Chapter 1285: Chapter 1282: Malicious Scheme, Xue An Takes Action (3rd Update)

For a moment, Ci Yun and the others, along with the numerous disciples, began to flatter enthusiastically, their sycophantic voices filled the entire square.

Fu Guang nodded with a smile, extremely pleased with himself.

However, just as the noise subsided slightly, a ruthless glint suddenly appeared in Elder Shui Jing’s eyes, followed by a light chuckle.

“But Sect Leader, there’s one more thing I’m not sure whether I should mention or not!”

“Hmm? What is it?” Fu Guang asked with a smile.

“Well…” Elder Shui Jing glanced at Lu Chuzhen who was at a distance, then said indifferently, “It’s about our Sect Leader’s senior sister!”

“Oh? What could be the matter with Zhen’er?” Fu Guang was briefly startled.

Lu Chuzhen was also shaken, but before she could speak.

The elder spoke in an intriguing tone, “It’s nothing serious; just that I heard from Ci Yun that our Sect Leader’s senior sister left the mountain without permission, and intervened in the mountain-opening ceremony, forcefully recruiting two young men with unclear backgrounds!”

“Is that so?” Fu Guang frowned slightly.

At the same time, Ci Yun, who had been waiting for the right moment at the back, hurried forward to add fuel to the fire, “Sect Leader, every word the Elder says is true!”

Fu Guang turned his head and gave Lu Chuzhen a cold glance, his expression growing even grimmer when he saw Xing Yushu and Xue An standing behind her.

“What exactly happened?”

Lu Chuzhen was somewhat flustered, as she did not anticipate Shui Jing and Ci Yun to be so malicious, blowing the matter up at such an occasion, leaving her utterly unprepared.

A hint of jealousy appeared in Fu Guang’s eyes.

If it were simply the recruitment of two entry-level disciples, that wouldn’t matter much, but the key issue was that the two young men were both very attractive, especially the one in the white clothes, whom even Fu Guang found somewhat inscrutable.

This inevitably caused him great displeasure, as he had always considered Lu Chuzhen off-limits.

Seeing this, Shui Jing and Ci Yun exchanged glances, both seeing the excitement in each other’s eyes.

Then Elder Shui Jing deployed her strongest trump card.

She let out a cold laugh.

“Sect Leader, if it were just the recruitment of two unrelated disciples, that would be fine, but I heard that our Sect Leader’s senior sister became extremely agitated after meeting this young man, repeatedly calling him Yu He…”

As soon as she said this, Fu Guang, who had been maintaining a dignified demeanor, suddenly changed his expression dramatically.

Because this name reminded him of many unpleasant memories.

Therefore, he couldn’t help but demand angrily, “Lu Chuzhen, is everything they’re saying true?”

Lu Chuzhen, pale as a sheet, was trembling slightly.

She wanted to deny it, but with Shui Jing and Ci Yun watching her like tigers eyeing their prey, denial was now impossible.

In the end, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lu Chuzhen slowly bowed her head and said, “Yes, Sect Leader, indeed he is the descendant of my elder brother Yu He, but I only wished to help him inherit the legacy, you…”

“Enough, don’t say any more!”

Fu Guang’s voice was as cold as ice, and his gaze moved past the trembling Lu Chuzhen from fear, falling onto Xing Yushu.

No wonder he felt the boy looked familiar on first sight; it turns out he is the descendant of Xing Yuhe.

Killing intent emerged in Fu Guang’s eyes.

The love-hate entanglement among the three of them a hundred years ago was extremely complicated.

But ultimately, it came down to Fu Guang’s coveting of Lu Chuzhen’s beauty and her rare physique, which is greatly beneficial for male cultivators.

And so, he seduced Lu Chuzhen in various ways.

In the end, Lu Chuzhen fell for it and broke up with Xing Yuhe, with whom she had confirmed a cultivator’s pairing, causing the once greatly promising Xing Yuhe to suffer a breakdown in his cultivator’s spirit, eventually halting at the level of an outer sect disciple and sadly descending the mountain.

Of course, these past events were the deepest secrets of the Golden Cauldron Pavilion, unknown to outsiders.

Even Xing Yuhe only thought that Lu Chuzhen simply had a change of heart.

But Fu Guang, who had staged all of this, was well aware of the actual events. Indeed, if not for Lu Chuzhen becoming his cauldron, he would not have been able to advance rapidly in a mere hundred years, eventually reaching the Great Luo Peak.

But Xue An never expected to face an old acquaintance just after the breakthrough, and Fu Guang, with a guilty conscience, naturally spawned a bone-chilling intent to kill.

Feeling the murderous intent emanating from the Sect Leader, Lu Chuzhen trembled all over.

She had not been happy over the past century either.

Even though she had finally become the Sect Leader’s chief disciple as she had hoped, nobody from the Golden Cauldron Pavilion really took her seriously–except for the lowest-ranked disciples who knew nothing–neither the elders nor the core true disciples.

Occasionally, when memories haunted her dreams at midnight, she would recall the time she spent with Xing Yuhe.

That was why she became so agitated upon sensing the aura of the two Soul-Cleaving Lamps she had given to Xing Yuhe.

She had hoped to cover everything up since one more disciple in the Golden Cauldron Pavilion was not a big deal.

But now, her secret was out, and judging by the killing intent radiating from Fu Guang, today’s events were unlikely to resolve peacefully.

Lu Chuzhen was anxious in her heart, but ultimately clenched her teeth and stepped in front of Xing Yushu, speaking in an almost pleading tone.

“Sect Leader, it was all my fault, I will send him down the mountain right now, please let them go! Alright?”

But her plea had no effect. Disgusted, Fu Guang frowned and barked coldly, “Get lost!”

Boom!

Under that command, Lu Chuzhen was sent flying and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yet Fu Guang acted as if he saw nothing.

In fact, after successfully breaking through to the Great Luo Peak, Lu Chuzhen’s value became negligible.

So Fu Guang naturally couldn’t care less about her pleas.

Now Xing Yushu alone faced Fu Guang.

As Fu Guang’s presence grew more formidable, the sky above even began revealing a swirling vortex of air.

Then, with a cold voice Fu Guang demanded, “Are you a member of the Xing Family?”

Xing Yushu shivered, not out of fear, but because the power gap was too vast.

So vast that he couldn’t even speak when Fu Guang interrogated him.

With a “hmpf!” Fu Guang scoffed upon seeing this.

And following that scoff, a golden light struck down towards Xing Yushu like a divine hammer.

The speed was so quick that it even caused the air to let out a shrill screech.

Lu Chuzhen, face stricken with despair, watched all this, not even wiping away the blood from her mouth.

At this moment, she finally felt a piercing regret that cut to her very core.

However, figures like Shui Jing and Ci Yun, upon witnessing such a scene, all had smug smiles on their faces.

But just then, a slender, elegant hand suddenly appeared in front of that golden light, seizing it in one grasp.

With a crack, the hand completely crushed it.

The whole audience was shocked, and all eyes converged on the owner of the hand.

Dressed in white, Xue An stood there indifferently, his face filled with a cold chill.

Seeing this scene.

Figures like Shui Jing, who previously had smug expressions, now froze in place.

In the crowd, Sheng Miaotong covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes gradually widening in shock and disbelief.

Because she could never have expected Xue An to stand up at such a time.

As for Sheng Manyu, Lu Shifa, and others, they all looked on in collective astonishment, staring dumbfounded.

In the ensuing silence of the arena.

Xue An coldly glanced up, looking at Fu Guang standing on the high platform and spoke indifferently, “I was inclined to give you more chances, but now it seems, there’s no need for that!”