323 Su Mo Reaches Dharma (1/2)
”Check this person,” Zhou Donghuang said flatly.
”If he is clean, then don't touch him... but if he has done anything bad at all, strip him of his power and chase him out of the sect.”
Although he had the authority to kill or save anyone in the Donghuang Sect with just a single word, Zhou Donghuang had no intention to do that.
For a sect to become stronger and united, it had to be as fair and as equal as possible.
As the Sect Leader, he had to lead by example, and not abuse his authority.
That way, he could then convince the rest of the sect to follow these practices.
”Yes.”
Freezing Wind heeded the order respectfully, then quickly ordered Zhou Han and Zhou Feng to investigate Fang Kunli.
In the arena down below, the group of outer sect disciples heard Zhou Donghuang's words and knew immediately that Fang Kunli, the inner sect elder, was done for because he definitely had a history of abusing his authority.
At the same time, in Zhou Donghuang's eyes, they saw nothing but fury.
Even now, they could hardly believe what had happened.
The young man that was standing so close to them was in fact the mysterious leader of the Donghuang Sect that nobody had ever seen before. He was the most powerful person on the Ziyun planet!
”No wonder I thought he looked a little familiar just now... now that I think of it, he looks exactly the same as the statue in the square in the capital of the Donghuang Empire, but that the statue does not feel human at all, so I did not see the resemblance right away,” laughed one of the outer sect disciples.
”Now that you mention it, I remember that statue too... although it resembles our Sect Leader, it looks nowhere near as majestic and fearsome as our Sect Leader himself.”
”Majesty is not something that can be carved out of stone.”
”In the few years since the Donghuang Sect was established, I have never heard of anyone seeing the Sect Leader himself... in fact, some people even said that Sect Leader had left the Ziyun planet. Who would have thought that he would appear here after a few years?”
...
Now, the group of outer sect disciples who were staring at the figure floating in mid-air finally understood why this man did not have an identity crest on him.
Why this man said that he was not a guest of the Donghuang Sect.
Why this man said that he was neither an inner sect disciple nor a core disciple of the Donghuang Sect...
In fact, he was the mysterious Donghuang Sect Leader who nobody had ever seen before. He was the faith of the Donghuang Empire itself!
Although their Sect Leader had never shown himself in the last few years, the legends that he created had never been surpassed.
”Zhou Donghuang...”
Hong Yunfei sat on the ground in shock as he looked at the figure in the sky, feeling as if his entire body was frozen cold.
Will he bother dealing with me?
Hong Yunfei was anxious.
It was only when Zhou Donghuang disappeared into thin air that Hong Yunfei finally heaved a sigh of relief.
”That's right... for someone of his level, if he were to bother dealing with our dispute, that would be unbecoming of his status.
Furthermore, although he had recognized me just now, he did not seem to harbor any hatred towards me. Perhaps he did not mean to deal with me in the first place.”
As he thought of this, Hong Yunfei heaved a heavy sigh of relief.
At the same time, he could not help but laugh sadly. ”To think that a few years ago, before I planned on joining the Donghuang Sect, I had wanted to look for him to thank him for killing Chen Dandan and for indirectly helping me get revenge.
And now, I do not even have the courage to meet him... much less thank him.”
After taking in a deep breath, Hong Yunfei then relaxed his body that had originally frozen in fright. Then, he shakily tried to stand up.
”Senior Yunfei.”
Xiao Yong, who had finally turned his gaze away from the spot Zhou Donghuang had disappeared from, finally regained his senses, and he rushed to Hong Yunfei's side to support him.
At the same time, he could not help but ask curiously, ”Senior Yunfei, Sect Leader... seems to recognize you?
”You were also from the Yunfeng prefecture that Sect Leader came from in his youth... could it be that the two of you knew each other before?”
Xiao Yong was extremely curious about this.
Many other outer sect disciples in the surroundings now looked at Hong Yunfei with surprise.
Faced with the question from Xiao Yong, Hong Yunfei could only smile sadly.
Although that was not considered a huge secret, he still did not dare reveal it.
The leader of the Donghuang Sect clearly did not intend to deal with him regarding the matter of their past... however, other people may not be the same.
Some people could easily deal with him and kill him just to suck up to the Sect Leader.
He did not wish to be a target for anybody.
...
Zhou Donghuang's return to Ziyun planet came five years after he had last left the planet.
That period could not be considered long in the eyes of any successful adepts in the universe.
However, in the Ziyun planet, this was no short period of time.
For almost five years, the Ziyun planet was peaceful.
Of course, amidst the peace, the Donghuang Sect had also emerged from being beneath the Valley of the Medicine Masters to become powerful enough to stand alongside the premier sects of the Ziyun planet.
Before Zhou Donghuang had left the Ziyun planet, the previous head of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, Su Mo, became the Deputy Sect Leader of the Donghuang Sect. He represented Zhou Donghuang in handling all the affairs of the Donghuang Sect, no matter how small.