Chapter 129: By the Clan Leader's Order, the Fallen Maple Sect Is Erased from This Day Forth!

However, among the crowd, the expressions of three Fallen Maple Sect disciples were entirely different from the others.

They stood side by side, their eyes thoughtful.

"Jiang Chen? That name seems a bit familiar?"

"I also feel like I've heard this name somewhere…"

"Wait, I think I remember! Do you all still recall that person from Qianshan Sect who was knocked off a cliff by Senior Brother Du not long ago?"

"You mean?"

The two Fallen Maple Sect disciples beside him were first stunned, then their faces showed a look of sudden understanding.

Some time ago, they had gone out together with Du Guang, heading to the Fierce Beast Mountain Range to carry out a sect mission.

But when they arrived at the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, they happened to spot, from a distance, four people wearing Qianshan Sect attire.

Originally, they had come for the mission, and to avoid trouble, they prepared to steer clear and take a detour.

But Du Guang, who was leading the group, upon discovering that the Qianshan Sect party was in a rather sorry state and had clearly gone through a fierce battle.

Did not choose to lead everyone away, but instead closed the distance to the Qianshan Sect party, secretly observing the situation there.

Upon spotting the corpse of a fierce beast lying beside the Qianshan Sect disciples, as well as the Huang-grade upper-quality spiritual herb "Clear Spirit Grass" in their hands.

Du Guang immediately led them to set up an ambush, preparing to seize the Clear Spirit Grass from the Qianshan Sect party.

The result: on the Qianshan Sect side, three died and one escaped.

Afterwards, the escaping Qianshan Sect disciple was driven by them to the edge of a cliff.

In the end, Du Guang struck, shattering that person's dantian with a single punch and knocking him off the cliff.

Based on what was learned during the fight.

This Qianshan Sect disciple who fell off the cliff, destined to leave no bones behind, was called "Jiang Chen"!

Thinking of this, the three Fallen Maple Sect disciples present were startled with horror.

They had never imagined that the kid knocked off the cliff by Du Guang was actually still alive!

You should know that at the time, they had specifically observed the cliff's height—at the very least several hundred meters.

Once someone fell, let alone Jiang Chen, whose dantian had been destroyed, even an Innate Realm expert would hardly escape alive!

What the hell—how on earth did that guy survive?!

The three exchanged glances, their eyes filled with doubt, their hearts utterly baffled!

At the same time, among the crowd.

A youth in grey clothing was drenched in sweat, his expression panicked, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Jiang Chen? Why isn't this kid dead yet?!

Du Guang never dreamed that the kid he had casually knocked off the cliff back then was not only alive.

The Jiang family behind him had even specially dispatched Gu Xingjian, the renowned powerful sword cultivator, to descend upon their Fallen Maple Sect to demand accountability and hunt him down.

Thinking of this, Du Guang's legs instantly trembled like a sieve in fear.

He had never expected that one day, a sect as immensely powerful as theirs would perish because of him?

His heart in utter panic, he instinctively looked around, and his gaze happened to meet that of the three Fallen Maple Sect disciples looking over.

Du Guang's heart gave a jolt, and an ominous premonition instantly rose within him.

Sure enough, the next moment.

The three Fallen Maple Sect disciples, to save their own lives, spoke up one after another: "Reporting to Sword Lord Gu, I want to report!"

"I want to report too—the one who destroyed Jiang Chen's dantian back then was Du Guang!"

"That's right! We three witnessed it firsthand—it was Senior Brother Du… Du Guang who struck!"

Although they understood that once they reported, they themselves might face punishment for the pursuit of Jiang Chen.

Compared to the consequences of staying silent and concealing the truth, this was undoubtedly the safer option!

As the three voices of accusation rang out, the brows of everyone present relaxed, and their hearts instantly eased.

They had truly worried that because the one who shattered Jiang Chen's dantian couldn't be found, they would all face catastrophe and no one would escape.

But thankfully, someone finally spoke up to report, saving everyone's lives.

Thinking of this, many Fallen Maple Sect disciples could not help but cast grateful glances at the three.

Immediately after, they turned furious gazes upon Du Guang.

After all this fuss, it's all because of the fine work you did!

You say you already shattered Jiang Chen's dantian back then—why couldn't you spare a little more effort and just kill him outright?

If you had cleaned up properly back then and made Jiang Chen vanish from this world completely, how would our Fallen Maple Sect have offended the Cangwu Jiang family?

The gazes of the many Fallen Maple Sect disciples were like sharp swords, viciously stabbing into Du Guang's heart, making him feel a fear he had never known before, and he was so terrified that his whole body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Du Guang paid no heed to the waves of pain emanating from his body, but hurriedly raised his head to look at Gu Xingjian, summoning every ounce of strength to recount how those three accusers had once followed him in the pursuit of Jiang Chen.

At this point, he already understood that he was most likely not going to survive.

Since that was the case, he was going to die either way—so he might as well drag a few more down with him, so at least on the road to Huang Quan he wouldn't be lonely!

Of course, the most important thing was the grievance bottled up in his heart.

We were all in on the pursuit of Jiang Chen together—why the hell do you three get to live just fine while I have to go off and die?!

Driven by intense resentment, and clutching the resolve to drag the three down with him, Du Guang grew more and more animated as he spoke, beginning to frantically expose all the filthy deeds the three had done!

Faced with this scene, the three who had just reported were also stunned, completely not expecting Du Guang to go this crazy.

But immediately after, they felt a strong wave of fear.

You, Du Guang, dying alone is enough—why drag us into it?

Wouldn't it be better if you just obediently went off and died?!

The three cursed inwardly.

Then, to ease the fear in his heart and boost his odds of survival,

they immediately began exposing the dirty deeds Du Guang had done in the past, and frantically slung mud at him!

In an instant, the scene became extremely chaotic, with filthy, ear-splitting obscenities filling the air everywhere!

And Gu Xingjian gradually pieced together the beginning and end of the matter from the words exchanged by both sides.

Thinking of the clan head Jiang Daoxuan's protective temperament, he already had a rough idea in his heart, understanding that none of these people could be let go.

Thus, Gu Xingjian first re-sheathed his sword at his waist, then tapped lightly with his toe, instantly flying out from in front of the ruined great hall and landing among the crowd!

He released his spiritual sense, sweeping it across all directions, locking down the positions of Du Guang and the others.

Right after, Gu Xingjian raised his left hand, two fingers pressed together, forming a sword-finger.

He swiftly gathered primeval force, channeling it to his fingertips, then, like lightning, blasted out four incomparably swift primeval-force arrows!