The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 290 : Settling Old and New Scores Together

The cultivation world was currently short of manpower. She had originally thought to keep the Xuanyuan family around for a while, at least to use them as labor, but it seemed that was no longer necessary.

A rat's droppings are rat's droppings no matter where they are.

It's best to eliminate them first, to prevent them from causing trouble behind the scenes.

It was a good time to settle both old and new scores.

"You... what do you mean? The Xuanyuan family has always been upright and just! What does the fall of the Mo family have to do with us? Don't spout nonsense and sow discord! Otherwise, the Xuanyuan family will never let you off!"

She snorted with laughter, "Why are you so anxious? The innocent will be cleared. If the Xuanyuan family truly hasn't done anything, then this dirty water surely can't be splashed on you. But your panicked appearance reminds me of a phrase—"

She paused,

"A guilty conscience needs no accuser."

"Is what you're saying true? Was the Xuanyuan family involved in the Mo family's extermination years ago?" Someone in the crowd spoke up, unable to contain their excitement.

Almost every sword cultivator present knew about the Mo family. Even though the Mo family had disappeared from the cultivation world for over twenty years, their reputation remained. More than half of the most famous sword cultivators in the history of the cultivation world came from the Mo family, and many sword cultivator disciples looked up to Mo family sword cultivators as role models.

No matter how large and powerful the current Xuanyuan family was, compared to the Mo family of those days, they could only be considered junior.

It could be said that if the Mo family hadn't fallen, the Xuanyuan family would never have been able to reach their current position!

At the time, some people had speculated whether there was some foul play involved in the Mo family's sudden downfall. But no concrete evidence could be found against the Xuanyuan family, so the matter was left unresolved.

Now, Chu Sang's words were like cold water poured into hot oil. The atmosphere in the crowd immediately boiled over. The faces of those Xuanyuan family disciples instantly changed, their hearts filled with uncontrollable panic.

The leading disciple glared fiercely at Chu Sang, "What nonsense are you spouting? Stop stirring up trouble!"

No matter how the Xuanyuan family tried to control the situation, once the crowd's curiosity was aroused, it could not be suppressed.

"The Mo family's extermination back then was orchestrated by the Xuanyuan family."

As tensions rose, another cold voice came from nearby. Everyone turned to look at the source.

When they saw who it was, they were even more surprised. It was Mo Qingchen?

And a group of Tianyan Sect disciples under him.

Disciples from other sects and families had all come as well.

The scattered teams in the trial ground had now regathered, with all several hundred people present without exception. This scene was somewhat unexpected.

Among them, the most panicked were undoubtedly the Xuanyuan family disciples. They hadn't expected the situation to develop like this... When Mo Qingchen raised his eyes and coldly looked over, several Xuanyuan family disciples with insufficient strength even retreated several steps, their legs weakening, almost falling to the ground, not daring to say another word.

"The Xuanyuan family was jealous of the Mo family's status back then and collaborated with the demon realm to plot a massacre against the Mo family. The reason why the demon race could invade the heavily guarded main city that night was because the Xuanyuan family secretly colluded with the demon race, letting demon cultivators into the city..."

Chu Sang's cool voice wasn't loud and didn't use spiritual power to assist, but everyone present heard it clearly, all too shocked to speak.

"This..."

"It's truly unbelievable!"

"To think the Xuanyuan family did such an outrageous thing! It's truly against human morality, utterly unconscionable, a disgrace to the cultivation world!"

"I had suspected earlier. The incident with the Mo family was too coincidental. With such strict guards in the main city, how could demon cultivators enter so conveniently? Not a single person discovered them. It's too unbelievable. I wouldn't believe there wasn't someone pulling strings behind the scenes!"

"So it really was the Xuanyuan family... The Xuanyuan family was at odds with the Mo family back then. The Mo family served the cultivation world diligently and tirelessly, sacrificing countless family members to protect the common people. Yet the Xuanyuan family did such a thing to the Mo family in secret! How is this behavior any different from evil cultivators!"

"Traitors!"

"Traitors!!"

"You should pay with your lives for what you did to the Mo family!"

The crowd was furious. They were the top elite talents from various sects and families. The next generation of family heads and sect leaders would emerge from among them. They would hold the power of discourse in the future cultivation world.

Now that they knew the truth about the Xuanyuan family's persecution of the Mo family, it was equivalent to the entire cultivation world knowing the truth.

This time, the Xuanyuan family was thoroughly panicked, isolated and speechless.

The leading disciple was still obstinate, shouting angrily at Chu Sang with reddened eyes, "You keep saying the Xuanyuan family persecuted the Mo family, but where's your evidence? You're making baseless accusations and falsely incriminating us!"

