Chapter 289: Secret Realm of the Hundred Saints

The Grand Libationer was being beaten back by Yu Fuhai, so frustrated he spat blood.

He had not expected that the person Yu Fuhai had been with before his death would see through his identity at a glance, nor had he expected Yu Fuhai to be so reckless as to start a fight directly within the Academy.

"Yu Fuhai!"

"When the other Half-Saints emerge from seclusion, are you not afraid of inciting public anger?"

The Grand Libationer roared.

But he was met with one fist after another from Yu Fuhai; he sneered in his heart, holding the Grand Libationer's words in contempt.

Although the Principle Study lineage was the sole dominant force in the Academy, they only occupied one of the nine Half-Saint positions; if not for the current First Half-Saint, Zhu Zi, suppressing the others, how would it have been their turn to dictate the discourse?

Suddenly, a sigh rang out.

In an inconspicuous courtyard, a pillar of Qi composed of Vast Righteous Energy surged into the sky, a magnificent poem hung suspended in the Void, and a figure slowly emerged.

"Half-Saint Yu, it is better to be forgiving when one can."

Yu Fuhai was startled at the sight, a cold sneer appearing on his face.

"What, you surnamed Lei, you want to wade into these muddy waters too? Or is it that you, this Void Saint, are eyeing my position?"

His expression was extremely hostile.

"Entrusted by others, I must be loyal to their affairs. Furthermore, Half-Saint Yu and the Grand Libationer do not have any Life and Death enmity, why resort to such a brawl and invite the ridicule of others?"

This Void Saint Lei was spouting nonsense with his eyes open.

Li Heng's gaze was peculiar at this moment.

It was not that he was surprised by the strength of this Void Saint Lei, but that he had seen this Void Saint Lei before, within that organization in the Promised Land.

When he first saw this person, they were only at Dharma Aspect Peak. Now they had actually advanced to Heavenly Human?

He had headed to the Hundred Saints Academy, firstly because of that Mysterious Jade Slip. Secondly, he had locked onto the identity of this Void Saint Lei back then, intending to harvest them. Now that they had popped out on their own, he didn't even need to go looking.

"Hmph, the Grand Libationer's heart is punishable."

"You surnamed Lei, get out of my way. You are merely a Void Saint; you have no qualifications to interfere with the actions of a Half-Saint like me!" Yu Fuhai had not wanted to use his status to pressure others, but it seemed he had no choice now.

Void Saint Lei chuckled upon hearing this.

"As the saying goes, without rules, there are no standards."

"Within the Hundred Saints Academy, Half-Saints are naturally noble. But to carry out an act of deposition, one must request a Saint's judgment. I ask Half-Saint Yu to invite the other Half-Saints out of seclusion; do not decide this matter unilaterally."

He waved his large hand.

A magnificent essay appeared, shielding the Grand Libationer.

"I don't want to depose him; I just want to kill him."

Yu Fuhai sneered.

This Void Saint Lei shook his head even more.

"If Half-Saint Yu truly wishes to deal with the Grand Libationer, then you must abolish the position of Grand Libationer. Otherwise, even with the dignity of a Half-Saint, you are an enemy of the Hundred Saints Academy. Violating the Academy's rules, one slip, and your Half-Saint position will also be abolished."

Void Saint Lei said with a smile.

If other Half-Saints were present, he naturally would not have this tone. But who told him that the Half-Saint before him was just a brute with fists, with no school of thought passed down, all alone.

Moreover, he had long been eyeing this brute's position.

"You surnamed Lei, are you threatening me?"

Yu Fuhai's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I am merely acting according to the Academy's rules."

Void Saint Lei replied calmly.

At this moment, the Grand Libationer breathed a sigh of relief.

The teacher was indeed brilliant, having predicted that someone would be restless after he went into seclusion, and had preemptively won over this Void Saint Lei, a newly rising genius of the Zha Jia. With the two of them joining forces, they had no fear of this martial artist who only had fists.

At this moment, Yu Fuhai hesitated.

There was no help for it; he was still somewhat weak.

