Mo Tiange withdrew her aura and breath, ended her cultivation, and opened her eyes.
Divine sense was born from one's primordial spirit. If one didn't deliberately cultivate it, one's primordial spirit would slowly strengthen along with one's cultivation level. The divine sense of a person with a high cultivation level would naturally be powerful.
If one's cultivation level reached the Core Formation or Nascent Soul realm, their divine sense could also cause harm. However, this kind of harm was produced with the spiritual aura pressure. It was extremely effective against low-level cultivators, but it had no effect on cultivators in the same realm.
However, the first layer of the Soul-Refining Art could cause fatal harm to cultivators in the same realm.
On the other hand, the second layer of the Soul-Refining Art allowed the cultivator to exert pressure on cultivators of the same cultivation realm. If this was the case, her opponent would be constantly suppressed in a battle of magical powers. Even if they were extremely powerful, they would only be able to display sixty to seventy percent of their full strength.
After experiencing the power of the Soul-Refining Art, her cultivation focus now shifted to the Soul-Refining Art.
After going through the Five-Spirits Body Cultivation Method, her meridians were tough and her spiritual aura was stable, so she wouldn't be possessed by the devil again. Cultivating this art was many times faster than others, so it would be a loss if she didn't cultivate it.
In the past two years in the Virtual Sky World, Mo Tiange had finished cultivating the first layer of this art and could use her divine sense to attack. Now, she was starting to cultivate the second layer. If she completed the second layer, she would be able to directly exert pressure on other people's divine senses, which would allow her to seize the initiative in fights of magical powers.
At the same time, the second layer of the Soul-Refining Art could also make her resist the spiritual aura pressure of high-level cultivators.
However, Gujian Sect people probably came very quickly. The second layer of the Soul-Refining Art had just started, so it probably wouldn't have any effect in this fight.
As soon as Mo Tiange finished thinking, she felt a furious spiritual aura pressure filling the entire sky above Qianmen Ridge.
Mo Tiange's whole body trembled. This was at least a middle stage Core Formation cultivator. Had Gujian Sect people already arrived?
She summoned the White Silk Handkerchief and flew to the sky outside the house. There, she saw a middle-aged sword cultivator wearing Gujian Sect clothes standing on top of the gate of Qianmen Ridge station with a long sword on his back.
At the same time, Senior Martial Brother Kuang Zhu flew towards the gate of Qianmen Ridge station on an ever-changing white cloud.
Upon seeing this, Mo Tiange hurriedly rode the White Silk Handkerchief to approach the gate.
Aside from Ye Jingwen and Zhan Bai, the other Foundation Building cultivators of Xuanqing School also approached Kuang Zhu.
The other cultivators of the seven major sects watched from afar.
Kuang Zhu stopped in front of Qianmen Ridge's main gate. He cupped his fists and said, "Reverend Liufeng has come from afar, please forgive me for not going out to meet you."
Reverend Liufeng suppressed his anger and asked, "You are Kuang Zhu?"
Facing Daoist Master Liufeng's question, which was filled with pressure and anger, Kuang Zhu answered calmly, "Yes, I am."
"Since that's the case, hand over the other accomplices who murdered the seven Foundation Building cultivators of my Gujian Sect!"
Kuang Zhu showed a faint smile. It seemed that Daoist Master Liufeng had come to handle this matter in his capacity as the Sect Master. Thereupon, he said, "No murder has occurred in Qianmen Ridge Station. May I know who the accomplice is that Sect Master Du is referring to?"
Mo Tiange, who was standing on the side, was extremely astonished. Gujian Sect's Sect Head actually came here in person. Apparently, today's matter couldn't be settled peacefully.
Daoist Master Liufeng was furious. "My Gujian Sect had seven Foundation Building cultivators in total in Qianmen Ridge Station. My sect's disciples personally saw Wan Hongan and the other four Foundation Building cultivators perish right after they entered the main hall. The whereabouts of the other two Foundation Building cultivators are also unknown. Manager Kuang, how are you going to explain this matter to my Gujian Sect?"