This happened over twenty years ago. The evidence had long been destroyed. This damned woman couldn't possibly find any evidence! As long as they adamantly denied it, no one could truly condemn the Xuanyuan family on moral grounds!

"The Lingqing Sect has been in contact with the ghost realm, and we Xuanyuan family haven't said anything about it. Wasn't that ghost realm traitor a disciple from your sect? Perhaps you're a spy sent by the ghost realm to sow discord, baselessly slandering the Xuanyuan family's innocence! Our Xuanyuan family is now the largest sword cultivation family in the cultivation world. If we fall, all factions will be affected! This person's wolfish ambitions are clear for all to see! Don't listen to this woman's nonsense, everyone. She's slandering and defaming us!"

Hearing this, the boiling crowd gradually calmed down a bit.

A small portion of people still firmly believed the Xuanyuan family had a guilty conscience, but most people reserved their doubts, looking at both sides, unsure who to believe.

"Not admitting it, huh?" Chu Sang shrugged, "That's fine. I have more evidence in hand. If you weren't so stubborn, all the evidence I've painstakingly collected would have nowhere to shine~"

What?

The Xuanyuan family disciples' pupils contracted upon hearing this, their faces extremely tense. No, impossible, absolutely impossible! This woman must be bluffing! She couldn't possibly have obtained evidence!

Chu Sang stepped forward, a memory stone appearing in her palm—everything that happened twenty years ago was contained within.

As the two major sword cultivation families in the main city, the Xuanyuan family and the Mo family had been at odds since their founding. The Xuanyuan family had always been looking for an opportunity to eliminate the Mo family. The clan leader at the time accidentally received an edict stating that if the Xuanyuan family helped him do something, he would help the Xuanyuan clan become the number one sword cultivation family in the cultivation world.

Back then, the Xuanyuan family could only be considered a second-rate family. They couldn't help but be tempted by this condition. It was with the help of this power that the Xuanyuan family secretly tripped up several families, stepping on their corpses to rise to power, becoming increasingly influential. However, an unexpected change occurred when, by chance, Mo Baizhou's mother, Mo Yunsu, stumbled upon this secret.

Fearing that the family secret would be exposed to the public and that they would be jointly crusaded against by the cultivation world, the Xuanyuan family pursued Mo Yunsu at all costs. After she was severely injured and fell unconscious, she was saved by the old Demon Sovereign who happened to be passing by.

The Xuanyuan family was no match for the Demon Sovereign's power and had to retreat for the time being. After Mo Yunsu went missing for many days while on a mission, the Mo family couldn't sit still. To avoid the flames of war burning themselves, the Xuanyuan family's next move could be said to have directly harmed both sides while keeping themselves clean—the Xuanyuan family head told the Mo family head that it was the Demon Sovereign who had taken her away. The Mo family was already at odds with the demon race, and now the family head's most beloved sister had been taken by the demon race. The two sides were thoroughly at odds, with the Xuanyuan family sitting back to watch the tigers fight, truly killing two birds with one stone.

After the Mo family and the demon race became thoroughly hostile, the situation gradually became more complex. Chu Sang wasn't very clear about the specific details of what happened after so many years, but one thing was certain: something must have happened to Mo Yunsu's body, as she never left the demon realm.

Chu Sang speculated that she might have been severely injured or... lost her memory due to some power interference? She stayed by the old Demon Sovereign's side, and over time, feelings developed between them. A few years later, Mo Yunsu became pregnant, and the old Demon Sovereign went into seclusion to refine pills for his lover. But whether by coincidence or the misfortune that often befalls beauties, Mo Yunsu died in childbirth, leaving behind only that child. According to intelligence later gathered by Yan Wangxing, the old Demon Sovereign seemed to have fought against some power and was defeated, severely injuring himself and causing his realm to fall. It was at that time that the still young Mo Baizhou was sent out of the demon realm.

After all this, Chu Sang didn't think the Demon Sovereign wanted to abandon Mo Baizhou. It seemed more like... he wanted to protect him?

The old Demon Sovereign found himself powerless to protect this child and had him leave the demon realm, not wanting to involve an innocent child in the crisis... As for why the old Demon Sovereign didn't immediately send Mo Baizhou back to the Mo family, she suspected that the old Demon Sovereign might not have known at all that Mo Baizhou was a child of the Mo family. This also gave her more evidence to speculate that Mo Yunsu had likely lost her memory due to severe injuries in the accident back then. Later, the demon cultivator who escaped with Mo Baizhou was bribed, and for profit, sold the child. This marked the beginning of Mo Baizhou's unfortunate and turbulent childhood.

And later came the extermination of the Mo family.

