413 Father and Son I

As they saw the sword glows soar up to the sky from the peaks of Mount Li,Xiao Songgong's expression underwent a massive transformation while the twoDiscipline Hall elders turned grim. That Elder Jiang from the Longevity Secthad an even nastier face. Only the Qiushan clan head fixed his eyes on QiushanJun, saying nothing. Qiushan Jun seemed to pretend he had not seen his father. He said to XiaoSonggong and the others, "Still not offering yourself in surrender? Could it bethat you're all prepared to bear the punishment of myriad swords through theheart?" Then he turned to those Mount Li disciples that had followed Xiao Songgong inintruding upon the main peak and sternly said, "As for you all, to let bygonesbe bygones…this is absolutely not a possibility, but seeing that today onlyblood has been shed and no death has occurred, if you put down your swords, Iwill punish you in accord with the laws of the sect and not expel you from themountain!" When those Mount Li disciples had followed their teachers as they intrudedupon the main peak, their minds had already been worried. When Qiushan Jun hadappeared and then stood unyieldingly behind the Sect Master, the hesitation ontheir faces was revealed. Now when they heard these words, they became evenmore immersed in a fierce struggle. Xiao Songgong laughed in his wrath. His hand gripped his longsword as he saidto Qiushan Jun, "Truly absurd to the extreme! Even if the entire world knowsthat in the future, you will inevitably have all of the Mount Li Sword Sect inyour grasp, you are still not even twenty! As a third-generation disciple, youdare disrespect us elders! You dare to attack me! My Mount Li Sword Sect inthese past few years has truly been brought down a crooked path by Su Li!” Qiushan Jun looked at him and sincerely said, "Crooked people do not walk thestraight path. How could a crooked path ever appear before a straight person?" Xiao Songgong was even more enraged and harshly yelled, "Previously, yourmaster used the sword array to seal off the paths between the main peak and therest of the peaks precisely because he didn't want the disciples of the peaksto die at our swords! If you dare to have the Myriad Sword Array attack me,just how many people will have to die in the peaks of Mount Li today!? Could itbe that you want my Mount Li Sword Sect, because of this internal strife, toreally be destroyed in one day!?" With these words, the sword glows rising up from the mountains seemed tostagnate a little. Bai Cai and the other Mount Li disciple turned to QiushanJun, their gazes filled with unease. They keenly understood that XiaoSonggong's words were not wrong. The most powerful elites of the Mount Lisect's Sword Hall were all presently imprisoned by the sword array in the bellyof the mountain. Those Mount Li disciples that supported the Sect Master andQiushan Jun, although numerous, were a far cry from being a match in terms ofbattle power to the three unfathomably powerful second-generation elders. Thiswas not even mentioning that Longevity Sect elder that was accompanying them orthe Qiushan clan head and his enigmatic Guardian. It must be known that the vast majority of the Myriad Sword Array's power wasin the Transportation Sword Array. Even if the third-generation disciples ofMount Li were resolved to live and die with Mount Li, they still did notnecessarily have the ability to beat back such powerful enemies! If both sideswere to disregard everything and begin to battle, even if Qiushan Jun were tocompletely express the remaining might of the Myriad Sword Array, it was highlylikely that Mount Li would flow with rivers of blood. Who knew how many ofthose loyal disciples would die in this battle, and if it was really worth it? Qiushan Jun gazed at the clouds and sword glows around the mountains, his twoswordlike brows slightly raised up. Everyone knew that he had already made thepreparations to attack. In the next moment, he would attack. He had alreadyexpelled those two Discipline Hall elders from Mount Li, so the Mount Li RelicSword was at his chest—before the Mount Li Relic Sword, there was no ‘worthy’and ‘unworthy’, only ‘should’ or ‘should not’. Bai Cai understood, and said no more. Carrying his sword, he took his placebehind his Eldest Brother, calmly and resolutely staring at those powerfulenemies. The several dozen Mount Li disciples also understood. They positionedthemselves in front of the stone steps and prepared for the final battle. Theypaid no attention to their injuries from the previous battle and didn't mindthat blood was still seeping from their shoulders. They firmly grasped theirswords. Xiao Songgong and the other two elders also understood,  as did theirdisciples behind them. Some of them lowered their heads, some of them cursed,some of them silently walked off to the side, and some of them slowly put downthe swords in their hands. At this moment, a voice slowly rang out through the peak. "When you were four, you encountered a dragon snake on Mount Nanling. All ofyour servants were killed—only you survived. You did not attack it, but let ittake you away to its cave to use as a future morsel. Even today, nobody,including