Chapter 125: Focusing on Swallowing Insults, Just Surviving is Enough
Chu Xingchen's gaze was calm; behind him, the Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect was still holding a sword in confrontation.
[Target: Lin Wei]
[Cultivation: Initial Stage Spirit Transformation]
[Purple Trait: Naturally Gifted]
[Blue Trait: Worldly Wisdom]
[White Trait: Steady]
[Black Trait: Aging and Decaying]
[Black Trait: Afflicted by Strange Poison]
[Black Trait: Heavily Injured]
[Black Trait: Dying Body]
Before coming, Chu Xingchen had naturally investigated the specific situation of the Sky Glow Sect clearly.
To come blindly would not be finding fault, but very likely seeking death.
The reason the Sky Glow Sect could stand firm in the borderlands of the Central Prefecture was nothing more than relying on a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
When inquiring about news, every information source was very certain.
After participating in a Secret Realm a few years ago, this Spirit Transformation cultivator of the Sky Glow Sect fled back heavily injured and invited a large number of medical cultivators for treatment.
With such great fanfare, the news naturally circulated extremely fast.
Specific news also spread quickly: no medicine could cure him, and he had no more than three years left.
For the first two years, the Sky Glow Sect kept looking for physicians, but after two years, they never called for one again.
From then on, even when facing many probes, this Spirit Transformation cultivator never showed his face again.
Everyone tacitly assumed that this Spirit Transformation cultivator of the Sky Glow Sect had already ended his life.
Since the news spread, the Sky Glow Sect had a flavor of being unstable in the wind and rain; how could the Central Prefecture be so easy to take root in?
Lacking a Spirit Transformation cultivator meant lacking a foundation.
After collecting intelligence, Chu Xingchen also speculated that this Spirit Transformation cultivator was likely gone, which was why he chose such a crude way to come to their door.
Of course, nothing is absolute; Chu Xingchen still kept a backup plan just in case.
However... this backup plan would likely not be needed.
With this Spirit Transformation cultivator having more negative traits than positive ones, it was unknown how much strength he could exert if they really fought.
Chu Xingchen looked at the trait [Dying Body], thought for a moment, and decided to spout some nonsense first.
Whether to talk nonsense or not depended on the situation.
If the advantage was with him, naturally he would not talk nonsense and just attack. But if dragging it out meant winning, then naturally he would drag it out as long as possible.
Just communicating across such a distance in the air must cost a lot of spiritual power, right?
With these traits, he might not be able to hold on for long. Saying a few more sentences might save some effort when fighting later.
"Heh... Your Sky Glow Sect caused such a big commotion a while ago, have you forgotten it all now?"
Chu Xingchen sneered, the Nascent Soul phantom behind him raising the flowing water long sword, displaying full pressure. "Could it be that only you are allowed to bully others with your power?"
"I have come! Precisely to fetch an explanation myself!"
Hearing this, the old man quietly looked down at the Sky Glow Sect Sect Master below.
He was only missing the coffin lid being closed on him; how could he still manage affairs? He naturally knew nothing about what happened recently.
Facing the old man's gaze, the Sky Glow Sect Sect Master knew he had participated in this matter and even designed the encirclement plan.
Actually, an ordinary Secret Realm would not cause the Sky Glow Sect to disregard their face like this.
It was just that the rogue cultivator said there was a pill in the Secret Realm that could cure ten thousand poisons.
At first, the Sky Glow Sect naturally did not pay it any mind.
But that rogue cultivator said the Secret Realm was the place where the True Poison Dragon Lord passed away.
Mentioning this True Dragon Poison Lord who once killed a Spirit Transformation cultivator with poison alone, they had to give it some credence.
The Sky Glow Sect divided into two waves; one wave chased to kill Li Xingtian to prevent this person from seizing the antidote pill, while the other wave chose to continue searching the Secret Realm to avoid omissions.
After all, a Central Prefecture sect without a Spirit Transformation cultivator was truly too unstable.
Although it looked bad on the surface, when the situation was stronger than people, they naturally could not care about so much.
The Sect Master's expression was calm as he turned his gaze to look directly at Chu Xingchen.
Even if Chu Xingchen's momentum was massive at this moment and he seemed to have the upper hand.
If they really fought, the one who should run away would definitely be Chu Xingchen; this was, after all, the Sky Glow Sect's home field.
