"Insolence! Our Xuanxin Sect is one of the five major sects of the Xuantian Continent. How could we be involved with demons?"
Jiang Xian disdainfully raised his eyes and looked in Leng Xingzhi's direction. They were not disciples of the Xuanxin Sect.
"So, you are from the Joyful Union Sect and the Divine Concealment Sect?"
At this moment, to Jiang Xian, the people from the Joyful Union Sect and the Divine Concealment Sect were mere juniors, undeveloped cubs whom he did not even bother to acknowledge.
Ever since Jiang Xian appeared, Chu Lingwei had felt an immense pressure from a powerful expert. Even though Jiang Xian had not done anything to them yet, she felt a heaviness in the air that made her breathing difficult.
She presumed this was created by Jiang Xian.
Chu Lingwei had always been protected by her senior disciple brother. She took out a pill from her spatial artifact and swallowed it. After her body felt unhindered, she remembered Chu Xiyin and Su Xianrou, whose spiritual meridians she had dug out and limbs broken.
It was better not to look, but looking at them now filled her with regret.
Chu Xiyin and Su Xianrou had long since lost their breath. Jiang Xian's earlier display of power had forced even Chu Chang to resist with spiritual energy. These two, without any spiritual energy, were naturally annihilated into dust.
What a pity. She had wanted to see them reduced to cripples.
Man's plans are no match for heaven's will.
"Greetings, Ancestor Jiang Xian." Fei Yan of the Joyful Union Sect and Lei Yuming of the Divine Concealment Sect stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Xian.
They were juniors, after all, and could not afford to lose their manners.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Xian nodded faintly and looked at Leng Xingzhi and the others. These individuals appeared to be exceptionally talented, piquing his interest.
"Greetings, Ancestor Jiang Xian. My master is Bei Chenfeng of the Spiritual Cultivation Academy."
Leng Xingzhi stepped forward and revealed his identity to him.
"Bei Chenfeng is not dead yet?" Jiang Xian frowned slightly. Bei Chenfeng was a Heavenly Supreme. Was there still a way to break through?
"Ancestor, please mind your words."
Chu Lingwei, having felt regret at the deaths of Chu Xiyin and Su Xianrou, could not help but speak out when she heard Jiang Xian speak ill of her master.
"You little brat, are you also a disciple of Bei Chenfeng?"
Jiang Xian heard Chu Lingwei's words. His expression remained unreadable as he appraised her from head to toe.
"Yes, I am my master's direct disciple." Chu Lingwei stepped forward and met Jiang Xian's gaze. "May I request the Ancestor to withdraw his pressure? Two Xuanxin Sect disciples have already died under your pressure."
This subtle pressure was clearly meant to display his might.
However, such behavior was truly unlikable.
As soon as Chu Lingwei spoke, everyone held their breath, marveling at her audacity.
Hearing Chu Lingwei's straightforward words, Jiang Xian's expression softened, and he withdrew his pressure.
"So, it is indeed a pity."
"Indeed. The two who died were the Xuanxin Sect Leader's dao companion and his own daughter."
Chu Lingwei's voice carried a hint of sarcasm as she looked at her lover and daughter, who had suffered greatly and remained motionless. She found it rather perverse.
Jiang Xian's lips twitched. Her words left him speechless.
"Ancestor, they no longer have any connection to the Xuanxin Sect." Chu Chang shot Chu Lingwei a glare and stepped forward. "Chu Xiyin was invaded by demonic energy. According to Xuanxin Sect rules, she is no longer a disciple of the Xuanxin Sect."
"Chu Chang, are you reneging on your responsibility?" Chu Lingwei burst into laughter. Do not think that just because a powerful ancestor has appeared, we will be afraid.
In this day and age, which sect did not have one or two powerful ancestors to suppress it?
"Chu Lingwei, you have been constantly troubling Chu Xiyin. The demonic energy on her might be related to you." With an ancestor present, Chu Chang's eyes narrowed. The world knew that Chu Lingwei had vowed to torture Su Xianrou and Chu Xiyin.
By shifting all the blame onto her, some people might believe it.
"Chu Chang, the way you are now, acting like someone who was bullied outside and ran home to find an adult to back you up, is truly hilarious."
Chu Lingwei was not afraid of Jiang Xian. For the sake of the Xuanxin Sect, he would not kill her in front of these people.
"Chu Lingwei, you are insolent!"
Chu Chang was enraged, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He stood up straight, as if about to strike Chu Lingwei dead.
"Am I wrong? Just because they are not saying it, it does not mean they are not thinking it. No one here is a fool." Chu Lingwei shrugged and looked at Jiang Xian. "Ancestor Jiang Xian, what do you think?"
Chu Lingwei met Jiang Xian's gaze, her eyes resolute. If he dared to disagree, she had ways to make him lose face.
On the Spiritual Cultivation Continent, talismans were a wondrous thing. As long as a talisman was activated in advance, it could record images, much like taking a video with a mobile phone.
When Chu Chang appeared, Chu Lingwei had already instructed Feng Ming, who was in her spatial artifact, to record everything.
Especially the demonic energy on Chu Xiyin.
She could print countless copies of this recording. She did not believe that one ancestor could kill all the cultivators on the Xuantian Continent. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Weiwei, do not be disrespectful to Ancestor Jiang Xian."
Leng Xingzhi heard the hint of provocation in his junior sister's voice and shook his head helplessly. He stepped forward and shielded her.
"Ancestor Jiang Xian, my junior sister is young and has caused offense. I implore the Ancestor not to take it to heart."
"She is just a child." Even though Jiang Xian was angry, he would not stoop to arguing with a mere Spirit Wheel realm child; it would only invite ridicule.
"The Ancestor is magnanimous."
Leng Xingzhi bowed respectfully, then turned to look at the deceased Chu Xiyin. With a wave of his right hand, he said, "Ancestor, please look."
Jiang Xian stepped forward. Chu Xiyin's body was already covered in demonic energy, causing Jiang Xian to frown.
He had indeed sensed demonic energy earlier, but it was about to dissipate, so he had not taken it to heart.
"Chu Xiyin was a disciple of the Xuanxin Sect and the biological daughter of Sect Leader Chu. The demonic energy on her is not from an outsider entering her body." Leng Xingzhi gazed at the increasingly potent demonic energy. He sent a stream of spiritual energy into Chu Xiyin's brow. The demonic energy on Chu Xiyin seemed to solidify, swirling around her.
"Chu Xiyin is dead, yet the demonic energy within her has revived. Soon, she will become a demon."
This implied that Chu Xiyin had willingly embraced demonic power, causing her body to become demonic.
"Chu Chang, what is going on?" Jiang Xian glanced at Chu Chang, as if demanding a reasonable explanation.
Chu Chang's heart sank. Chu Xiyin's descent into demonhood was something he had not anticipated.
"Ancestor, Chu Xiyin must have been bewitched by demons. She did this to improve her cultivation and participate in the Hundred Year Grand Competition." Chu Chang's mind raced, and he spoke loudly.
The Hundred Year Grand Competition, Jiang Xian would surely be anticipating.
Jiang Xian's eyes flickered. He narrowed his gaze at Chu Chang, who was reminding him of something.