"Impossible! How could our senior brother do such a thing!"
Upon hearing Li Motian's words, the purple-clad youth blurted out.
The others also looked incredulous.
The girl, in particular, shouted, "You're making false accusations! How could Senior Brother possibly commit such a massacre of civilians!"
"Impossible?" Li Motian sneered. "I know you don't believe me, but I saw it with my own eyes back then."
Then Qian Lingxiao and Gongshu Zheng, the former direct descendant of the Gongshu family, exchanged and compared their Taoist techniques.
Even a small ripple effect razed my hometown to the ground.
None of the villagers were spared.
Even if Qian Lingxiao and Gongshu Zheng were reduced to ashes, I would still recognize their faces!
Senior Brother and Gongshu Zheng!
Upon hearing these two names, the purple-clad youth and the others trembled.
Because they all knew that Gongshu Zhengdaozi of the Gongshu family was indeed very close to his senior brother.
It is said that the two met under unusual circumstances but eventually became close friends.
Even they had seen Gongshu Zheng visit his senior brother more than once.
However, the group still refused to believe that their senior brother, who was always gentle and refined like a gentleman, would do such a thing.
Moreover, Gongshu Zheng is a well-known scion of a prominent family among the younger generation, and he would never be the kind of person who would indiscriminately slaughter civilians.
The purple-clad youth immediately questioned, "You say you personally witnessed your senior brother and the others destroy your hometown. According to you, you were just a child back then, so how could you have escaped their senses and survived?"
"Perhaps your senior brother has never taken us ants-like commoners seriously," Li Motian chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"One is a true disciple of a major sect, and the other is a Daoist disciple from one of the thirty-six superior clans."
Back then, whether in terms of cultivation level or status, they were considered to be at the top in the entire Tianyuan Great World.
How could they possibly take a child like me, who is less than an ant, seriously?
It's not even worth taking the initiative to crush an ant like me.
"So, everything you've said is just your side of the story, without any evidence. I don't know if it's true or not. I'd even say you're slandering Senior Brother!"
The girl immediately retorted.
"That's right. Given Senior Brother's character, he would never do such a thing. On the contrary, it is you who has sided with the Demon Clan and cultivated demonic arts. So this is just your attempt to sow discord, and we will not fall for it!"
Another youth shouted as well.
"Go ahead and slander me if you want."
Li Motian seemed to have anticipated that the girls would say such a thing.
Qian Lingxiao's disguise was too good. If he hadn't witnessed that beast's actions with his own eyes back then, he would have been completely different.
He probably wouldn't believe that the other party was such a monster in human form.
Furthermore, the other party is the son of the sect leader of the Qiankun Sect, the senior disciple of the inner sect, and an unparalleled genius who has achieved the primordial spirit in just two hundred years of cultivation.
No matter what such a person says, no one will believe that the other party is that kind of person.
"I'm telling you this not so that you'll believe me, but only out of consideration for our years as fellow disciples, so that you can die knowing the truth, instead of becoming confused and wronged ghosts."
"not good!"
As Li Motian's words grew increasingly cold, the young man in purple felt a sudden chill run through him.
He knew it was time to truly fight to the death.
Without hesitation, he spat out a purple talisman from his dantian.
With a mental command, the purple talisman instantly grew to half the size of a person, with countless bolts of lightning emanating from it, radiating a powerful aura.
The aura that had been suppressing them ever since Li Motian emerged was immediately swept away.
The young man in purple shouted, "You all run! I'll hold him off!"
"A natal talisman?"
Li Motian looked at the purple lightning talisman, but his expression did not change at all.
"Your superior-grade natal talisman is indeed extraordinary, but unfortunately your cultivation is not yet up to par, so you cannot fully unleash its power and cannot stop me."
However, the purple-clad youth ignored him and continued to shout, "Hurry up and leave!"
Then, with a flick of his finger, a powerful bolt of lightning flew toward Li Motian.
boom!
A cloud of dust suddenly billowed up.
...
“Strange, Ah Qing, it seems there are no more treasures left in this mountain range.”
In a forest, Xiao Li stood on Lu Qing's shoulder, looking somewhat puzzled.
"Of course, we've practically explored the entire mountain range these past few days."
