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Chapter 104 If you beat the younger one, do you have to beat the older one too?
The next day.

As the sun rose high, it shrouded the lingering clouds and mist on Mount Heng with a golden edge.

The sound of bells occasionally echoed, and the faint scent of sandalwood lingered in the air.

Gu Shaoan, Zhou Zhiruo, and Yang Yan strolled slowly along the bluestone path, briefly visiting several secluded spots in the Hengshan Sect before returning along the same route they had come from.

However, as the three of them passed by the outer wall of an ancient Zen temple, they seemed to suddenly hear some strange noises.

After walking several dozen steps, the three of them saw a dozen or so young nuns from the Hengshan School practicing swordsmanship alone inside the Zen temple.

Perhaps because they had never seen the martial arts of the Hengshan Sect before, Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo were intrigued and couldn't help but stop and watch.

At first glance, the two women thought the little nun's swordsmanship was rigorous, her footwork steady, and quite ancient.

However, after watching it carefully several times, the two women felt that the sword moves were too plain and lacked agility and subtlety, and were even inferior to the Emei School's "Willow Catkin Sword Technique".

For a moment, Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo frowned slightly, their interest waning considerably.

They headed towards the villa with Gu Shaoan.

Ancient trees line the roadside, casting a cool, refreshing breeze.

However, they hadn't gone far when a group of figures suddenly appeared ahead of them on the mountain path. There were about a dozen young men, all dressed in tight-fitting clothes, with swords at their waists, and they carried an air of restlessness typical of江湖子弟 (jianghu zidi, young martial arts practitioners).

The person in the lead was surrounded by the crowd, looking radiant, clearly indicating a higher status.

At first, the dozen or so young men in the distance didn't seem particularly noticeable when they noticed Gu Shaoan and his two companions approaching.

However, as the two sides drew closer, when their gazes fell upon Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan beside Gu Shaoan, they all stopped in their tracks.

One of the women was pure and elegant, like a rare orchid in a secluded valley, while the other was spirited and radiant with a natural charm. They were at the most dazzling age of their youth, shining like two bright pearls in this secluded place of cultivation. Almost instantly, everyone's eyes were drawn to them, their gazes filled with admiration.

A few breaths later, the young man at the head of the group, surrounded by others, suddenly took two quick steps, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "I am Yu Renyan from the Qingcheng Sect. May I ask which sect my two junior sisters belong to?"

As he spoke, Yu Renyan's gaze lingered unabashedly on Zhou and Yang, especially focusing on their slender figures and delicate faces. The greed in his eyes made Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan frown slightly. They certainly wouldn't have a pleasant expression towards these women.

Without even saying a word, he withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave with Gu Shaoan.

Seeing the beauty's coldness, Yu Renyan not only did not give up, but was instead aroused by a rogue-like obsession.

"Hey, junior sisters, don't be in such a hurry to leave!"

With a swift movement, he blocked their path again, extending his arms as if to obstruct them.

Upon seeing this, the dozen or so Qingcheng disciples nearby immediately understood and surrounded them with laughter, forming a semi-encirclement around Gu Shaoan and his two companions.

Gu Shaoan remained outwardly calm, but his eyes had turned cold.

As Gu Shaoan and his two companions were stopped again, the Qingcheng Sect disciples around them also spoke up one after another.

"Our Qingcheng Sect is a renowned name in Sichuan, and Senior Brother Yu Renyan is the only son of our sect leader. Why do you two junior sisters keep people at arm's length? Wouldn't it be wonderful to make friends?"

"Yes, yes, meeting is fate..."

"It's just..."

The Qingcheng disciples chattered amongst themselves, mostly praising Yu Renyan's status in a flippant tone.

But their gazes also lingered greedily on Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan.

This wasn't the first time Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan had encountered such a situation over the years.

Seeing the group of people blocking their way again, Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan both turned to look at Gu Shaoan, as if seeking his advice.

In response, Gu Shaoan said calmly, "This is the Hengshan Sect. We are guests, so we shouldn't go too far. Just leave some room for maneuver."

Upon hearing these calm words, Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan immediately smiled.

After exchanging glances, they simultaneously channeled their inner energy and attacked without uttering a single word.

Yang Yan was the fastest to act, striking Yu Renyan's face with a palm strike as swift as flying flowers.

But when the palm strike hit her face, and she saw that Yu Renyan on the other side couldn't even react in time, Yang Yan's eyes immediately revealed a hint of mockery.

