Chapter 254 - Seal Suppression Hall Master (1/2)

Zhong Yue then walked forward and sat beside the old man before removing his shoes and sticking his feet into the pond. Then, he laughed and said, "Such a happy mood you have there."

His laugh however, was greeted with an angry shout from the old man, "Move your smelly feet, don't scare my fishes off with those smelly feet of yours!"

Zhong Yue's face turned a little red, but he did not take his feet out of the pond. Then, a fish monster swam towards his feet and after smelling them, it swam away with a disdainful expression.

Zhong Yue felt the vitality of the old man was leaking faster and faster, giving him a feeling that the old man would die anytime.

After quite some time, he then asked, "So Lei Hong deserved his death?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Yeah, what's your opinion on this matter?"

"He asked for it for working with the celestial messenger from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race and even trying to harm junior martial sister Jun Sixie and senior martial brother Feng Wuji, so he definitely deserved it."

Zhong Yue continued, "Judging from how you are still so casually fishing here, you must have something in your mind already, right?"

"You are right, I do have some answers in my mind already." The old man sighed and said, "The spy is the spy and the celestial messenger is the celestial messenger. They are two different species, the spy is a pure human and the celestial messenger is a mixed human and celestial race. This time, Lei Hong's death was purely served up as a distraction to stir up the situation, he is the shield used to cover the sword hidden behind the shield, causing people to focus on the shield and allow the sword to strike in a discrete angle. Besides, there might even be a shield behind this shield."

"You mean that…"

The old man did not reply but Zhong Yue was still shocked as he thought, There's only one celestial messenger, but there's more than one spy! Lei Hong was just a distraction used to cover up the identity of the other spies!

Lei Hong is after all too young and too simple, how could he be able to play with these old and sly foxes….

He was incredibly stunned. The older generations were just way too scary at playing mind games, such that even someone like Lei Hong was easily played to death by them.

Lei Hong had been an Innate Spirit Body, and his strength was even more greater than some elders. With that strength of his, he wanted to become the new headmaster of Swords Gate. He hid his true intention for years, but in the end, he was exploited by the older generations and became their scapegoat.

He had the strength and potential to become the headmaster, but the path he walked was an extreme one, ultimately leading him to be used by others... which was also why the old man said that his ambition and method used was too wild.

"I have a plan that could expose the identity of the celestial messenger." Zhong Yue collected his thoughts and said, "Shi Buyi's disciple, Lang Qingyun, is a celestial messenger placed by Xiao Mang Celestial Race. We can catch him and through him, we can find out the identity of the celestial messenger hidden in Swords Gate!"

"So Lang Qingyun is a member of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race?" The old man finally showed some surprise and said with a laugh, "This Shi Buyi is even more useless than me! The disciple that weighs most heavily in his heart belongs to the Xiao Mang Celestial Race!"

He laughed and suddenly, he coughed so hard that it felt like he was going to cough his lungs out.

Zhong Yue immediately helped him soothe his cough and said, "The Xiao Mang Celestial Race has this wild ambition to not only conquer the Great Wilderness, but also the East Barren. If we could capture Lang Qingyun…"

The old man stopped his cough and said casually, "Why should we help Shi Buyi in solving his problems? We shall leave Lang Qingyun for Shi Buyi to worry about himself. Besides, that old fox Shi Buyi would probably be able to find out something about Lang Qingyun's true identity in no time."

"Why is headmaster not interested in capturing the celestial messenger in Swords Gate?" Zhong Yue was shocked and suddenly, something struck him and he let out a gasp, "Could it be that you have discovered his true identity, which is why you are not willing to capture Lang Qingyun? This celestial messenger, who is he?"

The old man laughed and replied, "The celestial messenger is nothing but the shield. Behind the shield is something big. This celestial messenger would not be able to do much alone in Swords Gate, he needs someone to work with him so that he could continue his game. I will definitely remove his existence when the time has come for me to pass my position of the headmaster to someone else. I have to ensure that the next headmaster is able to take over my place according to plan, and let this new headmaster lead Swords Gate to prosperity. How am I supposed to face the ancestors when I go down there if I could not guarantee another five hundred years of peace for the future Swords Gate, just like our ancestors?"

Zhong Yue remained silent and after a moment, he asked again, "Who is this celestial messenger?"

"You don't have to worry about this celestial messenger, for you are still weak now, all you have to do is just watch at the side because this is not something you can interfere with. I will probably die by this year's end and at that time, chaos will hit Swords Gate for sure. If you draw too much attention to yourself, I'm afraid that I could not guarantee your safety at that time."

The old man coughed harshly again before saying, "There are too many things for me to do before I die; the spy, celestial messenger, the Xiao Mang Celestial Race and the Devil Soul Forbidden Land in the underground. At the end of the year, I will announce the selected candidate for the next headmaster. At that time, no matter where you are and what you are doing, you must get back here and in the next half year, the competition will be very intense…"

"Have you decided the person to take over your position, headmaster?" asked Zhong Yue.

The old man did not answer his question. He laughed and said instead, "Doesn't matter much to you, you have no part in this. By the way, you are one with great talent and bright future, being able to reach Atman Body level at such a short period of time, like both of the Qiu Tan and Shui Tu Clan's little girls. With the strength you have now, you are qualified to become a hall master. Elder Pu, come in!"

Elder Pu walked in and the old man said with a laugh, "Bring him to Yu Changji and say that it is my wish that Zhong Yue will become the hall master of the Seal Suppression Hall."

Elder Pu was stunned, and asked, "Then what about the current hall master, Nan Qianfang?"

The old man laughed and said, "How can she suppress the two vice hall masters in place now? One of the vice hall master is a Wood Innate Spirit Body and the other is… is someone she could not handle. I am sure that she will be relieved if this Zhong Shan Clan's member were to take over her post."