Chapter 41
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Chapter 41: Sect Competition
Fang Lie glared at Ice Second Brother and snapped, "Do you think a Qi Sea level cultivator like me could rob any shop in Gentle Breeze Tower? Bare-handed and treasure-less, even the shop assistants could pummel me senseless without the guards lifting a finger!"
Ice Second Brother grinned. "Big Brother, you’re too modest! You’re the legend who defeated a thousand family disciples!"
"That was the sect rules executing them!" Fang Lie retorted. "Keep spouting nonsense and I’ll thrash you!"
"Forgive me!" Ice Second Brother hastily backtracked. "But how did you get all these treasures?"
"Remember Zhou the Skinflint?" Fang Lie asked.
"How could we forget?" Fang Huo growled. "That thief stole our Sect Benefits for ten years! I’d skin him alive!"
"Too late," Fang Lie chuckled. "He was reduced to ashes. I took his Shadow Heart-Questioning Dagger and sold it at Baibao Zhai for 450,000 spirit stones. That’s how I bought these."
"You killed a Golden Pool Master in Gentle Breeze Tower?!" Ice Second Brother gaped.
"Fool!" Fang Lie smacked his head. "Could I kill a Golden Pool realm cultivator? Let alone one armed with superior treasures?"
"But those thousand you killed were all stronger!" Ice Second Brother protested, rubbing his head.
"The sect rules executed them, not me!" Fang Lie countered. "Zhou the Skinflint was slain by Zhou Zhengqing himself!"
"The Faith Token Lord? Ancestral Hall’s Thunder Tribulation Immortal?" Ice Second Brother gasped.
Longxing Tianxia interjected, "But Zhou Zhengqing protects the Zhou Family. Why kill their steward?"
"Because Big Brother was present!" Fang Lie explained. "He couldn’t violate sect rules openly, so he silenced Zhou the Skinflint to protect the family’s secrets."
"But you’re the candidate Benevolence Token Lord," Longxing Tianxia reasoned. "Zhou Zhengqing wouldn’t dare harm you over a disposable lackey."
"After the murder, he tried bribing me to play the righteous hero," Fang Lie sneered. "I exposed his hypocrisy before the entire sect. Made him lose all face!"
The brothers gasped. "You shamed a Thunder Tribulation Immortal?!" Fang Huo exclaimed.
Mao Mao tugged Fang Lie’s sleeve. "Brother, stay indoors to avoid retaliation."
"Too late," Fang Lie sighed. "The Yuan Family trapped me with the Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation. Burned to ashes instantly. Only my undying nature saved me."
"But sect rules forbid Seventh-rank treasures in combat!" Ice Second Brother protested.
Longxing Tianxia snorted. "Rules don’t bind the Eight-Hundred-Generation Families. Yet you survived a formation that melts Thunder Tribulation Immortals?!"
Fang Lie smirked. "Their flames rose ten feet, but my Dao soared a hundred!"
"What of the Yuan Family?" Ice Second Brother pressed.
"Wiped out," Fang Lie said grimly. "They recruited in-laws to activate the formation. Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers clubbed them all to death below the Ancestral Hall."
"You eradicated a mid-tier clan in half a day?!" Ice Second Brother marveled.
"They attacked first!" Fang Lie spread his hands. "I’m just a candidate Lord – powerless against corruption unless provoked. Yesterday’s executions, today’s massacre – all self-inflicted!"
The brothers chorused mockingly: "Completely unrelated to you!"
Mao Mao noticed Fang Lie’s threadbare Dao Robe. "Where’s your treasure, Brother?"
"Treasures would just tempt assassins," Fang Lie shrugged. "Until things calm, I’ll remain a thorn in the Eight-Hundred-Generation Families’ side."
Ice Second Brother clenched his fists. "When we master cultivation, we’ll purge all wicked clans!"
"Careful!" Fang Lie warned. "We’re Fang Family – part of the Eight-Hundred-Generation Families. We punish evil, not innocent kin!"
Distributing four Ocean Stones, he added, "Use these freely. The remaining low-grade spirit stones will feed our juniors."
Ice Second Brother frowned. "But the sacred sect competition approaches! Top ten entrants become inner gate disciples – and you’d claim the Benevolence Token Lord seat!"
"Against tens of thousands?" Fang Lie laughed bitterly. "Many are family Talents with supreme treasures and cultivation. You think this pauper stands a chance?"
