Chapter 779: The Three Sects’ Agreement to Subdue Demons and Eliminate Evils

Outside the Incense Valley.

The Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple teams merged and exchanged greetings.

The monk Puzhi was the first to ask Daoxuan:

"Master, this time, you called the three sects to unite as one. Is there something big going on with the Demon Sect?"

The relationship between the three righteous sects is close. After all, they have been fighting against the Demon Sect together for so many years, and they can be considered friends of life and death.

However, the three traditions are not the same.

Qingyun Sect is Taoist, Tianyin Temple is Buddhist, and Fenxiang Valley is similar to "secular".

The three sects have different inheritances, and apart from things like exorcising demons and monsters, they don’t communicate much in other aspects.

The three sects held a gathering once every ten years, originally just to communicate about exorcising demons and monsters.

When there is a gathering, the three sects only need to ask the elders to bring their disciples to participate.

This year, Daoxuan, the head of Qingyun Sect, suddenly sent a message to the two families, inviting a meeting between the heads of the sects.

Both Fenxiang Valley and Tianyin Temple were filled with doubts.

"Master, this is a long story. Let's go to Fenxiang Valley and talk about it after we meet Valley Master Yun!"

Daoxuan just smiled gently, bowed and asked everyone from Tianyin Temple to go to Fenxiang Valley with him first.

The three righteous sects have long been secretly led by Qingyun Sect.

Now that Daoxuan has invited him, the divine monk Puhong will naturally not refuse.

After a while, nearly seventy people from the two factions arrived at the gate of Fenxiang Valley.

Yun Yilan, the master of Fenxiang Valley, had already received the information and led the elders and disciples of the sect to go out and greet them.

Soon, the heads of the three families gathered in the Shanhe Hall, the main hall of Fenxiang Valley.

Shanhe Hall is located in the center of Fenxiang Valley, surrounded by water on all sides, with a quiet and elegant environment.

After everyone entered the Mountain and River Hall, they chatted with each other for a while.

When it was time to talk about serious matters, the leaders of the three sects would ask their disciples to go out and guard to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

At this time, Sect Leader Daoxuan originally wanted to ask Su Mingzhe, his grandmaster-level disciple, to join in the discussion.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe tried hard to refuse.

Wouldn’t it be nice to go outside and accompany Junior Sister Xueqi?
Why should I accompany a bunch of old guys to discuss trivial matters such as fighting demons and defending the Way?
Inside the Shanhe Hall, the main hall of Fenxiang Valley.

After all the disciples left, only the top leaders of the three sects were left in the hall.

Everyone turned their eyes directly to the Qingyun Sect's head master, Taoist Xuan.

The monk Puzhi brought up the old topic again and asked Daoxuan why he had gathered everyone together.

Daoxuan saw everyone gathered and their eyes were focused on him. He was not afraid of the stage. He looked at everyone calmly and then said loudly:

"Everyone, it has been nearly two hundred years since the last war between good and evil."

"As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate a person. After more than a hundred years of growth and development, the demon sect has long since revived. Among them, the Ghost King Sect, the Blood Refining Hall, the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, and the Longevity Hall have repeatedly provoked trouble, constantly stirring up bloody storms and creating incidents in various parts of the Central Plains..."

Daoxuan spoke a lot, which aroused everyone's emotions and attracted everyone's attention. Then he explained the reason why he had called everyone together:
"My disciples recently discovered a branch of the Demon Cult. It is full of experts and the demonic energy is overwhelming! It is difficult for my Qingyun Sect to eliminate this branch alone, so I want to invite everyone to help, to defeat the demons and defend the righteousness, and maintain the peace of the people!"

"Amitabha!"

When Pu Hong heard Daoxuan talking about this, he immediately became excited and agreed:

"I also feel what Master said. The activities of the Demon Cult have become more and more frequent recently. Last year, I got the news from Tianyin Temple and wanted to eradicate the Demon Cult Ghost King Sect, but the news leaked out, causing them to escape and eventually disappear. This time we need to be careful and strive to decide the outcome in one battle!"

