Chapter 193 Temporary Staff of the Sword Palace

"Yan Chu, are you truly the nemesis of my Hidden Sword Palace?"

Qin Hexuan, sitting on the main seat, sighed inwardly.

At this very moment, the thing he regretted most was offending Yan Chu.

From the beginning with Disciple Gao Yang and Junior Brother Chen Fenghua, all the way to Venerable Wen Jian.

The deaths of these people not only severely damaged the strength of his Hidden Sword Palace but also left the Disciples within the palace in a state of panic.

Given Yan Chu's combat power and rate of growth, he was like a blade hanging over the head of the Hidden Sword Palace, ready to fall at any moment.

If only he had known, he wouldn't have offended the other party from the start.

Who could have imagined that he could grow to such a level in such a short time?

And it is said that Yan Chu is extremely petty...

Trying to make peace with him is likely not very possible.

"Palace Master, are we just going to sit here and wait?"

Two rows of Elders sat in the grand hall, all of them Great Grandmasters; they were the true upper echelon of the Hidden Sword Palace.

At this time, the Third Elder, Yu Kai, frowned and spoke:

"Nowadays, the Disciples in the palace have no heart for practicing sword arts; they are all discussing the name of Blade Demon Yan Chu, as if trapped in a nightmare, terrified of when he might come to slaughter us."

"We must think of a way!"

"Third Elder, do you have any good ideas?"

A Great Grandmaster Elder asked.

"What ideas could I possibly have?"

Yu Kai sighed and shook his head,

"Actually, the best way now is to make peace with the other party, turn hostility into friendship, so we don't have to worry about him coming for revenge one day."

Although their Hidden Sword Palace still had four Supreme Grandmasters stationed there, they were not overly afraid of Yan Chu.

But cowering in the Sword Palace all the time is not a solution.

Disciples always need to go down the mountain for training, and Elders will also go down to participate in some Jianghu grand events or seek some Opportunities.

If that Blade Demon Yan Chu were to guard the foot of the mountain, besides the Sect Head and the Grand Elder, who could escape from his hands?

Although this is just a guess, the other party might not necessarily do this.

But living in constant fear will inevitably affect their normal Cultivation.

"Trying to make peace with him is easier said than done."

The Second Elder, Zhong Liyang, took up the conversation, his tone grave:

"I heard that during the battle at Yellow Dragon Mountain, that Joyful Buddha had already begged for mercy and promised to return to the Western Regions and never set foot in the Central Plains again, yet he was still chased down and sliced in two by Yan Chu; he couldn't even manage to escape with his life."

"Given this person's pettiness, he must have recorded all the accounts with us in his little notebook."

"The Guest Elder of the Prefectural Governors Mansion who escaped, Sect Master Zheng of the Shadow Moon Sect, also said that back on the Yang River, the three Grand Elders who besieged Yan Chu with her didn't even leave behind a complete corpse."

Once these words were spoken, everyone in the grand hall fell silent.

The news that Grand Elder Yu Leju had been slain by Yan Chu reached the Hidden Sword Palace, which was like a bolt from the blue for the people of the Sword Palace.

They still remembered the scene of public indignation at that time.

On Biquan Mountain, thousands of Sword Qi soared into the sky, and the sound of sword humming spread for dozens of miles, causing countless Jianghu people to feel awe and fear.

Everyone volunteered, clamoring to go down the mountain to eliminate the demon.

As for the result...

Forget it!

Better not to mention it!

Now, Elder Yu's body hasn't even been brought back; they could only set up a cenotaph for him on the back mountain.

"Actually..."

At this moment, at the end of the two rows of seats, a withered old man with a goatee raised his hand, wanting to say something.

Everyone looked over; it was Elder Li Xuanfeng, who had just broken through to the Great Grandmaster realm not long ago.

This Elder's age was not smaller than those present; in fact, he was even older than many of them.

It was only because he had just made the Breakthrough that his cultivation could not compare to those who had been Great Grandmasters for a long time, which was why he sat at the end of the row.

