Vol 1 Chapter 13 (1/2)
Volume 1, Chapter 13 – Heavenly Sect’s Contention at the Clear Sky Peak (Part 4)
That night, the Vast Origin’s Sect and the Great Southern Sect’s disciples were resting in the Guest Hall at the Clear Sky Peak mountain foot. Although it was already dark, since most of them ignited their lanterns, the light illuminated the room and made it seem like it was daytime.
Five outer disciple elites sent by Vast Origin Sect to the convention at Cangwu Mountain were gathered together in the big main hall.
The first disciple, Wen Jun sat in the front on left seat. He had a refined and scholarly look with a magnificently long beard that reached his chest, giving off an elderly demeanor. The second disciple, Shen Jingyue sat on his left. He took the advisor role and was the most handsome amongst these five disciples. He wore a white Daoist robe and gave off the impression that his body was emitting a divine aura.
On Wen Jun’s right side, the third disciple Zhang Zhen and the fourth Jiang Yue sat in that respective order.
The last of them, the fifth disciple, Qi Xuan, was walking back and forth in the middle of this big hall with a complexion that was crimson-red angry. He pointed at the two disciples who were injured by Zhang Yan and were now lying on the couch, cursing, “You!!! How many times have you boasted your ability, that your martial arts were very good? Which, even if Chen Feng dared to strike, you could beat him? Why were the two of you so stupid and useless today?”
The two disciples were extremely ashamed. But, since they were severely injured, they couldn’t talk back. The other disciple who was still in a good condition only stood frozen because of fear.
Shen Jingyue gently smiled, “Junior Brother Qi, don’t worry, I have sent out someone to inquire about that person, gathering information about the actual situation. You don’t need to haggle over it again.”
Shen Jingyue’s father was one of the Vast Origin Sect’s Five Elders and Qi Xuan had a deep respect for him. Listening to his words, he didn’t dare to say anything as he then waved and let the servants bring the two disciples out. He then walked to his seat and sat down.
Wen Jun stroke his long beard took a deep breath and sighed, “Unfortunately, although Lin had promised me and gave other conditions, this Zheng Xun’s character may look weak but he’s actually quite remarkable. He actually gathered all the elite disciples inside their temple’s hall. Now it is hard for us to gather precise news.”
Shen Jingyue nodded, “Those Blue Ocean Sect’s elite disciples really live up to their name. Senior brother let us wait patiently, I believe that we will receive some news shortly.”
Half an hour later, the disciple who was responsible for inquiring news finally came back.
“Reporting to Senior brothers, we have found out that the pa.s.sageway is being blocked by a disciple named Zhang Yan. He is a novice disciple from the Profound Virtue Temple of the Blue Ocean Sect’s Lower Court. It is said that this person’s ability in deciphering the Eclipse codes is quite amazing.”
Wen Jun was astonished, but he quickly recovered, “Zhang Yan? I have never heard about this person!” He turned his head toward the third disciple, Zhang Zhen, who was still sitting, “Junior Brother Zhang, is he one of your Zhang Family members?”
Zhang Zhen’s body was extremely fat and had a rounded, black-skinned face. When he heard Wen Jun’s question, he quickly stood up and replied, “I’m confident that I know all the people from the three generations of my Zhang Family, there is no one named like this person amongst the Zhang’s younger generation.”
Weng Jun nodded after he pondered for a while, as he mused, “Many Blue Ocean Sect’s outer and inner disciples were not seen and disappeared, but they actually sent an unknown novice disciple to handle this? What are they up to?”
Shen Jingyue faintly smiled, “There’s nothing surprising here. It seems that they are planning a 4-team horse, of which the weakest horse would be sacrificed to attack first and divert the attention. Whereas the stronger one would give the finis.h.i.+ng blow later. This should be their plan.”
Wen Jun nodded. The other three disciples also shouted in agreement, “Brother Shen is right.”
Shen Jingyue s.h.i.+fted his sight to the scouting novice disciple. He seemed hesitant to inquire for more information first, but he finally spoke, “Do you have anything else to report?”
That disciple hesitantly replied, “I… have heard that this Zhang Yan does not only excel in deciphering the Eclipse codes but he also never uses a bamboo token when he interprets the text. I don’t know whether this information is true or false…”
Shen Jingyue was immediately lost in his thoughts after he heard the news. He turned around and looked at the beautiful enchanting woman beside him, “Junior Sister Jiang, what do you think?”
Jiang Yue replied in a faint voice, “This should be baselessly a.s.serted information, it’s only a bluff.”
Qi Xuan, with a disdaining expression, continued with a ridiculing tone, “If he is really good, he could have beat Junior Brother Mo in the first place, why spend more effort and waste more time? Senior Sister Jiang is right, this person’s ability should be exaggerated.”
Shen Jingyue’s complexion turned solemn, “That would not be entirely true, if this person excels in deciphering the text and is not from an ancient family, then he could be a disciple that was newly accepted by a master from the Three Great Schools and became a direct disciple. That would mean that he has an extremely outstanding talent. Although there are no disciples from the Blue Ocean Sect who can exceed Junior Brother Mo for the time being, don’t forget one thing Brother. Even if this person is inferior to Junior Brother Mo, he would also not be far behind, you cannot underestimate him.”
Qi Xuan quickly opened his mouth, “Then, why don’t we call Junior Brother Mo back…?”
Shen Jingyue sharply rejected, “No, if the Blue Ocean Sect is making such a plan and Junior Brother Mo left his position, then n.o.body can take the role to block the pa.s.sageway. I will personally climb to the peak now.”
Seeing Jiang Yue’s complexion show a dissatisfaction towards this action of his, Qi Xuan suddenly blushed with shame, knowing that his idea was very silly.
At this time, footsteps could be heard from outside. Five people then entered the hall together carrying the injured Liang Dong as they propped him up. Liang Dong’s complexion was slightly anxious and restless.
Shen Jingyue stood up from his seat, quickly prevent Liang Dong’s salute and spoke in a deep tone, “Junior Brother Liang Dong, I will ask you two questions concerning that person. First, when you actually fought Zhang Yan, what did you think about his martial arts prowess and strength?”
Liang Dong pondered for a moment, “Senior Brother Shen, according to my observation, Zhang Yan has powerful strength but lacks stamina. If anyone can block his first three moves, I’m quite confident that he can be defeated quickly!”
Shen Jingyue nodded, then continued asking, “Is there anyone who helped him?”