Chapter 306: Dust Settles

True Person Qingxu, who had been forced to reveal his true form by Long Hu's punch, turned his head and glanced at True Person Xiang Yunshu, who was watching from the plaza.

This detail was noticed by Li Fei, and he was lost in thought.

Although he could not understand the details of the battle, he had fought True Person Qingxu many times in his dreams and was already very familiar with many of True Person Qingxu's methods.

Besides that thunder technique which he used with supernatural skill, the other party also had a hand in illusion techniques that could be called peerless.

Void thought could only create false illusions, while true power could constitute a real existence.

Therefore, True Person Qingxu's illusion techniques could pass off the false as the genuine, combining the virtual and the real, making it difficult for people to distinguish.

Li Fei relied on his dream-control technique to directly weaken the other party from the root, which was how he could break True Person Qingxu's illusion techniques.

At this time, True Person Qingxu and Long Hu were fighting, and he must have been using illusion techniques to hide himself and confuse his opponent, making it impossible for Long Hu to find where his true form was.

Added to the fact that there was a thunder world to isolate, the difficulty of finding his true form was even greater.

As a result, Long Hu had accurately found True Person Qingxu's true form while separated by a thunder world!

"Could it be that Xiang Yunshu found the location of the true form from the outside and then quietly informed Long Hu?"

Li Fei guessed secretly in his heart.

Among the many powerhouses present, only Xiang Yunshu was qualified to intervene in this battle at the peak.

But in front of so many powerhouses, it was certainly impossible for Xiang Yunshu to directly help Long Hu without being noticed, so he chose to use this method.

Was this the imperial court's trump card?

In fact, Li Fei's guess was exactly True Person Qingxu's suspicion.

It was just that True Person Qingxu was not completely unprepared for Xiang Yunshu; if a True Person could easily find his true form just by standing there and watching, then he would be underestimated too much.

Even if it were the other two True Persons of the Daoist school here, they would have to use techniques on the spot to slowly probe and break it before it was possible to find his true form.

Could Xiang Yunshu find his true form in such a calm manner?

True Person Qingxu remained skeptical about this.

In a situation where even he could not be sure, he naturally could not produce evidence to prove that Xiang Yunshu had violated the rules and intervened in this battle.

Boom!!!

Long Hu threw another punch, and the thunder world was blasted into a 'passage' again, and a huge hole also appeared above the sea of clouds.

Another True Person Qingxu revealed his figure, and the previous Qingxu shattered along with it.

It turned out that the moment his true form was found, he had used illusion techniques again, using an illusion body to replace his true form, allowing his true form to shift positions.

But the shifted true form was still found by Long Hu!

This time, True Person Qingxu did not rely solely on his protective magic tool to resist Long Hu's attack, but recalled the Nine Heavens Lei Sha Sword.

Relying on the magic treasure, he completely blocked this attack, but it also gave Long Hu a chance to escape.

Almost the moment his true form appeared, Long Hu broke away from the thunder world and appeared in front of him!

Subsequently, the two disappeared again at the same time.

Boom boom boom boom boom—

A series of thunder explosions rang out, and huge holes appeared one after another above the sea of clouds.

The battlefield of the two powerhouses had shifted from the Cloud Sea Terrace to above the sea of clouds.

Li Fei still could not see the figures of the two, and this time even his intent power could not keep up, because he could not find the specific location of the two, and could only perceive a piece of vibrating space.

His intent power was shattered just as it approached!

A few minutes later, a large pit was suddenly blasted out on the plaza, and dust rose everywhere.

The next second, Long Hu appeared at the edge of the large pit, and a burst of strength blew away all the dust, allowing everyone to see the situation in the pit:

True Person Qingxu's Daoist robe was completely shattered, leaving only the white inner lining inside; he stood in the bottom of the pit in a somewhat disheveled manner, with that Nine Heavens Lei Sha Sword floating beside him.

"You lost."

Long Hu stood above, looking down and saying.

It was naturally impossible for the two of them to really fight to the death in this competition, and it could only be 'stopped at the point of contact'.

From the beginning, both of them controlled their power and did not damage a single brick or stone of the plaza; this was a tacit understanding, and also a battle of state of mind.

Just now, after True Person Qingxu was approached by Long Hu, he used many methods but failed to shake off the other party, and was finally smashed down from the air by the other party's punch, smashing a large pit into the plaza.

At this point, this competition could be considered to have determined the winner.

Unless True Person Qingxu intended to go all out and fight the other party to the death, he had lost this Dao Lineage Joint Verification!

True Person Qingxu jumped out of the pit in one step, was silent for a moment, looked at Long Hu, and said with some difficulty:

"You won; the Sect Master position is yours."

"Senior Brother!!"

True Person Qingyun and several True Persons who firmly supported True Person Qingxu were very excited when they heard this.

Long Hu's eyes were joyful, but at the same time he looked at Qingxu with some vigilance, not quite believing that the other party had actually given up the Sect Master position so readily.

True Person Qingxu waved one hand, and a token flew into Long Hu's hand.

Long Hu looked down at the token in his hand, on which the two characters 'Daluo' were written.

This was the Daluo Token, the token of the Sect Master, and also the key magic tool to control the Daluo Sect's mountain-sealing array.

This was also a True One magic tool!

Holding this token was like the Sect Master arriving in person, and one could freely enter and exit all the forbidden areas of the Daluo Sect.

True Person Qingxu had even handed over the Daluo Token; this was truly giving up the Sect Master position.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yunshu, who had always appeared very calm, was also somewhat moved.

"Senior Brother!!"

