Chapter 510: Chapter 509 Daoist Buyu returns to Sect_1

Lu Yang looked anxiously at the Liaison Cultivators flying away, his eyebrows furrowed in worry.

“What’s wrong, can’t bear to see them go? Want them to propose?” Meng Jingzhou joked. The procession of those seeking Lu Yang’s hand in marriage had been endless since the end of the celebration. Meng Jingzhou had watched this with envy.

Now that Lu Yang was eagerly watching the marriage proposition team fly away, Meng Jingzhou could barely suppress his laughter.

Lu Yang slowly shook his head, revealing his concern. “I worry that if they find out they can meet Master by proposing to me, there’ll be even more suitors.”

Meng Jingzhou: “…”

So that’s what you get for asking an extra question!

The fact that a Liaison Cultivator could forget what they had done to offend someone was quite telling.

Lu Yang suspected that given his Master’s propensity for making enemies, it wouldn’t be surprising if one day he received news of his Master’s sudden death out in the world.

To prevent such a mishap, Lu Yang kindly suggested: “Master, have you ever considered writing a will in advance? I fear you may not have time to do so when you’re about to die.”

Daoist Buyu gave his little disciple a deep look, sensing a certain level of similarity to his second disciple who had refined Yin and Yang Golden Cores.

“Have you met your Second Senior Brother yet?”

“Second Senior Brother? No. Isn’t he in the Golden Buddha Kingdom?” Lu Yang was confused as to why his Master was asking this question.

“Never mind then.”

Many disciples had come to spectate Daoist Buyu. He had been forced into seclusion for ten years, never appearing in public. Upon Lu Yang’s deceptive persuasion, Eldest Senior Sister Attacked Daoist Buyu and compelled him to travel the world to promote Seek Dao Sect through storytelling. Since then, Buyu had never returned to the sect.

The disciples of the previous two generations had only heard of such a sect leader but had never met him.

Even among Lu Yang’s peers, only Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had met Daoist Buyu. Tao Yaoye, Man Gu, and Li Haoran hadn’t.

“I heard the Sect Leader’s back. Let me have a look, let me have a look?”

“Isn’t the Sect Leader Yun Zhi?”

“Finally, I get to see the real Sect Leader. When I’m out on missions and people learn I’m from the Seek Dao Sect, they’ll always ask me if I’m Daoist Buyu’s disciple first before letting me in.”

“You guys haven’t seen the Sect Leader?”

“Have you?”

“Yes.”

“We’re from the same generation. Where did you see him?”

“On the wanted poster.”

The disciples pushed and shoved to get a glimpse of what the living, breathing Daoist Buyu looked like. If outsiders witnessed this scene, they’ll easily mistake it for the disciples expressing their fondness for Daoist Buyu.

“Junior Brother, you’re back.”

The Grand Elder arrived late, or rather, only showed up after the dust had settled.

Lu Yang was able to arrive at the scene first. Surely, the Grand Elder couldn’t be slower than Lu Yang?

The Grand Elder knew the Liaison Cultivators who had attacked Daoist Buyu. When they were inexperienced in finding burial sites, they accidentally dug up the ancestral tombs of others. When the owners sensed the disturbance and thought tomb robbers had struck, they came to investigate. It was already too late for Daoist Buyu and the Grand Elder to escape, so they hid in the coffin and spent the night with the spirit of the old ancestor.

Once the incident was discovered, the owners searched everywhere for Daoist Buyu.

Since they were in the wrong, the Grand Elder didn’t intervene. It was only fair that Daoist Buyu took the beating.

The other elders held back for the same reasons.

The Liaison Cultivators who had attacked Daoist Buyu were numerous and were all individuals Daoist Buyu and the elders had offended together. It wasn’t appropriate for them to intervene.

“Passing by the sect, so I thought I’d visit.” Daoist Buyu felt nostalgic. It had been a year since he last visited, and the position of the Acting Sect Master had already changed hands four times.

