Tianyuan Xuanxian

Chapter 71: Canglan Sect’s New Leader

Seeing this, the remaining disciples of Canglan Sect gradually gathered around.

Because of Zhu Yin, they have been speculating about the identity of the cultivator who killed the junior brother and the senior sister.

At present, most disciples think that Chen Xuan is a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, one of the three major sects. After all, apart from the Beast Taming Sect, no other disciples have the ability to tam beasts.

Now, seeing Chen Xuan's realm improving, an idea came to their minds.

If Chen Xuan breaks through and becomes a foundation-building cultivator, should he be retained in Canglan Sect and let Chen Xuan become the next leader of Canglan Sect?

However, to their disappointment, Chen Xuan's aura stopped after reaching the ninth level of the Qi training period.

Zhu Yin seemed quite surprised.

Because he realized that Chen Xuan was not unable to make further progress, but that Chen Xuan himself had stopped breaking through his cultivation.

In his eyes, Chen Xuan's foundation was already quite good. Even most of the foundation-building cultivators were far inferior to Chen Xuan in terms of their physical bodies.

Therefore, Chen Xuan's forced interruption of the breakthrough at this moment still caused him considerable doubts.

At this moment, Chen Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

He stretched first, with a crackling sound between his joints, and then he stood up with a jump.

In an instant, the aura of great perfection in the Qi training stage emanated from him, causing the surrounding disciples who were watching to retreat one after another.

"Everyone!"

At this moment, Chen Xuan spoke loudly.

All of a sudden, all the disciples of Canglan Sect fell silent, waiting for Chen Xuan's next words.

Chen Xuan looked around and was quite satisfied with the performance of the disciples. He smiled and nodded, then said:

"I heard earlier that our sect leader had passed away, so I have thought for a long time and decided to stay here and temporarily take over the position of sect leader. What do you think?"

Hearing Chen Xuan's words, all the disciples of Canglan Sect were suddenly in an uproar and started a heated discussion.

A hint of surprise flashed across Zhu Yin's face, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

After a while, he couldn't help but send a message to Chen Xuan:
"Boy, you've got to think it over carefully. Right now, cultivators all over the world are searching for you, and during the few days you were recuperating, many disciples have already left here.

And based on your previous performance, these disciples will inevitably tell others about your deeds after they leave. I believe it won't be long before monks come to visit you!"

Chen Xuan had already expected Zhu Yin to say this, so he also sent a message to Zhu Yin:
"It's okay. You said it yourself. Now cultivators all over the world are searching for me. Even if I leave here, they will find me sooner or later. It's better to stay here and have some time to recuperate."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin was stunned. After a while, he just sighed helplessly.

At this moment, one of the disciples below bowed to Chen Xuan and shouted:
"Canglan Sect disciple Su Xunhai greets the Sect Master!"

Seeing someone taking the lead, the remaining disciples followed suit and bowed in greeting.

"I've met the sect master!"

Seeing this, Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment. He thought that becoming the sect leader would require a lot of effort, and he might even have to take action to intimidate these disciples. However, he did not expect these disciples to agree so readily!
But at this moment, his face still showed a calm expression, and he looked up at the disciple who spoke first.

He had some impression of this person. It was this person who stood up and explained the location of this place to them and took a spirit stone from Yang Xiao.

Then Chen Xuan pointed at the disciple named Su Xunhai and said:

"Su Xunhai, right? Come forward."

When the man heard this, his face lit up immediately. He quickly walked up to Chen Xuan and said with a smile on his face:

"What is the order from the sect master?"

Chen Xuan carefully looked at the person in front of him. The man had delicate features, was seven feet tall, and looked to be about twenty years old. He exuded the aura of the eighth level of the Qi training stage.

At this moment, he was bending slightly to make himself the same height as Chen Xuan.

He looked at Chen Xuan with great respect and a hint of sincerity.

This made Chen Xuan immediately feel favorable towards this person.

"Why do you respect me so much and make me your leader?"

Chen Xuan asked the question that expressed the confusion in his heart.

Su Xunhai answered without even thinking:
"You killed those two traitors who betrayed their master and ancestors. Moreover, you are powerful and have a high level of cultivation. Naturally, I am willing to serve you as the sect leader!"

"Disrespecting one's teacher and ancestors? Are you talking about those two people?"

Hearing this, Chen Xuan pointed behind him. When he turned around, he saw that the bodies of Ning Qingyue and Xu Yuan, whom he had killed earlier, were gone.

At the same time, Chen Xuan keenly noticed that after this person finished talking about betraying the teacher and destroying the ancestors, the faces of the disciples below all showed deep confusion, as if they were also unaware of this matter.

Seeing this, Su Xunhai said, "I felt that the bodies of those two people were an eyesore, so I have disposed of them while you were recovering from your injuries."

After saying that, he pointed to Chen Xuan's feet and continued:
"As for them, along with the storage bag on Senior Brother's body, they have all been collected by the senior beside you. I dare not touch them rashly."

