novelslam #752 - Self-destruction
#752 - Self-destruction
Profound Fire Heaven Sect.
After Xuan Lie announced the adjournment of the meeting, he sat in his chair for a while in a daze before flying towards the depths of the Profound Fire Heaven Sect.
The Profound Fire Heaven Sect had a total of three Supreme Elders, and now one had died.
To really talk about the cause of Fire Emperor's death, it was greatly related to Xuan Lie.
If he hadn't asked Fire Emperor to secretly follow Great Elder Xuan Xue, Fire Emperor wouldn't have fallen.
In these short few days, the Profound Fire Heaven Sect had lost one-third of its foundation.
Logically and emotionally, he, as the Sect Master, needed to give an explanation to the two surviving Supreme Elders.
Along the way, Xuan Lie's heart was filled with anxiety. This kind of thing would put enormous pressure on anyone.
Arriving at the place where the Supreme Elders resided and cultivated, Xuan Lie said, "Xuan Lie requests to see Supreme Elders Fire Phoenix and Fire Cloud."
An ethereal voice entered Xuan Lie's ears, saying, "Come in."
Xuan Lie entered the place where the Supreme Elders cultivated, with a hint of self-blame and guilt on his face, and said, "Supreme Elders Fire Phoenix and Fire Cloud, Elder Fire Emperor has fallen!"
Supreme Elder Fire Phoenix was a beautiful woman, and she and Fire Cloud were Dao partners.
Fire Phoenix glanced at Fire Cloud, the meaning was obvious, that is, you ask.
Fire Cloud sighed and said, "Fire Phoenix and I already know that Fire Emperor has fallen."
"Xuan Lie, tell me the whole process in detail."
Xuan Lie said, "Yes, the process is like this..."
Xuan Lie told the whole story from beginning to end, the cause, process, and result, all of it.
Regarding such an important matter, Xuan Lie did not embellish it in any way. Basically, what he said was completely in accordance with the facts.
After listening, Fire Cloud murmured, "So that's how it is..."
Xuan Lie said, "That's right, the cause was that an Early Earth Immortal Realm Elder of my Profound Fire Heaven Sect, entrusted by someone, went to find trouble with the Great Ming Qin Emperor, but was killed by the Great Ming Qin Emperor instead."
"This led to all sorts of things later on."
Fire Cloud said, "Alas! I told you to keep a closer eye on those Elder-level existences, but you just wouldn't listen. Now look, you've caused such a disaster!"
"In just a few days, my Profound Fire Heaven Sect has lost one-third of its foundation, and its overall strength has plummeted."
"From being ranked first among the second-rate forces in the Eastern Wilderness Realm, it has fallen to last place."
Xuan Lie was so ashamed by Fire Cloud's words that he didn't dare to raise his head.
Don't underestimate the difference of just one realm between a Perfected Heaven Immortal Realm and a Wood Immortal Realm.
The difference in status and position is vast.
Xuan Lie has not yet found an opportunity to break through to the Wood Immortal Realm...
Fire Cloud continued, "Now that our Profound Fire Heaven Sect has a large family and a large business, we must take good care of the Elders under our command."
"Without even investigating the other party's background, you just blindly attacked."
"Even if it's bullying the small with the big, you still have to find a soft persimmon to pinch, right? Tell me, how should we clean up this mess now?"
Fire Cloud kept nagging on and on, so Xuan Lie had no choice but to turn his gaze to Fire Phoenix.
Receiving Xuan Lie's pleading gaze, Fire Phoenix said, "Husband, things are already like this, what's the use of blaming Xuan Lie?"
"Besides, in my opinion, Xuan Lie hasn't made any major mistakes."
"Since ancient times, whoever has the bigger fist has the right to speak. Our Profound Fire Heaven Sect is hundreds of times stronger than that Great Ming Dynasty."
"Are we supposed to pretend we didn't see it when our sect's Elder is killed?"
Fire Cloud frowned slightly and sighed, "You say our Profound Fire Heaven Sect is hundreds of times stronger than the Great Ming Dynasty, then why are we the ones suffering such losses?"
