Chapter 311

Chapter 311: An Explanation

Fang Gang disappeared forever. Although his death was tragic, even the Higher-ups of the sect did not feel nostalgic about him, as this disciple caused them too much trouble. The more second-generation immortals he killed, the busier the Higher-ups had to be, cleaning up after him.

No one would like such a disciple, no matter how talented he was, and they even secretly felt disgusted. This was one reason why, after Fang Lie’s death, the sect did not care for his only son at all. Many sighed, thinking that if you don’t create trouble, you won’t meet with misfortune! Fang Gang ended up like this because he had offended too many people; it was truly self-inflicted!

In fact, compared to Fang Gang, the fate of True Young Master was just as tragic. During the righteous and demonic war, when he encountered Fang Gang, he immediately lost his reason and took the lead in a mad pursuit. As a result, Fang Gang unleashed a powerful attack, annihilating him completely!

Poor True Young Master died at Fang Gang’s hands for the third time. This resurrection cost him dearly; his Golden Pool Qi Sea was left with only three thousand miles, and its quality had dropped to the lowest level, greatly reducing his potential.

While True Young Master previously had an 80% chance of advancing through the Thunder Tribulation, he now had only a 10% chance left. Even if he managed to advance, he would forever remain stuck in the early stage of Thunder Tribulation, making no progress at all!

Clearly possessing the potential for late-stage Thunder Tribulation, he might end up as only a Fire Tribulation Immortal for his entire life—a monumental difference! Not only was he filled with despair, but his family was also utterly disappointed and even revoked his right to resurrection. This meant that if he died again this time, the White Bone Sect would not revive him; he would disappear forever.

True Young Master was naturally unwilling to die. He still had plenty of youth to squander; although he was already over a hundred years old, he still had at least a thousand years left in lifespan! The thought of dying and losing everything, becoming nothing but rotting flesh, filled him with fear. He hurriedly pleaded to Fang Lie, disregarding any issues of face: "Fang Lie, spare me this once! I am willing to give you an Eighth-rank Treasure to buy my life!"

Before Fang Lie could respond, a bodyguard next to him suddenly changed color and exclaimed, "Young Master, that Eighth-rank Treasure is not yours! Strictly speaking, it belongs to the sect. You don’t have the qualification to use it for your life!"

"Get out of my way!" True Young Master shouted angrily. "My life isn’t even worth an Eighth-rank Treasure? This is all your fault! If it weren’t for your poor protection, how would I have ended up like this?"

The Fire Tribulation Immortal’s face turned green with anger. Clearly, it was True Young Master who provoked Fang Lie, leading to this trouble; how could he blame it on him? If it weren’t for True Young Master’s family power, he would have loved to take action against this annoying brat himself.

However, it seemed he would not need to intervene anymore. Fang Lie remained unmoved and coldly replied, "Forget it! Today, you must die!"

As he spoke, he urged the Amethyst Silkworm King to hasten the extraction of True Young Master’s blood essence. At that moment, the Fire Tribulation Immortal finally made up his mind and secretly withdrew his Magic to protect True Young Master.

Suddenly, True Young Master screamed in despair as the Amethyst Silkworm King drained him dry, taking all his essence, spirit, and mind.

Although True Young Master had become a waste in the eyes of the talents, he still possessed three thousand miles of Golden Pool and had opened the Purple Palace, with remarkable Magic and vitality. After the Amethyst Silkworm King absorbed all his blood essence, it flew back, as if it had just taken a powerful spirit pill, and crawled into Fang Lie’s sleeve, falling into a deep, sleepy state.

Fang Lie immediately realized it was preparing to advance to Seven Turns. Once successful, it would pose a threat even to the Fire Tribulation Immortal. Delighted with this gain, Fang Lie waved his hand, signaling the Seven Dragon True Immortals to stop.

Since the main target was already dead, Fang Lie saw no need to fight the Fire Tribulation Immortal to the bitter end, as that would be foolish; at least with his current strength, he found it too challenging to tackle such a formidable opponent.

The Fire Tribulation Immortal, having watched the Amethyst Silkworm King return without intervening, also showed a sign of restraint. Now that Fang Lie had stopped, he did not make another move but instead collected True Young Master’s corpse and coldly told Fang Lie, "The White Bone Sect will remember today’s events!"

Without giving Fang Lie a chance to respond, he activated the secret escape technique and disappeared without a trace.

"Hmph, just the White Bone Sect; I am not scared of you!" Fang Lie scoffed coldly, then turned to the several high-ranking members of the Penglai Sword Sect who had been observing. "Everyone from the Penglai Sword Sect, the show is over; shouldn’t you give me an explanation?"

"An explanation?" The several Fire Tribulation Immortals were nearly enraged by Fang Lie’s words. "You, on our territory, recklessly killed our VIPs and even threatened us with the Kunlun Sword Token, preventing us from intervening, and now you want us to give you an explanation?"

"Everyone says that the Mo Sect Fang Family is straightforward, but why don’t you make any sense at all?"

