Seeking Immortality

Questioning, resentment, suspicion, doubt, and many negative emotions began to spread among the cultivators present.

And while the cultivators had different thoughts, the feast of conspiracy continued.

At this time, the layout was hiding in a corner, looking at the cultivators who were full of suspicion of each other, with a smug sneer on his face, but the cultivators present were still unaware.

But the sun was setting in the west, and unknowingly, the dark golden evening light had spread over every inch of grass, trees, and sand on the island.

In the afterglow, looking at the fatigue that flashed across Zhang Hualing's face, Xu Qingfan suddenly thought, facing this dilemma that could not be escaped, what was the mood of this old fox who had carried Jiuhuamen on his shoulders for hundreds of years?

Helpless? Powerless? Or, just no regrets?

For many cultivators of Jiuhuamen, Zhang Hualing represented just a hateful elder, a greedy head, a cowardly leader, and an unreasonable old man. Although there are many elders in the sect who support him, it is only because Zhang Hualing can give them enough benefits. In private, the elders will inevitably complain about what Zhang Hualing has done over the years.

But despite this, no one can deny that since the Jiuhua Sect was seriously injured a thousand years ago, this gradually declining sect has gradually recovered its vitality in the hands of Zhang Hualing.

At this time, when the entire Jiuhua Sect fell into crisis, whether it was the elders who were usually high and mighty in Jiuhua Sect or ordinary disciples like Xu Qingfan, they all focused their eyes on him without exception, and they all eagerly hoped that he could find a way to get Jiuhua Sect out of the crisis, just like he did hundreds of years ago.

Only at this time, the monks of Jiuhua Sect would feel that Zhang Hualing represented not only an unkind old man, but also the head of Jiuhua Sect.

At this time, not only the monks of Jiuhua Sect, but also many heads and elders of other sects on Huandao Island were closely watching Zhang Hualing's every move. But the eyes of the monks of Jiuhua Sect were different. There was too much hostility in these eyes. Xu Qingfan even saw the unstoppable gloating on the faces of Jiuze Daoren, the master of the * Sect, and Mantian, the master of the Eight Desolations Hall.

Finally, under the gaze of more than a hundred monks on the scene, Zhang Hualing finally made a move.

Zhang Hualing slowly took out the flint from his arms, and a few bright red sparks jumped out of the collision, igniting the pipe in his hand that he never left. After that, he took a deep breath of dry tobacco, and after a pause, he exhaled a long gray smoke.

After doing this series of actions, Zhang Hualing's face was expressionless just now, but now he has regained his usual calmness.

"This corpse does look like Junior Brother Ma Huaguang, and Fellow Daoist Xuanku did die from my Jiuhua secret technique Hualing Finger. But I can swear that everything on Huandao Island was not done by Jiuhua."

Under the collective gaze of all the cultivators on the scene, Zhang Hualing said calmly and affirmatively. Mark 1

"Humph, since this corpse belongs to the elder of your Jiuhua Mountain, and Fellow Daoist Xuanku was also killed by your Jiuhua Mountain's Taoism, how can you say that this was not done by Jiuhua? Master Zhang is too arrogant."

The Taoist Jiuze, who had been silent before, finally spoke at this time. After hearing Zhang Hualing's words, he immediately retorted coldly.

"Indeed, the matter has become very clear now. From the words of Fellow Daoist Xuanxian, it can be inferred that at least four elders of Jiuhua Mountain participated in the change of Huandao Island. With such a great force, Master Zhang now says that this matter has nothing to do with Jiuhua Sect, but is he playing tricks on us?" The Grand Master of the Eight Desolate Hall, Mantian, was not left behind and followed the Taoist Jiuze.

Originally, the major sects that lost their elite disciples were intimidated by the reputation of Jiuhuamen. Although they were dissatisfied with Zhang Hualing's words just now, they still held back and did not refute. At this time, seeing that the Bahuang Palace and *men, which were as powerful as Jiuhuamen, came forward one after another. The heads and elders of various sects who felt that they had a backer also responded to the questioning. For a time, Jiuhuamen was caught in a denunciation.

