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Si Wuya said slowly, “The Fiend Temple intends on working with the Righteous Sect. We can’t let that happen. Nobody knows how powerful Ren Buping currently is. There aren’t many who can suppress him right now. Eldest Senior Brother has always kept a low profile. He rarely ventures out from his mountain. Second Senior Brother’s whereabouts are unknown
 As for the other elites, we can’t place our hopes in them.”
“Second Senior Brother likes to challenge elites, why don’t we speak to him?” Zhu Honggong asked tentatively.
“The people I sent there came running out of fear in less than three days. I’m afraid Second Senior Brother is slightly angry about what happened with Fan Xiuwen,” Si Wuya said as he shook his head.
“Second Senior Brother has always been the amiable one. If he’s angry, forget it, then.” Zhu Honggong shuddered and shook his head.
Si Wuya started pacing with his hands on his back. He walked to a spot in the forest where his view was relatively unobstructed. He looked in the direction of the Green Jade Altar. “It’s unexpected that master would show up here. In any case, our plan is almost completed. Tell your men to retreat.”
“Alrighty.”
“Also
” Si Wuya paused to smile before he said, “Master deliberately let you go
”
“That’s what I think as well. I had the shock of my life!” Zhu Honggong shook his head. He did not want to revisit that memory.
“With master’s usual disposition, I don’t think he would let you go for no reason. I suspect there’s someone helping him.” Si Wuya recalled the Evil Sky Pavilion had recruited several new members. Perhaps, there were some intelligent ones among those people.
“There’s no one else but Little Junior Sister there
 She’s as fierce as ever. She was this close to jumping down and biting me,” Zhu Honggong said bitterly.
Si Wuya rolled his eyes at him and ignored Zhu Honggong. ‘I can’t communicate with this dimwit.’ After a while, he said, “Let’s go.” He raised his hand slightly and a peacock plume that shone with golden radiance on both ends and purple radiance in between appeared. Its exterior seemed to be a cylinder forged from pure gold.
Si Wuya gave it a light wave.
Whoosh!
The hidden weapons inside the cylinder shot toward a huge tree. The hidden weapons looked extremely dazzling. They were as stunning as a peacock unfurling its tail feathers.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The hidden weapons were embedded in the huge tree like nails.
Si Wuya and Zhu Honggong did not even look back. With swift movements, they disappeared into the forest.
The dazzling hidden weapons were golden energy seals condensed from Primal Qi. They were as beautiful as golden feathers. However, while the onlooker was mesmerized by the shocking beauty, it had already claimed a life.
Crack!
After the huge tree fell, a sneaky cultivator’s eyes were widened in fear as he stared at the hidden weapon embedded in his chest.
When the peacock unfurled its feathers, the cultivator lost his last breath immediately and fell to the ground.


Meanwhile, Lu Zhou steered Bi An toward the top of the Green Jade Altar. He looked down and saw many people were gathered on the Green Jade Altar’s spacious plaza.
The Green Jade Altar was the Righteous Sect’s territory. However, it was only a place where the Righteous Sect’s members practiced swordplay and cultivated.
“Master, over there.”
Bi An dove down on Lu Zhou’s order.
When the cultivators on the Green Jade Altar saw Bi An, a shocked expression appeared on their faces.
“Who’s that?”
“Everyone, be careful!”
“The audacity! Barging into the Green Jade Altar like this.”
Dozens of cultivators in navy-blue robes stood in neat rows and unsheathed their swords to face this newcomer.
Meanwhile, some of the cultivators in black robes looked at the sky in confusion.
Lu Zhou said clearly, “Where’s Hua Wudao?”
“Hua Wudao?”
On the Green Jade Altar, the cultivators exchanged looks among themselves.
“The Green Jade Altar is the holy land of cultivation for the Righteous Sect. My old friend, don’t you think it’s inappropriate for you to come here uninvited?”
Little Yuan’er could not stifle her laughter. Lu Zhou looked at her coldly, and she quickly stopped laughing, turning docile and solemn. She pointed at the cultivators and said, “We’ll come as we please. Why should we wait for an invitation? Ridiculous!”
Lu Zhou did not descend immediately. This was the Righteous Sect’s territory, after all. If they knew that he was the great villain, danger might rain down on him from every direction.
‘If it’s possible I want to use as few item cards as possible. The cultivation path is long. If my frequent purchase of the cards causes the price to increase beyond what’s affordable while my cultivation base stays stagnant, I’m as good as dead.’
