Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

68: Chapter 68 The Azure Wave Sect, the New Sect Master!Spirit Realm, Eastern Continent.

Demon Blade Sect.

It had been over three months since the Sect Leader of Demon Blade Sect, Sect Master of Demon Blade Sect, took the two Grand Elders, Blood Soul and Bone Fiend, to leave the Sect for a hunt.

At first, no one in the Sect was worried.

The Blood Prison Mad Slaughter Blade in the hands of the Sect Master of Demon Blade Sect was a fierce blade that had drunk the blood of a Soul Transformation Cultivator.

Coupled with Han Li, an undercover agent who had been lurking for hundreds of years, working from the inside, the two Late Nascent Soul Stage old things of the Azure Wave Sect were nothing more than turtles in a jar.

However, three months passed.

No messages.

No reports of victory.

Not even a single Jade Slip reporting safety.

The atmosphere in the Sect Leader’s hall was heavy.

Grand Elder Yu Xiaogang, who was acting as the Sect Leader, sat withered on the prayer mat below the Sect Master’s throne, lost in thought.

He had crushed the communication Jade Slip for the third time.

All three times, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

”Grand Elder.” A Demon Blade Sect Elder finally couldn’t help but speak.

”Could the Sect Leader have... met with an accident?”

Yu Xiaogang raised his eyes, his gaze as gloomy as the sea before a storm.

”What about the Life Tablet of the Sect Leader, Senior Brother?”

Another Elder in charge of the ancestral hall turned pale and said:

”It remains intact.”

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall became even more uneasy.

The Life Tablet was intact, meaning he was not dead.

But if he wasn’t dead, why was there no news?

Not to mention the Sect Leader, even those two Late Nascent Soul Stage Grand Elders, neither of them was someone the Azure Wave Sect could hold back.

Unless...

Yu Xiaogang closed his eyes, pushing the possibility he least wanted to face back into the depths of his heart.

”What about the Azure Wave Sect?” He asked in a deep voice.

”The Disciple has sent three batches of undercover agents to investigate.” The Elder in charge of intelligence had sweat on his forehead.

”The first batch lost contact, the second batch lost contact, and the third batch... has not returned yet.”

”And within the Azure Wave Sect, all our undercover agents seem to have been uprooted overnight.”

”What do you mean by ’seem’?”

”It means... no secret signals were sent out, no calls for help, no movement at all. Those people are as if they never existed.”

The hall was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Yu Xiaogang slowly clenched his fists.

He suddenly realized that the Sect Leader had not only taken away the three Nascent Soul combat powers of the Demon Blade Sect.

He had also taken the Sect’s treasure, inherited through generations.

If these three had really fallen in the Dragon Fall Abyss...

He dared not think any further.

”Continue to send people. You must find the living... or bring back the corpses.”

At the same time, Azure Wave Sect.

In the Immortal Cave of Supreme Elder Qingxu, the bitter scent of Medicinal Pills had not yet dissipated.

The injuries on the back of Supreme Elder Xuanyun were no longer serious, but his face was still somewhat pale.

He leaned halfway on the prayer mat, looking at his Senior Brother, who looked equally exhausted, and the Sect Master, who was kneeling on the floor below.

”Han Li has confessed.” Supreme Elder Qingxu put down the Jade Slip in his hand.

”Twenty-three Cultivators above the Golden Core stage in the Sect, seventeen have been controlled by the Demon Blade Sect. Among them, eight surrendered voluntarily, and nine had Demon Seeds planted in them.”

The Sect Master did not look up.

His Golden Core had wanted to self-destruct in the Dragon Fall Abyss, and although it was forcibly interrupted by the strange Magic Treasure of Grand Elder Bone Fiend, the backlash had left his spiritual power in chaos to this day.

Compared to internal injuries, this list was even harder to bear.

He had been in charge of the Azure Wave Sect for one hundred and twenty-seven years.

One hundred and twenty-seven years.

His Master had entrusted the Sect to him on his deathbed, saying that the Sect Master was steady and could maintain the Sect.

Now, he had maintained the Sect until it became a sieve.

”Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, General Manager of the Outer Sect, Deputy Deacon of the Medicinal Pill Room...”

Supreme Elder Xuanyun read the positions on the list, and halfway through, his voice suddenly stopped.

After a long while, he spoke:

”Sect Master.”

The Sect Master’s shoulders trembled slightly, and he finally looked up.

”After this matter is over, you should step down.”

The Sect Master slowly bowed, his forehead touching the ground.

”This Disciple has failed the Sect.”

He did not defend himself, nor did he beg for mercy.

One hundred and twenty-seven years of hard work had been hollowed out from within by the Deputy Sect Master he had personally promoted.

He knew better than anyone that this could not be easily dismissed as ”inviting a wolf into the house.”

Supreme Elder Qingxu looked at the prostrate Sect Master, his throat rolling a few times, but in the end, he made no sound.

