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Chapter 571 - 510: The Might of a Battle, Emperor Bai Appears

Chapter 571: Chapter 510: The Might of a Battle, Emperor Bai Appears

Whoosh!

When the Golden Eagle appeared again in the sky above the Tian Shan Sword Sect, the disciples in the square had not dispersed and turned their gazes skyward.

Seeing Xiao Selang with a pale, greenish complexion and unabated anger, Elder Meng knew he was holding back a feeling of suffocation and directed the Golden Eagle towards his dwelling.

Soon, the Golden Eagle stopped over the courtyard where Elder Meng lived, and both Elder Meng and Xiao Selang leapt down. With a cry, the Golden Eagle flew towards its nest.

"Little Wolf, you go back first. After the Sect Leader finishes his seclusion, I will go report this matter to him," Elder Meng said after landing and after a moment’s thought.

"Yes, Elder Meng."

Xiao Selang gave a perfunctory bow and then, without wasting words, turned and walked out of Elder Meng’s courtyard.

Seeing this, Elder Meng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

He was well aware that today’s events were a huge setback for Xiao Selang. If Xiao Selang could emerge from the shadow of defeat and strive for progress, he would undoubtedly achieve great success in the future.

On the contrary, if Xiao Selang couldn’t move past this setback, he would become disheartened, develop a mental block, and find his path to cultivation inordinately difficult, maybe even reaching a point where he made no further progress.

From his perspective, the likelihood of the latter scenario occurring for Xiao Selang was greater.

Though Xiao Selang had faced trials fighting against mutant beasts and had sparring with other cultivators of the same realm, enduring life-and-death training, his journey had been mostly smooth sailing without suffering a blow like he did today.

As Elder Meng thought, the blow dealt by Ye Fan was extremely heavy for Xiao Selang. He felt both infuriated and lost, walking towards his dwelling like a zombie, to the point where he didn’t even notice the seven brothers standing at the entrance. "Junior Brother Xiao!"

Noticing Xiao Selang’s odd behavior, the four were puzzled, yet they quickly came forward—they knew what Xiao Selang and Elder Meng had been up to with the Golden Eagle, while the other disciples did not.

Xiao Selang’s forehead had been cut before, but he had promptly cleaned the wound and applied the powder of the Healing Holy Medicine Nirvana Pill, so the injury had already healed completely, without any trace of anomaly.

At this moment, Xiao Selang, hearing their voices, looked at the four, and his face couldn’t help but change, filled with both shock and anger!

The shock was because he feared the four knew of his easy defeat by Ye Fan.

The anger was because, without these four in front of him, he wouldn’t have sought out Ye Fan and encountered such misfortune.

"Junior Brother Xiao, you and Elder Meng must have killed that guy, right?"

Though the seventh brother felt Xiao Selang’s behavior was strange, he couldn’t help but ask, seemingly inquiring but actually sounding more like he was confirming his assumption.

After all, in the past, some cultivators had caused trouble on Mount Tian, but the outcome was always death, not to mention that this time Xiao Selang and Elder Meng had taken action together?

"I think there’s no need for Elder Meng to take action. Junior Brother Xiao alone would suffice."

"Of course, with Junior Brother Xiao’s strength, I estimate it wouldn’t take more than three moves to deal with that kid."

"Three moves? In my opinion, a one-shot kill!"

The other three also had the same thoughts, and after the seventh brother spoke, they began to patronize Xiao Selang in succession.

"Sss~"

Normally, Xiao Selang would enjoy the flattery from these brothers, but at this moment, their praise felt like salt on his wounds, making him gasp in frustration and shiver uncontrollably.

"Junior Brother Xiao, did that guy manage to escape?"

Witnessing this scene, and considering Xiao Selang’s unusual behavior, a ridiculous notion sprang to their minds. Hardly believing it, they asked him.

Although Xiao Selang was furious, he knew that everything was his own fault, so he walked past the four without uttering a word.

What’s wrong with Junior Brother Xiao?

Watching Xiao Selang’s slightly shaking figure, the four were filled with doubt.

"Xiao... did Junior Brother Xiao actually get defeated by that kid?"

Alongside the doubt, one of them uttered an astonishing possibility.

Crack!

Stunned by this statement, Xiao Selang felt a pang in his heart. He clenched his fists subconsciously, stopped in his tracks, and said fiercely, "I’m going into seclusion for cultivation. All of you leave at once!"

As his voice fell, Xiao Selang no longer paid any attention to the four and quickly entered his courtyard, closing the door behind him.

"Uh..."

Shocked by this, the one who had spoken previously was taken aback.

Initially, he had blurted out the question without thinking and scolded himself for being foolish afterward, considering such an outcome impossible. But now, seeing Xiao Selang’s reaction, he realized that he might have guessed correctly!

It wasn’t just him; the other three were also dumbfounded.

Although they did not believe Xiao Selang could lose, reason told them that if Xiao Selang had not been defeated, he definitely would not have acted so out of character. Especially after hearing that last remark, he had reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, exploding with rage.

"Seventh brother, shall we go ask Elder Meng?" After the shock, someone suggested.

"Hmm!"

The seventh brother nodded and led the other three quickly toward Elder Meng’s dwelling.

"The four of you still have the nerve to come to me?"

Seeing the four, Elder Meng was furious. In his opinion, had it not been for their clash with Ye Fan, the subsequent events would never have transpired.

"Uh..."

