The old man who appeared next to Gu Chun was none other than Li An, the first Silver Flame elder in Xuanwu Altar and Gu Chun's master.
In the beginning, the reason why he was willing to accept Gu Chun as his disciple was because Gu Chun promised to let his cousin, a martial arts genius with the "green spiritual root", become his disciple.
It can be said that it was for the sake of Gu Chun's cousin that he accepted Gu Chun as his disciple.
Today, after receiving a report from Elder Tongyan, Li An was very happy when he learned that Gu Chun's cousin came to Zoroastrian Cult and the Xuanwu Altar. He even waited for Gu Chun's cousin to come after reminiscing with Gu Chun. He performed the 'apprenticeship ceremony'.
Who would have thought that unexpected news would arrive instead of waiting.
Gu Chun's cousin, Gu Long, ignored the rules of the Fire Worship Sect and attacked Duan Lingtian at the Xuanwu Altar disciple's residence, intending to kill Duan Lingtian.
Although Li An was shocked when he heard the news, he was not worried.
Gu Long, after all, was a martial arts genius with the "green spiritual root". Even if he killed Duan Lingtian in the Zoroastrian Cult, he would only receive some symbolic punishment at most.
Duan Lingtian is just a mediocre man with a "yellow spiritual root". In terms of value, he is far inferior to Gu Long!
Of course, for the Zoroastrian Cult, Li An, as the 'Elder of Silver Flame', is undoubtedly higher than Gu Long in terms of value.
However, just because he is the 'Elder Silver Flame', and just because he represents the Fire Worship Sect, he cannot act as unscrupulously against the disciples of the sect like Gu Long...
Otherwise, the loss of Zoroastrian Cult's reputation cannot be compensated by his fortune and life as an 'Elder Silver Flame'!
Because of this, even though Li An is the 'Elder Silver Flame' of the Fire Worship Sect, he does not dare to take action against Duan Lingtian easily.
Otherwise, Duan Lingtian would have died in his hands long ago and would not be alive until now.
However, although he was not worried about Gu Long's safety, Li An still rushed over in person for the sake of safety... With him here, the other 'Elder Silver Flame' who is responsible for law enforcement in Xuanwu Altar will naturally have some scruples, and thus Be kind to Gu Long who killed Duan Lingtian.
From beginning to end, he never doubted whether Gu Long could kill Duan Lingtian.
In his opinion, there is no suspense!
Gu Chun had told him a long time ago that Gu Long was a "Peak Earth Saint Realm Martial Cultivator". Killing an "Earth Saint Realm Early Stage Martial Arts Cultivator" was not as easy as killing a chicken or cutting grass?
"Dead... actually dead..."
Li An never expected that when he arrived at the Xuanwu Altar disciple's residence, what he saw was not the body of Duan Lingtian as expected, but the body of 'Gu Long' who was about to become his direct disciple.
Gu Long is a martial arts genius with the "green spiritual root".
Because of this, even if he has never met Gu Long before, in Li An's heart, Gu Long's 'importance' far exceeds that of Gu Chun!
Because of this, his heart was full of anger.
A direct disciple with the 'green spiritual root' was just gone, killed!
"Duan Lingtian, you are so brave, you dare to kill your fellow disciples!"
The next moment, a cold light flashed in Li An's eyes, and he suddenly shouted loudly. Then he raised his head and stared at Duan Lingtian who was standing in the sky in the distance.
At this moment, he once again wished to tear Duan Lingtian into pieces!
However, he could not act rashly.
Duan Lingtian is now a disciple of the Xuanwu Altar and a disciple of the Zoroastrian Cult. Even if he is convicted of killing his fellow disciples, he can only be punished by the law enforcement elders of the Zoroastrian Cult.
Although he, Li An, is the number one Silver Flame elder in Xuanwu Altar, he does not have that power!
However, this does not mean that he cannot speak out to convict Duan Lingtian.
"Killing fellow disciples?"
Hearing Li An's words, Duan Lingtian was stunned at first, and then couldn't help laughing, as if he had heard a big joke.
"why are you laughing?!"
Li An's face darkened, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he chose people to devour.
"I laugh at someone who is called 'Elder Silver Flame', but he can only open his eyes and tell lies!"
After Duan Lingtian stopped laughing, he glanced at Li An lightly and said with a sarcastic smile.
"you!!"
Li An naturally knew that Duan Lingtian was talking about him, but Duan Lingtian did not name him. No matter how angry or angry he was, it would be of no use.
If Duan Lingtian named him, he could also teach Duan Lingtian a lesson for disrespecting Elder Yinyan.
Even if he couldn't kill Duan Lingtian, he could still vent his anger.
But Duan Lingtian seemed to know what he was thinking and didn't give him a chance at all!
"What happened today, all senior brothers and sisters present here are my witnesses..."
At the same time, Duan Lingtian glanced at another Yinyan elder standing in the distance, then looked around and said loudly, neither humble nor arrogant:
"I, Duan Lingtian, took action to kill Gu Long because Gu Long was the first to kill me...according to the rules of the sect, under such circumstances, even if I kill him instead, I am not guilty!"
"However, I have always been a merciful person. Even if Gu Long wanted to kill me, I had no intention of killing him at the beginning... It wasn't until he took action to harm innocent people and killed more than a dozen fellow senior brothers and sisters that I finally calmed down. I couldn't control the anger in my heart and killed him! It was considered as revenge for those dozen senior brothers and sisters."