Now that this Void Saint Lei had popped out, he could not kill that damned Grand Libationer at all. And as Void Saint Lei had said, him directly moving to kill the Grand Libationer was actually a violation of the rules.

Violating the rules would be fine if he could kill the Grand Libationer, that would be worth it. But now that he couldn't kill him and would still be violating the rules, this seemed very unworthy.

Unless... he looked at Li Heng.

If this senior were to act... but soon, he dismissed this thought. After all, he knew this senior had no reason to act for him and provoke other enemies.

"I think Void Saint Lei's words are incorrect."

At this moment, Li Heng spoke up with a smile.

"Hasn't your Most Saintly First Teacher said, or rather: 'What do you think of repaying injury with kindness?' The Master said: 'With what then will you repay kindness? Repay injury with uprightness, and repay kindness with kindness.'"

"Now, isn't Yu Fuhai just repaying injury with uprightness?"

Void Saint Lei frowned upon hearing this.

He had been very wary of this person beside Yu Fuhai from the start, unable to see their depth at all. Otherwise, he would have long since joined forces with the Grand Libationer to suppress Yu Fuhai; this brute was an unstable factor.

"Who is your Excellency, and what is the meaning of these words?"

Void Saint Lei spoke indifferently.

He naturally knew of the Grand Libationer's attempt to intercept and kill Yu Fuhai; this matter had been settled between them in advance, and this brute Yu Fuhai had to die no matter what.

But now an accident had occurred, and it was somewhat troublesome.

"What I say next, you will surely agree with. This Grand Libationer wanted to kill Yu Fuhai, and was seen through. As for evidence? There is no evidence."

Li Heng smiled lightly.

The Grand Libationer sneered upon hearing this.

What kind of naive words were these?

Void Saint Lei was originally one of their people, and he had known about this matter in advance. To actually say "you will surely agree," was Void Saint Lei supposed to be your person?

Below the Academy.

The Confucian students who had been following the progress of this matter, especially those of the Principle Study lineage, also felt that the person next to Old Dog Yu had something wrong with his brain.

If you want to convince someone, you must first produce evidence. Where is the evidence now? You have no evidence, so on what grounds do you say the Grand Libationer wants to kill Old Dog Yu?

Do you take yourself for a three-year-old child?

"Void Saint Lei, stop talking nonsense. You and I shall join forces to activate the power of the Academy, suppress this demon who has bewitched Half-Saint Yu, and incidentally, let Half-Saint Yu calm down."

The Grand Libationer said with a cold sneer.

Void Saint Lei nodded upon hearing this.

"That is correct. The Academy's Grand Libationer actually dared to intercept and kill an Academy Void Saint; this is insubordination. According to the Academy's laws, he should be beheaded!"

Before the words had even faded, this Void Saint Lei suddenly took action. Before the Libationer could react, he was suppressed by a piece of magnificent writing; the next moment, his body exploded, and he fell silent.

"Many thanks for the information, fellow Daoist."

"I never expected the current Grand Libationer to be such a scoundrel."

Void Saint Lei sighed with sincere admiration.

At this moment, Yu Fuhai was completely bewildered. What was going on?

Wasn't this Void Saint Lei clearly standing on the side of that old dog, the Grand Libationer? Why did he suddenly take action against this old dog and behead him? Could it be that he truly believed the senior's words?

Yu Fuhai was instantly in a state of disarray, feeling somewhat conflicted.

He had originally thought that this Void Saint Lei must also be one of the masterminds, but looking at it now, could it be that he had misunderstood?

No.

Void Saint Lei was a member of Zha Jia, with an extremely deep mind. Even if he knew that the old dog, the Grand Libationer, had violated Academy rules to take action against him, a Half-Saint, he would not have been so swift and decisive in beheading him.

Unless the one surnamed Lei knew the senior, but that made no sense; from his words just now, it was clear he did not know the senior.

At this moment, the Academy disciples below were bewildered.

What is going on? The Grand Libationer was beheaded by Void Saint Lei? What exactly happened here? The person next to Old Dog Yu said a few words, and Void Saint Lei took action. Is this Void Saint Lei an idiot!