Kuang Zhu still looked calm and elegant. "Presumably, Gujian Sect's disciples didn't report this matter clearly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to explain it to them."
Then Kuang Zhu pointed at the main hall that had been razed to the ground and said, "This place used to be the main hall. Daoist Master Liufeng, may I ask if you can sense what happened here?"
The Blood Refined Aura of the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation wouldn't completely disperse in less than three to five months, so Daoist Master Liufeng's expression changed after just a sweep of his divine sense.
Kuang Zhu stopped smiling and asked, "If it weren't for my magic tool, which happened to be able to stop the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation from taking shape, and if it weren't for my junior martial sister who was good at arranging formations and using the formation's illusory beasts to kill the culprit, Wan Hongan, inside the formation, Sect Head Du wouldn't have been able to collect the corpses of the other disciples of Gujian Sect, let alone denouncing me."
Before Daoist Master Liufeng could answer, Kuang Zhu continued, "The disciples who launched the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation seem to be regarded as Gujian Sect's traitors.
Sect Head Du, may I ask, during this chaotic demonic beast war, what should the disciples of the seven great cultivation groups do when they appear in Kunwu Alliance's station? "
Not to mention that launching the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation required at least three Blood Mediums, even if the formation master was lucky enough to survive, he would become a devil cultivator and his cultivation level would be greatly reduced. This formation was completely a formation that would perish together with the enemy.
However, Kuang Zhu didn't talk about why Gujian Sect's disciples launched the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation. Instead, he directly pointed to what happened after the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation was launched.
No matter how much Daoist Master Liufeng reprimanded him, Kuang Zhu had already pushed the dead disciples of Gujian Sect to the opposite side of everyone in Qianmen Ridge station, so Daoist Master Liufeng couldn't make things difficult for him.
Daoist Master Liufeng's face turned from red to white, then from white to green. In the end, he said indignantly, "You killed all the Foundation Building disciples of my Gujian Sect who participated in this matter, so you naturally wanted to silence them. I don't know what despicable method you used to actually lure my Gujian Sect's disciples into using the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation, but I won't be confused by your lies.
Since I can't explain it clearly, I might as well fight! "
Once he said that, all the Foundation Building disciples of Xuanqing School took out their magic tools.
Kuang Zhu was the only one who remained calm. "Not to mention that it was Sect Head Du's disciples who broke the rules, does Sect Head Du plan to kill all the disciples of the seven great cultivation groups in Qianmen Ridge?"
Just as Daoist Master Liufeng was about to say something, a magnificent voice accompanied by a frightening spiritual aura pressure came from afar. "Sect Head Du, you might as well kill me too!"
The nervous-looking Xuanqing School disciples were instantly overjoyed. Some of them even shouted, "It's Grandmaster Jinghe!"
Before their shouts died down, a cloud chariot, surrounded by eight Foundation Building female cultivators wearing cloud-colored clothes and holding palace lanterns, was heading towards the gate of Qianmen Ridge station at lightning speed.
This ostentatious style of a fatuous ruler was naturally none other than Xuanqing School's Lord Daoist Jinghe.
After the incident, the Thousand Miles Sound-Transmitting Talismans from both sides were sent at almost the same time. Compared to Xuanqing School, Gujian Sect was a bit further away from Qianmen Ridge, so Lord Daoist Jinghe should've set off right after he received the Sound-Transmitting Talisman, but he only arrived now. Presumably, the speed of the cloud chariot was hindered by those female cultivators.
Kuang Zhu's usually calm face seemed to be a bit gloomy as he watched the cloud chariot leisurely moving under the escort of female cultivators.
The magnificent cloud chariot paid no attention to these people's gazes. The eight female cultivators beside the cloud chariot were presumably also experienced people. They actually put away their palace lanterns with smiles on their faces and took out identical flower baskets from their Qiankun Bags. Under everyone's gazes, they scattered fragrant flower petals from the air as if they were performing. When the flower petals completely covered the ground, the cloud chariot slowly landed on the ground.
