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Chapter 309 Execute him, grant mercy to his clan
After killing the Seventh Instructor, Yu Que returned to Nine Dragons Peak to oversee the refining of the mountain.

Feeling inspired by his encounter with the protective array of Mount Huangshan, he personally dispatched his divine generals, using the nine waterfalls on Nine Dragons Peak as the base of the array, and invited the Peak Master of Refinement to preside over the planning of a protective array for Nine Dragons Peak.

Once this formation is completed, although it may not be able to stop the attack of the Nascent Soul Immortal, it will certainly be much more powerful than the mountain-protecting formations of the Snake Clan and the Stone Clan before.

As for perfecting this formation to the point where it could resist a Nascent Soul Immortal, firstly, Yu Que did not have the willpower or the inclination to do so.

Secondly, such formations are often linked to the fortune of the Huangshan Taoist Palace. It requires the Nine Dragons Peak to accumulate the admiration of the disciples and followers of the Huangshan Taoist Palace over time, and it cannot be accomplished in a day.

During the process of refining the Nine Dragon Peak, some disciples also told Yu Que about the situation of the group of people who were related to the Seventh Academy.

The Seventh Academy was personally killed by Yu Que, and all those associated with it naturally suffered great misfortune. Regardless of their small clan background, the Seventh County Academy, which he had once governed, was a prime example.

All those who had been promoted or favored by the head of the Seventh County School were implicated, and even the outstanding students who graduated from the Seventh County School were greatly affected.

For example, Xie Qingjie, the girl from the Xie family and Yu Que's classmate.

The girl has been confined to her home by the Xie family and is being strictly disciplined. Meanwhile, members of the Xie family are constantly gathering information about Jiulong Peak in order to decide how to deal with Xie Qingjie.

Yu Que learned from his subordinates that the Xie family had even planned to clean Xie Qingjie up and send her to Nine Dragons Peak to serve as their maid or concubine.

This made Yu Que chuckle: "The Xie family is quite willing to spend a Heavenly Temple Dao Seed."

However, he also understood that this was purely because of his "tyranny," which forced the Xie family to take this stance.

Who told Yu Que to break through three mountain peaks as soon as he returned to the palace, and even reveal something like the Inner World?

In the past few days, he has disregarded his status and personally killed the Seventh Scholar who had offended him.

All these things undoubtedly prove that Yu Que's style of doing things is completely different from that of the Palace Master of Huangshan and others. His methods are quite ruthless, and he doesn't care about the principle of "bullying the weak".

Yu Que sat cross-legged atop Nine Dragons Peak, addressing his direct disciples, and suddenly said:

"Is the Xie family treating me like a 'tyrant'? Well, the Xie family is quite interesting."

As soon as he finished speaking...

His disciples, who had fought alongside him across the seas, immediately showed a cold glint in their eyes. Some of them cupped their hands and cried out:
"What the Palace Master says is true!"

The Xie family's actions, seemingly benevolent, are in fact malicious. If they were truly benevolent, they would have quietly sent the woman up the mountain.

"That's exactly right! The Xie family's loyalty is either not absolute or absolutely disloyal, and they should be punished as a warning to others!"

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Yu Que's cold expression suddenly vanished, replaced by a gentle smile:
"Haha! You people are quite amusing. Do you really think I'm a 'tyrant'?"
"I was just teasing you; you mustn't cause trouble for the Xie family."

He paused, then casually addressed the people in front of him:

"If you are truly so arrogant and dare to act recklessly inside and outside the palace using my name, then I will no longer joke with you."

Right now, Nine Dragons Peak needs a group of people willing to test the waters to help us establish the rules of this peak.

As soon as Yu Que said this, more than half of his disciples broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, unable to utter a word.

Especially the most enthusiastic people were almost so frightened that they knelt down on the ground.

Or rather, if Yu Que hadn't disliked everyone kneeling, they would have already knelt down and kowtowed long ago, fearing that kneeling would only displease him further.

The mountaintop was silent; all the disciples bowed their heads, utterly terrified.

