My Endless Life.

Chapter 286 Convergence
The retreat of Xihua Palace went exceptionally smoothly.

In addition to the fact that most people have not recovered yet and have to deal with those demonized warriors, there is also a reason why the masters are not focusing on the disciples of Xihua Palace.

Here it refers only to disciples at the innate and acquired levels.

Those masters who came with the Xihua Palace team seemed to be from the Demon Sect, not the Xihua Palace. Therefore, they did not follow when the Xihua Palace retreated.

Or they want to catch up, but can't.

So after ruthlessly abandoning some disciples in the post-natal realm as bait to divert other people's attention, Li Qi smoothly led the rest of the people away from Longwu Pavilion.

"Senior Sister...Palace Master's plan has failed. What should we do?"

When Li Qi led the people from Xihua Palace out of Longwu Pavilion, a disciple from the Xiantian Realm immediately came forward to ask questions.

There are not many disciples from Xihua Palace coming this time.

Not counting those demon sect members who disguised themselves as disciples of Xihua Palace, there are only four people in the Xiantian realm.

There were more disciples in the post-natal realm, but after they escaped, only three or five of them were left.

Therefore, at this moment, the Xihua Palace team only consists of Li Qi, a disciple in the Xiantian realm, and three disciples in the Houtian realm.

Apart from these, all the others stayed in Longwu Pavilion.

Now that Liu Xia is dead and Hua Wubai has also died, Li Qi, disguised as "Jing Feng", has become the supreme commander here.

No one would notice that something was wrong with Li Qi, and no one would see through that Li Qi was in disguise.

The second level of the Immortal Heart Sutra, which was almost complete, gave Li Qi further camouflage abilities.

He can change his face and body shape, and even temporarily hide his main features without worrying about being exposed.

Combined with the information about Jing Feng that Mo Zifeng told Li Qi, Li Qi was 80% sure that he would not be exposed in front of these people.

But it’s hard to say what will happen after I go back.

So during this period, Li Qi had to find out more information about Jing Feng from these people.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Li Qi said to the disciple with a sad face:

"According to the original plan."

"But... the plan has failed..."

"I mean, the 'plan' after the plan fails!"

Li Qi glared at the disciple.

The Xihua Palace disciple was startled, thought for a moment and asked:
"Then shall we go and meet up with the Palace Master?"

"What else? Xihua Palace is now empty. Are you going back to wait for death?"

Li Qi spoke to the disciple in Jing Feng's tone.

Although Jing Feng is famous for her beauty, she actually has the advantage of being a direct disciple of Xihua Palace. She has always had a bad attitude towards other disciples of Xihua Palace.

Because of this, the Xiantian realm disciple did not think there was anything wrong with Li Qi's attitude.

She nodded and said:
"That's right, the Palace Master has already decided to flee overseas..."

Li Qi learned from Mo Zifeng that after Xihua Palace formulated a plan against Longwu Pavilion, it had already decided to abandon the Xihua Palace headquarters and go overseas regardless of success or failure.

Li Qi didn't understand why Xihua Palace made such a big decision to give up the foundation that had been run by their ancestors for hundreds of years.

But in short, Xihua Palace is now deserted, with only a few disciples who are unaware of the truth remaining in the palace to maintain daily operations.

Others, including the other three flower masters of Xihua Palace, as well as "Hua" and "Yue" from Flowers, Birds, Wind and Moon, have all followed the palace master overseas, preparing to be completely incorporated into the Demon Sect.

Therefore, you can't see anything if you go back to Xihua Palace now. If you want to see the main personnel of Xihua Palace, you need to go to the place agreed before to meet them, and then leave Central Plains together.

"Let's go. Senior Brother Hua and Master Liu both died here this time. The Palace Master must be furious... Alas."

Li Qi said with a sigh.

The Palace Master of Xihua Palace has an unpredictable personality. Unlike other righteous sects where masters with ordinary qualifications serve as sect masters, the Palace Master of Xihua Palace has always been the strongest among them.

In other words, the Palace Master of Xihua Palace is a second-rank master.

The strength of a second-rank grandmaster, coupled with his unpredictable personality, made many disciples of Xihua Palace fear this palace master.

This is the case with Jingfeng, and the same is true for the other disciples.

Now that Liu Xia, a late third-grade grandmaster, is dead, Hua Wubai, the future of Xihua Palace, is also dead. This is a serious blow to Xihua Palace.

It’s not so bad that Liu Xia died, but the real big deal is that Hua Wubai, who had the potential to break through to become a Martial Saint in the future, also died.

……

The commotion in Longwu Pavilion lasted for quite some time.

The riot was finally quelled after all the disciples who remained in Xihua Palace were captured and all the demonized warriors were killed.

The six major sects suffered heavy losses, some of their elite disciples were almost killed by demonized warriors, and some swallowed golden elixirs to save their lives, becoming half-human, half-demon beings. Now they are locked up and no one knows what to do with them. The six sects’ martial arts competition turned into such a scene, and both Longwu Pavilion and other sects felt ashamed.

This was especially true for Longwu Pavilion. As the home team, they suffered the heaviest losses, with most of their disciples dying miserably at the hands of the demonized warriors.

They never used their full strength until their death.

After a busy whole day, the six sects... or rather the five sects, several representatives of the five sects that were still in good condition gathered together. Including Li Xueren who had broken through to the second level, more than a dozen people gathered in the Military Academy of Longwu Pavilion for a meeting.

