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Chapter 507 Offering a Helping Hand (Part 2)
The hall was now buzzing with noise, all talking about this shocking matter: the renowned pillar of the righteous path had actually colluded with the demonic sect.

Liu Zhengfeng sighed, and after the noise subsided, he slowly said, "When I first became acquainted with Brother Qu, I had long anticipated that this day would come."

Having recently observed the situation, I suspect that a major battle between my Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demonic Sect will soon take place.

On one side are my fellow disciples who are allies, and on the other side are my close friends. I cannot help either side, so I have resorted to this desperate measure. Today I retire from the martial arts world and want to tell all my fellow practitioners that I am retiring from the martial arts world and will never again be involved in the grudges and killings of the martial arts world. I only hope to stay out of it and avoid being implicated.

I went to donate this insignificant military officer position, intending to tarnish my own reputation and cover my tracks. Little did I expect that Leader Zuo's influence was so vast; Liu's move couldn't be hidden from him after all.

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized the truth, thinking to themselves, "So that's why he retired from the martial arts world. I was wondering why such a master of the Hengshan School would be willing to take on such a trivial official position."

As Liu Zhengfeng explained, everyone realized that they had indeed foreseen this. Fei Bin, Ding Mian, and Lu Bai exchanged glances, all feeling smug: "If it weren't for Senior Brother Zuo seeing through your scheme and stopping you in time, you would have succeeded."

Liu Zhengfeng continued, "The Demonic Sect and the Righteous Path have been fighting and killing each other for over a hundred years. The rights and wrongs are too numerous to recount in a short time."

Liu only wished to withdraw from this bloody brawl, to retire to a secluded life in the mountains, play the flute, teach his children, and live a peaceful and law-abiding life. He believed that this wish did not violate the rules of his sect or the alliance of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Fei Bin sneered, "If everyone were like you, deserting in times of crisis, wouldn't that just allow the Demonic Sect to run rampant in the martial world and harm humanity? You want to stay out of it, but how can that demon surnamed Qu not stay out of it?"

Liu Zhengfeng smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qu has already made a solemn oath to his patriarch of the Demonic Sect in front of me, promising that no matter how the Demonic Sect and the righteous path fight, he will stay out of it and never interfere. He will not offend others unless they offend him!"

Fei Bin sneered, "What a fine 'I won't offend others unless they offend me'! What if we, the righteous people, offend them?"

Shen Qingzhou became increasingly speechless as he listened. This was a case of a gentleman deceiving someone with his own principles, but it also meant that he himself was not clean. To be honest, if he hadn't come from the real world, he probably would have thought the same thing.

You think Qu Yang is a good person, but who would believe it? The saying "a wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall" is not just empty words. Besides, Qu Yang can become an elder of the Demonic Sect. Who would dare say that he has no blood on his hands?

Even if what you say is true, and you trust it, that's fine, but not everyone can empathize. What guarantees do you have?

Brother Qu said that he should try his best to be tolerant and never compete with others, and he should do his best to mend the misunderstandings and rifts between the two parties.

Brother Qu sent someone to tell me this morning that Linghu Chong, a disciple of the Huashan Sect, was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but Brother Qu saved him.

Shen Qingzhou had heard that after he left, there was a conflict between Linghu Chong and the Four Heroes of Qingcheng, and one of them even died at his hands. However, Linghu Chong's whereabouts were unknown afterward, and all that was known was that he was seriously injured.

Actually, if he hadn't said those things, Shen Qingzhou might have helped him out, but unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

As soon as Liu Zhengfeng said this, everyone was in an uproar, especially the people from the Huashan Sect, Hengshan Sect, and Qingcheng Sect, who started whispering among themselves.

Yue Lingshan of the Huashan Sect couldn't help but ask, "Uncle-Master Liu, where is my senior brother? Was it really... that senior surnamed Qu... that saved his life?"

Linghu Chong did not return to the Huashan Sect, which naturally concerned everyone, especially Linghu Chong himself. Lin Pingzhi had just joined the sect, and she only found him interesting, without any special feelings. However, there was some affection between her and Linghu Chong.

“Since Brother Qu says so, it must be true. When you see Nephew Linghu in the future, you can ask him yourself,” Liu Zhengfeng said.

Fei Bin sneered, "What's so strange about that? What kind of tricks wouldn't the Demonic Sect use to sow discord and win people over?"

If he can go to great lengths to win you over, he will naturally go to great lengths to win over the disciples of the Huashan Sect as well.

Perhaps Linghu Chong will be grateful and want to repay his life-saving grace. Then, our Five Mountains Sword Sect will have another traitor.

After saying this, he turned to Yue Buqun and said, "Senior Brother Yue, I was just using an analogy, please don't take offense." Yue Buqun smiled slightly and said, "No offense!"

Liu Zhengfeng raised his eyebrows and asked proudly, "Senior Brother Fei, you said there's another traitor. What's the meaning of that 'another'?"

Fei Bin sneered, "Even a mute eating wontons knows what's going on, so why bother saying it out loud?"

