Raise a sword!

Li Ruyuan and Li Rufeng both stared at Jiang Peng with disbelief in their eyes.

"You mean my brother Li Ruhai?!" Li Ruyuan exclaimed in surprise.

It wasn't just the two of them.

Even Sun Yinxi, who was standing next to her, looked at Jiang Peng in surprise.

Jiang Peng smiled.

"Of the three brothers, only Li Ruhai failed to establish his foundation... It's one thing that his aptitude was slightly inferior, but his luck wasn't good either. He just happened to run into me, Jiang, and was killed by me in a moment of ease."

"This matter had been weighing on Jiang's mind for a long time."

Jiang Peng sighed, "Back then, I was only at the Qi Refining stage, and I was terrified of leaking even the slightest information and incurring the wrath of the prestigious Li family... More than a decade has passed, and now I am able to bring this up in front of two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family."

"How can I explain this difference?"

Jiang Peng hesitated for a moment, meeting the hateful gazes of Li Ruyuan and the other man, before finally clapping her hands after several breaths.

"Yes, it can be described in just one word."

Jiang Peng smiled.

"Cool."

"I still remember the tragic appearance of Fellow Daoist Ruhai before his death."

He doesn't actually remember very clearly.

"His pitiful cries for mercy still echo in my ears."

As Jiang Peng spoke, she tried to recall the events, only to find that she couldn't quite remember them clearly.

Li Ruhai's affair brought him and Lan Yingying together.

Now, when he recalls this trivial matter from back then, all he can think of is the image of Lan Yingying offering herself to him in the cave.

It's white and smooth, and it's firm where it should be firm and soft where it should be soft.

My memory of this matter is already filled with the beautiful sight of Lan Yingying; Li Ruhai and the like are really not that important.

But that doesn't stop Jiang Peng from making things up.

"How exactly did I, Jiang, prepare Fellow Daoist Ruhai? Was it by burning him with spiritual fire? By severing his arms and legs and turning him into a pig? Or did I simply pierce his throat with a sword?"

"It's hard to say exactly how, but it's true that Fellow Daoist Ru Hai died a very unpleasant death."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanyuan Sword reappeared in Jiang Peng's hand.

"Well? After hearing this, do you two still intend to leave? There are only three of you in the Li family of your generation. Your youngest brother died a violent death, and the murderer is right in front of you."

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family fell silent.

If they were confident they could take down these two, they wouldn't have chosen to leave.

Chen Chi's death would inevitably lead to reprimands from the Chen family upon their return. If they could kill two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cangshan Sect to atone for their mistakes, why would they pass up such an opportunity?

Retreat implies that the situation is hopeless.

Just as the two were hesitating, caught in a dilemma, Jiang Peng suddenly put away his longsword.

Li Ruyuan and the other man were initially puzzled by what they saw.

But suddenly, a slightly childish voice rang out from the side.

"Hey, isn't this Junior Brother Rufeng? How dare you show your face in front of me after becoming a traitor?"

The moment the sound rang out, Li Rufeng was terrified.

"Ni Chang? No, Senior Sister Ni Chang?"

Li Rufeng quickly looked around, but couldn't see the figure of Peak Master Ni Chang at all.

But he dared not be negligent in the slightest and hurriedly called out, "Senior sister, I also have my reasons, please let me explain..."

"Noisy."

A delicate, jade-like hand reached out from the void and appeared right in front of Li Rufeng.

The hand gently slapped Li Rufeng's cheek, seemingly without much force, but immediately afterward, Li Rufeng's head exploded.

Li Ruyuan, who was standing right next to him, was stunned by what he saw and stood there dumbfounded.

He still seemed somewhat unable to comprehend what had happened.

Meanwhile, the Peak Master of Ni Chang had already appeared, holding Li Rufeng's headless corpse in one hand, and stood opposite Li Ruyuan.

She looks younger.

If she used to look like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

At this moment, the Peak Master of Ni Chang looked only twelve or thirteen years old, and her voice also had a touch of childishness.

"Are you Junior Brother Rufeng's older brother?"

She wore the robes of her elders like a child who had stolen them; the robes that should have fit her were draped crookedly over her body, with the hem trailing long.

When she looked at Li Ruyuan in front of her, she even had to tilt her head slightly, with an innocent smile on her face.

"Your brother is dead, why aren't you there to be with him?"

"Or do you think you shouldn't have died?"

"I..."

As soon as Li Ruyuan opened his mouth, he was immediately interrupted by the Peak Master of Ni Chang.

"You think you're useless, but I think you deserve to die."

bang——

Another slap, and Li Ruyuan lost his life without any power to resist.

The Peak Master of Ni Chang casually grabbed Li Ruyuan's corpse again and turned to look in the direction where Jiang Peng and Sun Yinxi were.

"You can't even handle these two scoundrels in half a day?"

"They were determined to escape, and I was afraid that if we chased after them we would fall into an ambush, or encounter other Chen Kingdom cultivators who might cause trouble again, so I thought I should leave them here to settle things," Jiang Peng explained.

The Peak Master of Rainbow Peak shrugged noncommittally and tossed the two corpses in front of Jiang Peng.

"Just burn it while you're at it, then you two go back to the sect... I just received a message from the sect leader that the cultivators from the Chen family and Feiyan Tower have met up and are heading towards the sect."

"They're going to attack Cangshan?" Jiang Peng exclaimed in surprise. "Are they crazy?"

The sect has two Golden Core cultivators in charge, and a third-order formation protects the mountain. The three sects on the northern slope can also provide mutual support at any time.

"They're going to attack Cangshan?" Jiang Peng exclaimed in surprise. "Are they crazy?"

The sect has two Golden Core cultivators in charge, and a third-order formation protects the mountain. The three sects on the northern slope can also provide mutual support at any time.

Only a madman like Chen would want to start a war in front of the Cangshan Sect's mountain gate.

Even in the two years before this battle, when the Cangshan Sect occupied countless cities of all sizes in the Chen Kingdom, they never thought of attacking the capital of the Chen Kingdom.

"It's just for show." A meaningful smile appeared on the youthful face of the Peak Master of Rainbow Robe.

"It's simply because they saw that the higher-ups had arrived and knew that this battle wouldn't last long, so they wanted to quickly gain some advantages so that they would have more leverage when arguing later."

After saying that, Peak Master Ni Chang disappeared.

"Is your senior master in seclusion nearby?"

Sun Yinxi shook her head.

"I don't know where my master is. I sent a message to her for help when Golden Bronze Valley was besieged. She has only just arrived. She must have been far away before."

"I noticed that Senior Sister Ni Chang's appearance has changed somewhat. Is it some kind of cultivation technique?" Jiang Peng asked curiously.

Sun Yinxi couldn't explain it either.

"Although my master and I are both water-elemental cultivators, our paths of cultivation are different, and the techniques we use are also different."

Jiang Peng didn't delve into the matter upon hearing this, simply assuming that her senior sister Ni Chang's cultivation had made further progress.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the two landed in the Golden Bronze Valley.

First, they calmed down the disciples and the rogue miners, and then worked together to barely repair the formation.

Unfortunately, neither of them were array masters, and they could only restore the array to a barely usable state, but that was enough.

After all, the enemies have already gathered and should no longer harass the sect's properties. The formation is only meant to block the second-tier demonic beasts in the mountains and forests.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Jiang Peng and Sun Yinxi rode the strong winds and soared into the sky, quickly fleeing towards the Cangshan Sect.