The students of the Principle Study lineage were even more filled with righteous indignation.

This damned one surnamed Lei must have betrayed their Principle Study lineage! The white-eyed wolf of Zha Jia is indeed impossible to domesticate; Zhu Zi should never have helped him break through to Heavenly Human in the first place!

At this moment, Xiao Hao was also somewhat dazed.

What is going on?

That Half-Saint Yu didn't die, but instead, the Grand Libationer died?

You must know, in his original future, this Grand Libationer never died, and his cultivation even had a breakthrough, reaching the status of a Half-Saint.

The Academy students were in an uproar at this moment.

They never imagined that Void Saint Lei would take action against the highly respected Grand Libationer because of a few words from an outsider, not caring about evidence at all. Is the weight of this outsider's words really that heavy?

Li Heng smiled slightly.

He didn't actually do much; he simply simulated the frenzied energy core that a member of the Promised Land organization should have, displayed it to Void Saint Lei, and then let him kill the Grand Libationer.

"Companion, you were hiding very deeply just now. But I didn't expect you to have broken through to Heavenly Human as well."

Void Saint Lei transmitted his voice to Li Heng with joy.

At this moment, the skin Li Heng was wearing was Xuan Dao.

This Void Saint Lei naturally knew the information about Xuan Dao, who had only recently broken through to the Dharma Aspect realm. But now, Li Heng, this "Xuan Dao," was displaying the means of a Heavenly Human, hence his surprise.

"A gift from the Gospel."

Li Heng brushed it off nonchalantly.

"I knew it, True Reality is Greatness, and benevolence. But companion, why did you want to kill the Grand Libationer?"

Void Saint Lei asked in confusion, as Li Heng hadn't given him a reason just now.

"I just didn't like the look of him."

Li Heng replied, fearing that Void Saint Lei wouldn't suspect him.

Void Saint Lei was also stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately.

"So that's how it is. It seems this was also a mission from the True Gospel."

He directly filled in the reasons for Li Heng, never once thinking that Li Heng had ulterior motives, trusting him one hundred percent.

Li Heng felt a sense of emotion on his end as well.

What is this?

He had originally wanted to test and see how deep this trust could go, to see if he could make this seemingly shrewd Void Saint Lei suspicious, but as it turned out, no suspicion arose at all?

This Void Saint Lei's voice transmission also carried a fanatical tone. How should one put it? So brainwashed!

"Companion, although I killed the Grand Libationer, our troubles are not yet resolved. The truly powerful person in the Hundred Saints Academy is the number one of Principle Study, Zhu Zi. Although he is currently in closed-door cultivation, he must have already received the news of his disciple's death."

Void Saint Lei transmitted with a grave tone.

"Isn't there still you? You just need to block him for me."

Li Heng replied indifferently.

However, even this outrageous statement did not garner any suspicion from this Void Saint Lei; it really was one hundred percent trust.

He only heard him reply.

"In order to complete the mission of the True Gospel, and for the descent of the Promised Land, I can sacrifice myself, but that Zhu Zi's strength is too great, and I cannot block him either. We must find a way."

Li Heng clicked his tongue upon hearing this.

How to put it?

On the surface, this Void Saint Lei is a normal person.

But from this sentence, he feels like a brain-dead person. Of course, there is actually logic within it.

Because Void Saint Lei views him as a companion and trusts Li Heng, this companion, one hundred percent, both having been enlightened by the True Gospel, he would not harm or deceive him. Who would guard against someone they absolutely trust?

In his view.

Everything Li Heng did was pushing forward the arrival of the Promised Land; it would not harm him at all, nor would it harm the organization.

This kind of trust did not require asking for the reason.

Of course, this also led to a problem: once someone infiltrated the interior of this organization, then this organization would be finished.

However, no one could infiltrate this kind of organization.

After all, the people in this organization all needed to undergo so-called True Gospel Enlightenment; apart from Li Heng, I fear even an Immortal God could not simulate that aura.

"Then what method should we use?"

Li Heng answered nonchalantly again.

