In the State of Lu, within the Danxin Sect, Fei Xin presented a jade slip to True Person Guang Ling.
After examining the jade slip, True Person Guang Ling’s expression turned solemn, his brows furrowed deeply.
“Is this matter true?”
“Absolutely, I have personally verified it all, disciple.”
Fei Xin replied with utmost seriousness.
“Good! Our Ancestor is currently in seclusion for cultivation and it is inconvenient to disturb him. For now, do not spread word of this matter, lest we alert the enemy.”
“Yes!”
Fei Xin cupped his hands in farewell and exited the great hall.
True Person Guang Ling applied force with his hand, and the jade slip turned to dust.
Originally, due to Xiao Fei’s affairs, True Person Guang Ling had instructed Fei Xin to investigate secretly. He had never expected such a significant matter to be uncovered.
According to the intelligence gathered by Fei Xin, the Sect Master of Danxin Sect was very likely an evil cultivator. Disciples had been disappearing from the sect sequentially, all connected to him.
This matter concerned the sect leader, involving immense implications. The Nascent Soul Ancestor of the sect was in seclusion, making it inconvenient to disturb him. Guang Ling Zhenren could not act rashly.
True Person Guang Ling pondered for a long time and decided to first contact and collude with other Golden Core elders to make some preparations in advance.
Furthermore, True Person Guang Ling was a alchemist within the sect, and he was genuinely not skilled in combat.
If it came to a life-or-death struggle, a direct confrontation, he had no confidence in defeating the Sect Master.
He was entirely different from those hypocritical cultivators who claimed to be unskilled in combat but secretly annihilated entire families.
Over the next few days, True Person Guang Ling secretly contacted several other elders, intending to target the Sect Master.
However, somewhere along the line, something went wrong, and the Sect Master obtained some clues.
As the Sect Master of Danxin Sect, he enjoyed immense popularity within the sect.
On this day, the Sect Master sent a message to the entire Danxin Sect, listing ten crimes of True Person Guang Ling.
Among these were colluding with and harboring evil cultivators, and allowing disciples under his command to harm fellow disciples.
At this point, the matter of Xiao Fei was brought up again, used as evidence.
When the news spread, the sect was filled with righteous indignation. Especially many disciples at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment levels, all incited by the Sect Master, voluntarily attacked True Person Guang Ling’s mountain peak.
The mountain gate where True Person Guang Ling resided was besieged, impenetrable.
Fortunately, his mountain peak was protected by a grand formation. If it were not for the intervention of Golden Core cultivators, these Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples would not have been able to break his formation in a short period.
Although a few Golden Core elders stepped forward to strongly support True Person Guang Ling, pointing out that the Sect Master was the evil cultivator and the murderer of fellow disciples.
However, their influence was far inferior to that of the Sect Master, with few followers. They could only lead their disciples to assist True Person Guang Ling’s side.
This immediately divided the sect into two factions.
The faction supporting True Person Guang Ling, and the faction supporting the Sect Master.
True Person Guang Ling’s side had fewer people, and his mountain peak became precarious under the siege. A sect-wide internal conflict was about to officially unfold.
“Little Yu brother! The sect is now divided into two factions, which side do you plan to stand on?”
A female cultivator, several decades older than Zhu Yu, tugged at Zhu Yu’s sleeve and asked in a coquettish voice.
Hearing this voice and looking at the tight-fitting daoist robe of the robust female cultivator that was about to burst, Zhu Yu tried his best to suppress the goosebumps that had just appeared on his skin.
She had just given him a bottle of pills, and one should not refuse a smiling face.
He was a righteous cultivator, and he couldn’t just pull out the stopper of the medicine bottle and then refuse to acknowledge her.
“Relatively speaking, I trust True Person Guang Ling more!”
During the previous incident where Xiao Fei was wanted, he had some doubts, but it was none of his business, and he remained detached. Xiao Fei’s life or death had nothing to do with him.
This time, however, it was different. Once he chose the wrong side, he could very well lose his life in the end.
Therefore, what Zhu Yu considered this time was no longer about right or wrong, but rather about who among the two sides would ultimately win.
No matter who the evil cultivator was, only standing on the victor’s side was the correct choice.
Currently, although the Sect Master’s side had a large number of people and appeared to have considerable momentum.
In reality, these were all cultivators who had little status in the sect.
Only those impoverished cultivators who were not doing well would be moved to prostrate themselves by the Sect Master’s small favors.
These shabby disciples were usually looked down upon, and the Sect Master could move them with just a smile that cost nothing.
The saying “a scholar dies for his confidant” mostly applied in such situations.
Because they had no confidants, confidants seemed all the more precious.
At the same time, these humble cultivators were the most eager for turmoil and change. In layman’s terms, they were the ones who wished for chaos.
Being able to join in the clamor and overthrow a Golden Core elder was something everyone welcomed.
Apart from these humble cultivators, other elders or disciples of elders did not participate, choosing to watch from the sidelines with cold eyes.
They did not need to rush. No matter who won, they would eventually be courted, and they could completely sit back and relax.
On the other hand, True Person Guang Ling’s side had the support of several Golden Core elders and their disciples. Although their momentum was small.
But if they were to truly unleash a massacre, the Sect Master would not be able to stop them with these impoverished cultivators.
Therefore, Zhu Yu had already made up his mind to stand on True Person Guang Ling’s side.
“Little Yu brother, you are the best! We sisters have decided, we will all stand on True Person Guang Ling’s side.”
The robust female cultivator giggled and left with a group of female cultivators.
The news of Zhu Yu supporting True Person Guang Ling’s side quickly spread throughout the Danxin Sect.
Following this, many disciples who had originally firmly stood with the Sect Master began to defect, especially the female disciples, most of whom turned to True Person Guang Ling’s side.
“Junior Sister, why did you suddenly betray the Sect Master?”
A weathered male disciple asked in disbelief.
“Do I need to ask? Setting aside the facts and right from wrong, Zhu Yu is so handsome, how could he be wrong?”
The weathered male disciple was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to refute…
The entire high-ranking cultivators of the Danxin Sect never expected that Zhu Yu’s face, which was far more valuable than a million soldiers, would directly turn the tide, making the two sides’ momentum evenly matched.
At this moment, True Person Guang Ling, in conjunction with several other Golden Core elders, prepared to make a move together to apprehend the Sect Master.
However, they then discovered that the Sect Master, who had caused this turmoil, had actually disappeared amidst the sect’s internal strife.
After searching the entire Cuihua Mountain Range for a long time, they could not find any trace of the Sect Master.
This immediately left the remaining disciples without their commander, and they were all controlled by True Person Guang Ling and the other Golden Core elders.
The number of disciples involved in this Danxin Sect internal conflict reached two to three thousand. If all of them were to be executed as rebels, it would be a crippling loss for the Danxin Sect.
In the end, all the elders gathered and deliberated for a long time, deciding to only pursue a few disciples who had been too enthusiastic, and to admonish the rest before letting them go.
The elders collectively characterized this incident of turmoil as a small group of evil cultivators misleading and bewitching the majority of the uninformed disciples.
After this incident, Zhu Yu’s reputation in the Danxin Sect grew even more, becoming the hope of the younger generation of the Danxin Sect, and the foremost person below the Golden Core elders.
Even the sect elders had to look at him with newfound respect.
If a certain zombie were to know that someone could eat to their heart’s content solely on the basis of their looks, they would surely be displeased again.