Chapter 316 The oppressive aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator Li Shengjiang the true referee

Hong Shao’s words immediately made Cui Sheng’s eyebrows furrow and his eyes reveal anger.

Despicable?

What does “despicable” mean?

Is she calling herself shameless?

But Hong Shao remained smiling, her gaze calm and level, showing no fear whatsoever.

Although Hong Shao is at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, her identity is far too special.

Her status as a Grandmaster of Alchemy alone was enough to allow her to be treated as an equal to a Nascent Soul expert.

In addition, she herself was extremely talented. Back when she was in Medicine King Valley, she did not break through to the Nascent Soul stage because she was ambitious and wanted to complete the Nascent Soul path without relying on any external forces!

Although she was severely injured due to the calamity of the Blood River Sect and the outbreak of the Heavenly Demon, and her cultivation level once dropped to the early stage of the Golden Core realm, her temperament remained unchanged, and she slowly recovered and once again reached perfection!

She would not use pills, medicines, or any other external objects; she would rely solely on her own cultivation and Daoist thoughts to invoke the rules of heaven and earth and condense her natal nascent soul within the golden core!

This is the perfected Yuan Ying (Primordial Infant), which, once successful, is incredibly powerful!

Foundation building and core condensation are the same. As long as you don’t rely on external forces, you can naturally comprehend and break through to the next realm. That is a perfect breakthrough, the best, and completely risk-free way to break through.

Yu Xian is a perfect foundation builder.

However, it remains to be seen whether he can achieve the perfect Golden Elixir.

Red Peony, on the other hand, represents a truly perfect foundation-building process, growing into a perfect Golden Core along the way.

So now, she naturally wants to perfect the virgin baby!

Otherwise, with her abilities, she would have already refined countless precious pills to help one achieve Nascent Soul formation, thus achieving it herself.

Moreover, even though she is currently at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will step into the Nascent Soul stage within a few years, or a dozen years, or at most a few decades, becoming a Nascent Soul level old monster on par with Cui Sheng.

Therefore, Cui Sheng can look down on Chen Manman. After all, Chen Manman has a long way to go to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and whether she can succeed is still unknown.

But Hong Shao has an 80% chance of success! He can’t take it lightly!

Cui Sheng’s anger brewed for a moment before he finally suppressed it and said calmly, “When have I ever bullied the weak? It is you, a disciple of the Alchemy Sect, who is truly bullying the weak. With your Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivation, you bully a weak woman in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. And you, a woman yourself, are now speaking up for him?”

“I’m not taking his side.”

Hong Shao smiled calmly, turned to look at Chu Li’er and said, “I’m speaking on the side of reason, Chu Li’er, come here.”

Chu Li’er felt a pang of panic and couldn’t help but look at Chu Zexing.

Chu Zexing said calmly, “The sect leader summoned you, so come over.”

Chu Li’er had no choice but to cautiously approach, bowing respectfully and saying, “Disciple greets Sect Master…”

“We have heard everything Yu Xian said. Now, we have a question for you.”

Hong Shao calmly looked at Chu Li’er and asked, “Did Yu Xian lie?”

Chu Li’er pursed her lips. Facing Hong Shao, she naturally dared not lie. After all, lying was meaningless. There were so many witnesses around, all of whom were evidence. Once she was exposed, she would suffer the consequences.

So she nodded cautiously and said, “No, I wasn’t lying… It was because I was overly resentful and wanted to seek justice for Master, so I kept provoking Senior Brother Yu with my words…”

As she spoke, her eyes reddened again, tears streaming down her face, and she sobbed, “But… my master is dead… Sect Master, my master is dead…”

Chu Li’er looked truly pitiful, with tears streaming down her face, like a pear blossom in the rain, so delicate and endearing.

Those who witnessed this were almost all moved and couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts.

Their master is dead… What’s wrong with complaining a bit? They’re just deliberately picking a fight with you, so what? After all, you’re the one who caused it, aren’t you?

For a time, even though the root cause of the conflict was Chu Li’er’s unreasonable offense, deliberately picking a fight and provoking trouble first.

But in everyone’s hearts, at this moment, they felt that she had done nothing wrong.

