Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 275 The Great Catastrophe and the Demonic Realm of Human Hearts

Xia Zuo heard and saw all of Jin Shunyao's actions through her eyes and ears, and was so happy he almost collapsed.

Hearing Xia Zuo's laughter, the fairy's nascent soul blushed and muttered through gritted teeth, "This isn't my fault, I didn't want it to be like this either."

Xia Zuo laughed and said, "I know, I know you're kind-hearted and want to try to wake them up."

But then he sighed and said, "Don't even think about it, it's not that easy."

Fairy Jin Shunyao's face showed sorrow: "Are we still going to kill someone?"

"They are different from those Qi Refining cultivators with ulterior motives. They have not committed any wrongdoings. They were just blinded by the calamity energy and could not control their thoughts."

Xia Zuo said, "Although the calamity energy does not belong to this world, since it has entered the body, the outcome will naturally be that all five senses will be confused."

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"Without external help that reaches directly into their consciousness, it is impossible to awaken their intelligence."

The fairy's nascent soul pleaded, "Senior, if you can awaken me, can you also awaken them?"

Xia Zuo shook his head and said, "No, I was able to awaken you because we are destined to meet."

"I awoke in your sea of ​​consciousness and still reside there, able to directly contact the tribulation energy and your nascent soul."

"In addition, you have enough trust in me, which is why I was able to tear open the shroud of calamity and awaken your intelligence."

"But the elders are different. They don't trust me at all. I have no way to break into their consciousness from the outside without harming their lives."

"We'll have to kill them sooner or later anyway, so the sooner we act, the better to prevent them from making even bigger mistakes."

Fairy Jin Shunyao lowered her head, forcibly suppressing the sorrow in her heart and the tears in her eyes, and then raised her hand to attack the first elder of the Punishment Hall who had fallen.

A group of Foundation Establishment stage deacons saw this scene and recognized it as a killing technique from the "True Explanation of Five Elements Battle". They were all shocked and shouted at the top of their lungs.

"No, Elder Jin!"

"There's no need to kill elders, Elder Jin! They are elders at the Core Formation stage!"

"If you kill them, you won't be able to stay in the sect. Think about your future!"

"You wicked elder! If you kill my elder, I will not recognize your position as elder!"

"Yes, a murderer doesn't deserve to be an elder!"

However, these deacons only made noise, and not a single one of them stood up to block Jin Shunyao and stop the fairy's killing techniques with their own actions and lives.

Just as the five-colored pillar of light approached the elder of the Punishment Hall, a hoarse shout rang out: "Stop!"

Before the words were finished, a figure with white hair and beard appeared in the hall and reached out to block Jin Shunyao's attack.

However, the newcomer was also knocked back by Jin Shunyao's attack, almost stepping on the elder of the Punishment Hall.

Inside the main hall, cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage saw the newcomer's appearance and exclaimed in surprise, "Great! The sect leader has arrived! Finally, someone can stop her!"

"Sect Leader, Jin Shunyao has been cruelly harming her fellow disciples without cause, killing dozens of Qi Refining stage cultivators. She is truly ruthless."

"Yes, this is too much. Those disciples were clearly victims whose foundations were damaged during their training, yet they were killed to silence them."

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"We urge the sect leader to severely punish the culprit and restore order to the sect!"

This last sentence became the slogan of the monks in the room, who shouted it in unison, displaying great momentum.

However, the sect leader of Qingyan Sect ignored them, took a few steps forward, stared intently at Fairy Jin Shunyao, and then bowed and said, "Greetings, Martial Aunt."

The sect leader is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, a level higher than his contemporaries, which is why he was chosen to take over the position of sect leader of Qingyan Sect.

Jin Shunyao was originally among them, a candidate who was fiercely competing with the sect leader.

Back then, she had a huge advantage. Not only was her strength and cultivation level always the strongest, but the sect leader at the time was her master.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the current leader of the Qingyan Sect.

However, with Xia Zuo's help, she was able to re-examine her cultivation achievements by studying "The True Explanation of the Five Elements Battle".

Jin Shunyao took the opportunity to break through and enter the Void Refinement stage.

Cultivators value strength above all else, and apart from formal master-disciple relationships, seniority is determined by cultivation level.

Those of lower cultivation levels are called "junior disciples," those of the same cultivation level are called "junior brothers," and those of higher cultivation levels are called "junior uncles."

Jin Shunyao instantly became a senior cultivator of her competitors, and naturally could no longer serve as the sect leader.

