Chapter 23: A Superior Person?

  A tense atmosphere filled the Mingyue Hall, where three Taishang Elders from the Law Enforcement Pavilion, five famous elder monks, and the master of the Ripeng Gate had arrived in person. The other peaks also sent a considerable number of people. After some inquiry, the general situation of the matter became clear.

  At this moment, Qing Xuan was hesitating. In the end, she decided to conceal this matter. If she spoke out, Qin Hao would definitely die. Even if Shifu came out of his seclusion, it would be useless. Moreover, since they still couldn't find Qin Hao's person, speaking out would also be useless. When asked about Qing Xuan, she said everything she knew, of course concealing her suspicions about Qin Hao.

  "Master, you must take charge for Eldest Senior Sister's sake. I think Li Chen Junior Brother and Eldest Senior Sister's deaths were definitely done by Qing Xuan, because this way she can take Eldest Senior Sister's position. This year, only she can comprehend the Tai Xuan Scripture." Third Senior Sister is still treacherous, at this critical moment, she still speaks up, obviously wanting Qing Xuan's life.

  "You're a despicable person, just you wait." Third Sister thought viciously to herself, but her face showed that she was taking Fang Xue's side.

  As soon as she spoke, Li Xian and his son stared at Qingxuan, as if they wanted to flay her alive. The other disciples also felt that this was indeed reasonable.

  "Hmph, you insignificant ant, dare to harm my grandson's life? You're looking for death." Li Xian made his move, merging with the grand trend of heaven and earth. It was as if he was heaven itself, or the earth itself. The difference between becoming one with the Dao and not lay in this: those who didn't become one with the Dao could only borrow the power of heaven and earth's grand trend, which is to say they could only outline it. But those who became one with the Dao could merge with the grand trend of heaven and earth. Whether it was a divine spirit or an original body, they could all merge with the grand trend of heaven and earth like a talisman, controlling the grand trend within heaven and earth, achieving unity between heaven and humanity.

  His palm waved and flipped, and the green whirlwind could be blown into flying dust. Just as he was about to do so, Yang Gezhong intervened, blocking Qingxuan in front of him. Li Xian's large hand suddenly stopped, and if he had slapped it down, he would have died. The three Taishang elders of the Law Enforcement Hall also moved, directly smashing Li Xian's large hand into powder, sealing off the heavenly pulse, and Li Xian was no longer able to resonate with the great trend of heaven and earth. Although the three divine spirits could exert their strength, they still did not dare to fight seriously in front of the Taishang elder of the Law Enforcement Hall.

  "Why doesn't the Supreme Elder listen to my explanation? She wants to kill me with just one sentence, where is the justice of the Mystic Gate?" Qing Xuan said calmly, but in fact she was already sweating profusely. If it weren't for Yang Dian's intervention, she would have been reduced to ashes by Fang Xue's attack just now.

  "What else can be said." Li Gang retorted: "You have enough reason to murder my son."

  "Everyone stop, let her finish." The master of the gate spoke up from his seat, and everyone immediately fell silent, Yang also retreated.

  "Thank you, Master Yang, thank you, all the elders, and thank you, Master of the Gate," Qing Xuan said.

  "No need to thank me. If you really did it, I won't show any mercy." Yang Gezhu said coldly, the same to anyone.

  "It is." Qing Xuan finally felt at ease: "If I were to say that I wanted to kill Fang Xue and Li Chen for the position of Big Sister, then if I were to die, who would benefit the most? Can't I also say that Third Sister did all this because you framed me, and as long as I'm dead, Big Sister's position will be yours, won't it?"

  Those few words made Third Sister's face turn deathly pale instantly.

  Li Xian and his son looked back again, the pain of losing their child had almost driven them out of their minds. How many years would it take for a monk to give birth to another son? Li Chen's mother had died from exhaustion after giving birth to Li Chen. The father-son duo had invested all their heart and soul in cultivating Li Chen, but today he was gone just like that. They couldn't swallow this bitter pill. If this were any other peak, they would have killed the peak master without hesitation. But this was Mingyue Peak, the most unique mountain among the entire Xuanmen.

