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Night fell.
In the thatched hut where Bai Shaowei resided.
The candlelight flickered.
The illumination inside the room was unsteady.
The dim candlelight cast eerie shadows on the faces of the people inside, making them appear ghastly and terrifying.
Bai Shaowei's face was ashen.
He sat on a chair, eyes flashing with venomous hatred.
He glanced down at his severed right hand.
The anger in his eyes was almost tangible, as if it could burn down the heavens. "Li Xun, good Very good!!"
"Today's events, I, Bai Shaowei, will remember!"
Bai Shaowei's hoarse voice sounded like a demon from the depths of the abyss, sending a chill through anyone who heard it. It was terrifyingly dreadful.
Anyone who heard it would be horrified.
"Senior Brother Bai, that Li Xun is already in the Qi Condensation Realm. After today, he will likely become an inner disciple. Should we... just let it go?"
An outer disciple with a grim face muttered.
Among those present, Bai Shaowei had the highest cultivation, but he was only at the tenth level of Body Refinement.
Even if all of them combined their strength, they were no match for Li Xun.
They couldn't defeat him today, and it would be even harder in the future.
Li Xun had great talent.
Once he entered the inner sect and had access to the sect's resources, his future would be boundless.
If they continued to oppose Li Xun...
Wouldn't that be like an old man hanging himself, tired of living?
"Let it go?"
Bai Shaowei suddenly turned his head, his eyes full of murderous intent, staring at the disciple who had just spoken.
He said coldly, "My hand was cut off by Li Xun, and you tell me to let it go?"
"Se... Senior Brother, Junior Brother... didn't mean that."
The disciple being stared at by Bai Shaowei trembled all over, even his speech was incoherent.
Bai Shaowei was known for being ruthless.
Even though they were his subordinates now, if they displeased him, this relationship wouldn't save their lives.
"It's good that you didn't mean that!"
Bai Shaowei said indifferently, "Today's events are not just my hatred, but also yours!"
"Li Xun must die, or none of us will sleep peacefully!"
With that, he stood up, walked to the bedside, pulled out a cloth bag, and threw it on the table.
The spirit stones inside spilled all over the table.
A rough estimate showed at least over a hundred low-grade spirit stones.
All the outer disciples present felt a jolt in their hearts.
This was a huge sum of money; their annual sect allowance was nowhere near this amount.
"These are all my savings from the past four years. I plan to give them to Senior Brother Zhao Heng and ask him to find an opportunity in the wilderness to deal with Li Xun..."
As he spoke, a ferocious light flashed in Bai Shaowei's eyes.
He gestured a slashing motion across his neck with his left hand.
"But...
He changed his tone.
Bai Shaowei's gaze swept over the other seven people and finally landed on the cloth bag, slowly saying, "These spirit stones are still a bit short. Killing an inner disciple is not a simple task."
"I know that you have some savings over the years, so let's pool our resources. Perhaps we can send Li Xun on his way sooner!"
"Ah?"
"This..."
The other seven outer disciples exchanged glances.
After a moment of silence.
One disciple took out a dozen spirit stones and placed them on the table.
With the first person leading, the others, despite their heartache, had no choice but to comply with Bai Shaowei's coercion and brought out all their savings.
With the contributions of the seven people.
The spirit stones on the table piled up into a small hill, and the spiritual energy in the room reached its peak.
"Very good!"
Bai Shaowei nodded in satisfaction.
He gathered all the spirit stones and put them back into his cloth bag, saying in a deep voice, "Tomorrow morning, I'll take the spirit stones to see Senior Brother Zhao Heng. Within a month, Li Xun will definitely be sent to the afterlife!"
"Hmph!"
"What about inner disciples? If they provoke me, Bai Shaowei, they will die even if they are inner disciples!"
As he finished speaking, a murderous aura surrounded Bai Shaowei, making him seem like a malicious ghost ready to devour people.
But at that moment, "Bang!"
The door of the thatched hut was suddenly pushed open by a strong force.
A cold wind swept in, instantly extinguishing the flickering candlelight, plunging the room into darkness.
"Who did you say would die?"
A calm voice floated in from outside the door, echoing in the room.
"Who!"
Bai Shaowei and the other outer disciples stood up abruptly, looking towards the door with vigilant expressions.
"Lu Changhe!" A voice announced.
Lu Changhe stepped into the room.
Upon seeing Lu Changhe's face, everyone's hearts sank.
In the Profound Sun Sect's outer sect, who didn't know that Li Xun's best friend was Lu Changhe?
Today, they had just provoked Li Xun, and now Lu Changhe had come looking for them.
The reason for his visit couldn't be clearer.
"Attack!"
Understanding the purpose of his visit.
There was no need for more words.
Bai Shaowei charged at Lu Changhe, followed closely by the seven outer disciples.
They moved in unison, blocking all of Lu Changhe's escape routes.
Li Xun was in the Qi Condensation Realm, so it was understandable they couldn't defeat him.
But Lu Changhe, at the mere tenth level of Body Refinement, dared to come alone.
Wasn't this too much of an underestimation?
Bai Shaowei thought that even with one hand missing, he could easily handle Lu Changhe.
After all, Lu Changhe wasn't a genius.
But in the next second...
Lu Changhe raised one hand, clenched it into a fist.
A white light shone from his fist, causing everyone's pupils to constrict and a sense of doom to wash over them.
'Fuck! He's on the Qi Condensation Realm too!'