Chapter 1141 Transferring Conflicts
"Boom!"

Just as everyone was deeply shocked by the scene before them and the door to the inner courtyard was as quiet as dead water, Li Haitang, who was caught off guard, suddenly felt his scalp tingling. He couldn't help but swing his hands forward, and the wooden box fell to the ground. Xu Ren's bloody head rolled out and stopped right at Liu Xunyi's feet.

"This... this... this is Xu Ren?"

Incredulous, Li Haitang pointed at Xu Ren's head and looked at the silent Tang Xuan and Si Wudao in astonishment. His heart was filled with indescribable shock and fear, so his brain was in a mess and his words were incoherent: "How...how could it be..."

However, when Li Haitang saw that Tang Xuan and Si Wudao were both calm, a terrifying thought quickly flooded into his mind. At the same time, his mind was struck by thunder, his voice stopped abruptly, and the expression on his face changed from panic to horror.

"Master, in the wooden box... isn't it a gift for Brother Liu? How could it be Xu Ren? Could it be... Could it be..."

Although Li Haitang had guessed the clues, he still couldn't believe it until he heard Tang Xuan and Si Wudao admit it with his own ears.

"Don't make a fuss. The gift is Xu Ren's head. Xu Ren's head is the gift." Si Wudao seemed to be comforting the agitated Li Haitang, but in fact his eyes were always on Liu Xunyi, and he was clearly speaking to him.

"Hey!"

Hearing this, Li Haitang suddenly felt his stomach churning, especially when he thought that what he had just carefully held was the head of Xu Ren, with whom he had been living day and night for many years, he could not help but feel nauseous and retching.

"What do you mean?" Teng Sanshi, who didn't know the truth, leaned over and carefully looked at Xu Ren, who died with his eyes open. His brows couldn't help but wrinkle into a deep "川" shape. "This person... seems to be a disciple of Longxiang Mountain. How could he..."

At this point, Teng Sanshi suddenly had an idea, and quickly cast a suspicious look at Liu Xunyi, whispering: "Xunyi, did you... kill this person?"

"Alliance Leader Teng, please don't misunderstand!" Seeing that Teng Sanshi had misunderstood, Si Wudao hurriedly explained, "Xu Ren's death has nothing to do with Young Master Liu. It's Longxiang Mountain's explanation to Young Master Liu... No! It should be an explanation to Miss Pan and even the entire Pan family."

"I?"

Seeing that Si Wudao turned the conversation to herself, Pan Yuyin, who was already in a state of confusion, became even more nervous and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"I understand!" Xie Xuan was enlightened by Si Wudao's words. "It turns out that Xunyi has been unwilling to accept Longxiang Mountain because of the Pan family, and Yun Zhuiyue did not hesitate to kill his subordinates to resolve this grudge. He killed Xu Ren, who had served him for many years, without hesitation. It is really... unbelievable."

Xie Xuan was impressed by Yun Zhuiyue's thunderous means, and was even more surprised by his cold and ruthless ruthlessness. Seeing that Teng Sanshi and others still had only a vague understanding, he told them the whole story of Xu Ren's plot to murder the Pan family in Yingchuan that year.

Reminiscing about the past is tantamount to uncovering the scars deep in Pan Yuyin's heart. When the voice, appearance and smile of Pan Chuba appeared in her mind again, she couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.

Qin Ku had no sympathy for Xu Ren's death because Xu Ren had pretended to be Qin Tianjiu of the Hexi Qin family and committed crimes. Instead, he spat at Xu Ren's head to show his disdain.

"It turns out that the rift between Xunyi and Longxiang Mountain... stems from the Pan family."

Teng Sanshi knew Liu Xunyi's character very well, so he understood his obsession to redress Pan Chuba's grievances. At the same time, Teng Sanshi was also pleased with Yun Zhuiyue's "prompt decision". In his mind, Yun Zhuiyue's initiative to execute Xu Ren was enough to show his sincerity in turning hostility into friendship.

Now that Yun Zhuiyue is sincere, Teng Sanshi, his adoptive father, is undoubtedly more certain that this matter can end peacefully.

With this in mind, Teng Sanshi cast a meaningful look at Xiao Zhirou and Xie Xuan respectively, as if hinting at them to help him mediate the turmoil.

"Hmph! There are many ways to solve this matter, but Yun Zhuiyue chose the most cruel and bloody one." At this moment, Xiao Zhirou was still resenting Yun Zhuiyue for Yun Jianping's matter, so her words were full of contempt, "Xu Ren and the Pan family have never met before, why did he do such a cruel thing? In the final analysis, he was just following orders..."

"Cough cough!"

Before Xiao Zhirou finished speaking, Teng Sanshi's eyes suddenly changed. He was worried that the situation, which had finally turned around, would deteriorate again, so he interrupted her hastily: "In my opinion, Xu Ren is the first to blame for the Pan family's calamity. Now that his head and body are separated, it is in line with the law of cause and effect, and retribution. It is also an explanation to the Pan family... What's more, the dead cannot be resurrected, so why should we feel sympathy and reopen the scars of the Pan family?" Although Teng Sanshi's words sounded fair and just, and he seemed to pity the Pan family, he was actually trying to absolve Longxiang Mountain of blame.

No one present was a fool. Anyone could hear the hidden meaning in Teng Sanshi's words. He simply hoped that the Pan family's revenge would end here and Xu Ren's death would be the end, without involving anyone else.

