Chapter 54: The Eight Trigrams Are Omnipresent

  "Oh!" Little Peacock nodded, indicating that he understood, and said with a sob... He's such a well-mannered good kid, the master of the elder will spoil him.

  "Little Peacock, hurry up and kick open the door!" Leng Ruoxue urged, her absolutely beautiful face filled with impatience!

  "Yes, Master!" The little peacock hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed and placed its paw on the already shaky gate of the Xuan Shi General Assembly. Suddenly, all that was heard was a "Bang!" sound, and the gate of the Xuan Shi General Assembly shattered into pieces!

  "Hmm! This gate is too fragile!" Little Peacock said with a hint of embarrassment after finishing the mischief.

  "Heh heh, Little Peacock is doing great." Leng Ruoxue patted the fluffy little head of Little Peacock, praising.

  "Hehe! As long as the master is happy!" The little peacock said with a silly smile, having received praise from the master, it was delighted in its heart!

  "What kind of person dares to come and cause trouble at the Xuan Shi General Assembly?" After the gate was broken, dozens of Xuan Shi ran out from inside the assembly hall, shouting loudly.

  However, Leng Ruo Xue and others did not pay attention to them...

  "Hey, what's going on here?" a Taoist priest couldn't help but ask.

  But still no one paid attention to them...

  "What kind of people are you, daring to come and cause trouble at the Xuan Shi General Assembly?" The Xuan Shi who was ignored became somewhat enraged and shouted loudly!

  "Now this Mystic Master's Association is really quite broken." Cold Snow Beauty glanced at the Mystic Master's Association, smiling lightly.

  "It's not that the former Xuan Shi was always magnificent and majestic, but now the Xuan Shi are not that great either." A slightly disdainful tone, with a beautiful face full of contempt.

  "What kind of people are you, daring to come and cause trouble at the Xuan Shi General Assembly?" The Xuan Shi master suppressed his anger and asked again.

  "Causing trouble? No, we're here to kick the hall down." Leng Ruoxue finally had time to deal with that mysterious master and spoke very kindly.

  "What's the difference?" The Taoist asked foolishly, with a puzzled expression on his ordinary face.

  "Of course, to put it informally, we're making trouble, but kicking the hall is a very formal way of saying that we've come to make official trouble!" Leng Ruoxue explained, as if reciting a tongue twister.

  "Damn it, isn't this just the same!" The Taoist priest finally came to his senses and realized he had been fooled, and couldn't help but shout in a fit of rage.

  "You're too impulsive, no wonder you're still just a Grandmaster. Alas! With your abilities, in the Grandmaster's Association, you can only be a errand boy!" Cold and snowy, her absolutely beautiful face was filled with sympathy.

  "What business is it of yours?" The Taoist master shouted in a somewhat exasperated tone, "Hmph...this woman is really too nosy! What's wrong with being just a errand boy? Isn't that okay?"

  "Of course it's none of my business, but I'll let you in on a little secret! The Xuan Master is about to change hands, so you're probably going to lose your job soon." Leng Ruoxue whispered with an air of mystery.

  "Huh? How is that possible? Our Vice President Wu is a Xuanzun!" The Xuan Master emphasized, he simply didn't believe Leng Ruxue's words.

  "Alas! You, Deputy Director Wu, have run off with someone else and don't care about us anymore." Leng Ruoxue sighed and said helplessly.

  "Escaped? Escaped with whom?" Another Xuan Master couldn't help but ask.

  "Need you ask?!" Leng Ruoxue rolled her eyes and looked at the mysterious master with a silly gaze.

  "Could it be with Mrs. Sun?" The crowd of masters speculated in hushed tones, completely ignoring Cold Snow and the others.

  Leng Ruo Xue saw those who were just showing off their skills, the crowd of Xuan Masters, now discussing Wu Hui's gossip in a big way, couldn't help but feel speechless. Alas! These Xuan Masters are really not ordinary, and their imagination is quite rich too.

  "Poor Wu Heng, even in death he's being wronged." Yu said with a faint smile, speaking softly.

  "I didn't wrong him, it's just that the people from the Xuan Shi Association have too much imagination." Leng Ruo Xue said innocently. Alas! She couldn't tell these people that Wu Huan was already dead, could she? The blow to them would be too great!

  "Yes, gossip is everywhere." He let out a light sigh and said helplessly, "Alas! I've also discovered that the current Master is getting dumber and dumber!"

  "Hmm, hey, have you guys finished discussing? We're here to challenge the guild, hurry up and let your strongest come out. Wu Heng can just forget about it." Cold Snow waited for a while, seeing that those Xuan Masters were still discussing endlessly, she couldn't help but urge them on impatiently. After dealing with the Xuan Master Association, she still had to go back and sleep, so she didn't want to waste any more time.