Chen Xuan looked down and saw three storage bags neatly placed at his feet.

Zhu Yin also nodded and said:
"Yes, this is what I received!"

Chen Xuan glanced at the puzzled expressions on the other disciples' faces and asked again:

"You said those two betrayed their master and ancestors. Do you have any evidence?"

When Su Xunhai heard Chen Xuan's question, an extremely angry expression suddenly appeared on his face.

I only heard him gnashing his teeth and saying:

"Of course I have evidence!"

Then, he turned around and faced the Canglan Sect disciples:

"Last month, Ning Qingyue spread the rumor that Master had gone astray during his retreat and passed away in the cave. However, she took it upon herself to cremate Master's body without telling us. That's when I became suspicious.

That night, I went to the back mountain with my senior brother, dug out the master's ashes and examined them carefully. As expected, we found a rare toxin in them, the Soul-Separating Toxin.

This toxin is colorless and odorless. With Master's cultivation level, taking it in a short period of time will naturally not have too much impact, and it is naturally impossible to achieve the desired effect overnight.

During his retreat, Master left us the few fasting pills he had. He himself was reluctant to take them. During his long retreat, he could only eat a meal every few days to maintain the energy in his body.

The only person responsible for Master's meals from beginning to end was Ning Qingyue. It was she who put Soul-Separation Powder in Master's meals every time. Over time, the toxin accumulated in his body, leading to Master's death from the poison!

Upon hearing this, the disciples below were suddenly in an uproar, and one of them immediately stood up and asked:

"Second Brother, according to what you said, the eldest brother was also present at the time, but why did you never mention this to us?"

Hearing the disciple's words, Su Xunhai's face became even angrier, and he sneered:

"Shouldn't I ask you this?"

Hearing Su Xunhai's words, the disciple's expression froze and he said angrily:
"What does this have to do with me?"

"Why not? My senior brother and I had just come up with a guess when we noticed two figures approaching. In order not to alert the enemy, my senior brother and I hurriedly took our master's ashes and left, intending to find out the real culprit behind the incident.

But just when we found some evidence, Xu Yuan suddenly came out the next day and said that the eldest brother had stolen our sect's unique skills.

What's even more infuriating is that you actually believed his words without a doubt, and it just so happened that Master had secretly passed down the sect's unique skills to the eldest senior brother, and planned to train him to be the next sect leader, which further confirmed the statement that the eldest senior brother had stolen the sect's unique skills.

Afterwards, you forced the senior brother to admit it, and Xu Yuan even proposed a competition with the senior brother, personally forcing the senior brother to display our sect's unique skills.

The eldest senior brother has never treated you unfairly in his daily life. In order to guide you in your cultivation, his own cultivation progress has been slow. Otherwise, he would have reached the late stage of foundation building long ago!

But at the critical moment, none of you believed in the eldest brother, which caused him to be upset and killed by Xu Yuan.

But you all don't know that the magical power Xu Yuan used to kill the eldest brother was none other than the Canglan Sect's unique skill, the Lancang Nine Shadows! "

After saying all this in one breath, Su Xunhai's face was already covered with tears and he was sobbing uncontrollably. When he thought about how the sect leader who treated all the disciples as his own children and the eldest senior brother who was so kind to others had ended up like this, he suddenly felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

Finally, he looked at the disciples below and murmured:
"It was you, all of us, who killed the eldest brother!"

After Chen Xuan heard Su Xunhai explain the whole story, he remained silent for a long time, allowing him to vent his unhappiness.

Especially when he heard him say that the former sect leader was reluctant to eat the fasting pill and left it to the disciples in the sect, he immediately thought of his grandfather who did not drink the bowl of thin porridge as light as water at the last moment.

"Xuan'er, eat first. Grandpa is not hungry."

Grandpa’s words seemed to ring in Chen Xuan’s ears again.

After a while, Chen Xuan slowly came back to his senses and spoke loudly, issuing his first order after becoming the leader of a sect:
"From today on, a temple will be built in the Canglan Sect Square. Statue of the former Sect Master and the eldest senior brother will be made. Incense will be offered daily without interruption!"

Upon hearing Chen Xuan's order, all the disciples' eyes turned red, and Su Xunhai was even more excited and unable to control himself.

Everyone said in unison:
"Sect Master Shengming!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yin, who was standing on Chen Xuan's shoulder, looked at Chen Xuan with surprise and whispered:
"Boy, you're amazing! Your method of winning people's hearts like this really opens my eyes!"

Chen Xuan did not explain to Zhu Yin's misunderstanding. He issued this order because he naturally thought of his grandfather through the affairs of the previous sect leader and could not help himself for a moment.

But now it seems that this result is exactly what he wants.

After a long time, when everyone calmed down, Chen Xuan said:
"Everyone, please disperse. Su Xunhai will stay for now. We will convene a meeting in the Ancestral Hall at noon tomorrow to prepare for what Canglan Sect is about to face!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the disciples below the stage all opened their mouths to answer in unison!

(End of this chapter)