Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 31 This is too light a punishment for accidental killing
Shi Guanglei rushed into the house, knelt down and said sadly: "Master, our fourth apprentice brother was killed!"

Xuan Qing looked at Shi Guanglei, who was kneeling on the ground, with a vicissitudes of life in his eyes. He paused for a moment without replying immediately. Shi Guanglei lowered his head and slowly raised his eyes to look at Xuan Qing. When his eyes met Xuan Qing's, he could not help but quickly lower his head and asked hurriedly, "Master, how are you?"

"Who killed him?" Xuan Qing asked in an old voice.

"We dare not say anything. Please ask Master to go to the courtyard and make the decision!"

Xuan Qing said: "Help me up and take me to the courtyard!"

Shi Guanglei hurriedly stood up and helped Xuan Qing up. His hands were shaking slightly. Xuan Qing stood up and said to Shi Guanglei, "Don't panic. Master is here."

In the courtyard, Huashan disciples gathered around the body of the fourth disciple Ma Bo, feeling grief-stricken. They were even more shocked to see Xuan Qing being helped over by Shi Guanglei. They saw that Xuan Qing had aged beyond recognition. The disciples did not know why such a shocking change had occurred. They immediately felt as if the sky was about to fall down. They rushed over and asked in panic, "Master, how did you become like this?"

Only Bai Haotian stood there, looking at the corpse, frowning in thought. When he heard the panicked words of his fellow disciples, he noticed the horrified change in his master's face and rushed over to ask questions.

Xuan Qing sat down on the stone bench and said in an old manner, "I have been poisoned and have lost all my internal strength. I guess it was because I ate the food that Ma Bo sent. This is also the reason why he was killed. You don't have to panic. This day will come to me sooner or later."

Xia Kexin got the news and rushed over. When she saw her father, she couldn't believe her eyes. In less than an hour, he looked like this. She threw herself on Xuan Qing's knees and cried bitterly, "Dad, how could this happen? Tell me quickly!"

Xuan Qing gently stroked his daughter's hair and said, "Didn't you say that Dad has been lonely for half his life? Soon you will see your mother."

"Dad, please don't leave your daughter. Please don't leave your daughter!"

"Okay, Dad already knows what you're thinking. Now I should tell you about other things."

All the disciples, except Bu Jianwuzhai, knelt in front of Xuanqing. Xuanqing said, "Master will die before today. I will pass on the position of the head of Huashan."

"We should now find out who harmed our master. After getting rid of him, we can pass on the position of the headmaster!" Shi Guanglei said firmly, and all the disciples said yes in grief and indignation.

Xuan Qing said: "Time is running out, how can we find out?"

Xun Yu said: "The evidence is conclusive, the murderer is Bai Haotian!" He pointed coldly at Bai Haotian. The other disciples were shocked when they heard it, wondering how could it be him.

Bai Haotian glared at Xun Yu and said in a deep voice, "What did you say?"

Xun Yu asked coldly: "You know what I said. Let me ask you, did Ma Bo meet you yesterday?"

Bai Haotian said: "I saw it yesterday."

"Where have you seen it?"

"I was training at Jade Maiden Peak, and he went there. He inexplicably said I had something to ask him, and I said no, so he left."

"That's good. We don't know what you said or did there, but he never came back after he found you. Today, when we were patrolling the mountain, we found his body under the cliff. He was stabbed by five swords, all in vital parts. Judging from the sword wounds, they are the Five Peaks Sword of our Huashan. Master, is there any Huashan disciple who can master this Five Peaks Sword?"

Xuan Qing remained silent, looking at Bai Haotian. Bai Haotian was silent for a long time, and said: "Looking at the moves, he was indeed injured by the 'Five Peaks Sword', but if I want to kill him, why should I use the Five Peaks Sword to kill him?"

"That's your business. Besides, how can you kill him without the Five Peaks Sword?"

"If I kill him, what is my purpose?"

