Chapter 8: Isn't It Normal to Act Prudently?
The Second Elder on the second floor quickly looked at Chu Xingchen who had spoken. Unable to sense the cultivation level of this handsome young man, the expression on his face finally changed:
"Who is this fellow Taoist?"
Chu Xingchen shook his head slightly, picked up the chopsticks beside him, and gently stretched them forward.
A mysterious sword qi suddenly surged wildly from the chopsticks. The sword qi, accompanied by spiritual power, transformed into a small white dragon that wound and swam around the chopsticks.
Is this a supernatural power?
The Second Elder suppressed the surprise in his heart, took a deep breath, and quickly became more amiable. He cupped his hands and said, "This person is a traitor of our Qingfeng Sect and has even injured our sect members. Fellow Taoist, for both reasons of sentiment and principle, you shouldn't stop me."
Chu Xingchen sighed and said, "Fellow Taoist, I don't want to use my power to oppress others either. However, this person has some kind of connection with me. Could you spare his life? I can make compensation."
The Second Elder thought for a moment and then still shook his head. "If we just let him go like this, our Qingfeng Sect will lose all its prestige outside."
"Spare me?" Li Xingtian, who was slumped on the ground, burst out laughing. "Since I entered your Qingfeng Sect as an outer disciple, have you ever treated me as a disciple?"
"I dug spiritual mines for three years since I joined. Among the seventeen disciples recruited from my village at that time, I'm the only one left alive!"
"Your so-called sparing me was just not letting me dig mines but sending me to the wild forest that even inner disciples of the sect didn't dare to enter to dig spiritual plants?"
The Second Elder's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly interrupted, shouting angrily, "Traitor! How dare you spread rumors about our Qingfeng Sect!"
Chu Xingchen was stunned when he heard this, and then sneered.
So I'm in the right. No wonder Li Xingtian, who had the tag of being loyal and righteous, would defect from the sect.
He used the system tag panel to look at the old man on the second floor.
[Shangguan Hong]
[Cultivation Level: Middle Stage of the Golden Core]
[Blue Tag: Deep Scheming]
[White Tag: Adequate Talent]
[Black Tag: Old and Feeble]
[Black Tag: Haunted by Inner Demons]
The moment he saw the tags, Chu Xingchen's confidence soared. So he was dealing with a sickly old man!
Now he had the advantage in strength and stance. Wasn't he invincible?
Chu Xingchen sneered and shouted loudly, "I thought the Qingfeng Sect was some kind of decent and upright immortal cultivation sect. Looking at it now, it's just a bloodsucking parasite."
"How could our Heavenly Dao Alliance in the Central Region stoop to the same level as you?"
"Now, you old dog, either tuck your tail between your legs and get out of here, or I'll twist your dog's head off and use it as a ball to kick today!"
After saying that, the sword qi spirit dragon winding around the chopsticks suddenly roared, rapidly expanded, and then stared menacingly at the Second Elder, as if it would attack at the slightest disagreement.
By now, the rest of the people in the tavern had already run away.
Only the disciples of the Qingfeng Sect were hiding aside, watching the two in a confrontation.
At this moment, how could the Second Elder really dare to fight? He couldn't sense the real cultivation level of the seemingly young man in front of him at all, which meant that this person was at least at the middle stage of the Golden Core cultivation level.
Even if we didn't mention the real cultivation level of the seemingly young man in front of him for now.
Just with this display of supernatural power, even if the person opposite was just a young novice at the early stage of the Golden Core, he would have a hard time winning.
Moreover, the word "Central Region" was like a thunderbolt in the Southern Jambu Continent.
A sect that could establish a firm foothold in the Central Region was not something the Qingfeng Sect could afford to provoke.
Although he knew that the young man in front of him might be bluffing, who would dare to bet on this?
The Second Elder's expression remained unchanged, but he was already carefully thinking about how to speak without losing face.
However, a flattering voice came from outside the door.
"Two fellow Taoists... don't fight, don't fight."
