The soldiers were waiting outside the forest after Xiao Jun told them to return.
They couldn't help but look at each other after two hours passed.
"Have they done it?"
"I'm not sure. The criminal should be weaker, right?"
"Yeah. It's just… the cultivators look rather… incompetent…"
"Sssshhhh! Watch your mouth! If a cultivator heard you, they would definitely kill you."
The two soldiers looked at each other intensely. On the one hand, they wanted to wrap this problem up right away. On the other hand, they couldn't enter this forest.
"In any case, we will be facing a huge problem whoever wins."
"Right? According to my friend, the administrator never considered the enemy as a criminal. Only because she killed people in front of so many eyes that he had to do it."
"Well, I can't say for sure. After all, the only people the target has killed were cultivators. There are no casualties for the mortals, except for seeing deaths."
They continued to talk for a while, but they were soon surprised by the sound coming from the forest.
Creak!
Creak!
Branches were stepped on, and the bushes were pushed aside.
The soldiers raised their weapons while pointing them at the forest out of reflex. "Who?"
The soldiers were looking around, wondering who would come to them. However, their hearts skipped a beat when a woman appeared in the corner of their vision.
"!!!" There was only one woman in this matter, which was Li Xue. The fact that she came out of the forest meant she had managed to defeat all those cultivators.
However, Li Xue's condition didn't seem to be that good either. Her clothes were tattered, her skin was covered with so many bruises, and her expression looked tired and stressed.
It might be due to this appearance that Li Xue looked a bit more intimidating. Even the soldiers instinctively treated her as a warrior instead of a female.
Li Xue glared at the two soldiers and asked with a hoarse voice. "Where is your superior?"
The two soldiers considered the situation. On the one hand, they would die if they didn't answer this question. On the other hand, their superior might get into trouble if she vented her anger on him. There was no way to predict what she would do after killing the cultivators that came for her life.
Still, they had a procedure. Since the cultivator had requested, the soldiers had to ask one question, albeit with a stutter. "May…we…k…now…the…reason?"
They were completely scared of her, thinking that this woman would kill them.
To their surprise, Li Xue only said, "I want him to send a direct message to the sect so that they can escort me back to the sect."
"Escort?" After killing so many people, Li Xue certainly didn't need an escort. So, there was only one possibility where she needed an escort.
She wanted to surrender to the sect, but they wondered if the previous cultivators had struck her head since she actually suggested such a thing after killing so many cultivators.
"So, where?!" Li Xue raised her voice.
"We…" The two guards exchanged looks before one of them stepped up and extended his hand. "I will guide you."
"Go." Li Xue nodded. Despite her cold tone, Li Xue's manner toward common people seemed to be much better than the rest of the cultivators. It might be the reason why there was no casualty among the common people yet.
The guard hurriedly guided her to their supervisor. Because of Xiao Jun's relation with an elder in the Iron Mountain Sect, the East District Administrator didn't move away from his spot. In fact, he ended up doing his job in this place while waiting for the cultivators to come out.
"Kh." He couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose, showing his frustration. However, that frustration turned into something unpredictable.
"Sir. We've heard word that the female cultivator has come out of the forest and would like to meet you."
"Huh?!" The East District Administrator was confused. Despite being surrounded by a lot of cultivators, she actually managed to win. It was impossible in his mind, but that was exactly what happened.
He hurriedly stood up and rushed to her, not wanting to displease her. After all, it was he who guided and even assisted those cultivators to reach her.
When the administrator saw her condition, he thought he would be in huge trouble.
"Yes, Miss. How can I help you?" The Administrator's heart was beating rapidly. One wrong word might end up killing him, so he became extremely careful.
Once again, Li Xue surprised him by saying, "I've killed enough cultivators. I want to surrender to the sect and ask them to escort me back. However, I want you to send the message to Ren Zhu."
"Eh?" The administrator was quite surprised that she wanted to surrender to the sect. However, he noticed an important detail. It appeared that Li Xue had a connection with another elder. So, she was planning to ask this elder to protect her until she returned to the sect.
As he expected, this matter was actually an internal matter of the sect. She wasn't a criminal or something.
Li Xue glared coldly, "After helping those people to come at me, you surely will put a guarantee on me that the message reaches Elder Ren Zhu, right?"
His body froze. He perfectly knew the meaning of those words. Without hesitation, the administrator said, "Of course. I would even write another letter so that our branch near the Iron Mountain Sect would make sure about it."
Li Xue nodded with a serious expression. "Give me a brush and paper."
After the agreement, Li Xue began writing down the letter, asking Elder Ren to escort her. Considering the situation, he would definitely tell his female disciple to do it.
Even the administrator wrote his letters and asked Li Xue to confirm the content, telling the branch to send the letter directly to Elder Ren no matter what happened. It was clear that he wanted to solve this issue without any problems for the people.
Since Li Xue had gotten the guarantee, she nodded and said, "I will return to the inn and remain there until the one who will escort me arrives. As long as you don't bother me, I won't bother you."
"Y-yes." The administrator let out a sigh of relief when he saw Li Xue walking away. He hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and search the forest. Find their bodies."