Chapter 483: Chapter 273: You Want to Be the Young Sect Leader—But Did You Ask Him? On the high platform in front of the Sword Pavilion of the Taiheng Sect, there are ten chairs arranged on both sides.
These are prepared for the leaders of the two alliances, three halls, five sects, and one villa attending the meeting.
At this moment, Lan Shuyi is sitting upright on the chair designated for Ding’an Hall.
He sits with a composed demeanor, his eyes cold with a hint of chill.
Suddenly, a figure passes in front of him, stepping on his foot painfully. His stern face breaks for a moment.
Unable to resist grinding his teeth, he looks up at Ye Wanqiu:
"You did that on purpose!"
Ye Wanqiu exclaims with a playful "Oops!":
"I didn’t notice someone was sitting here, sorry, sorry."
Her words carry no genuine apology.
Lan Shuyi’s face turns dark, angry but unable to retort.
Ye Wanqiu snorts, sitting down on another chair beside Lan Shuyi.
She glances over the eleven chairs, noticing several are empty.
The two alliances sent no one, leaving two chairs vacant.
Out of the five sects, only the Shaoyan Sect and her own Yijian Sect are present. The Taiheng Sect, as the host, is not counted among the guests, and the Celestial Sect did not show up either.
However, this is understandable, as the Celestial Sect is planning next year’s South Ridge Martial Arts Gathering in June. It’s natural they aren’t interested in the Taiheng Sect’s event.
As for the Vajra Sect...
Ye Wanqiu ponders for a moment, feeling that the Vajra Sect seems to have offended someone.
First, their Abbot Sect Leader Enlightenment mysteriously died in his room.
Yesterday, she witnessed someone with highly advanced Lightweight Technique make a circuit inside the Sword Pavilion, unseen by anyone.
And they left behind a human head.
That head belonged to Xingzhi!
This trip was initially led by Enlightenment, with Xingzhi being the highest-ranking individual. After Enlightenment’s death, all Vajra Sect matters were to be decided by Xingzhi.
But unexpectedly, after a brief interval, Xingzhi also died.
Enlightenment had a disciple, Lingjue, who, it’s said, was almost beaten to the ground by a female Swordsman on the first day at the Taiheng Sect.
Enlightenment himself tried to stand up for his disciple, but ended up being subdued by the third young master.
This was the root of their conflict.
Now, with Xingzhi dead, even though Lingjue is of a lower rank, he can represent the Vajra Sect at this time.
Yet for some reason, when that head was sent to the Vajra Sect, Lingjue suddenly left the Taiheng Sect in haste.
Afterward, the remaining monks also bid farewell and cleared out completely.
As the Young Sect Leader of the Yijian Sect, Ye Wanqiu is no ordinary woman. She quickly learned that Lingjue left the Taiheng Sect hastily because he was being pursued... and the ones pursuing him were disciples of the Vajra Sect.
Seeing these events, Ye Wanqiu found the Vajra Sect’s situation astonishing.
Enlightenment was humiliated yet remained, and both he and Xingzhi were killed in quick succession. But rather than investigating their deaths, the remaining disciples chased after the Sect Leader’s disciple.
Collectively, it sounded like a fantastical tale.
Ye Wanqiu could only guess that the key lay in the letter clenched in the mouth of Xingzhi’s severed head.
But at that moment, Chen Zhengnan was present, and being a man of integrity, he would not touch the letter addressed specifically to the Vajra Sect.
Thus, Ye Wanqiu remained unaware of the letter’s contents...
Consequently, the Vajra Sect, which had arrived first, missed out on the event.
However, Ye Wanqiu mused that the monks probably didn’t care, as they themselves were the spectacle.
Two of the five sects present, with both alliances absent.
Only two of seven chairs were occupied, leaving three for the three halls.
Except the Blazing Hall was bound to have no one sitting... given the third young master was irritated by the Taiheng Sect into leaving.
Now there was only the annoying Lan Shuyi from Ding’an Hall, and next to him sat the silent Cheng Tieshan, while Tie Chuming stood nearby, gazing over the crowd.
Out of ten chairs, only three were occupied.
As for the Shaoyan Sect, while Ye Wanqiu knew they were coming, they had yet to arrive.
But even if they did, with six chairs still empty, the Taiheng Sect’s arrangements appeared almost laughable.
"Utterly disgraceful."
After a long ponder, Ye Wanqiu concluded with these words.
"Who are you talking about?"
Lan Shuyi was nearly triggered.
The Broken Army Swordsman standing behind him heard this and instantly radiated a murderous aura.
Ye Wanqiu remained unfazed. Her rise to Young Sect Leader of the Yijian Sect was not merely because she was the daughter of Ye Nantian, but because she had no equal among her peers.
Her Sword Technique was exceptionally advanced.
With a single glance:
"Whether I was speaking of you or not, even if I was, what of it?"
Lan Shuyi’s face darkened further, but facing her, he hesitated for a while and finally grunted:
"I won’t stoop to your level."
Ye Wanqiu snickered coldly, about to speak, when she heard footsteps.
A group of people emerged from the Sword Pavilion.
The leading figure, with white hair but youthful countenance, exuded an immortal aura in a light blue robe.
Behind him, two individuals each held a tray.
One held a sword on the tray, the other carried a set of robes and cap.
Lan Shuyi glanced up, a bit surprised:
"It’s him?"
Ye Wanqiu took a look and didn’t recognize him, so she couldn’t help asking:
"Who?"
"Hmph, how could Young Sect Leader Ye not recognize him?"
"My focus is entirely on the sword, naturally I’m not as knowledgeable as you."