"It is our duty as Fenxiang Valley to exorcise demons and monsters!"

Seeing that Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple were so determined to eradicate the Demon Sect, Fenxiang Valley Master Yun Yilan naturally would not pour cold water on them.

However, Fenxiang Valley has always guarded the southern border, and the conflict with the Demon Cult is not that big.

This time when rushing to the Central Plains to eradicate the Ghost King Sect, Fenxiang Valley can certainly only mobilize a part of its strength and cannot go all out.

After the three factions reached an agreement, they began to discuss how to contribute manpower and resources and how to collaborate.

It is said that 'a gentleman is ashamed to talk about profit'.

As the leaders of the righteous path, the three sects will certainly not fight for any interests in an open and aboveboard manner.

In fact, everyone is competing to make various contributions.

However, we are all old foxes who have lived for hundreds of years. Putting a label of "righteousness" on ourselves does not mean that we are really "gentlemen".

We will definitely strive for the interests that we should fight for in a roundabout way.

After discussions among the three parties, a cooperation plan was finally decided.

Fenxiang Valley is the weakest of the three righteous sects and contributes the least manpower, but it accounts for one-third of the profits.

Yun Yilan was very satisfied with this.

Tianyin Temple contributed a lot of manpower and effort, and in addition to obtaining one-third of the profits, it also received a private promise from Daoxuan.

The three monks were also very satisfied.

Daoxuan smiled very modestly. As the host of this mission to subdue demons and defend the Way, since he dared to preside over this operation, it was obvious that he would not suffer any loss.

All three families thought they had gotten the upper hand, so their smiles seemed particularly sincere.

Not long after, the three factions' meeting came to an end and Fenxiang Valley arranged a banquet.

The things that happened at the banquet were mostly eating and drinking, so I won’t go into details. I’ll just talk about what happened after the banquet.

Disciples from the three sects came in groups of two or three to the square in front of the main hall of Fenxiang Valley to reminisce and chat.

"Older" disciples like Qi Hao, Chang Jian, Song Daren, Zeng Shushu, Wen Min, and Chu Yuhong have all traveled the world many times, exorcising demons and defending the way of Taoism, and have also participated in such sect gatherings many times.

Therefore, there are many good friends among the three factions who are familiar with each other.

Everybody was chatting and laughing, and it was a happy time.

As practitioners, most of them are knowledgeable and when they talk, they always talk about exorcising demons and monsters, and strange stories of traveling around the world.

After everyone discussed for a while, the topic gradually turned to cultivation.

Yan Hong, who was standing by, suddenly smiled and bowed to Su Mingzhe and said:

"Brother Su, I also want to thank you for the Earth Flame Jadeite you gave me last time."

Last year, Yan Hong and three of his fellow apprentices went out traveling, hoping to find natural treasures that could neutralize the "fire poison" in their bodies.

When Su Mingzhe met these four people and heard their purpose, he gave them a bottle of Earth Flame Jadeite that he had collected.

Seeing Yan Hong's aura now steady and powerful, it was obvious that the fire poison in his body caused by practicing [Burning Incense Jade Book] had been completely eliminated.

Su Mingzhe looked at Yan Hong and said with a smile:
"Junior Sister Yan, haven't you already expressed your gratitude? Our three sects are of the same blood. Don't keep thanking others for such a small matter."

Seeing Su Mingzhe say this, Yan Hong did not dwell on it, but continued:

"Brother Su, you once said that 'wherever there are poisonous snakes, there must be an antidote within seven steps', which reminded us that there would be something that could neutralize the 'fire poison' near Fenxiang Valley. Unfortunately, after I came back and reported this to Master, many disciples in the valley were dispatched, but none of them found the treasure that could neutralize the 'fire poison' that you mentioned."