"As the saying goes, 'It takes the person who tied the bell to untie it'. Miss Pan, as a descendant of the Pan family and a friend of Young Master Liu, should be able to see Longxiang Mountain's sincere apology and repentance." Tang Xuan stared at the confused Pan Yuyin with his deep eyes, and said word by word, "Miss Pan, Xu Ren once caused your family to be destroyed. Although he is from Longxiang Mountain, it was not the intention of the Holy Lord to act so cruelly. It was because of his cruel nature that he acted on his own initiative and broke into the mountain. A great disaster. Although Xu Ren is one of the ten most impermanent people in Longxiang Mountain and is the Holy Lord's trusted confidant... Although he has been loyal and dedicated over the years, and has made great contributions to Longxiang Mountain at the risk of his life... But merits are merits, and faults are faults! The Holy Lord has always been clear about rewards and punishments, and never shows favoritism. Today, the Holy Lord suppressed his inner reluctance, ignored the desperate pleas of his disciples, and decided to shed tears and execute Ma Su, and use Xu Ren's head to comfort Miss Pan's deceased relatives. Are you satisfied with this result?"

"This……"

"As the saying goes, 'It is better to resolve a feud than to create one.' Although the dead are gone, Miss Pan and your father, your cousin, and your brother must still live well. Moreover, the Pan family has always been honest and upright, so why should we keep entangled in the grudges in the martial arts world and add unnecessary troubles to ourselves?" Si Wudao pretended to be understanding and advised, "Miss Pan is kind-hearted and knows the big picture. She will surely understand the painstaking efforts of our Saint Master, and will understand that the overall situation is the most important thing in everything. We must not implicate innocent people because of our own selfishness, and we must not sow the seeds of disaster for the Central Plains martial arts world because of our momentary impulse."

"This……"

Tang Xuan and Si Wudao sang the same tune, using both kindness and force, and both soft and hard tactics, which made the naive Pan Yuyin lose her mind and become confused.

What is even more fatal is that most of the people present are aware of the interests involved. Once Liu Xunyi breaks off relations with Longxiang Mountain, it will be as Teng Sanshi said, "a single move will affect the entire body", and by then, it will not be just Liu Xunyi who will be affected.

Furthermore, Yun Zhuiyue is deeply in love with Xiao Zhirou. If he is pushed to the edge, God knows what he will do. There is also Yun Jianping, who is in a dilemma because of the "deep love between father and daughter". Liu Xunyi's life will definitely not be easy.

Whether it was out of public interest or out of personal desire, big men like Teng Sanshi and Xie Xuan who usually claimed to be righteous and upright, women like Xiao Zhirou and Yun Jianping who were kind by nature and easy to feel compassion, even the self-willed Qin Ku and the fearless Tang Afu, all fell silent at this moment as expected.

Either to preserve their own interests, or to consider the overall situation, or to maintain family relationships... They have different thoughts but are very tacitly in sync. They are secretly impulsive but remain silent, just looking at Pan Yuyin with solemn and complicated eyes, watching her isolated and helpless, pitiful, but no one is willing to speak up to help her out.

Whether they admit it or not, in fact, at this moment all the "onlookers" present are no longer neutral, but stand on Yun Zhuiyue's side without any prior agreement. With their silent attitude and concerned eyes, they put invisible pressure on Pan Yuyin, forcing her to take the initiative to give in, and thus break through the last obstacle in Liu Xunyi's heart to accept Yun Zhuiyue.

After all, judging from the current situation, Liu Xunyi and Yun Zhuiyue shaking hands and making peace would be more beneficial than harmful to everyone. Even for Liu Xunyi, accepting Yun Zhuiyue meant protecting Yun Jianping and reducing a potential rival in the martial arts world, which was also more beneficial than harmful.

This incident once again confirms Xunzhen's evaluation of human nature: "Calculation is not necessarily a bad thing, it may just be out of more considerations."

Sadly, when most people are thinking in the same direction, the overall situation has been formed. Any considerations that are inconsistent with the overall situation, whether it is the interests of a small number of people or the feelings of some victims, seem very weak and fragile. Not to mention that fighting to the death is a great risk to the world, even if it is just crying and refuting, it will become a kind of selfishness and ignorance of the overall situation, and will be condemned and despised by thousands of people.

Outside of the overall situation, there is no need to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong, black and white. Because sacrifice is almost inevitable.

The so-called situation forced some people to be angry but not to speak out, and some people wanted to speak but could not. For Pan Yuyin, it seemed that she had a choice, but in fact, she had no choice at all.

At present, the contradiction has turned, the wind direction has changed, it is no longer whether Liu Xunyi is willing to accept Yun Zhuiyue, but whether Pan Yuyin is willing to forgive Long Xiangshan. Little did she know that if she insisted on pursuing the culprit to the end, she would immediately become the "world's number one villain" who used Liu Xunyi's chivalrous heart to destroy their brother-sister relationship, implicate innocent people and sow the seeds of disaster for the Central Plains martial arts world.

If one thinks about it carefully, in addition to Tang Xuan and Si Wudao's collusion and Teng Sanshi's instigation, Liu Xunyi's wavering and compromise under Yun Jianping's coercion and inducement also bears an unshirkable responsibility for the current situation.

A group of heroes, due to the complex interweaving of emotions and interests, check and balance each other, and finally put all the burdens on a little girl who has no school, no power, and even no strength. It is really ridiculous.

Bullying the weak, everyone talks about it with indignation, but they are very good at it. In this regard, Teng Sanshi, Xie Xuan and others are no different from Qingfeng and Ling Xiaoxiao in the past.

I think that people who are too righteous and upright will hardly make it in a world full of demons.

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(End of this chapter)