He saw that two sects were approaching aggressively.
Sensing their murderous intent, Liu Yanlan slightly furrowed her brow.
They weren't coming with good intentions.
Among the three sects, the most powerful was the Mountain of a Thousand Swords, a more troublesome opponent than the Sect of the Maidens.
"Have you two come to demand answers?"
As the leader of a sect, how could Liu Yanlan allow herself to be defeated in terms of presence?
She stepped forward alone toward the two great sects and asked:
"I'll ask just one question. Was it that Tang Yu who killed our elder?"
Murong Huangcheng, master of the Mountain of a Thousand Swords, looked at Tang Yu with an expression full of bloodlust.
His body emanated intense sword energy, and his peak Divine Transformation realm stage exerted great pressure on everyone present.
Liu Yanlan raised a hand and easily dissipated that invisible pressure.
A few days ago, while talking with Tang Yu, she had a revelation.
Seizing the opportunity to enter seclusion, she managed to advance to the peak of the Divine Transformation realm.
Since then, she had dedicated most of her energy to protecting Tang Yu at all times.
Then Liu Yanlan spoke with a smile:
"Master Murong, are you joking? Could someone below the Divine Transformation realm kill Elder Zhou? You overestimate my young brother."
"And who knows? He's dead, so I need an explanation."
Murong Huangcheng didn't care about the reasons. That man had been a brother who stood with him in hard times. The cause of his death didn't matter.
What mattered was that he was dead, and he had to avenge him, no matter the cost.
"I wasn't the one who killed him. It's true I saw that Elder Zhou; he tried to kill me, and I ended up escaping."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Murong Jie. He was with Elder Zhou when they were chasing me. Actually, I also wanted to ask your sect for an explanation about that matter."
Tang Yu smiled at Murong Jie, with a slightly playful look.
As the most promising talent of the Mountain of a Thousand Swords, with innate sword talent,
Murong Jie had already reached the early stage of the Divine Transformation realm.
For the Mountain of a Thousand Swords, if Elder Zhou hadn't died, that news alone would've been cause for great joy!
Moreover, Murong Jie was a young member of Murong Huangcheng's family, and his most beloved and final disciple.
"Murong Jie, did he lie?"
Murong Huangcheng asked his young relative kindly.
"Master, he… didn't lie. At that time, Elder Zhou and I argued with him over a treasure. Then I chased him, failed, and nearly died at his hands."
Murong Jie didn't even know with what attitude he was lying.
That bastard had left him to serve those old "old" "old" women from the Sect of the Maidens.
After absorbing the yin of several of them at once…
Not leveling up would've been damn near impossible.
But advancing that way… was like cultivating by eating shit.
Aside from some ancient emperor who ascended ten thousand years ago, no one else on the Nine Heavens Continent could endure something like that.
"Is it true?"
Murong Huangcheng frowned.
Could it be that Brother Zhou had gotten benefits from the Jade Maidens Sect, went after that young man, and ended up dead?
"It's true."
Murong Jie responded firmly.
Tang Yu didn't need to threaten him; he knew he had to say it that way.
Otherwise… if he revealed that shameful truth…
He feared his sword heart would shatter on the spot.
While they conversed—
Several elders of the Sect of the Maidens lowered their heads, gnashed their teeth, and at the same time showed a bit of shyness and some nostalgia.
So that's what they meant by "the old cow eats young grass"?
After what Murong Jie said, Murong Huangcheng felt somewhat awkward.
He came seeking justice, but now he was the one who didn't know how to step down from the stage.
"Master Murong, does your Mountain of a Thousand Swords bully my Hehuan Sect just like that? Shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
Although Liu Yanlan didn't know what trick that young man had used, she took the chance to strike at Murong Huangcheng.
"Perhaps there's been a misunderstanding. There's no need to ruin the relationship between our sects."
Murong Huangcheng had no choice but to take out a high-quality flying sword and give it to Tang Yu as compensation.
Liu Yanlan glanced at it and said no more.
That was enough—no need to make enemies.
As soon as the cultivators of the Mountain of a Thousand Swords retreated, Fang Meiyun, who had been holding in her rage for a long time, couldn't restrain herself any longer.