"Turns out they're just a bunch of good-for-nothings."

He then flicked his wrist, turning his palm, which was originally poised to strike Yu Renyan's face, into a vertical one, maintaining his strength while delivering a slap directly to Yu Renyan's cheek.

In an instant, the internal force mixed with the palm strike sent the unprepared Yu Renyan flying two zhang away with a single slap. By the time he hit the ground, he was already unconscious.

Having landed a successful blow, Yang Yan turned her head and saw that Zhou Zhiruo had already struck two Qingcheng Sect disciples in the abdomen with her unsheathed sword, causing them to fall to the ground curled up like shrimp. Fearing that she was too slow, Yang Yan moved like a rabbit and rushed to the two Qingcheng Sect disciples, her hands flying.

The Qingcheng disciple struck by Yang Yan felt a powerful force, both soft and resilient, that was impossible to resist. Before he could even let out a scream, he was sent flying backwards as if drunk, crashing heavily into the roadside bushes, struggling to get up.

Both Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan have been cultivating alongside Gu Shaoan for the past three years.

His progress in both internal energy cultivation and martial arts skills has been extremely encouraging.

Even Abbess Miejue and Abbess Juechen were quite satisfied with the progress of the two women, which shows how fast their strength has improved in the past three years.

Even when facing Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, the two women were no match for him, but they could still exchange a few blows without any problem.

How could they possibly be compared to those low-class scoundrels from the Qingcheng Sect?

As the two women made their move, in just over ten breaths, amidst screams and howls of pain, more than a dozen Qingcheng Sect disciples had all collapsed to the ground. Apart from three who were still groaning, the rest had all fainted.

After switching the sword sheath from her right hand back to her left, Zhou Zhiruo looked up at Yu Renyan, who was lying on the ground bleeding from his mouth and nose. A trace of worry flashed across Zhou Zhiruo's pretty face, and she said softly, "Junior sister, didn't you go a little too far? What if you had killed him?"

Yang Yan glanced at Yu Renyan and pursed her lips. After thinking for a moment, she suggested, "Why don't we find a cooler place to carry him over and put him there?"

Zhou Zhiruo was taken aback and asked, "Should we give him some medicine?"

Yang Yan shook her head, her eyes crinkling as she said, "It's hot. If we move it to the shade of a tree, it will rot slower if it really dies."

Hearing Yang Yan's words, Gu Shaoan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but smile.

I was also amused by Yang Yan's words.

"This girl, I wonder how many strange and wonderful ideas she has in her head."

After shaking his head, Gu Shaoan said, "Alright, go and inform the disciples of the Hengshan Sect, and ask them to notify the people from the Qingcheng Sect to come over."

Yang Yan looked at Gu Shaoan excitedly and said, "You beat up the younger one, are you going to beat up the older one too?"

Zhou Zhiruo looked over immediately, her eyes filled with a hint of doubt.

Clearly, neither of them thought that Gu Shaoan wanted them to do this in order to submit to the Qingcheng Sect.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "There must be a beginning and an end to everything. Now that you have hit someone, if this is not dealt with, it will inevitably cause trouble for Master and Uncle later."

"As for whether or not to continue the attack, that depends on what the Qingcheng Sect does."

"If they don't know what's good for them, we can take the opportunity to beat up the old man again, that's not out of the question."

Gu Shaoan's voice was calm and gentle, but his tone and posture already carried a hint of domineering ruthlessness.

Even the Emei Sect of the past, in terms of both sect strength and status in the martial arts world, was far superior to the Qingcheng Sect, a second-rate sect that was at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Not to mention that within the Emei Sect, Abbess Miejue has already reached the Qi Condensation stage, and Abbess Juechen and Abbess Juejue are also close to achieving this.

The sect's elite combat power has been greatly enhanced.

In such a situation, if we have to swallow our pride and endure the clowns like the Qingcheng Sect, what's the point of cultivating?

To be honest, if we weren't currently in the Hengshan Sect, given the actions of these Qingcheng Sect disciples who were deliberately causing trouble, let alone just giving them a beating, even killing them would be their own doing.

"I'm going right now!"

After saying this with a hint of excitement, Yang Yan used her lightness skill to move away into the distance.

Zhou Zhiruo glanced at the Qingcheng Sect disciples on the ground and said, "Should we inform Master and Uncle Juechen first?" Gu Shaoan chuckled and said, "It's alright, they're just a bunch of clowns, why bother Master and the others?"

