Lu Ming looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator with a speechless expression. “We injured you? How can you say that with a straight face? There are two of us at the Qi Refining stage, and we're carrying a mortal.
“How could we possibly injure a Foundation Establishment cultivator and two Qi Refining cultivators? You must have a persecution complex...”
Hearing Lu Ming’s words, Su Xin also felt it was impossible.
After all, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator himself and knew the gap.
Not everyone was a genius like Ye Fan who could fight above their rank...
He looked at Elder Ding. “Senior, what do you think?”
Since Ye Fan had asked him to help, it meant Ye Fan’s relationship with Lu Ming and his group was definitely out of the ordinary.
If he could help Lu Ming and the others secure some benefits, once Ye Fan’s cultivation rose in the future, he might reward him even more.
Elder Ding was also furious. He wanted to refuse, but he was afraid of offending the Haoran Sect.
Yet, giving in felt incredibly humiliating. He could only curse his three disciples in his heart.
In the end, he helplessly handed Lu Ming a storage bag. “Little friend, this is your compensation... See if you are satisfied with it?”
Lu Ming took the storage bag and put it away without even looking. “Senior, I’m not extorting you. What you’ve given is merely to soothe my junior brother’s shattered heart...”
Elder Ding forced a weak smile. “Of course.”
Damn it, your junior brother’s heart is too fragile. If not for the Haoran Sect, I would have slapped you to death. Our Chixia Sect will remember this...
He did not believe the Haoran Sect could protect them forever. They would settle this once they left this place.
With that in mind, Elder Ding bid farewell to Su Xin and left.
Seeing Elder Ding and his group depart, Su Xin turned and left as well, since the matter was resolved.
“Junior Brother Ye, it is resolved.”
Ye Fan nodded. “Let’s go.”
In truth, Ye Fan had witnessed everything just now.
As expected, Lu Ming was still as annoying and detestable as back then...
Once they entered the secret realm, he had to kill him first.
Seeing that everyone had left, Huang Tianbao spoke up in a low voice, “Eldest Senior Brother, I’m sorry... If I hadn't taken out the mourning cloth to use, we wouldn’t have caused this trouble...”
“What does this have to do with you? They wanted to bully us, so they just found a random excuse!”
“In the future, don’t just kneel at the drop of a hat. You are a king of a country, after all...” Lu Ming quickly comforted him.
Sigh, in truth, it’s because of my protagonist status. Trouble follows me wherever I go.
But it doesn’t matter. In the end, I’m destined not to suffer any losses...
As the crowd dispersed, some who had noticed the situation also realized that this small sect was backed by the Haoran Sect. They shouldn’t mess with them if they could help it.
After offering his comfort, Lu Ming still sighed.
We had agreed on showing off and slapping faces to shock everyone today, but in the end, he had only thrown a single punch.
He hadn't managed to show off, and the face-slapping hadn't really happened either...
Sigh... Being this protagonist is so frustrating!
“Old Third, fire up the pot. Let’s eat...”
“Alright!” Huang Tianbao agreed. He and Big Yellow began gathering firewood and lighting the fire.
After Elder Ding led his disciples back, they had just entered their camp when—
“Puff...”
The Qi Refining cultivator who had made Huang Tianbao kneel suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and died on the spot.
“What happened?” Elder Ding couldn’t help but cry out in shock. How could this person suddenly die when he was perfectly fine just a moment ago?
At this moment, Elder Fang of the Chixia Sect also walked out. He quickly checked to see what was wrong.
After an investigation, it turned out this Qi Refining cultivator had actually died from a flare-up of an old injury.
When they got this result, the entire Chixia Sect was dumbfounded.
What kind of internal injury would suddenly flare up at a time like this?
Elder Ding still found it hard to believe, so he questioned the remaining Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
“Was he really just kicked once by that beast?”
The Foundation Establishment cultivator and the others nodded with certainty.
“Elder Ding, it’s true. At that time, the beast kicked Junior Brother once, but his life wasn’t in danger then!...”
Hearing this, Elder Ding and Elder Fang exchanged a look and could only let the matter rest...
Well, if it was a flare-up of an old injury, they couldn’t blame anyone else, much less the dog.
Even if it was related to those guys from the Qingshan Sect, they were currently backed by the Haoran Sect, so they didn’t dare to make a move against them.
“You may leave!”
Subsequently, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators turned to leave.
“Junior brother, what’s wrong with you?”
Just as Elder Ding picked up his teacup, he heard the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cry of alarm.
He and the other elder flickered and arrived outside.
They discovered that the other Qi Refining cultivator had also died.
Elder Ding quickly squatted down to check. “He died of spiritual energy reversal.”
Hearing this, the members of the Chixia Sect looked at each other with deep suspicion.
How could someone’s spiritual energy suddenly reverse when everything was fine?
“There is definitely something wrong with that dog. Both of them were beaten by it...” Elder Ding said viciously.
Otherwise, how could two disciples die of accidental causes at almost the exact same time?
Everyone nodded in agreement, but they had no way to make a move right now.
After the crowd dispersed, Elder Ding spoke up in anger, “We can’t just let this go! They are taking things too far. They killed our people and even demanded compensation.”
Elder Fang also asked with a sinister expression, “What do you plan to do?”
“Send a message to our Ancestor and have him check out this Qingshan Sect. We can’t do anything here because the Haoran Sect is watching, but there is no Haoran Sect outside.”
“Good...” Elder Fang did not waste words either. He directly took out a sound transmission talisman, sent it out, and explained the situation.
At the Chixia Sect, the meditating Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly opened his eyes.
After hearing the message, a pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul stage swept through the area.
“Courting death...”
With a cold voice, the Nascent Soul cultivator immediately left the Chixia Sect.
After some inquiries, he finally found the so-called Qingshan Sect in a remote, desolate corner.
Looking at the dilapidated sect, a look of malice flashed in the eyes of the black-robed Nascent Soul cultivator standing in midair.
A sect like this actually dared to bully their Chixia Sect.
To be safe, he still used his divine sense to scan the area.
Discovering only three Golden Core cultivators, a cold sneer appeared on his malicious face. “Hmph... courting death... You only have your blind disciples to blame...”
Before his voice could fade, the Nascent Soul cultivator took a step forward.
He pressed his hand downward. His boundless Nascent Soul power instantly transformed into a sky-covering giant palm that blanketed the entire Qingshan Sect, crashing down with a roar.
Swoosh...
Just then, a clear, sharp sword hum echoed from within the Qingshan Sect, flashing past and shooting straight into the clouds.
“Hmm?” The Nascent Soul cultivator’s pupils contracted slightly. There was actually a master in this run-down sect?
He quickly retracted most of his Nascent Soul power and condensed a hundred-zhang-thick spiritual energy shield.
Ding—
With a crisp sound, the sword light pierced right through the shield. Its remaining force, completely undiminished, directly pierced through the Nascent Soul cultivator’s dantian.
Even his Nascent Soul was crushed along with it.
At the moment his Nascent Soul consciousness dissipated, he couldn’t help but curse in his heart:
Damn it! If you are a master, why couldn't you just show it? Why did you have to play the pig to eat the tiger?
Is it right of you to harm people like this?
At the same time, he never expected that just trying to vent some anger for his sect’s juniors would cost him his life.
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