At this moment, Duan Xing appeared. He landed on the Green Jade Altar and cupped his hands into fists at everyone. He said, “Everyone, this is the Buddhist grandmaster I’ve mentioned before. On Runan’s holy altar, he’s the grandmaster who killed the bald
 the monk, Kong Xuan, with a single strike!” He quickly changed his words midway through his sentence. He was used to referring monks as bald donkeys after all. It would not be appropriate for him to use this term in front of the grandmaster.
“Grandmaster?”
Everyone was shocked. The Righteous Sect’s disciples shifted uneasily.
The Fiend Temple’s disciples, on the other hand, cupped their fists together. “Greetings, grandmaster!”
Lu Zhou ordered Bi An to descend on the Green Jade Altar. After it had descended, it did not leave. It sat on its haunches obediently, baring its fangs once in a while.
The Righteous Sect’s disciples gulped at the sight of this. They did not know if they should feel frightened or envious.
At this moment, Zhang Chu walked out and said, “My name’s Zhang Chu, the fifth elder of the Righteous Sect. Greetings, grandmaster.”
With Zhang Chu as an example, the other disciples followed suit and cupped their fists to greet Lu Zhou as well.
Lu Zhou merely stroked his beard and nodded. He spoke in a neutral tone, “Where’s Zhang Yuanshan?”
The Righteous Sect’s fifth elder, Zhang Chu, bowed and said, “We’re receiving important guests on the Green Jade Altar today
 However, the Evil Sky Pavilion’s Evil King unexpectedly showed up to cause trouble. For this reason, Zhang Yuanshan had left with the other guests prematurely. Grandmaster, if you like, you can lodge in the Green Jade Altar and wait for our sect master’s return!”
Duan Xing sighed before he chimed in, “It’s all because of that villain
 What a shame! If grandmaster had captured the Evil King earlier, the matter today would have been settled. What a shame!”
Lu Zhou felt that it was a shame as well. If only Old Eighth and Old Seventh did not spoil his plans, he might have been able to meet Zhang Yuanshan and Hua Wudao. He regretted the fact that his Binding Cage Card failed to hit its target.
However, the Green Jade Altar was the Righteous Sect’s territory, after all. There was also a Grand Formation around the Green Jade Altar. If Lu Zhou wanted to act against Zhang Yuanshan, he would have to spend a fortune on buying cards. He felt that it was not worth it to waste too many cards on a single person.
‘Let’s play it safe for now. If I go overboard, I might lose my life. At that time, I can forget about investigating the truth behind the Fish Dragon Village’s incident.’
Lu Zhou did not have time to chat with these people. He glanced at the disciples standing on Green Jade Altar’s plaza. Some of them were in the Body Tempering realm while most of them had just recently entered the Mystic Enlightening realm. There were also a few in the Sense Condensing realm, the Brahman Sea realm, and the Divine Court realm, who were also the leaders.
‘It’s truly a waste of my item cards if I’d used them against these people.’ Lu Zhou stroked his beard and asked, “Hua Wudao has returned to the Yun Sect?”
“Elder Hua has been cultivating in seclusion in the Yun Sect all these years. He’s finally emerged from seclusion
 I don’t think he’ll be returning to the Yun Sect anytime soon,” someone from the crowd said.
Duan Xing cupped his fists and said, “Hua Wudao was defeated by the Evil Sky Pavilion’s Ji Tiandao 20 years ago. This has become a knot in his heart. I’m afraid it’ll be difficult for him to improve if he doesn’t resolve the knot in his heart. I won’t be surprised if he has gone to the Evil Sky Pavilion to resolve this problem.”
Everyone was shocked. Some of the disciples who knew about this began discussing among themselves.
“Elder Hua’s cultivation base has barely improved over the last 20 years. He’s seeking trouble.”
“To each his own. It’s been 20 years, perhaps, Elder Hua has some tricks up his sleeve.”
“I think the outcome will be grim
 Recently, the four Dark Knights from the Divine Capital’s secret forces went to the Evil Sky Pavilion, but they didn’t return. Knowing the old villain, it can’t be anything good.”
“The Four Dark Knights? Didn’t an elder mention that their leader is Fan Xiuwen who was at the top of the blacklist 300 years ago?”
The further they discussed this, the more uncertain they felt.
If the fate of a person who was formerly at the top of the blacklist was unknown after visiting the Evil Sky Pavilion, how could Hua Wudao whose cultivation base remained stagnant in the last 20 years stand a chance?
“Silence!” The fifth elder barked, “Look at you, incompetent fools! Scared out of your wits after a few words of discussion. If the old villain stands before you now, won’t you be peeing your pants?”