Gu Shaoan has always been meticulous in his actions.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan had said that, Zhou Zhiruo obediently said "Oh" and then waited quietly with Gu Shaoan.

Not long after, Yang Yan, who had just left, returned.

When he used his lightness skill to return, he touched Yu Renyan's face, who was still unconscious on the ground, with his toes, and used this force to return to Gu Shaoan's side.

Then they waited expectantly.

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan didn't even glance at the Qingcheng Sect disciples on the ground.

Half an hour later, Gu Shaoan, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and said, "You're here!"

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan looked up at a certain spot.

Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan, who were standing nearby, looked in the direction Gu Shaoan was looking.

Just then, they saw five Taoists rapidly moving towards them from afar, until they landed about two zhang away from them.

In the center stood Abbess Dingjing, flanked by Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, whom she had met at the dilapidated temple two days prior.

Of the other two, one was short in stature but dressed in fine clothes and carried a long sword.

It was Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect.

The person next to him had an ordinary appearance, but judging from his clothes, he was also an elder of the Qingcheng Sect.

Upon arrival, Yu Canghai's gaze fell upon the Qingcheng disciples groaning and moaning all over the ground. In particular, when he saw his only son, Yu Renyan, bleeding from his mouth and nose and unconscious, Yu Canghai's expression darkened almost instantly.

His gaze unconsciously swept over Gu Shaoan and the other two, his eyes filled with coldness.

Facing the group of people present, Gu Shaoan remained calm, turned around gently, and led Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan to politely bow to Abbess Dingjing and the others.

Master Dingjing and Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze quickly returned the greetings.

After bowing to Abbess Dingjing and the Yue Buqun couple, Gu Shaoan straightened up again.

They completely ignored Yu Canghai and the other person.

This differential treatment, this blatant disregard, made Yu Canghai, who was already on the verge of exploding with rage, gasp for breath, and his chest was filled with fury that seemed about to explode.

But considering Gu Shaoan and the others' identities as Emei disciples, Yu Canghai could only forcefully suppress his surging anger. His voice, as if squeezed out from between his teeth, was so gloomy it dripped with water: "Hmph! The disciples of the Emei Sect are indeed impressive! I wonder how these good-for-nothing disciples of my Qingcheng Sect have offended you so much that they have to suffer such a terrible fate?"

Gu Shaoan straightened up and calmly addressed Yu Canghai, who had a gloomy expression on his face.

"Sect Leader Yu, you are too kind. Just now, your disciples led a group to block our way and spoke frivolously and looked disrespectfully at my senior sister and junior sister."

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan first glanced at Abbess Dingjing, and then said again, "Logically speaking, as guests of the Hengshan Sect, we do not wish to cause trouble in your esteemed place. However, your disciples insisted on obstructing us and attempted to surround us, so we had no choice but to take action to punish them."

Upon learning what had just happened, Yu Canghai cursed inwardly.

"These idiots."

However, the insults were not directed at Gu Shaoan and his group, but at Yu Renyan and the others who had already fainted.

No one knows a son better than his father. How could Yu Canghai not know what kind of person Yu Renyan is?

As soon as he arrived and saw Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan, Yu Canghai had a vague sense of unease.

Now that they hear what Gu Shaoan said, how could they doubt whether what Gu Shaoan said was untrue?

After glancing at the emblems representing the Emei Sect on Gu Shaoan and the others, Yu Canghai's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

If it weren't for the Hengshan Sect disciple coming to inform him, Yu Canghai would never have imagined that the new Hengshan Sect leader would invite people from the Emei Sect to attend the ceremony.

Although the Qingcheng Sect is also located in Sichuan, it is situated in the southern part of Sichuan, adjacent to sects such as the Hengshan Sect and the Huashan Sect.

Although Yu Canghai had been worried that Yu Renyan and his group might provoke the disciples of the Emei Sect over the years, and had been restricting them from going to Emei Sect territory such as Jiading Prefecture, Yu Canghai had also shown the Emei Sect's emblem to Yu Renyan and the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, and told them to remember not to provoke people who carried the emblem.

Little did they know that Yu Renyan and his ilk only used their eyes to vent their anger.

Master Dingjing, who was standing to the side, was already showing anger on her face after hearing what the Qingcheng Sect disciples had done.

