Returning to the Sect

Lu Yang looked worriedly at the Nascent Body Integration Realm who had flown away, his brows furrowed and his mind uneasy.

"What's wrong? Don't want them to leave? Want them to propose marriage?" Meng Jingzhou teased with a smile. After the celebration ended, there was a constant stream of people coming to Lu Yang's door to propose marriage. He saw this and felt envious.

Now, as Lu Yang watched the marriage proposal procession fly away, Meng Jingzhou couldn't suppress his smile.

Lu Yang slowly shook his head, revealing his concern. "I'm worried that if they find out that proposing to me will lead to getting my master, even more people will try to propose."

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

Serves you right for asking that one extra question!

The fact that someone with the memory of the Body Integration Realm can't remember what they did to offend someone speaks volumes.

Lu Yang felt that given his master's ability to attract enemies, it wasn't impossible that he might receive news one day that his master had suddenly died outside.

To avoid such an accident, Lu Yang kindly suggested, "Master, have you considered writing your will in advance? I'm afraid you won't have time to write it when you're about to die."

The Silent Daoist gave his youngest disciple a meaningful look, feeling that Lu Yang's speaking skills already showed some of the flair of his second disciple, who had just formed the Yin-Yang Golden Core.

"Have you met your second senior brother?"

"Second Senior Brother? No, isn't he in the Golden Buddha Kingdom?" Lu Yang couldn't understand why his master was asking this.

"It's alright now."

Many disciples came to watch the Silent Daoist. Back then, the Silent Daoist was forced into seclusion for ten years and never showed his face. The eldest sister believed Lu Yang's slander and released the Silent Daoist to go outside and tell stories to promote the Ask Dao Sect. Since then, the Silent Daoist has never returned to the sect.

The disciples of the previous two generations had only heard of the existence of such a sect Sect Master, but none of them had ever seen him.

Even in Lu Yang's class, only Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had seen the Silent Daoist; Tao Yaoye, Man Gu, and Li Haoran had never seen him either.

"I heard the Sect Master has returned. Let me see him, let me see him?"

"Isn't the Sect Master Yun Zhi?"

"Finally, I've met the true Sect Master. When I went out on a mission and introduced myself as a member of the Ask Dao Sect, they first asked if I was a disciple of the Silent Daoist. Only after confirming that I wasn't did they let me in."

"None of you have ever seen the Sect Master?"

"You've seen it?"

"Yes."

"We're all from the same year, where have you met before?"

"The wanted poster."

The disciples squeezed in, eager to see what the silent Daoist looked like alive. If outsiders saw this, they could easily get the wrong impression that the silent Daoist was very beloved by his disciples.

"Junior brother, you're back."

The Grand Elder arrived late, or rather, he only showed up after the fight was over.

If Lu Yang could arrive in such a short time, how could the Grand Elder be slower than Lu Yang?

He knew the Silent Daoist Body Integration Realm. When he and the Silent Daoist were building a tomb before, their exploration skills were not mature enough, and they accidentally dug up someone's ancestral tomb. When the people noticed the noise, they thought it was a tomb robber, so they came down to take a look. The two of them wanted to run away, but it was too late, so they ran into the coffin and slept with their ancestor for one night.

After the matter was exposed, people searched everywhere for the Silent Daoist.

He was in the wrong, and it wasn't convenient for him to step forward. It was better for the Silent Daoist to take the beating.

The other elders cited the same reasoning.

Several Body Integration Realm attacked the Silent Daoist earlier, all of whom had been provoked by the Silent Daoist and several elders, so it was inconvenient for them to show themselves.

"Passing by the sect, I came back to take a look." The Silent Daoist sighed. In just one year, the acting Sect Master had changed four times.

First Yun Zhi served as acting Sect Master, then Lu Yang served for three days, then Yun Zhi served as acting Sect Master again, then Lu Yang continued to serve for two months, and now it's Yun Zhi's turn to serve as acting Sect Master.

The frequent changes in the power of the acting Sect Master demonstrate how chaotic the sect's management is.

"I thought you'd made some enemies again and come back to your sect to seek refuge."

The Daoist priest, unwilling to listen to this, retorted, "What are you talking about? I always take responsibility for my own actions. When have I ever shirked my duties?"

The elder said in a low voice, his expression unfriendly. "Then what about when you imitated a woman to write a love letter to the fourth prince, making him infatuated with you all day long, laughing and giggling like he'd lost his soul? After the affair was exposed, what was the story behind you stuffing the unfinished love letter to my bedside?"

When the Fourth Elder was young, he had a pen pal named Ye Qianqian. The two never met and communicated only through letters. In the letters, Ye Qianqian said that she had seen the Fourth Elder kill Devil Cultivator with his pen while laughing and talking, and she longed to do so, which is why she sent him a letter.

The Fourth Elder, seeing that Ye Qianqian spoke sweetly, had beautiful handwriting, and seemed to harbor affection for her, quickly took the bait.

Ye Qianqian also mentioned that her hometown had been flooded, and all the crops had been submerged. The Fourth Elder immediately sent the letter along with the Spirit Stone back home.

Unfortunately, even the most meticulous plans can have unexpected twists and turns. One day, the truth came out, and the Fourth Elder discovered that one of his fellow disciples was impersonating Ye Qianqian. Enraged, he searched each of them one by one.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Silent Daoist immediately stuffed the unfinished letter into the bedside of the Grand Elder.

As expected, the Fourth Elder got into a fight with the First Elder, and it was only afterward that an investigation revealed that it was the work of the Silent Daoist.

"As a Confucian cultivator, Fourth Senior Brother practices the way of a gentleman. He is rigid in his actions and not quick-witted. He is easily deceived by women when he goes out. Rather than being deceived by women, he might as well be deceived by me first. Keep the good stuff in the family... Ah, no, I mean, that's why he's wary." -- This is how the Silent Daoist explained before being beaten.

The Grand Elder still felt a chill when he thought about it; scholars can be truly ruthless when they get angry.

"It's good that you're back. Let's have a meeting together; I have something to tell you."

The Grand Elder summoned everyone, including Yun Zhi, the eight elders, the Silent Daoist, Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Tao Yaoye, Man Gu, Li Haoran, and Qin Yanyan.

The eldest disciple was also in the sect. She watched helplessly as her master was beaten, without making any attempt to intervene.

The eldest sister's reasoning also makes sense—I'm not at the Body Integration Realm yet, I can't beat them.

It's clear that the senior sister really doesn't want to take action.

All the members of the Heavenly Court Sect were present. They looked at each other, their minds heavy, and remained silent, creating a tense atmosphere.

Actually, it was because the Sixth Elder was present that everyone felt uncomfortable speaking.

After listening to the Grand Elder 'Divine Sense explanation, even the Silent Daoist, known for his deception, was somewhat dumbfounded.

"So, the Heavenly Court Sect that's been causing such a stir lately is yours?"

"It's us," the elder corrected.

"... Putting aside the fact that you brought me into the Heavenly Court to become a Heavenly King and Protector without my consent—becoming a Heavenly King and Protector isn't inherently wrong—why did you name me the Heavenly King of Growth because I improved the Law Technique 'Size and Size at Will'?!"

Grandpa Ba shrugged, speaking with reason and logic, "We can't do anything about you not being here. Besides, our Heavenly Court Sect values democracy, and your title has already been agreed upon by everyone except you."

The Silent Daoist flew into a rage, veins bulging. "Democracy my ass! Who is the leader? Is it the eldest brother or you? I want a fair judgment!"

"Your eldest apprentice."

"The name 'Growth King' is quite good."