kingnovel Chapter 496 I hated you, Junior Brother
Chapter 496 I hated you, Junior Brother
Stepping on the light of the teleportation array, Chongdao returned to the Tianqian Sect and went straight to the Discipline Hall.
Qingzhi and the Second Elder were both present in the hall.
None of them spoke, and the entire discipline hall was solemnly silent.
"How could the Golden Scale Key be lost?"
Qingzhi did not speak immediately. The Second Elder waved his sleeve, and a scene appeared on the memory stone.
In the scene, a figure appeared outside the heavily sealed forbidden tower. The figure approached the forbidden tower at great speed. The next second, the scene cut off. Something shattered the recording stone, causing the teleportation to end.
“Wen Nian?!” Chongdao exclaimed in shock.
The Second Elder spoke with a solemn expression: "Among the memory stones, only he has approached the Forbidden Tower. Moreover, he is your most prized disciple, who has received your true teachings. He has the ability to break through the seal, enter the Forbidden Tower, and steal the Golden Scale Key."
Chongdao forcefully flicked his sleeve and said coldly, "This is impossible! Wen Nian would never do such a thing. He must have been framed! Besides, the recording stone can't necessarily record everyone who gets close to the Forbidden Tower. What if he was set up? What if someone managed to evade the recording stone's surveillance?"
The Second Elder urged Chongdao to calm down: "I only said he is a suspect, not that it is definitely him! You know that the Golden Scale Key is extremely important. Our Tianqian Sect has already sacrificed two disciples for it. Even if I wanted to bend the law for personal gain, I wouldn't be able to explain it to Yang Yun and Hongyun, understand?"
"I don't want to deal with any of this. Wen Nian is definitely innocent. You are not allowed to punish him further. Give him back to our Zhenfeng!" Zhongdao didn't want to talk rationally at all.
He has already said goodbye to his beloved.
He was prepared to die.
He couldn't let his apprentice be wronged and suffer needlessly any longer. No one knew Wen Nian better than him what kind of child he was!
"You!" The Second Elder was a rigid old man who valued rules and laws the most. Seeing Chongdao being so disrespectful, shouting and yelling, not considering the overall situation, and only protecting his own, he was furious!
He pointed at him, wanting to scold him, but seeing the redness in his eyes, he couldn't bear to continue. So he simply stopped arguing with him, turned and left, leaving the place to the sect leader.
Seeing the Second Elder storm off in a huff, Chongdao immediately turned his anger on Qingzhi, who had been watching from the sidelines: "Qingzhi, you promised me you would take care of Zhenfeng and my disciples. Is this how you take care of them? Let me tell you, I, Chongdao, am not a magnanimous person. I just protect my own. No one can treat my disciples like this and pin a false accusation on them!"
After listening to his rant, Qingzhi slowly poured him a cup of calming and tranquil tea and pushed it to his side.
Then she said calmly, "I knew he wouldn't want to steal the Golden Scale Key; I lured him there."
Chongdao was stunned.
"you……"
Qingzhi said calmly, "In fact, the Golden Scale Key had already disappeared long before he approached the Forbidden Tower."
"..." Chongdao sat down silently, picked up his cup and took a sip of water, then went to get the teapot and poured himself several cups. Only after he calmed down did he ask, "What is your reason?"
Qingzhi looked at him: "Fu Wennian went to Lanxing Pavilion. He used sweet words to deceive the Grand Elder and let him go to the top floor. He has read the scroll of the Star Sacrifice Array and has secretly practiced it in private."
The cup in his hand shattered on the ground, and Chongdao suddenly stood up: "This is impossible, why would he learn the Star Sacrifice Formation? This is..."
This is a method of sacrificial sealing formation, a forbidden formation. Wen Nian is usually very well-behaved, how could he...?
Qingzhi looked at the tea stains and fragments on the ground, frowned slightly, waved his hand, and everything was restored. The teacup was placed perfectly on the table, and the aroma of tea lingered.
“It was Yueming who used illusion magic to tell him about the sealing formation, bypassing the Great Oath of the Heart Demon. He knew what the destiny of the disciples of the Formation Peak was.”
“Jiang Yueming? Why would he…” Chongdao staggered back into his seat.
Qingzhi's voice remained calm and soft: "His inner conflict is that he wants to know where the entrance to the Outer Realm is, so he used Fu Wennian to seek the answer."
The tragic scene from five hundred years ago flashed before his eyes in an instant, and Chongdao immediately closed his eyes.
“He and Fu Wennian will be temporarily imprisoned. Their primordial spirit, divine consciousness, and even their bodies will not leave the place of imprisonment.” Qingzhi turned his head, his fingertips accidentally touching the cold jade pendant at his waist. He paused for a moment, then continued, “Now that the Golden Scale Key has been stolen, the sealing array is in grave danger. My suggestion is that Senior Brother stay behind, select a new disciple, and immediately go to the Outer Heaven Domain to repair the seal.”
Chongdao didn't reply, but sighed and stood up again.
"I came back to go to the Outer Realms. We already agreed on that before, so why are you trying to persuade me again?"
He smiled and said, "Two hundred years ago, you should have foreseen this day, right? So even though you knew that as my master, I would never let Qingya repair the great formation, he still did it for me."
“I hated you, junior brother.”
A shadow finally fell across Qingzhi's usually calm gaze, and she instinctively spoke, "Senior Brother..."
Chongdao casually swept his robes and said with a smile, "Qingzhi, you are the sect leader, I understand you. But please also understand me. I am their master, and I should protect them. It's just a pity that my abilities are limited. After me, the sealing formation can only last for ten thousand years. But I believe that ten thousand years is enough for you to truly exterminate all the demons in this world, so that they can no longer threaten anyone here."
"As I said, take good care of my disciples. I left behind a lot of spirit stones. You can't take them and confiscate them. You have to distribute them all to them. These kids are too modest. No matter how much they refuse, you have to distribute them fairly and make sure no one is taken advantage of." Chongdao exhaled, suppressing the deep reluctance in his eyes. "Let's go. Time is of the essence. Delay might cause problems."
Qingzhi stopped looking at him, got up, and walked towards the door.
However, as soon as he stepped out the door, a figure rushed over from the horizon like a madman.
Their robes fluttered in the wind, and they returned like arrows.
"Master—!" A clear and melodious voice suddenly rang out in the sky.
Chongdao suddenly looked up and saw his little apprentice running towards him and throwing himself into his arms.
He was a little stunned.
Now that he looks so different, his disciple can still recognize him at a glance.
"Qian'er..."
Jiang Liqian hugged him tightly, feeling his still-beating heart. Her trembling breaths finally calmed down, and then she suddenly turned around, gripping her sword in one hand, pointing it fiercely straight at Qingzhi's face.
"No one is allowed to touch my master!"
"Anyone who moves will die!"
Qingzhi remained silent, his pale pupils briefly sweeping over the sword in her hand.
Chongdao was shocked. He never expected that his usually well-behaved and obedient disciple would be so rebellious, pointing his sword at the sect leader!