Traitor · Three Conditions

  Yue Qing said, "We naturally respect the White Bone God, but we can't let his disciples run amok in the Seven Star Temple! Besides, if you follow the rules, when you switch to his sect, you have to abandon your original martial arts skills! And leave behind my Wutai Sect's flying sword!" His tone turned gloomy, "I once vowed before our master that I would never forgive those who betray him and our Wutai Sect!" He took out a small gourd, opened the lid, shook it, but there was no movement. He slapped the bottom of the gourd, "Are you not going to come out and meet people? Can you hide in there for your whole life?"

  A wisp of black smoke spewed out from the gourd, and Zhu Hong's spirit appeared in the smoke with a sorrowful and mournful expression. He realized that he had returned to the Seven Star Temple, surrounded by his fellow disciples, who seemed to be gathered together to deal with him. Terrified, he burst into loud wails: "Spare my life, brothers! Spare my life! I was momentarily confused and committed a great error! Please have mercy on me, I'd rather my soul scatter than be tormented again!" He knelt in front of the Seven Star altar, kowtowing to all sides without stopping. The people from the Five Tai Sect saw him and their faces turned angry.

  Fa Yuan was the first to stand up: "Zhu Hong! Do you still recognize me?"

  "Master Fa Yuan! I've already admitted my mistake and been punished for it, please spare me!" Zhu Hong begged.

  Ever since the incident with Taiyi Huanyuan Zushi, everyone in the Wutai Sect has been looking for him, wanting to eat his flesh and drink his blood! They've even thought about how they would brutally deal with him if they found him. But now that they see him like this, they can't bring themselves to do it. Especially Fayan, seeing that he's only left with a wisp of residual soul, constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy, feels that bullying him further is pointless, so he sighs and sits back down.

  Only that fatty, Bai Xiao, who was always at the bottom among his fellow disciples, wanted to show off this time: "Zhu Hong, you still have the face to exist in this world! If Master hadn't been stolen by you of the Five Smokes, how would he have fallen under the invisible sword of the Three Sages and Two Elders? If Master were still alive, how would our Wutai Sect be reduced to its current state? Even if you died a million times, it wouldn't be enough!" He raised his hand and shot out a string of emerald green sparks, which formed dozens of chains that wrapped around Zhu Hong's residual soul, grinding up and down.

  Zhu Hong was like being wrapped in thorns, with ten thousand thorns piercing him, painful to the point of not wanting to live. He simply wailed and begged for mercy like a pig being slaughtered.

  Bai Xiao tormented him for a while, seeing that no one else was taking action, so he gave up and said to Yue Qing: "Brother, I hate this person so much. Can I ask you to give me his residual soul, let me refine it into a treasure, and make him unable to be reborn forever?"

  Yue Qing knew he was probably trying to extract some information about the Heavenly Book from Zhu Hong's mouth, and he was happy to go along with it. Firstly, he wanted to divert people's attention away from himself, and secondly, he was tired of tormenting Zhu Hong anyway. Originally, he had planned that if no one wanted him this time, he would send him for reincarnation. He pinched his fingers together, pointed at the gourd, and with a "whoosh", black air sucked Zhu Hong inside, then sent it floating over to them.

  Bai Xiao took the gourd as if it were a treasure, nodding and bowing to say: "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" He sat back in his chair, knowing that his own abilities were limited. The Heavenly Book was absolutely no match for these wolf-like masters. If he could get even one or two sentences out of Zhu Hong's mouth, even just a few secrets about alchemy and pill-making, it would be a gain.

  Yue Qing asked Long Fei: "You've seen how I deal with traitors?"

  The Taiyi Five Smoke Net shrunk smaller and smaller, the dragonfly could only bend its waist and knees, curled up inside. He had long known that his master's treasure was infinitely useful, invulnerable to all evil, he had just used all the spells he knew, but at most, it only made a few ripples on the surface, even if he used the Tianmo Body Dissolving Great Spell, there was still no hope of escaping. This was when he deeply understood the ferocity of the Taiyi Five Smoke Net, and Zhu Hong's miserable state also made him fearful: "You, you, you can't treat me like this!" His face turned pale white, looking pleadingly at his fellow disciples sitting on one side.

  Long Fei had always been arrogant and few in their school had a good relationship with him. Moreover, they all had some resentment towards his betrayal to the White Bone God's door. So they all remained silent, only Fa Yuan spoke up to plead: "Yue Shidi, Long Shidi, although he betrayed our school to join the White Bone God's door, it was also out of helplessness. Considering that you are all from the same school, just spare him!"

  Yue Qing was initially unwilling, but this time Fa Yuan spoke up first, and the others, including Lin Yuan and Tan Gan, followed suit.

  "Dragon flies, since many of your fellow disciples have pleaded for you, I will spare you today. I'll give you two options to choose from. The first option is that I will abolish your Taoist skills, take away your flying sword, and then expel you from the mountain. From now on, we will be strangers, whether you join the White Bone Sect or the Emei Sect, it has nothing to do with us. The second option is that I want you to do three things as I say."

