Chapter 40: The Inside Story of Wufeng

  "Tornado strike!"

  He folded his fan and swung it, his whole body spinning like a top, like a violent tornado rushing towards Zhang Shan.

  Zhang Shan's eyes burst out with a sharp and intimidating light, his cultivation fully unleashed, his hand falling on the hilt of the Qinghong Sword behind him.

  The entire arena was suddenly shrouded in an atmosphere of destruction, as if all things were withering away, trapped in a realm of death.

  "Extinction Slash!"

  A sword light suddenly flashed in the air, and the tornado suddenly exploded out of control.

  One figure let out a miserable cry and flew towards the outside of the arena, crashing to the ground with a loud thud, and then didn't move again.

  "Ding......Ding......Ding......"

  Xīn Tū Shèng Dōng had previously held a golden folding fan in his hand, which had already broken into metal particles the size of grains of rice. They fell from the air and hit the ground of the arena, making a crisp sound.

  Because he couldn't kill anyone, Zhang Shan's sword attack was aimed at his opponent's weapon. Nevertheless, Shentu Shengdong was still knocked flying by the remaining force and eventually stunned unconscious.

  "Boom..."

  Thousands of people in a trance suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.

  The referee on the edge of the ring flew over to check Shintaro's injury.

  After a brief examination, he reported to the supervisor on the rostrum: "Seriously injured and unconscious, but no life-threatening."

  Ma Qingyi's face was gloomy, obviously unexpected, and in the end, Zhang Shan still won the game.

  With a terrible mood, he put on a deadpan expression and didn't want to say a word.

  Fang Yiru glanced at him with the corner of her eye, suppressing the smile in her eyes, and announced: "In this round of sect selection, student Zhang Shan has emerged victorious, thus obtaining the quota for entering Wentiian Sect."

  She then looked at Zhang Shan and said, "Zhang Shidi, from now on, you will officially become an outer disciple of our sect. Five days later, the sect's Spirit Boat will arrive in Qingyang City, at that time come to the academy again and follow us back to the sect to report."

  Zhang Shan bowed and responded loudly.

  The selection match finally came to an end, Zhang Shan emerged as a dark horse and became the biggest winner of this event, also dealing a heavy blow to the plans of the Shentu family.

  In the carriage on the way back, Situ Ming clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Zhang Xiao brother indeed stood out, congratulations!"

  As the host, Situ Ming'an maintained his composure, but his eyes couldn't help revealing an inexplicable joy. Given the current situation, the Situ family had successfully suppressed their arch-nemesis's rising momentum, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

  Situ Qingwan then recalled the scene when she first met Zhang Shan: "During the Academy's grand examination, I thought you had great potential, but at that time, I didn't expect you to go this far."

  Zhang Shan thought back to the events of the past three months and couldn't help but sigh in amazement. From being a useless person before, he had finally risen up to become a disciple of the world's top sect, with a bright future ahead of him.

  The greatest contributor is naturally Bei Ling, and the Situ family also helped a lot, especially the current killing move "Ji Mie Zhan" comes from the Situ family's Cang Jing Ge.

  "I must also thank the master of the Situ family for his kindness, allowing me to visit the noble mansion's scripture repository and take a look. Otherwise, I may not have been able to achieve this." Zhang Shan bowed his hands to Situ Ming'an.

  Situ Ming'an shook his head and smiled, "That's also your innate talent. That move, Jianmo Slash, both I and Old Ancestor had studied it before, but in the end, we couldn't grasp its sword intent. When we used it, it wasn't like that at all."

  "First, it was the Fist Intent, and then the Sword Intent. Your comprehension is astonishing! From now on, you will enter the Wonton Sect, and I'm sure you'll soar to great heights. In the future, my family, the Situ clan, will have to rely on you." He said with a hearty smile.

  "You're joking, Qing'an Miss has already determined the status of the inner door disciple, after entering the door, her status is still above mine."

  Zhang Shan smiled and paused for a moment before continuing: "Of course, if there's ever a need for me in the future, as long as I'm capable, I won't decline."

  Si Tu Ming An and others are just waiting for him to say this sentence. As the head of a large family, interests are always put first.

  The Situ family collaborated with Zhang Shan to deal with the Shen Tu family on one hand, and on the other hand, it was also a kind of investment, naturally hoping that the investment would yield returns.

  Satisfied, he nodded and Steward Ming An hesitated for a moment before saying: "I don't know if you can be with Qing Wan on the same mountain. If you are separated to a branch with a bad relationship, it might not be good."

  Seeing Zhang Shan's puzzled gaze, he continued to explain: "The Qitian Sect is divided into five peaks and one mountain. The mountain refers to the Floating Void Mountain, which is the residence of the sect leader. The five peaks refer to the five mountain peaks. The Qitian Sect is divided into five major branches, each residing on a different peak. The master of each peak is called the First Seat."

  "There is discord among the Five Peaks, so some of the peaks have disciples who are sworn enemies of each other. The relationship between the leaders is also very bad, so if you two belong to different camps, it will be troublesome."

  Zhang Shan was shocked and felt incredulous: "Such internal strife in the sect, doesn't the leader care?"

  "This is the rule set by the founder of our sect, Xiang Tian. When facing external enemies, we unite and defend together, but within the sect, we allow the five mountains to compete with each other, so as to prevent the disciples from becoming complacent and losing their motivation to improve."

  Zhang Shan furrowed his brow and said: "I've only heard that to make the outside peaceful, one must first make the inside peaceful. This founder of the sect is actually doing the opposite..."

  "Who says it isn't? However, internal strife also has its limits, such as taking lives or crippling one's cultivation. These are absolutely not allowed." added Si Tu Ming An.

  "Although it's limited, once you've made an enemy in a fight, the contradictions and hatred aren't so easily resolved." Zhang Shan said with a sigh.

  "Yes, the hatred between some mountains has been deep-seated for a long time. Normally, the disciples of the two sects would give each other the cold shoulder and not say more than half a sentence to each other. Qing'an is an exception because he entered Bai Geng Peak, but if possible, you'd better not enter Chi Yang Peak." Sutu Ming warned cautiously.

  "Baigeng Peak and Chi Yangfeng are in a bad relationship, right? Then, Ma Qingyi should be Chi Yangfeng's?" Zhang Shan said with certainty.

  "Hmm, yes. I heard from my master that apart from Chi Yang Peak, our sect is on good terms with Huang Yan Peak, but we have some conflicts with the other two peaks, although they are not major. Of course, if you were to join Bai Geng Peak, that would be best."

  Zhang Shan hummed and suddenly asked: "I wonder which family that Supervisor Fang belongs to?"

  "She is Qingmu Feng's disciple, how about that? Are you grateful for her speaking up for you in the selection match, or do you want to join her sect?" asked Situ Qingyan with a glance.

  Zhang Shan coughed and said: "I was just casually asking, by the way, can I choose to join that vein on my own?"

  "If both veins choose you, then you can choose which one to join. If only one vein chooses you, then you have no choice."

  "Oh, I see, Uncle Situ, I have another request."

  Zhang Shan thought for a moment before speaking: "This time I went to ask Tianzong, my mother wants to entrust your esteemed family to take care of it, and also trouble you with my two brothers."

  Situ Ming said with a clear and quick tone: "This is no problem, I will dispatch someone to keep an eye on it at all times. Now that you have entered the Wenti Sect, as long as nothing happens to you, there's no need to worry about the Shentu family daring to make any moves."

  Zhang Shan nodded silently, but in his heart he was considering that the Shentu family would not dare to take action for the time being, but there would always be a thorn. If possible, he had to think of a way to pull out this thorn once and for all.

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