"...No one wants to die if he lives well."

Mu Qing withdrew his gaze, looked at Bai Ke and said.

Peak masters Bai He and Su Si also followed Bai Ke. It was obvious that these people in the hall had been paying attention to what was happening in the square.

Su Si frowned slightly: "But it is true that Zheng Shouyi and his two brothers died tragically because of their greed for life and fear of death."

Mu Qing nodded, thinking of the current situation of Jian Zong, an additional layer of understanding emerged in his heart.

These elders probably guessed the attitude of several peak leaders, so they took the initiative to expose this issue.

The evidence of Zheng Shouyi's two crimes is conclusive, but what about the others?

If it were to be dealt with seriously, how many elders would be left in the Wuji Sword Sect that had just survived the catastrophe?

Although Zheng Shouyi and the two acted so humblely regardless of the presence of their disciples, they actually took the initiative.

Mu Qing asked Baike: "Senior, do you think a stable overall situation is important?"

Bai Ke said: "A hundred years ago, my most valued disciple chose to bear everything alone for the sake of stability. What is the result today?"

"When I was young, I was often injured when I competed with others. After the wounds healed, I felt better, and I continued to compete with others. Over time, hidden diseases became the biggest trouble that hindered my improvement in swordsmanship."

Mu Qing nodded: "If a small problem is not solved, it will become a big problem one day."

Baike smiled and said: "The overall situation has a time limit for ordinary people, especially for those of us who practice."

"In order for the Sword Sect not to make the same mistakes again and to be stable in the next hundred years, at this moment, we should have the patience and determination to solve the problems one by one, even if it is a little chaotic,"

There is new movement in the square ahead.

Zheng Shouyi and the others stood up tremblingly under the eyes of Elder Zangjian, waiting for their fate to come.

Elder Zangjian's eyes stopped on Zheng Shouyi's face and said, "Your last words are correct. The Sword Sect cannot sacrifice young disciples, nor can it ask you to risk your lives to protect disciples in the name of protecting disciples."

"But for those who can do this, such as Ming Xue and He Qiuyang, everyone in the Sword Sect should maintain due respect for them and make necessary compensation."

"Zhang Feng."

"Disciple is here."

Elder Zangjian looked back at the weak young man with a gentle expression: "Are you willing to change the sect and become your disciple?"

Zhang Feng was stunned and looked at each other with Su Wuming, who was treating him.

Su Wuming urged Zhang Sanfeng to agree.

Zhang Feng shook his head and said, "My disciple is unwilling."

Elder Zangjian was surprised and glanced at Su Wuming.

His little apprentice already regretted it after becoming his master. Because Su Wuming had always been taught skills by Jian Wenxuan, but he was still a generation above Lu Manqing.

"Actually, Wenxuan teaches Wuming skills on weekdays. You can trust Wenxuan's ability."

"The disciple refuses because I am the only disciple of the master. Now she has died. If I change the sect, she will no longer have any trace of the Sword Sect."

Everyone was a little moved.

Elder Zangjian admired this young man even more and said: "Then go to Jinglan Peak and become a deacon. First, practice with Wuming. If you have enough realm in the future, you can reopen the door for your master."

Thank you Zhang Feng.

After making arrangements for Zhang Feng's future on the spot, Elder Zangjian looked at the young disciples who were looking at him eagerly and promised: "Things need to be clarified one by one. If you want to complain about your teacher, you can sort it out first. Leave the content to Wuming, and Wuming will hand it over to me. As long as it is the truth, I will take today's incident as an example of how to deal with it."

"But what happened today cannot happen again!"

All the disciples had just witnessed the arrangements for Zhang Feng, and their emotions had softened, and they all responded in unison.

Elder Zangjian nodded slightly and said to Su Wuming with a serious expression: "You take the lead in making trouble and lead the junior brothers and sisters behind you to stay at the sword house for three days!"

Su Wuming opened his mouth and looked at

Looking at the edge of the square, he has been working as a cow for his master and as a horse for his senior sister in the past few days. He rarely even has time to talk to Lu Manqing, but now he has to be detained in solitary confinement. He couldn't help but feel depressed and asked: "Master, then What should we do with the two elders?"

The expressions of the elders on the square changed after hearing this. Elder Cangjian comforted Zhang Feng in person. They didn't know that there would be no good end for them. Zheng Shouyi and the others saw Elder Cangjian's eyes fall back on their bodies and bent their knees. , I want to kneel down and beg for mercy.

The fear of death is enough to wash away the shame in their hearts at this moment.

"Stand up!"

Elder Zangjian got angry and said, "Disciples respect their master, and master loves his disciples. This is a long-standing tradition of our sect. Although you are not required to protect yourselves with your lives, have you fulfilled your duty to care for your disciples?"

"We are incompetent." Zheng Shouyi and the other two lowered their heads in shame.

"You enjoy the sect's large amount of cultivation resources every year, can you fulfill your duty of protection when facing the enemy?"

"..." The two of them did not dare to respond, but lowered their heads even further.

Elder Zangjian looked at the backs of their heads, his eyes full of disgust, "My fellow disciples guarded your backs, but you were greedy for life and afraid of death, causing your fellow disciples to die tragically. Have you fulfilled your friendship as fellow disciples?"

Their faces were buried in their chests.

Elder Zangjian's voice was terrifyingly cold, and by the end he was full of disappointment because he knew the answer.