On the contrary, Yu Xian has no magnanimity at all. Relying on his high cultivation level, he actually dared to hit Chu Li’er. He is truly not a human being.

“How ridiculous! Your master is dead, and instead of observing mourning, you come here and address your senior brother as such.”

Suddenly, a voice rang out. Su Xiaoduo, her eyes filled with hidden anger, coldly looked at Chu Li’er and said, “My senior brother sits in the hall, doing things according to the rules, refining two pills a day, which is perfectly upright! What do you have to yell at?! When your master sat in the hall, he didn’t refine two or three batches of pills a month, so why didn’t you yell at him then?! If my senior brother is doing things according to the rules like this, then what is your master? Is he a Pixiu? Only eating and not excreting? Humph! I think you are truly despicable and disgusting! And now you’re pretending to cry here? Your master died, and instead of going to his grave to cry, you’re crying here?! You really are your master’s most filial son!”

Su Xiaoduo’s words were crisp and clear, echoing all around.

Everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but turn to her.

Chu Li’er’s sobs froze on the spot. She stared at Su Xiaoduo with a dazed look in her eyes, which then ignited with intense resentment!

That bitch…

“What are you looking at? Weren’t you going to cry? Why have you stopped? What, has your master come back to life?”

Su Xiaoduo looked at Chu Li’er with a cold expression in her eyes.

That bitch is truly ungrateful. My senior brother told me about what happened back then, and I know it all too well!

And my senior brother would never lie!

Chu Li’er was so vicious back then, and now not only does she not repent, she has become even worse, slandering, insulting, and defaming her senior brother! What a despicable slut!

Chu Li’er gritted her teeth, but dared not retort.

Su Xiaoduo is Hong Shao’s personal disciple, and has a noble status.

Although his great-grandfather was also an elder in the late Golden Core stage, after dozens of generations of bloodline dilution, apart from having the surname Chu, he had almost no relation to this great-grandfather.

This ancestor has never helped me much since he started guiding me into the path of cultivation.

He was simply using his connections to gain considerable benefits, both openly and secretly.

So now that Su Xiaoduo is mocking her like this, she can’t argue back or fight back.

Otherwise, Chu Zexing might not protect her, but Hong Shao would definitely punish her!

“Alright, Xiaoduo, don’t say any more.”

Hong Shao gently scolded, then turned to Chu Zexing and smiled, “Fellow Daoist Chu, Li’er is your junior, and it is inconvenient for our sect to discipline her. You should take her back and teach her properly. This child actually has good aptitude, but her temperament still needs your guidance, lest she truly go astray.”

Chu Zexing smiled slightly and nodded, saying, “Thank you, Sect Master. I will teach her well.”

After saying that, he turned to look at Chu Li’er and said coldly, “Aren’t you leaving? Don’t embarrass yourself here.”

“yes……”

Chu Li’er looked aggrieved, but she breathed a sigh of relief. She nodded quickly, timidly approached Chu Zexing, and went up the mountain with him.

Hong Shao then looked at Cui Sheng and said calmly, “Now, Senior Cui, we should talk about your disciple’s crime of causing trouble in my Alchemy Sect. If there are conflicts among the disciples of my Alchemy Sect, we elders will handle them ourselves. What does it have to do with your disciple? She came here to ‘see injustice’? Hmm?”

“ridiculous.”

Chen Manman also revealed a sneer and said, “What a fine example of standing up for justice! If she were to become an enforcement elder in the judicial department, I’m afraid she would cause countless wrongful deaths in the future!”

Cui Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Yang Lin’s eyes were filled with intense anger, half of which was directed at Yu Xian, and the other half at Chu Li’er!

I was just helping her out, teaching Yu Xian a lesson!

But she’s done something else; now she’s just packed her bags and left, and she’s the one who deliberately caused trouble!

She didn’t even say a word in her defense before she left!

His three fellow disciples were either injured or crippled, and his elder brother Yang Song was also seriously injured. He also did not gain any advantage from Yu Xian.

Ultimately, I’ll still be punished and have to bear the blame for causing trouble!?

“Then how does the sect leader of the Alchemy Sect intend to punish my disciple for causing trouble?”

Cui Sheng’s tone also turned cold, and his voice became flat.