But the problem lay in the fact that a genius who could cultivate a Karma Nascent Soul could absolutely not be a rogue cultivator.
If it were a Flawless Golden Core, the Sect Master would still accept it. However, the legendary Karma Nascent Soul, aside from requiring peerless talent, must also be piled up with countless resources.
It was absolutely not something a rogue cultivator could achieve; this time they had kicked an iron plate.
The Sect Master spoke softly, "There was such a matter, but my Sky Glow Sect merely wanted to trade a thing or two with him..."
"Encirclement! That counts as a trade?" Chu Xingchen sneered and interrupted. "If this also counts as a trade, then I have also come today to trade with the Sky Glow Sect!"
A trace of a bitter smile pulled at Lin Wei's dry and thin face, and he said with a helpless tone:
"This matter... was done incorrectly by our Sky Glow Sect. I wonder how Fellow Daoist wishes to resolve it?"
Chu Xingchen opened his mouth wide like a lion without hesitation:
"First compensate a few ten thousand Spirit Stones as a fee for mental distress."
Lin Wei revealed a slight look of difficulty, but still spoke, "We can discuss it..."
Chu Xingchen was stunned upon hearing this; this could also be discussed?
But very quickly, Chu Xingchen, who was prepared to fight for revenge, continued to speak:
"Those who participated in the siege in the past must all pay the price for this!"
The Sky Glow Sect Master could not help but say upon hearing this, "Elder Si and his Legacy Disciple were already killed by you long ago; could it be you still want to drag them out to whip their corpses?"
"What about the others who participated in this matter? What about that rogue cultivator?"
Lin Wei took over the conversation. "Regarding the rogue cultivator, whatever Fellow Daoist says goes. As for the others, your sect's disciple is safe and sound, while Elder Si and his Legacy Disciple have already paid with their lives. Can this be considered a draw?"
"Who is calling it a draw with you?!"
Chu Xingchen sneered. The flowing water long sword in the Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect's hand had already begun to slowly transform into the shape of a water dragon.
Spiritual power pressure suddenly attacked towards that Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Pressuring this Spirit Transformation state for another wave; later when they fight, this Spirit Transformation cultivator might just croak after a few moves.
"Fellow Daoist, wait... this matter can also be discussed." Lin Wei looked at Chu Xingchen preparing to attack and could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart to speak.
"Fellow Daoist might as well speak openly about how you want my Sky Glow Sect to handle this. Fellow Daoist surely cannot demand that we all commit suicide to vent anger for your sect's disciple, right?"
Chu Xingchen looked at the old man; he could endure even this?
Was this person's situation truly in such a bad state?
"My apprentice took a few sword strikes; you Sect Masters and Elders must each compensate me with a few sword strikes!"
"Good! This matter can also be discussed!"
The Sect Master and several Elders unconsciously looked towards Lin Wei in the air...
"I want you to apologize publicly!"
"No problem."
"You still have to..."
"Good! We agree!"
Chu Xingchen looked speechlessly at Lin Wei before him; this person was simply ceding territory and paying reparations.
As long as Chu Xingchen dared to open his mouth, whatever he could give, he agreed to without hesitation.
Damn it, wasn't this attitude of admitting mistakes a bit too good?
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A fight could not happen, really could not happen...
Chu Xingchen stuffed a few spatial rings into his pocket, looking at the sect gate where Lin Wei was waving goodbye to him with a face full of smiles...
It was as if he himself was a disciple of this Sky Glow Sect, and several Elders were bidding him farewell.
If he had known earlier, it would have been better not to speak.
Just directly attacking would have been done.
Once he spoke, this Lin Wei had absolutely no bottom line, focusing entirely on swallowing insults and submitting to humiliation, just as long as he could live.
He even personally raised his sword and stabbed the Sect Master and several Elders, asking while stabbing:
"How is this angle, this force, this injury?"
It was truly... making one speechless.
This person could swallow insults even more than Zheng Xiaofeng.
However, it was not only Chu Xingchen who was speechless; that Sect Master and the Nascent Soul Elders also looked at the floor with faces full of bad luck. After all, it was the Supreme Elder who watched them grow up who stabbed them, so the few people could only accept it helplessly.
If this matter spread out, the name of this Sky Glow Sect would truly be completely ruined.
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