Da Xuan Martial Saint-Chapter 597 - 356: Trifling Figures, Overestimating Themselves!
Chapter 597 -356: Trifling Figures, Overestimating Themselves!
“Azure Dragon draws water, Earth springs forth Azure Lotus, no wonder it can give birth to treasures like the Heaven and Earth Dew.”
Chen Mu’s voice came from hundreds of feet away, his figure appearing silently, maintaining a distance of hundreds of feet without intentionally approaching, but instead casting his gaze toward Liu Wanzheng and slowly spoke, “Among the living elders of our sect, Elder Liu has the oldest seniority. Many of us thought you had perished, never expecting you to be alive, let alone find such a blessed land.”
“Yet, with news of such blessed land and spiritual treasure, Elder Liu did not share with our sect but chose to collaborate with outsiders instead. I still don’t understand the reason behind this. It seems these few must be from the Da Xuan Imperial Court, am I right, Elder Liu? When did you become so close to the royal family?”
As his words fell,
Liu Wanzheng, looking at the now visible Chen Mu, immediately furrowed his brow slightly.
As for the other grandmasters, their expressions varied, some glancing at Liu Wanzheng, and others looking at Chen Mu.
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Yu Shouxuan, who led the group and had put away the Heaven and Earth Dew, now squinted at Chen Mu and suddenly said in a sharp voice, “This aura of the Eight Phases cycle surely belongs to the Qiankun path. You must then be Peak Master Chen of the Seven Profound Sect, the once-in-a-century prodigy of the Cold North Path. Despite being far in the Central Prefecture, our family has heard of the name of Peak Master Chen.”
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“It seems it really is you.”
Chen Mu did not respond to Yu Shouxuan, only continued looking at Liu Wanzheng, and seeing his silence, he sighed gently and said, “So it was you who plotted against my master all those years ago, and here I was, suspecting the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion.”
He wasn’t actually certain that it was Liu Wanzheng himself; his tone was just feigned probing, but Liu Wanzheng apparently didn’t realize that and assumed Chen Mu, having spied from the sidelines, had already ascertained his identity, and that concealment was futile.
Such a furrowed brow and silence were tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Regarding the matter of Qin Mengjun, Chen Mu had pondered over all the elders and peak masters of the Seven Profound Sect, including Liu Wanzheng, but ultimately dismissed him because, on one hand, Liu Wanzheng had retired from the martial world to enjoy his old age years ago, and on the other hand, there was no known grudge between Liu Wanzheng and Qin Mengjun.
Moreover, Liu Wanzheng’s age was one of the oldest in the entire Seven Profound Sect, even older than the Supreme Elder Yin Heng itself. At such an advanced age, what would be the point of not living out his years in peace but instead betraying the Seven Profound Sect to plot against Qin Mengjun?
Chen Mu could think of no suitable reason.
The only far-fetched possibility was the pursuit of longevity, of living longer, but such actions were meaningless. The Liu Family was one of the six major families in the State Government Office, deeply entrenched and with countless disciples and stewards within the Seven Profound Sect.
After all, Liu Wanzheng was a dignified grandmaster. If it was just to live a few more years for himself, defecting to the Sky Demon Sect or being lured by other forces, at the expense of the entire Liu Family, it would suggest a complete lack of integrity and will, making it impossible for him to have reached grandmaster in the first place.
“…”
Listeing to Chen Mu’s words, Liu Wanzheng remained silent throughout.
A glint flashed in Yu Shouxuan’s eyes, and with a chuckle, he spoke in his high-pitched voice, “Peak Master Chen, young and immersed in martial arts, might not be aware of the details. Your master, Qin Mengjun, comes from the Qin Family, which, two hundred years ago, was a branch in Central Prefecture guilty of a crime and thus exiled to this remote land of Yu State.”
“Though it is so, the Qin Family still has branches in Central Prefecture. They changed their surname from ‘Qin’ to ‘Zhao,’ and that ‘Concubine Zhao’ in the court comes from this branch… Peak Master Chen might not be aware of these old affairs, but when it comes to Concubine Zhao, I suppose you must have heard the name ‘King of Jin,’ right?”
Yu Shouxuan narrated in detail.
Finally, Chen Mu shifted his gaze from Liu Wanzheng and landed on Yu Shouxuan, calmly saying, “Even though the Cold North is remote, the names of the Eight Princes of the Da Xuan Royal Court are quite clear, so are you saying that King of Jin is the son of that Concubine Zhao?”
He wasn’t very familiar with the Da Xuan Royal Family, but at his current level, he was bound to have heard some rumors. At the very least, he was aware of the names of the Eight Princes like Jin, Yan, Liang, Chu within the Da Xuan Royal Court.
Each of these eight, distinguished among the thousands of noble bloodlines of the Royal Family and crowned as princes, were grandmasters. They were all top grandmasters listed in the world’s grandmasters record, with both Jin and Yan being among the top ten extraordinary grandmasters!
King of Jin, Ji Xuanchu, was even the number one person on the current list of grandmasters.
“Indeed.”
Yu Shouxuan gently nodded and said, “Therefore, the Qin and Zhao families have always been connected. When Qin Mengjun made her remarkable appearance, displaying her talent, King of Jin intended to bring the Qins and Zhaos together, hoping to make Qin Mengjun his concubine and thereby extend his influence into the Seven Profound Sect to have it work for him.”
Listening to Yu Shouxuan’s explanation, Chen Mu gained some understanding of past events. Although he knew quite a bit about the Da Xuan Imperial Court, it was limited to a certain extent. He wasn’t very clear about historical events that happened decades or even centuries ago, after all, such things wouldn’t be recorded in the annals.
“So, to obstruct this, Elder Liu allied with outsiders and plotted against my master during his breakthrough to the Blood Exchange Realm… but still, I don’t understand, what’s in it for Elder Liu?”
Chen Mu’s gaze fell on Liu Wanzheng again, speaking indifferently, “Even if the Seven Profound Sect gradually leaned toward King of Jin because of the Qin family, it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing for the sect. The Liu Family would also benefit from it. I am thinking that even if someone else offered a spiritual object for longevity like the ‘Heaven and Earth Dew’, it wouldn’t be enough to make Elder Liu betray the sect.”
