As the two gigantic doors opened, it revealed two paths; one went to the right while the other one went to the left.
The right path was for female disciples, while the left one was for males.
Yes, they were separated inside and were not allowed to go on any other path. If someone tried, then they would be repelled and banned from entering inside, whether or not it was their first offense.
The consequences were the same if someone tried to pick a fight; hence, everyone here didn’t dare do anything and silently went to the path they belonged to.
"Well, it’s time to part ways for a while," Ye Chen said with a chuckle and approached Wang Yiyi, who was hiding behind Li Mei.
"Senior brother, don’t bully her!" Li Mei couldn’t help but defend as she saw his actions.
The little girl was already feeling down about what she did, not to mention she also feared Ye Chen now.
"Xiao Mei, why do you think I am going to bully her? I am the most handsome and sincere gentleman in this world; there is no way I will bully little girls like her," Ye Chen stated with a shameless look and glanced at Wang Yiyi, who rolled her eyes at him.
"Little girl, countless trees have reached the heavens, yet none have done so without letting their roots sink into hell. We cultivators are also quite similar, even though we go against heaven, so don’t let small things hold you back; if not, you better return to the mortal world," he said with a serious look, and before the little girl could speak again, he continued.
"There are no ifs in the world; at least I have never seen such ifs on the battlefield, so keep our thoughts to yourself." He rolled his eyes at her before giving a punch on her little head.
"You too shouldn’t worry about anything," he turned towards Li Mei and reminded her seriously.
Hearing him Li Mei nodded with a relieved look.
Although she didn’t have much problem when it came to accepting the reality, she didn’t know how to explain it to the little girl. Maybe Su Ying can, but she doubted this since she had never gone out and talked to anyone else apart from her family and medicine masters.
Furthermore, Li Mei too was feeling guilty; although not as strong as Wang Yiyi, there was a seed inside her head quietly whispering she had done wrong. Even though it didn’t affect her currently, this was quite dangerous, as it can lead to unstable mentality, causing her to suffer from Qi-Deviation, Demonization, or Cultivation Backlash.
Fortunately, Ye Chen’s words cleared up her doubts, and she understood that some things can’t be avoided. If she doesn’t like this fact, then she is free to go back to the mortal world. But who will do such things after knowing they can live longer and possess godly powers?
Watching their doubts getting cleared, Ye Chen nodded while scolding Jing Xiao and Zhen Yunqi for not doing their jobs as masters.
"Well, go now; we will meet again here two weeks later," Ye Chen said with a calm look.
Hearing his words, Wang Yiyi was the happiest person, as she hoped to get away from the bad guy. Meanwhile, Li Mei was reluctant to leave him, but she nodded and walked on the right path with other female disciples in the group.
After they left, Ye Chen and others didn’t delay and walked on the left path.
The distance wasn’t long, and soon everyone arrived inside a massive cave that housed a big lake enough to accommodate the great market of Mystic City.
"It’s so big, yet it only gives three hundred tokens each year." Li Zhenyuan and other male disciples couldn’t help but complain.
"Look, there are instructions and rules written here!"
At this moment somebody pointed at the big plaque on the wall.
There was a brief introduction of where they are and what benefits the mystic pond will give them. It also had some rules on it, which stated what they should not do, such as relieving oneself in the pond and many such offenses.
Then there was also a warning written in big red words that stated not to delve deeper inside the pond.
"How misleading! There are not so many rules inside, such as you can splash the water on someone and make it harder to focus without any punishment. Moreover, nothing prevents anyone from going deeper; it’s just anyone who tries this will break through rapidly and get kicked out after reaching the Qi-refining stage."
The fat Li Zhenyuan spoke with a dissatisfied look.
Clearly the big plaque was hung on by some power who didn’t want others to try anything new and discover something. Well, they just didn’t want the disciples to fail in breakthrough suppression after someone splashed water on them.
However, no matter how hard these top powers tried, somehow a small number of disciples knew what the rules were and would do what they wanted to do.
"Let’s go; I am going to see what’s stopping me from splashing water on someone!" Li Zhenyuan spoke as he straightened his fat body.
Then just as he was about to go ahead, he found the handsome guy beside him had disappeared already.
"Huh? Where did brother Ye Chen go?" He inquired with a baffled look, and before anyone could answer him, he suddenly heard an excruciating scream.
Looking in that direction, he saw Ye Chen inserting golden needles into a male disciple from an unknown sect, and to make matters worse, there were about thirty disciples who were immobilized with golden needles; clearly it would be their turn next. Discover hidden content at freewebnovel
"Damn! I never thought brother Ye Chen would dare to kill here," Lu Zhenyuan spoke with a dumbfounded look as he saw the male disciple losing vitality and becoming a corpse.
However, nothing happened to Ye Chen, as if the fighting rules didn’t matter to him.
Witnessing this, everyone inside the mystic pond was shocked, and their expressions changed drastically, especially the disciples from Flame Dragon Sect.
But Ye Chen paid no heed to them and continued reaping the lives. These disciples were the ones who stopped Li Zhenyuan and others.
There was no way he would let them go, and for this reason, he had asked for the photographic jades.
As for the rules inside, they were effective on him, but in front of the divine rebirth needle and Soul Rebirth technique, it failed to see that he was killing someone.
After all, it’s not like he was sucking vitality out of the person; he was just circulating inside their bodies at a certain point to heal the soul. It didn’t matter whether the soul was being healed or not; as long as his actions proved this, no formation or life-saving treasures could stop him.
"ARGGHHH!"
One by one screams echoed, and within fifteen minutes everyone who was inside the photographic jade was dead.
Because of his actions, the total number of disciples dropped below one hundred and fifty.
"Hiss, the sects outside probably will not be happy with this." Li Zhenyuan sighed faintly, but he made no action to stop.
If not for the fact these guys escaped, they would’ve been long dead under his sword.
"Hey, look, he is extracting the blood essence and burning it?"
A male disciple spoke with confusion.
Others too saw this and became baffled at his actions. Even Lu Zhenyuan and others who had seen this before couldn’t figure out why he was doing this.
’No, he is not burning the blood essence.’
The crown prince Ji Feng thought with a stunned look and then frowned at what he was doing then.
No matter how hard he looked, he just couldn’t figure out what he was doing. Then there were also other questions about how he was able to kill her and why he had not been sent out.
Ye Chen saw everyone’s gaze focused on him, but he ignored them and walked back to the fatty.
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"See if anyone is left out from the one who escaped; if there is, just tell me," he stated with a cold look, looking at the remaining disciples who shivered with fear.
"Haha, brother, you already killed everyone who fought with us, so why not calm down and just take advantage of the great opportunity in front?" Li Zhenyuan suggested with a wry laugh.
Everyone wanted to meditate inside the lake, but with Ye Chen killing people like pigs, there was no way to do this. As for speaking up for the male disciples, no one was idiot enough to do this after witnessing how the few disciples who did this ended up immobilized. Even their mouths were sealed up.
Although he did not kill them yet, everyone knew he was a demon. Just speak one word, and a golden needle will enter your body, making you neither speak nor shit.
There was not even a warning or any sympathy.
"A pity that I can’t go to the female disciple’s side; if not, the remaining one would also die now," Ye Chen muttered with a hint of pity and continued.
"Well, it’s time to cultivate," he stated, looking at the big lake, which glowed faintly with a silver hue.