"Xuanfeng, what do you want to say?"

Sitting in the seat of honor on the left, the Grand Elder Gu Chang, who had been resting with his eyes closed and hadn't said a word, suddenly opened his eyes and looked over with a burning gaze.

Gu Chang was a silver-haired old man whose seniority in the Sword Palace was second only to the three Grand Elders.

Even Sect Head Qin Hexuan treated him with great respect.

Since he had spoken, everyone else also looked at Li Xuanfeng.

Even the Sect Head, Venerable Wen Jian, was the same, wanting to hear what high opinion the other party had.

It is said that this Elder Li had inadvertently obtained a Secret Manual on the Dao of Divination in his early years, and had been studying it alone all these years, which had delayed his Cultivation.

It was only recently that he broke through to Great Grandmaster.

Although his Dao of Divination was often mocked by other Elders, it was said that the Grand Elder trusted him immensely.

Moreover, last time he went to Cangzhou with "Tiger Mane Swordsman" Junior Brother Chen and the others, in the end, everyone else died, and only he survived to bring the news back to the palace, which showed that he did have some ability.

Seeing that all his fellow Disciples were looking over, and the Grand Elder also gave him an encouraging look, Li Xuanfeng steadied himself and began to voice his thoughts.

"Sect Head! Grand Elder! Fellow Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!"

Li Xuanfeng cupped his hands and said:

"I have been thinking these days that, in fact, there is no unresolvable enmity between our Hidden Sword Palace and Blade Demon Yan Chu."

"Everything started because of the previous Nephew-Disciple Gao."

"The Gao Family he belonged to offended Yan Chu, which triggered a series of killings."

"Since that is the case, why don't we make an announcement to the outside world? Expel Gao Yang from the Hidden Sword Palace, sever ties with him, and draw a clear line."

"Ah? This..."

As soon as Li Xuanfeng's words were spoken, everyone looked at each other.

Gao Yang was a Personal Disciple in the palace, originally being cultivated as the next Sect Head of the Hidden Sword Palace...

Although he was dead now, expelling him from the sect was a bit too...

Everyone quietly sized up Venerable Wen Jian in the high seat, only to see that his expression hadn't changed at all; instead, he nodded and said:

"Continue!"

Qin Hexuan didn't have any dissatisfaction.

The urgent priority was to consider the people still alive in the Hidden Sword Palace.

If they could resolve the enmity with Yan Chu because of this, then his Disciple could be considered to have been put to good use.

"Good!"

Li Xuanfeng stroked his goatee and continued:

"Besides Gao Yang, the Grand Elder Yu and Senior Brother Chen Fenghua and others can also be expelled from the sect, saying that their actions were all their own decisions and had nothing to do with our Hidden Sword Palace."

"We can say it like this, they were all temporary personnel of the Sword Palace, had not kowtowed to the Ancestral Master in the Ancestral Hall, and had not been formally admitted into the sect; it was only because they had achieved some results in the Hidden Sword Palace and made a Breakthrough in their cultivation that they were allowed to enjoy the status, treatment, and resources of formal Disciples in the capacity of temporary Disciples."

"Now that they have formed enmities with others without the authorization of our Hidden Sword Palace, they should naturally be expelled from the Sword Palace!"

"Temporary Disciples?"

Hearing this, everyone in the grand hall looked at one another and fell into silence for a moment.

It was the first time they had heard this term.

Although this was indeed a good way to distance themselves from the Grand Elder Yu and the others, would Yan Chu accept it?

Everyone was skeptical; no one would believe such a thing if it were said out loud!

"Ahem!"

The Grand Elder was the first to break the silence and asked:

"Xuanfeng, if our Sword Palace really does this, it will chill the hearts of our Disciples."

"That's right! Junior Brother Li, Senior Brother Chen and the others lost their lives for the sake of our Sword Palace."

"Indeed! We have no objection to expelling Gao Yang from the Sword Palace, but as for severing ties with the Grand Elder and Senior Brother Chen, please forgive me, but I cannot do that."