  "What do you want me to do?" Long Fei chose the second option without hesitation.

  "Listen up, the first thing you have to do is swear an oath to your patron deity that you will never pass on the Five Elements Sect's Dao techniques to anyone else, including White Bone God and his disciples. Not even your own disciple, Liu Zongqian, can be taught!" Yue Qing glanced at Liu Zongqian who was standing behind Fa Yuan with Mao Ta, only to see him turn pale and shrink back, "From now on you are a member of the White Bone Sect, and you can only pass on their techniques."

  Long Fei nodded repeatedly: "I agree! I agree!"

  "Secondly, you must swear to the gods that from now on, no matter what situation arises, you are not allowed to be an enemy of our Five Peaks Sect, nor are you allowed to harm any member of our sect. Not even a rabbit on Mount Wutai is allowed to be intentionally harmed by you! Thirdly, you must make amends with your master, from this step one kowtow, all the way to the mountain gate. From now on, we will have nothing more to do with each other!"

  People are like a knife and chopping board, the dragon flies and cannot help but accept the city's alliance, and all three things are promised. First, he made two vows to his Benming Shenmo: "Please ask your junior brother to remove this colorful smoke net, and let me go down the mountain." As soon as he finished speaking, the colorful smoke surrounding him dissipated into nothingness, he stood up straight, saw everyone's eyes looking over, and under the gaze of the crowd, he couldn't kneel down. He thought to himself: I am a veteran of the Wutai Sect, when I first entered the sect, your grandfather hadn't even been born yet! Today, I've already lost face, so I don't care about losing it again, and being ridiculed by others. With a mind to use magic and the Jiuzi Mu Yinhun Sword to fight with Yue Qing again, he was also very wary of the Taiyi Five Smoke Net. Moreover, in the vow he had just made, it was stipulated that he could not harm people from the Wutai Sect, so he didn't dare to contend with his Benming Shenmo.

  Everyone saw him standing in the center of the grand hall, his face changing unpredictably. Suddenly, he let out a loud shout: "I'm going!" A dark smoke burst forth, and a green flame appeared. Long Fei had already merged with the Nine Sons Mother's yin soul sword, transforming into a ten-plus-zhang-long emerald fire that shot out of the hall like a divine dragon. It stood in mid-air in the courtyard, shouting loudly: "Yue Qinbin, you humiliated me today! If I don't avenge this grudge, I, Long Fei, swear not to be human!" As soon as he finished speaking, colorful mist and haze rose around him once more. He had become like a startled bird, too afraid to mention dueling with Yue Qing again. In his panic, he released three blasts of vital energy, mounted his sword, and shot off towards the south, disappearing into the clouds in an instant.

  Yue Qing took control of the situation and subdued Zhu Hong, driving away Long Fei. In an instant, the atmosphere had reversed, and everyone's gaze towards him had changed. Especially the junior brothers who were seated at the back, their faces filled with reverence, all straightened their posture. Long Fei was a senior disciple, his Taoist skills were high, and he had also refined the Nine Sons Mother Yin Soul Sword, one of the Five Great Demon Swords. The former leader of the Northern Demon Sect relied on the 72 mouths of the Yin Soul Sword to sweep across the northern desert, beheading 17 sword immortals from the Yin Mountains in a single day, breaking through the six family caves, and making a name for himself at that time. However, today he was subdued by Yue Qing with ease, although the credit went to the Taiyi Five Smoke Net, his profound Taoist skills and precise techniques were undeniable. More importantly, when Long Fei released his sword to kill earlier, there were seven or eight guests from various sects sitting opposite him who simultaneously took action. If not for the Taiyi Five Smoke Net blocking Long Fei, he would have been beaten to a pulp by now! Therefore, even the likes of Zhi Tong did not dare to continue stirring up trouble recklessly.

  Yue Qing continued from the previous conversation: "I just said that there are three kinds of people who cannot comprehend the Taoist scriptures left behind by their masters. The first kind is like Long Fei, who betrayed his master and abandoned his teachings. The second kind is those who do not want to avenge their master or make an effort to revive the Wutai Sect."

  He said this, and Qian Xiao was the first to change his expression: "We are Master's disciples, what is wrong with learning Master's law?"

  "As a disciple of our master, we must avenge him! It's like you wanting to inherit your father's business without taking on the debts he owed. Is there such an easy thing in the world? Our master spent hundreds of years worrying and working hard for us, only to die with regret. Firstly, he had made a promise with Emei Sect for three duels, which we cannot back down from. Secondly, the Three Sages and Two Elders broke the rules and ganged up on our master with superior numbers. How can such a great grudge not be avenged? The former is loyalty to Wutai, the latter is filial piety to our master. Without these two things, one is not a human being, nor qualified to cultivate the Hunyuan Scripture!"