Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Atop the Star-Picking Tower stood a massive mirror. This location, part of Yunze, boasted an excellent location for observing the rare constellation, the Big Dipper. Consequently, the immortal sects had invested heavily in the joint construction of this Star-Picking Point.

Who would have known that today, the place he had spent so much effort to build would become the stage to subvert the achievements of the immortal sect in a lifetime.

The spiritual mirror records in detail the process of Guan Shanyu and others tracking down Songpi County and rescuing anti-immortal cultivators who were secretly imprisoned by the immortal sect.

Most of these anti-immortal cultivators were civilians, unarmed and unskilled. Most were emaciated and haggard after being imprisoned. These civilians, who had lost children, brothers, and husbands, witnessed how their loved ones had walked step by step into the trap set by the immortal sect and were captured. Before the video even ended, they were furious and began to denounce the sect.

The furious crowd had already pulled out another person involved in the spiritual realm, the county magistrate of Songpi County, from the crowd.

He didn't expect that he was just here to watch the show, but who knew that the fire would actually burn himself.

After being pushed to the ground, the county magistrate dared not speak or move. He could only secretly look at the elder brothers of the immortal sect on the bell tower, praying that they could say something so that the anger of the people would not be directed at him.

但群众见他畏缩，失去亲人的百姓更是怒火中烧，蜂拥而上胖揍了他。

Guan Shanyu frowned and stood aside, watching with an expressionless face. He was still looking for Yan Ruchen.

In the bell tower, the elders had been stunned for a long time. They hadn't expected Li Xiuqi to be so bold as to gather such a large crowd and reveal the secret they had tried so hard to hide.

Wang Shuyan, his hair a mess, sneered at Li Xiuqi. Suppressing his anger, he asked, "You went through all this trouble, lying to this and that to get us all here, just to talk about this? So, if you overthrow us, you'll have a better chance of winning the election as the leader of the Immortal Sect, right? I'll deny it and accuse them of slander, but what can you do? I'm not going to let you have your way."

Li Xiuqi's hair was a mess by now, having been pulled here and there by Wang Shuyan during their fight. Hearing this, he angrily said, "I've told you many times that the visiting card I sent out was not like this at all. Why are you taking it out on me? Could it be that you were the ones who did all this?"

Qiushui Sword Princess hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Forget it, let's find a way to solve this first. Everything down there is a mess."

Li Xiuqi sneered and looked at her, no longer trying to hide his emotions. "What do you mean by 'we'? What does this method have to do with me? It's your fault. You made this mess yourself."

Yue Lingwu also became angry when he heard this: "Li Xiuqi, you should understand, aren't you the beneficiary? Didn't this matter benefit you? You are taking advantage of me and acting like a good kid."

Li Xiuqi shouted, "What do you mean by 'benefit'? I was just trying to say this: the wicked things you did almost cost my son his life, and you still dare to say that!"

"When the hell did we try to kill your son?" Jin Yunche cursed, covering his swollen eyes. "Where's the evidence? Show it to me!"

Li Xiuqi was completely enraged and cursed, "Isn't it you who did this? You caused other disciples to die in vain, and yet you guys in charge are all here acting so respectful and friendly. Aren't you afraid that the souls of your disciples won't rest in peace?"

Wang Shuyan, furious, pushed Li Xiuqi away. Li Xiuqi, completely enraged, recklessly told everyone about their crimes, such as killing Si Xuanqing, blaming his own disciples, and secretly growing banned herbs. The more he talked, the more elders joined in the verbal battle and the fight.

The onlookers in the square heard it clearly and joined in. The entire square was instantly filled with foul language and noise.

Guan Shanyu looked around anxiously, still searching for Yan Ruchen. But at this moment, the noise suddenly stopped.

Guan Shanyu looked over in confusion, only to see the echoing sound and light of the attack still echoing from the bell tower.

On the other side of the bell tower, a figure fell straight down like a kite with a broken string.

Guan Shanyu's heart tightened, and before he could react, a heart-wrenching cry came from the crowd in the distance: "Dad!"

It’s Su Yi.

Guan Shanyu instantly recognized the person who spoke.

The person who fell from the bell tower was Li Xiuqi?

