271Chapter 270 No mistakes in the fight but more undercurrents are brewing

Yu Xian’s expression was frank and sincere, without any hint of flattery.

Strictly speaking, Chen Manman is extremely beautiful, no less so than Hong Shao!

In particular, her figure was unparalleled; she was one of the most beautiful women Yu Xian had ever seen.

Therefore, Yu Xian was speaking the truth, and was very frank.

Of course, what’s wrong with slightly modifying the language to eliminate the hostility she felt from You Xiaohua’s loss of face in the alchemy competition?

“cough……”

Chen Manman blinked her beautiful eyes, her lips almost curving into a smile, but she suppressed it, cleared her throat and said seriously, “Of course, how could I hold a grudge over such a small matter? In my opinion, you are indeed not the murderer. Alright, you can all leave now.”

“Thank you, Elder. This disciple will take his leave.”

Yu Xian immediately bowed and turned to leave quickly.

Upon seeing this, You Xiaohua also bowed to Chen Manman: “Master, your disciple takes her leave.”

Having said that, he followed Yu Xian away.

“Hahaha… um…”

Upon seeing the two leave the main hall, Chen Manman finally couldn’t hold back any longer and burst into laughter, hands on her hips and head thrown back.

But she quickly realized that such wild laughter was not in line with the phrase “graceful as a startled swan,” and was somewhat unladylike. So she tried hard to suppress her laughter, then straightened her expression, revealed a graceful demeanor, and with bare feet she took off into the air, her white dress billowing away.

Stepping out of the main hall, Yu Xian breathed a sigh of relief once again.

This matter is now completely over, and I no longer need to hide anything or worry about the two lines crossing paths.

Yu Xiaohua stepped forward from behind. Yu Xian stood in place and waited. When she came out, he bowed slightly again and said, “Thank you, Senior Sister.”

You Xiaohua shook her head and said, “No need to thank me. I didn’t help at all. I was just telling the truth. Even with Master, it was you who cleverly defused Master’s anger.”

After saying that, You Xiaohua smiled faintly and said, “But I really didn’t realize that you, who seem so unapproachable, are actually quite good at talking. No wonder Xiaoduo likes you so much.”

“Forehead……”

Yu Xian’s expression froze on the spot.

Xiao Duo likes me… I know it in my heart, but it’s not like I seduced her with sweet words…

Could it be that You Xiaohua thinks she was just being hypocritical all along?

This is a huge misunderstanding…

But Yu Xian didn’t explain. The more you explain, the more people believe it.

Fortunately, Yu Xian didn’t care what others thought of him.

He smiled helplessly and said, “As long as the Second Elder isn’t angry, that’s fine.”

You Xiaohua looked at Yu Xian for a while, nodded slightly, and then started walking down the mountain.

Yu Xian naturally followed suit.

Being able to cripple Guo Pin in today’s duel is definitely an unexpected bonus.

Although they couldn’t kill him outright, crippling him would probably be more painful for him than killing him outright!

He will live a life filled with pain for the next ten years or so, until his death!

Falling from a celestial master at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment to a mortal is an extreme disparity that can generate endless pain and resentment.

Perhaps Guo Pin will become a vengeful ghost in the future?

Hehehe…

Yu Xian’s expression was indifferent, and his gaze was cold.

Guo Pin is already useless, so only Chu Li’er is left…

Chu Li’er is not easy to kill, much less easy to cripple. It’s not that she’s stronger than Guo Pin, but that she has a powerful backer, an ancestor of a late-stage Golden Core expert, Chu Zexing!

Therefore, if she is killed and evidence is left behind, or if the Imperial Observatory investigates, it will be a situation of mutual destruction.

Perhaps one day Yu Xian will have to leave Haotian Sect. Before that, he can get rid of Li’er. Even if Chu Zexing is furious and asks the Nascent Soul Elder to use the Qintian Mirror to find out who the murderer is, he will be nowhere to be found.

We’ll see, there’ll always be another chance, right?

Yu Xian’s gaze returned to calm as he began to descend the mountain.

“Yu Xian!!”

Just then, a sharp roar, filled with intense anger and murderous intent, rang out from afar!

Yu Xian raised an eyebrow and looked up.

Chu Li’er, holding a sword in one hand and making a hand seal with the other, pounced on him from over a hundred feet away!

“You’re using your position for personal revenge! You crippled my master’s cultivation! I’ll kill you!!”

The sword suddenly flashed and moved rapidly as if teleporting, instantly reaching Yu Xian.

In addition, she had already formed a magic hand seal, which shone brightly like stars. This was a magic that Yu Xian had never seen before, but it looked somewhat similar to the Xuan Tian Spirit Slaying Technique. Perhaps it was a secret technique from the Xuan Tian Secret Manual, and its power was extremely remarkable!

