Chapter 897

Chapter 897

Shi Dengtian’s Ambitions

“You want me to kill him?” Mu Yu questioned.

Xiaoshuai also asked, “Cai Lie, are you drunk? You’d be punished if other disciples heard you.”

“I’m not drunk! Shi Dengtian is a piece of crap who wants to run Pill Cauldron Sect!”

“Elaborate.”

“Everyone thought misfortune befell my shifu due to him going missing for over half a month. The day before, Shi Dengtian came here to Mystic Rainbow Peak, singing he was here under my shifu’s name and wanted to take over our faction during the discussion with our elders.” Cai Lie aggressively had another cup of wine. “I happened to hear him say claim that people are questioning our credibility owing to us being divided. He argued that we don’t respond promptly enough owing to the fact that we have five faction leaders. Accordingly, he wants to do away with the system. It’s all bullcrap. The five leaders run their factions autonomously. In times of crisis, though, we all heed Daoist Yun Dan’s directives. There’s never been such a thing as not responding fast enough.”

“... He swayed your elders?” Mu Yu inquired.

“Unfortunately, yes. I don’t know if it Qian Shange or Wan Shuiyao who accompanied Shi Dengtian. Either way, one of them just stood there, and that was enough to sway them. Of the five factions, your faction is basically non-existent since you’re not around. Elder Leng Bingxue has departed. Daoist Yuan De is no longer available to fill Elder Leng Bingxue’s shoes, so their faction is also without a leader. Since my shifu was assumed gone, Shi Dengtian wanted to take over our faction.”

“Doesn’t that mean Alchemist Yao is now an obstacle to Shi Dengtian?”

“That’s why I’m not sure if it’s for the better for Shifu to be back. Frankly, starting from a few days ago, disciples have started proclaiming that Shi Dengtian would take Pill Cauldron Sect to higher heights than Patriarch can.”

“In short, Shi Dengtian wants to usurp Daoist Yun Dan’s reign. He thinks other reclusive elders are going to just nod? Aren’t there another two Ascension Realm elders around?”

“Now this is where it starts to get bizarre. Supposedly, the two criticised Patriarch for being an inept leader in the presence of all our disciples, even suggesting we deserve a new patriarch and brought you up.”

“What are you talking about, Shifu?”

“I don’t know. I just feel that I must go now.”

“Don’t say a word about me to anyone or tell them where your shifu went, especially Shi Dengtian,” Mu Yu, who quietly sat there finally whispered to Cai Lie, then followed after Yao Wuji.

Even though Yao Wuji had permission to go anywhere in Pill Cauldron Sect as a faction leader, he had to go through the checks to access he teleportation formation on the hill. Two Body Synthesis Realm Ninth Layer elders guarded the entrance to the cavern, while others were guarding it from the shadows. In the past, only Primordial Infant Realm cultivators were asked to guard it. Body Synthesis Realm cultivators, nonetheless, offered to join the guard team for they realised the formation’s importance. That said, these two elders had a foot in their coffins and wanted the highest rank life prolonging pill. In exchange for the pill, the two had to contribute.

One of the elders under the tree regarded Yao Wuji with a nod upon seeing the latter. Yao Wuji was allowed straight in without any questions.

There was a guard in the shadows every ten steps apart, ready to spring on foreign invaders. Upon reaching the blue screen that shut off spiritual energy once one crossed through, Yao Wuji heard, “Junior Brother Yao, what are you doing here?”

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