Everyone watched as two maids pulled up the gold-painted curtain in front of the cloud chariot. A middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and a king's robe, full of nobility, was sitting inside the cloud chariot, casually glancing at the people in front of him.
Some people might've thought this cloud chariot was too ostentatious before, but now that they saw the master of the cloud chariot, they felt this ostentatious display wasn't excessive at all.
In the end, Lord Daoist Jinghe stared at Master Liufeng, who looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and smiled amiably. "Your Gujian Sect advocates the supremacy of force, but our Xuanqing School is a Dao School. Dao Schools naturally have to be reasonable."
All the Xuanqing School disciples were greatly embarrassed. Our Dao is the Dao of Unity with the Heavenly Dao; it's the Dao of Balance. What does this have to do with reason …
Besides, this Grandmaster Jinghe has always been a bloodthirsty person. When has he ever been reasonable …?
Lord Daoist Jinghe didn't wait for Master Liufeng to answer. He turned to Ye Jingwen and said, "Jingwen brat, it'd be better if you tell me the whole story. I can also properly reason with Sect Head Du."
Ye Jingwen first glanced at Kuang Zhu. Kuang Zhu nodded. Ye Jingwen then looked at Mo Tiange. Mo Tiange said, "Big Brother Ye, just tell me the truth."
Ye Jingwen naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the truth, so he could only optimize the story they'd discussed. He cupped his hands and said, "Grandmaster, this matter has to start from when Junior Martial Sister Mo arrived at Qianmen Ridge Station."
Lord Daoist Jinghe said carelessly, "There's no harm in telling me the details."
"A few days ago, Junior Martial Sister Mo, who went missing during the battle at Danding School, finally recovered from her injuries and found our Qianmen Ridge Station. Senior Martial Brother Kuang arranged a place for Junior Martial Sister Mo to rest and then assigned her a mission to leave the station. Because Junior Martial Sister Mo was new here and the demonic beast war in the past two years caused a lot of changes, Junior Martial Sister Mo decided to take a look around after she accepted the mission. Because of what happened that year, most people in the station didn't know Junior Martial Sister Mo. Moreover, I was also carrying out a mission outside and hadn't returned yet, so Junior Martial Sister Mo had no choice but to leave the station alone. Wan Hongan from Gujian Sect took advantage of this, so he and two other early stage Foundation Building disciples from Gujian Sect followed Junior Martial Sister Mo out of the station with ill intentions.
That day, I finished my mission and happened to be returning from outside the station. When I was about to reach the station, I suddenly sensed some people ganging up on Xuanqing School cultivators. When I arrived, Wan Hongan and the others from Gujian Sect bullied the Major General and surrounded Junior Martial Sister Mo … "At first, Ye Jingwen still felt a bit guilty because he was lying, but now, because he was the one who was involved and Mo Tiange was merely his name, he was furious. Therefore, the more he spoke, the more vivid and the more resentful he became. He vividly described the ugliness of those people who wanted to molest Junior Martial Sister Mo then kill her to seize her treasures.
On the other side, Mo Tiange, whose head was hanging lower and lower, thought, 'Senior Martial Brother Ye, these people who were ganged up on and beaten up like this have nothing to do with me.'
When he saw that everyone in the hall was starting to look angry, Ye Jingwen promptly adjusted the plot to the part where Mo Tiange fought back and, with his assistance, launched a desperate struggle against several cultivators from Gujian Sect. Furthermore, Wan Hongan even sacrificed his fellow disciple and escaped back to their station. Ye Jingwen also clearly explained the matter of Wan Hongan sacrificing his fellow disciple and escaping back to their station.
When he reached this point, Lord Daoist Jinghe's face was already filled with anger.
According to Ye Jingwen's story, the several cultivators from Gujian Sect who died in the main hall would probably also be portrayed as heinous criminals.
