She is Jianxiu

Chapter 1427 Chapter 59 Reveals Hidden Secrets and Multiple Contingency Plans

Junior Brother Huang did not refuse. He waited until the woman walked out of the hall before grinning and saying, "I have also heard of Senior Brother Ren's disciple. It's a pity that in the competition for the top of the Great Dao, only one person emerged from the Sword Dao Heavenly Pillar. Otherwise, she could have had more good fortune."

There aren't many sword cultivators under the Taiyuan Sect, but those who are skilled are well-known within the sect. Moreover, Pei Baiyi comes from the lower realm and has reached this point as someone outside the six major clans, making him stand out among Ren Qifang's many disciples.

However, Ren Qifang considered this disciple more than his junior brother Huang. He leaned back slightly, stroked his beard with one hand, and shook his head, saying, "His aptitude is already excellent, but his temperament is a bit stubborn. He still needs to be properly honed before he can be of any use."

Junior Brother Huang's eyes flickered, and he immediately understood. He smoothed things over, saying, "After all, she comes from a small realm and is a very sentimental person. It's only natural that she would reminisce about the past. Once the sect leader has pacified the six clans and the Jiang family has collapsed, she will realize that the only person in the world who can truly consider her best interests is Senior Brother Ren, her mentor."

Back then, Pei Baiyi was a young and talented woman who entered the Upper Sect through Jiang Mu's introduction. Within the Jiang family alone, there were several people who wanted to take her in. In the end, she ended up under Ren Qifang's tutelage. It was only after the latter personally intervened and explained the situation to Jiang Mu that she was finally accepted into the sect.

Unexpectedly, Pei Baiyi, mindful of past favors and devoted to the sword, has rarely spoken to his fellow disciples over the years, except for his continued closeness with Jiang Mu.

In response, Ren Qifang had tried to persuade her, both openly and secretly, to distance herself from Jiang Mu and avoid further contact with the people of the Six Families. However, judging from Pei Baiyi's behavior, her words and actions were as clear as a mirror, and she was unwilling to be swayed by the opinions of others.

Ren Qifang disliked this, and whenever he talked about it, he seemed quite disappointed.

Putting aside Wang Yuexun's escape, Junior Brother Huang was quite confident about the preparations for Qiding.

They then placed Wang Fengyan under tight surveillance until the day of the initiation ceremony. Only then did Ren Qifang, Junior Brother Huang, and the other disciples under Zuo Hongcan enter the cave in an orderly manner, set up a spacious altar as instructed, and then invite Zuo Hongcan out. They washed their hands, burned incense, and waited quietly for the auspicious time.

This process proceeded from top to bottom without the involvement of any outsiders, and not a single cultivator from the Six Clans was involved. They were all trusted confidants of Zuo Hongcan, which shows how secretive it was.

As the hour of Chen approached, everyone prepared the ceremony. Then, Zuo Hongcan walked to the center of the altar, holding a black jade whisk. He chanted incantations and waved it in the air several times. After half an hour, the jade statue on the altar began to emit a warm and gentle glow from the inside out.

At this moment, all the cultivators, including Zuo Hongcan, knelt down and heard Shi Rucheng's solemn and deep voice slowly coming from the jade statue, saying: "This day is an auspicious day, this moment is an auspicious time. Hongcan, my years of planning are all for today. Once it is accomplished, you will be my legitimate disciple, and those six great clans will no longer be able to restrain the sect even half a step."

"Go! Don't let your teacher down."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Hongcan, who was kneeling on the ground, could not hide his excitement, and his disciples' breathing also gradually became heavy.

Considering Shi Rucheng's words, it's clear he already has the intention of entrusting the position to someone. Once the six clans are eradicated, the position of the next sect leader will most likely fall to Zuo Hongcan. These direct disciples will then become the sect leader's direct descendants without any objection!
How could this not move one to tears!
In the center of the temple, Zuo Hongcan was filled with emotion. He knelt and kowtowed to the jade statue, saying, "Master, rest assured, your disciple will live up to your expectations and do my utmost for your great plan."

A moment later, the jade statue's radiance gradually dissipated, leaving only a soft glow that floated up and eventually disappeared into Zuo Hongcan's brow. The latter's magical power surged instantly; his primordial spirit in his Purple Mansion was cleansed, and he had never been stronger than he was now, seemingly able to grasp even the heavens above with a single hand!
Zuo Hongcan's breathing quickened slightly. He closed his eyes and sensed the changes in his body for a moment before muttering to himself, "The Origin Realm is indeed extraordinary."

Unfortunately, my current perception is probably less than one ten-thousandth of that of a true Origin Immortal. Just peeking at this tiny bit from outside the door is already terrifying.

Suddenly, Zuo Hongcan opened his eyes, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said to himself, "Once today is over, and the Heavenly Ruins Pass is established, it will be only a matter of time before I obtain the Dao Fruit!"

He then composed himself, rose and stepped forward, cradling the jade statue on the table in his arms. He swept the whisk upwards and said to his disciples, "I am about to activate the cauldron. You must all remember to guard this place well and not allow it to be lost!"

Ren Qifang, Huang Shidi, and the others knelt down, none daring to refuse.

Seeing their serious expressions and firm tone, Zuo Hongcan smiled with satisfaction, then slightly swayed his shoulders and disappeared from the spot.

