Qu Jianying/Story

== Seclusion ==
This time her seclusion lasted three hundred years. She stopped early to arrive at the Dragon Slaughtering Convention to clean up the mess Pill Valley made.
== Spirit World ==
"Stop talking about the Spirit World. It's impossible for you to drown out the real history by spreading fake books and stories. I know that there are at least ten people here who know the truth about the Spirit World. It's just that no one wants to mention them. Do you not know all the immoral things you've done? If that's the case, then I won't mind telling the story of the Spirit World and Martial Heaven Continent, letting these children who have been overdosed in your false history learn the truth," said Qu Jianying without yielding in the slightest.
Hearing her say that, everyone's hearts shook. Qu Jianying was the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance and a Netherpassage expert. She had to know some secrets.
Most people had only heard public stories about the Spirit World. Those stories said that the Spirit World had been allied with the Martial Heaven Continent, but in the human race's most dangerous moment, the Spirit race had betrayed them, stabbing them in their back, which resulted in them becoming mortal enemies. However, there were no detailed accounts regarding why the Spirit World had betrayed the human race.
== Pill Valley and Evil Path ==
The reason why Qu Jianying sat in the highest position of power in the Martial Heaven Alliance wasn't just because of her martial power. It was also because of her intelligence.
She knew that Pill Valley was using the Corrupt path as a weapon. Although she had only just come out of seclusion, she had already figured out some of Pill Valley's schemes.
First, the Pill Valley had used the 'carrot and stick' approach to try and control the Corrupt path. Thereafter, their hands stretched into the interior of the Martial Heaven Alliance, and it let them gain control of many sects.
The sects that refused to listen to them ended up attacked by the Corrupt path. Alone and without reinforcements, they were destroyed. The Corrupt path had been Pill Valley's tool to draw more Righteous sects under their wing.
These particular Corrupt experts were wholly insignificant to Qu Jianying. The blood gourd had already been destroyed by Long Chen, so there wasn't much difference between killing them and not killing them.
However, by releasing them, it was possible to send a warning to the Corrupt path. Although it might not stop the Corrupt path from working with Pill Valley, they wouldn't end up becoming Pill Valley's dogs in the future. That was her only goal. Even if she had to release these people, it was worth it in the long run.
The Corrupt experts had not expected Qu Jianying to let them off. They bowed slightly toward her before leaving.
Although Qu Jianying was their enemy, the Corrupt path did not conceal their worship for the strong. Even if it was an enemy, as long as it was a powerful enemy, they would be respected.
== Di Long ==
“Di Long, you really do think you can bully me. For the big picture, I’ve made concessions to you over and over again, but you continue to press me. Your son set down a trap to kill my two most outstanding disciples. If you don’t give me an explanation, I will immediately issue the Martial Heaven Order to have a match to the death with you! Aren’t you constantly probing my bottom line? Then have a good look at it! When I destroy your ancient family alliance, let’s see if those allies behind you will actually help you!” Qu Jianying was still enraged. The first commander and second commander’s deaths were not so easily brushed off.
Although Qu Jianying appeared tough on the outside, she had a soft spot inside, especially for her disciples. She cared deeply for them. 
That was especially true of the first and second commanders. In their youth, they had had nothing to rely on and could only rely on themselves. Qu Jianying had pitied them and accepted them into the Martial Heaven Alliance.
However, their talent had then bloomed. Even Qu Jianying hadn’t expected them to have such accomplishments. As they continued to grow, Qu Jianying had even viewed them as the hope of the Martial Heaven Alliance, viewing them as her own children.
Now that the two of them had died, she felt a heart-wrenching pain, as well as shame. She should never have made concessions to the ancient family alliance, as this was what she had gotten in return.
“Alliance head Qu is just speaking words of anger. If the Martial Heaven Alliance were to go to war against the ancient family alliance, it would only benefit others. Ignoring the Corrupt path for now, the other powers on the continent would be very pleased with such a thing. Wouldn’t you then have fallen for their sinister scheme? Let’s consider the big picture,” said one of the four elders amicably.
What he said was the truth. The Martial Heaven Alliance’s power far surpassed the ancient family alliance, but if they were to fight to the death, they would take heavy losses.
With both of them weakened, ignoring what the Corrupt path would do, just Pill Valley, the ancient races, and the Xuan Beasts would start to devour their territory. This kind of war did not benefit the Martial Heaven Alliance, the ancient family alliance, or the continent.
