In the peak of the afternoon, the sun shone brightly in the sky as it warmth covered the realm.
In the Moonshade Sect holy ground, only a few disciples could be seen holding their weapons as they stood at the entrance of the sect below the three mountains.
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Ancestral hall
The ancestor of the sect stood there as he looked at the statues of the founders of the sect, he bowed and apologized "I'm sorry for ruining your legacy, but rest assured I'll protect this sect with my life"
The sect master entered the hall, "Ancestor, what should we do, they would be arriving very soon, and most of our remaining disciples are all planning to abandoned the sect" he asked.
The ancestor looked at the sect master, "let all those who want to leave the sect leave. The remaining one's who would be loyal to us and would stay will be the foundation of this sect" The ancestor replied.
They were about to be destroyed, What foundation was he talking about, maybe after today there might no longer be a Moonshade Sect.
"How quickly the table turns, yesterday by this time we were at our very peak of power, but we are not currently at our lowest all within a span of a day.
The heavens are truly unpredictable" he added.
"Ancestor, will you be able to defeat the young general?" The sect leader probed.
"We'll see, but right now am not really sure. But don't worry you have my word.
This sect will not fall today"
The grand elder entered with a solemn face, "Some of the disciples who left a few moments ago have all returned, they said our territory is being encircled.
No one can enter or leave, I believe it's the doing of the Lion Fang guards" he reported.
The three men stepped out of the ancestral hall.
The moment they left the hall, an old man pointed at the entrance of the foot of the mountain.
"Look, someone is coming!"
A silhouette wearing white robes could be seen casually approaching the entrance of the sect.
The sun shone brightly behind him making his silver hair glitter in the sunlight.
Four golden swords were hovering around him as he walked, they could all tell that those swords were special because they were moving on their own.
They were definitely closer to the immortal grade treasure.
Gu Shang took his time and approached the entrance of the sect on the foot of the mountain.
He could see a bunch of disciples holding their weapons for a last suicidal stand, "How adorable" He chuckled lightly but before he could reach the entrance, he stopped and frowned but the four swords hovering around him continued to hover.
Suddenly, two large figures crushes from the sky leaving dust in their awake.
Everyone on the scene was surprised, what was going on??
The wave of dust had swept towards Gu Shang, but non of the dust got closer to him, the dust coming towards his direction split into two and passed him.
When the dust settled Gu Shang white robes couldn't have been more whiter than it was.
It was still the same with not even a single dirt on it though he was literally standing a few meters from where the object crushed.
Meanwhile the disciples of the sect who were some several meters away from the crush site were all covered in filth, the wave had even thrown some away.
But that wasn't important, after the dust settled, two figures in black robes could be seen standing Infront of the Moonshade Sect entrance facing the approaching Gu Shang.
The men in black robes wore large bamboo hats making it impossible to see their faces, they had their hands in their sleeve resting below their chest.
On their chest were two characters which read 'alliance enforcers'.
Their presence generated a bone chilling cold aura in the hot afternoon without even trying.
The disciples couldn't tell whether it was because of their black robes or something else, but they seemed like illusions and not real humans.
"Enforcers of the alliance, we are saved!" An elder shouted excitedly.
"What? Those men are enforcers? No wonder they have such strong intimidating aura's .
We are saved" the disciples celebrated and cheered. They were going to live, So what if Gu Shang had a large army, could they withstand the alliance.
The enforcers were a group within the alliance which served the purpose of an army, but the difference was that they were all immortal kings.
They were a very powerful force and commanded a great deal of respect wherever they went.
They could decimate any army or empire which offended them, so why need to worry.
"Little general, I think it's time you stop your games"
"You've already punished the sect enough by killing all their disciples at the sleeping serpent pass"
"You should stop here and withdraw!"
The two enforcers said the statements one after the other almost like they were reading a script made for two.
Little general?
Stop playing games?
Withdraw?
Gu Shang had this questions marks on his face.
"Do you think the alliance can get away with whatever they want?
The Moonshade Sect raised a rebellion against the empire, spread force rumors to cause chaos in the empire, mobilized their forces and marched brazenly towards the domain to eradicate the imperial court.
Yet you think they should be forgiven because a few died? In what world have you heard of such a ridiculous notion?
"We acknowledged the crimes of the Moonshade Sect"
"But we will be the ones to give them their punishment"
"In return, you should name a price and we would pay it"
The enforcers said emotionlessly.
Gu Shang face went cold.
"So you do acknowledg that they are guilty, but you didn't stop them when they were invading the domain, you knew they were committing a crime but didn't stop them.
Does the alliance want to start a war with the immortal empire? Are you admitting that it's right for the sect to attack the imperial court, but it's wrong when we try to destroy them?" Gu Shang said without leaving any face for the enforcers.
"In this world, the weak should be trampled on by the strong"
"That's why the heavens made cultivations in levels so that the strong could stand out"
"Your empire was weak, you can't blame the sect for trying to prey on you"
"Just like you don't explain yourself to ants before crushing them underneath your foot"
"The alliance would give no explanation" The enforcers said one after the other forming a strange sound"
"But the Moonshade Sect would not fall today, even if we have to against the United Imperials" For the first time, the two enforcers spoke this words together at the same time which was spooky.
The enforcers released their aura and targeted it Gu Shang, but to their surprise Gu Shang stood there tall and proud without even flinching.
It was like the aura they targeted at him was non existent.
It should be noted that, this enforcers aura combined could cause severe damages to even immortal kings, but this young man was unaffected which was a shock to them.
They had never encountered such a situation before.
"Finally, we both agree on something, ever since I arrived in the capital, I hear people saying the weak should be trampled on by the strong.
If that's so, then you are mistake with one thing.
I'm not the weak one here, you all are!