Plotting Against Sect Master Tongtian

Beneath the Bodhi tree.

Zhunti and Jieyin watched Golden Sword and Bronze Sword weep, nodding in satisfaction.

Though the two were not the strongest in the Western Sect, they had deeply embraced the Western Sect's guiding principle: when in doubt, play the victim!

But damn, wasn't this a little too pitiful?!

Even Zhunti and Jieyin, the founding fathers of such tactics, could not help feeling moved by Golden Sword and Bronze Sword's grief.

Especially when Golden Sword and Bronze Sword sobbed so hard they nearly fainted from choking up—it was simply a stroke of divine genius, an unparalleled technique!

Watching them cry, Zhunti and Jieyin even wondered whether Hongjun might have been swayed if the two of them had cried until they nearly passed out back at Zixiao Palace.

Still, satisfaction was satisfaction. Anyone who could make Western Sect disciples—disciples of the two of them—cry like this was truly hateful!

"What exactly happened?"

Zhunti and Jieyin's faces were filled with rage.

Golden Sword and Bronze Sword were disciples of Saints, yet they had actually been beaten?

And all their treasures had been snatched away?

Did they not know that Golden Sword and Bronze Sword were exceptionally filial to their two masters?

Whenever they obtained any fine treasure, they would hand it over first, only keeping what remained for themselves.

And now, they had been beaten and robbed?

Truly hateful!

Who could possibly be so bold?!

To dare lay hands on a Saint's disciples!

"Golden Sword, Bronze Sword, didn't you tell him that you were disciples of the Western Sect—our disciples?"

Zhunti asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing Zhunti's words, Golden Sword wiped away his tears with trembling hands as he cried, "Master, we told him, but... but he actually said that the ones he wanted to beat were Western Sect disciples, ah..."

"Utterly hateful! Master, he simply didn't put either of you in his eyes!" Bronze Sword chimed in from the side.

"Damn it! Who is it? Who dares speak so arrogantly!"

"You two, tell us who he is! He dares bully disciples of our Western Sect—does he truly think the Western Sect has no one?"

"If we do not kill this vile creature, then we are Saints in vain!"

"It was Sect Master Tongtian's son!" Golden Sword howled. "He wanted to seize the treasure that my junior brother and I discovered first!"

"He even said some nonsense about how the treasure was fated with him, and that he could make the treasure speak!"

"In the end, he simply used roundabout ways to curse my junior brother, me, and the entire Western Sect!"

"Master, it would be a small matter if my junior brother and I lost face, but he insulted the Western Sect—he insulted you two! That is unacceptable!"

"The two of us couldn't endure it, so we cursed him once."

"Who would have thought that he would attack without another word? And he even had the nerve to say we had to compensate him!"

"All our treasures were taken away. Not only that, even our pants were stripped off, ah!"

"Master, it is a small matter that your disciples lost their chastity, but losing the face of you two—that is a grave sin!"

"Th-this..." Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged a glance.

Upon learning that Qin Hong was the one who had bullied Golden Sword and Bronze Sword, Zhunti and Jieyin immediately felt their heads swell. Their expressions turned troubled, and their eyelids twitched wildly.

If it had been anyone else, the two of them would have struck at once and suppressed them. Who cared whether it was bullying the young or crushing the weak with strength? Kill first and talk later. It was not as though they had done such things only once or twice over the years.

But damn it, this was connected to Sect Master Tongtian's Little Brat again. That made things rather...

At the thought of what had happened at Zixiao Palace, Zhunti and Jieyin could not help shaking their heads. It truly was a nightmare!

The two of them were already shameless enough in the Primordial World, thick-skinned enough, yet before that Little Brat, they were like a tiny witch before a great wizard!

Only the Little Brat from Sect Master Tongtian's family could give both of them such a headache!

"Sect Master Tongtian has failed to discipline his son. It is simply outrageous!" Jieyin roared.

"Exactly! That little vile creature is utterly hateful!"

"At Zixiao Palace, he found every possible way to insult the two of us and even swindled us out of our treasures!"

"He even damaged the Investiture of the Gods Scroll, leaving the Investiture of the Gods Calamity unclear and forcing our Western Sect to hide away here!"

"And now, this Little Brat has pushed his luck even further. He beat our disciples—and specifically disciples of the Western Sect! Truly hateful!"

"Senior Brother, let us depart at once for Golden Ao Island and demand an explanation from Sect Master Tongtian!"

"If they dare bully our Western Sect like this, we absolutely cannot let it go!"

Having said that, Jieyin, whose temper was somewhat impatient, immediately prepared to rise and head for Golden Ao Island.

"Second Brother... don't be impulsive!" Zhunti suppressed the impulse in Jieyin's heart, his voice steady. "You know perfectly well how Sect Master Tongtian protects his own!"

"Last time at Zixiao Palace, for the sake of that Little Brat, he even brought out the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!"

"Even if the two of us went, would he really be willing to lay a hand on his precious son?"

"Besides, we can't beat him!"

"If we insist on going, there's a very good chance we'll only bolster others' prestige while diminishing our own. Then we'll be in an even more passive position, caught between advance and retreat!"

With Zhunti putting it that way, Jieyin calmed down as well. There was no helping it—facts were facts.

"Eldest Brother, then what do you suggest? Are we of the Western Sect supposed to simply swallow this loss?" Though the heat had left his head, Jieyin was still unwilling to let the matter rest just like that.

The anger Qin Hong had caused them was simply greater and heavier than all the anger they had suffered since taking form, across countless yuanhui!

"Second Brother, you're overthinking it!" Zhunti said with a faint smile. "Since he dared bully disciples of our Western Sect, he must be prepared to have it returned in kind!"

"Whether it's Qin Hong or Tongtian!"

"Since they've made us uncomfortable, they can forget about being comfortable themselves!"

Seeing Zhunti's look of complete confidence, Jieyin smiled. "Could it be that Eldest Brother already has a plan?"

"Indeed. We need only make a few moves behind the scenes, and we can trap Tongtian and Qin Hong so thoroughly they won't be able to escape!"

"Teach me, Eldest Brother!" Jieyin looked at Zhunti with an earnest expression of thirst for knowledge.

"It isn't difficult. Doesn't Tongtian protect his own cub? Then we'll unite everyone his cub has offended and deal with them together!"

At Zhunti's prompt, a figure instantly appeared in Jieyin's mind.

"Eldest Brother, you mean... Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning? But Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning and Sect Master Tongtian are brothers, and he is also Qin Hong's Second Uncle. It won't be easy for us to scheme against him, will it?"

"Second Brother is right, but you've forgotten that the Three Pure Ones of today are no longer the Three Pure Ones of old, united like a solid slab of iron. Now, they are outwardly harmonious but inwardly divided!"

"As for Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning and Sect Master Tongtian, because of differences in doctrine and the like, a rift has long since formed between them!"

"In this Investiture of the Gods Calamity, each is making plans of his own. For the sake of their respective sects, what do you think Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning and Sect Master Tongtian will do?"

Seeing that Jieyin had understood most of it, Zhunti delivered the final blow. "The two of us need only seize this opportunity and make the bond between those two brothers even deeper!"