Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 211 The Death of Master Pinglin
"Oh, you called me over just to see you two arguing?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out by the window. Jiao Xueling was sitting on the windowsill, watching Lü Wenyuan and Chaoyan with a leisurely air.

Asagao ran over excitedly: "Senior sister! You're finally here!"

Lu Wenyuan blushed inexplicably, tilted his head unconsciously, and greeted her, "Senior Sister Jiao."

Bathed in sunlight, Jiao Xueling immediately noticed Chaoyan's red-rimmed eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Chaoyan? Why are your eyes all red? You can't beat Lü Wenyuan? No way? Did he make you cry?"

Lu Wenyuan quickly waved his hands in protest: "Senior sister, I didn't!"

"No, it's like this..."

Asagao explained the whole story of the Douxuan Treasure Mirror to Jiao Xueling, and it took her a long time to make it clear.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Xueling glanced at the two of them with disdain, and parted her lips slightly: "That's it?"

Asagao's eyes widened in surprise: "Senior Sister?"

"Look at how pathetic you all are!"

Jiao Xueling snorted and said, "You two are crying and wailing over this?"

Lu Wenyuan felt a sense of frustration, as if his intelligence had been discriminated against, but he didn't understand why. He hurriedly said, "But Senior Sister, if the elders find out about this, they will definitely try every means to take the Douxuan Treasure Mirror fragments from the Taiyin Sect!"

Jiao Xueling nodded and said, "That's right, those old geezers are definitely capable of doing something like that!"

Hearing Jiao Xueling's words, he was even more confused, and continued, "The Taiyin Sect won't just lower themselves and hand over the fragments for no reason, will they? There will definitely be a fight then!"

Jiao Xueling nodded again: "Yes, they will definitely fight!"

Lu Wenyuan was completely dumbfounded: "Then..."

Seeing her two junior brothers and sisters looking increasingly foolish, Jiao Xueling raised an eyebrow helplessly and asked, "But who told you that the Taiyi Ziwei Sect could defeat the Taiyin Sect?"

"what!?"

This time, the two of them spoke in unison, their mouths agape.

"You two can stay here peacefully; there's no safer place than here!"

Jiao Xueling snorted and told the two of them something earth-shattering: "Also, from today onwards, you are no longer disciples of the Taiyi Ziwei Sect, and neither am I."

Lu Wenyuan swallowed hard, carefully choosing his words, and said, "Senior Sister, even if you have high hopes for the Taiyin Sect, you don't need to leave so hastily. Your behavior is a bit too uncouth..." Chaoyan nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Sister, if all else fails, we'll run away first, and once things have calmed down, we'll go there if they win!"

What are you two thinking about?!

Jiao Xueling was so angry that she gave each of them a flick on the forehead. Then, a rare sadness appeared in her eyes as she explained, "The old man is dead. It's said that he made a mistake while guarding the Zhu Xiang Clan's former residence. Fearing punishment, he decided to steal a treasure from the sect and escape! However, because he was too weak, the enforcement elder who caught up with him accidentally killed him while trying to capture him. The treasure was also lost in the Zhu Xiang Clan's former residence..."

At this point, Jiao Xueling sneered and retorted, "Do you two believe that?"

Chaoyan and Lü Wenyuan shook their heads in shock—their master, True Person Pinglin, although he had risen to the position of elder in the Taiyi Ziwei Sect through his cultivation, was someone who didn't care about anything. Initially, it was because he had no background, and his stubborn and straightforward nature led to him being ostracized by the other elders. Later, he simply became indifferent to it all and retreated to Pinglin Peak to cultivate himself and find amusement in tormenting his disciples.

Perhaps due to his own experiences, Master Pinglin's disciples were mostly those who had been bullied and disliked because of their poor backgrounds. The style of Pinglin Peak's sect was even more despised by the sect. The entire sect was known for being cowardly as mice. Whenever there was a major event, they would be the first to run away at the slightest sign of trouble.

Lu Wenyuan once looked down on his own sect's actions, but his senior sister Jiao, whom he couldn't beat, retorted: "As long as Pinglin is alive, there's no fear of running out of firewood. The bold die first, the cowardly live on. Do you want to die or live?"

If you want to live, then it's fine.

If you want to die... heh heh...

"Your senior sister can reluctantly see you off. You're going to die sooner or later anyway, so you might as well go to the Nine Netherworlds and enjoy the scenery!"

Therefore, Lu Wenyuan, who still wanted to live, could only express his high appreciation and recognition of his master's style, and gradually learned some of its basics.

In short, the style of Master Pinglin's entire sect, from top to bottom, is cowardice, and it is absolutely impossible for them to do something like stealing the sect's precious treasure and venturing out into the world!
"Didn't I say before that I would send everyone over? But because of this matter, I haven't been able to get around to it! Now that the old man is dead, it's even better! All sorts of monsters and demons have come out! Half of the disciples of Pinglin Peak have run away! One is saying that he will expose the inside story, another is saying that he will put justice before family, basically they are slapping all sorts of dirty and stinking things on my head!"

Jiao Xueling gritted her teeth as she spoke: "And that old bastard who's tired of living said that I was the one who killed Bai Zhongqi, and that I should give him Ping Linfeng's treasures as compensation! It's like everyone's kicking him while he's down, and he really has the nerve to say that! His cultivation is higher than mine! How could I possibly kill him!"

Asagao quickly advised, "Senior sister, calm down, calm down, or let's all run away!"

"No need! I still need to avenge that old man, why would I run away! That old bastard may not have done many good deeds, but he did protect everyone for quite some time! Anyway, anyway... hmph!"

At this point, Jiao Xueling suddenly pulled out more than a dozen Qiankun bags from her bosom and stuffed them into the two of them: "Take these, take these. I've looted all of the old man's inheritance, not even leaving a single spirit herb that hasn't grown in the spirit fields! You two keep these for now. Stay hidden in the Taiyin Sect for the next few days and keep a low profile. I'm on the run, so they're not very useful. By the way, don't be extravagant. I'll need them after the Ziwei Sect is destroyed!"

Asagao's voice trembled with tears: "Ah? Senior sister, where are you going? Why don't you stay with us in the Taiyin Sect?"

"What are you doing, looking like that! I'm not dead yet!"

Jiao Xueling pushed Chaoyan toward Lü Wenyuan with disdain and said, "I have to find out exactly how the old man died. Also, I've managed to get the rest of the Pinglin Peak people to come to the Taiyin Sect. You two should try to help them. Although no one should be so bored as to chase after a bunch of brats who haven't even reached the Golden Core stage, it's better to be safe than sorry. Things will be much easier once the Taiyin Sect destroys the Ziwei Sect!"

Lu Wenyuan couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister, how can you be so sure that the Ziwei Sect is no match for the Taiyin Sect? The Taiyin Sect only has a few thousand disciples, and most of them are only at the Foundation Establishment stage. How could they possibly win?!"

(End of this chapter)