64th Method of Fist Law: Seven Star Temple

  Zhī Tōng finished speaking, immediately triggering a response from many people, with Tán Gān and Bái Xiǎo's voices being the loudest. Hú Shì and Sūn Fú also wanted to speak, but were glared back by Xǔ Fēi Niáng, who looked wronged and remained silent. Qiān Xiǎo just coldly smiled, while Lín Yuān and Fǎ Yuán were more reserved and did not express their opinions.

  Yue Qing said: "This world's affairs are truly strange, our master was wrongly killed, you guys don't think about avenging your master, nor do you want to revive the master's teachings, but instead only covet the skills and methods left behind by the master, and still have the nerve to be so self-righteous! I really feel sorrow for my master, having taken in such a group of disloyal and unfilial beasts!" He slapped his hand on the table, "The Xuan Yuan Scripture is right here, if you want to cultivate the methods within the book, you must make an oath to heaven and earth: first, avenge your master; second, glorify the master's teachings. Otherwise, it's impossible!"

  Zhī Tōng shouted sternly: "You monopolize the ancestral treasure, and still dare to speak clever words with a false smile. Today, so many fellow disciples are present. If you insist on being stubborn, I'm afraid it will be hard for you to escape justice!"

  Liu Buxu sneered on the side: "You this licentious monk is also worthy of mentioning the word 'justice'! Wanting to bully the few with the many, have you asked my old man?"

  "Are you going to have these outsiders help you take over the place where my master used to cultivate, and massacre us five disciples of Mount Tai?"

  Yue Qingdao said, "Today I invite all of you fellow Taoists to come, first is for our Wudang Sect to re-establish the rules and rebuild the mountain gate as a witness! Second is to ask all of you to lend your strength, later to help me preside over the Taiyi Heaven Work Furnace. As for our internal affairs, naturally there's no need for them to participate."

  Lin Yuan and others just waited for him to finish speaking, and suddenly stood up from his seat: "Yue Shidi, I advise you to hand over the Taoist scripture, don't be stubborn, or else we brothers will end up with swords drawn against each other, and it will be too late for regrets!"

  Yue Qing's voice was cold and stern as he laughed: "In the past, the Heart Clearing Goddess and Linglingzi of the Wudang Sect revised the rules, using the Nine-Headed Taiyi Splitting Light Sword to massacre in the Purple Mist Palace. Only then did they obtain the new look of the Wudang Sect today, with a clear and bright sky. It can be seen that if one wants to make a sect reborn, it is impossible without bloodshed. You insist on forcing me, and I will have no choice but to start killing as well, younger brother!"

  His laughter was tinged with desolation and helplessness, causing the people present to feel a pang in their hearts. Especially Linglingzi, who recalled the time when he and his fellow disciples used the Nine-Mouthed Immortal Sword to purge the sect, killing three fellow disciples and dozens of their followers, staining the Purple Heaven Palace with blood. Although many years had passed, the scene still lingered vividly in his mind. He clenched his fists silently, knowing that the moment that would decide the fate of the Wutai Sect had arrived. If Yue Qing could take this step forward, the Wutai Sect would surely rise from the ashes like the current Wudang Sect, becoming a major orthodox sect. But if he failed to do so, the Wutai Sect would collapse completely, and even the last bit of its vital energy would be exhausted.

  Lin Yuan listened to Yue Qing's words and was also moved, standing there hesitating.

  Zhī Tōng knew that he would not be able to coexist with Yuè Qīng in the future, so he shouted loudly: "Yuè, today I will help my master clean up the sect!" He patted his back and released three sword lights of green, red, and black. He didn't dare fight Yuè Qīng alone, as the lesson from Lóng Fēi was still fresh in his mind. Therefore, he incited others to join him: "Fellow masters, what are you hesitating about? Yuè has brought us all here with ill intentions; he wants to get rid of us and monopolize Wǔ Tái for himself. He's pretending to be virtuous while actually being a hypocrite. Lóng Fēi is an example - if we don't work together, we'll be defeated one by one and meet our demise!"

  He spoke, and Tan Gan echoed in agreement: "What Master Zhitong's nephew said is right, we'll work together to take down the Yues and seize the Heavenly Book of Marvelous Techniques!" As he spoke, he took a gourd from his waist and patted it lightly, causing thick black smoke to spew out, churning and swirling as it spread in all directions. Countless vengeful spirits flew out, all of them the souls of people he had killed, which he had refined into malevolent ghosts using an extremely vicious technique, forcing them to do his bidding and fly out to harm others.

  Black smoke rose together, and the crowd smelled a foul odor, dizziness in their minds, just about to cast a spell to resist, when five-colored mist had already risen before them.

  Yu Qing released the Taiyi Five Smoke Nets to separate the guests, and then covered the main hall. He stretched out his hand and patted the table, causing the lid of the celadon teapot to suddenly jump up, and the amber-colored tea water sprayed out from inside. At first, it was just a stream of water, but as soon as it reached the top of people's heads, it suddenly grew larger, splashing everywhere like a broken dam, endless and unstoppable. He said loudly: "Today, let's have a final showdown!" With a push of both hands, he stirred up a shocking giant wave, slapping it towards Zhì Tōng and the others. Each wave carried a weight of thousands of kilograms.

