Chapter 288: The Lu Family Causes Chaos, Taowu Appears (II)

Chapter 288: The Lu Family Causes Chaos, Taowu Appears (II)

Then two people stood up.

One of them was the red-robed Di Nufeng. Just as she was about to say something, she realized the stern black-robed old woman had stood up as well. So, Di Nufeng decided to stay silent.

The Discipline Master, the stern old woman, said coldly, "A member of the Lu Family has returned. It is indeed a joyous occasion. Furthermore, you've even brought back the Heaven Authority Token, which had been lost for so long. You've done a great service to the sect. It will be no problem at all for you to become a member of the sect again."

"Hmph," Lu Chengchou snorted coldly. "Discipline Master, do you think that you can take the Heaven Authority Token from me just by saying that?"

"It's not like we're not giving you anything in exchange. Aren't we letting you join our sect again? Do you think it's that easy for others to join our sect?" Di Nufeng chimed in. "If you don't think that's enough, how about we give you five hundred sword coins as a reward? And once you're a member of our sect again, you can join my peak and become Silver Sword Peak's second senior brother. Wouldn't that be great?"

The noisy venue suddenly fell silent.

Even the uninvolved spectators thought that Di Nufeng had spoken extremely shamelessly.

"Haha..." Lu Chengchou laughed angrily. "It seems all of you are Wen Yuan's cronies. Your status is too low to say such words. How could I, the rightful successor of the role of the Mount Shu Sect's sect leader, be subordinate to you?"

"Why are you insulting me?!" Di Nufeng roared.

Her pupils dilated, and a threatening aura burst out of her.

Lu Chengchou shouted, "Everyone's watching. You want to attack me here?"

"This is a personal grudge between you and me. It's got nothing to do with Mount Shu," Di Nufeng said as she flew down to the stage.

Just as they were about to fight, someone yelled, "Stop!"

That man suddenly landed behind Lu Chengchou.

Dressed in white, the man had a medium build and looked to be around forty years old. His eyes were totally white, without even the slightest trace of black. This man was Enlightened Bai Lin, a visiting elder from the Penglai Supreme Sect.

"The Mount Shu Sect is a prestigious righteous sect, with a legacy spanning thousands of years. If there's a dispute over who the true sect leader should be, how could that be resolved with a fight? That is simply improper!" Enlightened Bai Lin said loudly.

"So, you do know that this is Mount Shu." Di Nufeng glared at Enlightened Bai Lin. "Since when did you have the right to bark here?"

"Hmph," Enlightened Bai Lin snorted coldly. Ignoring Di Nufeng, Enlightened Bai Lin looked up at Venerable Wen Yuan instead. He cupped his hands together and said, "Venerable Wen Yuan, two generations of the Lu Family made remarkable contributions to the Mount Shu Sect during the time they each spent as sect leader. This is a fact that is known to all righteous sects.

"I already explained what happened to the sect's elders back then. If there were any doubts about what I said, how could they have allowed me to succeed as the sect leader?

"Men, take him down from the stage first. We will question him further later."

Venerable Wen Yuan deflected the allegations and turned the tables on Lu Chengchou, quelling some of the spectators' doubts.

That's right. Just because Lu Chengchou had the Heaven Authority Token didn't mean everything he said was true. If Venerable Wen Yuan's actions hadn't been thoroughly investigated back then, how could the elders have allowed him to take over as the sect leader?

"You want to force me into silence?" Lu Chengchou shouted. "Dream on!"

He made a hand seal, and a burst of darkness shot up into the sky from the public square on Heaven-Reaching Peak!

Whoosh—

When the burst of darkness reached the horizon, a celestial portal opened up, and a huge head emerged from it! It looked like a tiger as well as a leopard, and it had saber-like fangs! The creature exuded a terrifyingly vicious aura, accompanied by a chilling and bloodthirsty murderous intent!

"Taowu!" the crowd cried out in alarm.

This was the vicious beast that had disappeared from the Evil Demon Mountain recently! How did Lu Chengchou summon such a giant creature just by raising his hand? There was no doubt that he had set up an enchanted formation on the Heaven-Reaching Peak in advance!

It was now clear what power the Heaven Authority Token held. Lu Chengchou wasn't using it to deal with the members of the Mount Shu Sect; instead, it was for everyone else!

If he didn't have the Heaven Authority Token when Taowu appeared, the righteous cultivators from the Divine Nine and Terrestrial Ten would step in to help subdue the beast.

To combat that, Lu Chengchou had revealed that he possessed the Heaven Authority Token before summoning Taowu, making it clear that this battle was an internal conflict within the Mount Shu Sect. That meant outsiders had no reason to intervene, regardless of what methods Lu Chengchou used.

The visiting cultivators from various sects immediately retreated like a large flock of mountain birds startled into flight.

Meanwhile, the disciples of Mount Shu drew their swords, preparing to fight!

So what if you're a vicious beast?

This is Mount Shu, where there are as many powerful cultivators as there are clouds! Even Di Nufeng can't act willfully here, let alone you—a lone Taowu!

During this moment of chaos, someone shouted from amid the crowd, "Darkness never dies!"