  Although Mingyue Xiang was in seclusion, this did not mean that her power was not present, so they could only endure it. However, the real culprit would absolutely not be let off, and just as things were looking hopeful, this statement again didn't feel right. If things continued to develop like this, wouldn't everyone have a suspicion of murder?

  "Master, Li Chen has not died yet." Just then, a person walked in. He had a clear and elegant face, with an air of Confucianism about him. Although he looked young, his cultivation had already reached the level of a famous master. This was Mu Rongchen, the first disciple of the Rippling Peak Sect's leader, aside from Mingyue Xiang, the number one genius of the Mystic Door, and a potential candidate to enter the Tianxuan Great Teaching in the future.

  The happiest person to hear this was the third sister, who was staring at her with a murderous gaze from Li Xian and his son. Mu Rongchen seemed to have saved her from the situation. Mu Rongchen's appearance was dazzling like the stars in the sky, and countless female disciples secretly sent him admiring glances, what a great show of enthusiasm.

  "Not dead......what's going on?" Li Xian and his son suddenly had hope.

  "The dust is fine." The master was very pleased, as Riyue represented the master's dignity, while Murong Chen was his own protégé.

  "Li Chen entered a state of suspended animation, his body had no function, just like the soul of an ordinary person being captured, Li Chen's spirit was taken away."

  "Huh......" The entire Mingyue Hall was shocked, and everyone's breath was taken away. If one's spiritual energy is captured, it's equivalent to being a living dead person. Spiritual energy is the most important thing for cultivators. Even if a cultivator who has achieved enlightenment loses their spiritual energy, they will suffer severe internal injuries. If a cultivator who has not achieved enlightenment loses their spiritual energy, they will die directly.

  "Ah, I remember now, the life-and-death trigger I set on Chen Er has not been activated." Li Xian suddenly thought of something, but as soon as he said it, the entire hall fell silent. A life-and-death trigger, actually laid down with such great effort on a useless person... only a cultivator who had achieved the Dao could lay down such a trigger. Once triggered, the cultivator would rapidly break through the void and arrive at the location of the person who set the trigger, just like a small-scale Breaking Void Array.

  But the cost of doing so is to lose several decades of life span, for a cultivator who has attained enlightenment, several decades are sometimes equal to one's life. However, thinking that Li Xian was about to pass away soon, everyone didn't think much of it, since he was willing, what could you do? This is the benefit of having a good family affair.

  But what surprised everyone the most was who could actually capture a person's divine spirit. Perhaps even Qin Hao himself didn't know that he had done something astonishing, for a cultivator's divine spirit is not something that can be easily captured. A divine spirit has properties similar to those of a god, allowing the cultivator not only to effortlessly manipulate the world but also to fly freely with their physical body. Dispersing a person's divine spirit may seem simple, but capturing it is an entirely different matter. The divine spirit is, after all, the essence of humanity - ethereal and elusive yet present in the world. Even the great sages of ancient times, who created methods for cultivating and severing divine spirits, couldn't fully comprehend what a divine spirit truly was.

  Some people say that this is the cultivation of a monk's nature, with three gods of good, evil and neutrality, allowing one to clearly distinguish oneself, and walk further on the path of cultivation. The god of goodness can restrain you, the god of evil can make you resolute, and the god of neutrality will balance good and evil, allowing you to discern right from wrong and make the best decisions.

  If a person is physically injured, they can use medicine to recover. However, once the spirit is injured, no medicine can save it, and one must rely on oneself to nurture it in the deepest part of their soul.

  Excessive good deeds can harm the evil spirit, excessive evil deeds can harm the good spirit. Only when one achieves a balance between good and evil can they be considered a true complete person. Always doing good appears too hypocritical, while doing too much evil is unforgivable. Maintaining a middle ground is the best approach.

  No good, no evil; No evil, no good.

  People always have times when they do good and times when they do evil, but once they go to extremes, it will hurt their spirit. Perhaps when you do evil, sometimes you are actually helping people, and perhaps when you do good, sometimes you are actually harming people? Who can clearly distinguish between good and evil? Therefore, the ancients taught us to be moderate, taking the middle path, not going beyond what is good or evil, and thus achieving the Tao, which is in harmony with nature.