Fire Phoenix curled her lips and said, "Who knows if that Great Ming Qin Emperor has so many tricks up his sleeve? He can't be measured by common sense at all."
"If it were an ordinary dynasty, it would have been wiped out long ago in the face of our Profound Fire Heaven Sect's attack!"
Fire Cloud still wanted to say something, but Fire Phoenix said, "Husband, your personality has always been too weak."
"Our Profound Fire Heaven Sect is not at fault in this matter at all! Weakness is destined to be trampled underfoot."
"If there's really a mistake, it's that Great Ming Qin Emperor. Our Profound Fire Heaven Sect's Elder went to find trouble with him, couldn't he have resolved it peacefully? Did he have to kill him?"
Fire Cloud retorted, "If a knife is held to someone's neck, are they not allowed to resist?"
Besides this sentence, Fire Cloud actually wanted to say another sentence, how is it that his personality is too weak?
If it weren't for his way of doing things, who knows how many messes the Profound Fire Heaven Sect would have caused over the years.
Within the Profound Fire Heaven Sect, Fire Cloud is the one who nominally holds power, but in reality, it is Fire Phoenix.
As Fire Cloud's Dao partner, Fire Phoenix can be described as cunning, unreasonable, vicious, and overbearing.
But if it were just these, it could still be understood, the key is that Fire Phoenix has petty cleverness, but no great wisdom.
Compared to the fallen Fire Emperor, she is not much better in terms of dealing with people and the world.
In recent years, her personality has, to some extent, limited the development of the Profound Fire Heaven Sect.
And Fire Cloud, although his heart is still considered fair, he is extremely henpecked.
When Fire Phoenix really loses her temper, Fire Cloud has no way to deal with it, he can only do as she says.
As a result, over the years, Fire Phoenix has been constantly whispering in his ear, so that Fire Cloud's inner fairness can only appear on the surface, and cannot be put into practice.
Fire Phoenix glared at Fire Cloud and said, "According to what you said, then taking a step back, is the fact that a knife was held to that Great Ming Qin Emperor's neck the reason for him to kill my Profound Fire Heaven Sect's Elder?"
"He's just an ant-like existence, if it weren't for his many tricks and unknown background, how could he have persisted until now."
"I very much agree with what Xuan Lie and the others did. That Great Ming Qin Emperor is only a Perfected Human Immortal Realm cultivator, but he can unleash such heaven-defying combat power, and he also killed my Profound Fire Heaven Sect's Elder."
"The treasures on his body should belong to us!"
Xuan Lie secretly sent a grateful look to Fire Phoenix.
Although this Supreme Elder is cunning, unreasonable, and vicious, if it weren't for these few words of hers, he wouldn't know how Elder Fire Cloud would have blamed him.
Fire Cloud tried to retort, "Okay, I won't pursue the past, then let's talk about what should be done now?"
"That Great Ming Qin Emperor has formed a deadly feud with us, how should this hatred be resolved?"
"If it is not resolved, with that Great Ming Qin Emperor's cultivation and combat power, he will eventually cause great losses to my Profound Fire Heaven Sect!"
Fire Phoenix sneered, "Husband, what are you talking about? Resolve?"
"Do you mean that my Profound Fire Heaven Sect should apologize or make amends to this little ant in the Perfected Human Immortal Realm?"
"Then see if you want to do this, you can hand over the Profound Fire Heaven Sect to him, and then the hatred between us will definitely be resolved!"
When Fire Cloud saw Fire Phoenix's expression, he immediately stopped talking.
Fire Phoenix said, "In my opinion, there is no need to resolve it at all."
"Hehe, what is that Great Ming Dynasty? Just a newly emerging force."
"My Profound Fire Heaven Sect is one of the four great second-rate sects in the Eastern Wilderness Realm. One-third of its foundation has been killed, and you're still thinking about resolving it? Is your brain waterlogged?"
"Do you really want to make my Profound Fire Heaven Sect a joke in the Eastern Wilderness Realm?"
Listening to Fire Phoenix's remarks, Fire Cloud wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to open his mouth at all.
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