Chapter 197 - Chapter 197: Chapter 166 Lonely Sword Peak_i (1/2)
Chapter 197: Chapter 166 Lonely Sword Peak_i
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“Senior Brother Xu, feel free to visit me at Luo Jian Peak anytime in the future!”
Qi Yue and his two other fellow disciples flew away on their flying boat.
Xu Mu waved his hand, turned around, and walked towards Lonely Sword Peak.
“Junior Brother Qi, you should avoid associating with that kind of person in the future to prevent dividing your attention from cultivation!”
On the flying boat, Brother Fei couldn’t help but open his mouth.
“I know!”
Qi Yue nodded, neither refuting nor naively asking for the reason.
He was not a three-year-old child. He naturally understood what the other party meant.
However, he had his own judgment. He thought Xu Mu might not be so simple, but he chose not to say it as his companions wouldn’t believe him.
As Xu Mu walked up to Lonely Sword Peak, he thought back to the news about Lonely Sword Peak.
The Master of Lonely Sword Peak, known as Person on Gu Feng, is famous among the Golden Core Stage masters in the area of the Tianhe Sect.
Despite not being the most outstanding peak of Tianhe Sect, Lonely Sword Peak initially ranked in the middle upper level.
The reason for its current decline begins with a story from over thirty years ago.
At that time, Person on Gu Feng was brimming with ambition. With his Dao companion, they accompanied the Old Ancestor of Tianhe in a battle to destroy the Tongyou Sect.
As a result, his Dao companion died, and he himself was seriously injured, nearly destroying his path of cultivation.
Ever since then, Person on Gu Feng had been depressed, resorting to alcohol to drown his sorrows.
Spiritual Wine is itself a luxury in the cultivation world. It’s so valuable only because it can intoxicate Golden Core Stage cultivators. In just a few short years, Person on Gu Feng, who drank too much, used up all his savings, even pledging his lifebound magic tools for wine debts.
Later on, he set his sights on Lonely Sword Peak itself. Without a word, he stripped Lonely Sword Peak clean, and then he started exploiting his disciples. He not only deceived his disciples at Lonely Sword Peak, but also embezzled resources allocated by the sect.
Under normal circumstances, every ten years, Tianhe Sect would distribute fixed resources to the thirty-six peaks, provided for cultivation needs of the disciples by the Peak Master.
However, Person on Gu Feng used these resources entirely for his drinking.
Such actions led to a wave of resentment from Lonely Sword Peak.
But the sect could do little about Person on Gu Feng.
After all, a considerable part of the reason why Person on Gu Feng had turned out this way was because of Tianhe Sect. Moreover, Person on Gu Feng had made significant contributions in the past, and if he was severely punished, it would inevitably dishearten the sect’s elders.
After discussion, a compromise measure was taken.
Person on Gu Feng remained the Peak Master of Lonely Sword Peak, but the disciples under him could freely leave to join any of the other thirty-five peaks and enjoy equal treatment once they joined.
The original disciples of Lonely Sword Peak were reluctant to leave. Despite their grumbling, they had been living there for so many years and had developed emotional attachments.
However, with time, the problems of resource shortage and chaotic management soon forced them to make a painful choice.
In a few short years, almost all the disciples of Lonely Sword Peak had left.
The ones with a conscience would occasionally return for a visit.
Those with harder hearts no longer even wished to mention that they were once part of Lonely Sword Peak.
As of today, only a few low-level disciples at the Qi Cultivation Stage remain on Lonely Sword Peak.
Why they chose not to leave, was beyond the knowledge of Chi Feiyan’s intelligence system.
“Given my talent, being sent to Lonely Sword Peak is indeed quite appropriate!” Xu Mu couldn’t help but mock himself.
In the eyes of the people of Tianhe Sect, his talent had no value to cultivate, investing resources on him would completely be a waste.
In a resourceless place like Lonely Sword Peak, he couldn’t be more suitable.
It preserved the rules of the Tianhe Sect without wasting a single resource.
If you were to compare it to a palace, Lonely Sword Peak was just like a cold palace.
Xu Mu walked from the foot of the mountain to halfway up the hill. Along the way, he encountered neither protective formations nor guard disciples. Excluding the occasional sounds of insects and birds, he didn’t feel any human aura. It felt like a desolate hill.
It was hard to imagine that in a sect like Tianhe, there would be such a desolate place.
“It seems the rumors are not false at all!”
Xu Mu revealed a bitter smile.
This start really is extraordinarily difficult.
After bypassing a mountain hollow, a majestic palace appeared before his eyes. Judging by its layout, this place should be where disciples practice, study, and interact.
Yet now, the place was empty and overgrown with weeds. The red paint in the main hall was peeling off, covered with green mold and moss. The floor and the tables were covered with a thick layer of dust, and cobwebs were even hanging in the corners.