NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14
Li Fadu, the Great Elder of the Jiuyan Sect Hall of Enforcement.
His features were stern, he rarely smiled or spoke unnecessarily, and he had an imposing presence even without anger.
With his peak Heavenly Origin cultivation, he was only a step away from ascending to the higher realms.
The Hall of Enforcement was directly governed by the head of the Jiuyan Sect and did not have a hall master, so all matters, big and small, were handled by Li Fadu.
That day, Li Fadu appeared at the foot of the Ninth Peak mountain while carrying an ancient sword.
Upon seeing him, the disciples of Ninth Peak all felt a surge of joy.
As an elder of the Jiuyan Sect’s Elixir Peak, Ma Wu’s family was branded with the Jiuyan Sect’s mark and protected by the sect.
Now that the Ma family has been slaughtered and Ma Wu remains unconscious, the Hall of Enforcement will naturally not stand idly by.
The disciples didn’t need to think twice to know that Li Fadu’s personal visit today was surely to interrogate Jiang Chen!
If the charges were confirmed, Jiang Chen would be severely punished even with the backing of the Jiang Family.At the least, his cultivation would be abolished, and he would be expelled from the Jiuyan Sect.
At worst, he could be executed according to the sect rules, which was not impossible.
After all, although the Jiang Family is powerful, they wouldn’t dare to act recklessly—the imperial laws are not just for show!
The Ma family might be insignificant, and the Imperial Dynasty might turn a blind eye to their annihilation.
However, if the Jiang Family dares to leave the Upper Domain and directly attacks the sects of the Central Domain, according to imperial law, this would be a crime punishable by the extermination of their clan!
“I must cleanse the sect and uphold the rules of the Jiuyan Sect today!”
Looking up towards the mountainside with a stern gaze, Li Fadu’s eyes were filled with cold determination.
Stepping into the Ninth Peak, he didn’t go to see Xiao Hongyi but instead went straight to the pavilion between the mountains.
He had intended to release his aura and intimidate Jiang Chen with his peak Heavenly Origin cultivation as a show of force.
But the scene before him left him speechless, his expression as if he had seen a ghost!
In the open space in front of the wooden pavilion, Jiang Chen lay comfortably in a wooden chair with Jiang Lianyue beside him.
“Lianyue, Senior Brother is thirsty!”
“Lianyue, come and give Senior Brother a shoulder massage!”
“Lianyue, that Sword Qi move I just did, wasn’t it impressive?”
“Lianyue, if someone challenges Senior Brother in the future, you beat them up! Understand?”
With each statement, Jiang Lianyue would smile and busy herself with a look of happiness.
Sometimes she clapped her hands, sometimes she nodded earnestly, extremely obedient and attentive.
At first glance, anyone would think that Jiang Chen had taken a new maidservant!
“How dare you!!”
Li Fadu was furious after he snapped back to reality!
Who was Jiang Lianyue?
She was the person with the potential of an empress, the darling of the sect, and the hope of the Ninth Peak and the Jiuyan Sect!
It was well known among the higher-ups of the Jiuyan Sect that Jiang Lianyue had fallen into madness, and her Dao’s heart was unstable.
Jiang Chen, as the Eldest Senior Brother of the Ninth Peak, not only failed to take care of her but took advantage of her vulnerability to treat her like a maidservant!
This was absolutely intolerable!
“Jiang Chen! You scum of the sect, do you have no conscience at all?!” Li Fadu roared furiously with a thunderous voice.
Conscience?
Jiang Chen sneered at the mention of the word. Hadn’t it been these so-called “upholders of justice” like Li Fadu who had trampled his conscience into dust over nine cycles of reincarnation?
Now they were talking to him about conscience? Where were they before?
“What brings Elder Li here?” Jiang Chen asked while feigning ignorance.
“You have harassed junior sisters and beaten junior brothers, and now you have exterminated more than forty members of the Ma family, leaving no one alive! And now you are deceiving our sect’s prodigy! Such atrocities have never been seen in the thousand years since the founding of the Jiuyan Sect! For these multiple crimes, I will apprehend you today!” Li Fadu’s eyes were wide with anger.
“Oh, then come on.”
“You still dare to argue? I’ll show you… what?”
Li Fadu was baffled!
According to his expectations, shouldn’t Jiang Chen desperately defend himself, even bringing up the Jiang Family as his backing?
Why was he simply telling him to “come on”?
