Huangshan: Xu Fei's Daughter

  "Impossible!" said Xu Fei, "I often go to Canxia Ze's place, she treats me with great respect and courtesy. We play chess, drink tea, and even exchange sword moves. As for Xun Lanyin's Jiuhua Mountain villa, I also visit frequently...

  "They're doing it on purpose for you to see! Just wait until the future when they'll tear off their masks and let you gather all the old sects, fellow Taoists from various schools, and even the demonic cults from outside, to have a thorough cleanup!" Yue Qing said with a stern face. "You won't forget, will you? After Longmei Zhenren's ascension, didn't Qi Sheng and his gang claim to eradicate all evil in the world? Ask yourself, aren't we Wutai Sect considered demons and monsters by them? Haven't they been ruthless towards us for years, without a shred of courtesy?"

  Xu Fei's expression was uncertain as she asked: "Younger Brother, what brings you to Huangshan today?"

  "Of course, I'm here for the revival of our sect's great undertaking!" Yue Qing strode past Xu Fei'niang and walked swiftly into the cave, "Elder sister, avenging Master's vendetta is a matter that should be settled early on. However, there's another even more important matter at hand - reviving the Five Peaks Sect."

  Xu Fei's wife smiled slightly, with a hint of coldness and bitterness, then walked in, picked up the teapot from the cabinet, and poured a cup for both Yue Qing and Liu Quan. She felt that this younger brother Yue had changed a lot in terms of temperament and demeanor compared to before, but couldn't quite put her finger on where exactly he had changed.

  Yue Qing took a sip from his teacup and said with a heavy heart, "The Emei Sect is at its peak, and their arrogance is inevitable. It's been getting more and more obvious over the years, and they've already decided to eliminate us completely. What we need to do is think of ways to revive the Five Peaks, win over allies, and counter them, rather than cultivating a few flying swords and magical artifacts to fight them to the death. In the past when our master was still alive, the power of the Five Poisonous Swords was not insignificant, but two fists can't contend with four hands, and a lone tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves. They have three sages and two elders, what do we have? Even if you managed to cultivate the Tianmo Zhanshen Sword, could you single-handedly defeat the three sages and two elders? And even if you killed them, they still have the Luofu Seven Immortals, and if you killed them, they still have Zui Dao Ren, Jian Bingru, Can Xia, Tu Long, and those two nun thieves. They also have people like Luo Ziyun and Hua Yushan who love to flatter them and serve as their vanguard. And even if all these people were killed, there's still the three heroes and two clouds predicted by the Changmei True Person, the Emei Seven Dwarfs! Not to mention the Buddhist monks and scattered immortals from other sects, who wouldn't stand on their side? Can you kill them all with just one sword in decades of cultivation?"

  Xu Fei's face was pale, holding a teacup: "You say my method won't work, then what do you plan to do? How can we revive the Five Tai industry again? In the past, our fellow disciples were either killed or destroyed, and those who remained were mostly frightened! Are we just relying on the two of us? Oh, right, there's also a Golden Body Arhat, he's still guarding Mount Wutai, it's indeed not easy."

  "Based on this!" Yue Qing's right hand opened, with a cluster of colorful mist in his palm.

  "Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo!" Xue Fei Niang's voice was almost hoarse as she called out, stumbling over to grab Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo and hold her in her arms. Tears poured down like rain as she choked back sobs, asking "D-did you see that traitor?"

  "Yes, I've already killed him!" Yue Qing took out the Ding Jia Shen Mo calabash, opened the stopper, and slapped the bottom of the calabash with his hand. A stream of bloody air spurted out, and Zhu Hong's soul appeared inside.

  As soon as Zhu Hong saw Xu Fei's mother, he collapsed in the bloody fog, without even having the strength to beg for mercy: "Xu Xu Xu..."

  Looking at Zhu Hong, Xu Fei's eyes flashed with venomous light, and she reached out to grab him, tearing him apart with a gnash of teeth, and then trampling him under her feet until he was crushed. In just a short moment, Zhu Hong had been killed and revived dozens of times, experiencing all sorts of deaths that Xu Fei could imagine. Zhu Hong's mournful wails echoed through the mountain cave, causing the hearts of those who heard them to tremble with fear.

  Xu Fei'niang had killed Zhu Hong nearly a hundred times, and her anger in her chest slightly subsided. She then hugged the Wu Yan Luo and cried loudly until she was hoarse. Only then did she lift up the hair on her forehead, wipe away her tears, and with red eyes say: "Shifu has lost her composure, and it's laughable for Shidi and Liu Daoyou to see." After speaking, she returned the Taiyi Wu Yan Luo to Yue Qing and went inside the cave to tidy herself up.

  After a moment, Xu Fei came out again, having changed into a cyan-colored garment, different from the white one she had always worn. Her hair was also rearranged, but her eyes were still red and swollen: "Since Zhu Hong has already been punished, that book's second volume must be in your hands by now."