Although he and Supreme Elder Xuanyun were Grand Elders, since the Sect Master took office, they had never interfered with the Sect’s political affairs.

It was not that they couldn’t, but that they couldn’t bear to.

When the old Sect Master was on his deathbed, the Sect Master was only at the Middle Stage of the Golden Core.

He had taken on this burden while everyone looked down on him.

For one hundred and twenty-seven years, the Azure Wave Sect had not flourished greatly, but it had never declined significantly either.

But now.

”The position of Sect Master needs to be decided as soon as possible.” Supreme Elder Qingxu said slowly.

”The Demon Blade Sect has lost its Sect Leader and two Grand Elders, and they will certainly not let this go. A group without a leader is a great taboo.”

The Sect Master was still lying on the ground:

”This Disciple is willing to obey the Sect’s arrangements.”

Supreme Elder Xuanyun pondered for a moment and said:

”How many Elders above the Golden Core stage remain in the Sect who have not been infiltrated by the Demon Blade Sect?”

Supreme Elder Qingxu’s face darkened slightly:

”... On the surface, six.”

”And in secret?”

”Perhaps there are still undercover agents hidden deeper.” Supreme Elder Qingxu smiled bitterly.

”Han Li only knew about his own line.”

The two looked at each other, both seeing a certain absurdity in the other’s eyes.

A large Azure Wave Sect had actually been infiltrated by the Demon Blade Sect to this extent.

What was even more absurd was that this made the choice of the next Sect Master extremely simple.

Only those who had not been targeted by the Demon Blade Sect were qualified to take this hot potato.

Supreme Elder Xuanyun suddenly thought of someone and said: ”What about Su Wanyue?”

Supreme Elder Qingxu was stunned, then nodded slowly.

”She can.”

The Sect Master also looked up, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes, but he did not object.

Su Wanyue.

Late Golden Core Stage, her attainments in Alchemy were well-known in the Eastern Continent.

She had a reclusive temperament and was obsessed with Alchemy and Cultivation.

She didn’t even discipline her Personal Disciple much, and spent the whole year in seclusion in the Pill Room or her Immortal Cave.

The Demon Blade Sect had set up a net for hundreds of years, almost wiping out the high-level members of the Azure Wave Sect.

Only she was missed.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to win her over.

It was that this person really had nothing to infiltrate.

She didn’t love power, didn’t love money, didn’t form cliques, and didn’t buy people’s hearts.

The only Pill Formula she was interested in, the Demon Blade Sect undercover agent had also given it to her.

She accepted it, studied it, and then threw it into a pile of Jade Slips, saying that this formula still had flaws and she would improve it later.

Did she send a message back to the Demon Blade Sect?

No.

She didn’t even remember who sent it.

The Demon Blade Sect undercover agent wrote in a secret report: This person’s ambition is not in the Sect, can be used, but is difficult to control.

The cost-performance ratio is extremely low.

So she became the fish that slipped through the net.

”Elder Su’s character...” The Sect Master deliberated.

”There is certainly no problem. It’s just that she has never dealt with Sect affairs. Taking over as Sect Master suddenly, I’m afraid...”

”She can learn.” Supreme Elder Xuanyun interrupted him.

”You also learned from scratch back then.”

The Sect Master was silent.

Supreme Elder Qingxu sighed:

”Let’s ask her about her own thoughts first.”

...

Qingxia Peak.

In front of Su Wanyue’s Immortal Cave, the spiritual mist emitted by the Pill Furnace floated all year round.

Seen from afar, it looked like a cluster of purple clouds that would not dissipate.

When the Sect Master arrived, a muffled sound came from the spiritual mist.

A moment later, the stone door of the Immortal Cave opened a crack, and a hand stretched out.

There were a few small burn marks on the back of the hand, but it was still as white as jade.

”Sect Master?”

Su Wanyue revealed half her face from the crack in the door, with a smear of furnace ash on it.

The Sect Master didn’t know how to speak for a moment.

In the one hundred and twenty-seven years he had been Sect Master, the number of words he had spoken to this Elder Su could be counted on two hands.

”Elder Su. There is a matter I would like to discuss with you.”

Su Wanyue blinked.

Half an hour later.

When the Sect Master left Qingxia Peak, he was not sure if Su Wanyue had really understood.

He had told her about the current situation of the Sect, the threat of the Demon Blade Sect, and the responsibilities and obligations of succeeding as Sect Master.

Su Wanyue listened quietly the whole time, nodding occasionally.

Finally, the Sect Master said that the Sect hoped she would take over as Sect Master.

Su Wanyue thought for a long time.

So long that when the Sect Master thought she was going to refuse, she said: ”Then can I still practice Alchemy?”

The Sect Master: ”... The Sect Master can arrange her own time.”

”That’s fine.”

Su Wanyue thought again.

”I don’t need to teach the Disciple anymore, right?”

The Sect Master: ”... You can teach if you want, no need to teach all the time.”

Su Wanyue nodded and said: ”Then that’s okay.”