After hearing this, the other disciples felt that although the evidence pointed to the eldest senior brother, the important thing was that the eldest senior brother was the recognized next leader, and he and the younger sister were childhood sweethearts, so there was no need for him to harm the master and kill Ma Bo.

Xun Yu laughed coldly, "Humph, ever since Thirteen came to our Huashan, Junior Sister has been estranged from you, and Master also treats her specially. You are afraid that Junior Sister will be taken away by Thirteen, and you will never get the position of the headmaster in the future. This is your motive."

At this time, everyone noticed that Wuzhan did not come, but this matter must have nothing to do with him, because he never spoke a word to other people, and the Huashan disciples still regarded him as an "outsider".

Bai Haotian said angrily: "How could I, Bai Haotian, be such a beast? Master raised me up, how could I ignore his kindness and come to harm Master just to get my little sister? Don't slander me!"

Shi Guanglei interjected, "Master, please make the decision!"

Xuan Qing said in an old voice: "Haotian was brought up by my master since he was a child. His character and behavior are very clear to me. It is too arbitrary to conclude that it is him just based on the 'Five Peaks Sword'. There are many martial arts in the world, and some have the same moves. I don't think it is Haotian."

Shi Guanglei said anxiously: "Master, you can't judge a person's heart by his appearance. You must not let the culprit go."

Xuan Qing said: "Okay, you guys can investigate the murderer later. I can't hold on for much longer. I need to make arrangements for my funeral."

Shi Guanglei said: "Master, you must not be so careless. With you here, you can make the decision for us. If you are not here, who will make the decision for us? He must be holding a grudge against us today. How can we stay in Huashan in the future?"

"Xuan Qing, just tell them the truth!" A voice came from the foot of the mountain. A moment later, Qingyang's figure landed in the courtyard. He had recovered his consciousness. Huashan disciples drew their swords and protected Xuanqing. Xuanqing saw Qingyang appear and said in a deep voice: "You are finally willing to come out. This is all planned by you."

Qingyang smiled and said, "That also requires the cooperation of your disciples!"

"Why did you kill Zitan?"

"He refused to join me, and refused to hand over the magic stone. I had no choice but to kill him and free him as soon as possible."

"What is your purpose in collecting magic stones?"

"I just need to collect them. I won't ask about the purpose. You don't need to know this. I know that you will not hand them over just like Zitan. I can only act in advance and let you go to see Zitan."

"You actually forgot about that!"

"So many years have passed. If I remember everything, how can I fall asleep? Besides, what's the point of remembering it?" Qingyang said to the Huashan disciples, "I came here to tell you the truth. If Xuanqing doesn't want to tell you, then I will tell you."

Xuan Qing said sternly: "Stop talking nonsense!" He pulled out the long sword from Xia Kexin's side, slowly stood up, with a faint green aura around him, and pointed the sword at Qingyang.

Qing Yang snorted coldly, "I can't defeat you in terms of cultivation, but you are now poisoned and have lost all your internal strength. You are no match for me at all. I advise you to quickly explain your affairs and tell me who is the disciple who murdered you."

"It can't be him!" Xuan Qing rose up, and a ray of cold light pierced Qingyang directly. Qingyang did not dare to delay and drew his sword. With a "clang" sound, the two swords collided and sparks flew instantly. The speed of their swords reached the extreme, and the sound of swords colliding was endless. Seeing this kind of fight between two people with different levels of cultivation, the Huashan disciples could not take action at all. They could only watch the two figures flying continuously.

Xuan Qing's internal strength was exhausted, and he relied on the misty energy to support every move and every attempt. When Wuzhan came to Huashan, he knew that Qingyang would definitely come, and he had made all preparations. However, he did not expect that Qingyang would use such a vicious method to deal with him. Or he was too careless. Qingyang just defended blindly, but was not in a hurry to attack, and wasted time with Xuan Qing.