This wasn’t how the script was supposed to go!
While he was still stunned, he saw Jiang Chen turn to Jiang Lianyue and say.
“Junior Sister, being wrongfully accused has put Senior Brother in a very bad mood…”
“Since Senior Brother is in a bad mood, then Lianyue…”
Her smile faded, then an Ice Jade Cold Sword appeared in Jiang Lianyue’s hand.
She looked straight at Li Fadu, her eyes now filled with coldness:
“Then Lianyue will kill him to cheer Senior Brother up?”
Li Fadu’s face instantly stiffened upon hearing those words! To kill him to cheer up her Senior Bother?
He, the Great Elder of the Hall of Enforcement, had become a tool for Jiang Chen’s amusement?
What’s more, these words actually came from Jiang Lianyue’s mouth?!
Li Fadu understood in an instant.
It seemed that Jiang Lianyue’s madness was far beyond his understanding!
But the problem was…
Even if Jiang Lianyue was mad, why did she listen to Jiang Chen so obediently?
Even Jiang Chen himself had no answer to this question.
At first, he found it puzzling too. But it’s true that after spending days together, Jiang Lianyue indeed followed all of his commands.
Unable to figure it out, he simply chalked it up to ‘karma’.
As for Jiang Lianyue’s suggestion to kill the elder to cheer him, Jiang Chen just smiled.
He didn’t agree, but his meaningful gaze clearly said…
Go on! Kill him!
Without any hesitation, Jiang Lianyue took up her sword and went forth, her body suddenly exuding a cold aura, several times denser than before.
‘Since the last time she tried to self-destruct her Imperial Essence, only a few days have passed, and she has made a breakthrough from Human Origin to Earthly Origin?’
Jiang Chen’s pupils shrank after seeing this. He was inwardly amazed.
This speed of her cultivation was simply inconceivable!
So exaggerated that it couldn’t be described by talent or the stature of an empress!
What Jiang Chen didn’t know was, as the saying goes, turning to the dark side makes you ten times stronger, while redemption weakens you by a third. (TLN: Like in a videogame, characters become stronger when they join the villain’s side.)
After nine lifetimes of retrospection, Jiang Lianyue, just like Jiang Chen, had observed her nine lifetimes and accumulated the understanding and cultivation of a thousand years.
This, coupled with her relentless practice, was why she could progress so rapidly.
And from the beginning to the end, she had only one goal.
To become stronger and to destroy heaven and earth!! Only then could she kill every enemy of Jiang Chen!
……
Now back to Li Fadu.
The moment he sensed Jiang Lianyue’s cultivation level, he too was shocked!
Then, a surge of ecstasy followed!
‘The potential of an empress is indeed extraordinary! She will definitely be a blessing to the Jiuyan Sect if she grows successfully!’ Li Fadu thought to himself.
In the midst of his thoughts, the Ice Jade Cold Sword was already upon him.
Li Fadu dodged to the side, instinctively wanting to draw the ancient sword from behind, but hesitated.
He didn’t want to hurt Jiang Lianyue.
Although Jiang Lianyue was now of Earthly Origin cultivation, he practiced the sword path and was at the peak of Heavenly Origin.
For Jiang Lianyue to hurt him, she would have to self-destruct her Imperial Essence like last time.
But if that really happened, then the Jiuyan Sect would face a great disaster.
Helpless, Li Fadu had no choice but to puff up his chest and shout out: “Master of the Ninth Peak, will you really allow your disciple to act so recklessly?!”
His voice boomed and startling countless birds.
The next moment, a figure in red descended from the sky, and Xiao Hongyi indeed appeared.
“Get out!”
Her voice was cold, and her rapidly rising aura caused the heavens and the earth to change abruptly!
“Jiang Chen, you are a disgrace to the sect, unworthy of being the true disciple of the Ninth Peak! Leave the Ninth Peak immediately and come with me to the Hall of Enforcement for your punishment!”
Li Fadu nodded as if it was only natural.
“I’m talking about you!”
Xiao Hongyi’s beautiful eyes were cold.
As she spoke, a red whip appeared in her hand, its body like scales, blazing red and hot, causing the temperature around to soar.
“Me?”
Pointing at his own nose, Li Fadu was once again dumbfounded.
“You dare to come to my Ninth Peak to capture someone without any evidence? If you don’t leave within three breaths, you might as well stay here with your dead body!”
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