  Whether it is an ordinary person or a cultivator, the ordinary person's divine treasure has not been opened, but they also possess the nature of good and evil, and possess the harmony of moderation. All of this is driven by the three revered spirits, to control oneself, one must control the spirit of moderation.

  A master can control his own good and evil because he has cut out his own spiritual soul. If he cannot control it, it is easy to go crazy. Ordinary people cannot control their own good and evil, so they will do many things that are out of line, because they have not cut out the god of good and evil, and there is no master of the middle way.

  A good thought, an evil thought, it is better to take neither.

  Dispersing a person's divine spirit is simple, and those with high cultivation can do it. However, capturing and sealing a person's divine spirit is an act of defying the heavens. The divine spirit is originally an ethereal and elusive thing, yet it allows people to manipulate the universe and even cultivate to the point where they become like gods, with their divine spirit equivalent to their own body.

  But the divine spirit is not subject to any seal, as it is ethereal and can penetrate all things. However, Li Chen's appearance clearly shows that his divine spirit has been sealed by someone, otherwise he would be a dead person, not an undead one. This makes everyone even more astonished, wondering who could have done this. They acknowledge that no one in the Mystic Door can achieve this feat, and even if their ancestor, Xuan Tian Feng, were to come back to life, it would be extremely difficult, let alone them.

  "Could it be that a great master of the Dao has entered the Mystic Gate?" some people speculated.

  "Kedaojie's strong man wants to enter my Xuanmen, no need to sneak around, with such skills can completely destroy my Xuanmen, and why did he come to kill Li Chen and Fang Xue?" Some people found the self-contradictory place again.

  Even the host was unclear, and everyone's face showed confusion. Just then, Murong Chen suddenly said: "Could it be that some expert knows that our sect is hiding a treasure?"

  "Treasure!" The crowd was shocked, what treasure could the mysterious gate's great teachings be worthy of?

  Only the green-faced man standing in the center changed his expression, and he thought of Qin Hao. But could Qin Hao really have such a means? The master gave him a hidden symbol, but did he also give him other symbols? Such things are probably impossible for the master to do, but she began to worry again, fearing that everyone would associate this matter with Qin Hao.

  "Are you referring to the Divine Pulse?" The sect master thought for a moment, wasn't the greatest treasure of the Xuanmen Sect precisely that Divine Pulse? This was indeed enough to make the entire sect move. Thinking about the disappearance of the Divine Pulse, perhaps things were just like this. But another question arose: if that expert wanted to kill Qin Hao and take his luck, why not just do it directly instead of going through so much trouble.

  "Perhaps it was the will of heaven that made that immortal do so." Murong Chen said.

  As soon as this was said, everyone present felt uneasy. Who in the Xuanmen didn't think about the aura on Shenmo's body? If it were true, if Shenmo asked that master to destroy the Xuanmen, they would probably just wait for their own destruction. After all, they only had greed towards Shenmo, but not a bit of sympathy.

  Which young disciple hasn't bullied Qin Hao? There are a few, who among the elders and even the Supreme Elder hasn't secretly plotted against him? There is one, probably only Mingyue Xiang.

  Qin Hao would have made some other expression if he knew that this group of people had such a rich imagination. Qing Xuan let out a sigh, deciding to go find Qin Hao after things were over. Maybe he was still in his own room, who knows? Of course, she was just taking a chance.

  "No matter what, my Xuanmen is under the jurisdiction of the Tianxuan Grand Church. To destroy my Xuanmen, I'm afraid they would have to consider the dignity of Tianxuan. These grand churches are most concerned with saving face and cannot ignore this, so I think it's unnecessary to investigate further. Li Chen and Fang Xue obviously had a prior agreement, so I've decided that this matter will end here. I hope that senior brings this trouble away as soon as possible, did you hear? The sect master ordered, for the safety of Xuanmen, one godly vein was sacrificed, and it's not like Xuanmen killed her anyway."

  "I understand." The crowd replied, only Li Xian and his son were indignant, hating Qin Hao to the point of gnashing their teeth. This account was indirectly added to Qin Hao's head, and it's estimated that this was also unexpected by Qin Hao...