Yu Que glanced at everyone, then smiled and said:
"Alright, you are all my fellow disciples who have risked your lives with me, so don't overthink it."

"Go down now."

Upon hearing this, all the disciples breathed a sigh of relief and immediately shouted:
"It is the Palace Master."

After everyone turned around, Yu Que suddenly called them back. After pondering for a few moments, he instructed: "Pass on my decree, citing the merits of the Seventh County School's teachings and the virtue of cultivating true fire."

The Seventh County School is hereby established, and the relatives of the former headmaster of the Seventh School are to be admitted to the Peak. They will be supported by the loyal and brave people of the Peak. Their descendants for three generations may have one son admitted to the Nine Dragon Peak without taking the examination.

The former Seventh School Director, if he has no direct descendants, shall adopt a son from his clan. As for more specific imperial decrees and rewards, you shall handle that yourselves.”

After giving his instructions, he waved his hand and said, "Don't escalate the matter to include other people involved. Let those guys inside and outside the palace shut up."

"Anyone caught using our name to commit illicit acts may be executed without prior notification."

Upon hearing this, the disciples immediately understood Yu Que's intentions.

They immediately shouted, "We will obey the Palace Master's decree!"

After they had all left the mountaintop, Yu Que pondered his next move, a wry smile creeping onto his face.

He sighed softly:

"Execute the person, but show mercy to their clan."

The established practices of the dynasty's monarchs, though hypocritical, are quite effective.

He used to find such methods distasteful when he read about them in books, but now that he holds a high position, he is neither magnanimous enough to forgive and forget, nor too lazy to scheme and harm the other party.

The best course of action right now is undoubtedly to kill the person and then appease their relatives and friends.

One way to take in the other party's relatives in Jiulong Peak is to repay some of the favors they owed them in the past, make their descendants reluctant to abandon their homes and run away, and make it easier to keep them under control.

Otherwise, we would have to completely eradicate the problem.

Suddenly, Yu Que had a sudden thought:
"I have been back in the palace for so long, offering sacrifices to Heaven and preaching the Dao. The incense has been burning brightly there, but why is there still no movement?"

According to the custom of the Central Plains, when immortals like Yu Que, whose fortunes are connected to the Dao Palace, are granted titles, it is necessary to inform the incense burner of the emperor.

The temple would also send envoys to offer condolences and bestow rewards.

Sometimes, even if the Taoist temple in question is momentarily negligent and forgets, the incense offerings will still arrive uninvited, making a splash in the local area.

So far, Yu Que has not heard of any action from the imperial court.

In this situation, it's impossible that the other party was unaware of what was happening in Huangshan. There's only one possibility: they deliberately chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear, pretending to be blind and deaf.

Yu Que pondered this point and thought to himself:
"Could it be that someone is about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage during this period of incense offerings?"
"Do they intend to wait until someone in the court becomes an immortal before turning around and talking to my Huangshan and the Heavenly Dao Palace?"

After much thought, he realized that this was highly likely.

Otherwise, even if the imperial family, which has been burning incense for a single dynasty, wanted to turn a deaf ear, the major aristocratic families within the court would inevitably gravitate towards Huangshan to avoid being buried with the imperial family.

Only when the major families and Daoist lineages in the court knew that there might be an immortal being born in the court would they all tacitly pretend to be deaf and dumb in order to avoid being purged by that future immortal in the court.

"Interesting, interesting."

Yu Que pondered for a moment and immediately thought of someone, wondering, "Could it be that this young man has also successfully returned and survived the schemes of that old Taoist from the immortal mountain?"

Because he had very little information at the moment, Yu Que suppressed his distracting thoughts after some deliberation.

He simply sent a telepathic message, instructing the people at Nine Dragons Peak to recruit manpower and contact the foreign affairs stewards of the Dao Palace to inquire about and collect relevant information.

Then, with a flick of his gaze, he instantly split his consciousness in half, sending it into his own inner world.

After dealing with the Seventh Instructor, he still had some cleanup work to do with his other enemies...

(End of this chapter)