He shook his head, looked at the back of Zheng Shouyi's head, and inadvertently showed a hint of murderous intent, and said, "You are the master of Wuji Peak and you know the rules of the sect. How should you be punished for all the above?"

Zheng Shouyi's trembling shoulders suddenly froze, and the fear in his heart disappeared, replaced by indescribable joy, and he quickly said: "We should be stripped of our elder status and banned for thirty years. During this period, we will not be able to obtain any cultivation resources."

"Thirty years is less. If you add another ten years, the place of confinement will be the Sword Prison."

Zheng Shouyi and the other two nodded quickly, just wanting to save their lives first.

The edge of the square.

Mu Qing waited for Su Wuming to bring people over and said, "Let's go."

Su Wuming glanced at the large group of people beside Mu Qing, and finally his eyes lingered on Lu Manqing for one more time, and said regretfully: "I'll come to you in three days."

Ying Qing smiled and said, "Wu Ming, let's go to Jianlu with you."

Su Wuming was stunned and said with a wry smile: "We are grounded."

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Hao came up and said with a smile: "If Elder Zangjian hadn't come out just now, we would have come to help you. We are missing some sense of participation."

If there is recognition among young people, then the harmonious atmosphere will be a matter of blink of an eye.

Su Wuming gave a rare smile and said, "Let's forget it. It won't be good if the master finds you when the time comes."

"What are you afraid of? We were originally brought by Mu Qing to find you. Just let him explain to Elder Zangjian. His face is more useful than ours. Just now Sect Master Bai and several peak masters were talking to him." Ying Qing said.

Mu Qing then said: "Old Sect Leader and the others have already gone to Jinglan Peak first, and we are just on their way."

On the way, Ying Qing and others heard about Zhang Feng's experience, and they were all filled with indignation: "Just being locked up in the Sword Prison for forty years really gave these two old guys an advantage."

Su Wuming sighed: "I hope Master can kill them with one sword, but in the end it's just a fantasy."

Lu Manqing shook his head and said: "Although these elders have lost their temper and just want to survive, if they were to die, they would be different. Now it would be more appropriate to let them hand over their power calmly."

Su Wuming's eyes fell on Lu Manqing's face. Seeing that Lu Manqing's eyebrows were always frowning, and then thinking that Bai Ke and others had already gone to Jinglan Peak first, he realized and asked Mu Qing: "Although we are on the way, are you going to Going to Sword Prison?"

"Yeah." Mu Qing nodded.

Now the sword puppet mark in everyone's body has disintegrated with the death of the sword ghost's consciousness. The only hidden danger is the evil energy in Lu Tai's body.

Mu Qing brought everyone to Wuji Peak with this intention.

Su Wuming couldn't help but ask: "What will the old sect master do to the sect master?"

Lu Manqing also looked over. She was standing by when Bai Ke spoke just now. She actually had a vague answer in her heart, but she hoped that she was wrong.

Mu Qing felt Lu Manqing's tense mood and sighed in his heart, but said truthfully: "You are right, what is needed now is for the elders to calmly hand over their power."

"And if you want to achieve this, how to deal with Sect Leader Lu... is very important."

Lu Manqing lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, looking quite struggling, and said: "Master has done many wrong things, but he has never killed a disciple of the Sword Sect with his own hands. If Master is to be executed, can you save him? As long as he is not executed. ..."

Mu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Don't you think too highly of me?"

Lu Manqing hummed, and did not ask Mu Qing again until the group arrived at Jinglan Peak.

On the other hand, Mu Qing took the initiative to say to her when she was separated from everyone: "Although how to deal with Sect Master Lu is a matter decided by everyone in the Sword Sect, if everyone's opinions are not unified, then only one person can make the final decision. 「

Lu Manqing nodded slightly and said, "Master hasn't made a decision yet, so I want to ask you for help. He should care about your opinion."

Mu Qing suddenly thought that Bai Ke only had less than five days left, and frowned slightly, knowing that no matter what the outcome was, it would probably only be within these few days.

The Sword Prison and the Sword Washing Pond were in the same direction. Mu Qing separated from the others and continued walking forward. Soon he saw Jian Wenxuan waiting on the way.

"Hey, what's wrong with Senior Sister Jian?"

Jian Wenxuan's face looked very ugly. She turned around to lead the way and said in a low voice, "I just discovered today that he is a very vindictive person."

"who?"

"Lutai."

Jian Wenxuan gritted his teeth and said, "He actually recommended to the old sect leader that I should be the sect leader. If Bai He and the others hadn't stopped him, I would have given him a blow from below."

Mu Qing raised his eyebrows and stopped talking.

Jian Wenxuan suddenly turned around and stared at him, "What do you mean you don't speak?"

Mu Qing coughed lightly: "Actually, I also think you are very good. If you can be the leader of the Sword Sect, you will not only have the support of the Hidden Sword Elders, but also be recognized by Senior Su and the others."

Jian Wenxuan laughed and said, "You call Su Si and the others seniors, and you call me senior sister, but you think I am suitable here? Shouldn't they be the suitable ones?"

"Isn't that what I call Su Wuming?" Mu Qing faced Jian Wenxuan's slightly narrowed eyes and said sincerely, "You can always persist in doubting because of Fang Qingxue. Maybe this is why Sect Master Lu recognizes you."

"Qingxue..."

Jian Wenxuan's eyes moved slightly.

Mu Qing nodded and said, "I can't comment on Sect Master Lu, but I believe in his vision."