes to visit you."

Just as Yun Xin Yue was deep in thought, a crisp sound suddenly rang out from outside the bedroom door.

"It's Xiaozhu. Open the door, but don't come in. You can't withstand the Gang Qi of Great Martial Master. Just stand at the door."

Yun Xin Yue, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, made a gesture to end her cultivation practice. Then, she looked at the bedroom door and gently reminded him.

Having broken through to the peak of the Great Martial Master realm, Yun Xin Yue's internal Gang Qi had been cultivated to the point where it was almost tangible.

Therefore, when she meditates and cultivates her inner energy, her Gang Qi will unconsciously spread throughout the room. If an ordinary person were to rashly enter the room, they would be crushed into dust.

The next second, a little girl pushed open the door and stood at the bedroom doorway, obediently not coming in.

The little girl had a pretty face with chubby cheeks and big, bright eyes that blinked constantly, making her look very Mengmeng.

She is Yun Xin Yue's personal maid and also a servant of the Yun Family, Yun Xiaozhu.

Yun Xiaozhu is also a cultivator, but her strength is not strong; she has only just reached the Qi Refining stage.

Yun Xin Yue flashed and appeared at the doorway of the room, taking a sealed letter from Yun Xiaozhu's hand. The letter read:

Dear niece Xinyue, Wen Fengxiang.

Yun Xin Yue opened the letter, unfolded the paper, and began to read. Her expression changed from calm at first to somewhat solemn.

"Sister Yue, what's wrong?"

Yun Xiaozhu blinked her big, bright eyes and asked with concern.

She and Yun Xin Yue grew up together since childhood. Although they were nominally mistress and servant, they were actually sisters, so she had no reservations in her words.

"They're nothing, just a bunch of clowns who bully others by relying on the name of the Martial Dao Guild."

Yun Xin Yue put away the letter, a cold glint flashing in her bright eyes.

In the letter, Wen Fengxiang informed her that some members of the Azure Xuan Province Martial Arts Branch harbored ill intentions and wanted to seize the Yun Family's Venerable-Rank Martial Art Manual, the Golden Cloud Thunderous Movement Art.

These committee members didn't directly seize the sect by force. Instead, they argued that the Thunder Sword Sect only had one disciple and no official sect leader, which violated guild rules, and therefore they wanted to disband the sect.

The Martial Dao Guild does indeed have this rule.

That means that for a sect to be established, it not only needs to have a martial artist at the level of Great Martial Master, but also needs at least three disciples, including the sect leader.

Generally speaking, even the smallest sect will not lack disciples, let alone a sect leader.

This rule was previously practically meaningless.

After all, a sect like the Thunder Sword Sect, where the entire sect consists of only one person, was something that no one had ever seen or even heard of before.

Moreover, when Wen Fengxiang was in charge of the Thunder Sword Sect, the Martial Dao Guild did not come to Thunder Cloud Mountain with this rule.

Although Wen Fengxiang has left the Thunder Sword Sect, his strength has advanced further, breaking through to the realm of Martial Dao Grandmaster. It is truly abnormal that those greedy members of the Martial Dao Guild dare to attack the sect protected by Master Wen.

However, considering the strength of the Martial Dao Guild, Yun Xin Yue understood.

Perhaps the committee members of the Azure Xuan Province Martial Dao Branch Guild didn't take Wen Fengxiang seriously at all.

The reason they didn't attack the Thunder Sword Sect back then was probably simply because they weren't paying much attention.

Now that they've noticed this lucrative opportunity, those committee members naturally want to find fault with the Thunder Sword Sect.

This civilized approach was only adopted by the Martial Dao Guild out of consideration for its reputation and influence; otherwise, it wouldn't have been difficult to simply dispatch martial arts experts to destroy the Thunder Sword Sect.

After all, the Martial Dao Guild is a super martial arts organization that spans the entire Azure Blue World. In terms of influence and manpower alone, no force on the entire Azure Star can compare with them.

The headquarters of the Martial Dao Guild, located on the Terral Plateau, is Martial Saint Mountain, which is recognized by martial artists as a sacred place for martial arts.

The Martial Dao Guild established the Eastern Xuan Martial Dao Main Guild in the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom, and also set up martial arts branches in each state, as well as outposts in the counties and prefectures under the states, all dedicated to serving martial artists.

Although it claims to serve martial artists, the Martial Dao Guild actually intends to influence, control, and recruit martial artists from all over the world. Its ambition is astonishing.

However, the strength of the Martial Dao Guild does match their ambition.

Even just the martial arts branch of Azure Xuan Province has three Martial Dao Grandmaster in charge, and there are even more martial artists at the level of martial master and Great Martial Master.

Such power was too great for the Thunder Sword Sect, which only had one Great Martial Master. Even with Wen Fengxiang and the entire Righteous Qi Sect, they were still no match.

This is just the strength of the martial arts branch in Azure Xuan Province. The entire Great Xuan Kingdom has seventeen prefectures.