Kuang Zhu was still quite afraid this grandmaster of his would start a massacre, so he interrupted Ye Jingwen and said, "I'll explain what happened next."
Everyone heard Kuang Zhu's calm and elegant voice continue: "After two of his fellow disciples died, this Wan Hongan came back and instigated several other Gujian Sect disciples to come to the main hall and frame Junior Martial Sister Mo. He even proposed that if Junior Martial Sister Mo married him, he'd take responsibility for the deaths of his two fellow disciples in front of the elders of Gujian Sect.
Junior Martial Sister Mo was surrounded outside the station by him before, so she had a deep understanding of this person's maliciousness, so she naturally wouldn't believe his words.
"I believe everyone in Qianmen Ridge Station should also know that Wan Hongan's temperament isn't righteous. After his true colors were exposed by Junior Martial Sister Mo, the senior martial brothers of Gujian Sect naturally wouldn't help him when he abandoned his fellow disciples. This person saw that the matter was exposed and the deaths of his two fellow disciples would also be blamed on him, so he launched the Thousand Shapes Asura Formation, intending to kill us and the senior martial brothers of Gujian Sect in the main hall."
"When we just entered the main hall, several senior martial brothers of Gujian Sect were too impulsive and started a small fight with us. Wan Hongan plotted to use them as blood mediums. If it wasn't because my medicinal cloud just happened to have the effect of preventing the Asura Formation from taking shape, Qianmen Ridge Station would've been filled with resentful souls. It's just a pity that those senior martial brothers of Gujian Sect died unjustly." Kuang Zhu heaved a long sigh, sounding very regretful.
Ultimately, Ye Jingwen didn't plan on letting Wan Hongan go from the beginning, and Kuang Zhu wasn't a soft-hearted person either, so he deliberately used his words to infuriate the Foundation Building cultivators of Gujian Sect. However, the other cultivators of Gujian Sect who died in the main hall did indeed die rather unjustly, so Kuang Zhu's words could be considered to have cleared their names.
Lord Daoist Jinghe, who'd always been irascible, let out a cold "hmph" after he heard the whole story. He raised his hand and blasted a big hole in the main hall that was razed to the ground by Wan Hongan's explosion.
The remaining power greatly shocked everyone present. Some of the Aura Refining disciples with slightly weaker cultivations even had blood trickling down the corners of their mouths.
At the same time, Lord Daoist Jinghe said furiously, "Is my, Lord Daoist Jinghe's, last disciple someone you can casually take liberties with?"
Mo Tiange raised her head in astonishment. She quickly glanced at Lord Daoist Jinghe then looked at Ye Jingwen.
Ye Jingwen also looked at Mo Tiange with astonishment written all over his face. Although he already knew Mo Tiange was Lord Daoist Jinghe's registered disciple, the difference between "last disciple" and "registered disciple" was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Registered disciples would at most pay attention to them when they remembered. Although they naturally had more benefits than ordinary disciples, they lacked a proper master to take care of them, so their cultivation path would be much more difficult.
Becoming a last disciple wasn't as simple as becoming an official disciple. Most of the last disciples were also direct disciples because they felt it was enough to have such a disciple. The master would naturally focus on teaching the last disciple and would naturally give them all kinds of good things. With Lord Daoist Jinghe's words, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say Mo Tiange had reached the sky in a single bound.
At that moment, Lord Daoist Jinghe was facing the Sect Head of Gujian Sect. He released his spiritual aura pressure and said angrily, "You actually wanted to use people's lives to force me to marry a female disciple of my sect? Even if you had several lives, it wouldn't be enough!
Since the person is already dead, I won't start killing today.
However, in the end, it's your Gujian Sect that isn't strict.
Du Liufeng, go back and tell Old Daoist Fuling that if he doesn't want me to kill my way to your sect, he has to give me a good explanation! "
Once he finished speaking, Lord Daoist Jinghe turned around and looked at Mo Tiange sternly. He called out, "Tiange!"
