Chapter 227 The Beginning
After a while, Zhang Ye returned from the secret passage and headed towards Lingtai Sect.
Dingyuan was afraid that there was a trap in the secret passage, so he didn't dare to enter rashly. After the magical Taoist came out, he continued to follow.
Zhang Ye asked to meet with Sect Master Su Jin in disguise. The deacon disciple saw that he was at the level of Lianxu cultivation and immediately passed the message.
Su Jin summoned Zhang Ye and looked at him for a moment: "Why are you disguised like this?"
"Sect Master, can you recognize me?" Zhang Ye was shocked, and he didn't reveal his true colors.
"I taught you the art of disguise, how can you not recognize me?" Su Jin rolled his eyes, "By the way, you are really cruel, you killed yourself."
Zhang Ye scratched his head, smiled awkwardly, and then said seriously: "Sect Master, what I am going to tell you next is worth five immortal stones."
"I guess you have already grasped the secret of Tiandao Palace? You can say it or not." Su Jin was as smart as ever, and Zhang Ye couldn't keep it a secret.
Zhang Ye was embarrassed and handed a jade slip to Su Jin. Su Jin felt it and frowned, but he was not as calm as Zhang Ye imagined.
"I know, what do you want to do?" Su Jin looked at Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye pondered for a moment: "I am going to launch a meeting of immortal cultivation. In the name of discussing cultivation experience, I will gather all the sects, forces, and independent cultivators in the East Region, and then make the conspiracy of Tiandao Palace public. At that time, everyone will attack it!"
Su Jin was silent for a long time: "Then try it, I will help you."
Just try? This made Zhang Ye a little unhappy. He made so many efforts and speculations, it must be foolproof, why just try?
However, Su Jin said that he would help Zhang Ye, which made him think a lot, and he said goodbye without delay.
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Tiandao Palace, Law Enforcement Hall, Dingyuan listened to the report of his subordinates.
"When the magical Taoist first appeared at the gate of hell, he wanted to find a guide to the dark forest. Later, he was brought in by the Tianlang Mercenary Group. After that, the magical Taoist reappeared after a lapse of six years."
"According to a drunk member of the Tianlang Mercenary Group, the magical Taoist was trapped in the dark forest for six years and did not die. He also became the supreme beast."
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"The magical Taoist forged a king sword and sacrificed it to the Tianlang Mercenary Group. My subordinates led people to dig. Unexpectedly, the king sword suddenly exploded, and many people were killed, but..." Elder Jiang took out a fragment, "My subordinates still found the fragment of the sacrifice sword. Please take a look, Elder Dingyuan."
Dingyuan took the fragment and said, "I know, everyone retreat."
After everyone left, Elder Dingyuan combined these clues with his own findings and began to analyze.
Although Dingyuan did not enter the secret passage, there were only two forces near the secret passage, one was a small-scale business, and the other was the magical blacksmith shop.
Who has connections with Lingtai Sect and the magical blacksmith shop?
The magical Taoist disappeared in the dark forest for six years. Who also disappeared for six years?
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Dingyuan thought of a terrible answer: "Could it be that your true identity is Zhang Ye?"
If the magical Taoist is Zhang Ye, then many things can be explained logically. For example, breaking the immortal rope, building a mountain protection formation, defeating Zhang Ye...
Of course, these clues alone are not enough to knock a chief elder off the altar. Dingyuan looked at the sacrificial knife fragment in his hand, which was different from the current forging process of the magical Taoist: "Just compare this fragment with Zhang Ye's product, then it's ironclad evidence!"
Zhang Ye didn't realize that he had been targeted by Dingyuan. He asked the head of the sect to approve the launch of the Immortal Cultivation Conference, but the head of the sect was not interested.
Zhang Ye suddenly had an idea and said, "If we hold a Xiuxian Conference in our Tiandao Palace, it will be attended by all the sects, proving the status of the Tiandao Palace as the head of the righteous path and the supremacy of the headmaster!"