“He deliberately caused trouble, beat up my alchemy master, and even dared to call me by my name, thus offending the elders. He shall be punished for all three crimes.”

Chen Manman immediately sneered and looked at Cui Sheng, saying, “Then go and spend half a month in a dark jail.”

Imprisoned in a dark cell…

Cui Sheng’s expression remained unchanged, but his eyes grew even colder as he looked only at Hong Shao.

He clearly treated Chen Manman’s words as nonsense and paid no attention to them, only considering Hong Shao’s words to be true.

However, Hong Shao and Chen Manman are of one mind.

Seeing Chen Manman say this, she naturally replied calmly, “Sit in the dark for half a month is reasonable. Otherwise, if everyone came to my alchemy sect to ‘see injustice on the road,’ what rules would my alchemy sect have left?”

“Hahaha… Hahahaha!”

Choi Seung chuckled softly for a moment, then threw his head back and burst into laughter!

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted, sweeping across the entire Alchemy Sect!

“One is in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and the other is at the great perfection of the Golden Core realm. Normally, when you’re refining pills, I might as well give you some face. But now, you’re taking advantage of my kindness?”

Cui Sheng’s voice was cold, and his overwhelming pressure felt like a heavy burden, making it hard for everyone to breathe!

He looked at Chen Manman, whose face was solemn, and Hong Shao, whose expression was calm, and said, “Who do you think you are?! You dare to punish my disciple?!”

Hong Shao was not intimidated by Cui Sheng’s imposing presence. She calmly looked at Cui Sheng and said, “Senior Cui, are you trying to protect your disciple?”

“snort.”

Cui Sheng said coldly, “Even if my disciple did not do anything wrong, and even if he did, I would cover for him. What can you do about it?”

“I am but a weak woman, and naturally I cannot do anything to you, senior, nor can I do anything to your esteemed disciple.”

Hong Shao smiled faintly and said, “Please go ahead, senior.”

Cui Sheng’s eyes flashed. He hadn’t expected Hong Shao to admit defeat so readily, without arguing with him at all. He had shown a domineering and protective side, and she just gave in.

But then again, what can she do if she doesn’t acknowledge it?

She’s not even a Nascent Soul cultivator yet. Even if she is, she’s only at the early stage of Nascent Soul. It would take her hundreds or thousands of years, or even thousands of years, to catch up with me, who is at the late stage of Nascent Soul!

I’m giving her face; she’s a grandmaster of alchemy.

If you don’t give her face, she’s just a lowly Golden Core cultivator! You could easily kill her with a flick of your wrist!

Cui Sheng glanced coldly at Hong Shao. With Hong Shao admitting defeat like this, he no longer had any room to make trouble.

Moreover, now that Hong Shao has been harmed, and Chen Manman is also in danger, it will be difficult to obtain high-grade sixth-rank pills for future cultivation or recuperation.

But since things had come to this, this was all he could do.

We can’t possibly let Lin’er spend half a month in a dark jail, otherwise she’d be ruined!

With another cold snort, Cui Sheng couldn’t help but turn his head to glance at Yu Xian.

It’s all because of this insignificant thing that so much trouble has happened today!

What a bastard!

Now that the relationship has soured, let’s go all the way and first eliminate the inner demons of my beloved disciple!

As he was thinking this, Cui Sheng’s eyes suddenly flashed!

“Cui Sheng, what are you doing!?”

Before Cui Sheng could even muster his energy, Hong Shao suddenly roared, her figure abruptly breaking through Cui Sheng’s suppressive aura. She took a step forward, arriving in front of Yu Xian, and looked at Cui Sheng with icy eyes: “You, a dignified late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, actually dare to attack a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator!?”

“Um!?”

Cui Sheng’s eyebrows furrowed, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, which was followed by a surge of anger.

“How dare you address me by my name!?”

Cui Sheng let out a low shout, and the world seemed to darken! The extremely terrifying pressure of the late-stage Nascent Soul realm erupted completely!

So what if I call you by your first name!?

Hong Shao shouted, “No wonder my disciple is causing trouble! It turns out it’s because you, her master, have no bottom line! A Nascent Soul cultivator dares to attack a Foundation Establishment cultivator! Have you no shame?!”