  Zhī Tōng joined his hands together, and a golden light appeared on the surface of his body, protecting himself from head to toe. Standing in the water, he controlled three flying swords, parted the floodwaters, and flew towards Yuè Qīng.

  Tan Gan saw Yue Qing's fierce appearance and was immediately frightened. He loudly shouted: "You still don't quickly come to help, we're dead, the next one will be your turn!" In a flurry, he chanted incantations, urging thousands of evil spirits to fly together and pounce on Yue Qing. This treasure of his was called the Three Treasures Lock Soul Smoke; as long as the gourd in his hand remained intact, those evil spirits could immediately revive inside the gourd even if they died, and then fly out again to kill the enemy, never tiring. Moreover, ordinary magic treasures had no effect on these evil spirits.

  He saw the evil spirits passing through the giant waves, and Yue Qing's magic had no effect on him. He couldn't help but feel proud, thinking of sending a few evil spirits to snatch the jade box from the case. Suddenly, he found that his gourd had been covered with a five-colored light circle at some point, spinning rapidly, dazzlingly beautiful. Just as he was hesitating, the light circle suddenly shrank and closed in, and his gourd immediately broke into two pieces with a "pop" sound, releasing the black smoke evil spirits.

  He was busy taking the token, when he heard Yue Qing shout: "Liu Shidi!" A five-colored light flew from behind him and scattered into a piece above his head, capturing all the black smoke. Then it flew back and forth, sweeping away the black smoke and thousands of evil spirits in mid-air.

  Tan Gan turned his head to look, Liu Quan was standing there holding an ancient jade bottle. He saw the colorful smoke wrapping around him shrink back, and suddenly became furious: "You are a disciple of the Wutai Sect, how dare you intervene in our affairs!" He raised his hand and released his Hundred Poison Triple Blade Knife, transforming into three black lights that shot straight at Liu Quan. As soon as they collided with the Wind and Fire Twin Swords, he felt a surge of power and hastily called out to Bai Xiao who was standing nearby: "Hurry up and come help!" Bai Xiao had been intimidated by Yue Qing's dragon-flying technique and didn't dare fight him head-on. This time, seeing Tan Gan fighting Liu Quan, she finally felt relieved of her psychological pressure and rode her sword over to engage in a fierce battle with White Water True Man.

  The water in the teapot was still gushing out continuously, and the surface of the water had already overflowed over everyone's heads. Yue Qing stirred up wave after wave of dark currents, transforming into a giant python, a ferocious whale, and a vicious shark, surrounding Zhi Tong on all sides with an air of wanting to tear him to shreds.

  Zhī Tōng yùn jiàn huán shēn, zhǎn shā le xǔ duō pū shàng lái de dòng wù, rán ér nà xiē dōu shì Yuè Qīng fǎ shù suǒ biàn, suí miè suí shēng, yuán yuán bú duàn, tā zhī dào ruò zài wú rén chū shǒu, zì jǐ jīn tiān nán táo yī sǐ, dà shēng hǒu dào: "Cǐ jiān yǐ jīng bèi tài yǐ wǔ yān luó fēng suǒ, nǐ men hái bù chū shǒu! Wǒ sǐ zhī hòu, nǐ men yě nán dào xìng mìng!"

  This time, Lin Yuan and Qian Xiao were finally convinced. Lin Yuan shouted loudly: "Don't panic, I'll break his obstacle-creating technique!" He took out a small flag from his bosom, made of heavenly silk, with various talismans embroidered on it, and twelve Taoist golden seals stamped on it. As he spat out a stream of vital energy, the talismans on the flag began to glow. With a few gentle waves, the surroundings changed in an instant. The suffocating and bewildering floodwaters disappeared, but the original appearance of the Seven Stars Hall did not reappear either. Underfoot was scorched earth emitting black smoke, and all around were dark iron walls. People present felt wave after wave of cold air entering their bodies through their pores, making their hearts feel chilled to the core, and they couldn't help shivering uncontrollably. In the air, there were also wails of evil spirits, like the sound of the underworld's Forest of Souls.

  Dark energy surged, and two strange men over three meters tall suddenly appeared out of thin air. One had a cow's head and held a sickle, while the other had a horse's head and grasped a steel rope. Lin Wan pointed at Yue Qing with his flag, and these two monsters let out deafening roars as they pounced on Yue Qing.

  Liu Bu saw through the veil of Taiyi's five-colored misty net and was suddenly stunned: "He seems to have a bit of our Mao Shan Sect's 'Opening the Ghost Gate' technique." The flag he held also looked like our command flag.

  Liu Bu Xuan said, "The Wu Tai Pai has a lot of dealings with us, and it's only natural that we learn from each other. Besides, what he did wasn't the real 'Opening the Ghost Gate', but rather combining it with Southern Barbarian sorcery to release his own cultivated evil spirit."

  Liu Bu Xū also saw it at this time: "This is the blood demon he refined using the Five Elements Spell, and Yue Shīgē must be careful..."