Although Mo Tiange was still shocked, she wouldn't hope this Lord Daoist could dispel her doubts in front of everyone. She hurriedly lowered her head and answered, "Disciple is here."
"This kind of unscrupulous and shameless person should die a quick death.
Two years ago, you even dared to lure a fifth rank demonic beast by yourself, but you actually didn't dare to kill this kind of scoundrel on the spot. As my disciple, you're really shameful. Today, you should follow me back to the mountain for Closed Door Meditation. "
Although Lord Daoist Jinghe spoke harshly, he actually said "can't" as "don't dare". Moreover, he used the fifth rank demonic beast as a bait, making people easily believe that Gujian Sect was being overbearing because Xuanqing School was being lenient. Compared to Ye Jingwen's cumbersome narration, Lord Daoist Jinghe's words were more convincing, and he was even more skillful in acting like a rogue.
Soon after, Lord Daoist Jinghe reprimanded Ye Jingwen. "Ye Jingwen, you've been away from the mountain for some time, but you actually haven't made any progress. It's time for you to go back and listen to your master's teachings."
After he finished speaking, he grabbed Mo Tiange and Mo Tiange into the cloud carriage.
When the cloud carriage slowly rose into the sky, Lord Daoist Jinghe sneered and said, "This matter has been explained clearly, but Sect Head Du and your fellow martial brothers still haven't arrived. Presumably, they won't be able to make it. If Sect Head Du doesn't want to collect their corpses, you should hurry back to rescue them."
Upon hearing what he said, Master Daoist Liufeng's expression changed greatly. He originally thought the bloodthirsty Lord Daoist Jinghe actually said something like "I won't start a massacre today" and thought the heavens were looking after him. Who would've thought that Lord Daoist Jinghe had already vented his anger on the way here?
They originally came to deal with the Foundation Building cultivators. If they lost a few Core Formation cultivators' lives because of this, Gujian Sect would probably end up as miserable as Danding School, whose foundation was destroyed by demonic beasts.
Master Daoist Liufeng naturally didn't dare to linger. By the time Lord Daoist Jinghe finished speaking, he was already gone.
After the cloud carriage rose into the sky, Lord Daoist Jinghe once again shouted, "Kuang Zhu."
Kuang Zhu hurriedly answered, "Disciple is here."
"I'll give this to you as a reward. If those ignorant people from Gujian Sect come looking for us again, beat them up and kick them out. You can't be lenient."
The female cultivator next to the cloud carriage took a medicine bowl from the carriage then stepped on a flower basket and floated to Kuang Zhu's side. After presenting the medicine bowl to Kuang Zhu, she gracefully flew back to the side of the cloud carriage.
Lord Daoist Jinghe's voice, which no longer contained any anger, came from inside the cloud carriage. "This bowl is called the Heaven-Mixing Bowl, and the medicinal pestle inside it is called the Earth-Splitting Pestle. One for offense and the other for defense, they complement each other, and they can even strengthen the medicinal properties of spiritual plants. It's most suitable for you."
Right after that, the female cultivator next to the cloud carriage took a dress from inside the carriage. Lord Daoist Jinghe said from inside the cloud carriage, "This Hundred Fragrances Gorgeous Dress is for your family's Xiaobai. A girl should look like a girl. Is it interesting to dress like a man all day long?
This Lord hates this kind of thing the most. "
All the Xuanqing School disciples widened their eyes when they heard what he said. In an instant, Zhan Bai became the focus of everyone's attention.
This time, everyone saw Senior Martial Brother Kuang Zhu's face, which had always been calm and collected, darkened.
The female cultivator next to the cloud carriage gave the Hundred Fragrances Gorgeous Dress to Zhan Bai then left Qianmen Ridge Station with Lord Daoist Jinghe's cloud carriage.
All the Xuanqing School disciples watched as Grandmaster Jinghe left. They then turned their heads to look at Zhan Bai again, but then they heard Senior Martial Brother Kuang Zhu, who wasn't very quiet, roar: "What are you looking at? All of you, go back!"
He then pulled Zhan Bai away.