Monarch Night
Chapter 138 - 96 He Hesitated and Didn’t Make a Move [Additional - for Alliance Hierarch Geng Xuefeng]

Chapter 138: Chapter 96 He Hesitated and Didn’t Make a Move [Additional Chapter for Alliance Hierarch Geng Xuefeng]

In the sudden rain.

Shadows of people appeared from all directions, some even emerged from the lake with a splash.

More than three hundred people densely surrounded the area.

The sound of a sword ringing out overhead in the sky, several figures stood suspended, including Gao Qingyu and Huang Yifan.

But Meng Hejun and others were absent.

Gao Qingyu sighed, "Wu Shanzhou, it is you. I truly did not expect that you would be the Branch Leader of Yixin Sect in Baiyun State!"

Wu Shanzhou.

A civil servant at the Governor Mansion of Baiyun State, a senior public servant, always diligent and uncontentious with the world. He was liked for making things convenient for others, thus he had a good reputation.

But who could have imagined that such a person was actually a Branch Leader of the Yixin Sect?

The mention of this name made everyone familiar with him feel a sudden shock.

The face of the leading Yixin Sect Branch Leader in Baiyun State turned pale.

Wu Shanzhou let out a bitter laugh, stepped forward, and looked up, asking, "To end like this tonight, I just have one question unresolved. How did you know about our plans in advance? Who sold us out?"

He had controlled the Baiyun State Branch for so many years without ever revealing his identity.

Every operation of the Baiyun State Branch was personally orchestrated by him.

There had never been a traitor.

On this, he was confident.

"Was it someone from headquarters who betrayed us?" Wu Shanzhou asked.

Gao Qingyu sighed softly, "Old Wu, you cannot ask me this question. Moreover, it is not the right time to ask anyone."

Huang Yifan instantly knew Old Silver Coins was starting again, subtly turning his head away.

Wu Shanzhou frowned, "Then whom should I ask? When should I ask?"

Gao Qingyu responded, "You should wander on Huangquan Road after you die. Wait until a familiar superior descends, and then you will get your answers."

Wu Shanzhou, looking through the driving rain at him, suddenly smiled, "...Gao Qingyu, I’ll wait for you down there!"

Gao Qingyu softly said, "Wu Shanzhou, is there really no turning back?"

Wu Shanzhou burst into a loud, reverberating laughter, nearly drowning out the thunder.

Loudly he said, "All these years, you’ve captured so many from the Wei Wo Zheng Sect. How many have betrayed? What ends did those traitors meet? Surely you haven’t missed seeing any!"

"Turn back?"

"No one turns back!"

"This isn’t about good and evil! This isn’t about right or wrong! It’s not like common folk straying from the path, who can still return from prodigal ways!"

Wu Shanzhou looked at his subordinates around him, then at the densely packed Guardians’ forces.

The disparity in strength was too great!

The opponents had clearly been prepared long before.

Yet he had not a single thought of retreating. His gaze hardened, suddenly a dark light flashed, he shouted, "Brothers, the time has come to show our loyalty to the Celestial Worm God! Our time to serve the Celestial Worm God has also come! Now, let’s see who can take someone down with us!"

"Kill!"

A furious roar pierced through the rain curtain.

Instantly, various lights from swords and blades fiercely glowed.

At the same time.

Huang Yifan yelled, charging forward as the first to strike.

Then everyone attacked simultaneously.

Screams, shouts, and the sounds of collision continuously erupted.

The fierce battle immediately commenced.

Meng Hejun and the others in hiding stayed hidden.

But unexpectedly, or perhaps as expected, until the battle was over, no one else revealed themselves.

The heavy rain poured down.

Meng Hejun quietly ordered, "Ambush troops stay put, I’ll go check on Gao Qingyu."

Then she darted out.

There.

Gao Qingyu’s long sword was deeply embedded in Wu Shanzhou’s chest, yet he did not immediately pull it out, asking, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Shivering, Wu Shanzhou looked at the sword that had pierced his heart, his face a mask of despair, he murmured, "Don’t pull it out."

"Will not."

Gao Qingyu sighed and said, "Is it worth it? Why didn’t you just continue being a good civil servant?"

Meng Hejun was fully focused on the side.

She wanted to say, stop asking, it’s useless.

People from Wei Wo Zheng Sect won’t say anything. Delaying will only give him the chance to take you down with him.

But she couldn’t say it.

She knew Gao Qingyu’s temperament, he would definitely keep questioning. So she came out from hiding just in case.

Because Gao Qingyu was the Mountain Master, he had the responsibility of educating all students, fostering generations of martial artists.

Even if there was a slight hope of finding a weakness in the Wei Wo Zheng Sect, he would not give up.

Even if it was just a slim chance.

Gao Qingyu, always cunning, appeared slippery and tricky; hard to pin down when in trouble, he would start playing dirty, and if that failed, he would play even dirtier.

He would go to any extent necessary.

But in his heart, there was always a determination. That determination was to do his utmost to ensure that his students, generation after generation, would walk the right path!

Not to be beguiled by the Demon Sect!

This was his life’s mission, his lifelong belief!

Gao Qingyu once said, "You can learn my cunning ways, my shameless tactics, all these will be useful to you in the future.

But never forget also to learn from my initial resolve!

That is... even if using despicable means, shameful methods, and disreputable strategies... the final outcome is for a better world!

It’s for your own betterment!"

...

So now, even knowing Wu Shanzhou was a Yixin Sect Branch Leader, he still hoped to extract something useful.

Even just a little!

Blood streamed from Wu Shanzhou’s mouth as he sternly watched Gao Qingyu, he rasped, "You don’t understand!"

"I need to understand."