Longwu Pavilion's supreme elder Long Lie sat at the top seat, while Longwu Pavilion's Pavilion Master Zhao Jiu sat below with his hands covering his chest.

He looked around at the people present and then looked at Long Lie.

Long Lie nodded to him, and Zhao Jiu said to everyone:
"I have gathered you all here not only to discuss the betrayal at Xihua Palace today, but I also want to apologize to you all here..."

As he spoke, he stood up, clasped his fists, bowed, and saluted deeply, then continued:
"It was my Dragon Martial Pavilion that failed to take precautions, allowing the evil villains to take advantage of the opportunity, leading to today's tragedy! My Dragon Martial Pavilion feels ashamed of our fellow martial artists... To express my apology, after the establishment of the Righteous Alliance, my Dragon Martial Pavilion... will give up the qualification to compete for the leader of the martial arts world!"

Zhao Jiu said seriously.

Everyone present was silent and no one judged his decision.

So many people died, including geniuses from many sects. This incident had a significant impact on the righteous martial arts world.

Simply withdrawing from the competition for the future leader of the martial arts world is too light a price to pay.

But no one could say anything about it. After all, in terms of losses, Longwu Pavilion suffered much more serious losses than everyone else.

Seeing that no one was talking, Li Xueren, a second-grade grandmaster whose cultivation was not inferior to Long Lie, coughed dryly to ease the atmosphere and said:

"Whether you're sorry or not, we'll talk about it later. Now I'm more curious about one thing. Why did Xihua Palace do this?"

Li Xueren's words brought everyone back to their senses.

Yes.

Why did Xihua Palace do this?
As one of the six righteous sects, Xihua Palace is unrivaled in both its status in the martial arts world and its own power.

Even if the entire sect turned to the Demon Sect, their status in the Demon Sect would not necessarily be much higher than it is now.

And as traitors, do they really think that the Demon Sect will trust them?
If he can betray the righteous path, he will naturally betray the evil path in the future!
No one likes a traitor. Xihua Palace’s betrayal does not bring any benefit at all except making them more passive!
It can be said that as long as one is a normal person, he would never think of betraying the righteous path.

unless……

They were not righteous people to begin with.

As soon as Li Xueren said this, the leader of the Tianyi Valley looked directly at Liao Ming of Qianfo Temple:
"The Thousand Buddha Temple and the Xihua Palace are closely related. Do you have any clues about this?"

"Amitabha." Liao Ming chanted the Buddha's name: "Although my Qianfo Temple has formed an alliance with Xihua Palace, we also have an agreement that each party will not interfere in the affairs of each other's sects. Therefore... I am not very clear about what Xihua Palace is doing."

No one knows what the people in Xihua Palace are thinking, and no one knows what they are doing.

It was as if they were suddenly seduced by the devil and betrayed the righteous path.

Everyone couldn't come to a conclusion after discussing it, and finally the master of Shushan Dao said:
"No matter what, Xihua Palace must be held responsible for this matter. After the Righteous Alliance is established, Xihua Palace must give an explanation to fellow martial artists all over the world!"

"Since Xihua Palace is willing to do such a thing, it proves that they have already thought of a way out." Zhong Yunxin rubbed his brows and whispered, "Perhaps... there is no one stationed in Xihua Palace anymore."

"..."

Everyone fell silent.

After a while, Zhao Jiu said, "We will discuss the matter of Xihua Palace later. After this battle, Xihua Palace is no longer qualified to become one of the six sects. And it just so happens that Senior Li is already a second-grade grandmaster."

Zhao Jiu looked at Li Xueren and suggested, "How about we promote Qiqiao Villa to the sixth sect and then establish the Righteous Alliance? What do you think?"

Although Qiqiao Villa is not a real sect, it has a grandmaster, several high-level fourth-grade innate masters, and a second-grade grandmaster like Li Xueren. In terms of top combat power, Qiqiao Villa is not inferior to any of the six sects.

In addition, Li Qi in the sect has the qualifications to become a second-grade master in the future, and there are also many innate fourth-grade masters in the sect. If they develop carefully for a period of time, the gap in the third-grade master can be filled.

Possess the qualifications to become a top sect.

And most importantly, with the betrayal of Xihua Palace, there is a vacancy among the six sects, and Qiqiao Villa can fill the vacancy.

No one refuted Zhao Jiu's proposal, and Li Xueren remained silent for a long time without speaking.

Qiqiao Villa joins the Six Sects, which may drag Qiqiao Villa into the vortex of confrontation with the demonic sect.

But now the righteous path does need more second-grade masters to maintain order, and the benefits of Qiqiao Villa joining the Righteous Alliance as one of the six sects outweigh the disadvantages.

Li Xueren then kept silent, which was considered as his agreement to everyone's suggestion.

Li Xueren agreed, and while the others breathed a sigh of relief, they also accelerated the establishment of the Righteous Alliance.

In less than a day, the six sects officially established the Righteous Alliance.

At the same time, Li Qi had also left Dongzhou and headed towards the sea further east.

Outside Dongzhou is Jiangzhou, which is close to the sea. Everyone in Xihua Palace agreed to meet at the unguarded sea area at the outermost part of Jiangzhou.

(End of this chapter)