Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 570 - 268. The Man Behind the Yellow Sky Sect_3

Lei Jun did not attend the meeting, nor did he deal directly with Yue Xiling, Wei Qiyue, and the others.

Although he had the skill to trigger Zhang Jingzhen’s Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Talisman to record audio, Lei Jun did not do so.

Unless he was certain there was an issue with the other party, he would not eavesdrop on his own sect members.

*As for the idea that only by listening could he know if there was a problem, Lei Jun simply did not consider such things.*

However, the relationship between both sides was not close enough for Zhang Jingzhen to know the secrets of Lei Jun’s talismans either.

So, while it was a bit more troublesome, Lei Jun also did not care, and whenever something urgent occurred, Yuan Mobai from Dragon Tiger Mountain would relay the message to him,

"Pure Yang Palace had already been investigating Gu Han and the others, and the Guo Ling you mentioned this time, they already dug him up themselves."

Lei Jun asked, "Master, what about Mount Shu?"

Yuan Mobai replied, "Back then, during that internal strife at Mount Shu, aside from Liu Dongzhuo, Mount Shu had identified several other suspects, but currently lacked conclusive evidence."

He gave Lei Jun several names, then continued, "However, Elder Wei mentioned someone related to the current situation. Chongyun, you may have heard the name—surname Chen, given name Donglou."

Lei Jun answered, "This disciple had indeed heard of him."

But it was only hearsay.

The Shu Madman, Chen Donglou.

He had been the youngest of the Mount Shu Sect elders in his generation to break into the Eighth Heavenly Layer realm of the Daoist Artifact Refining Sect as a Great Sword Cultivator, and more than a hundred years ago, he was world-renowned.

At the time, it was Chen Donglou and Fu Dongsen who vied for the position of Sect Leader at Mount Shu.

Back then, Chen Donglou had the upper hand.

But the man’s temperament was eccentric and combative; he managed to offend every possible fellow sect member, both peers and elders alike, making himself thoroughly unpopular among both his own generation and senior elders.

To put it bluntly, if one spoke strictly about standing within their own sect, Tang Xiaotang at the Celestial Master Mansion was actually more well-liked than Chen Donglou at Mount Shu.

This was hardly a compliment for Tang Xiaotang.

Celestial Master Tang succeeded mostly because of the unique circumstances within and outside the Celestial Master Mansion at the time.

When Chen Donglou had been at Mount Shu, he had not enjoyed such a chance.

So, in the end, it was Fu Dongsen who succeeded and became Sect Leader of Mount Shu.

Afterwards, Chen Donglou, wounded by pride, left and it had been years since anyone heard of him.

Therefore, after more than a century, his name was seldom heard of in the Great Tang today.

Yet, as long as that name was mentioned, even the younger generation of cultivators would quickly remember him.

After all, the Shu Madman’s reputation for belligerence was not limited to the Land of Bashu.

It was just that, since he had been absent from the world for so long, people now said he had perished.

Perhaps, he had fallen somewhere in some Cave Heaven or another world beyond the borders.

Before leaving Mount Shu, Chen Donglou once said he sought to recover the lost sect treasure, the Ziwei Sword.

Yet after all these years, neither the man nor the sword had ever returned.

Over a decade ago, during Mount Shu’s civil strife, this name again caused sighs among the people.

Chen Donglou was utterly without support and left in anger.

Mount Shu Sect chose Fu Dongsen, who seemed vastly more reliable, to become their current leader.

But it was precisely under Fu Dongsen’s leadership that Mount Shu Sect gradually changed, engaging ever more with the outside world.

At the same time, more and more internal tensions built up among the disciples, eventually erupting into chaos.

The people of Mount Shu did not necessarily miss Chen Donglou that much.

*Their thoughts likely ran more along the lines that neither Chen Donglou nor Fu Dongsen was particularly fitting.*

But if Chen Donglou had remained, Fu Dongsen would have found it much harder to stretch his wings as he had.

"According to Elder Wei, in their thorough investigation this time, they uncovered some clues about Brother Chen Donglou’s whereabouts."

Yuan Mobai said, "They still could not confirm that Brother Chen was definitely involved with Liu Dongzhuo, but it is worth looking into."

Lei Jun understood what his master meant.

Chen Donglou, when all was said and done, also had some entanglements with the Celestial Master Mansion.

It was not the personal feud like that between Ji Dongquan and Yuan Mobai; rather, Chen Donglou was on good terms with the previous Sect Leader of Yellow Sky Sect, Taoist Taiping.

At the time, Chen himself sympathized greatly with Yellow Sky Sect, and was extremely hostile to the Li Clan of the Celestial Master Mansion.

The belligerent Chen Donglou had once helped Yellow Sky Sect, battling Li Cangting and his cousin Li Qingfeng in turn, aiding Yellow Sky’s disadvantage and restoring the balance.

Only afterwards, when his attempt to find the Ziwei Sword failed and he disappeared, did the matter fade away, and both Yellow Sky Sect and Taoist Taiping lost a powerful ally.

Of course, considering Chen Donglou’s character, he did not seem like a mastermind who would lay plans for the long-term in the shadows.

*The fact that his name was being brought up now might have been Mount Shu’s own people trying to redirect blame elsewhere.*

But to Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai, that was not a bad thing.

The more their opponents stirred up trouble, the more likely they were to slip up.

On the surface these were Mount Shu’s issues, but beneath it all, a great web operating in the shadows was now finally being exposed—seen from certain angles, this was a good development.

Very soon, a message arrived from Zhang Jingzhen. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

She was to travel southwest along with Chu Yu, Wei Qiyue, Yue Xiling, and others.

The southwest region was likewise full of remote mountains and rarely visited by people.

The sparse population mostly favored the Southern Witch Sect.

Back in the previous era, news regarding the Sheng Kang line had first surfaced here, and Chu Yu had once traveled southwest to verify those claims.

Not long ago, this place had even become a battlefield between the Great Demons of the Snowy Plateau and the Southern Wilderness.

The great battle changed the terrain and triggered abnormal pulses in the Global Spiritual Qi, which exposed things previously hidden—in theory, that made sense, but Lei Jun remained skeptical.

He left Chuanxi for the south, quietly drawing closer to the southwest region, but remained out of sight, watching developments unfold.

Zhang Jingzhen, on the other hand, acted in concert with the main group.

After arriving in the southwest, they sent word that they would split into two teams.

One would head for Snow Dragon Mountain.

The other would travel to the Stone Forest of Nanzhao.

Lei Jun at first only listened in silence.

But at that moment, a sphere of light suddenly flashed in his mind, and words appeared,

[When true becomes false, and false becomes true, traces left in Tiannan, peril in the north of the mountains, good or ill is up to fate.]

Then, two lots of fortune flew out from the light sphere, and appeared before Lei Jun,

[Moderately good lot, if you travel to the Stone Forest of Nanzhao, you may obtain a third-rank opportunity, no risk for now, but potential karmic entanglements may result, handle it carefully, auspicious.]

[Perfectly neutral lot, if you go north of Snow Dragon Mountain, you may receive a fifth grade opportunity, but the weather is brutal and the currents fierce; danger lurks, exercise caution, so-so.]