If she hadn't suddenly obtained the Ghost Path from Xia Zuo and needed the sect's support to research this technique based on the laws of death, she wouldn't have bothered even becoming an elder in the Scripture Pavilion.

After bowing, the sect leader of Qingyan Sect straightened up and asked, "Uncle-Master, why did you kill sect disciples, and even murder sect elders?"

Just as Jin Shunyao was about to say something, a large wave of noisy conversation was transmitted to Xia Zuo's mind through the [Heart Network], and then shared by Jin Shunyao's Nascent Soul.

[The Qingyan Sect Leader has arrived! Quick, save her! The female lead is still breathing.]

[Bullshit, she's been dead for ages.]

It's alright, I have the "Resurrection Cross." As long as her body is intact, I can bring her back to life.

What are you waiting for? Revive her now!

[Damn it! The Resurrection Cross is my private property. Why should I waste my precious possession for the benefit of everyone?]

What do you want?

【money!】

I don't care if you split the cost or if some rich person pays it all at once, I want to get enough compensation!

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Fairy Jin Shunyao coldly replied, "Sect Leader, you don't even need to investigate before you dare to conclude that I'm in the wrong and question me?"

The sect leader of Qingyan Sect was slightly taken aback, then said with a gloomy expression, "Elder Jin, I am not blind."

"I saw you injure your disciples with your imposing aura, and you used your signature killing move to ruthlessly kill the other elders. Do I still need to investigate?"

Fairy Jin Shunyao: "You are indeed blind. I don't know if your eyes are blind or not, but your heart is truly blind."

The leader of the Qingyan Sect: "You! Stop using such foul language!"

While Jin Shunyao was arguing with the Qingyan Sect leader, the two-headed fairy's nascent soul frowned and asked, "Senior, what's going on?"

Xia Zuo retorted, "You mean, how come he doesn't have any aura of calamity on him, yet he's blatantly slandering you?"

The fairy nodded, her face showing confusion and bewilderment.

Xia Zuo sighed: "It's very simple. The wickedness in people's hearts is no less than that of calamity. It can also cloud one's mind and cloud one's judgment. He hates you to the bone. When he discovers that someone has framed you, he will naturally take the opportunity to kick you when you're down."

Jin Shunyao: "————, but I haven't offended the sect leader's junior disciple."

Xia Zuo countered, "You really haven't offended him?"

Jin Shunyao thought for a moment, then nodded very seriously: "Really not."

Xia Zuo first checked whether there was any residual calamity energy on the nascent soul, and then checked whether the connection between the spiritual platform, the nascent soul, and the sea of ​​consciousness was unobstructed.

Once he confirmed that everything was alright, he muttered to himself with a hint of doubt: "Strange, I never thought my fairy was this naive before—"

[Oh, no, it's not that my fairy is naive, it's just that her talent is too good, and her cultivation progress is too fast. Before others can even feel jealous, they can only look up to her in awe.]

[It's only in the last two hundred years that the time spent in the Nascent Soul and Void Refinement stages has been a bit too long, which has allowed the older generation of cultivators to accumulate enough jealousy.]

[Heh, these cultivators, although each one is hundreds or thousands of years old, in terms of experience, they are not even as good as a 40-year-old mortal. If they were mortals in officialdom, a 30-year-old official would be enough to crush the entire Qingyan Sect.]

He then asked, "Little girl, are you 400 or 500 years younger than him?"

Jin Shunyao pondered for a moment: "My nephew, the sect leader, is the same age as my master, but more than 460 years older than me."

Xia Zuo chuckled: "Over 460 years old, how easy it is to say."

"You are nearly 500 years younger than him. He was probably already a Nascent Soul cultivator when you were born. Now you have surpassed him and become a Void Refinement cultivator. How could he not feel any resentment?"

Jin Shunyao frowned: "I've surpassed countless junior disciples and juniors. Ninety percent of the Core Formation cultivators and above in the Qingyan Sect have been surpassed by me. Why is it only the sect leader's junior disciple who has surpassed me?"

Xia Zuo suppressed a laugh and told Jin Shunyao about the difference in time. Only then did she realize that jealousy only happens between two people who are not too far apart in age.

For cultivators, if there is a difference of two major realms, they will lose the will to compete, their jealousy will naturally subside, or it will truly turn into worship.

Moreover, jealousy takes time to develop and mature; it won't turn into intense hostility all at once.

It's not that there aren't such people, but if someone with such intense jealousy embarks on the path of cultivation, it won't be long before they have enemies all over the world.