Duan Lingtian's words were righteous.
"Killed more than a dozen fellow disciples?"
Upon hearing Duan Lingtian's words, the expression of Elder Yinyan, who came to the Xuanwu Altar residence with Li An, suddenly changed.
The next moment, he looked at Gu Long's body lying on the ground, and a cold and sharp light suddenly shot out from his eyes, as if he wanted to whip Gu Long's body.
"Elder Guo, don't listen to his nonsense!"
Li An shouted in a low voice at the right time.
The elder Yinyan who appeared at Xuanwutan's residence with Li An was none other than the elder Yinyan 'Guo Xiong' who was responsible for law enforcement at Xuanwutan.
Guo Xiong, in addition to being the 'Law Enforcement Elder' of the Xuanwu Altar, is also the Silver Flame Elder whose strength is second only to Li An in the Xuanwu Altar!
However, because of his status as a law enforcement elder, even Li An is quite afraid of him.
Moreover, if they really want to fight, even if Li An can defeat him, he will have to pay a huge price.
"Does Elder Li An think that I am an old fool? I can judge whether he is just telling the truth. There are so many people present!"
Guo Xiong glanced at Li An indifferently and said calmly.
The reason why Guo Xiong can become the law enforcement elder of Xuanwu Altar, among other things, has never been questioned in terms of 'justice'.
He, Guo Xiong, always enforces the law in a well-founded manner. He will not wrongly accuse any innocent person, nor let any guilty person go!
Soon, Guo Xiong learned the ins and outs of today's events from a group of Xuanwu Pagoda disciples present.
Suddenly, his expression darkened.
More than a dozen Xuanwu Temple disciples died like this!
If this matter spreads out, where will the face of him, the law enforcement elder of Xuanwu Altar, be put?
In the end, Guo Xiong, as the law enforcement elder of Xuanwu Altar, made the final ruling:
"Gu Long was the first to kill his fellow disciples and massacred seventeen of his fellow disciples. He deserved to die!"
"Duan Lingtian was not guilty of passive self-defense! In view of the fact that Duan Lingtian killed Gu Long in time after Gu Long massacred seventeen of his fellow disciples, so that Gu Long could not kill other fellow disciples... Not only was he not guilty, but he had merit!"
"In our Xuanwu Altar, and even in the entire Zoroastrian Cult, we emphasize that guilty will be punished and meritorious deeds will be rewarded. As for how to reward Duan Lingtian specifically, I will inform the Altar Master, and the Altar Master will make his own decision."
The ruling made by Gu Long is very simple and direct:
Gu Long, you deserve to die!
Duan Lingtian has merit but no fault!
After hearing Guo Xiong's ruling, the Xuanwu Altar disciples at the scene glanced at Duan Lingtian subconsciously, with envy in their eyes.
The reward from the Altar Master is by no means simple!
Although Li An was dissatisfied with Guo Xiong's ruling, he had no way to refute it and could only stand in the distance and sulk.
"Elder Guo, I don't accept it!"
At this moment, Gu Chunli stood up, looked at Guo Xiong, and said unwillingly:
"My brother did not intend to kill those dozen fellow sect members, but accidentally killed them during the fight with Duan Lingtian. Even if he did not die later, he would not be able to kill his fellow sect members again... Regarding the verdict you issued, Elder Guo: My brother deserves to die. , I admit it! But if Duan Lingtian has merit, I don’t admit it!!"
Although he had long realized that Duan Lingtian was being wise and would not be punished.
But when Gu Chun heard that Duan Lingtian had meritorious deeds and would be rewarded by the Altar Master, his eyes immediately turned red and he promptly expressed his dissatisfaction.
Just to let Guo Xiong cancel the reward promised to Duan Lingtian!
"If you hadn't spoken, I would have almost forgotten you!"
Just when Gu Chun looked at Guo Xiong with hope, Guo Xiong's eyes also fell on him, followed by a hint of coldness.
"Elder Guo, what do you mean?"
Gu Chun's expression changed, "I...I don't seem to have violated the canon rules, right?"
"Are you sure you didn't break the rules?"
Guo Xiong said with a sarcastic smile: "Then, I want to ask you... Gu Long, why did you attack Duan Lingtian? Do you dare to swear by the 'Thunder Punishment Oath' that you did not instigate him? If you dare to swear , I won’t embarrass you today.”
Hearing this, Gu Chun's expression changed again, with a hint of panic in his eyes.
The next moment, he looked at Li An, who was not far away, and said via voice transmission: "Master, save me!"
However, upon hearing Gu Chun's voice transmission, Li An just glanced at him briefly, then dodged and left.
As he left, Li An's voice came. His voice was cold and contained no emotion, "Gu Chun violated the canon and is no longer my disciple, Li An, from today on!"
One sentence, one very brief sentence, ended the master-disciple relationship between him and Gu Chun.
For Li An, Gu Long was gone, and Gu Chun, a disciple, had no value. Now that he had the opportunity to get rid of Gu Chun, he would naturally not miss it.
"No! Master, you can't do this! You can't do this!!"
When Gu Chun heard this, his face instantly turned pale, and he immediately wanted to chase Li An.
"snort!"
Following Guo Xiong's cold snort and no movement from Guo Xiong, Gu Chun's forward body was shaken, and then he was sent flying backwards.
