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Chapter 304 - 178: The Sect Leader Ran Away, and This Snitch Became the Sect Leader!

Chapter 304: Chapter 178: The Sect Leader Ran Away, and This Snitch Became the Sect Leader!

"People are gone???" Gu Shanhai stared at the empty Xuanwei Sect, feeling utterly frustrated.

He had the illusion that he had been duped.

Two months ago, just half an hour after Gu Shanhai joined, the old Sect Leader had mentioned that there wasn’t much food left on the mountain, and that he was going down to buy some supplies without saying when he would return.

And today, Gu Shanhai suddenly realized that his karma had abruptly come full circle.

The likelihood of the old Sect Leader’s death was slim; after all, Gu Shanhai watched him leave, loaded with all kinds of weaponry, armors, and consumables—unless he had been obliterated by a missile, death was unlikely.

Later, Gu Shanhai hurriedly made a round of inspections only to uncover a grave issue—the Xuanwei Sect was truly just an empty shell now, with anything of value gone.

Even the two intelligent robotic gatekeepers had been taken away.

"This motherf***** might have defected to the imperial court!" Gu Shanhai exclaimed in shock.

At this moment, he finally understood why they had made him the Sect Leader Reserve and said that he would become the Sect Leader if the old one was gone—it was meant for him to be the legal entity.

As for why this was done, it was simple—the other party probably understood karma too well and decided to transfer it to him.

But the problem was, he was a snitch, here to destroy the sect.

Now he had turned into the Sect Leader in the blink of an eye. What was this supposed to mean?

"People left, which is fine, but they should’ve left the legacy behind," Gu Shanhai took a thorough look around, only to find that really nothing but the shell was left; not a single piece of the legacy remained.

This infuriated him to the verge of explosion.

"The people of this sect really are no ordinary folks."

"Joining the imperial court for personal gain, wanting me, the fall guy, to assume the karma and guard the gate—do they really think I’m so easy to deal with?" Gu Shanhai’s expression darkened.

He calculated the time. In about twenty days, he was supposed to leave this world. Staying undercover in this world for two months had actually been beyond his expectations.

"I might as well blow up your gate and scatter your Earth Veins."

Gu Shanhai’s plan was straightforward: You want to use me for your gain? Well, let’s see where you will put your eggs when you return.

As for the idea of pursuing and killing them, well, why bother? Killing them wouldn’t help, and it was better to let them live and endure the pain.

As long as the sect gate was gone, the Xuanwei Sect would definitely be no more; they really thought they could just find a new place and reopen the sect?

Every famous mountain has its karma; seizing one without any reason not only fails to enhance the sect but also invites a disaster, potentially becoming the target of the entire world.

Otherwise, why would they have conspired against the mountain ghost in the past? If their Xuanwei Sect had produced a Sect Leader who was a heaven’s favorite Mountain God, then in that case, the Xuanwei Sect would have been thriving for a thousand years, having its people residing within the mountains governed by that Mountain God, blessing their disciples generation after generation.

And this position as the Mountain God could even be hereditary, never ceasing to exist.

It was indeed a plan spanning thousands of generations.

And because this plan was overly ambitious, it wasn’t highly likely to succeed, having already caused many casualties.

Gu Shanhai also learned the situation. He originally entered Qingxian Town, which existed a thousand years ago. Even if each generation of Xuanwei Disciples lived a hundred years, by now, ten generations would have passed, and it was quite normal that details had been forgotten.

How he obtained this information was simple—he had directly asked when the imperial court first appeared, thanks to details he’d gotten from Fan Shi about the era in which Qingxian Town had existed, even though back then the imperial court was not very powerful.

Therefore, the timing was likely close to a thousand years, and the lifespan of each generation living a hundred years was the best-case scenario. Originally, there were chaotic wars and the explosion of karma from the mountain ghost; for the Xuanwei Disciples living to fifty was considered long-lived, let alone a hundred.

"I’m so mad, calm down, calm down," Gu Shanhai quickly cooled down. Blowing up the mountain was just idle talk—he wouldn’t actually do it since the cost was too high, but he couldn’t just swallow this anger.

If the old Sect Leader had left at least a part of the legacy before he left, Gu Shanhai would not have been pushed to such extremes. But instead, the other party had taken everything, clearly aiming to have their cake and eat it too.

Luckily, Gu Shanhai was in disguise; otherwise, if a true novice had come, he would have been utterly exploited, bearing the brunt of the Xuanwei Sect’s karma.

As long as this karma was on someone, even if they ran away, various reasons would eventually bring them back, intending to enhance the Xuanwei Sect. Under the current circumstances, even maintaining it was an achievement.

When the real Xuanwei Disciples return, they can compete for power and claim the fruits, and everything will return to normal.

A sect leader of a legacy-less and impoverished Xuanwei Sect facing off against a direct disciple of the previous Sect Leader and a wealthy one at that—one could easily see who would win.

"Let the entire mountain become barren, the kind that won’t recover for a thousand years, even causing you to face obstacles everywhere."

"I’ll take away your Xuanwei Sect’s karma and let you watch as the Xuanwei Sect completely perishes."

While it was true that the Xuanwei Sect was ruined, as long as this karma remained, it could be rebuilt with the legacy, akin to righteousness. They could always return to this gate and claim legitimacy.

But if this karma was gone, it was truly gone—there wouldn’t even be a gate left, leaving them with no right to call themselves Xuanwei Disciples and even if they did, no one would acknowledge them.

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