When she looked at Yu Canghai, her gaze held a hint of anger.

"How dare you do such a despicable and frivolous thing within our Hengshan Sect? Is this how Senior Brother Yu teaches his disciples?"

Although Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze did not speak, their eyes unconsciously changed when they looked at Yu Canghai.

Sensing the dissatisfaction in Abbess Dingjing's words and the gazes of Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, Yu Canghai pursed his lips, listening without replying, and turned to Gu Shaoan, saying, "You gentlemen have already injured them so badly, is this only a slight punishment?"

Gu Shaoan's tone remained unchanged, still somewhat nonchalant as he said, "If my senior sister and junior sister hadn't held back, with the strength of your sect's disciples, they would probably not just be lying down by now, but should be buried somewhere."

Upon hearing this, Yu Canghai's face darkened even more, and he almost gritted his teeth as he said in a deep voice, "Even if they have indeed done something wrong, they are still disciples of my Qingcheng Sect, and we have our own sect rules to deal with them. Isn't your behavior a bit too domineering, young hero?"

Upon hearing this, the faint smile on Gu Shaoan's lips vanished instantly, his eyes turning icy cold, and the domineering aura of Abbess Miejue rose from him without reservation.

"Your disciples provoked us first, besieging and humiliating my fellow disciples. Your sinister intentions are obvious."

"Does Sect Leader Yu mean that we should swallow our anger and surrender when faced with the lewd behavior of your sect's disciples, and only seek justice from you after they have done whatever they want?"

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouths."

Faced with Gu Shaoan's words, one of the Qingcheng Sect elders behind Yu Canghai finally couldn't help but shout out.

This man was in his forties, tall and imposing, and was Luo Shanyue, Yu Canghai's junior brother.

His hair and beard bristled as he angrily pointed at Gu Shaoan: "Even if they were wrong, you severely injured more than a dozen disciples and beat my sect's young master to this state. Your methods were so ruthless. Shouldn't you give an explanation? Is this the upbringing of the Emei Sect?"

"Explain?"

Gu Shaoan suddenly looked up at Luo Shanyue, a cold smile curving his lips, the contempt in his eyes almost tangible.

As Gu Shaoan let out a contemptuous laugh, he, who had been standing as straight as a pine tree, suddenly moved.

His speed was so fast that Yu Canghai, Yue Buqun, and Abbess Dingjing could not detect any trace of Gu Shaoan's movement.

By the time they realized what was happening, Gu Shaoan was already above Luo Shanyue, his right hand with fingers spread, his palm lightly landing directly on Luo Shanyue's head.

In the next instant, a pressure as heavy as a mountain suddenly descended upon his head.

Luo Shanyue trembled violently, feeling an immense, irresistible force pressing down on him from above.

Faced with this sudden change, Luo Shanyue almost instinctively circulated the internal energy in his body, trying to withstand the force coming from his head.

However, when the internal force surged and touched this force, it not only directly shattered the internal force that Luo Shanyue had mobilized, but the remaining immense force also forced Luo Shanyue's knees to bend and his body to sink.

"Crack!"

When the hard kneecaps slammed heavily onto the bluestone slab, the sound of two bones cracking was clearly audible to everyone.

Upon hearing the sound, the group quickly turned around and saw that Gu Shaoan had already appeared behind Luo Shanyue, with one hand on Luo Shanyue's head, his posture as upright as a pine tree.

Meanwhile, Luo Shanyue, his face pale and veins bulging on his forehead, knelt beside Gu Shaoan with a pained expression.

It was as if what was above his head was not a young boy's hand, but a huge rock weighing tens of thousands of kilograms taken from the top of the mountain.

Gu Shaoan looked down at the Qingcheng elder who was kneeling and struggling on the ground, his eyes as if he were looking at an ant in the dust.

His gaze swept contemptuously over Luo Shanyue's face, which was flushed and showing signs of pain, before turning to Yu Canghai. His thin lips parted slightly, and the words he uttered were cold and domineering, clearly reaching the ears of everyone present.

"This whole affair was your fault, Qingcheng Sect. We already showed leniency just now, only intending to give you a small punishment as a warning. We never expected that your Qingcheng Sect would dare to be so relentless."

"Does a mere Qingcheng Sect dare to demand an explanation from us Emei Sect disciples?"

　I've adjusted and rewritten a lot of the plot of Chapter Two, so I'm posting it a little late today. Please forgive me!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)