Chapter 34: Gathering

Dajing.

A fine, drizzling rain fell.

The City Lord Mansion was enclosed by high walls, stern and inviolable.

At this moment, within the City Lord Mansion, many martial artists and Extraordinary Persons from all corners of the land had gathered.

Just then, from within the high walls, a faint whistling sound could be heard.

"Cang Jun is devoid of Dao; he diverted the Taiqing River and moved Taiqing Mountain, causing hundreds of thousands of laborers to die in misery. This act can be called an outrage against heaven and man."

"Cang Jun is not fit to be the master of the Central Plains!"

At this, a scholar in a Green Robe stood up, looking toward the Extraordinary Persons in front, his face filled with righteous indignation.

"Extraordinary Persons, is there a plan to assassinate Cang Jun? Once Cang Jun dies, Great Cang will surely fall!"

Hearing this, the expressions of the Extraordinary Persons present shifted slightly.

The Sect Master of the Bagua Sect was a short, elderly man dressed in a short tunic, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

This somewhat conflicted with the Bagua Sect's pursuit of the harmony of yin and yang and the Daoist Method of nature.

He spoke slowly, his voice carrying a hint of regret: "Cang Jun is not so easy to kill.

Otherwise, Zhao Sheng would not have been defeated so miserably."

Mentioning Zhao Sheng, the scholar in the Green Robe's expression changed slightly.

He naturally knew that Zhao Sheng was the most powerful force among the rebel armies, and had even received the full support of the Longhao Cave, one of the twelve great powers.

Yet, even so, Zhao Sheng was defeated.

Moreover, the defeat was ridiculous; a meteorite fell on the military camp, wiping them out entirely.

As for Longhao Cave, almost all of its Extraordinary Persons were killed, and the others defected to Taiqing Palace.

"If Cang Jun does not die, our generation will never have a chance to rise again, and the common people will fall into an abyss of eternal doom," the scholar in the Green Robe said, his voice carrying a sense of pleading for the people.

"Sigh."

The other Extraordinary Persons sighed.

They had come this time specifically to discuss the matter of dealing with Cang Jun.

Once Taiqing Mountain was successfully moved to Taiqing Palace, then with the gathering of fortune, they would truly have no hope of victory.

"Let us put this matter aside for now. Once the people from the Sanji Sect and the Dan Sword Sect arrive, we shall first elect a leader, then decide how to deal with Cang Jun."

A burly man spoke; his voice was thick, and his exposed arms, thighs, and chest were covered in black hair, like a grizzly bear.

He was the Sect Master of the Pijia Sect, whose body was tempered so hard that five horses could not tear it apart.

"Indeed, let us wait until the leader is determined before continuing the discussion," said Qi Guangying, Sect Master of the Qingyu Sect.

The Qingyu Sect was also one of the twelve great powers.

The extraordinary artifact of this sect was a feather, which granted this family unparalleled lightness skills, and even their bloodline had mutated.

The descendants of the Qi Family were born light.

Perhaps, even if they jumped from a high building, they would remain completely unharmed.

"I heard that the one who came from the Dan Sword Sect this time is a greenhorn?" the Pijia Sect Master stroked his chin.

He was very keen on this alliance of the seven great powers, as he wanted to be the leader.

And his strength was indeed deservedly the strongest among these seven powers.

"He is a genius," Qi Guangying said, "I heard he is already qualified to have a Dao Sword recognize him as its master."

"Heh heh," the Pijia Sect Master chuckled, "Extraordinary artifacts recognizing a master is nothing but a joke."

The more he understood extraordinary artifacts, the more the Pijia Sect Master realized that this thing was both a blessing and a source of disaster.

Recognition of a master was all fake.

No one could withstand the powerful spiritual energy within these extraordinary artifacts.

That Cang Jun was able to have the Canglong Stone recognize him as its master was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Of course, he was the only one who knew this information; the others had no idea.

Just then, a voice came from outside.

"Young Sect Master Lin Ping of the Dan Sword Sect and Three Extremes Sect Master Mo Fengxue have arrived."

Following this voice, a tall, upright man entered the courtyard.

Behind him, half a step behind, Mo Fengxue followed Lin Ping with a calm expression.

This detail meant that Mo Fengxue took Lin Ping as the leader.

Everyone present was practically the head of a power and a shrewd person, so they naturally noticed this detail.

Their assessment of Lin Ping rose by another notch.

"Now that Lin Ping of the Dan Sword Sect and Three Extremes Sect Master Mo Fengxue have arrived, our seven families are complete," the Pijia Sect Master said.

Here, the seven great powers were currently gathered: the Dan Sword Sect, Sanji Sect, Pijia Sect, Qingyu Sect, Bagua Sect, Kongshan Temple, and the Jiangtian Xie Clan.

These seven powers were the ones completely opposed to Cang Jun.

The other four powers were close to Kyoto and were all forced to serve Cang Jun.

The Pijia Sect Master continued: "Cang Jun is devoid of Dao; we have gathered here to seek a way to deal with Cang Jun.

Before that, we must elect a leader so that we can accomplish our goal!"

The Pijia Sect Master looked at the crowd, his ambition undisguised: "Shall we determine the leader by force, or shall everyone vote together?"

A confident expression appeared on the Pijia Sect Master's face.

In terms of force, he was the strongest on the scene.

The one he feared most was Lin Leng of the Dan Sword Sect.

With Lin Leng not here, he had no worries.

As for voting, that was merely talk.

Among the leaders of the seven great powers present, plus the rebel army leader Huang Xian, which one of them would be willing to settle for second place?

Therefore, it would certainly be decided by force.

However, just at this moment, Mo Fengxue stepped forward.

"Comparing martial strength is too troublesome, and it is hard to avoid getting injured, so I choose to cast my vote for the Young Sect Master of the Dan Sword Sect, Lin Ping."

(End of this chapter)