Liu Zhengfeng said, "Hmph, you're directly accusing me of being a traitor to our sect. My friendships are my private matters, and no one else has a right to interfere. I, Liu Zhengfeng, would never dare to betray my master and ancestors or the Hengshan Sect. The title of 'traitor' is returned to me."

At this critical juncture, no one except the Five Mountains Sword Sect could intervene in this matter. The reason why the Songshan Sect came with the Five Mountains Command Flag was clearly because of this.

Liu Zhengfeng was originally polite and courteous, like a wealthy country gentleman, with a touch of nobility and a hint of rusticity, but at this moment he suddenly showed a vigorous and heroic spirit, quite different from before.

Seeing that he was in a very unfavorable situation, yet still engaged in a fierce debate with Fei Bin, not giving an inch, everyone couldn't help but admire his courage. Now, he was completely at a disadvantage.

Fei Bin said, "So, it seems that Senior Brother Liu is unwilling to take the first path, and is determined not to slay demons and eliminate evil, and kill that great demon Qu Yang?"

Liu Zhengfeng said, "If Alliance Leader Zuo gives the order, Senior Brother Fei may as well take action now and kill my entire family!"
Leaving aside the fact that Liu knew Brother Qu's character, Liu had already retired from the underworld, and what did matters of the martial arts world have to do with him? Did Songshan really intend to let this retirement become a joke?

Fei Bin said, "You don't need to be so arrogant. Just thinking that heroes from all over the world are guests in your home makes my Five Mountains Sword Sect hesitant to clean house."

Moreover, your "washing your hands of the trade" is not yet complete. Does colluding with the evil cult and then washing your hands of the trade mean you can pretend nothing happened? Even if my Songshan Sect agrees, what about the heroes who lost their lives to the evil cult?

They're all very good at recruiting people, and it's also a form of moral blackmail. Nowadays, anyone who speaks up for Liu Zhengfeng is speaking up for the evil cult. They've been prepared far too thoroughly.

After saying that, Fat Bin beckoned to Stendhal and said, "Come here!"

Shi Dengda replied, "Yes!" He took a few steps forward, and Fei Bin took the five-colored command flag from his hand, raised it high, and said, "Liu Zhengfeng, listen up: The Left Alliance Leader has ordered that if you do not agree to kill Qu Yang within one month, then the Five Mountains Sword Sect will have no choice but to immediately clean house to prevent future troubles, to nip it in the bud, and show no mercy. Think about it again!"

"Liu values ​​loyalty and integrity in making friends. How could he kill his friends to protect himself? Since the leader of the Left Alliance refuses to forgive him, Liu Zhengfeng is all alone and powerless. How can he possibly stand against the leader of the Left Alliance?"

"Your Songshan Sect has already made all the arrangements, you've probably even bought my coffin. If you want to make a move, then make one. Why wait?" Liu Zhengfeng said with a bitter smile. At this moment, he had been pushed to his limit. He was also a member of the martial world; how could he not know that he now had no allies left?

Unless he's willing to agree to kill Qu Yang, but he could never do that, even if he pretends to agree and does something else, he still can't do it.

Fei Bin unfurled the command flag and proclaimed loudly: "Senior Brother Tianmen of the Taishan Sect, Senior Brother Yue of the Huashan Sect, Abbess Dingyi of the Hengshan Sect, and all senior brothers and nephews of the Hengshan Sect, the Left Alliance Leader has given these instructions: Good and evil have always been irreconcilable. The Demonic Sect and my Five Mountains Sword Sect are sworn enemies, like the sea, and cannot be reconciled."

Liu Zhengfeng has befriended bandits and allied himself with our enemies. All of us from the Five Mountains Sect must join forces to eliminate him. Those who receive this order, please stand to the left.

Tianmen Daoist stood up and strode to the left, not even glancing at Liu Zhengfeng. Tianmen Daoist's master had died at the hands of a female elder of the Demonic Sect, so he hated the Demonic Sect to the bone. As soon as he walked to the left, all his disciples followed him.

Yue Buqun stood up and said, "Brother Liu, you only need to nod your head, and Yue Buqun will take care of Qu Yang for you, how about that?"

You say a true man cannot betray his friends? Does that mean Qu Yang is the only one in the world who is your friend, and that we, the Five Mountains Sword Sect, and many other heroes here are not your friends?
More than a thousand fellow martial arts practitioners have come from afar to congratulate you with all their heartfelt wishes when they heard that you were going to retire from the martial arts world. That's quite a friendship, isn't it?
"Could it be that the lives of your entire family, the kindness of your teachers and friends in the Five Mountains Sword Sect, and the friendship of the hundreds of fellow practitioners here, all combined, are not worth as much as Qu Yang alone?"

Liu Zhengfeng slowly shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Yue, you are a scholar, you should know that a true man will not do certain things."

I am deeply grateful for your kind advice. I cannot allow myself to be forced to kill Qu Yang.

Just as if someone forced me to kill your senior brother Yue, or to harm any of my good friends here, even if my whole family suffered, I would never nod in agreement.

