allonlinenovel Chapter 1084 Aggressive and Well-Prepared
Chapter 1084 Aggressive and Well-Prepared
He wanted to move his hands more, trying to get himself in sync with his body as quickly as possible.
But Jian Yi stopped, and although Gu Xiu was somewhat regretful, he couldn't find fault with him at this moment. He just turned his head and looked at the two Buddhist Vajras with some dissatisfaction.
This noisy thing.
He wanted to wait until he was fully integrated with the body before taking action against these two bald monks. Not only did they interrupt his cultivation, they even tried to prevent him from ascending the Sword Enlightenment Platform and the Sword Cleansing Pool to annihilate his inner demons. It was outrageous and they deserved to die!
No.
Not only these two bald monks, but this so-called Western Desert Buddhist sect will also have to be destroyed first, and their Buddha statues will be replaced with their own!
Fortunately, Jingyan and Jingde didn't know what the black-robed Gu Xiu was thinking. Otherwise, even with their unwavering Buddhist hearts, they would probably have jumped up and down upon hearing Gu Xiu's words. However, even without knowing what the black-robed Gu Xiu was thinking, these two high-ranking Buddhist monks still felt uncomfortable being stared at by him like that.
Total feeling.
It's as if I'm being targeted by something unclean.
"What did you mean by Gu Xiu being some kind of world-destroying immortal?"
"Yes, you can't just say half of what you mean."
What is a "world-destroying immortal"?
"Could these two monks really be here to distort the truth?"
Although the journey was interrupted by Lü Dongshan's unreasonable demands, many people here still remembered what Monk Jingyan had said and kept asking him questions.
These questions calmed the monk Jingyan down again: "Please don't be anxious, everyone. As I said before, we have come here to capture the world-destroying demon. The three crimes we listed earlier are not just empty words; we have brought evidence with us."
"You're talking about evidence? What evidence is it? Is Gu Xiu truly a celestial being descended to earth?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"That's natural, we..."
"Since the Western Desert Buddhist Sect has listed three crimes against Fellow Daoist Gu, then you should present the evidence for those three crimes as soon as possible." Before Jingyan could say anything more, Jiang Jiansi spoke up: "The time for the Sword Offering Ceremony is approaching. Once it is held, you two should go back to where you came from."
Although his expression remained calm, everyone could hear the dissatisfaction in his words; he was practically saying that these two bald monks were wasting their time.
Such an arrogant attitude made both Jingyan and Jingde look rather gloomy.
However, Jingyan's composure was quite good. Although he lost his composure slightly, he quickly regained his composure. At this moment, he smiled slightly and said to the crowd below, "Since you are here, if you have any accusations against Gu Xiu, you may speak them now."
Many people found this strange and looked into the crowd, only to see that as Jingyan finished speaking, someone actually stepped out from the crowd.
"This junior, Yue Tianli, the sixth son of the Divine Lord of the Haoyue Divine Dynasty, greets the seniors of the Sword Sect and fellow Daoists." A prince of the Divine Dynasty stepped forward first, introduced himself, and then pointed at Gu Xiu: "Gu Xiu killed my brother five hundred years ago. Now he has returned with a vengeance. Knowing that my brother Yue Tiansheng is powerful, he used a trap to lure and kill my brother cruelly. I beg you all to seek justice for my brother!"
"I am Liu Caiping from Yuanhua Holy Land, wife of Gao Liluo from Yuanhua Holy Land. Gu Xiu and my Yuanhua Holy Land have a past feud, but my husband Gao Liluo has always believed that it is better to resolve enmity than to create it. He has spoken well of Gu Xiu on many occasions within the sect, especially after the incident at the Three Enclosures Sea of Sin. He has been working tirelessly to unite the various sects, but unexpectedly, he was also tricked by Gu Xiu and left. He has not returned to this day. I beg you all to ask Gu Xiu to hand over my husband!"
"I have come here today because of my senior brother's whereabouts. Gu Xiu lured my senior brother away, then cruelly murdered him, stole his treasures, and destroyed his soul. If my senior brother's soul lamp hadn't been extinguished, we wouldn't even be able to believe that such a thing could happen..."
One after another, people came forward to accuse Gu Xiu of luring and killing people. Moreover, these people were not nobodies. On the contrary, most of them came from various sects and dynasties. It would not be an exaggeration to say that most of the powerful forces in the current Haoyu have been mobilized.
They all came at this moment, having remained silent until now, when they suddenly erupted in accusations, making many people's eyelids twitch.
"Since the emergence of the Three Enclosures Sea of Calamity, the Tian Ce Mansion has issued a ceasefire decree, requiring all sects and factions to temporarily set aside their grudges and refrain from launching large-scale military campaigns to jointly resist the demons in the Three Enclosures Sea of Calamity. How dare Gu Xiu be so audacious?"
"Most importantly, the people Gu Xiu killed were all people with good reputations, and they all advocated that all sects unite to overcome difficulties together. This makes people think more about it."
"What surprised me even more was their accusation. They all said that Gu Xiu used dishonorable tricks to lure people away from the sect and then brutally murdered them. How could Gu Xiu do such a thing?"
"The timing and the method used make it hard not to have suspicions."
"..."
As one accusation after another emerged, many people couldn't help but overthink things.
Seeing their reaction, Lü Dongshan retorted, "Hey, hey, hey, have you all lost your minds? The cultivation world is never a greenhouse. Even supreme beings can perish. What's so strange about a few people dying now?"
"Is this a few people? A rough count shows more than two hundred, and they killed the main talents of various sects and factions. You call this not strange?" Someone in the crowd retorted. It was Yue Tianli, the sixth prince of the Haoyue Divine Dynasty.