True Person Qingyun shouted in grief and indignation, and a sword energy that pierced the sky and destroyed the earth erupted from his body, breaking through the clouds!

The realm of True Person simultaneously corresponded to the two levels of Martial Arts Master and Grandmaster; the combat power of some True Persons could only be equivalent to a Martial Arts Master, while the combat power of some True Persons could be comparable to a Grandmaster.

True Person Qingyun was a top-tier True Person who could be comparable to a Grandmaster!

And his life-bound magic tool was also a flying sword, with astonishing killing power!

Such a top-tier True Person suddenly exerting his life-bound magic tool with all his might made everyone present moved by it.

Many people in the martial arts faction assumed a defensive posture, worried that True Person Qingyun was going to directly tear off the mask!

True Person Qingxu turned around and glanced at True Person Qingyun, shaking his head gently.

This caused True Person Qingyun's sword energy, which was rushing straight into the sky, to stagnate.

True Person Qingxu looked around at everyone present:

"Everyone, I am no longer the Sect Master; the previous order to seal the mountain for ten years is void. As for how to proceed in the future, everyone should ask the new Sect Master."

After speaking, he passed by the crowd, crossed the plaza, walked past the cold pool, and slowly disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

Until this moment, the back of this True Person appeared somewhat desolate.

"Everyone!"

Long Hu still left the final bit of face for True Person Qingxu, and only spoke after he had left:

"Today, in the Dao Lineage Joint Verification, I, Long Hu, succeed as the seventh Sect Master of the Daluo Sect!"

After speaking, he raised the Daluo Token in his hand.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

A Grandmaster of the martial artist faction took the lead in bowing and shouted loudly.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

Immediately following, the other powerhouses of the martial artist faction also bowed one after another.

Then it was the disciples of the Daluo Sect.

Then it was the people from the Shangqing Sect and the Yuhua Sect:

"Greetings, Sect Master Long Hu!"

Finally, it was Xiang Yunshu leading Li Fei, Elder Luo Shi, and the others from the imperial court to bow to Long Hu:

"Greetings, Sect Master Long Hu!"

At this point, even if people like Qingyun who firmly supported True Person Qingxu did not move, it was already irrelevant.

Long Hu had officially become the new Sect Master of the Daluo Sect!

He was the first person in history to head the Daluo Sect as a martial artist!

Late at night, Xiang Yunshu walked into the main hall, and Li Fei and Elder Luo Shi hurriedly stood up to bow to him.

During the day today, after Long Hu became the new Sect Master of the Daluo Sect, he immediately held a thank-you banquet to thank the people from the imperial court, the Shangqing Sect, and the Yuhua Sect for coming to observe the ceremony.

Afterwards, he had separate talks with all parties.

On the imperial court side, it was naturally Xiang Yunshu, who was the Imperial Preceptor, meeting with Long Hu alone.

Li Fei and Elder Luo Shi waited until nightfall before finally waiting for Xiang Yunshu, preparing to report the work of these days to the other party.

"Imperial Preceptor, this is the result we have investigated in the Daluo Sect these days."

Li Fei presented a booklet with both hands.

Xiang Yunshu took the booklet, did not open it to look, and placed it on the table beside him.

"In the case of the lost Longevity Elixir, the culprit is True Person Qingding; he has been executed, and those disciples of his involved in this case have also been captured, and will be taken back to Lanling City later to await disposal."

This was the final conclusion.

I don't know what he talked about with Long Hu, but in any case, this was the final result of the case of the lost Longevity Elixir:

A True Person died.

The Daluo Sect changed a Sect Master.

The imperial court will no longer pursue this case.

"Yes."

Li Fei and Elder Luo Shi bowed.

Xiang Yunshu looked at Li Fei: "Li Fei, this time you withstood the pressure in investigating the case and did not lose the dignity of the imperial court; His Majesty is very gratified by this."

Elder Luo Shi, who was on the side, looked at Li Fei with envy upon hearing this.

So it was really possible to turn a misfortune into a blessing!

He had previously felt that Li Fei was too high-profile, offending True Person Qingxu and the Daluo Sect like this; it was simply not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.

But who could have thought that the final result would be the Daluo Sect changing a Sect Master?

It seemed that the imperial court had long planned for this matter, and sending them to investigate the case this time was actually just going through the motions.

The real finale was the Imperial Preceptor before them.

Therefore, this investigation could be seen as a test from His Majesty to see if they could withstand the huge pressure brought by True Person Qingxu.

As a result, Li Fei really withstood it!

That action which Elder Luo Shi had previously thought was courting death was now about to become the ladder to success for Li Fei!

"It is all my duty."

Li Fei bowed calmly.

At this moment, he remembered what the Third Imperial Prince had said to him: This might be a very good opportunity, and it is possible for you to soar into the sky!

Being favored by the Son of Heaven could be called being in the Emperor's heart, and there was indeed an opportunity to soar into the sky.

"You did very well; next, you don't need to do anything else. In a few days, I will return to Lanling City with you to report back to His Majesty."

Xiang Yunshu said so.

Was this the end?

Li Fei was somewhat incredulous.

From the start of the Martial Arts Exchange Tournament, to the rise in the status of the Buddhist school, and now the Daluo Sect changing its Sect Master.

Playing this game of chess to this point, it seemed that the imperial court was the biggest winner:

The manpower for refining Sha tools had increased, and the control over the Daoist school had also been further strengthened.

As for what the truth behind the case of the lost Longevity Elixir was, no one cared anymore.

Because everything seemed to have settled.

"What exactly are you seeking?"

Li Fei recalled True Person Qingxu whom he had seen in the dream, and felt a strong sense of confusion.

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