“The big picture? Because of the big picture, I’ve been made a fool, my own disciples dying miserable deaths. You think I give a damn about your big picture?” raged Qu Jianying.
Di Long’s expression was also extremely ugly. He had completely infuriated Qu Jianying now, and that wasn’t what he wanted.
He had not expected for Qu Jianying’s two strongest commanders to die here. He was also stifling his rage.
“This trap isn’t targeted toward the Martial Heaven Alliance. Furthermore, I’m aware of my son’s intelligence. He couldn’t have come up with such a meticulous trap,” said Di Long darkly.
He understood his immature and arrogant son far too well. His intelligence was not high enough to come up with such a trap.
Di Long was not a fool, and he had also investigated the soul of one of Di Xin’s followers while fighting. He had seen what had happened and smelled the scent of a trap.
Although saying this made it sound like his son was an idiot who had been used, there was no other way to resolve this. Qu Jianying was enraged. If the Martial Heaven Alliance were to go to war with the ancient family alliance, that would be huge.
This trap made Di Long feel a sense of unease. He had been schemed against by others. No one had told him that this would happen.
That was what made him uneasy, that no one had told him about this. It was just as Qu Jianying said: if their two alliances were to go to war, would those so-called allies of his really help him, or would they just stand to the side and reap the benefits?
“Everyone, let’s not randomly guess. This is no scheme or trap. Mister Di Xin invited me to Clearwind City, saying that Long Chen had gone there. Considering my enmity with him, I decided to come to challenge him. But as soon as I saw mister Di Xin, I also saw Di Ruyun say a few flirtatious words to that woman. Unexpectedly, she immediately became hostile and challenged Di Ruyun to a deathmatch. She couldn’t even handle a few jokes and then killed herself. As a result, her big brother tried to take vengeance for her, but he was a joke. The human race is so laughable and weak. Unable to defeat Di Ruyun, the big brother committed suicide as well. The human race really is skilled in this.” Xiang Yunfei, who hadn’t spoken this entire time, suddenly opened his mouth.
This explanation made everyone present think that this might be a coincidence because no trap could be so perfect.
However, Qu Jianying and Di Long did not think like that. They both smelled something that they didn’t like. They already had suspicions about the person who had planned this. To make a trap so perfect, perhaps the only possibility was Heavenly Fate Island.
“That’s right, this matter is clear. As for the one behind the scenes controlling things, I’m sure everyone already has their own thoughts as to who that is. If you allow this conflict to grow, you’ll have really fallen for this trap. These children are innocent and are merely being used. There’s no need to meaninglessly increase the number of sacrifices,” advised another elder, Dong Ming.
Qu Jianying wished to kill Di Long right now. Unfortunately as long as her brain was functional, she wouldn’t do something so foolish.
Clearly, Di Xin had been used by someone else. That fool’s idiocy had forced these two huge powers to an extremely dangerous precipice.
Qu Jianying was filled with hatred, but her mind told her that she couldn’t continue like this. If they fought, they would fall into the enemies’ trap, and it wouldn’t be a situation that they could recover from.
However, she was also unwilling to just swallow this. Her head felt a bit messy, so she turned to Long Chen, leaving this decision to him.
== Becoming Ye Lingshan's master ==
Although Long Chen was not her personal disciple, he was still one of the disciples beneath the Martial Heaven Alliance, as well as the old man’s heir. Hence, Long Chen was no different from her own disciple, and his glory was also partially hers. He had also managed to win some honor for the Martial Heaven Alliance and helped them vent.
Now, even Ye Lingshan had taken the initiative to ask to be her apprentice. Qu Jianying was incredibly happy and immediately began to treat her as her apprentice.
Countless disciples cheered along with his sentiment. They had all seen Qu Jianying’s grief and anger. However, she suppressed those feelings for the big picture. That was because she cared about all the lives within the Martial Heaven Alliance, and all those that could be lost based on her decisions.
She had sacrificed the majority of her life for the Martial Heaven Alliance, and she had even put aside her own love for it. She had grief that she had to suppress, but she never asked for any repayment. She viewed this as her mission and her responsibility.
Now there were many people who approved of her. She suddenly felt blessed to have so many people look at her like this.
== References ==
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