Chapter 15: Crisis!

  "It's hard to say." Wu Qianqian hesitated for a moment, saying uncertainly.

  "Oh? Can't say? What's wrong with saying it?" Kong Xingfeng looked at his niece with interest, asking with a smile.

  "The three of them are far from what the rumors said." Wu Qianqian furrowed her brow and said, "According to the rumors, Shi Qianshan is mature and steady, able to hold his own, thorough in handling matters, without any leaks. But this time, it's a huge disappointment at first sight."

  "And the second disciple, Chu Yang, is said to be taciturn and introverted, but today he seems to have a hidden sharpness. He appears timid and afraid of trouble, but deep down...” Wu Qianqian thought for a moment, unable to find suitable words to describe him, so she simply said: “In short... this person is very strange, I can't see through him. As for the third disciple, Tan Tang, he's indeed as rumored, extremely out of tune."

  She finished speaking, and the two of them fell silent, frowning tightly, not saying a word. After a long time, Wu Yunliang stood up slowly, walked to the wall, reached out his hand, and with a brush sound, a large mural on the wall was pushed open, revealing a white paper inside.

  On the white paper, from top to bottom on the left side, there is a list of names, totaling forty. Behind each name, a tick was marked with a red pen.

  There are more than a dozen, with two checks; and there are two people who occupy the first and second places, with three checks after their names. The two names are: Snowy Night Dream, Qin Mu Xuan.

  Li Jianyun's name is in 19th place, while Shi Qianshan's name is in 13th place. However, Chu Yang and Tan Tang's names are not on the list.

  Wu Yunliang picked up the pen, remained silent for a moment, and then a red stroke was drawn across Li Jianyun's name. The three characters of Li Jianyun were erased.

  Then he carefully considered it and wrote two words at the bottom: Chu Yang.

  Then he added a question mark after Chu Yang's name. He took two steps back, furrowed his brow in thought, but then with a flourish of his brush, he erased Chu Yang's name once again. Leaving only the question mark behind.

  "This matter, I'm afraid it will cause a huge stir." Kong Xingfeng furrowed his brow: "Our Tianwai Building is already unstable with internal turmoil, and now this incident has occurred, involving Meng Shidi as well..."

  "Meng Shidi won't get involved in this. With his temperament, unless the Tianwai Building collapses, he won't put anything else on his mind." Wu Yunliang shook his head, but his tone was very certain. Then his face darkened and he said, "That Shi Qianshan... is really that despicable?" There was a hint of disappointment in his tone.

  "Yes." Wu Qianqian had a very poor impression of Shi Qianshan. This normally calm and mature person, in her heart, was directly a super idiot, and also blind.

  Hopeless!

  Wu Yun let out a deep sigh.

  The two didn't say much about it, and apparently didn't take it to heart. After all, it was just a minor scuffle between juniors, unrelated to the bigger picture. Now, both of their faces showed signs of worry, clearly preoccupied with other troubles.

  Wu Yunliang waved his hand, Wu Qianqian understood and quietly retreated.

  In the study, there were now only two people left.

  "Big brother, little brother's suggestion..." Kong Xingfeng ventured.

  "No rush." Wu Yunliang waved his hand, looking worried.

  Kong Xingfeng fell silent for a moment, before continuing in a deep voice: "My Tianwai Lou has been passed down to our generation, and we are only the seventh generation. The first generation ancestor founded our sect and rose to become one of the top seven sects in the lower three heavens, enjoying imperial patronage! What glory and honor that was. But by the second generation, we had a falling out with the Great Zhao Imperial Family, and from then on, our reputation plummeted. Many of our sect's experts were hunted down and killed, and more than half of them lost their lives. It wasn't until the end of the second generation ancestor's life that he inadvertently helped the imperial family in a big way, but even though we didn't regain our former relationship with the imperial family, we managed to barely scrape by and rebuild ourselves back at Jiufengyuan."

