Chapter 122 (1/2)

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Chapter 122

Cangjian Court's Violent Past

On the journey back home, Su Yuehan was still ma.s.saging her cheeks from laughing too much at Xiaobao's expense. “Young Master, you ought to make fewer jokes! I would have died from laughter if I wasn't careful enough! Who would take care of you then!” she chimed.

“You won't be able to laugh much longer, we're going back to our tattered old house after all!” sighed Chengfeng.

“Young Master, since they have accepted us, doesn't that mean we can move into a better home?” asked Xiaobao.

Chengfeng refused, “That won't do! Poverty motivates a person to do their best, whereas extravagance would lead to a person to become proud and lazy. We'll just stay where we are!”

Xiaobao didn't think much of it and accepted Chengfeng's reasoning without questioning any further. However, Yuehan understood that Chengfeng's ident.i.ty was unique, he couldn't actually follow the cultivation training that was provided by the Spiritual Mountain Sect. He had his own unique approach but must rely on the resources handed by the Spiritual Mountain Sect to continue his training. Only then he could improve his progress smoothly, as well as to intimidate his enemies.

Suppose Chengfeng were to hide in a secluded area and cultivated on his own, his family might have already been a.s.sa.s.sinated by their enemies by the time he was finished with his training.

Hence, Chengfeng needed his own personal s.p.a.ce, as well as a clan to rely on. With their current situation, although their accommodation was horrible, it still perfectly suited Chengfeng's requirements to ensure his privacy and safety.

After the gang arrived home, they tidied up their place once more and began to flip through the books they had received from the day, one of them being “Record of Cangjian Court”.

As the three of them read until nightfall, they slowly began to understand the relations.h.i.+p between Cangjian Court and the other three courts as well as the reasons for its current hards.h.i.+ps and downfall.

Initially, the Spiritual Mountain Sect only had three heavenly courts, namely Cangji Court, Cangxiu Court and Cangqing Court. These three courts were expanding at a fast pace in their own directions, all of their disciples extraordinarily gifted and possessed outstanding talents. However, as the Spiritual Mountain Sect started to grow stronger, the three courts' desire for more power and benefits became more intense.

All of them wanted the best for their courts, yet none of them were willing to sacrifice their resources. Many of their disciples only wanted to take on easy and fruitful missions such as collecting fortune, learning how to train and create internal pills and crafting magical weapons. But none of them wanted to take on the deadlier and riskier missions such as collecting offerings, debt, and intel.

As a tree grows larger, it will naturally catch more winds. Once a sect has grown to a substantial size, there would definitely be outside forces that would come and find trouble. But who would be the ones to fight for their sect when the time comes?  The higher ranked cultivators loved their privilege and refused to use any energy on those who challenged the Spiritual Mountain Sect. However, those who were below them wanted to live; Hence, they were unwilling to fight. Be that as it may, when these forces had come to their domain and challenged them, what could they possibly propose? They couldn't possibly make the three courts to draw lots between them, could they?

But in actuality… this was precisely what had transpired.

The three heavenly courts engaged in two battles. After a series of verbal and physical battles, they finally sat down and came to an agreement. Cangjin Court would be in charge of paying the bills, Cangqing Court would supply their men, and Cangxiu Court would provide materials. The three heavenly courts contributed to create a brand new heavenly court, known as Cangjian Court!

These men explicitly handpicked by Cangqing Court used Cangjin Court's money, and Cangxiu Court's resources headed to another mountain and a.s.sembled their own court themselves. At first, none of the men were willing to join this new court. However, they soon realized because they were risking their lives for the sect, the other three courts had to agree to all of their requests. With this, the disciples of Cangjian Court received a copious amount of support. Although many of their brothers were sacrificed in the process, their power and strength grew at a terrifying pace as well.

Following Cangjian Court's sudden growth in strength, they slowly felt unwilling to take on only the dirty and tiring work of the Spiritual Mountain Sect. They started to request for more power and honour, and finally asked to be on equal footing with the rest of the heavenly courts.

To view Cangjian Court with the same level of honour as the other three courts? That was blasphemy!  None of them were willing to view Cangjian Court as an equal. To them, Cangjian Court was only the same as an extension of their power! A slice of their own fles.h.!.+

And now that this flesh has lived and grown into its own person, it dared to request for them to be equals?

How preposterous!

As a result, a war within the Spiritual Mountain Sect broke out between them.

Cangjian Court and the other three heavenly courts engaged in their first giant battle.

This was when Spiritual Mountain Sect's first-ever civil war began!

The disciples of Cangjian Court fought bravely in the first war. Their organization was strict, their discipline was strict, and they advanced and retreated in unison. Having used their strength in numbers to conjure unique arrays to fight in battle, they defeated the other three heavenly courts to a pulp.

During the first great war, Cangjian Court celebrated its great victory!

After which, Cangjian Court and the other three heavenly courts finally sat down and began to appoint their new rules and positions. And from that day onwards, the Three Heavenly Courts became the Four Heavenly Courts.

These disciples of Cangjian Court who had risked their lives for the dirtiest and most challenging missions had used their own blood and lives in exchange for the dignity and recognition of Cangjian Court. The remaining survivors of Cangjian Court felt a great sense of recognition and belonging from it!

Not only did they think that they were the disciples of the Spiritual Mountain Sect, but also felt that they were now disciples belonging to Cangjian Court!

After Cangjian Court's victory in the first battle, they obtained a critical authority within the Spiritual Mountain Sect — the Disciplinary Order that was in charge of the Spiritual Mountain Sect!

This was akin to a dirty and tiresome department transforming into a disciplined unit!

Cangjian Court then became the picket line and discipline department of the Spiritual Mountain Sect.

However, good fortune follows upon disaster; while disaster lurks within good fortune.

The Three Heavenly Courts were naturally unwilling to accept such a defeat. They could give up the authority of a disciplinary order, but they could not tolerate a piece of meat that had been cut off from them growing up and riding on their heads!