Outside of the Great Xuan Kingdom, almost every other country also has the power of the Martial Dao Guild.

Thinking of this, Yun Xin Yue sighed.

It is simply impossible to use force to counter the Martial Dao Guild's schemes.

We can't beat them.

The only way to avoid trouble from the Martial Dao Guild is to make the Thunder Sword Sect comply with the rules.

Recruiting enough disciples for the sect was easy; Yun Xin Yue only needed to select three servants from the Yun Family and then report to the Martial Dao Guild.

The challenge is finding someone to succeed as the leader of the Thunder Sword Sect.

It should be noted that, according to the rules of the Martial Dao Guild, one must be an adult to become the leader of a sect.

Yun Xin Yue is only 17 years old this year. In the Azure Blue World, where 20 years old is considered an adult, she is still a minor.

In other words, although Yun Xin Yue is already a Great Martial Master, with strength approaching that of the older generation, she is unable to become the sect leader of the Thunder Sword Sect due to age restrictions.

Thinking this, Yun Xin Yue suddenly felt a surge of anger.

The Martial Dao Guild clearly planned this all along! They even factored in her age!

If she doesn't want the Thunder Sword Sect, which has been passed down since ancient times, to disband, she'll have to obediently offer up the Golden Cloud Thunderous Movement Art in exchange for the Martial Arts Association's leniency.

That's certainly impossible.

As a martial artist, and a young and ambitious genius at that, Yun Xin Yue may not be arrogant, but she has a strong sense of pride and will never bend!

Do you want her to obediently hand over the Golden Cloud Thunderous Movement Art?

Dream!

At worst, we'll all perish together!

"Sister Yue, Master Wen's disciples have been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time. Should we receive them?"

Just as Yun Xin Yue was secretly making a ruthless decision, Yun Xiaozhu suddenly spoke up cautiously to remind her.

"Of course we'll receive them."

Yun Xin Yue raised her slender hand and patted her smooth forehead. She had been so focused on the contents of Wen Fengxiang's letter that she had completely forgotten about the disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect.

She stroked Yun Xiaozhu's head gently, like petting a cat, and said softly, "Xiaozhu, go and welcome the disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect to the meeting hall. I'll go change my clothes and come right away."

Yun Xin Yue was cultivating and was wearing casual training clothes, which were not suitable for meeting important guests. She needed to change into formal attire.

Okay.

Feeling very comfortable from being stroked, Yun Xiaozhu's eyes curved into crescents. Reluctantly, she lowered her head, moved Yun Xin Yue's delicate hand away, turned around, and skipped and hopped down the mountain.

Before long, Yun Xin Yue changed her clothes and came to the council hall.

She had just finished directing the servants to brew tea and arrange the chairs when she heard a slight noise outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people, led by Yun Xiaozhu, walked over to the square outside the council hall.

Yun Xin Yue quickly stepped forward to greet them, saying, "Welcome to the Thunder Sword Sect, everyone from the Righteous Qi Sect."

"Junior Sister Yun, you're too kind. You've read Master's letter, haven't you? The Thunder Sword Sect and our Righteous Qi Sect are closely allied. Now that Xin Yue is in trouble, how can we stand idly by?"

"The leader of the Righteous Qi Sect, a man dressed in a long robe who appeared to be in his thirties, said in a deep voice."

The man was tall and slender with an upright appearance; he was Zhang Zhengdao, Wen Fengxiang's eldest disciple.

As the Grandmaster of the Righteous Qi Sect, Zhang Zhengdao's cultivation level has also reached the Great Martial Master level, but unlike Yun Xin Yue, he has not yet reached the peak of the Great Martial Master realm.

You should know that Zhang Zhengdao is old enough to be Yun Xin Yue's father.

This demonstrates just how talented Yun Xin Yue is.

The reason why the Martial Dao Guild wants to deal with the Thunder Sword Sect is largely related to Yun Xin Yue's talent.

"Xin Yue, this is Li Zhengyi, an inner disciple of our Righteous Qi Sect."

Zhang Zhengdao pointed to a fat man in a tight-fitting martial arts uniform next to him and introduced him.

The fat man named Li Zhengyi cupped his hands and flattered Yun Xin Yue, saying, "I have long heard that Junior Sister Yun is exceptionally beautiful and has an extraordinary temperament. Seeing her today, I can confirm that she truly lives up to the reputation."

"You flatter me, Senior Brother Li."

Yun Xin Yue said calmly. Her first impression of this fat man wasn't very good; she always felt that Li Zhengyi was a bit greasy.

As if sensing Yun Xin Yue's thoughts, Zhang Zhengdao quickly stepped in front of Li Zhengyi and introduced another disciple of the Righteous Qi Sect.

"Xinyue, this is Master's last disciple, Shang Buyu. She is one year older than you and is skilled in divination."

Zhang Zhengdao turned to the side and introduced a female disciple with long hair that reached her shoulders, adorned with silver hairpins, and flowing robes.