Cultivators fight against fate, and everyone adheres to the principle of "those who obstruct my path are my mortal enemies." How many of them are not ruthless?

Those guys who have enemies all over the world, unless they're the main characters, how could they possibly survive to the Core Formation stage?

For Jin Shunyao, it took her a hundred days of Qi cultivation to enter the path of cultivation, but she then embarked on a fast track of rapid progress. She established her foundation on her own in three years, formed her core on her own in twenty years, and broke through her core to become an infant in sixty years, which shocked countless people.

Afterwards, Jin Shunyao took a different approach and comprehended the true meaning of the Five Elements within the Five Elements. She created the "True Explanation of the Five Elements Battle" which greatly enhanced the strength of the Qingyan Sect.

Her achievements were so dazzling, and her progress so rapid, that her fellow students didn't even have time to be jealous before they suddenly realized they could no longer see her.

When Jin Shunyao became a great cultivator whom her fellow disciples could not even reach, and whose seniority was no longer relevant, her former jealousy transformed into the capital that allowed her to have connections with great cultivators.

A famous actor once said, "After I became famous, I was surrounded by good people."

Since she began cultivating at the age of four, Jin Shunyao has never encountered anyone who treated her badly in the hundreds of years since, which is why she appears so naive in matters of human relationships.

But Jin Shunyao was an exceptionally intelligent woman, and after listening to Xia Zuo's simple yet profound explanation, she began to understand some of the principles.

At least she now knew why the Qingyan Sect leader was targeting her.

The principle is simple: the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind, and the most outstanding person will be criticized by the masses.

People admire those who are high and mighty, but that is only because they are forced to do so by circumstances.

When a high-ranking person falls from grace, it will ignite a hundredfold flame of jealousy.

After the invasion of the calamity energy, those who secretly whispered among themselves would choose Jin Shunyao as their target, naturally because her achievements were dazzling and her status was high. With just a little bit of calamity energy, they could ignite their jealousy and hatred towards her.

Throughout history and across all the realms, only one person has been an exception.

Because he only walked the right path throughout his life, because he shouted "Long live the people" and practiced it throughout his life.

Jin Shunyao is no match for him. The calamity energy locked her mind, then created a flaw in everyone's hearts, eventually spreading and affecting everyone's emotions, reinforcing the importance of "rules".

As a result, all the cultivators, led by the Qingyan Sect Master, although they did not forget that their strength was at least one major realm lower than Fairy Jin Shunyao, firmly believed that she would not resist and would willingly grovel under the "rules" and allow them to humiliate her.

Once people's hearts change, the ensuing malice is like a raging flood, constantly assaulting the dam of reason.

Finally, we release a "protagonist," who can be male or female, as long as they are young and lovable succubi.

The protagonist spends several years gaining everyone's favor, and then, leveraging that favor, falsely accuses Jin Shunyao, revealing the truth about Fairy Jin Shunyao and creating the illusion that she is about to fall from grace.

Naturally, many others will follow suit, creating a huge buzz and turning the falsehood into reality.

Just like the sect leader of Qingyan Sect, who was completely unaffected by the calamity energy, he automatically jumped out and took the initiative to attack Jin Shunyao.

Nothing could be more treacherous than this.

But all of this is based on the premise that the Five Spirits Fairy Jin Shunyao's mind is clouded and confused, and she firmly believes in the so-called rules. No matter how unreasonable others are, she will try to argue within the scope of the rules.

To achieve this goal, the calamity spreaders used most of their calamity energy on Jin Shunyao, which is why Xia Zuo was able to see the overwhelming calamity energy in his own fairy's sea of ​​consciousness.

Jin Shunyao suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. What a clever scheme!"

"If you remove my strongest point, you can cause a ripple in the morale of the entire Qingyan Sect, ultimately destroying the sect's spirit and causing the sect's order to disintegrate."

"A thriving cultivation sect collapsed, losing countless amounts of fortune. Naturally, they could manipulate things and reap a massive amount of fortune."

"From this perspective, these immortals from the upper realm seem more like thieves than robbers."

Xia Zuo laughed heartily: "That's right, a thief!"

"As long as sages exist, great thieves will never cease."

"The saints and immortals who are high above are not trees without roots or water without a source; their power must eventually have a source."

"Actually, this is also part of the natural order, there's nothing much to say about it, otherwise how could there be mountains and valleys in this world?"

"However, some beings in the upper realms do not abide by the laws of Heaven. Although they are immortals, they are more greedy than mortals. They follow the human way of taking from the deficient to give to the excessive, which is why this natural disaster occurred."

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