The Purge

When you do well enough, others will find it hard to oppose you, even if they want to.

Those who had the chance to compete for the position of sect master looked for reasons to object for a long time, but could not find a suitable one to oppose.

Finally, they could only shake their heads helplessly: "I want to object, but Tang Junior Brother does not give me a reason to oppose. How can I object then? I can only show my support."

"Haha~" Everyone laughed.

"I can't not follow the crowd either. I support this too."

With a pat on the armrest, the sect master stood up and said, "Alright, the position of sect master will be inherited by Tang Xiaoyu."

Tang Xiaoyu quickly bowed to everyone: "Thank you for the trust of the elders and fellow sect members. I will definitely not disappoint everyone's expectations."

Everyone spoke up to congratulate and encourage him.

Soon, the sect master passed some secrets and treasures to Tang Xiaoyu and told him about them.

"Xiaoyu, you must improve your strength as soon as possible, otherwise it will be hard to deter the surrounding forces." The sect master exhorted.

Tang Xiaoyu smiled slightly: "Elder Taishang, is the Refining Soul realm enough to be the sect master of a second-rate sect?"

"You little rascal, you changed your tune so quickly."

Then he reacted: "What?! (๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ You have already reached the Refining Soul realm?"

Tang Xiaoyu did not conceal it: "Late stage of Refining Soul realm, ready to break through to the Coalescing Soul realm anytime."

The sect master was even more shocked, and his expression became solemn again.

"Elder Taishang, don't think too much. Just believe that I will trample all those who have humiliated you under my feet." Tang Xiaoyu said firmly.

The sect master sighed, "Alas~ Do I have a choice now? I'm not your match anymore! Then just go ahead and do it! Remember your promise."

Tang Xiaoyu bowed deeply: "I have never let you down before, and I won't this time either."

"I believe you."

Everything was implicit. Tang Xiaoyu finally accomplished his plan.

Tang Xiaoyu cancelled the inauguration ceremony for the new sect master. He felt there was not much significance in it.

On the first day as sect master, Tang Xiaoyu convened a sect assembly and required all disciples to attend.

Standing on the high platform in the square, he said: "Today, we stand here! We stand on the land of Fengxi Sect!"

"This land that our predecessors and fellow sect members watered with their blood and dignity!"

"In front of me are you, who have been moaning in humiliation!"

"After that incident, your pride was gone! Those who humiliated and watched coldly as we suffered rode on our necks acting arrogantly. They trampled our dignity at will."

"Tell me, do you choose to resist like warriors or live like cowards?"

"Tell me loudly."

Tang Xiaoyu spoke emotionally at the top of his lungs. Everyone could feel his excitement and anger.

Tang Xiaoyu used to really like watching the speech videos of Little Mustache. He remembered some classic lines very clearly.

His favorite was this paragraph:

(When others humiliate us, even the weakest ethnic groups come to trample us, we will only cry out: We strongly resent and protest this. People like this have no backbone! People like this are despicable! We should let our cannons deafen our enemies with their thunderous roar! We should crush their dignity and lives, and let them know we are not a group of cowards who only know how to protest.)

Regardless of right or wrong, it certainly ignited one's passion. Tang Xiaoyu borrowed some ideas from it.

Fengxi Sect disciples shouted in unison: "We don't want to live like cowards. We want to regain our dignity."

Tang Xiaoyu pressed his hand down to quiet the crowd immediately.

The elders behind him and the previous sect master, now Elder Taishang, finally understood that Tang Xiaoyu's influence in Fengxi Sect was simply incomparable to theirs.

"For ten full years, we endured for ten years, and acted like turtles hiding in our shells for ten years," Tang Xiaoyu said very calmly.

"Do you still want to keep hiding like turtles?" After these two questions, Tang Xiaoyu asked very calmly.

Everyone roared, "No, no!"

Especially Li Zijie, that troublemaker, whose face turned red from yelling.

Tang Xiaoyu slowly raised his fist and clenched it: "Then let our swords speak for us!"

Tang Xiaoyu suddenly yelled loudly: "Kill!"

All the disciples raised their swords in their hands and shouted loudly: "Kill, kill, kill!"

When everyone quieted down, Tang Xiaoyu said coldly: "There are many disgusting flies around Fengxi Sect that have humiliated us. As for me, I'm a bit obsessive-compulsive. You should know what to do."

"Disciples understand."

The cleansing movement initiated by Tang Xiaoyu officially kicked off. He wanted to make the surrounding thousands of miles have only his voice.

Li Zijie, Eldest Martial Sister and others once again stood at the forefront, proving with their strength that they were still the core of the sect.

Two thousand miles away, there was a Five Peaks Sect, a sect about to be promoted to second-rate.

Thanks to sucking up to the right people, the sect master had broken through to the Refining Soul realm two years ago, and the disciples had also grown to over two thousand people.

Today was another day for Five Peaks Sect to recruit disciples after its establishment.

Looking at the dense crowd, the sect master of Five Peaks Sect became more and more confident in his previous decision.

A disciple came up respectfully and said, "Sect Master, the time has come. We can start recruiting disciples now."

"Good. Open the mountain gate and recruit disciples."

When Tang Xiaoyu led Eldest Martial Sister and more than a thousand other disciples to successfully infiltrate Five Peaks Sect, the slaughter began.

"Sect Master, Five Peaks Sect is just a group of opportunists. When suppressing us, they completely disregarded our past help to them," a disciple said.

Tang Xiaoyu looked at that disciple, "Things have already come to this point. Do I still need to teach you what to do?"

That disciple smiled coldly, "Disciple understands."

Tang Xiaoyu added, "Do not kill children and those who surrender."

"Yes."

That disciple signaled to the people beside him and walked towards the elders in charge of recruiting disciples.

"What are you doing? If you continue to disrupt order here, I'll break your legs and throw you off the mountain."

Fengxi Sect's disciples had smiles on their faces and kept apologizing, "Elder, we did not mean to. We have an important matter to report to you."

When the elder heard this, he did not think much of it: "Make way and let them come to the front to speak."

The crowd immediately cleared a path for the dozen or so people from Fengxi Sect to come to the front.

As they passed by, people in the crowd nodded to them from time to time, indicating they were ready.

When they arrived in front of the elder, they bent down and paid respects.

Just as the elder was about to ask, the person closest to him suddenly pulled out a long sword and stabbed towards his chest.

The others also unsheathed their longswords and slashed at the other Five Peaks Sect disciples.

This elder was about to destroy the person in front of him with a palm strike when he realized the long sword had pierced his chest. Only then did he notice that these people's cultivation bases were much higher than his.

"Nascent Soul realm..." were his last words before losing his life.

The Five Peaks Sect disciples had not reacted yet when Fengxi Sect's people ended their lives.

Those who had been hiding in the crowd rushed out at the same time to kill their way into Five Peaks Sect.

Those who came to try out were immediately frightened and fled in all directions.

"Why run? We still need to recruit disciples for Fengxi Sect later! Whoever dares to leave, I'll kill them. Stay put for now!" Tang Xiaoyu's voice was not loud, but reached clearly into everyone's ears.