Chapter 1281: Innocent Celestial Sword Manor

Chapter 1281: Chapter 1281: Innocent Celestial Sword Manor

Pei Yan was amused by Liu Xuanji’s words, he didn’t hide his laughter and looked at him, saying, "Why does Elder Liu also believe the White Deer Institute has problems? Do you have any leads?"

"I’m just an old fool, otherwise, I wouldn’t have realized who’s good or bad only now! I can’t speculate on where the Jue Liunian Technique came from, but from today’s situation, not only has he found a reliable haven, but he’s also had time to teach and train his own disciples. Pei Yan! Those who attacked your subordinates are quite strong, and it takes a long time to train such talents! Someone must have provided him with the venue to teach disciples and the resources necessary to cultivate these talents."

Liu Xuanji expressed annoyance and regret, painfully saying, "Whenever I think of this point in the past two days, I feel waves of fear. They’ve been plotting against us for many years! We’ve been too careless. We knew he had an intense hatred towards us, and we should have eradicated everything at any cost back then! This current predicament is self-inflicted."

"Hehe! Elder Liu, don’t portray yourself as so innocent! Now you know what it’s like to be framed? Yet, when you framed Celestial Sword Manor in the past, you showed no mercy! Among those disciples of Celestial Sword Manor who turned against and supported the Bloodshed, weren’t there people from your side? Don’t say there weren’t; if you’re deceiving me now, it would be meaningless!" Pei Yan leaned back on his chair mockingly.

"You found out?"

"Hmm! To go unnoticed, one must not act; when we checked the sect documents, we happened to find records that two branches of your Hongjun Sword Furnace, the Wei Family and the Changsun Family, were relocated due to family discontent. A curious investigator dug deeper and unexpectedly found that after being silent for hundreds of years, disciples from these renamed families started joining Celestial Sword Manor. After years of developing, they became a part of Celestial Sword Manor’s outer family, continually sending outstanding disciples to Celestial Sword Manor. Oh my! Speaking of deep schemes, your Hongjun Sword Furnace is also quite adept! After years of meticulous planning, one decisive strike. Elder Liu! Timing it so well, it’s hard to believe you have no connection to the Bloodshed."

In Pei Yan’s taunts, Liu Xuanji’s expression showed embarrassment, but it quickly turned to a relaxed smile, saying, "Heh, you actually found out things even Celestial Sword Manor hadn’t noticed! It seems our initial worry about you checking the Celestial Secret Pavilion’s documents was justified. Indeed! The Bloodshed approached us wanting to collaborate, but we refused! At that time, they were not well-known. Although the representative who came displayed extraordinary strength and impressive terms, it seemed like a castle in the air to us, not worth risking our current position. However, we retained means to communicate with them to keep track of their movements; if you think we’re leaving a backdoor for ourselves, I won’t argue."

Speaking until this point, Liu Xuanji sighed helplessly, "You know all the subsequent events. Before the Bloodshed’s night raid on Luocheng, they contacted us, hoping for cooperation between our insiders in Celestial Sword Manor and the Bloodshed infiltrators to let the Bloodshed and Underworld’s Eighteen Courtyards enter the city. As Celestial Sword Manor was being questioned, reported to the Immortal Palace, we thought why not help slightly and cement this accusation, as Bloodshed indeed infiltrated spies into Celestial Sword Manor!"

"Ha ha ha! Pushing the boat along? I see it as kicking them when they’re down! Such ruthless decisions; after the events, all your Hongjun Sword Furnace’s infiltrators died in battle, eliminating evidence, leaving only Bloodshed spies to seal Celestial Sword Manor’s fate. Ha ha ha! Who would’ve thought! The Heavenly Dao truly comes full circle! It’s been less than half a year, and similar tactics hit Hongjun Sword Furnace!" Pei Yan coldly sneered, speaking ruthlessly and mockingly.

"Say what you will! If you consider it our retribution, so be it! But Pei Yan, I still need to argue; in our Daoist Plane, it’s not only Hongjun Sword Furnace doing such deeds. Do you think Celestial Sword Manor hasn’t planted spies in Hongjun Sword Furnace? Of course, they have, but they weren’t good enough, so we found them out. We didn’t rush to eliminate them, just watched secretly. Until Celestial Sword Manor’s complete downfall, we captured them all. Similarly, this time we fell! In my view, it’s not retribution, merely our opponents’ tactics were superior to ours."

Pei Yan did not refute Liu Xuanji’s response; he nodded in agreement, then asked, "Was the impersonation of Celestial Sword Manor Elders to retaliate in the Foundation Plane your doing?"

"No!" Liu Xuanji directly shook his head in denial, then looked at Pei Yan with a smile, saying, "Taking advantage of Celestial Sword Manor’s Fan Ruyi incident, we tarnished Celestial Sword Manor’s reputation, making them lose the qualification to compete for the Six Mansions of the Immortal Palace. Our goal was achieved! There was no need to complicate matters. The next things I say may be unpleasant, but the truth is we never thought disguising three elders as Celestial Sword Manor associates for revenge would provoke the Investigation Hall into fierce opposition, implicating Sword Manor. The Investigation Hall’s strength at that time wasn’t worth sacrificing three elders for such a matter, but now it’s different! If the Investigation Hall then had your current strength, I’d consider doing so! Yet, someone acted similarly, targeting us! Ah! I must say, this opponent is indeed superior, leveraging strength and consecutively defeating the two top Sword Dao sects of the Daoist Plane. I, Liu Xuanji, can’t help but express admiration."

The opponent’s words were reasonable and flawless; Pei Yan couldn’t find any loopholes, rubbing his chin, lost in thought. Liu Xuanji was right, the Investigation Hall was, at the time, an insignificant force for other planes. So why would those three disguised elders attack the Investigation Hall in retaliation? What merited such action? Just to leave evidence of Celestial Sword Manor’s collusion with the Bloodshed? That doesn’t seem right! Unless the Candle Dragon foresaw years later that Pei Yan could identify the connection between the bizarre seeds and the Bloodshed? Isn’t it said that the stronger one’s power, the harder it is to foresee events?

"Regarding the impersonation of Celestial Sword Manor Elders, I can provide you a clue."