Su Yi struggled to squeeze through the crowd and ran towards the direction where Li Xiuqi fell. But the palm strike was too powerful, and Li Xiuqi was instantly knocked off the bell tower. Before Su Yi could reach him, he had already fallen heavily to the ground, vomiting blood.

"Dad, Dad, are you okay?" Su Yi ran to Li Xiuqi's side, only to see a clear slap mark on his chest, still smoking. He collapsed into Su Yi's arms, spitting out blood. The elders in the bell tower were also stunned at this moment, blaming the instigator: "Old Wang! You are crazy! You are too impulsive!"

Wang Shuyan's eyes were red with anger, and he cursed, "He didn't even intend to let us live, and you still blame me for being impulsive?"

"But this is not the way it should be!"

...

There were constant curses from the bell tower. The disciples of Yuchen Palace were originally just watching, but they witnessed their master being ambushed, so they rushed forward angrily, drew their swords to help, and knocked down several of Yunjichan's disciples who had just rushed there to maintain order.

The disciples of Yunjichan were furious when they saw this, and they also drew their swords to fight back against the disciples of Yuchen Palace. There were some small immortal sects in the crowd who had long disliked these big immortal sects. When they saw them fighting, they joined in, some brandishing swords and some playing with knives. The scene was in chaos.

The elders quarreling in the bell tower, the disciples fighting below, the audience watching the show in the square, and Wang Tianyang counting the crimes in the Star-Picking Tower, all were busy for a while.

Guan Shanyu really didn't expect that just one thing he mentioned would cause such a mess. These people had such bad tempers. If he listed the following evidence and things, he would be in such a mess.

The crowd was bustling, but Guan Shanyu didn't dare to step forward to help easily.

He had a clear position, standing on Yan Ruchen's side, but he did not see Yan Ruchen.

Having said that, when Guan Shanyu heard the onlookers beside him suddenly say, "Kill that Li guy! I've been annoyed with him for a long time, and I'm going to kick him too," he immediately ran towards Li Xiuqi.

Because according to their investigation, Li Xiuqi did not have any obvious faults and should not lose his life for revealing the truth.

But the crowd was too large and too chaotic. Everyone was running around in the square like disorderly flies. One moment, someone would step on someone else's foot, or your arm would hit my chest.

Guan Shanyu struggled to push his way through the crowd, but after a long time, he couldn't even move five meters.

At this moment, a disciple of Yunjichan was seen at the bottom of the bell tower, swinging a sword towards Li Xiuqi. At the critical moment, Qingfan appeared from nowhere and bravely blocked the sword.

Before Guan Shanyu could scream, Su Yi had already shouted for him.

When Su Yi looked up, she saw that in addition to her father who was lying on the ground with blood spitting out in her arms, Qing Fan beside her was also stabbed for some reason, and two seriously injured people fell into her arms in an instant.

Guan Shanyu felt that he had to think of a way, so he stretched out a hand in the crowd, trying to make a way out. Unexpectedly, his outstretched hand was actually grasped by someone.

That's not right. He wanted to push through the crowd, not shake hands with anyone.

But when he raised his head, a handsome face appeared in front of him. Guan Shanyu just looked at him for a moment and felt relieved.

Finally found Yan Ruchen.

Yan Ruchen took Guan Shanyu's hand and brought it towards him, and with his other hand, he dragged his waist. With a few easy steps, he instantly stepped over the heads of people and passed through the crowd, placing Guan Shanyu steadily on an open space. Then he turned to him and asked softly, "Didn't you say you couldn't come?"

Guan Shanyu coughed, deciding now was not the time for small talk. He nodded at Yan Ruchen, indicating the chaotic crowd behind him. Yan Ruchen understood, chuckled, and whispered, "Wait a moment." Then he let go of Guan Shanyu, drew the Qingmeng Sword, and rushed towards the crowd.

Guan Shanyu watched helplessly as Yan Ruchen waved his sword to drive back the crowd that surrounded the Yuchen Palace disciples. After dispersing the idlers, he shouted to everyone, "Stop it!"

Most people at the scene did not know Yan Ruchen, but after he shouted, the noisy crowd actually quieted down. Even the elders who were still cursing each other in the bell tower turned their heads to see who was coming.