"Think about it, if an ordinary sect held a Xiuxian Conference, would it be possible? Would there be any sects to participate? This is a grand event that can only be held by a big sect like the Tiandao Palace!"
The headmaster's eyes lit up. It turned out to be such a face-saving thing: "I approve it. Tomorrow, I will hold this Xiuxian Conference for me!"
Zhang Ye was speechless for a while. If he had known it was so easy, why would he waste so much time and effort: "I have planned to invite not only the three hundred sects of Tiandao, but also all the sects in the Eastern Region, so it will take some time to prepare."
"Is that so..." Yuxu Zhenren nodded, "Then this matter will be fully handed over to you!"
In this way, the news of the Xiuxian Conference spread throughout the Eastern Region, and the heat of Master Zhang's death was diluted and subsided. After all, there were many geniuses who died young in history, and it was impossible for everyone to remember them.
On the first day of the month, the various sects in the East Region came to Tiandao City one after another. Who dared not give face to Tiandao Palace? On this day, Zhang Ye launched a lottery after the blessing of the Heavenly Official, and got the Axe of Time and Space as he wished.
On the second day of the month, Tiandao Palace opened its mountain gates, and the sect forces and countless independent cultivators climbed up the treasure mountain, and the Xiuxian Conference opened. Under the chairmanship of Zhang Ye, everything went on in an orderly manner.
Yuxu Zhenren made a speech of tens of thousands of words. If it were not for the time limit, he might have said it until next year.
Zhang Ye came on stage: "During the conference, Tiandao Palace will provide free catering, accommodation, and cultivation guidance."
Zhang Ye waved his sleeves, and tens of thousands of jade slips flew out: "There are specific arrangements and rules for this event in it, please check it yourself."
"Thank you, Elder Qinglong!" The cultivators of various sects took the jade slips happily and thanked them.
"If there are no other questions, I declare that the Immortal Cultivation Conference is officially open." Zhang Ye had a smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with solemnity. The decisive battle was about to come.
"Wait a minute!" A voice suddenly sounded.
Zhang Ye looked in the direction of the voice, and Elder Dingyuan brought the people from the Law Enforcement Hall to the rostrum in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
Zhang Ye asked: "Elder Dingyuan, do you have any questions?"
Dingyuan ignored Zhang Ye at all and saluted Yuxu Zhenren on the chairman's seat: "Master, I have something important to report!"
Yuxu Zhenren seemed very impatient. He finally had a day off, and he had to work again after pretending to be cool?
"What can't be said after the Immortal Cultivation Conference is over?" Yuxu Zhenren rolled his eyes.
Dingyuan glanced at Zhang Ye and said to Yuxu Zhenren: "This is about Elder Qinglong, it's urgent!"
"Oh? Then make it short." Yuxu Zhenren ordered.
Dingyuan had already found out Zhang Ye's true identity. When he was about to present the evidence, something unusual happened to the monks. They were holding the jade slips with pale faces, and many of them had nosebleeds.
Yuxu Zhenren interrupted Dingyuan and asked Zhang Ye in confusion: "Elder Qinglong, what is in your jade slip? Don't add anything that is not suitable for children."
As he spoke, Yuxu Zhenren's face was still a little expectant, and he immediately picked up a jade slip distributed by Zhang Ye to check it.
After seeing this, Yuxu Zhenren froze on the spot.
That's right, the jade slip contains all the conspiracy and evidence of the Tiandao Palace. Seeing that the monks in the Eastern Region have already known about it, Zhang Ye said in a thunderous voice: "I believe you have all seen that the Tiandao Palace has disregarded human lives for its own selfish interests and has committed perverse acts. Everyone has the right to punish them!"
"All the righteous sects, heroes in the Eastern Region, including the conscientious people of the Tiandao Palace, please unite and overthrow the Tiandao Palace, protect our parents, children, friends, and uphold justice!"
The monks were stunned for a long time, perhaps unable to accept this fact. After all, the Tiandao Palace has always been the first of the righteous in everyone's hearts.
