Chapter 85: 76. My goodness! She wears black silk to please me? (Begging for first order!)_1
Dragon Head Peak, Enlightenment Cliff.
A young man with ragged attire and a handsome appearance was sitting idly by the cliffside.
He looked desolate, drinking and speaking to the memorial tablet in front of him.
"Haoyang! Knowing of your death, your Senior Brother is heartbroken."
"Why... why were you so obsessed!"
"I advised you many times not to go to that garrison at Canglan City, warning you of the danger to your life. You agreed every time, yet you still responded without hesitation to the sect's call to suppress the demons..."
"You, you..."
"How can I, your Senior Brother, ever escape this guilt in this life?"
Jiang Yuan managed a bitter smile, drained the strong liquor in his hand, and shed hot tears, "It's my fault! All because I, your Senior Brother, was selfish!"
"I had read the original work and knew everything. But I used the excuse of insufficient evidence to numb myself, refusing to expose Yuanyi's scheme to the Sect Leader Master! I indirectly caused your death!"
"That's right! I, your Senior Brother, ostensibly the top prodigy of the Eastern Region, am actually a coward!"
"Ever since my failed assassination attempt on Ye Chen and that female lead, Ye Xuan'er, over a dozen years ago, fear has taken root in my heart!"
"I was afraid of derailing the main plot, afraid of any interaction with these male and female leads!"
"In my eyes, they are all untouchable Sons of Destiny, while I, Jiang Yuan, am just an ant!"
"That's why I've hidden on this Enlightenment Cliff for sixty years, focusing solely on practicing my sword, desperately trying to avoid any karmic ties. I appeared as steady as a rock, but in reality..."
"I am the shame of transmigrators! HAHAHAHA..."
As the pain hit him, the man both cried and laughed, his emotions collapsing.
A long, long time passed.
The man gazed at the cenotaph before him, his expression gradually calming.
"Never mind, Haoyang. For you, your Senior Brother has decided to act ahead of schedule!"
"Tonight, I will rush to Canglan City, kill that Daoist Corpse Demon, and avenge you! And while I'm at it…"
"I'll try one more time! To seize the opportunity of that male lead, Ye Chen—the Spirit Formation Pearl!"
Jiang Yuan's gaze was resolute as he poured the last half-pot of wine onto the spiritual tablet he had erected for his Junior Brother.
At that moment, this legendary Chief Disciple of the Qinglan Sect, the most renowned since its founding, rediscovered his former sharpness as a swordsman!
He would, by his strength alone, turn the tide and save the fate of his sect!
Yes, he was from the Qinglan Immortal Sect, the Eldest Senior Brother of the forty-seventh generation of disciples! Therefore, he had an obligation to protect all his junior brothers and sisters! This included the female leads from the original novel, junior brothers from other lineages he had never met, and even that scheming Chief of Divine Phoenix Peak, Lin Xiao, from the original story! But it definitely did not include Ye Chen! Whether from the perspective of a reader of "Emperor" in his previous life or as a player in this current world, that Ye Chen was an outsider, an ungrateful wolf that could never be tamed!
"After sixty years of honing this Taiyi Profoundly Clear Sword, it's time for it to be unsheathed."
Jiang Yuan's gaze was like a torch. He swiped his fingers through the air—
WHOOSH!
The Immortal Sword in its box shot out with a roar. Its Immense Sword Qi spread for tens of zhang, tearing through the void and slicing a section of the cliff in two!
...
Dragon Head Peak, Shenxiao Palace, Great Hall of the Sect Leader.
Atop the high platform, the Chairmen of the five peaks—Dragon Head, Red Cloud, Fengming, Tiandang, and Divine Phoenix—took their seats, their expressions solemn.
To both sides of the Hall stood Elders and stewards from various halls and palaces, along with the elite inner sect disciples of Dragon Head Peak's own lineage.
Looking closely, behind a curtain on the right side of the hall, eighteen faint silhouettes could be seen, seated in mid-air.
Although they tried their utmost to suppress their auras, their overwhelmingly powerful presence was still palpable.
It was an astonishing sight: the Qinglan Sect's strongest support, the eighteen Supreme Elders, had arrived!
At this moment, the hall was in complete silence; you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone could feel the unprecedentedly solemn atmosphere.
"If the four Chairmen have no objections, we shall proceed according to the agreement reached earlier," Sect Leader True Master Ziyun said, breaking the silence with a solemn face. "Are all the Peak Chiefs present?"
A steward stepped forward with a name roster and called out, "Chief Disciple of Dragon Head Peak, Xu Zhengqing, are you present?"
"Present!" a handsome and elegant man in a grey-white Daoist robe replied confidently.
"Phoenix Caw Peak Chief, Zhu Wanning, are you present?"
"Present!" a cool and aloof young woman with an ethereal demeanor stood up.
"Red Cloud Peak Chief, Wang Wu, are you present?"
"Present!"
"Tiandang Peak Chief, Ye Chen, are you present?"
"Ye Chen is here! The Righteous Path is eternal! As long as the Demonic Path remains unquelled, I cannot rest easy for a moment!" a domineering young voice declared.
Everyone was stunned and turned to look.
They saw a heroic young man in a black robe, carrying a giant sword, striding forward as if treading on air, his presence awe-inspiring!
"Is this... the new Chief of Tiandang Peak, Ye Chen? Truly extraordinary!"
"More than just his bearing! He joined the sect only a month ago and defeated the former Chief, Chen Feng, to take his place as Chief Disciple!"
"Is that true? This young man is truly terrifying!"
"Hmph, what's there to brag about? I heard that not long ago, this newly appointed Chief Ye was thrashed soundly by Chief Lin from Divine Phoenix Peak!"
"Uh, I remember that too. It was at the Disciple Acceptance Ceremony, wasn't it?"
"No, no, no, it's happened twice already! Twice!"
The entire hall erupted in a clamor of discussion.
"All of you, silence!" Sect Leader True Master Ziyun barked coldly, then personally asked, "Lastly, has the Chief of Divine Phoenix Peak, Lin Xiao, arrived?"
"Divine Phoenix Peak Chief, Lin Xiao, are you present?"
"AHAHAHA, I'm here, I'm here! This disciple pays his respects to the Sect Leader and all the Elders!"