In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 217 The Beggars' Sect's Upheaval
"Li Chimei, one of the three great masters of the Yuan Dynasty, a transvestite?"

Upon learning the identity of the person on the ground, Abbess Miejue and the others' expressions all changed.

Even Gu Santong couldn't help but cast a surprised glance at the corpse on the ground.

"Wasn't it said that among the martial artists in the Great Yuan Kingdom who had reached the Qi Condensation stage, Li Chimei was only slightly weaker than Pang Ban? How come she was killed by you so easily?"

The current Gu Santong is not the same as when he was just released from prison a year ago.

During his year at the Emei Sect, Gu Santong specifically asked Abbess Miejue to collect information on various forces and masters in the martial arts world.

As one of the top experts in the Great Yuan Kingdom, Gu Santong naturally had an impression of Li Chimei.

From the moment Gu Santong sensed the fluctuations of the Qi energy in the back mountain to the moment he rushed over, less than thirty breaths had passed.

In other words, despite both being martial artists who had reached the Qi Condensation stage, Li Chimei couldn't even last thirty breaths against Gu Shaoan.

Gu Shaoan said, "I suppose you could call it taking a shortcut!"

Gu Santong looked at Gu Shaoan with a puzzled expression: "Take a shortcut? What do you mean?"

Gu Shaoan explained, "As far as I know, the martial art that Li Chimei cultivates is called 'Heavenly Charm Condensing Yin.' Not only is her lightness skill unpredictable, but it also complements her internal energy cultivation method. The higher her speed, the more powerful the internal energy she can condense will be."

"It can be said that the longer the battle lasts, the stronger he will become."

"But if the battle can be ended quickly, his strength should be far inferior to that of the mage Pang Ban."

Gu Santong seemed to realize something and said, "I sensed the power of heaven and earth earlier, and you directly used the Emei Sword Manual?"

Gu Shaoan nodded in acknowledgment.

"If this goes on for too long, things will change. His lightness skill is indeed strange. If we let him escape, I'm afraid I'll have no peace of mind."

If Gu Shaoan didn't know Li Chimei's identity and the martial arts she practiced, he might have only used the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms" as his starting move.

However, knowing Li Chimei's identity, Gu Shaoan naturally wouldn't hold back and prolong the battle.

Although Gu Shaoan didn't say much, based on Gu Santong's experience of fighting Gu Shaoan so many times, he could roughly guess the situation of the previous battle.

He then looked at Li Chimei on the ground and shook his head, saying, "This guy is really unlucky. Of all people to pick, he had to pick a little monster like you."

According to Gu Shaoan's account, if Li Chimei had approached Gu Santong today, given Li Chimei's lightness skill and the unique nature of "Tianmei Ningyin," Gu Santong might have had a headache.

But Li Chimei went straight to Gu Shaoan.

When it comes to action, it's a martial art like the "Emei Sword Manual," which can manipulate the power of heaven and earth.

There was simply no opportunity to prolong the battle and unleash the full power of his "Heavenly Demon Yin Condensation".

After sighing inwardly, Gu Santong waved his hand and said, "Alright! Now that you've resolved it, I'll go back to rest so Su Xin won't worry."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Santong used his lightness skill to head towards the bamboo forest to the east.

After Gu Santong left, Abbess Miejue asked, "What do you intend to do with this corpse?"

After thinking for a moment, Gu Shaoan said in a deep voice, "This disciple will find a place to dispose of the body later."

Li Chimei came here this time intending to take action against the Emei Sect.

They are enemies, not friends.

If it weren't for the fact that this was where Gu Shaoan and Miejue usually lived, they wouldn't have bothered with Li Chimei's corpse.

After a pause, Gu Shaoan changed the subject and said, "Furthermore, Li Chimei, as a person of the Great Yuan Kingdom, was able to know that we were in the back mountain of Mount Da'e, so she must have done some research beforehand."

Upon hearing this, Abbess Miejue and Juechen, along with the others, all changed their expressions.

Abbess Miejue looked at Juechen and said, "Send a message to the Emei disciples stationed in Jiading Prefecture."

Then he instructed Abbess Wujue: "Go and see if any of the disciples on duty at the mountain gate today have encountered any problems."

When it came to the safety of the disciples, both Juechen and Juequan nodded in acknowledgment and quickly turned to move towards the front of the mountain.

Gu Shaoan lowered his gaze to Li Chimei's body, narrowed his eyes slightly, then picked up Li Chimei's corpse and followed closely behind using his lightness skill.