It's finally here.

Seeing Jiuze Taoist and Mantian speak one after another, Xu Qingfan sighed slightly in his heart and thought secretly.

The moment Jiuhuamen fell into a dilemma, he had actually guessed this situation. But he didn't expect it to come now. ,

*men and Bahuang Palace have their own reasons. They have always been very covetous of the reputation of Jiuhua Mountain Holy Land. After all, Jiuhuamen is a little lower than these two sects in terms of strength. And it is far inferior to the other five holy places.

And this time Jiuhua Mountain was framed, it was a good time for them to replace it.

Xu Qingfan even suspected before whether the mysterious layout was one of the two sects, or whether the two sects worked together.

In fact, when he raised the three doubts just now, he was already prepared to face the doubts and sieges of the two sects, and prepared a countermeasure in his mind, but he did not expect that both Jiuze Taoist and Mantian were cautious by nature, and did not intend to offend Jiuhua Mountain before the situation became clear.

And when the situation has become very unfavorable to Jiuhua Mountain, they jumped out and took the lead in rubbing salt on Jiuhua Mountain's wounds, becoming the vanguard of attacking Jiuhua Mountain.

In this way, the two sects can not only attack Jiuhua Sect without giving others a reason to criticize, but also win the favor of other sects. It is really a long-term plan.

Sure enough, after seeing that the * Sect and Bahuang Palace first questioned Zhang Hualing's words, the other sects also responded one after another.

With one voice, thousands of voices responded. At this moment, the two factions seemed to have the prestige of the Holy Land.

Li Tianying in the palace was also in trouble at this time.

"I was thinking before that with the strength of my disciples, how could these little guys be killed so easily." As he said that, Li Tianying pointed at Xu Qingfan, Jin Qinghan, and Lu Qingshang who were standing quietly aside, completely ignoring them. Noticing the fact that Xu Qingfan had already restrained two of her disciples when she first arrived, she just said coldly: "It turns out it's some old guys from your Jiuhuamen who are bullying the younger ones. I don't care what excuse you have. I don't care about you either." Why did Jiuhuashan do this? But I want you to hand over the old guys who killed and injured my disciples now. Otherwise, even if it causes a war between our two disciples, I will do it for my two beloved disciples. revenge."

As Li Tianying finished speaking, other parties criticized Jiuhua Mountain even louder. In their excitement, some grumpy monks have even gathered their spiritual energy, and will attack in groups as soon as someone takes action first.

The situation became uncontrollable.

However, what made Xu Qingfan slightly relieved was that the other five truly influential holy places, the other four holy places except the Imperial Palace, were all silent at this time, seeming to be plotting something. Even the monks in the Bastion Valley, where two monks died, remained silent, which made people feel a little strange.

But Xu Qingfan's lips moved slightly when he looked at the people in charge of these four holy places. You know that they have no intention of participating, they are just discussing countermeasures with each other.

Faced with this denunciation, Zhang Hualing's expression remained unchanged, and he just said lightly: "Have you ever thought about a few points? All things in the world are done for the purpose of seeking benefits. If this matter is my ninth... Hua Clan did it, so what do I, the Jiuhua Clan, do for doing this?”

Li Tianying said coldly: "Everyone knows that although your Jiuhua Sect still has the name of Holy Land, it no longer has the strength that a Holy Land should have. There are many sects without the name of Holy Land that have already surpassed your Jiuhua Sect in strength. So, It’s nothing more than trying to take advantage of the newcomers’ competition to gather the elite disciples of each sect and kill them so that these sects can’t compete with your Jiuhua Sect in the future.”

As Li Tianying's voice fell, another echo sounded from behind her.

Zhang Hualing's expression remained unchanged, and he just asked lightly: "In that case, why did the elders of our sect leave the lives of some disciples of those sects? And want them to see that the people who attacked them were Jiuhua disciples? This is not the case. Is it not wise to add suspicion to my faction? But it’s not such an obvious mistake, right?”