The beginning of all these tragedies was the Xuanyuan family.

The memory stone recorded the Xuanyuan family's actions over the years in detail, shocking all who saw it.

The Xuanyuan family disciples clenched their fists tightly and suddenly swung a palm strike at her. She leaned her upper body back, kicked sideways at his abdomen, sending him flying several meters. She straightened her waist, raised her hand to catch the falling memory stone, and said, "What? A cornered dog will leap over a wall? Want to destroy the memory stone by force?" She smiled sweetly, "It's okay, I have plenty of copies in hand. You can destroy as many as you want."

"Memory stones can be faked too. Who knows if you used illusion techniques!"

Even at this point, they were still being stubborn. Chu Sang couldn't help but marvel at the Xuanyuan family's thick skin. She turned her gaze to one of the Xuanyuan family disciples. Compared to the other Xuanyuan family disciples, this disciple was noticeably older, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage before fifty was considered somewhat talented.

She had seen this person in the divine decree illusion. When the Mo family was massacred years ago, this disciple had participated.

She pointed at him, and the disciple's face instantly became panicked. Then they heard the woman slowly say, "You have an unhealed sword wound on your back, inflicted by a Mo family disciple when you sneak-attacked the Mo family twenty years ago. It bears the Mo family's peerless sword intent. Whether it's true or not, one look would tell, wouldn't it?"

As she spoke, she stepped towards that disciple.

"Die!"

The Xuanyuan family disciple's face suddenly changed as he drew his sword and thrust it at her.

Mo Qingchen had been watching their movements and rushed forward almost simultaneously, deflecting his sword with one stroke, kicking him to the ground, stepping on his chest, and using sword wind to tear open a large hole in the clothing on his back, enough for people to clearly see the sword scar.

"What is the Xuanyuan family trying to do? Attacking cultivators for no reason, could it be that you really colluded with the demon race to harm cultivators back then!"

"Look at this disciple's back, there really is a sword wound!!!"

"So it's all true!"

"The Xuanyuan family is truly wolf-hearted and dog-lunged!"

"When I leave the trial ground, I will immediately report this to my sect and the Immortal Venerable."

"Me too. Once we leave the trial ground, the Xuanyuan family should prepare to be condemned by the entire cultivation world!"

"Do you have anything left to quibble about!"

"......"

After a long silence, there was suddenly a short, strange laugh. The leading Xuanyuan family disciple's face showed no panic, but rather a meaningful and sinister expression.

He stepped forward twice, clapping his hands and staring straight at Mo Qingchen and Chu Sang, "I really didn't expect it. I truly didn't expect that you would actually find evidence... And you, those useless demons actually let a little beast like you escape back then, allowing you to grow up alive. It's truly my great mistake."

Was the Xuanyuan family indirectly admitting it?!

The others were creeped out by the man's laugh, looking at the Xuanyuan family disciples no differently than they would look at evil cultivators. The two sides faced off.

"At this point, with everything exposed, there's no need for us to hide anymore. All of this was indeed done by our Xuanyuan family! So what?"

He smiled eerily, calm and composed, "Although I don't know where you got this memory stone from, you won't be able to take it out of here."

"You... really conspired against the Mo family? You're traitors?" Some people still found it hard to believe that the usually highly respected Xuanyuan family would do such a dirty thing!

"So what if we did?"

"You! Aren't you afraid we'll tell our sects and family elders?!"

"The outside world doesn't know what happens inside the pagoda." His smile suddenly turned cold, "If you all die, then no one will know, right?"

The disciples present were indeed talented, but generally too young, their cultivation levels not too high. The cultivation world wanted to cultivate the most talented prodigies to become world-savers, but they didn't expect to have mixed in traitors from the Xuanyuan family.

These young disciples were all fragile before they grew up. Crushing them would be as easy as pinching an ant!

The various forces of the cultivation world certainly couldn't have imagined that these talented youths they had sent in with all their efforts would all perish inside the pagoda!

As the Xuanyuan family disciple finished speaking, he suddenly tore off the human skin mask on his face, revealing the face of a middle-aged man who had clearly aged several decades. It was none other than the Xuanyuan family's Grand Elder, no longer hiding his early Unity stage pressure.

This person had actually used a spiritual tool to hide his identity and cultivation level to mix into the group!

This also meant... the Xuanyuan family had prepared early. When entering the pagoda, they never intended to let people from other factions leave alive!

Truly despicable, shameless, and treacherous!!!

"I originally wanted to keep you around for a while longer, but it seems that's no longer necessary. If you want to blame someone, blame this woman!"

The Grand Elder laughed coldly, raising his hand to order the disciples under him to attack the others.