"I have it. Every time a Heavenly Human dies within the Hundred Saints Academy, they leave behind their own Law and Reason, opening a place called the All Saints Secret Realm, within which lie countless dangers and great opportunities."

"Companion, you can obtain the great opportunities within it, strengthen your power, and oppose that Zhu Zi."

Lei Xu Sheng said happily.

All Saints Secret Realm, Li Heng's expression was subtle.

He had just tried to sense the location of that Mysterious Jade Slip, but a layer of membrane blocked him, as if it were not on the Reality plane of this place. Could it be in this so-called All Saints Secret Realm?

"Then I will listen to you."

Li Heng answered calmly.

Since Lei Xu Sheng was so enthusiastic toward him, he would be merciful and wait until he obtained that Mysterious Jade Slip before carrying out the act of harvesting.

The exchange between the two occurred in the blink of an eye.

And on the Reality plane.

Yu Fuhai frowned as he looked at Lei Xu Sheng.

"You surnamed Lei, have you fallen out with the Principle Study lineage?"

Lei Xu Sheng was surprised upon hearing this.

"Half-Saint Yu, what is the meaning of your words? I am merely acting according to the academy's rules. Since the Grand Libationer dared to plot against the dignity of a Half-Saint, he naturally deserves to die. The Saint said, without rules, there is no square or circle."

Lei Xu Sheng answered calmly.

He looked like a normal person now.

Yu Fuhai, for his part, did not believe it one bit.

"What exactly are you trying to do by killing the Grand Libationer?"

He asked with a frown.

Although Lei Xu Sheng had killed that old dog of a Grand Libationer, as a martial artist, his intuition told him that this Lei Xu Sheng was strange, and that he—or even the Hundred Saints Academy—was not on the same path as him.

Not to mention that he had originally opposed this man surnamed Lei from becoming a Void Saint, only to be interfered with by the Principle Study lineage and fail. Therefore, in theory, he had long since formed a grudge with him.

"Merely acting impartially."

After saying this, Lei Xu Sheng spoke again, suddenly raising his voice, which rippled through the Hundred Saints Academy, audible to all students.

"The Grand Libationer plotted against the dignity of a Half-Saint; even in death, his crimes are unforgivable. Then let us simply use the Heavenly Human Law and Reason he left behind to open the All Saints Secret Realm, becoming a stepping stone for the progress of all students."

Lei Xu Sheng waved his hand.

Where the Grand Libationer's body had exploded, mysterious and profound laws appeared; the laws instantly merged into the Void, causing the entire Void to tremble.

Immediately following.

A golden gate slowly emerged within the Void, and the Heavenly Human Law and Reason left behind by the Grand Libationer poured into it, causing this golden gate to slowly open.

The students within the academy were startled by the Unknown.

This was the gate to the All Saints Secret Realm; it was rumored that it contained countless dangers, but also the inheritance of the Saints. It was a great opportunity for them, the students of the Hundred Saints Academy!

However, the next moment, their expressions turned strange.

In fact.

Ever since they learned that the old dog Yu was critically ill, they had prepared for the opening of the All Saints Secret Realm, but they had not expected that the one who died now was not the old dog Yu, but the highly respected Grand Libationer.

How to put it, their feelings were quite complicated.

Good people don't live long, while scourges live for ten thousand years.

However, after the sigh, they cast this feeling of regret to the back of their minds. Whatever, this could be considered the Grand Libationer, this old gentleman, exhausting his efforts until death, and planning for their benefit.

Once they obtained the inheritance of the Saints.

They would just settle the score with the old dog Yu on behalf of the Grand Libationer.

At this time, on Xiao Hao's side, he had already been in despair, but upon seeing that golden gate, his spirit was invigorated once more, and he was ecstatic; truly, Heaven does not cut off all paths.

The All Saints Secret Realm had opened after all.

"Master, let us go, enter the All Saints Secret Realm!"

Xiao Hao was in high spirits, taking large strides.

The opportunity was destined to be his; no one could stop him!

No one knew better than him what risks existed within the All Saints Secret Realm, and what great opportunities existed; he would always be one step ahead of others!