Chapter 369
Chapter 369
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Translator: Ace
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Chapter Title: Confrontation in the Ten Thousand Poisons Great Hall
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Southern Borderlands, Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Great Hall.
Lu Yang's expression was calm as he raised his head to look at Long Yue, chuckling lightly.
"Since we've finished with the trivial matters, it's time to discuss proper business."
Long Yue froze upon hearing this.
Proper business?
The next moment, she realized what "proper business" Lu Yang meant—it was nothing more than the matter of abducting civilians from Jiangnan.
Was something like that even worth discussing?
A cup of penal wine would suffice, no?
But soon, Long Yue had a change of heart, thinking she understood Lu Yang's intentions.
This must be a task specifically assigned by Perfected Being Demon-Quelling.
As his disciple, Lu Yang had to give his master some account of the matter, couldn't just come empty-handed and leave empty-handed.
Otherwise, where would he put his face? Would Perfected Being Demon-Quelling even buy it?
If they sent Lu Yang away and then Perfected Being Demon-Quelling himself showed up, that would be real trouble.
With this in mind, a smile immediately appeared on Long Yue's face.
"I understand, milord."
With that, Long Yue pinched her fingers to perform a quick divination.
She then reached out with a wave of her hand, pulling several Qi Refining Great Perfection disciples through the air and slamming them forcefully onto the ground.
"These are the ones."
"They violated the sect's doctrines in secret, treating Jiangnan civilians like weeds and taking lives wantonly. Their crimes are heinous."
"Today, I hereby expel them all from the sect."
"Fellow Daoist, feel free to take them for interrogation and punishment."
Long Yue wasn't lying—these were indeed the ones responsible for abducting civilians from Jiangnan.
One of them was even a disciple she had personally trained.
But in the end, they were merely at Qi Refining.
As everyone knew, Qi Refining cultivators didn't count as people.
Handing them over caused Long Yue no psychological burden whatsoever.
At this moment, her mind was entirely on the Ten Thousand Calamities Indestructible Gilded Silkworm Gu in her hand.
She couldn't wait to send Lu Yang on his way and get to work on her breakthrough.
However, to Long Yue's surprise, Lu Yang didn't even glance at the Qi Refining disciples on the ground.
He kept staring straight at her, saying indifferently,
"Not enough!"
As his words fell, Long Yue narrowed her eyes.
In her view, Lu Yang thought these few Qi Refining cultivators weren't weighty enough.
Qi Refining cultivators were expendable, but she couldn't possibly hand over a Foundation Establishment True Person for this.
With that thought, her expression suddenly softened into one of fragility.
"Please don't make things difficult for me, Fellow Daoist."
Before her words even finished, a faint blush colored her flawless face.
"I am but a weak woman managing this vast Ten Thousand Poisons Sect—it's not easy."
"If Fellow Daoist shows mercy, I am yours to take as you please..."
"I possess the Kan-Li Dao Marvel Jade Body. If you dual cultivate with me, Fellow Daoist, the benefits will be immense."
Long Yue's offer was exceptionally generous, practically throwing herself at him.
Aside from protecting her own Foundation Establishment True Persons, she likely also intended to befriend Lu Yang.
Yet Lu Yang remained utterly unmoved.
"Take as I please? Foolish! If I kill you, I can still take as I please! As for any special physique... How could the Heaven Mending True Scripture be bested by such crude methods?"
A corpse would do just fine for harvesting!
At the same time, Lu Yang's true body awakened from his brief seclusion.
【Metal Virtue】 had been fully refined, transforming into a divine ability that swirled around him in brilliant splendor.
'The moment has arrived!'
The next instant, Lu Yang grinned.
He directly pulled a token from his bosom and smashed it onto the ground in front of Long Yue.
"This is..."
Long Yue blinked in slight confusion, instinctively looking at the token.
Her expression changed drastically—the markings on it were unmistakable.
【Primal Saint Sect, Heaven Mending Peak Master】!
This was unmistakably the Heaven Mending Edict, the symbol of authority held by Heaven Mending Peak Master Chen Taihe.
After Lu Yang slew Chen Taihe, the item had naturally fallen into his hands.
