Kongyuan Mountain Disciple

When Chen Yan brought up his question, he held nothing back.

This was because after nearly several reincarnations, with the continuous refreshing of the Reincarnation Record Points, Chen Yan had finally figured something out.

Whether he could survive was completely unimportant.

If the development of the current reincarnation headed in a direction he completely couldn't control and could lead to irreversible consequences at any moment.

Then he could choose to give up and use his own life to gain more information.

Thus achieving a more advantageous outcome in the next reincarnation.

This was precisely Chen Yan's plan now.

He showed no fear towards Elder Yue Chi, a cultivator of the Wanhua Realm. Instead, he placed himself on a more equal footing with him.

The old man standing outside the cell also seemed to show no anger due to Chen Yan's presumptuous behavior.

He was quite calm.

"Whether you're pretending to be foolish or genuinely don't understand the situation."

Elder Yue Chi said:

"But now, you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope."

It was unclear whether Chen Yan had tied Lin Qifeng and Yue Chi to this rope, or if Lin Qifeng and Yue Chi had tied Chen Yan to it.

But for Chen Yan, being tied to the same rope as a mighty cultivator of the Spirit 통 Realm was undoubtedly an honor.

"If the matter of harboring you is exposed, then the consequences that you, I, and Qifeng will face will be unbearable."

"What do I need to do?"

Chen Yan asked.

"Tell me, what are Qingchan Peak, or rather, Fu Qian and his faction, trying to do?"

Elder Yue Chi said.

"I can tell you, but you must first tell me what you are trying to do."

Chen Yan replied.

"We don't want the Empty Mountain Sect to become the second Zhengshu Cult."

Elder Yue Chi answered.

The Zhengshu Cult was the initiator of the grand "Slay Calamity Cause" operation a thousand years ago.

Yue Chi said that his and Lin Qifeng's goal was to prevent the Empty Mountain Sect from becoming the second Zhengshu Cult.

It was unclear whether he meant they didn't want the Empty Mountain Sect to launch a second "Slay Calamity Cause," or if they didn't want the Empty Mountain Sect to become a victim of the power struggles among the various forces on the Chenping Continent.

If it was the former, Chen Yan could understand why Yue Chi and Lin Qifeng disliked Fu Qian.

This was because Fu Qian's faction was a staunch supporter of the Calamity Cause theory.

The Empty Mountain Sect's current scale and influence on the Chenping Continent could rival twenty Zhengshu Cults at their peak.

"Fu Qian is looking for a list."

Chen Yan answered honestly.

Although he still couldn't completely trust Yue Chi, after all, Lin Qifeng's initial intention in taking him as a disciple was purely to use him.

At the same time, Chen Yan was also using Lin Qifeng.

It was just that Chen Yan was ultimately the subordinate, and he appeared more passive in this relationship of mutual exploitation.

But now they had actively bound their future to his.

As Yue Chi had said, they were now all grasshoppers on the same rope as Chen Yan.

And they had paid a certain price.

"A list?"

The old man looked quite puzzled.

"There's a disciple in the Outer Court named Zhang Xishun. Twenty years have passed since he became a disciple of the Empty Mountain Sect, yet he's still a handyman disciple in the late Body Tempering Realm."

Chen Yan said.

"Still stuck in the same place after decades, that's extremely common in the Outer Court."

Yue Chi said.

"But his actual cultivation is in the Qi Sea Realm. He's just been taking suppressive pills for a long time to keep his cultivation suppressed to the Body Tempering Realm."

Chen Yan continued.

"Zhang Xishun's name is on that list."

After a brief silence, Yue Chi slowly spoke:

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"Those on the list might be trying to overthrow something."

"Elder Fu Qian thinks so too," Chen Yan said.

"You seem to have a good impression of that old man Fu Qian. I have to warn you, that old man Fu Qian is no good."

Yue Chi said meaningfully:

"But are you impressed with Fu Qian, or with the young girl who came to see you not long ago?"

"It has nothing to do with anyone," Chen Yan said.

"Those on the list want to kill me because they suspect I know their secrets, so I have to cooperate with Qingchan Peak."

"Why didn't you tell your Master?"

"Because I don't trust him, nor do I trust you, Martial Uncle."

Chen Yan answered frankly.

"Hmph."

Yue Chi just snorted and didn't say anything more.

Because it was true, if he were in Chen Yan's position, he too would find it hard to trust his Master and Martial Uncle, who only wanted to use him as a messenger.

"Fine, the nature of this incident has been determined as Lin Qifeng and his disciples cheating. As for the death of Song Wencheng's disciple, it was an accident. You will be released later this evening."

Yue Chi said.

"No other punishment?"

Chen Yan asked.

"There is, of course there is!"

Yue Chi's expression instantly turned grim, and he raised his voice:

"Lin Qifeng has been stripped of his Outer Court Elder position. Xue Xiu, the Steward of the Training Ground, will temporarily act as Outer Court Elder. Lin Qifeng has been banished to the back cliff of Kongyuan Mountain to reflect on his mistakes, with a ten-year salary forfeiture!

"Yue Chi, Elder of the Pill Hall on Kongyuan Mountain, for assisting Lin Qifeng's fraudulent behavior and knowingly failing to report it, will have a three-year salary forfeiture!"

Chen Yan could hear the deep resentment in Yue Chi's words.

As an Elder of the Pill Hall on Kongyuan Mountain, Yue Chi's annual salary was around two hundred high-grade spirit stones.

This wasn't much, as even a mid-grade spirit artifact was worth over a hundred high-grade spirit stones.

As an Elder of the Pill Hall, Yue Chi had plenty of ways to accumulate wealth.

Therefore, more than the salary forfeiture, Yue Chi cared more about the loss of face he suffered because of this matter.

The Sect Master's direct disciple, the helmsman of the Pill Hall on Kongyuan Mountain, colluded with an Outer Court Elder to cheat in the Outer Court Grand Competition.

If it were the Sect Grand Competition, it would be one thing, but they had to cheat in the Outer Court Grand Competition!

If this got out, he would be laughed at for a lifetime.

When Lin Qifeng identified him, Yue Chi felt like killing his own scoundrel junior brother.

"What punishment will I receive?"

Chen Yan continued to ask.

"We've taken the fall for everything. What punishment do you expect as a junior? How about you make up for the three years of salary I lost?"

Yue Chi complained.

"..."

Chen Yan could only choose to remain silent.

Six hundred high-grade spirit stones were an astronomical sum for Chen Yan.

In the Outer Court, his monthly salary was five low-grade spirit stones, and it took a hundred low-grade spirit stones to exchange for one high-grade spirit stone.

"After we let you out, hurry back to your residence and pack your things. Zhao Bin will come to the Outer Court to pick you up before sunset today."

Yue Chi said.

Zhao Bin was Elder Yue Chi's disciple. Chen Yan had met him once when he rushed to the Pill Hall on Kongyuan Mountain that day.

He was the young man wearing the yellow robe.

"Pick me up for where?"

Chen Yan asked.

"Your Master, Lin Qifeng, is no longer an Outer Court Elder. After he is released from the back cliff of Kongyuan Mountain, he will also remain on Kongyuan Mountain. As Lin Qifeng's disciple..."

Yue Chi said, giving Chen Yan a meaningful look:

"From now on, you are a true disciple of Kongyuan Mountain."