"What right do dead geniuses have to be called geniuses? Besides, do you think these people are all good men and women after cultivating to this point? They've killed many people, and now they're just inferior in skill and have been killed. How dare you bring this up?" Lu Dongshan curled his lips, looking at the dead as trash, instantly making many people glare at him angrily.
Jingyan smiled and said, "What Benefactor Lü said makes sense. In fact, if this were any other day, no one would pay much attention to the strangeness of this matter. But the situation is different now."
"What's the difference?" Lu Dongshan curled his lip. "Could it be that with the emergence of the Three Enclosures of Sinful Sea, the cultivation world has become a greenhouse, and they've become hothouse flowers, unable to die?"
"Indeed, one must not die."
"Oh?"
“We have already compiled a list. All those killed by Gu Xiu died recently, and the number exceeds two hundred. They were all people dedicated to uniting various sects. Don’t you find the timing and the choice of these people a bit suspicious, Benefactor Lü?”
"There is indeed something strange about this."
"It seems that Benefactor Lü has also noticed..."
"Why would these people want to die with Old Gu? Is life not good enough for them?"
Lu Dongshan's words instantly ignited the anger of the crowd, especially those who had previously stepped forward to cry and accuse Gu Xiu. Their faces were extremely gloomy, and they wished they could go up and tear Lu Dongshan into eight pieces on the spot and rip his mouth apart.
This is actually the scene that Jingyan hoped to see.
only……
When he noticed Jiang Jiansi's indifferent and unmoved gaze, he remembered Jiang Jiansi's words earlier. He didn't have much time and couldn't let the situation escalate, so he could only hurriedly take action to stop everyone.
"Benefactor Lü is indeed eloquent and adaptable, but as this humble monk just said, the Demon of Annihilation desires the vast universe to fall into boundless chaos and for the human race to be in complete internal strife. Benefactor Gu's move at this time is intended to incite internal strife among the various sects."
"Nonsense! What do you mean by internal strife among the sects? I see them quite united!" Lu Dongshan glanced at the people from various sects and said, "They're all condemning Old Gu together, how can they not be united?"
This is indeed a paradox.
only……
Jingyan, however, smiled as if to say, "You've been tricked." He continued, "Benefactor Lü is indeed insightful and has hit the nail on the head. But do you know that when Benefactor Gu slaughtered these talented experts, he was hiding his identity? If it weren't for the fact that our Buddhist sect had some means to find out that the murderer was Benefactor Gu, the various sects would have already fallen into internal strife due to mutual suspicion."
"That's right, Gu Xiu was hiding behind the scenes, secretly arranging for them to go out!"
"If it weren't for Master Jingyan using his secret methods to trace the source, we probably wouldn't have known at all that Gu Xiu was the one who killed him!"
"Gu Xiu is a treacherous villain. He appears upright on the surface, but is actually extremely wicked. He is deliberately escalating the relations between our various sects, hoping to make us collapse without a fight before the Three Enclosures Sea of Evil is lost!"
"What a vicious scheme, what ruthless methods!"
Accusations erupted at this moment, and the accusers from various sects began to recount in detail how Gu Xiu had tricked people away and then made them misunderstand the affairs of other sects.
If one or two people say this, perhaps no one will believe it.
But now that so many people are accusing Gu Xiu, the information contained therein cannot be ignored. In fact, many people are looking at Gu Xiu with suspicion.
Could it be...
Does he really intend to plunge the world into chaos?
Are they really planning to plunge all the sects and factions into civil war, thus depleting the power of the vast universe?
Noticing the unusual behavior of the crowd, Lü Dongshan's expression changed slightly: "Then... then maybe, Gu Xiu didn't kill him at all. What if you framed him?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Lü Dongshan cried out in alarm.
He didn't know if Gu Xiu had really killed these people. Even if he had, there must have been extenuating circumstances. But he knew that if Gu Xiu hadn't killed them, he would have spoken up to refute it long ago. He wouldn't be so silent now. The fact that he hadn't said anything meant that he might have really killed them, and given his personality, he would definitely admit it directly.
At that time, Master Jingyan will probably immediately launch an attack and pin the blame on him for maliciously instigating conflicts between different sects.
really.
Before Lü Dongshan could correct himself, Master Jingyan turned to Gu Xiu and said, “Benefactor Gu, I have heard that you are an upright person who disdains to lie. Now that everyone is making such a fuss because of you, why don’t you say something?”
"Did you kill these people?"
Gu Xiu, clad in black robes, frowned, his eyes flashing with frost as he looked at Jingyan. Jingyan, however, showed no fear whatsoever, instead glancing at the three disciples of the Sword Saint beside him and saying:
“Benefactor Gu, you are currently in the Tianyuan Sword Sect, and you are facing Benefactor Jiang, who is wielding the Mo Shou Sword. Do not think that you can deceive people by lying.”
Jiang Jian, wielding the Mo Shou Sword, is an extremely disciplined person, and he considers himself part of the rules. Therefore, he has some special abilities when it comes to distinguishing right from wrong. If an ordinary person is unprepared, their clumsy lies will not be able to fool them.
Lu Dongshan's heart skipped a beat. He knew that Monk Jingyan must have been prepared in advance and had others deceive Jiang Jiansi, but Gu Xiu was unprepared. Even if he changed his nature and intended to lie, he probably wouldn't be able to fool anyone.
only……
Just as Lü Dongshan was extremely nervous, Gu Xiu in black robes snorted coldly: "I didn't kill the people you're talking about."
Lü Dongshan: Huh? ? ?