Those disciples who did not know Chen Xuan were now looking at the older disciples beside them with questioning eyes.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Daoist Duobao hurriedly gave Chen Xuan a Half-Teacher's Salute.
"Duo Bao greets Eldest Senior Brother."
With a wave of his hand, Chen Xuan directly helped Daoist Duobao back to his feet.
Naturally, the others also wished to bow and pay their respects to Chen Xuan, but he stopped them with a wave of his hand.
"Duo Bao, do you know why I disguised myself as Martial Uncle Zhunti today?"
Daoist Duobao was already completely bewildered. He immediately shook his head at Chen Xuan.
"Please enlighten me, Eldest Senior Brother. Duo Bao is slow-witted and truly does not understand the meaning behind your actions."
"Some people take a master simply to find someone to rely on, so that others will not dare bully them.
"When their master faces a great calamity one day, they will surely leave without the slightest hesitation.
"Worse still, some may strike from behind your backs and trade your lives for their own futures.
"To prevent such things from happening, I took this opportunity to give them a suitable test.
"I never expected that nearly a hundred people had entered our sect with precisely such intentions."
As Chen Xuan spoke, he pointed at the traitors whom the green lotus had restrained.
The traitors all lowered their heads in silence, filled with boundless regret over their choices.
Jin Guang Xian even spoke to Chen Xuan. "Eldest Senior Brother, are we merely going to cripple their cultivation?
"I think people like them do not even deserve to live. Please give the order, Eldest Senior Brother, and let me purge the sect on Master's behalf."
The moment Jin Guang Xian finished speaking, Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Wu Yun Xian burst into laughter and came to his side.
They patted Jin Guang Xian on the shoulder and said, "You brat are no good. You joined forces with Eldest Senior Brother to test them, yet you did not even give us a heads-up.
"This time, when we purge the sect for Master, you cannot leave us brothers out again. We must act together."
"I was the one who told him not to tell anyone. Otherwise, if word leaked out, today's test would have been meaningless.
"Moreover, let me make this clear today: there will be more tests like this in the future.
"They will come in different forms and at different times. I hope I will not see another outcome like today's."
After speaking, a great brush appeared in Chen Xuan's hand. It emanated dense yin energy, enough to make one shudder.
That was right. This was the Spring and Autumn Reincarnation Brush Chen Xuan had obtained at Treasure Distribution Cliff, the Judge's Pen that would one day belong to the Nine Hells Underworld.
Chen Xuan raised the Spring and Autumn Reincarnation Brush and wrote a massive character for "traitor" in the air.
Then, with a wave of his hand toward the enormous character, he sent it soaring into the sky.
One became two, two became four, and in the blink of an eye, they had multiplied into nearly a hundred.
As the characters for "traitor" fell from the sky, they stamped themselves directly onto the foreheads of those traitors.
Immediately afterward, a stream of black qi flew from Chen Xuan's brow and circled once above the traitors' heads.
When one looked at the traitors again, their eyes were hollow and lifeless, and they resembled walking corpses.
Chen Xuan put away the Green Lotus Precious Color Banner, and the black qi returned to his brow.
"Chang Er Ding Guang Xian, these people are yours now. From this day forward, they may only serve as slaves."
Chang Er Ding Guang Xian naturally did not dare delay. He hurriedly stepped forward and acknowledged the order.
Then he led those traitors toward the Back Mountain of Kunlun Mountain.
As Chang Er Ding Guang Xian led those people toward the Back Mountain and out of Chen Xuan's sight,
the weight in Chen Xuan's heart finally lifted. He secretly thought, Good thing I saw through the mystery. Otherwise, I would not have escaped calamity today either.
At the same time, Chang Er Ding Guang Xian also discovered that the traitors following behind him had already lost their souls and become walking corpses.
This left Chang Er Ding Guang Xian even more terrified, and he could not help but think that Chen Xuan was truly ruthless.
The Three Pure Ones stood in the air above Kunlun Mountain, watching everything unfold below.
"Third Brother, look at the sort of disciples you have taken in. Chen Xuan merely used a small trick, yet every one of them revealed their true colors.
"If Chen Xuan had not been here, these people would eventually have become tumors within your sect. Sooner or later, they would have squandered all your fortune."
Although Tongtian was deeply grateful to Chen Xuan for helping him remove those traitors,
his temperament would not allow him to lose face before Yuanshi Tianzun.
He immediately replied indignantly, "That brat acted on his own and does not understand the meaning of careful guidance at all.
"He made me lose nearly a hundred disciples for nothing. Just wait until I go back and settle accounts with him."
With that, his figure flashed, and he headed directly toward Kunlun Mountain.
Yuanshi Tianzun still wanted to say something, but the Grand Supreme Elder stopped him.
"Forget it. You know Third Brother's temperament well enough. Why insist on making him nod and admit his mistake?"
After speaking, he sighed helplessly and also headed toward Kunlun Mountain.
Although Yuanshi Tianzun said nothing, he was likewise deeply displeased.
Master Tongtian's imposing voice rang out from Shangqing Palace. "Chen Xuan, come into Shangqing Palace and see your master at once."
None of the disciples had seen when Tongtian returned, and even Chen Xuan had not noticed him at all.
Now that Tongtian had suddenly summoned him, Chen Xuan inwardly cried that things were bad.
But in the end, he could only steel himself and enter Shangqing Palace, grinning as he bowed to Tongtian.
"Master, you have returned from the Heavenly Court? Did you avenge your disciple?"
Tongtian nodded. "Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed to settle this Karma with two magic treasures. Go to the Heavenly Court when you have time."
Chen Xuan could not help feeling delighted upon hearing this. It really is good to have someone backing me.
It seemed that choosing to become Dao Generation Three rather than Dao Generation Two had been an absolutely correct decision.
After all, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, a Heavenly Dao Saint, would not storm the Heavenly Court to vent his disciple's anger as his master and two martial uncles had done.
Seeing the smile on Chen Xuan's face, Tongtian suddenly asked, "Tell me, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Chen Xuan naturally knew what Tongtian was asking about, but he had no intention of following Tongtian's lead.
Instead, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Master. Your disciple will immediately head to the Heavenly Court and see what magic treasures they have prepared for me."
After speaking, he did not wait to see whether Tongtian agreed. His figure flashed, transforming into a wave.
Tongtian had long expected Chen Xuan to find an excuse to flee. With a wave of his hand, he set up a barrier within Shangqing Palace.
"You used an opportunity to run away last time. Do you think your master would be so careless again this time?
"If you do not explain everything clearly today, you brat, do not even think of taking a single step out of here."
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