I'm afraid you've already found all the treasures here, Xiao Li.
"So, Xiao Li, shouldn't we be getting ready to set off?"
Lu Qing said with a hint of helplessness.
Ever since finding the Dragon Blood Vermilion Fruit, Xiao Li has suddenly become very interested in treasure hunting.
As if some innate instinct had been awakened, he dragged Lu Qing around the mountains, searching for treasure.
Fortunately, there were no powerful beings above the Nascent Soul Realm nearby, otherwise, if they had continued to wander around like this, they would have probably caused trouble long ago.
However, because of this, Lu Qing and his group have made quite a lot of progress these past few days.
They not only found several medium-grade and high-grade medicinal herbs.
They even stumbled upon the secluded cave of a late-stage Golden Core Realm expert and obtained some treasures there.
However, even after they had been wandering around for so long these past two days, Xiao Li had not sensed any treasures nearby.
It seems they've already found most of the high-level treasures in this mountain range.
"It seems that's how it is. Then let's go treasure hunting in other places later," Xiao Li said with some regret.
"That's right, this mountain range is just an ordinary mountain area in the Tianyuan Great World."
"We'll search for treasure properly when we reach those famous mountains and rivers later."
Seeing that Xiao Li had given up, Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly said.
The little guy's sudden enthusiasm for treasure hunting has finally subsided.
As for the Five Elements, after some flattery a couple of days ago, that guy finally managed to get the corpse of a Golden Core Realm spirit beast from Xiao Li.
After being swallowed, it has entered the Qiankun Qi Bag and is slowly being digested.
boom!
Just as Lu Qing was about to take Xiao Li away from this mountain range.
Suddenly, a violent surge of magical energy came from ahead.
"This is the fluctuation of magical power from human cultivators. Is someone fighting ahead?"
Lu Qing was slightly taken aback, sensing that the fluctuation of magical power was not particularly strong.
He immediately levitated, ready to see what was going on.
Just as he reached mid-air, he saw a figure swaying and flying towards him.
Judging from her figure and face, she appears to be a young girl.
Before he could figure out what was going on, the girl had already seen him.
His face immediately showed anxiety, and he shouted, "Fellow Daoist, run! There are demons behind us..."
However, before she could finish speaking, a hand formed from black energy flew out from the forest below, grabbed her, and pulled her down.
The girl panicked immediately, knowing she couldn't escape, and could only desperately cry out to Lu Qing:
"Run! Get to the Qiankun Sect and tell them we were killed by the demon spy Li Motian..."
Then she saw a white sword light suddenly fly from in front and land on her.
In an instant, the black energy palm binding her was shattered, freeing her from its grasp.
As the girl was still in a daze, a gentle voice rang out.
"Young lady, you should go and report to them yourself. I have no idea where the Qiankun Sect is located."
The girl suddenly looked up and saw that the young man who had been a hundred feet away from her was now standing in front of her.
He was dressed in simple cloth clothes, and a mottled raccoon-like spirit beast stood on his shoulder.
"Did you save me, fellow Daoist?" the girl asked blankly.
"Not bad." Lu Qing smiled slightly.
The girl suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist, please save my senior brothers and sisters. They have all fallen into the hands of an evil cultivator."
"As long as you can help me rescue them, I'm willing to do anything!"
"Is the demonic cultivator you're referring to the one in front of you?"
Lu Qing did not agree immediately, but pointed forward instead.
The girl turned around abruptly, and then her body trembled.
Not far behind her, Li Motian was enveloped in black flames, coldly watching them.
Seeing that only Li Motian was chasing after her, the girl trembled and immediately shouted:
"Li Motian, what did you do to Senior Brother Zixiao and the others?"
"No need to rush, you'll be able to see them underground soon," Li Motian said coldly.
"Li Motian, you are not human! You have treated Senior Brother Zixiao and the others as your closest friends, yet you have done such a heinous thing!"
Upon hearing this, the girl was filled with grief and indignation and began to curse loudly.
Unfortunately, Li Motian completely ignored her.
He simply turned his gaze to Lu Qing, his eyes filled with a hint of seriousness.
The man before them, though seemingly weak, appeared to be only at the first stage of the Golden Core realm.
However, the fact that it had just managed to break through his 【Heavenly Demon Palm】 made him feel a sense of apprehension.