'...No, that's not right!'
In an instant, Long Yue's feigned delicate demeanor vanished completely.
She reverted to her icy cold self, staring fixedly at Lu Yang.
"Just who are you?"
"I am a True Person of the Sword Pavilion, Dao title Minghe," Lu Yang said coldly.
"This is a token from the Demon Sect's Heaven Mending Peak. Its appearance in the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect proves that your sect has long been colluding with the Demon Sect in secret."
"The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect colludes with the Demon Sect and abducts the people of my Jiangnan lands. The evidence is irrefutable—your crimes cannot be forgiven."
"You shall be executed!"
Long Yue was utterly stunned.
She never imagined that Lu Yang, a True Person of the Sword Pavilion—the foremost authority of the righteous path—would so brazenly and openly fabricate charges against her!
'Sword Seed indeed!'
Was there still any law? Any justice?
Though the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect did have ties to the Primal Saint Sect and had indeed abducted Jiangnan civilians, without evidence, how could he slander them at will?
But she quickly caught on.
"What Jiangnan civilians? You're clearly coveting the Ten Thousand Calamities Indestructible Gilded Silkworm Gu of my Ten Thousand Poisons Sect!"
"You knew?" Lu Yang raised an eyebrow.
"Then hand it over at once!"
Long Yue: "………"
Beast!
"You truly intend to act like this?"
Long Yue gritted her teeth, her expression turning frigid.
"The Sword Pavilion, as the leader of the righteous path, resorts to framing, slandering, and plundering by force. Is this what the righteous path does?"
"What the righteous path does?"
Lu Yang's expression remained calm as he slowly rose to his feet.
"The Sword Pavilion holds the reins of the righteous path and sets the rules for the world. What the righteous path does is not for you to decide."
"The one who decides..."
"...is me!"
Before his words finished, Lu Yang drew his sword.
【Heaven-Slaying】!
In that instant, dazzling sword qi erupted with the strike, accompanied by rumbling thunder.
Yet when it descended, only a streak of pale azure-white light remained.
Long Yue staggered back a step.
A crack suddenly appeared on her originally flawless cheek, like a fissure on exquisite porcelain, from which threads of blood light seeped.
As Lu Yang's natal divine ability, this 【Heaven-Slaying】 strike was a supreme tool for bullying the weak.
No matter your divine abilities or transformations, if your cultivation didn't surpass Lu Yang's, one sword would end you.
Had Long Yue's realm not been on par with Lu Yang's—or even slightly superior in Dao attainment—it wouldn't have been just a sword mark on her face.
Even so, she still felt a stinging pain on her cheek.
Because Lu Yang's sword qi didn't dissipate.
Instead, it clung like maggots to the bone, turning into countless sword threads that madly burrowed into her Dharma body through the wound.
But Long Yue was a great True Person after all.
Facing the invasion of Lu Yang's sword qi, she instantly severed stray thoughts, her expression calm.
Her vermilion lips parted slightly as she exhaled a long breath of turbid qi.
"Ha—"
With that inhalation and exhalation, a gu worm in her Dharma body stirred to life.
Its shape resembled a toad, with three legs and a massive maw like an abyss.
【Sun-Swallowing Toad】!
"Guah!"
The toad's jaws opened and closed, swallowing all the sword qi that had invaded Long Yue's body in the blink of an eye.
The sword mark on her face sealed shut and healed once more.
Yet Long Yue's expression remained grave, without the slightest relaxation.
As a gu master, she could clearly sense that after Lu Yang's sword qi was devoured by the 【Sun-Swallowing Toad】, it couldn't be digested.
Instead, it rampaged wildly within the toad, forcing it to exert full effort just to contain it.
"Do you truly wish to fight my Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to the death?"
Long Yue took another step back, her jade visage stern.
"Even if you obtain the 【Ten Thousand Calamities Indestructible Gilded Silkworm Gu】, if word leaks out later, will you even have a chance to use it?"
"You're overthinking it, Fellow Daoist."
Lu Yang held his sword and chuckled lightly.
"Word leaking out later? Today, I will exterminate your entire Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, leaving no one alive. What 'later' will there be?"