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Chapter 242 Sect Leader! I have something to report!
To the southeast lies a deep canyon.

Under the blazing sun, the sunlight baked the earth, and the rock walls on both sides of the canyon were scorching hot.

The area is sparsely populated, with only a few vultures circling high in the sky, casting lonely shadows.

Wang Xie trudged through the canyon, his steps uneven.

He sped here following the directions given by Dong Changsheng.

The bright sunlight shone on him, but it couldn't dispel the growing unease in his heart.

Everything was clearly visible, yet there was an eerie sense of disharmony everywhere.

He rounded a bend, and the end of the canyon suddenly opened up, forming a small valley.

Just then, he heard a familiar voice.

It seemed to be the voices of Ye Longtao, and several other undercover junior brothers.

He couldn't hear clearly, so Wang Xie quickened his pace.

"...Disciple has lived up to expectations! I have never forgotten the great kindness of the sect leader! We endured humiliation and hardship in the demon cave, hoping day and night, and today we have finally seen the blue sky through the clouds!"

Then Ye Longtao thought about Dong Changsheng, a guy who, despite his peculiar thought process, had helped him quell the riot and even covered their retreat, so he mentioned it.

"Sect Leader, we were able to achieve this victory thanks to Junior Brother Dong Changsheng, who covered our retreat."

Sunlight streamed down from the crevice at the top of the canyon, and a beam of light fell precisely on Xuan Yuan Dao Ren, dividing him into two halves of light and shadow.

Half of his face was bathed in sunlight, his expression compassionate;

The other half is hidden in the shadows and cannot be seen clearly.

He listened quietly to everyone's reports, then slowly turned around, the sunlight illuminating his face with a gentle smile.

"Good job, you all did a great job."

His voice was so gentle and soothing.

But in the next instant, that gentle warmth transformed into a deadly chant.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Without any warning, the outer disciples, who were still excited, suddenly shuddered and then exploded under an invisible force!

Blood and bits of flesh splattered in the sunlight, forming dazzling yet terrifying clouds of blood mist.

The blood mist quickly condensed, turning into several blood pills that floated in mid-air before being collected into Xuan Yuan's sleeve.

At the same time, several wisps of souls were drawn by an invisible force and entered the crystal ball in his hand.

This sudden turn of events silenced Ye Longtao, who was giving a passionate speech.

The excitement and fawning on his face froze instantly, turning into terror.

"Head...Head..."

His legs buckled, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud, trembling and incoherently speaking:

“He…they…they are all useless outer sect disciples…a little punishment is still a crime…they deserve it…but…but…”

He panicked.

Although he looked down on this group of useless people who had no hope of even reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, and thought that their attempt to cultivate immortality was a waste of cultivation resources.

But witnessing them so easily annihilated by the sect leader and refined into blood pills still filled him with a deep-seated fear.

This...this can't be that serious, can it?

Why not just beat them up and send them down the mountain?
They're already hopeless cases of cultivation, so letting them give up their fantasies sooner is for their own good. Why bother...?

Xuan Yuan Daoist glanced sideways at Ye Longtao, who was trembling at his feet, and spoke in a calm tone.

"Do you have any opinion?"

"No! No objections!"

Ye Longtao was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly.
"Well done! Well done! These outer sect trash deserved to die! To be able to serve the sect as blood pills is... is the best ending for them!"

"I also know some information!"

He was terrified that if he spoke even half a word too slowly, the sect leader would crush his head in the next move.

Looking at his ugly state, Xuan Yuan Daoist's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he finally sighed.

“Alas, Long Tao, ever since I saved you and took you as my disciple, you have always been arrogant and domineering in the temple. If you had been a little more assertive just now, perhaps I could have looked up to you before you died.”

"How can we, righteous people, be so afraid of death?"

These words made Ye Longtao's heart tighten instantly.

"In the end, you still lack my integrity and uprightness."

He slowly reached out and gently placed his hand on Ye Longtao's head.

"However, you will know the information after the soul search. Relax, dizziness is normal."

"Pat..."

Ye Longtao only managed to utter one word before he felt a force coming from the top of his head.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, a line of blood bloomed along his neck.

His brain was still functioning; his pupils even saw his own headless body slowly falling down.

Immediately, his consciousness was plunged into eternal darkness, and his soul was also sucked into the crystal ball.

Xuan Yuan Daoist withdrew his hand, looked at Ye Longtao's corpse and transformed it into a blood pill, and finally said:
"As your teacher and student, I won't let you suffer too much on your journey."

This scene was also witnessed by Wang Xiedi, who had just entered the area.

Xuan Yuan looked at the figure that was frozen in place.

"Cooperation with the land..."

Xuan Yuan Daoist looked at Wang Xiedi with a wry smile on his face.

"You're here too. It seems like Su Ling'er is the only one missing."

"Master...Master...Master..."

Wang Xiedi's teeth were chattering wildly, and his legs were shaking so badly that he could no longer support his body weight and collapsed to the ground.

"This... this... what's going on?"

Quit your mouth!

These two words exploded in his mind!

In an instant, those deeply buried fragments of memory, the scenes that were concealed in the illusion of the Inquiry Ladder, all became incredibly clear!
Senior Sister Qin, who never returned after accepting the sect leader's mission!
Could it be... could it be that those senior brothers and sisters who said they went down the mountain for training and never returned... are they dead?
Senior Sister Qin...she's...already dead?
Looking at Wang Xiedi's face, which was filled with shock, Xuan Yuan Daoist calmly said:

"Didn't you already guess the answer?"

"what--!"

Wang Xiedi completely broke down!

The senior sister Qin who gave him a warm steamed bun when he was starving to death...

That Senior Sister Qin who brought him back to Qingxu Temple and was always kind to him...

died!

He was killed by his own most respected sect leader!

What to do? What to do?!

Revenge?
Can a Qi Refining cultivator like myself avenge my family?

His mind was in chaos, and fear was threatening to overwhelm him.

Senior Sister Su!
Yes! And Su Ling'er, Senior Sister Su!
I absolutely must tell Senior Sister Su this news!
She hasn't arrived yet, we have to get out of here quickly! Get her away from here!
This thought became his only obsession at that moment.

He struggled to stay upright, his body no longer under his control, using both hands and feet, practically rolling and crawling on the ground, desperately trying to stand up and escape this hell.

That disheveled yet stubborn appearance was nothing more than a futile struggle in Xuan Yuan Daoist's eyes.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Xuan Yuan Daoist stroked his beard, slowly raised his hand, and extended a finger toward Wang Xiedi.

Just then, a clear voice broke the deathly silence!

"Sect Leader! I have something to report!"

(End of this chapter)