Master of Science and Technology - Chapter 65

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

As Ye Zan was gathering his things and preparing to congregate with the Yu Qing students, the area outside of the pond at the entrance of the Closed Realm had already become a battleground.

The Jin Dan Masters of the Five Sects had already arrived at the pond. On their sides were a couple of youths. Among them were the five students of the Qing Yue Sword Sect; two of them heavily wounded, as well as Huang Yi from Jin Guang Sect. It was obvious that the five Jin Dan Masters had already received news of what had happened within the Realm.

All hostility was aimed towards Wu Zhu’s Wang Lianshan. And no matter how much he hated Zhou Ming, who had ruined his plans, Wang Lianshan still had to retain a countenance of innocence; repeatedly giving explanations to the people.

“It is true that Zhou Ming was a student of our Wu Zhu Sect. However, when he had disappeared in the Realm ten years ago, we had thought he was dead. Has our Sect not lost many students in the Realm in all these years? Zhou Ming found a way to survive and cultivate to Foundation State. Could you say that that was absolutely planned by my Sect? The amount of luck and factors needed for this to happen, I think all us should know by now.”

“Then, tell me, where did the flying sword in his hand come from? Where did his Hundred Treasure Space come from? Did he make his own Foundation Pills? Did he create his own cultivation methods?” Li Fugui clenched his teeth as he rebuked Wang Lianshan’s excuses.

In this trip, the Qing Yue Sword Sect had had the greatest losses out of the Five Sects. Four Elite students had died within the Closed Realm, not even in terms of fighting with beasts. How could Li Fugui not feel vengeful? If it weren’t for the presence of the other Sect Masters, he would even pull out his sword and take a swipe at Wang Lianshan.

Facing this interrogation and this strong of evidence, Wang Lianshan still retained his innocent facade, sincerely saying: “My Friend Li, please forgive me. It is true that my Sect has a fault in mismanagement and failure of oversight. But you cannot blame us for everything. We didn’t know that Zhou Ming would have such cunningness and prepare so thoroughly for taking control of the Closed Realm.

No matter what was said, Wang Lianshan had latched himself onto the stance that his Sect was innocent and that this incident had nothing to do with them. This way what he considered an explanation for the other Sects. Regardless of what was said privately, they still needed to retain their claim to innocence, even if the evidence provided was undeniable.

“Alright then, tell me. Ten years ago, he was just a Refining State student. How did he get these things!” Li Fugui coldly chuckled as he pressed on, his thick palm holding levitating sword essences; in a stance that suggested he would attack if not given a proper explanation.

“Junior Wang, you have exceeded boundaries this time. The Five Sects have always been together in union. Years ago, we had laid a promise of exploring the Secret Realm together. It is really saddening that you would go back on your word and plan such things in secret.” Luo Miao was vicious. His speech was undeniably instigating; like pouring oil over a roaring flame, setting the Wu Zhu Sect against the other Four Sects.

Actually, in terms of vengeance, although Jin Guang Sect had not had as great of a loss as the Qing Yue Sword Sect, losing only Hong Yi to Zhou Ming, Luo Miao’s anger towards Wu Zhu was not slighter in the least in comparison to Li Fugui. Losing a student was just a part of this. More importantly, Luo Miao had tasted betrayal: this was what angered him the most.

In their alliance, Jin Guang Sect had always been the stronger side. Wu Zhu was like a little sidekick. If a sidekick was disobedient and did such things without informing their leader, how could they bear it?

Of course, the only positive thing was that Wu Zhu’s plan had failed. This only made Luo Miao more vengeful; thinking: If you had let us in on the plan and us two Sects had done this together, then maybe we would have succeeded. But now? Your plan had failed. Do you still expect us to stand with you?

Wang Lian took a look at Luo Miao, unsurprised by his attitude. After so many years of interaction, he had long known what type of person he was. Because of this, he didn’t answer Luo Miao, instead, turning to Li Fugui, explaining: “Please calm, Senior Li. Zhou Ming’s father is an Elder of my Sect. It is not hard for him to access those things. I will thoroughly investigate this incident once I return to my Sect, and give everyone an acceptable explanation.”

These three Sect Masters were here fighting, but there was one more anxious than all of them. That was Yu Qing Sect’s Jin Dasheng. Jin Dasheng had not heard of the news of Ye Zan from those people, and could not help but to overthink. After all, there was a madman of the Foundation State as well as creatures strong enough to swallow Foundation State cultivators in a single bite. How could one not overthink?

Thus, hearing Wang Lianshan’s endless excuses, Jin Dasheng felt a fury arise from within his heart, hollering: “Wang, don’t tell us those stupid excuses. If Uncle Ye is alright, I might let go of the issue. But if something has happened to him, then Yu Qing Sect will direct all of our Sect’s power, and erase Wu Zhu Sect from the ends of the earth.”

Jin Dasheng’s speech startled not just Wang Lianshan, but also Li Fugui and the other Masters. This was a challenge to battle.

Wang Lianshan felt a little wronged. It’s alright that they blame me. After all, Zhou Ming did kill their students. But who knew what happened to your Ye Zan. There was no evidence to determine that Zhou Ming had been the one to harm him. Was it that if Ye Zan had died in the mouth of a beast, Wu Zhu would have to take the blame for it too?

In the eyes of the other people, this was a little exaggerating. Even if Ye Zan was the junior of Mo Rushi, that still wasn’t enough to prompt Yu Qing to such terms. In terms of skill, Yu Qing and Wu Zhu were on equal terms. As strong as they were, they were still restricted. If the two Sects were to really fight, there would only be a tragic ending for both of them.

The Qing Yue Sword Sect had lost four elite students. However, although Li Fugui had been angered, he still did not say such ruthless words. He asked only for an explanation from the Wu Zhu Sect. What was an explanation? In frank terms, it was compensation. If Wu Zhu’s compensation satisfied the Qing Yue Sword Sect, then it was a satisfactory compensation.

Why was there a saying, a dead genius was not a genius? This wasn’t in reference to just the genius himself, but also to his value to the Sect. A Sect was willing to place full effort in training him and use great amounts to protect him, all for the status of “genius”. This was because, with a geniuses growth, there would be an opportunity for retribution to the Sect.

But, what if a genius died? It seemed impossible for a Sect to pay an equal price in exchange to avenge a genius. 

Take, for example, Yu Qing’s former genius student Qi Qianjun. If Qi Qianjun had been in danger, then Mo Rushi would be willing to use even his own life in exchange for his safety. That was because, based on Qi Qianjun’s potential, he could be greater than even Mo Rushi himself. This would make him more valuable to Yu Qing than Mo Rushi.

However, Qi Qianjun had been crippled and sent back to Yu Qing. At this time, what had Mo Rushi done? Mo Rushi hadn’t risked his life to find the true culprit, even if he could guess who had done it. At this time, he had started to weigh in the risks and gains. Qi Qianjun had already been crippled. If Yu Qing were to lose a Yuan Yin Grandmaster after that, would it be helpful or harmful to them?

This seemed cruel but was reality.