Strength, Crushing, Change

[The next day, using the excuse of helping Lin Pingzhi get revenge, you had him lure out Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect.

Lin Pingzhi had long hated Yu Canghai to the bone. Hearing that you were willing to help him get revenge, he immediately agreed, not caring whether you were a match for Yu Canghai or not. He very easily lured Yu Canghai to a mountain forest.

However, you were not in a hurry to attack, because you discovered that he had lured out not only Yu Canghai, but also Mu Gaofeng, who had captured Lin Zhennan and his wife.]

[Soon, as Lin Pingzhi announced his family name and was knocked to the ground by Yu Canghai, Mu Gaofeng couldn't help but jump out and fight Yu Canghai.

Both of them wanted to take Lin Pingzhi away and learn the whereabouts of the Evil Warding Sword Manual from him.

Seeing that the opportunity had arrived, you unhesitatingly unleashed two streams of sword qi.

Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng's strength was only at the late stage of Houtian. Although they were considered first-rate experts in the martial world, they were not even half a step into Xiantian, so how could they withstand the sword qi you unleashed with Innate True Qi?

So, there were no surprises.

In an instant, two sharp streams of sword qi swept across their bodies, directly crippling their Dantian Sea of Qi and shattering most of the meridians in their bodies.]

[As you crippled Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng, Lin Pingzhi immediately began to force them to reveal the whereabouts of his parents.

Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng were not tough nuts to crack. Lin Pingzhi easily forced them to reveal that his parents were being held by Mu Gaofeng in a dilapidated mountain temple.

Learning the whereabouts of his parents, Lin Pingzhi unhesitatingly killed Yu Canghai with a sword, and then dragged Mu Gaofeng away to find his parents.]

[The dilapidated temple was not far away, just a dozen or so miles away in the mountains.

When you found Lin Zhennan and his wife, they had been tortured by Mu Gaofeng beyond recognition. Although they were not on their last breath, they were not far from it.

Seeing his parents' miserable state, Lin Pingzhi was furious and immediately sent Mu Gaofeng to see Yu Canghai.]

[Although you rescued Lin Zhennan and his wife from Mu Gaofeng's hands in advance, they were already at the end of their lives. After seeing their own son, Lin Pingzhi, and learning that he had joined the Mount Hua Sect, they finally passed away with a smile.

Before his death, Lin Zhennan still dismissed you and told Lin Pingzhi the location of the Evil Warding Sword Manual, making him swear that the Lin family descendants must not read it.

But what he didn't know was that as a late-stage Xiantian expert, your five senses were extremely sharp. Even from ten zhang away, you could hear their conversation clearly.

However, you already knew the whereabouts of the Evil Warding Sword Manual, so it made no difference whether you heard it or not.]

[As Lin Zhennan and his wife died, you helped Lin Pingzhi bury them and erect a tombstone.

As for the corpses of Mu Gaofeng and Yu Canghai, you casually dug a hole and buried them.]

[Half a day later, your master Yue Buqun learned of the death of Lin Zhennan and his wife, and formally accepted Lin Pingzhi into the sect as his personal disciple in the presence of Abbess Dingyi of Mount Heng.]

[Three days later, Liu Zhengfeng's Golden Basin Hand-Washing Ceremony officially began.

As in the original plot, Zuo Lengchan of Songshan sent his junior brothers Fei Bin, Lu Bai, and Ding Mian to disrupt the ceremony with five-colored flags. He even captured Liu Zhengfeng's wife, children, and family as a threat, showing no semblance of a righteous sect.

As the saying goes, martial world affairs should be settled within the martial world, and should not involve wives and children!

Liu Zhengfeng's association with Qu Yang, an elder of the Demonic Cult, was indeed punishable, but it had nothing to do with his wife, children, and family.

The Songshan Sect's actions had clearly violated the code of the martial world, and since you had already intended for your master Yue Buqun to become the new Five Peaks Alliance Leader, the Songshan Sect was naturally the biggest obstacle.

Therefore, when Fei Bin failed to force Liu Zhengfeng and prepared to kill Liu Zhengfeng's wife, children, and family to continue to pressure him, you unhesitatingly stepped in to stop him.]

[Fei Bin, known as the Great Songyang Hand, was one of the Thirteen Protectors of Songshan and had been famous for more than a decade. He simply looked down on you as a young punk.

Seeing you step in to stop him, he didn't care who you were and unhesitatingly slashed his sword at your neck.

With his strength, if you were really just a novice, this sword would be enough to cut you in half!

He who kills shall be killed. Since Fei Bin had murderous intentions, you naturally wouldn't indulge him. After dodging his long sword, you casually slashed off his head with a sword, directly leaving him with no complete corpse.]

[Your on-the-spot killing of Fei Bin instantly shocked everyone present.

Immediately afterward, Lu Bai and Ding Mian, who had come with Fei Bin, immediately summoned all the Songshan disciples to kill you.

You stopped your master and fellow disciples from helping you, and instead charged into the crowd alone.

With your strength, dealing with these Songshan Sect disciples was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

However, you didn't intend to kill all of them.

Because that would bring countless troubles to your master and the entire Mount Hua Sect.]

[However, the death penalty could be avoided, but the living penalty was unavoidable.

You charged through the crowd as if you were in an unpopulated area, blood splattering and screams piercing the air wherever your sword light passed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, you had returned to your master Yue Buqun's side, and the hand tendons of all the Songshan Sect disciples in the field had been severed, including Lu Bai and Ding Mian, who were leading them.

Your terrifying strength between rabbit rising and falcon falling once again shocked everyone. Until Lu Bai and Ding Mian took the people away from the Liu residence in fear and trepidation, no one dared to criticize you.

This was strength, this was the martial world.

At this moment, your understanding of the martial world deepened.]

[In your opinion, this Liu Zhengfeng was just mentally ill. He had previously admitted to associating with Qu Yang, an elder of the Demonic Cult, in front of all the martial artists.

Even if the two only talked about music and not about the martial world, the martial arts sects who proclaimed themselves righteous could not tolerate them.

In the end, after obtaining the consent of you and your master Yue Buqun, Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang, who had come to rescue him, were both crippled of their martial arts and imprisoned.

During this period, Linghu Chong wanted to do something, but you stopped him by tapping his acupoints in advance.

You had been together for more than ten years, and you wouldn't watch him recklessly cause trouble for the Mount Hua Sect.]

[In the end, Linghu Chong still secretly returned the zither to Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang. After several days in prison, the two still created the Smiling, Proud Wanderer melody for zither and flute.]

When the music began, all the martial artists outside were moved, and they believed that the two were indeed connected through music.

Unfortunately, the two were no longer tolerated by either the righteous or demonic paths. In order not to implicate their families, after giving the The Smiling, Proud Wanderer melody to Linghu Chong and asking him to help pass it on, they committed suicide together.

With this, Liu Zhengfeng's Golden Basin Hand-Washing Ceremony finally came to an end.

As in the original plot, Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang died, and Fei Bin, who liked to kill innocent people indiscriminately, also died.

Those who didn't die were Liu Zhengfeng's wife, children, and elderly relatives, and Qu Yang's granddaughter, Qu Feiyan.