When Yan Hong said this, her expression and eyes became sincere, and she said with a smile:
"My master said that this is probably because 'those involved are the most confused'. Our ancestors have lived here for generations, and it is already 'darkness under the lamp'. It is difficult to break through this barrier. If we want to find the treasure that can remove the 'fire poison', we have to find a 'bystander' like Senior Brother Su."

"Junior Sister Yan, you are flattering me. Although I am just a 'bystander', I am not an expert."

Su Mingzhe was modest for a moment, and then said seriously:

"However, given the relationship between our two families, if we can help out a little, we will definitely do our best to help!"

Having said this, Su Mingzhe immediately explained to everyone present the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, as well as how to identify spiritual herbs and spiritual objects.

In addition, Su Mingzhe also talked about the locations where spiritual herbs might appear.

All the disciples found Su Mingzhe's talk very interesting.

The little monk Fashang from Tianyin Temple immediately smiled and said, "Brothers and sisters, it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. It's still early, why don't we go and try to find it now, how about that?"

When everyone heard this, they all applauded.

Everyone present said it was neither too much nor too little.

Disciples from the three factions stood together.

There were more than twenty disciples from Tianyin Temple, more than thirty disciples from Qingyun Sect, plus disciples from Fenxiang Valley who were accompanying the guests, a total of about a hundred people.

In Qingyun Sect, more than thirty disciples pushed Su Mingzhe out and asked him to assign seats to everyone.

Logically speaking, among the thirty-five disciples of Qingyun Sect, although Su Mingzhe has a high level of cultivation, his popularity is far less than that of Qi Hao, the runner-up in the last Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition.

As a disciple who became a disciple of Qingyun Sect at the same time as Song Daren, Qi Hao can be considered a talented disciple of Qingyun Sect.

Sixty years ago, he was already famous in both the righteous and evil circles. Disciples from Fenxiang Valley and Tianyin Temple, and even people from the Demon Sect, had heard of him.

Unfortunately, the new generation pushes the old generation forward, and each generation is stronger than the previous one!

Su Mingzhe, the junior fellow apprentice, took less than ten years to improve his cultivation to the Shangqing realm, and used his strength to surpass Qi Hao.

Qi Hao is a man of many talents. He knows that he is not as strong as Su Mingzhe. In addition, he sees that Su Mingzhe is also good at uniting his fellow disciples, so he simply does not try to seize the opportunity to show off.

When Tianyin Temple saw that Qingyun Sect had introduced a new person as its leader, they also introduced a young monk as their leader.

The Fenxiang Valley side had no choice but to continue to be led by the eldest brother Li Xun.

Everyone was divided into four directions, with more than 20 people in each group.

Each group was also assigned a disciple from Fenxiang Valley to serve as a guide.

As one of the two heroes of Fenxiang Valley, Yan Hong had also received help from Su Mingzhe, so this time he accompanied Su Mingzhe as a guide.

Together with the disciples of Dazhufeng, Xiaozhufeng and several young monks from Tianyin Temple, more than 20 people gathered and flew towards a high mountain north of Fenxiang Valley.

Fenxiang Valley is located in southern Xinjiang, with many mountains and rivers.

After Yan Hong led everyone to the top of Huoyun Mountain in the north, he asked Su Mingzhe for help and guidance.

Su Mingzhe also took the lead at this time, and smiled at the twenty or so people:

"My fellow brothers and sisters..."

"I don't deserve to be called that by Senior Brother Su!"

Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley also know Su Mingzhe's background.

Less than ten years after joining Qingyun Sect, he had already become a master.

Who can bear to let a master-level figure call himself "senior brother"?
Therefore, everyone humbly calls Su Mingzhe "senior brother".

Seeing everyone being so "humble and polite", Su Mingzhe just laughed.

People who practice cultivation don't need to care too much about these red tape.

"My fellow brothers and sisters, I have a method that can observe yin and yang and the five elements..."

(End of this chapter)