There may be many family members of the victims of the Tiandao Palace present, who reacted first, were emotional, and shouted the first: "Down with the Tiandao Palace!"
Gradually, more and more people joined in the shouting, and the voices shook the sky. Many disciples of the Tiandao Palace also tore off their Tiandao Palace clothes on the spot, which was considered to be a severance of friendship. After all, the Tiandao Palace failed their expectations.
The news spread quickly. It won't be long before the entire East Region or the entire cultivation world will know the true face of the Tiandao Palace. For a while, the Tiandao Palace was condemned by thousands of people.
Yuxu Zhenren's lips trembled. He did not stand up to defend himself, but just stared at Zhang Ye: "Why did you do this?"
Yuxu Zhenren couldn't understand that the magical Taoist did this, which not only destroyed the Tiandao Palace, but also himself.
Zhang Ye put his hands behind his back and said with a victorious attitude: "Because, I am Zhang Ye, an orphan whose parents died in the craftsman camp!"
Zhang Ye restored his true appearance. When the cultivators saw this scene, they were dumbfounded and burst into a stronger cry: "The magical Taoist is actually Master Zhang!"
"I mean how could Master Zhang lose? It turns out that he was investigating the truth of the Tiandao Palace!"
"Master Zhang worked hard, overthrow the Tiandao Palace!"
Although Zhang Ye pretended to be dead for a while, he was resurrected as a magical Taoist and became the spiritual leader of the resistance against the Tiandao Palace in one fell swoop. The cultivators condensed into a whole.
Elder Dingyuan also read the jade slip and stood there with a pale face. He thought he had found the truth, but he didn't expect that this was the truth.
"Dingyuan, didn't you say you had something important to report?" Yuxu Zhenren took his eyes off Zhang Ye and looked at Dingyuan, not knowing what he was feeling.
Dingyuan was hesitant to speak. He had found out Zhang Ye's identity and wanted to reveal it, but now, it was meaningless.
Seeing that Dingyuan didn't speak, Yuxu Zhenren smiled and said, "Are you going to abandon Tiandao Palace too?"
Elder Dingyuan was ready to say that he didn't dare, but he couldn't say it. He was in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall and had done a lot of things that hurt the heaven and earth for Tiandao Palace, but that was a power or interest struggle to a certain extent. The real purpose of Tiandao Palace was to abandon humanity and the world of cultivation, which was not the same thing at all.
Yuxu Zhenren looked at the other elders, all of whom lowered their heads and dared not speak. Perhaps some of them were not highly conscious, but just thought that Tiandao Palace was finished. Not speaking was to distance themselves from the relationship and protect themselves.
Yuxu Zhenren laughed at himself: "It seems that you don't understand me!"
After saying this, Yuxu Zhenren stood with his hands behind his back, and said in a loud voice: "Please ask the nine ancestors of Tiandao Palace to come out of retreat!"
Nine white figures suddenly appeared, and a huge golden bell shrouded the crowd.
"Dark Hall, move out!" Yuxu Zhenren gave the order again.
As soon as the voice fell, hundreds of black-clothed Taoists emerged from all over Tiandao Palace. These black-clothed Taoists were not many in number, but at worst they were all masters of the Divine Transformation. When did Tiandao Palace have such an elite force? Even the chief elder didn't know about it?
"Yuxu Zhenren, do you really think you can kill all of us?" Zhang Ye had made one or two hundred top-grade immortal artifacts for the Tiandao Sect. Even if Tiandao Palace had the Donghuang Bell, it could not resist the siege of hundreds of top-grade immortal artifacts. There were many sect leaders present who had already sacrificed top-grade immortal artifacts.
Yuxu Zhenren still had a faint smile: "Zhang Ye, do you really think all the sects are on your side?"
What do you mean? Before Zhang Ye could react, those sect leaders who sacrificed top-grade immortal weapons slaughtered all the wandering cultivators around them.