As the four of them entered, they saw Elder Meng Bai erupting in anger, leaving each one standing in shock, utterly at a loss.

"Ah..."

Perceiving this, Elder Meng Bai realized that the disciples had always been haughty and could not tolerate outsiders causing trouble in Tian Shan Sword Sect’s territory, especially since Ye Fan had been picking Snow Ginseng within the hundred miles governed by the Sect. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t wrong for the four to intervene.

"Elder... Elder Meng, did that kid who was picking Snow Ginseng get away?" The seventh junior brother recovered from his shock and mustered the courage to ask.

"You were supposed to patrol the mountain and gather herbs, yet you let an outsider find the Snow Ginseng first!" Elder Meng Bai replied coldly, ignoring the question: "What are you even good for?"

"..."

Frightened, the seventh junior brother and the others quickly lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

"Starting today, for the next three months, forget about cultivation, just continue patrolling the mountain and gathering herbs!" Elder Meng Bai commanded sternly, "If something like this happens again, don’t bother returning to the Sect, just get as far away from me as you can!"

"Yes!"

Once again hearing Elder Meng Bai’s words, the four vaguely felt that if it were only a matter of Ye Fan escaping, Xiao Selang wouldn’t have reacted so abnormally, nor would Elder Meng Bai be so irate. Clearly, there was more to the story.

Understanding all this, they dared not further inquire unwisely but instead chose to wisely bow their respects and accept the order.

"Additionally, inform any disciples patrolling and gathering herbs that if they encounter that person again, they must not provoke him!" Elder Meng Bai added.

"Yes!"

Receiving the order once more, the four quickly left the residence of Elder Meng Bai.

...

At dusk, the setting sun cast its last rays across Tian Shan, a mix of gold and white reflecting each other, painting a natural canvas so breathtaking it could leave one breathless.

However—

Faced with such a beautiful sight, the four disciples, punished to patrol the mountain and gather herbs for three months, were in no mood to appreciate it.

For one, they had lived in Tian Shan their entire lives, seeing such views daily, and had grown tired of them.

It’s just like how a man, even if he beds a celestial fairy every day, will inevitably grow weary of it.

Furthermore, they were inexplicably being punished and were feeling quite depressed—where would they find the spirit to enjoy the scenery?

"Seventh brother, why do I feel like there’s something very fishy about this whole affair?"

"Indeed, even if that kid got away, Junior Brother Xiao wouldn’t have reacted so abnormally, nor would Elder Meng rage at us like that."

"Could it be that the kid defeated Junior Brother Xiao and Elder Meng?"

"Is your head stuck in a door?"

Hearing the words of the last speaker, the seventh junior brother frowned in rebuke: "Elder Meng is an absolute overlord within the Half-step Gang Qi realm, apart from Supreme Strongmen of the Gang Qi Realm, who could defeat him?"

"I was confused," the other admitted his error promptly.

"If that kid couldn’t defeat Elder Meng, could he possibly have defeated Junior Brother Xiao?"

"The kid’s aura was terrifying, and his strength must be formidable, especially his Flying Knife Assassination—it’s unpredictably deadly. It’s possible that he defeated Junior Brother Xiao!"

"I think your head’s been squashed by a door too. If Junior Brother Xiao had been defeated by that kid, would Elder Meng have let him go?" retorted the one previously scolded by the seventh brother, less than amiably.

"That possibility is not non-existent."

To the person’s astonishment, the seventh junior brother actually supported this conjecture and analyzed, "Junior Brother Xiao has already broken through to the Half-step Gang Qi realm and has mastered the Heavenly Sword Sixth Form—Wind Sword. If that kid could defeat Junior Brother Xiao, he definitely qualifies as a genius of demon-level talent. Such a person would naturally have a powerful background. It’s quite likely that Elder Meng decided to swallow his broken teeth out of fear of the opponent’s background."

"Seventh brother’s argument makes sense. Who in the world is that kid, anyway?"

Upon hearing this, the other three felt the rationale was sound and were also filled with curiosity about Ye Fan’s identity.

Xiao Selang had been gathering information on the young generation of talented cultivators, which was typically carried out by Outer Disciples. Although they were Inner Sect Disciples, they were unaware of this endeavor.

Had it not been so, they wouldn’t have been so startled when Xiao Selang presented Ye Fan’s portrait.

"Where is the person you were talking about?"

Before the four could make sense of everything, an abrupt voice rang out.

No sooner had the sound dissipated than the figure appeared.

Emperor Bai, with the Bloodthirsty Mad Blade on his back, appeared suddenly before them, his gaze sharp as a blade, his body engulfed in an aura of killing intent, like a veritable Killing God.

Clunk!

The unmistakable inquiry of Emperor Bai rang in their ears. As they gazed upon Emperor Bai’s indifferent face and felt the terrifying killing intent emanating from him, all four felt a shiver in their hearts, as if their chests were weighed down by a mountain. They didn’t dare to take a deep breath, feeling a penetrating cold from head to toe.

Seeing their reaction, Emperor Bai realized he had put too much pressure on the four and thus reined in his aura before asking again, "Where did the man who used the Flying Knife go?"

"He... he went toward the northwest,"

The seventh junior brother felt relieved but still terror-stricken. Such fear caused his voice to tremble as he responded.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Bai looked intently toward the continuous snow-capped mountains in the northwest. Then, without waiting for the four to recover from their shock, he vanished without a trace, as if he had never been there.

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