Xuan Qing gradually felt that his body was difficult to support and he could not keep up with the speed. After dozens of rounds, his body suddenly shook and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He took several steps back. Xia Kexin and others flew over to support him, but Xuan Qing was already limp all over and his eyes were dim.

Bai Haotian shouted loudly and swung his sword at Qingyang. The two fought again. Bai Haotian had a high level of understanding of swordsmanship and inherited all of Xuanqing's sword techniques. However, he lacked practical experience. After a few moves, he revealed his flaws and was knocked back several steps by Qingyang's palm before he could stand firm.

Xuan Qing shouted, "Haotian, you are no match for him. Move back or he will kill you."

Qing Yang retracted his sword and said with a smile: "No matter how good you are to him, sooner or later he will know who killed his father, and his sword will eventually stab you."

Bai Haotian's body trembled, and he asked in shock: "What did you say?"

"Do you know why you are an orphan? Do you know how your entire family of forty-seven people died? Your master and I are the murderers of your entire family!"

Bai Haotian looked at Xuan Qing blankly and asked tremblingly: "Master, is what he said true?"

Xuan Qing knew that he could no longer conceal the matter, so he said helplessly, "He is right."

Bai Haotian's body swayed twice, and he almost fell to the ground, muttering: "Why did you do that?"

Xuan Qing said with difficulty: "We killed them by mistake, it's too late to regret it."

"So many people were killed by you by mistake, it's too light to say it's accidental killing!" His eyes gradually became fierce.

Xun Yu shouted loudly: "I knew it was you who caused it..." Before he could finish his words, Bai Haotian angrily jumped in front of Xun Yu, cut Xun Yu's throat with a sword, and said coldly: "Shut up!"

Xun Yu never thought that he would die like this. Blood gushed out of his throat and he covered his throat with trembling hands. He could no longer speak. He fell on his back, kicked his legs a few times, and then stopped moving.

Shi Guanglei shouted, "How dare you harm your fellow junior brother!" After saying this, he felt that it was meaningless.

Bai Haotian stared at Shi Guanglei with sword-like eyebrows raised and fierce eyes, frightening Shi Guanglei so much that he quickly drew out his sword, "You, what else do you want?"

Xia Kexin couldn't accept what she saw. She was mentally broken and murmured, "Dad, how could this be?"

Bai Haotian could never have imagined that he would have such a life experience. The master who raised him for more than twenty years would be the murderer who killed his entire family. Looking at Xuan Qing's dying face full of guilt, what else could he do? He turned his gaze to Qingyang, tightly grasped the long sword in his hand, his veins bulged, he roared madly, his long hair flying, he rushed forward with the sword, his sword skills were also messed up, all of them were desperate moves.

Although Qingyang's cultivation was higher than Bai Haotian's, he could not withstand Bai Haotian's desperate and crazy attack and could only avoid his attack for a while.

Qingyang and Shi Guanglei devised a plan to secretly poison the food that Ma Bo sent to Xuan Qing in order to murder Xuan Qing. Qingyang killed Ma Bo to silence him, forged the sword marks of the "Five Peaks Sword" and put the blame on Bai Haotian. Unexpectedly, Xuan Qing did not believe that it was Bai Haotian who did it, and wanted to pass the position of the head to him. Qingyang could only show up and let Bai Haotian know his life experience and turn against Huashan. Qingyang took the opportunity to kill Bai Haotian, and Shi Guanglei naturally took over as the head and got his junior sister. However, seeing that Bai Haotian's cultivation was extraordinary, it would be difficult for Qingyang to kill him in a short time, and Xuanqing would soon die. If he delayed here, Shi Guanglei would hardly have the opportunity to accept Xuanqing's trust and learn the whereabouts of the magic stone and the magic formula.

Qingyang stabbed out three swords in succession, dodged the rain of swords and shouted, "I'll spare your life today!" He leaped up and ran down the mountain, trying to lead Bai Haotian away.

Bai Haotian had already lost his mind. He shouted, "Where are you running to!" and rushed down the mountain with his sword in hand.

(End of this chapter)