Chu Xingchen swept his spiritual sense over and saw a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Chief of the Demon Suppression Department of the Xuanwu Kingdom.
His cultivation level was at the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment.
The middle-aged man said, "Two seniors, why can't you talk things over properly instead of fighting? Besides, this is a mortal town. Once you fight..."
"Not to mention how many mortals will die, just carrying this karma for no reason is not worth it. What do you two seniors think?"
The Second Elder immediately felt relieved and gently stroked his beard.
"Since the Chief has said so, then our Qingfeng Sect will give you face, fellow Taoist."
Chu Xingchen slowly withdrew the chopsticks.
Although it would be easy to kill him, there would inevitably be some trouble later. The most important thing was that this was the territory of the Xuanwu Kingdom.
It wasn't very rational to offend the authorities because of this old man.
Mainly, this old man was old and feeble and haunted by inner demons. He might die in a couple of days after going back.
He still had to stay in the Xuanwu Kingdom for a while.
Chu Xingchen didn't say much. He just reached out, grabbed Li Xingtian who was slumped on the ground, and then turned into a rainbow light and left.
The Second Elder also slowly let out a sigh of relief. After cupping his hands to thank the Chief of the Demon Suppression Department beside him, he flew downstairs.
Looking sharply at the senior brother at the fifth level of Qi Refining with chopsticks still stuck in his palm, the Second Elder silently reached out and pulled the chopsticks out of his hand directly.
The senior brother groaned in pain but didn't dare to react too much.
The Second Elder glanced sideways at this incompetent outer disciple and said, "You bunch of useless guys, go back to the sect first."
The five outer disciples quickly said in unison:
"Yes!"
The Second Elder looked in the direction where Chu Xingchen had left and remained silent for a long time.
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Chu Xingchen still took measures to confuse the enemy.
After moving around to several locations, he slowly took Li Xingtian back to the dilapidated temple.
Li Xingtian endured the pain and said, "Thank you, senior, for saving me."
Chu Xingchen replied when he heard this, "Well, you should thank my eldest disciple first."
"Ah?" Li Xingtian looked very confused.
However, Chu Xingchen didn't answer.
Because Chu Xingchen was able to display his supernatural power at a critical moment, largely thanks to his eldest disciple. She was indeed a talented disciple with the golden tag of a genius!
She had actually preliminarily mastered the supernatural power in just a few days!
And she had mastered it at the most critical moment. He had also received a synchronous reward from the system, which enabled him to master this supernatural power as well.
Otherwise, Chu Xingchen thought that he probably wouldn't have been able to scare off the elder of the Qingfeng Sect so easily.
He would reward her well when he went back!
All the chicken legs today would be hers!
After all, Chu Xingchen was already a Golden Core True Man, and it didn't take long for him to bring Li Xingtian back to the dilapidated temple.
At this moment, Li Yingling was manipulating the wooden sword to form swimming dragons. Several swimming dragons formed by trickling water were coiling around the wooden sword.
She seemed to be having a lot of fun.
However, Li Yingling still noticed the two people flying over. She then took back the wooden sword and quickly ran out to welcome her master back.
Watching the two land slowly.
Before Chu Xingchen could speak.
Li Yingling took a look at the seriously injured Li Xingtian and said with a rather纠结 expression:
"Master... even if he didn't agree, you didn't have to bring him back seriously injured, did you?"
Chu Xingchen said angrily, "You really understand my style. Next time, I'll let you handle this kind of thing."
Li Yingling's expression became even more纠结, and then she said timidly:
"Master... I have no experience in this kind of thing. Don't blame me if I don't do it well."
Li Xingtian quickly explained, "I wasn't injured by the senior... Don't misunderstand, Fairy."
Chu Xingchen directly helped Li Xingtian into the dilapidated temple, took a look at Li Yingling, and said angrily:
"This girl is mischievous and likes to deceive people. She's just teasing you."
Li Yingling giggled and also followed Chu Xingchen into the dilapidated temple.