"Exactly, today’s matter should be on you, or even the Mo Sect, to give us an explanation!"

Clearly, these few people arrived late and did not know the chain of events, thinking Fang Lie was deliberately causing trouble!

"Hmph!" Fang Lie coldly snorted and said, "Although I, Fang, am not talented, I come from a prestigious family, so I naturally must be reasonable. This time, I received your invitation and came here, but just as I arrived, I ran into the big fool from the White Bone Sect. As soon as he heard I was Fang Lie from the Mo Sect, he threw out an Eighth-rank Treasure, which led to this fight! You, as the hosts, actually allowed a guest like me to encounter danger in your territory! Are you saying I should give you an explanation? Who is really being unreasonable?"

"What?" The Fire Tribulation Immortals were all greatly shocked upon hearing this. They could no longer maintain their high and mighty demeanor because this matter was too serious; one of the core disciples from the White Bone Sect was dead. If it were just a private grievance between him and Fang Lie, that would be fine, but from Fang Lie’s words, it seemed to concern them as well, which was a huge problem.

Thus, the three elders revealed their true selves and came before Fang Lie.

Among them, one was the Blue-Robed Cultivator, one was a Confucian scholar in a blue robe, and the other was a swordsman in white.

"This is impossible!" the Blue-Robed Cultivator said solemnly. "In our pavilion, there are several passages, and to avoid enemies encountering each other, we have long stipulated that you must take different paths. So, according to reason, you and the True Young Master should not be able to meet unless you deliberately came to find him!"

"Heh, that’s strange!" Fang Lie indifferently glanced at Li Jingyun beside him and said, "I don’t know about that True Young Master, but we were all brought here by this Steward Li."

Hearing this, the Fire Tribulation Immortals turned to look at Li Jingyun all at once.

Li Jingyun’s face turned ashen, cold sweat pouring down. Seeing the inquiring eyes of the Fire Tribulation Immortals, he quickly said, "I was also ordered to guide and didn’t know I would run into the True Young Master from the White Bone Sect here!"

"Um?" The white-robed swordsman then asked the guide of the True Young Master, "And what about you?"

"I was also ordered to guide and absolutely wouldn’t dare to act on my own!" the guy said, sweating profusely.

"Damn it!" the white-robed swordsman exclaimed angrily. "There must be a mistake somewhere!"

"So that means it’s your fault?" Fang Lie narrowed his eyes and said maliciously, "Although I am not in a high position, I am not someone to be bullied!"

As he spoke, Fang Lie fiddled with the Kunlun Sword Token in his hand, the threat clear in his expression!

If it were an ordinary VIP, even a second-generation immortal, these three elders wouldn’t care too much.

But Fang Lie was different; he held the Kunlun Sword Token, and he had a grudge against East Kunlun for his father’s murder, so if he got angry, he might really use the token to let East Kunlun destroy the Penglai Sword Sect.

Regardless of how the two sects fought, Fang Lie would end up smiling with joy!

Faced with such a young man who possessed a powerful weapon and seemed unconcerned, the three Fire Tribulation Immortals felt uneasy and dared not dismiss him.

The Blue-Robed Cultivator hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Fang Lie, saying, "This matter is because we of the Penglai Sword Sect did not arrange things well. We bear responsibility for it. However, the situation is unclear now, and it’s difficult for us to handle it. How about we investigate thoroughly and give you a satisfactory explanation afterward, what do you think?"

"Alright!" Fang Lie put away the Kunlun Sword Token and said lightly, "I trust that the esteemed seniors of the Penglai Sword Sect will not make me lose such a piece of scrap!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of the three Immortals twitched involuntarily, thinking to themselves, ‘This kid is quite bold, clearly threatening us!’

However, they truly had no way to deal with Fang Lie; they couldn’t dare to act against him and couldn’t intimidate him either, leaving them at a loss.

So, they pretended not to hear Fang Lie’s words and instead had someone else guide Fang Lie.

As for Li Jingyun, he was taken away pale-faced for questioning.

The new guide assigned to Fang Lie was a middle-aged woman who had just witnessed Fang Lie’s imposing demeanor. She felt immense fear towards this person who dared to threaten the three great Fire Tribulation Immortals with the total destruction of his family and did not dare to be disrespectful, obediently leading Fang Lie to a special mansion.

According to the guide, this luxurious mansion, covering several hundred acres, housed only two people from the Mo Sect: Fang Lie and Mo Lanyun.

Surrounding this mansion were several other large and small mansions, forming a massive complex where disciples from various righteous sects resided.

The Mo Sect and the other eight super sects had the biggest mansions, while others were for the second-rate sects meant for the second-generation immortals.

Far off in the distance, there were two other building complexes where second-generation immortals from demonic sects and Fang Sect lived.

The three building complexes were quite far apart, separated by formations, and guarded by disciples from the Penglai Sword Sect, clearly trying to prevent these second-generation immortals, who had old grudges, from meeting and starting fights for no reason.