"Brother Qu is my close friend, that's true, but isn't Senior Brother Yue also a friend of mine? If Brother Qu were to utter even a single word about plotting to harm any of my friends from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, I would despise his character and never consider him a friend again."

His words were so sincere that everyone was moved. In the martial arts world, loyalty is of utmost importance, and although these martial arts heroes did not think much of Liu Zhengfeng's consideration for his friendship with Qu Yang, they could not help but secretly admire him.

Yue Buqun shook his head and said, "Brother Liu, you're wrong. Brother Liu's consideration for friendship is admirable, but he is not able to distinguish between right and wrong, or right and wrong."

The evil cult has committed countless atrocities, harming upright gentlemen and innocent civilians in the martial world. Brother Liu entrusted his entire life and fortune to them simply because they clicked at first sight while playing the zither and flute; he has completely misunderstood the meaning of 'loyalty'.

Liu Zhengfeng smiled faintly and said, "Senior Brother Yue, you don't like music and don't understand what I mean."

Words and writings can lie and deceive, but the sounds of the zither and flute are the voice of the heart, which can never be faked. My younger brother and Brother Qu have become friends, exchanging songs with each other on the zither and flute, and our hearts are in perfect harmony.

"I'm willing to stake my entire fortune and life on this: Brother Qu is a member of the Demonic Sect, but he doesn't possess even a trace of the sect's evil aura."

Yue Buqun's words earned everyone's praise. He truly deserved the title of Gentleman Sword. However, he couldn't convince Liu Zhengfeng. Yue Buqun sighed and walked to the side of Tianmen Daoist. Lao Denuo, Yue Lingshan, Lu Dayou, and other disciples followed him.

Master Dingyi looked at Liu Zhengfeng and asked, "From now on, shall I call you Brother Liu or Liu Zhengfeng?"

Liu Zhengfeng gave a bitter smile and said, "Liu Zhengfeng's life hangs in the balance, and the nun will no longer call me that."

Master Dingyi clasped her hands together and chanted, "Amitabha!" She slowly walked to Yue Buqun's side and said, "The evil is deep and the sins are heavy, what a sin!" The disciples below also followed her.

Fei Bin said, "This is Liu Zhengfeng's matter alone and has nothing to do with others. All disciples of the Hengshan Sect who are unwilling to follow the rebels should stand on the left."

After a moment of silence in the hall, a young man said, "Uncle Liu, your disciples have offended you."

More than thirty Hengshan Sect disciples left Liu Zhengfeng's side. These were all Liu Zhengfeng's junior disciples, not his disciples. None of the first generation of Hengshan Sect members had arrived.

This wouldn't have been a problem, but then everyone noticed something interesting: the Hengshan disciples weren't standing on the left side of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, nor behind Liu Zhengfeng; they were all in the middle, standing behind a little girl.

This little girl is named Mo Xiaobei, the head of the Mo clan of the Hengshan Sect. Although many people think she is just a little kid, her identity remains here.

People from other sects may not understand, but the disciples of Hengshan Sect know that the Mo family is not the Mo of "Mo Da Da" (meaning "great Mo"), but the Mo of "Mo Taichong" (meaning "Mo Taichong"). If it weren't for Mo Taichong, Hengshan Sect would not have developed to its current state.

Mo Xiaobao is not very promising, and Mo Xiaobei looks like a little kid, but in Hengshan, she has a status. Especially now, she doesn't want to face the Songshan Sect, nor does she want to be accused of colluding with the Demonic Sect. Is there a more suitable channel than following Mo Xiaobei?

Mo Xiaobei was also stunned at this moment, as was everyone else. Only Shen Qingzhou smiled slightly. It seemed that Mo Da was not truly indifferent. His sonic wave technique was perfected. Although he could not say that he understood sonic wave technique as clearly as the lines on his palm, his understanding of it was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The Hengshan disciple who was leading the group just now clearly didn't know who was transmitting his voice to him. This seems different from the original story. That makes sense. In the present day, if Hengshan's high-end combat power is no worse than Songshan's, this world is too complicated, and Mo Da could not possibly make the same choice as in the original timeline.

They couldn't bear the crime of openly colluding with the demonic sect, but they could take a slightly roundabout approach. Shen Qingzhou guessed that, apart from Mo Da, there was probably no one else who could make these disciples make this choice.

“Mo Xiaobei.” Fei Bin frowned. He knew Mo Xiaobei. This time, they came well-prepared, but this little brat wasn’t in their plans. According to their investigation, Mo Xiaobei wasn’t even a member of the martial arts world. It was quite rare to see her here.

"Yes, it's me." Mo Xiaobei was a little scared. Watching the excitement was fine, but having a bunch of people watching him was very stressful, but she still responded.

“You are also a member of the Hengshan Sect, do you intend to associate with the Demonic Sect?” Fei Bin knew he was wrong as soon as he said that.

He subconsciously assumed the other person was an adult, and sure enough, after he said that, everyone looked at him strangely.

then.

"I, I, Sister Guo." Mo Xiaobei burst into tears.

“You’re a grown man, bullying a little girl, are you even human?” Guo Furong said directly.

(End of this chapter)