Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 304 Are you going to ruin the future of the Jiangnan Celestial Master's Mansion?!
The battle on the field had already been decided with the three turning against each other. Duan Huaige didn't think about resisting, but instead looked at the two prodigies from Miao Jiang and Luban Dao and asked them in confusion:

"What conditions were promised to you? Are they more tempting than the Celestial Master's lineage, or even the fragments of the Jiangshan Sheji Map?"

The Miao girl walked gracefully over and said with a smile, "What's so hard to understand? The inheritance of the Celestial Master's Way is indeed exquisite, but I have learned the Gu technique of Miao. There are natal Gu left by the former Gu King here. Is it hard to tell which one will be useful to me?"

"As for the fragment of the Jiangshan Sheji Map... Our Miao region is so vast, with numerous tribes. That treasure will only further divide us and will be of no benefit to our people."

Gongshu Jiuyuan, standing to the side, also curled her lip and said, "What we Luban Dao need are even more exquisite craftsmanship techniques, relying on skill and brains. What's the point of having so much spiritual energy... As for the Celestial Master's Degree, I'd like to obtain it, but I can't..."

"As you have seen, a top-tier puppeteer of the Luban School once lived in Qingyang Town. Most of the works here are his creations. If we could find the legacy of this top-tier puppeteer, it would be the greatest help to our Luban School."

Duan Huaige nodded upon hearing this; their idea was indeed reasonable. Finally, he turned his gaze to Li Hezhen of the Quanzhen Sect:
"If I'm not mistaken, you were the one who delivered the final blow to Zhang Tianshi, weren't you?"

The young man in the Taoist robe smiled slightly, holding the blood-stained Big Dipper Sword, and said:

“That’s right. I’m different from them. They see the fragments of the Jiangshan Sheji Map as something useless, neither good nor bad. But we Quanzhen really need these fragments.”

"But in comparison, what we need more is a debate on the rectification of the orthodox tradition."

As he spoke, he declared loudly, "Do you all know why I wanted to kill Zhang Tianshi?! Because I discovered a secret! The earth vein dragon energy of Qingyang Town was extracted and refined, and it was actually Zhang Tianshi's doing behind it all!"

"It was him! He single-handedly turned this town into a ghost town, devoid of any life!"

"More than 20 years ago, the 51st Celestial Master Zhang Xuanlin came to this place and discovered that Qingyang Town was the place where dragons slept. He then had the idea of ​​using this place to refine the fragment of the Jiangshan Sheji Map. In order to avoid the Heavenly Tribulation, he joined forces with the puppeteers of Luban Dao to deceive the heavens and the earth with puppets, but in the end, he failed."

"The unexpected death of Yan Shi's daughter became the last straw that broke the camel's back. It was for this reason that he broke with Zhang Tianshi and embarked on the path of resurrecting his daughter. And Zhang Tianshi returned here many years later, precisely to make amends for his past karma!"

These words not only caused a stir within the Causal Array, but also shocked many cultivators outside the Heavenly Mirror.

"Wait... what happened? Zhang Tianshi's house collapsed out of nowhere?"

"Wow, these days it's not just idols who get their reputations ruined, even the highly respected Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain can have his reputation ruined."

"No, you really believe that... Quanzhen Sect is also a branch of Taoism, and it has a dispute with Zhengyi Sect of Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain over the succession of the Taoist lineage. Isn't it normal for them to smear each other in the struggle over the succession of the Taoist lineage?"

"That's right! I also suspect that the Quanzhen Sect is smearing our Celestial Master's Mansion!"

Many disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion discussed the matter, refusing to believe it was true. Some high-ranking officials from Longhu Mountain who knew the inside story turned ashen-faced, staring at the old Celestial Master as if questioning him why he had revealed this part of history.

Doesn't he know that this will cause Longhu Mountain to lose face? Once people find out... how can our Celestial Master's Mansion maintain its status in the cultivation world as the orthodox lineage of demon subjugation?

Are you trying to ruin the future of the Jiangnan Celestial Master's Mansion?!
The old Celestial Master closed his eyes, calm and composed, seemingly oblivious to the stares of others. Duan Huaige wasn't particularly surprised, given the diary entries he'd seen in the notes of the puppeteer from Luban Dao, where the name "Brother Zhang" corresponded to the surname of the Celestial Master Zhang.

A top-tier puppeteer, the Gu King of Miao Jiang… everything was hinted at in the notes. And those few pages torn out at the end, were they torn out by Li Hezhen? They recorded the methods used by the top puppeteer of Luban Dao to try to resurrect his daughter.

This explains why the residents of Qingyang Town behave strangely, like pre-programmed NPCs—because they are no longer human.

Unfortunately, the puppeteer could not escape the karmic retribution for his deceitful actions. In the end, he chose to refine his mentally broken wife into a bronze puppet to protect his daughter and give her a last glimmer of hope.

After all, the death of her daughter was too devastating for her to go on living. The puppeteer's actions were perhaps a painful and helpless choice.

A plan to deceive Heaven has led to this tragedy, which is why Zhang Tianshi chose to return in his later years to settle this karmic debt. He attempted to use the four protective objects to suppress the turbulent dragon energy that had been drawn away from the earth's veins and completely eradicate this puppet-like ghost realm.

"Alright, stop struggling. Hand over the fragment of the Jiangshan Sheji Map. My Gu Gu isn't as good-natured as I am," Lan Tumi said with a smile.

What if I said the fragment of the map wasn't on me?

"Stop pretending. Why do you think we didn't make our move three days ago, but waited until now?" Lan Tu Mi said, "You just hid the Vermilion Bird Feather in a picture. Don't think we didn't see it!"

Duan Huaige: "."

So you decided to attack because you saw me unleash the Landscape Map? Is there any possibility that it was my own Landscape Map?

Judging from the outcome, it seems that Duan Huaige and his group have lost all means of resistance and have no chance of turning the tables. Even more absurdly, Duan Huaige doesn't have the supposed fragment of the map given to him by Zhang Tianshi at all. It seems these people will start using physical and verbal interrogation soon.

Seeing Duan Huaige and the others at a disadvantage, Little Jiang the Great Demon King wished he could roll up his sleeves and go in to fight himself. Looking at Yan Qiuxi standing by, unmoved, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh:

As expected, it's still me, his childhood sweetheart, who feels sorry for Duan Huaige. Look at Yan Chacha, she's not nervous at all when she sees Duan Huaige about to be crushed, and she even has the mood to laugh.

Laugh, laugh, laugh! This laugh will last until next season!
Yan Qiuxi: Hmm? Nobody thinks Duan Huaige is out of ideas, right? Look at his expression, does he look like he can't come up with anything?

The unique bond between them, defying all odds, led Yan Qiuxi to choose to believe first and then question. This was her highest form of recognition for Duan Huaige. She firmly believed that someone she had taken a liking to was definitely not that simple!
As expected, even when faced with such a desperate situation, Duan Huaige could still smile. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying:
"I have one last question. If you can answer it, I can consider cooperating with you."

"what is the problem?"

"Isn't the person who told you all this behind your back too innocuous?" Duan Huaige said leisurely, "Couldn't we ask her to come out and say a few words?"

(End of this chapter)