She looked at Tang Yu and Liu Yanyan with hatred—that pair of sect siblings,
"Tang Yu, in the secret land you killed so many elders of my Sect of the Maidens. If you don't give an explanation today, our two sects will go to war immediately."
"Shouldn't you be the one giving me an explanation? Who was the bastard who arranged in advance for ten experts to form the Ten Absolutes Formation with the intent to kill me? Huh?"
Facing Fang Meiyun's aggressive attitude, a single sentence from Tang Yu changed the expressions of many cultivators present.
The Ten Absolutes Formation—one of the most powerful secret techniques of the Sect of the Maidens!
Fang Meiyun showed a gloomy and uncertain expression; she hadn't expected Tang Yu to know that internal secret.
"There's a traitor!"
After that fleeting thought, she was left momentarily speechless.
After all, within the Sect of the Maidens, there were now many with whom she didn't get along.
Finding the traitor was truly difficult.
"Master Fang, haven't you tried to kill my younger brother more than once already? As a sect leader, aren't you afraid of becoming a laughingstock? Or does the Sect of the Maidens fear my younger brother that much?"
Liu Yanyan suddenly appeared and unhesitatingly joined in the mocking.
"Don't slander me. If I really had arranged the Ten Absolutes Formation, would he have been able to return alive after seeing it? Unless you have proof."
Fang Meiyun firmly insisted she had done nothing.
"That's easy. Who knows if someone else disguised themselves as my younger brother to kill yours?"
Liu Yanyan laughed coldly and said:
"There's no need to talk further. If our two sects want to go to war, it can be now or after the secret land ends. I'm ready anytime!"
Now that her sect's strength had increased significantly, she finally had the courage to face the Sect of the Maidens.
Fang Meiyun, face dark, stayed silent for a moment, and finally clenched her fists and stepped back.
Given the strength present, if war started, the Sect of the Maidens would undoubtedly lose.
When the members of the Sect of the Maidens retreated,
Tang Yu smiled mischievously, flew toward a group of rogue cultivators, and pulled out a pink magical robe:
"Fellow daoists, you've watched enough of the show. Now hear me out.
"This magical robe I found in the secret land. I don't know which celestial fairy it belonged to, but I'm selling it today. Starting at one high-grade spirit stone. Highest bidder wins."
Upon seeing the robe in his hand,
Linglong, of the Sect of the Maidens, showed an expression of shame and fury.
She and several other marked elders were currently wearing veils over their heads,
To cover the marks on their foreheads.
Seeing Tang Yu selling the magical robe that had accompanied her for so many years, she clenched her teeth but didn't act.
If she bought it, she'd only embarrass herself more.
Several rogue cultivators recognized the robe as Linglong's.
And seeing Tang Yu selling it, they didn't hold back and began bidding.
When the price reached seventy high-grade spirit stones, no one bid further.
Upon seeing their limited purchasing power, Tang Yu appeared somewhat dissatisfied, so he pulled out a waistband and a pair of women's underwear, and smiled:
"I'm not going to lie to you, these garments are part of the same set as the magical robe. Yes, I'll say it directly.
"Fairy Linglong of the Maiden Sect tried to ambush me. After failing, she took all of this off and handed it to me, begging for forgiveness.
"Considering that the real culprit was Fang Meiyun, I agreed. If you want these garments, hurry up and place your bids—this opportunity won't come again!
Upon hearing that, Linglong almost fainted on the spot. That he had snatched the magical robe from her was true.
But the underwear… had nothing to do with her.
Ah!
And to top it off, there was no way to prove otherwise.
How could she prove it?
Take off her clothes to show she was still wearing them?
Seeing Tang Yu sniffing the underwear with an ecstatic expression on his face,
A group of rogue cultivators with enough power and money could no longer hold back.
Elder Linglong was one of the untouchable flowers of the Maiden Sect!
"I offer eighty stones.
"Eighty-five stones.
"Ninety stones.
When the price reached one hundred and twenty-five high-grade spirit stones, finally a rogue cultivator in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm bought them.
Once he obtained them, he quietly stored them in his storage ring and bolted away with all his strength.
If he stayed any longer, the people from the Maiden Sect would surely kill him.
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