  "Hmm! The elder is not convenient to see guests now, you can come back another day!" The mysterious master thought for a moment and said. Alas! Wu Vice President ran away with this matter, he had to hurry up and inform the elders, and looking at these people, they seemed to be coming with ill intentions, so he really didn't dare to provoke them.

  "Isn't it inconvenient to receive guests? How about those old men, don't they also have a few days each month when they're not convenient?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a puzzled expression.

  "Haha, it seems so." The old man burst out laughing after hearing Leng Ruo Xue's words, and the others couldn't help but chuckle quietly.

  "Of course not." The Taoist master hastily denied, Ugh... this woman is too evil, actually misinterpreting his words, if the elders found out, wouldn't they skin him alive?!

  "Since it's not, what's inconvenient about it? We've said it, we're here to kick the hall, have you ever seen anyone who kicks the hall change the day?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a sly smile.

  "Huh? There isn't, but..." The mysterious master wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Cold-as-Snow.

  "Since there isn't, then hurry up and go report! Of course, if you choose to get beaten before going obediently, I don't have any opinions on that either." Leng Ruoxue gave them two choices, letting them pick one themselves.

  "Uh... just a moment, we'll go inform the elders." The dark master said with some fear, Ugh... he was just a small great dark master, why did these people have to give him so much pressure?!

  "Alright, be good, those who know what's going on are the best. Hurry up, I'm only giving you five minutes." Cold-as-snow reminded them with a knowing glint in her eye.

  "Hurry up and inform all the elders, someone has come to challenge the temple!" The mysterious master instructed the person beside him, he didn't want to go in and bear the brunt of those elders' unprovoked anger, they were having a midlife crisis.

  "Yes." A Taoist priest replied and turned around to leave the entrance.

  "That... I don't know your honorable surnames?" The Daoist priest asked with a forced smile.

  "Cold as Snow." Cold as Snow reported her own name very succinctly, then looked at the mysterious master with a hint of a smile.

  "Huh? What about them?" The Xuan Shi continued to ask, actually, he was a bit surprised in his heart, because he couldn't understand how this woman could be Leng Ruo Xue. When Leng Ruo Xue participated in the Xuan Shi General Assembly competition, he had seen Leng Ruo Xue before, but it wasn't like this at all. However, he didn't dare to ask.

  "You don't need to know." Lan Yuexue said coldly, then ignored the mysterious master.

  "Ah!" The Taoist master couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and in his heart, he was even more anxious, thinking that he really wanted to know? He just didn't want to be questioned by the elders and not have an explanation.

  Cold as snow, without a word, Master Xuan would naturally not dare to speak either, the atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point...

  "Ah...the elders are asking you to come in." A moment later, the Xuan Shi who had gone to transmit the message returned, breaking the slightly dull atmosphere.

  "Let's go in!" Leng Ruoxue turned her head and said to everyone.

  "Hmm." Everyone nodded and then followed Cold-as-Snow into the Xuan Shi General Assembly.

  A Taoist priest led the way in front, leading Leng Ruoxue and others to a side hall of the Taoist Association, which is now the temporary office of the association.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others walked into the side hall, only to find that there were more than a dozen elders sitting inside, each of whom was releasing their aura, trying to give them a warning!

  "Haha, is this how you treat your guests, esteemed elders?" Cold-as-Snow said with a faint smile, her tone somewhat chilly.

  But seeing the provocation of the Xuan Master and the various elders, Cheng Wu and others naturally also refused to show weakness, releasing their Xuan Qi, and for a time, the two sides engaged in a silent competition. Meanwhile, Leng Ruo Xue, Yao Jiao, Wu He, and Xiao Lao Tou each found a position and sat down calmly...

  The showdown between the masters usually only lasts for a moment, so soon, the elders of the Xuan Master's sect couldn't withstand the pressure from Cheng Wu and others. Although they were also under the Xuan Emperor, these elders who had been pampered all their lives could not compare to Cheng Wu and others who were almost always in life-or-death situations.

  "Heh heh, Miss Leng, we didn't mean any harm." After a moment, the elderly Grandmaster of the Xuanmen Sect spoke up with an apologetic expression on his face, secretly swallowing back the blood in his mouth.

  "Oh." Cold as snow responded faintly and gave a glance to Cheng Wu and others, who immediately understood and withdrew their imposing aura. The atmosphere in the side hall returned to normal instantly!