Mantian said softly: "The truth is also false, and sometimes the false is true. You are doing this just to mix things up with others. Leaving some obvious flaws will make your Jiuhua Sect appear to have been framed, but you didn't expect the Valley of Penance." The fellow Taoists were able to find the body of Lord Xuan Ku, and they never expected that the fellow Taoists in the Kuxiu Valley would kill an elder of your Jiuhua Sect, just like you almost got rid of the suspicion just now. ”

Taoist Jiuze also said: "No matter what excuse you have, all kinds of evidence have proven that the incident on Huandao was planned by your Jiuhua Sect. If Head Zhang makes any excuses at this time, he will fall into the inferior position. Still. It's better to admit it frankly and gain a reputation as a hero."

Hearing what Mantian and Jiuze Taoist said. The other sects responded again and found out various reasons why the Jiuhua Sect was plotting the Huandao Revolution. As there were more and more reasons, the monks on the scene became more and more certain. In the end, it seemed as if the Jiuhua Sect had really wanted to subvert the world of immortality a long time ago. The reasons were sufficient and the attitude was affirmative. In the end, some people who didn't believe it was Jiuhuamen who had done it all believed it.

Seeing how all the monks on the scene were trying to find reasons for Jiuhuamen to plot the Huandao coup, Xu Qingfan suddenly felt very funny. This situation was as if an innocent person had been identified as a bad guy in advance, and then he was blamed for this person. It is common to find reasons for committing crimes.

Reasons are always the best thing to find in this world.

Seeing that the monks on the field had already decided on their own sect, the anger in Zhang Hualing's eyes flashed away, but his tone remained calm. He stopped making useless excuses and just said in a solemn voice: "I regard the ancestors of Jiuhua Mountain as my ancestors. Zong has sworn by his destiny for thousands of years that this matter was definitely not planned by me, Jiuhua Mountain."

Hearing what Zhang Hualing said, the noisy condemnation around him paused slightly, but Zhang Hualing ignored it. He just looked closely at the four holy places that had been silent just now and continued: "This matter is absolutely absolute." It was not what I, the Jiuhua Sect, did, why Ma Huaguang was on Huandao, why fellow Taoist Xuanku died at Hualing Finger, I am as ignorant as everyone else, and I hereby guarantee that regardless of whether I, the Jiuhua Sect, was involved in this matter Among them, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly after returning to Jiuhua Mountain and give you a satisfactory explanation. What do you think?"

Zhang Hualing knew that although other sects seemed to have a large number of people and a mighty voice, the real decision-makers at this time were these four holy places.

Li Tianying sneered and said: "Now that I let you go so easily, what will you do if you close the mountain after you return to Jiuhua Mountain? Your mountain protection formation in Jiuhua Mountain is very famous. Even if we feel cheated, It’s not easy to attack your Jiuhua Mountain to seek justice.”

Zhang Hualing said calmly: "With the strength of all the factions present, together they can't defeat our Jiuhua Mountain Protection Formation? Even if I seal the mountain, it will be in vain."

Li Tianying was about to say something else, but the abbot of Ciyun Temple, Master Xu Huan, who had been silent, finally spoke. Master Xu Huan raised his white eyebrows and said in a gentle voice: "Although all the evidence now points to Jiuhua Mountain, it does not mean that Jiuhua Mountain planned this. I, fellow Daoist Qing Lingzi, Xuan Jianzun and Sect Master Zeng all agree that you can go back to Jiuhua Mountain to investigate this matter and give an explanation to the entire cultivation world."

Hearing Master Xu Huan's words, all the Jiuhua Mountain cultivators were delighted, but Li Tianying, Taoist Jiu Ze, Man Tian and others were angry. They were about to say something, but they saw the leader of Qingxu Sect, Qing Lingzi, interjected: "It's just that we feel that it is no longer appropriate for the sect to hold the Xuanwu Order at this time. Please ask fellow Daoist Zhang to hand him over and let us keep him for the time being."

After these words came out, Xu Qingfan and other low-level disciples didn't think much of it, but many elders of Jiuhua Sect couldn't help but change color, and Taoist Jiu Ze and Man Tian couldn't help but look happy.