In June, the sun blazed fiercely, and the clouds above the Golden Summit were thin. The sunlight poured down without any obstruction, illuminating the huge Golden Tripod Hall in a magnificent golden light, but also bringing an indescribable sense of heat and oppression.

Inside the solemn and dignified hall, amidst the lingering scent of sandalwood, an invisible tension quietly permeated the air.

Apart from Abbess Miejue, the sect leader who sat upright in the main seat with a somber expression, and the two core elders Juechen and Juejue who were already standing by her side, the other important elders of the Emei Sect also entered the hall one after another.

When the elders' gazes swept over the faces of the three men in high positions, which were clearly solemn and even somewhat gloomy, their hearts sank, and they were somewhat puzzled.

A short while later, after all the elders in the mountains had gathered at the Golden Peak Hall, Abbess Juexin, who was closest to Abbess Juejue, spoke in a loud voice, but with respect and a hint of inquiry: "Sect Leader, is there any important matter that has been urgently summoned to the Golden Peak Hall today?"

Abbess Miejue nodded and said, "There is indeed one thing."

After speaking, Abbess Miejue nodded slightly to Abbess Juechen beside her.

Upon seeing this, Abbess Juechen took a deep breath, her usually calm and gentle face now covered with frost.

Her gaze swept across everyone in the hall as if it were a tangible object before she said in a deep voice, "At the beginning of the year, Shi Huolong, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, sent people to climb the mountain."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

Some elders who had already heard rumors beforehand lowered their gazes slightly.

The other elders of the Emei Sect, after a brief moment of stunned silence, seemed to realize something, and their expressions turned grim.

Taking in everyone's expressions, Abbess Juechen spoke again: "As you all have probably guessed, Shi Huolong sent the Beggars' Clan here for only one purpose: he demands that our Emei Sect hand over the manual of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms!"

"Bastard!"

"He dares!"

"That's unreasonable!"

Even though they were mentally prepared, the hall still erupted in chaos when Abbess Juechen stated the request with perfect clarity.

"Our sect leader said that the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms was left by our Emei Sect's founding ancestor. It is a legacy of our ancestor and a secret of our sect. Why does the Beggar Clan have the right to demand the complete manual of our Emei Sect?"

"That's right! The Beggars' Sect members are incompetent; they lost their own 'Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms' manual, and now they actually want us to hand over the secret manual? What kind of logic is that?"

Martial arts manuals involve the lineages of various schools. If they were just ordinary, rudimentary martial arts, that would be fine.

But now we're dealing with a superior and exquisite martial art like the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms".

Even when facing the Wudang Sect, which is on good terms with the Emei Sect, the Emei Sect would never give away a martial art like the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms".

Moreover, the Beggars' Sect has had almost no connection with the Emei Sect for nearly a century.

Would anyone agree to that?

At this moment, Abbess Juechen suddenly raised her hand in a gesture.

After the other elders quieted down, Abbess Juechen continued, "Our sect leader and I share the same view, so we have already rejected the Beggars' Sect's previous request."

At this point, Abbess Juechen paused, then said in a slightly somber tone, "However, just yesterday, the Wanshan Sect, which has a good relationship with us, suddenly sent someone with a letter. The letter said that the Beggar Clan had contacted them, wanting them to help them take sides and force our Emei Sect to hand over the 'Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms'."

"In addition, the letter from the leader of the Wanshan Sect also mentioned that the Beggars' Clan had mentioned several other second-rate forces, and had also asked the deputy leader of the Evil Sect to help the Beggars' Clan."

"The date will be set for the first day of the tenth month."

Upon hearing this, the other elders, after a brief silence, immediately began to argue.

"This is utterly shameless! The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms is a martial art passed down through my Emei Sect. What right does the Beggar Clan have to do this?"

"The Beggars' Sect's move is clearly an attempt to gather strength and force us to submit."

"No, I absolutely cannot agree to this."

Most of the elders had angry expressions on their faces.

However, several elders of the Emei Sect also looked worried.

After a short while, once the others had quieted down a bit, an elder from the Emei Sect spoke up: "But the Evil Sect is a first-rate force, and its sect leader, Li Ruohai, is a master of the Qi Condensation Formation technique."

"If the Beggars' Sect was able to find the vice sect leader of the Evil Sect, things are probably getting a bit complicated."