Gao Qingyu said, "Is there anything unresolved at home? Do you need help?"

Wu Shanzhou looked at him but remained silent.

Gao Qingyu solemnly promised, "I assure you on behalf of the Baiyun Martial Academy Mountain Master, just tell me, and I will handle it for you. All I need is a hint!"

He earnestly added, "Just a little hint."

Wu Shanzhou still said nothing, his eyes showing a complex expression, as if he were considering.

However, from his heart, where a long sword was embedded, a faint black light was spreading along the blade.

"Fiend!"

Meng Hejun shouted sharply, swinging down her sword.

Then, with a flick of her wrist, she knocked Gao Qingyu’s sword to the ground.

On the sword, a wisp of black smoke formed into the shape of a sinister insect, but it stopped short of reaching the hilt as Gao Qingyu released his grip.

At this moment, Meng Hejun’s sword had already destroyed all of Wu Shanzhou’s vitality.

The black light on the blade suddenly twisted, turning into a puff of black smoke that rose and then vanished without a trace.

Wu Shanzhou’s head fell to the ground, his face still bearing a strange smile, contemplating, as if he were still considering Gao Qingyu’s question.

Gao Qingyu’s face turned grim, staring at the glistening sword being washed by the rain, he sighed deeply.

"It’s useless!"

Meng Hejun said indifferently, "Mr. Gao, I was once like you. But...these people, they can no longer truly be called human!"

Gao Qingyu seemed disheartened and said, "I thought, as people near death, their words turn good; even if just a little hint, it could spare my students from some perilous paths... With more gathering, there naturally comes a method, alas."

Meng Hejun, angered, said, "Over these many years, how many have given you even a hint?"

Gao Qingyu bowed his head, gloomily replied, "One. Just that one."

Meng Hejun was frustrated, "Hundreds of years, and only one! You know how many risks you’ve taken during these years because of this?"

Gao Qingyu shook his head with a wry smile, "I really can’t remember."

"I know it was seven hundred twenty-three times!"

Meng Hejun sighed, "Mr. Gao, please don’t do this anymore. If for just one phrase, you were to risk yourself..."

"I think it’s worth it. If there is something to gain, it is worth it."

Gao Qingyu smiled freely and said, "If that phrase truly holds value, why worry if I sacrifice myself? For thousands and millions of years to come, countless students will benefit from this phrase. Isn’t that worth one Gao Qingyu?"

He softly added, "Lord Meng, you did the same back in the day."

Meng Hejun sighed.

Huang Yifan came over, scornfully cursed, "Idiot!"

Gao Qingyu immediately said, "Lord Meng, he’s cursing you, and quite rudely at that!"

Huang Yifan stared wide-eyed, "I didn’t, I wasn’t..."

Lord Meng’s gaze had already shifted over, commanding without anger.

Huang Yifan waved his hands again and again, his face showing a plea, "My lord, I truly didn’t..."

Gao Qingyu took the opportunity to slip away.

Huang Yifan continued to stutter in his explanation.

Meng Hejun, annoyed, stomped her foot, "Just go tally the results of the battle, why explain to me?!"

Huang Yifan turned and left.

Watching Huang Yifan’s retreating figure, Meng Hejun sighed heavily, "This supervisor sent by the upper ranks to oversee the entire academy, has been turned by Gao Qingyu into a bodyguard and enforcer... Always being used as a tool, it’s really absurd..."

The battle ended, and the dust settled.

With no surprises.

Meng Hejun stood high in the air, looking around with surprise, "...Really not a scheme by the Yixin Sect?"

Those lurking in the dark cursed in their hearts, this was a deed of merit!

They were present, they arrived at the battlefield, but they hadn’t taken action until the war concluded.

Talking about guarding against surprises... What surprises?

This was a bond to the Yixin Sect’s Baiyun State branch! A huge reward, gone! A huge merit, gone!

And they also got drenched in the rain all night. Unable to move!

And still being drenched, unable to move.

The results of the battle were quickly summed up.

Chen Ru Hai and the other participants were overjoyed.

A significant event!

Considering the strength of those present, this time, they must have wiped out the Yixin Sect’s Baiyun State branch completely!

"King level fifth grade, one; Marquis level expert, two; Martial Marshal level, eight; Martial General level, thirty; the other one hundred twenty-five people, all with Innate Grandmaster cultivation. The highest being Peak Innate. The lowest Fourth Grade Innate."

This was a significant credit!

But several instructors from the academy looked gloomy.

Some even seemed sad.

Gao Qingyu, looking through the rain, was taken aback, a heaviness in his heart, "Is there a discovery?"

One of the instructors approached Gao Qingyu, saying mournfully, "Among them, a Eighth Level General named Li Mingfu... was my student ten years ago."

Gao Qingyu closed his eyes, said nothing, his expression growing even heavier.

The torrential rain hit his face, cold and slightly painful.

"He saw me, hesitated, did not make a move."

"I wanted to kill him with my own hands, but... I couldn’t bring myself to do it, Instructor Yan killed him instead."

The instructor sighed deeply, turned to look at the vast curtain of rain, and spoke lowly, "Once I return to the academy, I will volunteer for punishment. My teacher morals are corrupted for birthing a... little demon."

Gao Qingyu responded gravely, "No need to volunteer for punishment, this is very normal."

The instructor chuckled wistfully, "Still, I’d rather have some form of punishment; otherwise, I’ll feel troubled."

He said with a bitter laugh, "He saw me, hesitated, did not make a move."

These ten words, already repeated once, but now said again, communicated an indescribable sorrow.

Gao Qingyu sighed in his heart.

This expression of his student pausing in recognition was likely to haunt this instructor’s mind for a lifetime.

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