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Chapter 31 “Butt Decides the Head,” Misleading Students, Yue Buqun

【Eastern Heretic, Huang Yaoshi: Absurd! Ridiculous! Utterly laughable!】

【Northern Beggar, Hong Qigong: It’s indeed absurd! As I see it, whether it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it’s a good cat. Regardless of internal cultivation or techniques, the one with higher combat power is the truth.】

【Poison Gate, Wuxin: What in the world is wrong with the Huashan Sect’s so-called ‘Sword Qi Debate’?! You love practicing internal energy, then go ahead and do so. I prefer to focus on my techniques, and I’ll continue practicing mine.】

【Poison Gate, Wuxin: Who’s bothering anyone else? Why do you care what I prioritize? We’re all from the same sect, yet here we are killing each other over this?】

【Wudang, Song Yuanqiao: Sect Leader Yue says that the Sword Sect’s techniques are easy to master and show rapid results.】

【Wudang, Song Yuanqiao: If everyone practices for ten years, the Sword Sect wins; twenty years, it’s hard to tell who’s better; after thirty years, the Qi Sect wins.】

【Wudang, Song Yuanqiao: But the world is dangerous and unpredictable, who can guarantee that we’ll live to see thirty years? How many of us get three decades in a lifetime?】

【Mingjiao, Five Vagabonds, Zhou Dian: Obsolete! Completely obsolete! And he still calls himself a master, utterly misleading his disciples!】

【Tian Ying Sect, Sect Leader Yin Tianzheng: That’s right! Yue’s wife’s internal energy far exceeds Linghu Chong’s, but she was still defeated by Linghu Chong with a single move.】

【Tian Ying Sect, Sect Leader Yin Tianzheng: If this were a life-or-death battle, should I still let you go and wait for you to reach thirty years of practice before we continue fighting?】

【Huashan Sect, Feng Buping: Shameless old Yue! You only talk about the Qi Sect’s mastery of the “Purple Mist Divine Skill,” defeating over ten Sword Sect experts with clumsy techniques and still claiming victory.】

【Huashan Sect, Feng Buping: But why didn’t you mention why you tricked away Master Feng? If your Qi Sect is so strong, why did you fear Master Feng so much?】

【Huashan Sect, Cheng Bu’you: That’s right! You talk about our Sword Sect’s stubbornness, yet most of us died with our swords unsheathed.】

【Huashan Sect, Cheng Bu’you: This nonsense about dying with swords unsheathed—weren’t they slaughtered by your Qi Sect people?】

【Huashan Sect, Cheng Bu’you: You claim the remaining Sword Sect disciples quietly went into hiding? Where in Huashan have we Sword Sect disciples found a place to live?!】

【Huashan Sect, Cong Buqi: Shameless old Yue! Stop flattering yourself! Everything you say and do only misguides the younger disciples of the Huashan Sect!】

【Huashan Sect, Cong Buqi: Linghu Chong was a fine talent, if he practiced our Sword Sect’s ultimate techniques, he would’ve led the Huashan Sect to rise. But you destroyed his life with two slaps!】

【Four Eyebrows, Lu Xiaofeng: Thirty years of Sword Sect, thirty years of Qi Sect, combining the sword and qi, and Huashan would rise again.】

【Four Eyebrows, Lu Xiaofeng: I never thought these two sects, which should have worked together, would instead view each other as mortal enemies.】

【Thief King, Sikuang Zhaixing: What sort of heresy is this, placing the sword and qi in opposition? Those who make the sword and qi rivals are the true evil-doers!】

【Tianxia Association, Leader Xiong Ba: Actually, Yue Buqun probably knows the truth about ‘balancing sword and qi.’ But since he’s the Qi Sect leader, he can’t admit this, and must teach the next generation according to the Qi Sect’s principles.】

【Tianxia Association, Leader Xiong Ba: Butt decides the head! For Yue Buqun, it doesn’t matter what’s right or wrong, what matters is maintaining the Qi Sect’s face! The Qi Sect must never be wrong!】

【Immortal Ouyang Mingri: In my opinion, this ‘Sword Qi Debate’ is nothing but a guise for internal power struggles within the Huashan Sect.】

【Immortal Ouyang Mingri: We all understand this, don’t they know? It’s just a way to eliminate their rivals under the pretense of the ‘Sword Qi Debate.’】

【Five Mountains Alliance, Left Cold Zen: So this is the truth behind the ‘Sword Qi Debate’ in Huashan Sect, truly eye-opening!】

【Sun Moon God Sect, Tong Baixiong: Hmph, didn’t anyone notice how my sect’s elder was deceived? Failed in the duel, secretly sabotaged, shameless!】

【Songshan Sect, Fei Bin: Hmph, the winner is king, what’s there to say? Talking about righteousness with people from the Demon Sect?】

【Fairy Yang Yan: Yue Buqun missed the chance to master the Five Mountain Sword Techniques and their countermeasures; he brought this on himself.】

【Mud Bodhisattva: Everything happens as fate dictates. What’s meant to be will be.】

【Dali Prince Duan Yu: Ah, if only those two young ladies had answered wrong, I wonder what kind of punishment they’d face.】

…

Yue Buqun trembled, his face turning a dark, purplish red from anger. The barrage of comments and analysis by viewers had completely stripped away the façade of the Qi Sect.

All was laid bare, exposing not only the Qi Sect’s flaws but also the disgrace of Yue Buqun himself. Yue Buqun wanted to rebut, but he didn’t have the strength to do so. From this point onward, the label of “misleading his disciples” would likely stick to him forever.

In this moment, the gazes of the disciples behind him felt like a thousand sharp knives piercing into him, making him squirm uncomfortably.

…

The Huashan disciples, led by Linghu Chong, were truly shocked. They never expected such a scandal would emerge about their sect. Moreover, the role the Qi Sect played in this debacle was far from glorious.

According to Yue Buqun, during the Sword Qi duel, the number of Qi Sect experts was minimal. But in the end, it was the Qi Sect that won.

The real reason behind this victory was probably more complicated than simply tricking away Feng Qingyang. Perhaps, like dealing with the ten elders of the Demon Sect, some scheme was involved. Yet, all of this was buried in the dust of history.

Had it not been for the live stream, the Huashan disciples would likely have been fed a version of the ‘truth’  that had been heavily modified. History is written by the victors. This truth had always been the case.

For a moment, everyone—especially Yue Lingshan, the daughter of the Sect Leader—looked at Yue Buqun with changed expressions.

It wasn’t that they didn’t trust him, but Yue Buqun’s single explanation was hardly as convincing as the arguments presented by the live-streaming experts.

Yue Buqun was just a master, while the people in the live stream were grandmasters from all over the martial world—great grandmasters, martial kings, even martial emperors, and beyond.

These figures all agreed on ‘balancing sword and qi’, and the disciples found their views aligning more with this perspective. It was clear whom they should trust.

…

Even Ning Zhongze looked on in stunned disbelief. She was only thirteen when the Sword Qi Debate erupted, and she understood little of the hidden truths behind it.

Most of her understanding came from Yue Buqun’s explanation.

But today…

Ning Zhongze’s emotions surged, and she felt her heart trembling with uncertainty.