A small stone mountain, a full ten meters high, was split in half by Yan Shouyi's saber.
This scene was only heard of in legends, but today, the few people from Emei Mountain witnessed it firsthand.
A drop of cold sweat slowly trickled down Abbot Jinbi's forehead.
He recalled when he had sought out Yan Shouyi at the foot of the mountain; it had truly been like dancing back and forth in front of the King of Hell…
It was also thanks to Yan Shouyi, who, despite his youth, possessed a calm and collected demeanor. Had it been another exceptionally talented but ordinary person, they might have cleaved them all with a single saber right there at the foot of the mountain!
Thinking of this, Abbot Jinbi's prejudice against Yan Shouyi vanished, leaving only admiration.
Yan Shouyi, holding his Zanpakuto, stood outside the shattered mountainside, looking at Qi Dongqiang, who was heavily wounded within.
Qi Dongqiang's chest had caved in, the prominent veins on his body had all burst, and blood continuously poured out from him. He was a mess, incredibly weak, and appeared to have no power to resist.
Even though Qi Dongqiang had used his demonization abilities, he was still mortal, unlike Yan Shouyi with his perverted recovery capabilities.
This final blow was the third round. Yan Shouyi had kept his word and defeated Qi Dongqiang within three rounds!
"You..."
Qi Dongqiang weakly opened his eyes, staring at the man so powerful it was suffocating, and said in a hoarse voice, "You are nothing more than that... You promised three rounds, and I'm still alive after three rounds..."
"Hey, what are you still boasting about? The only thing still tough on you is your mouth," Long Feicheng retorted.
Abbot Jinbi urged, "Yan Shouyi... kill him quickly! This scoundrel is utterly wicked and cannot be spared!"
The lives of so many innocent disciples of the Emei Sect had been taken by Qi Dongqiang. He had also led those demon monkeys to commit acts that incurred the wrath of both gods and men.
Poor Caiyun had naively believed Qi Dongqiang, even going so far as to betray her own beliefs and resolutely choose to spend the rest of her life with him. Yet, her ultimate fate was so tragic.
Yan Shouyi closed his eyes, picturing the purgatorial scenes of the Emei Sect, and listed Qi Dongqiang's sins one by one in his heart.
Any single one of these sins was enough to send Qi Dongqiang to hell!
"I was only seeking revenge for my master!!!"
Qi Dongqiang, seemingly realizing he was about to die, began to roar hysterically, defending himself: "My master and I depended on each other. When they forced my master to her death, did they ever consider the feelings of an eight-year-old child like me!? For so many years, I fought with wolves and tigers for food and lived with monkey packs. Do you know what I went through!"
"Shut up!"
Yan Shouyi's roar silenced Qi Dongqiang, scaring him into speechlessness.
Just as Qi Dongqiang thought Yan Shouyi would strike immediately, giving him no chance, he saw Yan Shouyi take out a piece of Yin wood from his embrace.
A soul slowly drifted out from the Yin wood, forming a figure – it was Wen Yuxian.
Wen Yuxian was originally the legitimate successor of the Emei Sect. Had she not been abducted by Yan Shouyi's grandfather, Yan Baixiang, in the end, the current sect leader of Emei would not have been Abbess Guanyun, but Wen Yuxian.
"Grandmother."
Yan Shouyi instinctively reached out to support Wen Yuxian. Neither he nor Wen Yuxian realized that Wen Yuxian was in soul form and did not need support, and that her appearance remained that of a woman in her forties, not truly decrepit.
Wen Yuxian's expression was somewhat weary, likely having spent a long time digesting and calming herself within the Yin wood after witnessing the tragic state of the Emei Sect.
In fact, she had been silently observing the situation outside from within the Yin wood, only revealing herself at this moment.
The others hadn't yet understood why Wen Yuxian chose to appear at this time.
Then, Wen Yuxian slowly floated before Qi Dongqiang, staring at him for a while before finally sighing, "It really is you."
Qi Dongqiang looked at Wen Yuxian blankly, "What do you mean?"
"Do you truly not remember me?" Wen Yuxian leaned closer and said, "Wasn't it me who wanted to reform Emei and 'force' your master to her death back then?"
Qi Dongqiang's eyes widened abruptly.
He stared at Wen Yuxian for a few seconds, and childhood memories gradually became clear.
He remembered that in his eighth year, a group of disciples arrived at the Emei Sect, surrounded his master's nunnery, and fought fiercely with his master.
His master was heavily injured by those disciples. As they left, they also left behind harsh words, stating they would never let his master off the hook...
And the person leading them was none other than this Wen Yuxian before him!
"It's you... how is it you... why is it you..." Qi Dongqiang's eyes began to dart around as if he had gone insane.
The enemy was clearly before him, yet he hadn't recognized her.
He had killed everyone involved in that incident, except for this true enemy!
"Amitabha."
Wen Yuxian clasped her hands together and introduced herself, "This nun is the eldest disciple of the former Emei Sect leader, Abbess Taiqing. My dharma name is Abbess Guanlan."
Qi Dongqiang gasped for air, then suddenly lunged, reaching out to grab Wen Yuxian.
But his body was already mangled; he couldn't move, let alone touch Wen Yuxian's soul.
Wen Yuxian maintained a distance from Qi Dongqiang and said softly, "The reason Shouyi hasn't killed you directly was my request. Having experienced so much today, I've also recalled the memories of that year bit by bit. Therefore, I want to tell you the truth before you die."
"The truth?" Qi Dongqiang gritted his teeth, "What truth is there!"
Wen Yuxian ignored Qi Dongqiang's resistance and directly revealed the truth:
"The truth is, your so-called master was merely a human trafficker who used Buddhism as a guise to abduct children. She had some skill, but not much. She would often enter people's homes at the foot of the mountain under the pretense of collecting alms, and then, when the owners weren't paying attention, she would take the children. Using vicious evil arts, she would change the children's appearances, train them into monkeys, and then sell them to monkey trainers in the martial world! What the monkey trainers were performing with were never monkeys, but actual living people!"
"Back then, the Emei Sect investigated her true identity, and I, on behalf of my sect, led people to apprehend her... If it were just about killing, that would have been simple. But what I wanted was to investigate the whereabouts of those children who had already been sold by her. Therefore, on the first day, I didn't strike directly. I merely fought with her and told her to prepare to confess everything the next day."
"Who would have thought that the news would leak? By the time we arrived the next day, she had already hanged herself... Of course, she didn't hang herself; it was the monkey trainers involved with her who did it!"
"And you, you weren't an adopted child of hers, but one of the many innocent children she had kidnapped up the mountain... Perhaps she discovered you had good aptitude, so she taught you the skills of a monkey trainer, intending for you to inherit her mantle and continue kidnapping children up the mountain, perpetuating this sin..."