Chapter 791: with translation of chapter title

Xu Jie's words greatly moved Xiong An, but for a moment he simply could not accept them.

After all, this was his lifelong understanding of orthodox sects; in his view, orthodox sects ought to be like this.

Seeing Xiong An like that, Hong Zun and the others knew what he was thinking, but they didn't say much—some things can only be realized by oneself.

Just then, a steward of the Heiyan Commerce Association hurried in, bowed respectfully, and said.

"Greetings to the upper sect; the Great Saint Elder of Qingtian Holy Land has just arrived at Medicine King City."

Hearing this, Hong Zun gave a slight smile.

"Oh, so fast? How many people?"

"Just about ten."

"Hmm, understood."

He waved his hand to dismiss the steward, then Hong Zun ignored Xiong An beside him and looked at Zhao Zhengping, Xu Jie, and the others, saying.

"What do you think?"

"Shīzūn, this plan probably needs to change."

"Hehe, you kid and I think alike—taking the initiative is far more comfortable than waiting passively."

"Shīzūn, you see clearly."

Hong Zun and Xu Jie, master and disciple, let out a grim cold laugh; as the laughter faded, Hong Zun glanced at Xiong An, still in the chaos, and said in a flat tone.

"Xiong An."

"Upper sect."

"How about we two make a bet?"

"How does the upper sect want to bet?"

At this moment, Xiong An's head was still buzzing, so he didn't think much and asked directly.

"It's simple: you said orthodox sects should be open and aboveboard, not act like we do, going back on our word."

"Then let's bet tonight: you guess whether Qingtian Holy Land will come for a sneak attack."

"As one of the Three Holy Lands, Qingtian Holy Land ought to be able to represent the orthodox sects, right?"

Hearing Hong Zun's words, Xiong An's face showed hesitation.

Indeed, Qingtian Holy Land can fully represent the orthodox sects; after all, among the Three Holy Lands, which does not claim to be the orthodox lineage of the Human Race?

Especially, Qingtian Holy Land, with the longest inheritance and the oldest history among the Three Holy Lands, has constantly proclaimed itself the orthodox lineage of the Human Race, to the point of wishing it could be tattooed on its face.

Seeing Xiong An hesitate, Hong Zun laughed and said.

"What, no confidence? Among the orthodox sects you know, shouldn't they be like this? Why have you lost confidence now?"

Xiong An, due to his personality, tends to view worldly affairs too idealistically.

Any so-called orthodox sect inevitably has some darkness behind it, which is beyond doubt.

But you cannot deny that a sect is on the righteous path just because it has these dark aspects.

Seeing things in black and white is something only naive children would do.

In this world, besides black and white, there are many things that cannot be described as right or wrong.

Just as when two nations go to war, each claims its own army is the royal army, the righteous warriors, while the other side is evil.

And the people of each nation unquestionably support their own country's army.

In such a situation, can you say who is right and who is wrong?

Put simply, it's just a difference of stance.

As for the so-called right and wrong, it's merely the result of the victor being king and the loser being bandit.

The victor is deemed just, while the loser is naturally portrayed as evil.

Looking at Hong Zun's half-smile, Xiong An took a deep breath and bowed deeply.

"I am willing to bet."

"Haha, good; then let's wait and see how much this so-called Human Race orthodoxy surpasses our Dao Yi Sect."

Afterward, Hong Zun's group began to busy themselves; having decided to wait passively, they naturally needed to make preparations.

Coincidentally, during this time the Heiyan Commerce Association helped the Dao Yi Sect replenish many talisman seals and formation disks.

To deal with this minor situation at hand, it was more than enough.

"Hey, don't bury it so close; my room is right next to it."

Xu Jie, who was setting up traps, turned his head and saw a Divine Sword Peak junior disciple who had actually buried a talisman seal at the corner of the wall of his own room.

Good grief, if it were triggered, it would take his own room along with it.

Are you preparing to deal with enemies, or with your own senior brother?

Who knows what will happen if one day I'm careless and step on it.

Fuming with black lines, he shouted; hearing this, the junior disciple looked puzzled and said.

"Third senior brother, I wasn't thinking of a sneak attack; who would have thought there would be a talisman seal here."

"Heh, that's true, but have you considered who would even come here? Burying a talisman seal here—are you trying to get me?"

Saying this, Xu Jie already stood up and walked over; taking a close look, good grief, he sucked in a breath of cold air.

"You you you...... a ninth-grade talisman seal?"

"Um, I wasn't afraid I couldn't kill those Qingtian Holy Land people."

Looking at the junior disciple's innocent face, Xu Jie sucked in a breath of cold air—this damned thing, he had buried a Nine Extremes talisman seal at the corner of his own room's wall.

If he hadn't seen it, one day, if he were careless and stepped on it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xu Jie went numb all over, furious, and shouted.

"Get lost, get lost, get lost—I'm telling you, don't come near my room again."

He directly unleashed a tirade, driving off this junior martial brother; looking at the man's back, Xu Jie had reason to believe—was this bastard born with a rebellious bone? Otherwise, why would he go to such lengths to harm himself?

It's also that Hong Zun doesn't know what Xu Jie is thinking; otherwise he'd definitely have to retort.

And yet he still talks about others having rebellious bones? My Divine Sword Peak—no, my Dao Yi Sect has hundreds of thousands of disciples, and the most rebellious bone belongs to you, Xu Jie.

From head to toe, I see that every bone of yours is reversed.

The Dao Yi Sect here is already preparing, while here in Qingtian Holy Land, the Great Saint Elder who just arrived.

Having heard of the incident that occurred earlier in the Pill Master Alliance, his face also darkened to the extreme.

"Elder, this Dao Yi Sect is simply Bù dāng rénzǐ."

"Yes, despicable and shameless, sly and deceitful, simply compared to.........."

"Simply worse than Demonic Cultivators."

"Yes, what the junior martial brother said is right—simply worse than Demonic Cultivators."

"In my opinion, this Dao Yi Sect is probably a Demonic Dao Sect, just hidden extremely well."

Everyone, unable to contain their anger, surrounded this Elder and chattered.

Hearing the disciples' complaints, this Elder let out a cold shout.

"All shut up."

After the words fell, the disciples didn't dare say more, each becoming obedient and well-behaved.

As for this Elder, his face grim, he glanced around the crowd and coldly said.

"If you're capable, why didn't you say it to the Dao Yi Sect's face back then? Now you're all eloquent, so how could you still be left speechless by what they say?"

"This.........."

The disciples of Qingtian Holy Land were naturally afraid—damn it, back then there were actually four of them.

Seeing the disciples' faces constantly changing, this Elder immediately couldn't vent his anger, looking at this bunch of spineless cowards.

He let out a cold snort, and this Elder gritted his teeth and said.

"I have decided to launch a night raid on the Heiyan Commerce Association, catching the Dao Yi Sect off guard."