  "I don't know what Miss Leng and others came to the General Assembly for, what's going on?" The Great Elder asked with a puzzled expression, looking at Leng Ruoxue. He couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, alas! It was said that Vice President Wu had been sending people to catch this Leng Ruoxue, but unexpectedly, she actually delivered herself to the door.

  "Didn't that Taoist priest tell you just now? I'm here to challenge the school." said Leng Ruoxue straightforwardly.

  "Heh heh, I don't understand what Miss Leng means?" said the Great Elder with a smile.

  "What I mean is, I want Master Xuan to change the person in charge." Leng Ruoxue said bluntly. Humph! Old fox, do you still want to pretend to understand and muddle through?

  "Leng, we've been in seclusion for many years and now the vice president is in charge. So, replacing someone must be approved by the vice president." The elder said with some difficulty.

  "Elder, don't think I don't know, you also want to replace Wu Huan now." Leng Ruoxue bluntly exposed the elder's lie, humph! Does this old man really think she doesn't know what they're thinking? She doesn't believe it, after being locked up by Wu Huan for so long, he would still support Wu Huan.

  "This... Cold Miss, this is an internal matter of our Xuan Shi General Assembly. Although you are also a Xuan Shi, however, you do not yet have the qualifications to participate in the affairs of the General Assembly." The Great Elder saw that he could no longer avoid it and so put on the airs of a Great Elder.

  "Hehe, Elder, you misunderstood. I don't want to get involved in the affairs of your Council. I just wanted to recommend someone to you." Cold Snow said calmly and composedly.

  "What does Miss Leng want to recommend?" asked the elder politely.

  "Lan Meng, he is the president of the Wu Feng City Xuan Shi Gong Hui and also a disciple of your overall president. Letting him be in charge of your overall association is a matter of course!" said Leng Ruo Xue with great certainty.

  "Blue Ming? How is he qualified?! He's just a Mystic King!" An elder immediately spoke out in opposition upon hearing Leng Ruoxue's words, humph! They had debated for so long and finally decided on the last candidate, only to have Blue Ming take advantage of it now!

  "Who's qualified if he isn't?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. Humph! These old men were truly shameless, did they really want to force her to use violence?

  "There are many people in the Xuan Master Association who have more qualifications than Lan Meng, how can one Xuan King manage the association? The other Xuan Masters will not obey him." The elder said with a tone of righteous indignation.

  "Is it that other masters won't submit, or is it that you won't submit?" Cold Snow asked in a cold tone, the killing intent in her beautiful eyes flashing by too quickly to be caught.

  "Of course, the masters will not obey." The elder said stubbornly, his face slightly unnatural.

  "Let Lan Meng be the deputy director, who doesn't obey, come out if you dare!" Leng Ruoxue's beautiful eyes swept through the elders in the side hall, saying.

  Many elders looked at me, I looked at them, but no one was willing to be the first to make a move, because they all saw that Leng Ruoxue was definitely not here for good intentions. Moreover, they also recognized Du Min, so they didn't dare to act rashly!

  "It seems that none of you have the guts!" After a while, Cold-as-Snow saw that no one dared to speak up and couldn't help but mock, her beautiful eyes still slightly glancing at the elder who had spoken earlier.

  "I'm saying there will be opposition from the Xuan Masters." The elder was made extremely embarrassed by the cold, snowy gaze, and couldn't help but speak evasively.

  "Oh, then why don't you call in the masters of Tong Hui or Xian Yao City? I'd like to see who opposes it." said Leng Ruo Xue.

  "This... isn't very convenient, is it?!" The elder said with a cold sweat.

  "If there's anything inconvenient, go and call someone quickly. I'll just wait for them here." Leng Ruoxue said with a very determined will, humph! If these old foxes don't get things done for her today, then they shouldn't expect her to leave quietly.

  "Leng Miss, our Xuan Master will be the largest guild on the vast continent of Haotian, so choosing a deputy guild leader is not something that can be taken lightly." The elder said with a stiff face.

  "Is it easy for Lan Meng to be the deputy leader? Elder, is it that you don't want Lan Meng to be this deputy leader, or is it some other master?" Leng Ruoxue asked somewhat impatiently. She was already annoyed by these old things playing Tai Chi with her! It seemed that some people just had to use force, otherwise they wouldn't remember for long.

  "The...!" The old man couldn't say another word. Alas! He couldn't say that they already had a candidate, but it wasn't Lan Meng after all!

  "Great Elder, if it weren't for Master Xuan, you would probably still be locked up by Wu Heng. Shouldn't you thank me?" Leng Ruoxue's mouth curled into a subtle, meaningful smile as she said calmly.