  "Here." Yue Qing took out the Huayuan Deputy Register.

  Xu Fei took it over, flipped through two pages, and looked at the familiar notes on it. Tears flowed out again uncontrollably.

  Yue Qing said slowly: "It's not just the second volume that is with me, I also know all of the first volume."

  Xu Fei's eyes widened in shock: "Zhu Hong stole the Tongxuan True Classic as well? Impossible, the Tongxuan True Classic... no one can steal it."

  Yu Qing asked tentatively: "Sister, have you cultivated the Tongxuan True Classic?"

  Xu Fei Nang hesitated for a moment: "I have practiced a scripture, and there are also several formulas for refining elixirs and treasures behind."

  "The Tongxuan True Classic has nine chapters in total, I wonder which chapter did your master sister cultivate?"

  "Do you know about the nine chapters of Tongxuan Zhenjing? I am cultivating the first chapter."

  Yu Qing began to recite the scripture of the first chapter from memory.

  Xu Fei's face was full of astonishment: "Where did you learn it from? Could it be...it's impossible, back then only Si Kong Zhan learned three chapters, Tuo Tuo Shixiong learned two chapters, I learned one chapter, and Fa Yuan Shixiong didn't even finish half a chapter."

  "It was Master who taught me." Yue Qing said straightforwardly.

  Xu Fei's face sank: "Younger brother, you know sister's thoughts, don't use him to play this kind of joke on sister!"

  "Sister, calm down," said Yue Qing. "It's true that Master called me and taught me all nine scriptures. Not only that, but he also passed on the Taiyi Hunyuan Sword to Liu Shidi."

  "Little Brother Liu?" Xue Fei looked at Liu Quan, "White Water True Person Liu Quan, your senior brother from back then, Du Long Zun, was an old acquaintance of mine. I saw you a few times when you first entered the sect. Later, Xi Li Old Buddha ruined everything. I heard that you joined Su Tie Long Lao's faction and followed him overseas." She turned to Yue Qing, "How did he become your junior brother? Could it be that you've defected to another school?" Her tone was severe in her last few sentences, as if she would send out a flying sword to kill Yue Qing the moment he admitted it. "If Junior Brother Yue has his heart set on their teachings and wants to change schools, then so be it. However, since you obtained our sect's secret transmission of the Taoist scriptures and the Tai Yi Five Smoke Net, I won't tolerate your betrayal!"

  Yue Qing hastily explained: "Sister, calm down, it's not that I've switched to another sect, but rather Liu Shidi has joined our Wudang Sect."

  "This remark was beyond Xu Fei's expectations: 'You dare to take liberties and teach on your own?'"

  Yue Qing then told the story of how he had gone to the Four Gate Mountain to slay the rebel Zhu Hong after parting ways with Xu Fei, and how he had fought with the Emei Sect. After that, he was helped by Ming Yi Zi to obtain the Xuanxu Xianfu and establish the Pure Yang Sect. He also took in Liu Quan as a disciple and went to Maoshan to pay respects to his master. In the midst of all this, he met with his master again and received the transmission of the Tongxuan Zhenjing. He told the whole story from start to finish: "Liu Shidi also saw Master during his cultivation and personally paid homage to him, and Master transmitted the Taiyi Hunyuan Sword to him. If you still don't believe me, Sister, you can ask Liu Shidi to demonstrate it for you. The Taiyi Hunyuan Sword is a unique skill that only Master knows how to use. One look will tell you whether I'm telling the truth or not."

  Liu Quan exerted his true energy and shot out a white light with his sword, creating a small pit the size of a teacup on the stone wall at the top of the cave.

  Xu Fei was thoroughly stunned, what Yue Qing told her was too incredible. The person she had been thinking about day and night in her heart could actually be alive! This news alone was enough for her to digest for a while. If she didn't believe it, where did Yue Qing's Tongxuan True Classic and Liu Quan's Taiyi Hunyuan Sword come from? These two things couldn't be faked. Although the sword technique Liu Quan displayed was somewhat unorthodox, the hand method and the shape of the sword technique were unmistakably Taiyi Hunyuan Sword. She had seen that person use it for hundreds of years and would never mistake it.

  Could it be that he's still alive? Xufei's heart started racing: "Master brother, let's go to Maoshan right now!"

  Yue Qing pulled her back: "Shi Jie, don't rush to Maoshan for now. Didn't I tell you? Our master's primordial spirit is currently lodged in the void, and he can't manifest too frequently. Otherwise, if he's even slightly careless, he'll be separated from the void and fall back into his original form..."

  "Right, right, right." Xufei rubbed her eyes, "When cultivating the Tongxuan Zhenjing and entrusting the yuan Shen, one cannot have the slightest thought or movement. I've tried many times, but I couldn't persist for too long." She began to fidget, sitting in a chair drinking tea one moment, standing up and walking around the next, her slender hands clenched into fists, her mind already flying to Maoshan.