Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1332 - 859: Aren’t

"Who goes there?"

Lu Yang spotted the group nearing the mountain gate and bellowed.

"Yang Chengye of the Yang family, here to demand justice from the Xuanqing Sect!" With his spear firmly thrust into the ground ahead, Yang Chengye held his plump frame upright, radiating an unseen pressure of supremacy and arrogance. His shout, laced with surging True Yuan, resounded across miles, reaching the ears of even casual onlookers with perfect clarity.

"Demand justice!" Lu Yang eyed Wang Shanhu's pitiful condition, his eyes flickering faintly.

Over a decade of guarding the mountain gate, and this marked the first occasion he'd witnessed anyone hauling Xuanqing Sect members back to the sect itself for justice.

The onlookers exploded into murmurs right after those words.

"The Yang family, which Yang family?"

"Which other could it be, naturally the Yang family of Lake Garden!"

"They actually dare to come to the Xuanqing Sect to demand justice, have they gone mad?"

"Who knows, I heard the Yang family of Lake Garden’s ancestor is a Foundation Establishment Cultivator! That’s an Immortal Cultivator!"

"Can an Immortal Cultivator actually challenge the Xuanqing Sect?"

"An Immortal Cultivator naturally stands a cut above!"

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Lake Garden was the term for the Spirit Fruit Garden beside the northern lake in Yang Family Town. The old Lian family had been dubbed the Lian family of Lake Garden, and the current Yang family bore the same title.

In the Sea of Spirit, immortal cultivation stayed largely concealed, leaving most folks in the dark, though a few grasped the ways of Immortal Cultivators.

Yang Zhenshan had entered the Illusion Moon Sect at Foundation Establishment, taking the role of Guest Elder—a fact hardly hidden in the Sea of Spirit.

From the crowd's buzz, Lu Yang pieced together who these justice-demanders were.

"The Yang family of Lake Garden, how did Wang Shanhu provoke the Yang family of Lake Garden?"

He whispered inwardly to himself.

"Please wait a moment, I will call for the elder guarding the gate to come and preside over justice," Lu Yang replied courteously.

The incident wasn't massive if deemed big, nor trivial if seen as small.

Someone seeking justice right at their entrance mildly blemished the Xuanqing Sect's image, but after thriving in the Sea of Spirit for three millennia, no such event could shake its mighty reputation.

Lu Yang's core duty was manning the gate against trespassers or spies; settling justice claims fell outside his scope.

After some thought, he resolved to summon the gate-guarding elder for this.

He pressed the talisman array under his feet, which shot out a ray of light then went dark.

Lu Yang's conduct caught Yang Chengye off guard. The man had braced for curses or chases from the gate disciples, even gearing up for combat, yet the gate deacon simply queried then called an elder to judge the matter.

Faced with Lu Yang's poise, Yang Chengye found no ground to escalate and stood waiting silently.

From the crowd's rear, Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi watched the unfolding drama.

"The Xuanqing Sect is not entirely incompetent either," Yu Qingyi murmured.

"Of course, the Three Sects of Sea of Spirit have stood strong for three thousand years for a reason," Yang Zhenshan replied, grinning as he fondled his beard.

Within the Sea of Spirit, the Three Sects reigned supreme, much like domineering overlords.

Yet branding them as outright villains missed the mark.

Likewise, the Nether Prison Sect wasn't a fiendish cult; they were just rival powers clashing over gains, not locked in some moral battle of good against evil.

By contrast, Soul-breaking Blade and Mo Xuanyu embodied true deviance, notorious for vile deeds to advance their cultivation and power.

While the Xuanqing Sect occasionally acted haughtily, draining Martial Arts Families and their assets, it mostly observed limits, stopping short of wanton torment.

Moments after Lu Yang dispatched the signal, a white-haired elder floated down gracefully from Qingyun Peak.

Draped in gray-white robes, he emanated the vibe of a transcendent immortal sage.

"Greetings, Elder Lu!" Lu Yang and the gate disciples swiftly bowed to him.

Elder Lu scanned the mountain gate scene, his brows creasing, "What’s going on?"

"Reporting to Elder, for some unknown reason, the Yang family of Lake Garden has come bearing Wang Shanhu and others to demand justice!" Lu Yang gave a straightforward account.

At those words, Elder Lu's eyes narrowed a touch as he fixed on Wang Shanhu.

Lu Yang's account appeared plain but slyly implied the Wangs bore the blame.

This Elder Lu truly was the Lu family patriarch and Lu Yang's great-uncle.

The Wang and Lu families' ties? Bluntly, they were rivals.

"What justice do you seek?" Elder Lu advanced and inquired.

Yang Qinting hastened forward, declaring, "Inner Sect Disciple Yang Qinting pays respects to Elder Lu!"

"Yang Qinting?" Elder Lu gave a faint nod, "Is there something troubling you?"

"Disciple left the Sect the day before to return home, and this Deacon Wang pursued disciple along the way, intending to kill disciple. If not for the timely arrival of family elders, disciple would likely have perished at the bottom of the lake! I implore Elder Lu to seek justice for disciple!" Yang Qinting summarized the ordeal swiftly.

Elder Lu felt baffled, unable to fathom why Wang Shanhu aimed to slay this disciple.

Lu Yang grasped the full picture, however, and leaned in to murmur, "Elder, this Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian of the Li family are mutually affectionate, while Li Qianqian is betrothed to Wang Qisheng of the Wang family. I heard two days ago Li Qianqian and Wang Qisheng caused a disturbance at the Diligent Work Hall, even coming to blows."