  "Damn it, will you always be the one to blow things up?" Hearing her words, another elder blew his top and couldn't help but loudly question.

  "Huh, isn't this Wu Hui's dog leg, Hao Lao? How are you, is your injury healed? I heard that because of the bad things you've done, you were beaten up by a ghost!" Cold Ruo Xue didn't respond to his words, instead she said with a hint of sympathy.

  "You're dead, you dare to blow up the Xuan Shi General Assembly, we won't let you off." Hao Zhang saw that his embarrassing affair was being brought up again and couldn't help but loudly shout in anger.

  "Did I say it was the general meeting that I blew up? You idiot!" Cold Snow's beautiful eyes had a hint of disdain and some helplessness.

  "You just said that a moment ago, and now you're denying it! Old Man Hao is so infuriating! That despicable Cold Ruo Xue, how can she be so shameless?! It's really too detestable!"

  "Hao Zhanglao, it seems you've really been beaten silly! I only said that the Great Elder should thank me, and didn't say that it would always be me who blows it up!" Leng Ruoxue retorted.

  "You... you, Great Elder, can't let Leng Ruoxue off!" Hao Laozhang was so angry that his whole body was shaking and he stuttered as he spoke to the Great Elder.

  "Hao Changlao, the Great Elder is not your ally, you should worry about your own fate!" Leng Ruoxue reminded kindly. Alas! She was impressed by Hao Changlao's slowness to realize this. This old man didn't think that Wu Huan had died, would the Great Elder let him off?

  "I... I am the elder of the Xuan Shi General Assembly!" Hao Lao heard Cold Snow's words and only then did he realize that he was a bit afraid. Yes! The Great Elder had always been at odds with Wu Hui, originally the Great Elder and others were locked up by Wu Hui, but after the incident in the General Assembly, Wu Hui due to insufficient manpower, once again released those elders who were locked up by him, and their first move after coming out was to want to drive Wu Hui down from his position. However, Wu Hui was so preoccupied with being tormented by Cold Snow that he couldn't even spare a hand to deal with the Great Elder and others.

  "Great Elder, are you really unwilling to let Blue Mirage become the acting president?" Leng Ruoxue ignored Hao Changlao's dying struggles and spoke directly to the Great Elder.

  "This... we need to discuss it." The Great Elder knew that Leng Ruoxue was threatening him, but he was completely powerless. Alas! In terms of strength, these people combined were no match for Leng Ruoxue and the others!

  "Alright, I'll give you half an hour. If you can't give me a satisfactory result in half an hour, don't blame me for being impolite." Leng Ruo Xue said with a mix of warning and threat, she didn't want to waste any more time on these old men, since they refused to show her respect when she tried to negotiate nicely, now it's time to take action.

  "Miss Leng, half an hour is too short." The Great Elder couldn't help but speak up.

  "Is that so? Then ten minutes will be fine." Leng Ruoxue said very seriously, hum! She hated it when others haggled with her.

  "Hmm! Half an hour is half an hour!" The elder sighed helplessly.

  "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go discuss it. Two minutes have already passed." Leng Ruo Xue urged, her stunning face filled with impatience.

  "Wait a moment, Miss Leng." The Grand Elder said, then gathered all the elders present to the corner and started discussing.

  "Will they agree?" the old man asked in a low, curious tone. Looking at the elder's expression, it seemed that they had already found a suitable replacement for Wu Hui!

  "They have no other choice." Leng Ruoxue said confidently, humph! If they don't agree, then don't blame her for being ruthless.

  Leng Ruo Xue had already made up her mind, if these old men didn't know shame, then she would have to take action. Meanwhile, the group of elder monks who were discussing this matter in the corner, including Master Xuanshi, all looked gloomy and depressed.

  "What to do now, Great Elder?" A voice asked from the corner, an elder who couldn't help but speak up. He had seen Leng Ruoxue at the last Xuan Master's conference competition, but back then she was just a low-level Xuan Master. Yet, it hadn't been that long ago, and she was already a Xuan King with so many Xuan Emperors protecting her. Alas! He couldn't help but suspect that Leng Ruoxue was from the Leng family.

  "Alas! You all speak first!" The Great Elder sighed, saying with a hint of helplessness. He hadn't expected Han Xue to be so overbearing either. It seemed that he couldn't avoid making a decision today after all. Fortunately, most of the Elders present were his people, so he could still influence their thoughts.

  "Elder, if we really fight, I'm afraid we're not a match for Cold Snow and the others." Another elder spoke up, he was considered relatively rational among the elders, in fact, he thought it wasn't bad to let Lan Meng be the acting president, after all, Lan Meng was the president's apprentice!