  "The third generation of seniors, each one was stunningly talented, and were all extraordinary individuals. It was thought that the sect would rise to prominence again, but unexpectedly, due to the abundance of talent, internal conflicts arose within Jiufeng Yiyuan. A fierce battle ensued, with mutual slaughter, and Tianwai Lou suffered a severe blow, leaving behind only an order for disciples to strictly prohibit self-inflicted slaughter."

  "But up to now, Jiufengyiyuan, except for Meng Shidi's Zizhuyuan, has already been secretly competing and surging with undercurrents! In the next generation of eighth-generation disciples, the position of the top ten disciples will be a life-and-death struggle. The sect's strength will suffer greatly, and it can already be foreseen."

  "I, Tianwai Lou, from being the top sect back then to now hanging on a second-rate sect... Kong Xingfeng's voice was cautious at first, but gradually became more and more impassioned: 'Big Brother Master, Jiufeng Yiyuan looks grand in scale, but everyone has their own thoughts. Having is not as good as not having!"

  "So scattered, internal strife is endless. My Tianwai Building is in crisis... In the past, there were seven major sects, now only six are left. The remaining quota, Hongchen Xuan and Xinxin Zhai have been eyeing for a long time, they are the most powerful competitors! And, Shendao Pavilion and Heixie Alliance have deep-seated hatred towards us, their intention to destroy us will not die..."

  "I'm at the Sky Outside Pavilion, and now it's a matter of life and death!" Kong Xing exclaimed with a sorrowful expression: "Big Brother Master, we can't delay any longer!"

  "What you said, how could I not know?" Wu Yunliang let out a long sigh: "But what you've said is only about the rivers and lakes, and external factors. The real crisis, you haven't mentioned yet."

  "The Tianwai Building has had nearly six hundred male disciples in the past few years, but only a handful have been able to become true masters. On the other hand, the female disciples, who were fewer than fifty ten years ago, have grown to almost one hundred and fifty! Moreover, although each of them has limited talent, they are all as beautiful as flowers...". Wu Yunliang let out a long sigh, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and said silently: "This is the image of a sect on the verge of collapse!"

  "Mysterious and subtle, the root of trouble. " The dark cloud said coolly: "In a land where the strong are respected, beauty is a resource, but also a source of disaster. The decline of Tianwai Building is imminent. Once the eighth generation disciple sets foot in Jianghu, it will inevitably bring endless disputes!"

  "It may be a source of trouble, but it's also possible that it's not necessarily a resource!" Kong Xiangfeng retorted: "Traveling the world, perhaps we can bring many helpful forces to Tianwai Building, who knows?"

  "Do you think it's possible?" Wu Yunliang sneered with a smile: "Beauty, in the eyes of most strong people, is just a tool."

  "Nowadays, the Tianwai Building is in a state of internal and external troubles. If we follow your suggestion and forcibly merge Jiufengyiyuan into one place, concentrating power in the center, I'm afraid it will immediately split into four or five factions! It will fall into a state of collapse." Wu Yunliang said solemnly: "At that time, if an external enemy takes advantage of the situation to attack, our Tianwai Building will be immediately destroyed."

  "When a serious disease requires strong medicine, this saying is not wrong. But if it's already at the stage of being beyond cure, using strong medicine hastily will only lead to immediate death! Not to mention, our enemies are far more than just these..."

  Wu Yunliang wanted to speak but stopped, as if there was something difficult to say.

  Kong Xiangfeng reluctantly said: "Can't we just go on like this? Letting our sect slowly decline?"

  "Need to rely on external forces..."

  Wu Yunliang's face was exceptionally complex when he mentioned the words "borrowing external forces", almost one word at a time, and his eyes had a sense of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. Afterwards, he didn't continue speaking, but silently faced the list on the wall with only thirty-nine names and a "?" left, remaining silent for a long time.

  "But what about those female disciples?" Kong Xiangyun's heart relaxed for a moment before tensing up again.

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