First Yun Zhi was Acting Sect Master, then Lu Yang took over for three days, followed by Yun Zhi again. Lu Yang then resumed the role for two months, and now it was Yun Zhi’s turn again as Acting Sect Master.

The frequent change in the Acting Sect Master showed how chaotic the sect management was.

“I thought you had made more enemies and were returning to the sect to seek sanctuary.”

Daoist Buyu didn’t like this remark. “What are you talking about? When have I ever shirked responsibility and escaped danger?”

The Grand Elder’s face darkened as he spoke, “What about the time when you impersonated a woman and wrote love letters to Fourth Elder? He was delirious day and night, giggling like a madman. After the truth was out, you stuffed the unfinished letter into my bedside drawer. What was that about?”

In his youth, the Fourth Elder had a pen pal named Ye Qianqian. They had never met and only communicated through letters. In her letters, Ye Qianqian claimed to have witnessed Fourth Elder’s heroic feats of slaying Demon Cultivators and expressed admiration. This led to their correspondence.

As Fourth Elder found Ye Qianqian’s words pleasing and her handwriting beautiful, and faintly sensed her admiration for him, he was hooked pretty quickly.

When Ye Qianqian claimed her hometown was hit by a flood, destroying all their crops, the Fourth Elder promptly sent her spirit stones along with his letter.

Unfortunately, even the most meticulous plans suffer setbacks. One day, the truth was out. Fourth Elder found out ‘Ye Qianqian’ was impersonated by one of his fellow disciples and angrily searched each disciple’s room.

Seeing the situation deteriorate, Daoist Buyu stuffed the unfinished letter into the Grand Elder’s bedside drawer.

As expected, the Fourth Elder ended up confronting the Grand Elder. The truth that it was Daoist Buyu’s doing only surfaced after their conflict.

“Fourth Elder, as a Confucian Cultivator, adheres to the way of a gentleman. He is stiff and rigid and has a dull mind. He can be easily deceived by women when he is out. It’s better that he is duped by me first rather than some stranger… no, it would make him more cautious.”That was how Daoist Buyu justified his actions before the beating.

The Grand Elder shivered at the recollection. Scholars could indeed be ruthless when they chose to be.

“Since you’re back, let’s have a meeting. There’s something to discuss.”

The Grand Elder called everyone over: Yun Zhi, the eight Elders, Daoist Buyu, Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Tao Yaoye, Man Gu, Li Haoran, and Qin Yanyan.

Eldest Senior Sister was also at the sect. She watched her Master get beaten up without lifting a finger to help.

Eldest Senior Sister had a valid reason—I’m not a Liaison Cultivator. I can’t defeat them.

It was clear that Eldest Senior Sister genuinely had no desire to intervene.

With all Heaven’s Court members present, they looked at each other, their minds heavy, remaining silent. The atmosphere was tense.

The truth was, with the Sixth Elder present, everyone felt uncomfortable speaking.

After listening to the Grand Elder’s report via Spiritual Sense, even Daoist Buyu, infamous for his deceptions, was taken aback.

“So, the recent uproar about Heaven’s Court is you guys?”

“It’s us,” the Grand Elder corrected sternly.

“…Forget that you guys didn’t get my approval before pulling me into Heaven’s Court to be a Heavenly King Protector. But why, based on the fact that I modified the ‘Big and Small Ruyi’ magic skill, did you name me the Growth Heavenly King?!”

Uncle Ba spread his hands in rationalization. “You weren’t here. We had no other choice. Besides, in our Heaven’s Court, we value democracy. The title we gave you has been unanimously approved by everyone excluding you.”

Daoist Buyu was outraged, his veins popping. “Democracy my ass. Who’s the Master? Is it Eldest Senior Sister or you? I demand justice!”

“Your senior disciple.”

“The name Growth Heavenly King is quite good.”