your master within, knows how you managed to survive, just how youmanaged to kill that dragon snake. But I believe that back then, what yourelied on was not your will and courage, but your intelligence." The person speaking was the Qiushan clan head. He emotionlessly looked atQiushan Jun and said, "I did not think that the current you would actually havebeen molded by your master and Su Li into an ordinary man that believes inbravery. This truly makes me very disappointed, even somewhat remorseful that Isent you to Mount Li back then." Qiushan Jun said nothing, only calmly looked at him. The Qiushan clan head shook his head and said, "Your awakening was originallysupposed to be an enormously good thing, both for you and for the Mount LiSword Sect, because presently, only you can help Mount Li prevent thiscatastrophe. In the end, what did you do? If you are thinking about thegratitude and loyalty between you and your master, I can assure you withabsolute confidence that no one, not the Longevity Sect, not the Qiushan clan,or even the Divine Empress, intends for your master to die. We simply believethat because of Qi Jian and Su Li, he is no longer fit to hold the position ofSect Master of the Mount Li Sword Sect, but there will inevitably be a role forhim in the Longevity Sect's Congregation of Elders. Mount Li only needs torecognize Su Li's crimes, and then it can welcome a brand-new and beautifulfuture. What is there to object to?" The Qiushan clan head's voice gradually grew more tough and cold. "I am yourfather. The entire continent is well aware that all I have done has been foryour sake. Could it be that you fail to understand? No matter how much of agenius you are, even reaching Star Condensation before twenty, today you haveinvolved yourself in an extremely far-reaching matter. How could you possiblyresolve it?" Qiushan Jun quietly looked at him, then suddenly asked, "Father, just what doyou want me to do?" The Qiushan clan head answered, "We want to sweep away Su Li and Su Li'sshadow from Mount Li." Qiushan Jun asked, "Why must you do it in this way?" The Qiushan clan head expressionlessly replied, "Only this way can we ensurethat when Mount Li is passed into your hands, it is clean." Qiushan Jun was silent for a few moments, then said, "Father, you know I amnot this kind of person." The Qiushan clan head acknowledged, "Yes, if you are not willing, let aloneMount Li, even if it was the world, you still would not want it. But you mustbe clear on one point. Su Li…will inevitably die in Xunyang City. If you wantMount Li to remain as strong as it was in the past, you should take hold oftrue courage and face this reality head-on!" Qiushan Jun calmly replied, "So I should hand over Junior Brother, ask theSect Master to abdicate and take up the position myself, and only this wayprevent Mount Li's internal strife, preserve its strength, plotting its futureand for all ages?" The Qiushan clan head said with gravity, "Could this not be right?" "If ignoring facts is required to face reality head-on, then this reality isinferior to ignorance. Because in the following days, who could ignore everydecision they made? They would definitely regret it in their hearts." He lookedat his own father as well as the four elders and said, "You are already old andcan live on this reality for a little while longer, but we are still young. Ifwe live, there will inevitably be many long years waiting for us. In the futureyears, I don't want to think about today and be filled with regret and pain, soI will not act according to your way of doing things." You are already old, but we are still young. Their hearts were incapable of communicating, so their way of doing thingswould naturally be different. Hearing Eldest Brother's calm and resolute voice, many Mount Li disciplessuddenly felt like clear spring water was descending from the heavens. Theireyes grew moist and their sword hearts were washed until they shone clear andbright. The Qiushan clan head looked at his own son, his emotions abnormally complex,so complex that it was hard to imagine. He was proud, yet sad. Proud ofhimself, and yet angry. For this day of chaos in Mount Li, the Qiushan clan andthe Longevity Sect, as well as many powerful experts of the south, had plannedfor many days. How could they permit a single young man to cause its failure?Qiushan Jun was the son that he was the proudest of, the future of the Qiushanclan. But it must be known that this was not a matter solely involving QiushanJun. This was a matter that the Qiushan clan had been working at for onethousand years! Ultimately, he made a decision. He looked at Qiushan Jun and impassively said, "Heaven and Earth." These were two very commonly seen words, but with the appearance of thesewords, the mountains all went silent. Even the sword glows seemed to dim byseveral degrees. Because everyone already guessed at which classic these two words said by theQiushan clan head originated from. It was the extremely famous opening to one of the scriptures of the DaoistCanon of the Orthodoxy. 'Heaven and Earth', and then 'Father and Son'. This was a principle of nature, the natural relationship between humans.