Although this Shang Buyu's cultivation level was only barely at the Martial Master level, his temperament was quite sharp, making Yun Xin Yue feel a bit of danger, like a sharp sword hidden in its sheath, which was incompatible with her identity as a fortune teller.

"Senior Sister Shang, you are so beautiful."

Yun Xin Yue stepped forward and took Shang Buyu's hand, speaking sincerely.

Hearing these obviously flattering words, Shang Buyu was clearly in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth even curled up.

However, as a disciple of the Righteous Qi Sect, she still humbly replied, "In front of Xin Yue, who dares to claim beauty?"

The two engaged in mutual flattery, leaving the Righteous Qi Sect disciples nearby feeling extremely embarrassed.

Fortunately, Shang Buyu and Yun Xin Yue were sensible enough to stop their conversation and look at Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao pulled over a man with graying hair and wrinkles on his face and introduced him, "Xinyue, this is Senior Brother Qin Ming, the strongest outer disciple of the Righteous Qi Sect, whose strength has reached the Great Martial Master realm."

After a pause, Zhang Zhengdao continued, "Master has already appointed Senior Brother Qin as an elder of the Righteous Qi Sect."

"Hello, Elder Qin."

Yun Xin Yue said respectfully.

Zhang Zhengdao is Wen Fengxiang's eldest disciple and may very well be the next sect leader of the Righteous Qi Sect, so he can naturally address Qin Ming as Senior Brother Qin.

However, she is just a young girl and not from the Righteous Qi Sect. It would be inappropriate for her to call Qin Ming "Senior Brother Qin." It would be more appropriate to call him "Elder Qin."

As expected, upon hearing Yun Xin Yue's address, Elder Qin's expression immediately relaxed, and he said in a steady tone, "Xinyue, rest assured, with our Righteous Qi Sect here, even the Martial Dao Guild wouldn't dare to be too presumptuous!"

"Thank you, Elder Qin."

Yun Xin Yue immediately expressed her gratitude. She could tell that Elder Qin valued his dignity highly.

Zhang Zhengdao then introduced all the Righteous Qi Sect disciples who had come to the Thunder Sword Sect.

These disciples are at least martial arts masters, or even powerful Great Martial Masters.

They were all dispatched by Wen Fengxiang to protect Yun Xin Yue's safety.

It should be noted that Great Martial Master is already at the level of a sect leader in many sects.

Even within the Righteous Qi Sect, Great Martial Master is qualified to become a sect elder, or a closed-door disciple personally taught by the sect leader like Zhang Zhengdao.

Their strength and status are second only to the sect leader Wen Fengxiang, who is already Martial Dao Grandmaster, and the Grand Elder Wen Daozhang.

This lineup is enough to demonstrate the Righteous Qi Sect's emphasis on Yun Xin Yue's safety and its sincerity towards the Thunder Sword Sect.

"Thank you all for your help, elders and fellow disciples. Please accept my bow."

Yun Xin Yue bowed sincerely, and then, together with Yun Xiaozhu, invited the disciples of the Righteous Qi Sect to take their seats.

The two sides have a good relationship, and the atmosphere in the parliament hall is also very harmonious.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhang Zhengdao suddenly sighed and then said, "Back in the day, the founder of the Thunder Sword Sect Thunder Venerable, was a force to be reckoned with in the Great Xuan Kingdom. His Golden Cloud Thunderclap Sword Intent could cleave mountains, and his disciples were numerous and powerful. At its peak, the sect boasted one Venerable and seven Martial Dao Grandmaster. What a magnificent sight that was! It's simply breathtaking!"

"Yes."

Qin Ming also sighed, "Back then, our Righteous Qi Sect's founder, Venerable Righteous Qi Venerable, formed an alliance with the Thunder Sword Sect, helping each other and controlling the entire Azure Xuan Province. Even the royal family of the Great Xuan Kingdom was quite wary of them."

What's the point of reminiscing about past glories?

Shang Buyu said bluntly, "Since the Venerable One passed away, neither the Righteous Qi Sect nor the Thunder Sword Sect has had a Martial Venerable expert. The descendants are also disappointing, and it is very difficult for them to even become Martial Grandmaster. Otherwise, the Martial Arts Association of Azure Xuan Province would not dare to make things so difficult for Sister Xinyue."

"Speaking of the Martial Dao Guild, elders, senior brothers and sisters, do you have any solutions?"

Yun Xin Yue frowned slightly and said.

"This..."

The Righteous Qi Sect disciples present exchanged glances, each looking at the other with bewildered expressions.

Their Righteous Qi Sect values uprightness and integrity, and is not adept at intrigue and trickery.

Faced with these insidious individuals from the Martial Dao Guild, they only knew how to resolve things with force and had no understanding of strategy whatsoever.

Only Shang Buyu pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Sister Xinyue, before coming to Thunder Cloud Mountain, I cast a divination, and the result was that a Martial Venerable would descend from the heavens, bringing great fortune. Therefore, you don't need to worry too much."

"A Martial Venerable descends from the heavens, bringing great fortune?"

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