Guan Shanyu felt that Yan Ruchen was quite domineering, with the same kind of kingly aura as the protagonist.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Yan Ruchen still looked anxious. He sighed and looked up at the elders in the bell tower, "Seniors, please don't make this mistake!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked up at the bell tower again. Wang Shuyan shouted at Yan Ruchen, "Aren't you that kid Tianxuan? Which side are you on? Get out of the way!"

Yan Ruchen looked worried and advised, "Elder Wang, please order them to stop. Palace Master Li has already been injured by you. If this situation continues, it may not be good for you."

Wang Shuyan spat. Qing Yuanzi tried to cover his mouth but failed. He only heard Wang Shuyan curse, "How can this harm me? I'm being targeted by hundreds of families now. What could be more disadvantageous than this?"

Yan Ruchen continued to persuade him patiently: "Since you have the audacity to invite all the seniors here, you must have found out something... But... why don't you sit down and discuss it properly? Why make such a fuss..."

Yan Ruchen hesitated to speak, which made Wang Shuyan even angrier. Wang Shuyan had a bad temper to begin with and couldn't stand being lectured by his juniors, so he rolled up his sleeves and started scolding again. Yan Ruchen frowned and squatted beside Li Xiuqi without saying a word.

But Guan Shanyu felt something was wrong.

Next in this plot, it should be time for someone to "throw out some ideas".

As expected, after Wang Shuyan had cursed for a while in various dialects, someone in the crowd suddenly interrupted and said, "This young man seems to know something about the inside story. Otherwise, why would he keep trying to persuade us? Is he afraid that speaking out would be detrimental to the Immortal Sect?"

As soon as this was said, someone followed up, "Yeah, this little brother's words and deeds show he's an insider. Hey, little brother, don't be afraid, just tell us what you know. There are so many of us here. If they really do something against the law, we will definitely stand on your side."

"That's right, they even beat people up. I've never seen an immortal sect with such poor quality. Oh, it's so scary."

The crowd started talking one after another, and then began to attack the Immortal Sect.

At first, only Wang Shuyan and the others were at loggerheads, and the other elders tried to mediate, but the verbal abuse grew increasingly harsh. Finally, Yue Lingwu and Qiushui Jianji couldn't help but break down their defenses, pointing at the crowd and cursing, "What are you talking about! Who are you? They have poor character. Why do you trust them without any evidence?"

"That's right. Do you believe everything you hear? We in the Immortal Sect will never do anything that harms the world!"

When the crowd heard their rebuttal, their curses intensified. The loudest among them raised their voices to the bell tower and demanded, "Then isn't it against the will of heaven and earth for you to arrest reactionary immortal cultivators?"

Qiushui Sword Lady was speechless for a moment, and Yue Lingwu quickly responded, "We were eliminating harm for the people, but they privately slandered and spread rumors about us. They refused to listen to our advice or warnings, and even gathered together to cause trouble, so we arrested them. And we didn't do anything to them. We just kept them locked up, fed them well, and tried to persuade them. We released them when they stopped being reactionary. Just ask them if that's the case! Is this a big deal? Isn't that how the imperial court arrests people?"

"Bah! They're the imperial court, aren't they? You're abusing lynching!" the loud man cursed, then pointed at Yan Ruchen, "Tell me, what's going on? Tell me everything you know!"

Everyone was excited and shouted: "Say it out!"

Qing Yuanzi couldn't stop Wang Shuyan from talking, so he just heard him agree: "Go ahead, I want to hear what you have to say!"

Yan Ruchen glanced at everyone in embarrassment and whispered, "Once you tell me, it's all over."

I don’t know if anyone heard the sound, but the crowd suddenly became agitated again, pushing and shoving each other, as if they were about to attack the bell tower.

The pushing crowd soon squeezed in front of Yan Ruchen. In order to protect Li Xiuqi and the others, he stood in front of the crowd, but the crowd was too large and he could not avoid it. Yan Ruchen was also knocked off balance.

At this moment, Guan Shanyu clearly saw that the magic mirror on Yan Ruchen's waist fell to the ground.

Then it was clearly seen that someone picked up this spiritual realm in the crowd, and after checking it out, he ran excitedly towards the Star-Picking Platform.

A moment later, a puff of purple smoke rose from the Star-Picking Platform again, and then different images began to be projected onto the center of the square.