“You bastard! You’re just at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Do you really think you can be so arrogant in front of me just because you know a few pill-refining techniques!”

Cui Sheng was furious and suddenly raised his hand to strike Hong Shao.

Hong Shao stood still, unmoving, her gaze icy, her aura already condensed to its extreme!

boom!!

But at that moment, the entire Haotian Sect’s grand formation suddenly moved, and an extremely powerful force of control descended, instantly suppressing all the energy. Even Cui Sheng’s late-stage Nascent Soul power was suppressed by the formation!

“stop!”

The next moment, a voice came from behind!

But then, three people flew through the air from the main peak of Haotian Sect and arrived at the Alchemy Peak in the blink of an eye!

These three people include the Supreme Second Elder, Li Shengjiang.

The two were the Supreme Elders, including Sun Liancheng.

The three are the Supreme Five Elders’ Mansion of Ning’an.

Of these three Supreme Elders, Li Shengjiang was originally from the Yuanjian Sect.

Sun Liancheng and Fu Ning’an are both Nascent Soul Elders of the Xuantian Sect.

The powerful array had suppressed Cui Sheng beforehand, preventing him from making a move. Now that the three were rushing in, Sun Liancheng waved his hand, and the array returned to normal. With the three of them facing him, Cui Sheng had no chance to hurt Hong Shao.

Li Shengjiang frowned and said, “Fellow Daoist Cui, what’s wrong with you? Why did you have a conflict with Hongshao today and even try to hurt her?”

“Fellow Daoist Cui, even if Hong Shao has done something wrong, you don’t need to take action against her, do you?”

Sun Liancheng also looked displeased.

Hong Shao is a great treasure of the Haotian Sect. In the future, if the Haotian Sect and the Blood River Sect go to war, with the Nascent Soul experts fighting on the front lines, she will refine precious pills in the rear, which will increase everyone’s chances of winning and surviving by 30%!

Besides, she had often refined pills for Nascent Soul Grand Elders, so there was still a bond between them. How could they possibly break off relations and use their cultivation level to attack her?

Fu Ning’an remained silent. His cultivation was inferior to Cui Sheng’s, so he was not qualified to question him, but the displeasure in his eyes was extremely strong.

Cui Sheng looked at Li Shengjiang and Sun Liancheng and said slowly, “Hong Shao calls me by my name directly, showing no respect for hierarchy. Shouldn’t she be punished?”

“She calls you by your first name?”

Sun Liancheng frowned and looked at Hong Shao, asking, “Hong Shao, what’s going on?”

Hong Shao looked at Sun Liancheng, Li Shengjiang, and Fu Ning’an, and bowed slightly, saying, “Seniors, I have already recorded this matter. I humbly request that you uphold justice.”

With that, she waved her hand, and a jade tablet flew out, revealing a series of scenes.

This is a jade pendant that records events. From the moment Hong Shao arrived, it began to record these events!

The scene flashed so fast that others could barely see it.

However, in the eyes of the three Nascent Soul experts, it was exactly the same.

After reading it in just a few breaths, Fu Ning’an shouted, “Brother Cui, you’ve gone too far! We, the people of various sects, rebuilt the Haotian Orthodox Sect to uphold justice and eliminate evil cultivators! This is not your puppet spirit sect, where you alone are in charge! You’re blatantly protecting them? Where are the sect rules?!”

Sun Liancheng also showed displeasure and said, “Fellow Daoist Cui, you have gone a bit too far. You have really lost the demeanor of a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

Li Shengjiang glanced at Yu Xian, then at Yang Lin, who was gritting her teeth and pursing her lips, her face full of resentment, and said calmly, “Alright, in the end, this matter is just a conflict between juniors. Why make it so big and so deep? If you ask me, how about this?”

Everyone looked at Li Shengjiang.

It’s unclear how this second Supreme Elder of the Haotian Sect, who is the strongest in cultivation besides the Grand Elder who is currently in seclusion trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, will decide.

Li Shengjiang said calmly, “I suggest that the two of them go to the Martial Arts Hall for a one-on-one duel. We will act as referees and no one is allowed to interfere. They will be responsible for their own outcome! Let the children resolve their own affairs!”