As soon as she finished speaking, Abbess Juexin suddenly said coldly, "If everything is judged solely by strength rather than fairness, then can our Emei Sect also arbitrarily force other minor sects to hand over their martial arts to our Emei Sect?"

"Everything comes down to reason. The Beggars' Sect's actions are unreasonable. If we hand over our sect's secret techniques because of the circumstances, how will people in the martial arts world view our Emei Sect?"

"Wouldn't everyone think that Emei is easy to bully then?"

The Emei Sect elder who had spoken earlier retorted, "Given Emei's situation, what benefit would we gain from provoking a first-rate power?"

"benefit?"

Just then, Abbess Miejue, who was sitting in the main seat, suddenly spoke.

The sound was like the clang of metal, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

Abbess Miejue slowly raised her head, her sharp gaze sweeping over the elder who had just refuted Abbess Juexin, and said in a low voice, "When did my Emei Sect fall so low that it has to depend on others for survival?"

"If all you do when you encounter problems is try to smooth things over, do you think we can still maintain our current foundation?"

Stared at by the sharp gaze of the Elder, who had just spoken, he quickly lowered his head.

Seeing this, Abbess Miejue withdrew her gaze and said, "Our Emei Sect is upright and honest, and aboveboard. This 'Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms' was indeed not created by Emei, but our founder obtained it, preserved it, and protected it. What is wrong with that?"

"A hundred years ago, the Beggars' Sect was the largest sect in the martial arts world, and its reputation was no less than that of Shaolin."

"But now, Shi Huolong is mediocre and incompetent. He has failed to protect the martial arts legacy of his ancestors, which is a disgrace. The entire Beggar Clan has become a den of filth. Now, instead of reflecting on his own mistakes, he uses such high-sounding pretexts to gather people and force my Emei Sect to teach the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. It is truly laughable."

At this point, Abbess Miejue's voice suddenly rose.

"The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms belong to Emei. It has been, is, and will always be something that belongs to the Emei Scripture Pavilion! Anyone who tries to touch it is an enemy of Emei."

"So what if it's the Evil Sect? If the Beggars' Sect can find the Evil Sect, why can't my Emei Sect go after the Wudang Sect?"

"If the Beggars' Sect really contacts other sects and gathers them in my Emei Sect to try to intimidate us, my Emei Sect is not as easy to talk to as Zhang Sanfeng of the Wudang Sect."

“If they dare to come, I’ll kill one if they come, and two if they come.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a chilling aura emanated from Abbess Miejue.

Finally, Abbess Miejue gave a cold glance to the Emei Sect elders who had previously looked worried, and then said to Abbess Juechen, "Arrange some people to keep an eye on those Beggar Clan guys. If necessary, send a message to Wudang and ask Headmaster Song to come over."

Abbess Juechen stood up and replied, "Disciple obeys."

After an incense stick had burned a while, and the matter was settled, the other elders left one after another. Abbess Juechen looked at Abbess Miejue and said, "Senior Sister, don't you plan to mention the Beggar Clan matter to Shao'an?"

"Shao'an is quick-witted and has a more comprehensive mind; perhaps he can come up with a good solution."

Abbess Miejue shook her head and said, "It's already June, and the 20-year agreement between Demon Master Pang Ban and Cihang Jingzhai is fast approaching. Although Shao'an doesn't say it, I'm afraid he's under a lot of pressure."

"I am now spending my days cultivating in the back mountains in preparation for the battle against Pang Ban."

"That child already carries too much on his mind. It's just a small matter like the Beggars' Sect's affairs. Why bother him with this?"

"We'll handle it."

After thinking for a moment, Abbess Juechen nodded and said, "That's true. Right now, the problem of Demon Master Pang Ban is more important."

The reputation of the sorcerer Pang Ban is not good.

The fact that Li Chimei had previously arranged for her to sneak into Emei at night was enough to show that the Demon Master Pang Ban had no intention of letting things go.

Now that Li Chimei, whom he sent, has also been killed, given Pang Ban's past behavior, he will certainly not let the matter rest when the agreement with Cihang Jingzhai expires.

It's really unnecessary to influence Gu Shaoan for the sake of a mere Beggars' Sect.

and.

The Emei Sect of today is not the same as it was ten years ago, all show and no substance.

Abbess Miejue and Abbess Juechen were not merciful people either.

If the Beggars' Sect members are truly being unreasonable and pushing people too far, then let's settle things with our fists.

　Two updates today! I need to sort out some of the groundwork I've laid out. Three updates tomorrow! Sorry for the delay!
　　
　
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