Chapter 202 - Self Reflection (2/2)

The Grand Spirit Palace was designated for heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives for Swords Gate, it was a place for the descendants of Swords Gate to worship and pray for these fallen heroes and heroines. In this palace, most of the graves were just empty graves with clothes and no spirits. This was because these heroes and heroines often died fighting for the Swords Gate in the battlefield and many of their spirits shattered in the battles.

Those who were placed in the Grand Spirit Palace had left behind their own legends which words couldn't begin to describe!

During the funeral, as someone who was saved by Shui Zian, tears flowed freely from Zhong Yue's eyes that he fainted quite a few times while the headmaster of Swords Gate coughed out blood from sorrow. Fortunately, the Elder Councils managed to calm him down and helped him treat this wounds.

However, those who paid attention to the Swords Gate knew that the death of Shui Zian had struck the headmaster particularly hard. There was very little time left for the headmaster and after Shui Zian's death, the headmaster had even less time as he was greatly impacted by the tragic news, which weakened him even more.

After the envoys from other races met with this old man, they could all see that this old man was nearing his death very soon – his body reeked of frailty and his pale face caused many to think that he was going to drop dead at any moment.

Then, after reporting back to their own leaders, the various factions once again diverted their attentions to Swords Gate.

With that, the situation of Swords Gate became even worse.

At the same time, Zhong Yue also drew quite a considerable amount of heat to himself. Information regarding the battle of Xiao Mang Celestial Temple and the battle of Lian Yun Mountain Ridges had leaked out and shook the various factions greatly!

Now, everyone knew that Zhong Yue was the one who managed to open the five great secret realms in reverse and through these two fierce battles, everyone was now aware of the ungodly pace at which his strength continued to grow. With this, it was hard for him to remain unnoticed.

As time passed, the ruckus caused by Shui Zian's death eventually calmed down and under the order of the headmaster, Zhong Yue was sent to reflect on his mistake in the Heart Questioning Palace, not being able to step of there for two years. It was clear to see that the headmaster had channeled his anger on Zhong Yue for Shui Zian's death and thus.

The nine elders of Elder Councils were worried as they felt that the punishment was too heavy. It felt like the headmaster had became foolish after Shui Zian's death and they tried to appeal to him but to no avail.

The Heart Questioning Palace where Zhong Yue was locked in was the place where Swords Gate punished its disciples. Those who were locked in here were usually disciples that had committed serious offenses. By placing a seal on the door of the palace, no one would be able to get out from there.

Then, after the order was given and before Zhong Yue was locked in the Heart Questioning Palace, Jun Sixie, Feng Wuji, Lei Hong and the others came to the palace to comfort Zhong Yue. Other than that, Qiu Jin'er, Ting Lanyue, Yu Feiyan, Li Xiuniang and the others too came to comfort him. Not long later, the Elder Councils' leader, Elder Yu also came to calm Zhong Yue down along with the other elders.

Zhong Yue thanked the visitors and then, he walked into the palace while Elder Pu closed the doors and took out a paper seal given by the headmaster and stuck it to the door, thus, locking Zhong Yue in the Heart Questioning Palace.

Then, Swords Gate returned to its usual self. The Lawless Battle between the upper hall disciples was organized as usual and in fact, it was much more lively than the previous years. After all, everyone in the Swords Gate understood the dire situation of Swords Gate and they had been trying their best to cultivate as geniuses continued to emerge from the outer disciples.

However, there never appeared anyone as talented as Zhong Yue and 'Shui Qingyan', something that was expected. The two of them were now legendary figures that were on par with the other legendary figures like Zuo Xiangsheng and the like.

The headmaster announced that I am to be locked in the palace but he secretly let me out. What a cunning old fox he is.

Somewhere in the Savanna Wasteland, Zhong Yue was walking on a plain towards Gu Xia City. Now, he had transformed back into Long Yue and as he traveled back to Gu Xia City, he cultivated his Fang Blade and the god's phalanx bone at the same time, trying his best to merge them together to become his own soul weapon. He then thought, But headmaster doesn't know that Elder Shui might be alive. Judging from how much he was grieving during the funeral, he seems to be unaware. But why do I feel that something is wrong? If Elder Shui lied to him as well, then Elder Shui must be plotting something sinister but if he was plotting something with the headmaster, the both of them are probably digging a huge grave, just waiting for someone to fall in….

As the saying goes, " Older gingers are spicier 1 ", Zhong Yue couldn't help but admire the elder generation for their cunning and slyness after his trip to Western Barren.

Zhong Yue sneakily returned to his territory in the monster land and he summoned the four girls, Chun, Xia, Qiu, Dong. After quite some time of cultivation, these four girls had become much stronger and they now had the confidence to advance into Qi Practitioners, something that made Zhong Yue quite satisfied.

"Master, nothing of note had happened during your absence, it's just that there was this girl that the dragon race sent here to be the lord of the territory you had relinquished to the dragon race."

Said Xia'er quickly when Zhong Yue asked the four girls about the situation of the territory. Then, Xia'er said again, "This dragon girl requested to meet you quite a few times already but Master had not come out from your cultivation so we turned her down for you. Now, she is extremely discontent with you."

Zhong Yue was speechless and he said with a laugh, "Chun'er, bring her to me. After seeing her, I will take the four of you out and look for a high-quality spirit so that you could all become Qi Practitioners."

As Chun'er walked out, Xia'er wanted to follow but Zhong Yue stopped her and said, "Xia'er, stay here. It is better if you stay back because of your straightforward behavior."

Xia'er then murmured, "That's not right! I'm just following her style of talking."

Older gingers much spicier than the new ones (姜毕竟是老的辣) - A saying in China that describe how older generations are more experienced and more capable in something as compared to the new generations.