Chapter 287: The Lu Household Causes Chaos, Taowu Seems (I)

In the course of the period when the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda went lacking, Lu Yu was the sect chief of the Mount Shu Sect.

On the time, the sudden lack of the sect’s legendary artifact had thrown the Mount Shu Sect into panic. Inside strife and exterior threats descended upon the sect thick and quick. It was thought of the best disaster that the Mount Shu Sect had confronted for the reason that demon god.

Below Venerable Lu Yu’s command, the Mount Shu Sect made it by way of quite a few tough conditions whereas preserving the sect’s manpower as a lot as attainable. The sect had fallen from the highest of the ranks to the very backside. With out Venerable Lu Yu’s perseverance, Mount Shu would doubtless have confronted the identical destiny as different fallen sects. Unable to rise again up, that they had disappeared from the highlight and turn into a forgotten a part of historical past.

Nevertheless, it was exactly as a result of he had put in a lot effort into conserving the Mount Shu Sect afloat that Venerable Lu Yu’s vitality had been in an exhausted state for a protracted time period. Consequently, he met an early finish. Venerable Lu Yu grew to become one of many sect leaders with the shortest lifespans in Mount Shu’s historical past.

Earlier than he died, Venerable Lu Yu was troubled by a tough determination.

The Mount Shu Sect was nonetheless in a bleak state of affairs. On this time of adversity, what the sect wanted was a powerful chief. Probably the most excellent candidate at the moment was Venerable Lu Yu’s son, Lu Wuqi—who would later be referred to as Venerable Wuqi, Junior Sect Chief Lu.

Ever since Lu Wuqi was a toddler, he had been terribly gifted—a peerless genius. It might even be stated that he was extra exceptional than his father. He had nice affect within the Mount Shu Sect and was one of the best candidate for the following sect chief.

Nonetheless, there had by no means been a priority within the Mount Shu Sect the place the son of a sect chief would take his place when he died. The Mount Shu Sect wasn’t a household clan, so how might there be a practice of hereditary succession? If Venerable Lu Yu have been to cross the place of sect chief over to his son, he would doubtless be criticized significantly. It might additionally set a foul instance for future sect leaders.

In a peaceable period, Venerable Lu Yu would undoubtedly have chosen another person to be the following sect chief, irrespective of how glorious his son was. However, that wasn’t the case. The Mount Shu Sect was nonetheless in a precarious place within the Divine 9, and their plentiful sources attracted the eye of grasping eyes. They wanted a pacesetter with nice energy and knowledge in order that they might flip the tide.

Ultimately, Venerable Lu Yu determined to not hand the Heaven Authority Token to his son personally, leaving the selection to the sect’s 4 Guardian Elders as an alternative.

Venerable Lu Yu slowly closed his eyes for the final time. Then the 4 Guardian Elders unhesitatingly proclaimed Venerable Wuqi as the brand new sect chief of the Mount Shu Sect.

After Venerable Wuqi took over, the Mount Shu Sect’s steady decline was swiftly dropped at an finish. They shaped geographically distant alliances and attacked close by foes, restoring the Mount Shu Sect’s status throughout the 4 seas!

Wen Yuan and Lu Cang continued to compete for the position of sect chief for over a decade, combating within the open and scheming in secret.

Throughout this time, Venerable Wuqi stayed silent on the matter, and nobody might guess what he thought. He maintained his silence till he neared the tip of his life.

It was stated that every one ninth-realm cultivators would enter the Divine Ruins upon nearing the tip of their lives. Nobody knew in the event that they have been responding to the decision of a preordained destiny or if there was a technique to defy the heavens and alter their destiny hidden within the Divine Ruins. Nonetheless, even some eighth-realm cultivators on the finish of their lives would enter the Divine Ruins as effectively to attempt their luck.

Likewise, Venerable Wuqi determined to present it a shot. He entered the Divine Ruins and even took Wen Yuan and Lu Cang with him.

Everybody within the Mount Shu Sect speculated that Venerable Wuqi supposed this journey into the Divine Ruins to be a take a look at for the 2 contenders. Whoever handed it would simply turn into the following sect chief.

Ultimately, Wen Yuan returned alone.

He claimed that Venerable Wuqi had certainly given him and Lu Cang a take a look at, which resulted in Lu Cang going lacking within the Divine Ruins. Wen Yuan was the one one who managed to emerge from the Divine Ruins.

Most of the particulars of what had occurred on the Divine Ruins remained unknown, however Wen Yuan finally succeeded the place of sect chief with none objections. Quickly after, the Mount Shu Sect realized that the Lu Household had mysteriously vanished from the mountain, and nobody knew the place they’d gone… or in the event that they have been even nonetheless alive.

Since then, Venerable Wen Yuan had stayed in energy for 100 and fifty years. He had finished a fantastic job at persevering with Venerable Wuqi’s legacy and course for the sect, steadily nurturing the sect’s development. Merely put, Venerable Wen Yuan was a really competent sect chief. That was why nobody had introduced up the controversy surrounding his succession to the position even all through all his years because the sect’s chief.

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Most of the visiting cultivators have been unaware of the story behind Venerable Wen Yuan’s succession because the sect chief of the Mount Shu Sect. Due to this fact, when Lu Chengchou instantly appeared, they simply thought he was relatively unusual. But, this man was holding the Heaven Authority Token, which was one thing that solely the sect chief of the Mount Shu Sect ought to possess. It was a really surprising scene.

The group burst into an uproar.

But, confronted with Lu Chengchou’s domineering angle, Wen Yuan selected to stay silent.