Yu Xian’s eyes flashed, revealing a cold look. She was practically handing herself over to her death!

“Chu Li’er! What are you doing!?”

However, You Xiaohua, who was still at the foot of the mountain, suddenly shouted and waved her hand!

boom!

A burst of energy erupted, blocking her spell.

Just as the flying sword reached Yu Xian, Yu Xian raised his hand and grabbed it, forcefully pressing it down!

This sword is a high-grade fourth-tier magic weapon with great killing power, but the cultivator who wields it is only at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, and cannot unleash its full killing power. Therefore, it cannot break through Yu Xian’s physical defenses.

The sword trembled wildly, trying to break free from Yu Xian’s grasp, but Yu Xian held it like an iron clamp, and Chu Li’er couldn’t pull it back at all.

Chu Li’er tried her best to control the flying sword and break free from Yu Xian’s control, but Yu Xian stood still, holding it with one hand, as if he were holding a struggling fish, and she couldn’t break free no matter what.

Blocked by You Xiaohua, she could only scream, “Senior Sister, get out of my way! This scoundrel harmed my master! I will never let him get away with this!!”

“What happened to Brother Guo is indeed regrettable, but injuries are inevitable in a fight, so how can you blame me for this?”

You Xiaohua said in a deep voice, “Besides, Brother Guo may still have a chance to recover. Don’t be ridiculous!”

“How can my master recover?! His dantian was shattered! All his cultivation is ruined! How can he possibly recover?! This scoundrel deliberately harmed my master out of resentment!! I want him to pay with his life! I will definitely make him pay with his life!!”

Chu Li’er’s eyes were filled with anger. Guo Pin had taken such good care of her over the years, teaching her, imparting knowledge, helping her refine pills, and assisting her in cultivation. He had done everything a master should do!

Therefore, even if Chu Li’er did not regard Guo Pin as her father, she definitely had a very deep master-disciple relationship with him.

As for when she was in Medicine King Valley, she refused to have her tongue cut out and made her master kneel down. That was because she was still young at the time and did not understand her master’s love for her.

Now she understands how much her master loves her, and she respects him very much. If she had to do it all over again, she would rather cut out her tongue than let her master kneel down in humiliation!

But now, Guo Pin doesn’t have to kneel anymore; he’s been crippled!

Her cultivation was completely destroyed; she couldn’t even imagine the pain that must have been!

Looking at Guo Pin lying unconscious on the bed, Chu Li’er was completely certain that Yu Xian was that little thief from back then! He’s here for revenge!

How hateful! My master and I should have found an opportunity to kill him long ago! We hesitated for so long, and now he has harmed our master first!

Seeing Chu Li’er acting like a madwoman, You Xiaohua shouted again, “This was just an accident! An accident during the competition! It’s not anyone’s fault! Don’t act recklessly! Otherwise, if the sect leader gets angry, no one will protect you!”

Yu Xian stood at a distance and said calmly, “Chu Li’er, I am indeed Yu Xian. However, what happened back then was just a trivial matter. So many years have passed, and I have long forgotten about it. Now, you and I are both righteous disciples of the Haotian Sect, working together to eliminate the evil cult. How could I harm your master for this? I fought with him, and both of us gave it our all, but he didn’t have enough spiritual energy and refused to admit defeat, which ultimately led to his injury. I bear some responsibility for this, but if you say I’m wrong, then I won’t admit it. Even if this matter is taken to the Supreme Elder, I am not wrong!”

Having said that, Yu Xian suddenly waved his hand, and the sword shot out, plunging into the distant rocks with a bang and disappearing without a trace.

“good.”

You Xiaohua nodded and said, “Stop fooling around. If Yu Xian did it on purpose, how could the sect leader not see it? Quickly stop the spell! Otherwise, the sect rules will not forgive you!”

Chu Li’er gritted her teeth, but blocked by You Xiaohua, she was powerless against Yu Xian. She could only look at Yu Xian with venomous eyes and say, “Yu Xian! You harmed my master. If I don’t avenge this, I, Chu Li’er, swear I will not be human!!”

With that, she waved her hand, and the sword flew out from the mountain and landed in her palm. She then gave Yu Xian a venomous look before turning and leaving.

“Why.”

Seeing Chu Li’er leave, Yu Xian sighed and said helplessly, “What the sect leader said about the competition being laughable is absolutely true. Once either side is injured, it will become an enmity, which is just making enemies for no reason.”

You Xiaohua nodded and said, “That’s right. In seven months, there will be a great competition in the inner sect. Who knows how many casualties will occur? Wouldn’t it be better to select people to cultivate Golden Core cultivators and let the Nascent Soul elders test them? Why bother with a competition? This will only increase casualties and is meaningless. But don’t worry, you were not at fault today. Even the Supreme Elder will not blame you.”

“I hope so.”