  "This is obvious, even a fool can see it." Another elder said with disdain, "Hmph! If Cold Snow didn't have so many powerful subordinates by her side, would they be able to endure this humiliation?"

  "Elder Liu, Elder Wang, stop arguing. This is not the time for internal strife." The Great Elder said somewhat displeased, looking at the Elders in front of him and stealing a glance at the crowd of Mystics beside Cold Snow. He couldn't help but feel a bit depressed. Alas! It's not that he didn't know, but when compared, it was a shock! Why did each of the Mystics beside Cold Snow have an aura stronger than the Elders of the General Assembly? He couldn't understand it. The General Assembly had always absorbed the best talents... But why was it like this now?!

  "Elder Liu said straightforwardly after hearing Elder Chang's words: 'I think it's okay to let Lan Meng be the deputy sect leader.'"

  "How can that be, Lan Meng is just a mysterious king, we have been established for thousands of years and there has never been a precedent for a mysterious king to take charge! If this gets out, won't the major families laugh at us?" Wang Zhang immediately objected.

  "There's a joke, Lan Meng is a disciple who will grow up to be a top-notch talent, I believe that it won't take long for him to advance to the rank of Xuan Huang, so I support him as the acting president." Liu Chang Lao was the first to express his attitude!

  "I also support." Seeing Liu Changlao's statement, many elders also began to agree afterwards.

  "I disagree." said Wang Changlao.

  "Since most of you are in favor, let's make Blue Mirage our proxy president. This way, when the president comes out, we'll have someone to report to!" The Great Elder said with a decisive tone, and glanced at the Second Elder who had not spoken up until now, originally, the person they had in mind was the Second Elder, but now...

  "Great Elder, Blue Ming being the deputy president of our General Assembly is fundamentally unacceptable to everyone. And, making a young whippersnapper like him the deputy president of the General Assembly, what about Second Elder then?" Wang Lao said stubbornly, humph! If Second Elder were to become the deputy president, he would have nothing to say, but making a young whippersnapper ride on his head, that's something he is one million times unwilling to do.

  "You oppose, just oppose, don't use me as an excuse. Lan Meng will be the acting president, I have no opinion." The Second Elder, who had not spoken until now, spoke lazily, his sharp eyes constantly sneaking glances at Leng Xue, but he found that he couldn't see through this young girl!

  "Elder Wang, Second Elder has no objection, can you still oppose?" The Great Elder asked calmly.

  "Since both of you don't mind, how dare I have an opinion!" Elder Wang said with a seemingly helpless tone. In fact, he was extremely disdainful of the two elders who didn't dare to fight for it, but since their status was above his, he could only hold back his anger.

  The elder looked at Wang Lao with a hint of profundity, then walked up to Leng Ruoxue and said, "Miss Leng, we've already discussed it, and we agree to let Lan Meng be the acting president of the General Assembly."

  "Elder, your decision is wise." said Leng Ruoxue in praise. In fact, just now through the baby's mind-reading technique, she had already seen through the thoughts of these elders, so for those elders with ulterior motives, she was also very clear about them, and she did not plan to let these people stay.

  "Miss Leng, may I ask where Lan Meng is now?" The Great Elder searched among the crowd of people including Cold Ruo Xue, but did not find any trace of Lan Meng, and couldn't help but curiously ask.

  "Great elder, I'm here." Lan Meng said with some speechlessness, alas! Xiao Xue's disguise pill really had an extraordinary effect, no one could recognize him now!

  "Huh? Are you Blue Ming? Have you disfigured yourself?" The Great Elder asked, hardly daring to believe his eyes, and couldn't help but rub them again. In his heart, Blue Ming was a rare and exceptional beauty, so how did he end up looking like this?!

  "No, I'm afraid of being discovered by Wu Gong, so I changed my appearance." Lan Meng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained. Alas! The old man's imagination is indeed rich enough, he was convinced!

  "Oh, as long as the appearance isn't ruined." The Great Elder felt relieved, in fact, he still had a good impression of Lan Meng. If it weren't for Lan Meng's strength being too low, he might have already considered making Lan Meng the deputy president.

  "Little Blue, eat this!" After hearing their conversation, Leng Ruoxue took out a pellet of medicine and handed it to Lan Mingdao.

  "Oh." Lan Meng took the medicine and directly put it into his mouth, waiting for the effect of the medicine to take place!

  Time slowly slips away...

  "Which of you is not afraid to die and dares to cause trouble?" Suddenly, a loud roar came from beside everyone's ears, followed by a dirty beggar bursting in with a furious expression...

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