|(￣0￣) Huashan's Response
Three days later, inside Huashan's Hall of Righteousness...
The grand hall, with its distinctly Taoist air, had clearly stood for many years. Its furnishings were somewhat old-fashioned, yet dignified. Wisps of steam rose from the teacups on the table, while the candle flames swayed in the night breeze, their dim yellow light dancing wildly across the walls on either side.
Yet the atmosphere inside the Hall of Righteousness was somewhat oppressive.
The reason was that the Huashan Sect's leader, the "Gentleman Sword" Yue Buqun, was glaring at a freshly published Jianghu Rumor Monthly from the "Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng" organization, his face dark as he read. The more he read, the more he seemed to grit his teeth.
The Jianghu Rumor Monthly had this to say:
Jianghu Monthly · Witch Edition
Little Sword Saint Lu Jiu of Lingnan prided himself on his peerless swordsmanship. A few days ago, he picked a fight in a town at the foot of Huashan, only to run into Huashan's Little Witch. She shattered his qi sea with a single move. With his cultivation ruined, he fell into a filthy cesspit and couldn't get out.
The former Little Sword Saint had become a maggot in the muck, and yet the foolish onlookers all clapped their hands in delight.
One witness had this to say:
"Alas!"
"He who relies on force will one day be destroyed by it. Is this not the way of Heaven?"
After "Blood Shadow Saber" Li Yufei and "Jade-Faced Rakshasa" Bai Wuxia, "Little Sword Saint" Lu Jiu had become the third person whose cultivation had been ruined by this Little Witch!
It was reported that the witch lived at Huashan and had close ties to the Huashan Sect and Yue Buqun. Could her actions have been taken at Yue