At the same moment, inside the ruins of Zhou Yuan Array Sect.

Zhao Chun, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened her eyes as if guided by something!

She calculated the time and immediately took out the Seven Star Ruler. It was then that the object began to sway and move in a completely different way than before.

The slender pointer did not swing left or right, but instead spun back and forth at an increasingly rapid speed, almost becoming a blur!
Zhao Chun frowned, intending to inject her true essence to investigate, but unexpectedly the pointer suddenly stopped, pointing to an inconspicuous low-lying palace within the ruins. Unsuspecting, Zhao Chun quickly rose and flew away, disappearing into the ruins in the blink of an eye.

The moment she entered the temple, the restrictions that had enveloped the entire ruins of the Array Sect slowly descended, and a tall figure draped in a crane-feather cloak and wearing a magnificent crown suddenly appeared. With a wave of his hand, the pavilions and palaces neatly arranged on various hilltops began to shift outwards, following the movement of the mountains and the terrain.

It was as if an invisible hand suddenly reached down from a vast chessboard and swept away the haphazardly piled chess pieces.

Only when a flat, open area was revealed, with stone ground carved with the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams patterns, did this overwhelming spectacle cease from all directions. Then, the stone ground split open to both sides, and a bronze cauldron the size of a small mountain slowly rose up. Its shape was very similar to the Heaven and Earth Furnace in the hands of Zhao Chun and Wang Yuexun, but the patterns on the cauldron were even more detailed and intricate.

From the chaos at the beginning of heaven and earth, to the primordial origin that gave rise to innate deities, and then to the celestial palace that hangs high above, overlooking all living things, their growth and decay.

The patterns on the tripod are constantly changing, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and time is constantly moving forward. Until a certain moment, which seems to be the very end, or the very beginning, a person gets up from the ground, naked, with empty hands, but raises his head high and looks towards the horizon.

Zuo Hongcan looked at the object, his face filled with piety and solemnity. Even though he had seen this cauldron thousands of times, he couldn't help but think to himself, "In this vast world, my Taiyuan Ancestor was able to create this object. His merit is no less than that of Zhaoyan Huang Tingyu."

After calming his mind, he held the jade statue in one hand and a whisk in the other, and solemnly waved it forward, causing two golden rays to fall onto the cauldron one after the other.

On the right, a golden scroll was supported by a beam of light.

On the left was a young woman who looked quite disheveled and pale. Now that she had seen the light of day again, she glared at the person in front of her and said coldly, "I never thought that you Taiyuan disciples would speak so righteously, but in the end you still do this kind of thing of discarding the millstone after it has served its purpose."

If you take a closer look, you'll discover a subtle connection between the two sides, which isn't easily noticeable.

Wang Fengyan knew all too well that this tiny bit of connection was the only thing she had been able to rely on to survive until now, but today Zuo Hongcan clearly did not want to continue to feign compliance with her.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the person in front of him immediately gave a cold laugh, saying with a tone full of sarcasm, "You have always been very bold. You even used the backup plan left by Wang Feng to protect yourself. But you are too ambitious, daring to plot against the Book of Merit. If it weren't for the fear of damaging the Xuan artifact and ruining the grand plan, the sect leader would have already taken action and wiped you out."

However, upon hearing this, Wang Fengyan's body trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but ask, "How could you know that our ancestor..."

This was supposed to be a closely guarded secret of the Changwu Wang clan, known only to Wang Feng and her within the clan.

Zuo Hong glanced at her, still mocking, "You arrogant people, don't you know that there are no secrets in the eyes of immortals? You think you can hide your little schemes from the heavens and the sea? Why was Wang Yin able to become an immortal back then? Wasn't it because of the union of twin souls, which helped him obtain the Dao Fruit? You don't know that Wang Feng had already revealed this matter, so that after one soul dissipated, he would ask us to help him use the other soul to possess you, thus bringing you into my Taiyuan Sect."

"I never imagined that in order to protect yourself, you would use a mysterious object to swallow his primordial soul, thereby residing your own primordial spirit within it. Wang Feng, you have outsmarted yourself."

The slower his voice became, the paler Wang Fengyan's face grew, until Zuo Hongcan said ruthlessly, "Wang Feng has twin brothers, and you also have twin sisters. I think her primordial spirit is currently in Wang Yuexun's body, so that after you die, you can possess her body, is that right?"

As soon as the words were spoken, only Wang Fengyan was shocked.

Zhao Chun, who was in the shadows, had now followed the guidance of the Seven Star Ruler to the bottom of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, into a dark room under the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams pattern.

Before she could even observe the layout of the dark room, Zuo Hongcan's words came clearly from above, striking Zhao Chun's heart like a thunderbolt.

That's it...that's it!
It's unclear what the mysterious object in his mouth is, but it's enough that the Taiyuan Sect Leader was willing to spare Wang Fengyan's life rather than harm her in the slightest.

However, it is unknown whether Wang Yuexun herself knew about this matter.

She suppressed her emotions and then stopped hearing Wang Fengyan's voice. She must have been heartbroken and certain that Taiyuan would not let Wang Yuexun, who carried her soul, go. Today's situation was actually caused by Wang Feng's defection and death!