"Who are you? Do you perhaps wish to interfere in my affairs?"
"No," Lu Qing shook his head. "I have no intention of interfering in your feud."
Although Lu Qing could tell that the young man entwined with black flames was a genuine demonic cultivator.
However, he was not from the Tianyuan Great World, and he did not have the same indignant feelings towards demonic cultivators as people from this world.
He didn't want to meddle in other people's grievances before he understood the whole story.
The girl standing to the side, upon hearing Lu Qing's words, immediately widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief.
Li Motian was also taken aback by Lu Qing's answer.
But he quickly regained his composure.
"In that case, please hand over the woman beside you."
To his surprise, Lu Qing shook his head again: "I'm afraid I can't do that. Judging from your appearance, if this young lady falls into your hands, she probably won't survive, right?"
I have no habit of pushing a complete stranger out to their death.
"Are you playing me?" Li Motian narrowed his eyes, and a deep chill emanated from his body.
"Do you think that just because you broke one of my minor Taoist techniques, you're qualified to stop me?"
"I certainly wouldn't dare, it's just that I'm not used to being threatened," Lu Qing said calmly.
At this moment, Li Motian's note had also appeared in his field of vision.
"So that's how it is. I lost my family and hometown due to the aftermath of a duel between two powerful individuals when I was young."
To gain the power of revenge, did he deliberately fall into the demonic path and join the demon race?
Soon, after reading the messages on those notes, Lu Qing gained some understanding of Li Motian's background.
He realized that what the girl had said earlier was true.
However, the man in front of them, who was exuding demonic energy, was not an ordinary demonic cultivator.
"Since that's the case, then I, Li, would like to see what you're relying on!"
Upon hearing this, Li Motian immediately stopped talking and raised his hand, sending a black flame flying rapidly towards Lu Qing.
The flame was very strange; when it first flew out, it was only as thick as a forearm.
However, during flight, it continuously absorbs the spiritual energy of the surrounding world to strengthen itself.
In the blink of an eye, it rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant dragon that lunged at Lu Qing.
Even more strangely, despite the enormous flames, there was no sense of heat in the surrounding world.
On the contrary, it made the girl and Xiao Li feel a chill emanating from the depths of their souls.
"Watch out!" the girl exclaimed.
She had already witnessed the terrifying power of Li Motian's black flames.
This black fire, though seemingly not hot, is actually extremely strange.
Even someone as strong as Senior Brother Zixiao only got a little bit stuck to it before he couldn't extinguish it anymore and was burned to the point that he had to cut off his arm to survive.
In the end, even his natal talisman was burned by the black fire.
"That's interesting."
Lu Qing looked at the black fire dragon flying towards him with an amused expression.
He then formed a sword shape with his fingers and gently swung it.
A tornado of sword energy formed in front of him.
As soon as the sword energy tornado was unleashed, it immediately swallowed the giant dragon whole.
Countless tiny sword energies slashed around the black fire dragon, each one easily extinguishing a wisp of black fire.
In less than three breaths, the black fire dragon that had been radiating terrifying power vanished completely and was utterly annihilated.
"How is that possible?"
This left the girl completely shocked.
Even Li Motian could no longer maintain his indifferent expression.
Seeing that his trump card had been so easily neutralized by Lu Qing, Li Motian's eyes showed disbelief.
You should know that his 【Soul-Devouring Demonic Fire】 is no ordinary flame.
It can devour spiritual energy to strengthen itself, and even magic power cannot extinguish it. Instead, it becomes nourishment for the demonic fire, burning ever brighter.
Therefore, once a cultivator is burned, the only way to survive is to immediately cut off part of their body, such as a severed arm.
Otherwise, if there is the slightest hesitation, the flames will spread throughout the body and will not stop until the person is burned to death and their soul is annihilated.
And now, across from him is a young man with an ordinary appearance and seemingly unremarkable cultivation level.
How could you completely annihilate his 【Soul-Devouring Demonic Fire】 with just sword energy?
Such an ability is probably difficult even for a late-stage Golden Core Realm expert.
Who exactly are you?
Li Motian could no longer remain calm. A look of extreme fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at Lu Qing and asked in a deep voice.
