Chapter 406 – Chaos for Two Women (I) (2/2)

The Sect Master calmly smiled. ”Perhaps it is because you are doing it for the benefit of all humanity.”

Without a doubt, this was sarcasm.

Bai Cai who was supporting the Sect Master began to laugh, as did those several dozen blood-stained disciples in front of the dwelling. Only Xiao Songgong, the two Discipline Hall elders, and their disciples behind them found nothing to laugh about.

Xiao Songgong took a deep breath, then said, ”You hand over the Myriad Sword Array, abdicate, and let Qi Jian stand trial. I will only administer the sect for five years and then seclude myself in the back mountains, handing over the position of Sect Master to Martial Nephew Qiushan.”

The Sect Master paid him no attention. Turning to the two Discipline Hall elders, he said, ”My two senior brothers, do you also support this?”

The Discipline Hall elder impassively said, ”Sect Master, whether you abdicate or not is not something for the Discipline Hall to decide, but if you insist on withholding custody of Qi Jian, the Discipline Hall will demand that you temporarily hand over your authority.”

The Sect Master serenely replied, ”My two senior brothers want to discuss rules, so let us discuss rules.”

The Discipline Hall elder said stolidly, ”May the Sect Master speak.”

”At present, Junior Martial Uncle is entrapped in the north. The Mount Li Sword Sect Sword Array has been operational for many days, only waiting for some definite news. Yesterday afternoon, we received news that Junior Martial Uncle had appeared in Xunyang City. The three elders of the Sword Hall brought with them the sect's elites to enter the Sword Array, preparing to head off to Xunyang City to rescue Junior Martial Uncle. Who could have foreseen that Elder Xiao Songgong would actually collude with outsiders from the Longevity Sect, damaging the Sword Array last night and trapping the three elders of the Sword Hall and every one of my Mount Li's elites in the belly of the mountain? If you say that Qi Jian and the wolf youth supporting each other in the Garden of Zhou is a sin, then dare I invite the two Discipline Hall elders to ask what sort of sin is this?”

The Sect Master calmly asked the two Discipline Hall elders, ”Now Junior Martial Uncle is heavily injured, alone and without help. If he were to die at the hands of those thieves and scoundrels… Since my two senior brothers do not resent Junior Martial Uncle for that old affair of the Mausoleum of Books, shouldn't you two at this time first cripple Elder Xiao Songgong's cultivation and throw him in the Discipline Hall's prison before doing anything else?”

The Discipline Hall elders were silent. The Sect Master looked at the two of them, a mocking smile on his face. Bai Cai spit on the ground in front of him, shameless to the extreme. All the mountains of Mount Li were quiet, and then erupted in countless cries of anger and abuse.

”If Su Li…is my Mount Li's Martial Uncle, then Elder Xiao Songgong's action are naturally treason against this mountain.”

The other Discipline Hall elder suddenly said, ”But if Su Li originally committed treason against this mountain, then Elder Xiao Songgong's actions are not a crime at all, but actually a great merit.”

The Mount Li Sect Master slightly narrowed his eyes but said nothing, his ridicule plain on his face. Bai Cai sneered, ”Make it up, continue making everything up. The books you've all made up, I'm afraid not even Second Brother or Chen Changsheng have seen them before.”

”Su Li has always been a madman.”

Xiao Songgong coldly said, ”Back then, it was him that prevented the northern expedition. Ten-odd years later, it's now him that prevents the unification of north and south. Just what does he want to do? He's not older than us and he entered the sect later than us. If his luck were not good, for what reason should we call him Martial Uncle? Just why should he bring Mount Li to that place? You all don't care, but the disciples of Mount Li care!”

At this point, neither Xiao Songgong or the two Discipline Hall elders continued to refer to Su Li as Martial Uncle, but spoke of him directly by name—these people that had rushed the main peak of Mount Li had finally revealed their intention. They wanted to borrow the difficult questions raised at Qi Jian by Liang Xiaoxiao's death and ultimately use this matter to completely eliminate Su Li's influence from Mount Li.

Of course, all of this had been established on a single foundation.

Su Li must die.