Yu Xian nodded, sighed again, shook his head helplessly, and walked away.

You Xiaohua also sighed softly. She felt sorry for Guo Pin being crippled. After all, Guo Pin had cultivated diligently for so many years, but all of it was lost in one day. It was truly… tragic!

But who can he blame? No one but himself…

Yu Xian descended the mountain, left the alchemy sect, and returned to his small courtyard.

Inside the main room, Yu Xian sat cross-legged, his thoughts already entering the spirit beast pouch along with the spiritual energy.

The corpse of the fourth-tier, three-striped tiger was gone.

Apart from a few traces of blood, there wasn’t even a bone fragment left on the ground.

The little cat’s belly was round and swollen, more than three times its normal size. At this moment, it was lying there sprawled out, rolling its eyes as if it had eaten too much.

The heron in the clouds was radiating rich spiritual energy, flying wildly inside the spirit beast pouch, venting the violent spiritual power within its body.

The three-striped tiger was devoured by the cat and the bird, and the entire body was transformed into surging spiritual energy, which powerfully replenished its flesh and blood.

Yu Xian frowned and first looked at the little phoenix cat rolling its eyes.

Will it get so full that it dies?

How much tiger meat did this tiny creature eat?

Although the little phoenix cat was lying there sprawled out with its eyes rolled back, it was still breathing well and its body was in a frenzy of digestion. Its bloodline was not much lower than that of the three-striped tiger, so digestion was easy for it. It was just that it was feeling uncomfortable because it was too full.

On the contrary, the Cloud Heron, having just completed its advancement and still in a weak state, suddenly consumed a large amount of the flesh and bones of the Three-Striped Tiger. It was having great difficulty digesting the food, which is why it flew wildly to release the violent spiritual energy within its body.

After all, although it has advanced and recovered some of its ancestral bloodline, it is still not as powerful as the Three-Striped Tiger. Ultimately, its starting point is too low, and it needs to grow slowly and pursue a more powerful bloodline step by step.

Yu Xian carefully observed the heron in the clouds without disturbing or helping it; it seemed that the heron could hold on for now.

It’s actually better to let it overcome some crises on its own. If you always help it, you’ll only raise a useless animal.

Of course, if Yun Zhonglu really couldn’t hold on any longer, Yu Xian would naturally step in to save it.

This viewing continued for an entire day.

The kitten’s belly had shrunk a little, and it was already asleep with its eyes closed, purring. For it, sleeping was the best way to digest.

The heron in the clouds was covered in sweat, and even blood seeped out. It had been flying in the spirit beast bag all day!

The space inside the spirit beast pouch is only a little over a hundred feet in all directions, which is enough for the Cloud Heron to reach the end with a couple of flaps of its wings.

So while it’s flying, it also has to control sharp turns, which makes it extremely tired!

However, it is precisely this kind of exhaustion that keeps stimulating its bloodline, frantically digesting the flesh and bones of the three-striped tiger in its belly, turning them into its own power, and replenishing its physical strength!

In the end, the violent spiritual power was suppressed and absorbed by the Cloud Heron. It gasped for breath, lay down on the ground, and slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Yu Xian finally felt relieved, withdrew his gaze, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and began to cultivate quietly.

Guo Pin, a member of the alchemy sect, had his dantian and qi sea destroyed, rendering him a cripple…

The news spread throughout the entire Haotian Sect in just half a day!

The loss of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, or even one with a good chance of entering the Golden Core stage, is no small matter!

It even caught the attention of the Nascent Soul Grand Elder!

The judicial authorities also intervened to arrest Yu Xian, but before they could make a move, they were stopped by Hong Shao and Chen Manman.

Since it’s a duel between the two sides, injuries and damages are inevitable. If the Judicial Sect causes trouble for Yu Xian because of this, then what will happen to the disciples who participated in the inner sect competition seven months later?

To go all out, or not to go all out?

If everyone doesn’t go all out, what’s the point of ranking the top ten?

But if you go all out and accidentally injure the other person, you’ll have to take responsibility?

What’s the point of even comparing then?

The matter was eventually reported to Fu Ning’an. After Fu Ning’an questioned Hong Shao, he confirmed that the injury was an accident during the competition and that it was due to Hong Shao’s negligence in supervision. He then ordered Hong Shao to compensate Guo Pin.

As for Yu Xian, he did nothing wrong, and the judicial authorities need not intervene.

Similarly, if there are still casualties in the inner sect competition seven months later, that would be perfectly acceptable!

All participating disciples, just focus on the competition!

Can’t win? Just admit defeat!

If one follows Guo Pin’s example, stubbornly resisting even when outmatched, and ultimately gets injured or even dies, then one deserves it.

This matter is now closed.

Although this matter is said to be over, its various effects continue to spread within the Haotian Sect!