Mount Hua Immortal Sect.
The outer sectâs meeting hall.
Xu Shan asked: âHow many disciples are left in Heavenâs Boundary?â
âFour.â
The disciple replying softly said: âThey are the four placements Luo Tian requested â Yun Ling, Yun Yi, Zhao Chen, and Han Hua. Mount Hua Immortal Sect only has those four left bitterly struggling on, but I estimate they canât hold on much longer.â
âThose other immortal sect disciples have gone too far!â
âBeating and cursing us, they arenât treating our Mount Hua Immortal Sect seriously. We were already forced to the outer edges of Heavenâs Boundary but they still didnât let us off.â
âElder, we canât let it go just like that.â
âThatâs right!â
âOut of twenty disciples, seven have died and four are seriously injured. If the five of us ran any slower, we wouldâve died in their hands already. You guys donât understand how strong the influence those immortal sects have over us. In their eyes, we are practically beneath dogs!â
The five of them were kneeling down inside the hall with swollen faces.
Each of them showed expressions of resentment.
Xu Shan frowned and said to himself: âOut of twenty disciples, thereâs only four leftâ¦â
âThose four have definitely suffered for a long time.â
âThose other immortal sect disciples are too tyrannical.â
âElder, not to mention twenty disciples, we wonât be able to even enter Heavenâs Boundary anymore if this continues on. Itâs a place our old ancestors left for us to cultivate. Back then, our Mount Hua Immortal Sect was so strong but nowâ¦â
âThe placement of those four came from dubious reasons. Theyâre probably holding on bitterly just to make it look good, so thereâs no need to bother with them.â
This was said by one of the Martial Hall Elders.
Xu Shanâs face turned gloomy and immediately refuted: âNo matter how dubious, theyâre still disciples of our Mount Hua Immortal Sect. Moreover, they are still there holding on.â
âSo what?â
âIf it werenât for that trash Luo Tian stirring shit up, why would Grand Elder even agree to it? With so many disciples dying, how come that bunch didnât die? I even suspect that itâs the Imperial God and Starsea Immortal Sects deliberately retaliating against us. Itâs definitely because Luo Tian killed the Starsea Envoy. This whole situation started because of Luo Tian, so he should take all the responsibility for this,â said one of the Elders.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Many of them didnât like Luo Tian.
Xú Hao was one of them because Luo Tian took away exactly four placements from his personal disciples. This made him incredibly pissed off.
Xu Shanâs expression changed as he started getting angry. âElder Xú, what are you trying to say? Donât try to force all responsibility on Luo Tianâs head. Everything was agreed to by the Grand Elder. If youâre trying to find people to hold accountable, doesnât that mean you want the Grand Elder to be held responsible as well?â
âHumph~!â
âXu Shan, I know you got some benefits from that kid. He was able to buy you off with a single inner core, huh? You really donât cost that much.â Xú Haoâs voice was raised a level higher as he continued: âIf it wasnât for that kid, would our Mount Hua Immortal Sect be in such a sorry situation? If it werenât for him offending the Starsea and Imperial God Immortal Sects, would our Mount Hua Immortal Sect disciples be driven out of Heavenâs Boundary? Everything was due to that piece of trash! Humph~!â
One of the Martial Hall disciples then said: âThe Starsea and Imperial God Immortal Sect disciples treated us the most viciously. They kept forcing us to fight with them and once we went up, they would use fatal attacks. Senior brothers Liu and Chen were killed like that by palm strikes. In the past, they would injure us from despisement but never kill us. Itâs definitely due to some other conflict for them to change their stance. What Elder Xú said should be right â the reason was definitely due to that kid.â
âThatâs right!â
âItâs because of him.â
âIf it werenât for him, we would still be cultivating in Heavenâs Boundary. Iâm actually about to break into the Profound Venerate realm.â
âIâm about to breakthrough as well. If it werenât because of the interference, I wouldâve broken through already.â
âElder Xú, we canât let that kid off. It was him that caused all of this.â
They had found a reason to drive him out now.
For a brief moment, the spearhead was all pointed at Luo Tian.
They had been hiding their timid and cowardly ways all this time!
Xú Hao had a smug look on his face before saying: âWe need to take care of that kid when he comes back. If we donât teach him a lesson, he will really think thereâs no one capable in our Mount Hua Immortal Sect. We cannot let him continue acting lawlessly here.â
Xu Shanâs eyes tightened while he said with a smile: âJust based on you? Iâm not trying to start anything but Elder Xú, donât think youâre all that just because your cultivation is at the Profound Venerate 8th rank. Do you dare to get onto the Life and Death stage with Luo Tian? Do you think of yourself as a capable opponent against him?â
âHumph~!â
âIn my opinion, you probably wonât dare to.â
Xú Haoâs expression instantly changed like he was poked in a sore spot. He then shouted: âI may not be able to handle him but thereâs still the Grand Elder around! Above the Grand Elder is still Lord Sect Leader! And above him is the Prime Elder! I refuse to believe we canât handle a piece of trash with a crippled dantian!â
Xu Shan was too lazy to keep arguing with him and said: âThereâs still four of our own in Heavenâs Boundary. We should send someone to pick them up and bring them back.â
âI object!â
âItâs best if those four die in Heavenâs Boundary.â
âDonât offend the other immortal sects just because of those four. Our outer sect has suffered a heavy blow that hasnât been seen in a century. Even the inner sect assessment might have to be pushed back. Now you want us to save those four⦠Elder Xu, what benefits have you gotten from them?â Xú Hao was the first to object.
âYouâ¦!â
Xu Shan was clenching his fists and his jaws so tightly that cracking sounds could be heard.
When Xú Hao saw Xu Shanâs angry look, he said with a smile: âDoesnât Luo Tian think heâs very strong? You can have him go save them since the Martial Hall wonât be sending out any disciples. My guess is that theyâre already dead by now.â
âWith their weak cultivation realms, they might as well go ahead and die so that our Mount Hua Immortal Sect can save some face.â
The other Elders didnât say anything.
Xu Shanâs gaze turned gloomy. He then stood up and said: âFine. Since you guys arenât going, I will go!â
âHumph~!â
After saying that, Xu Shan flicked his sleeves and strode out towards the direction of the teleportation array.
Mount Hua Immortal Sect, inner sect.
âThose immortal sects have gone too far this time.â
âHeavenâs Boundary was originally discovered by our old ancestor. Back then, he wanted all the immortal sects to quickly grow stronger so only then did he share it with everyone. Who wouldâve imagined that now, our own disciples arenât even allowed to go there.â
âTheyâre bullying us to the extreme!â
âThere has to be a reason why this started. If it wasnât for Luo Tian offending the Starsea Immortal Sect, this incident wouldnât have happened. It wasnât like this before, so most likely itâs that kidâs fault. He has put Mount Hua Immortal Sect in an even more miserable state.â
âI already said before that we canât let that kid stay!â
âItâs too late to say such things. You all know that we have fewer outstanding inner sect disciples this year. And itâs hard for the outer sect to have a talent like Zhang Kuang appear, yet he has died now. Since our outer sect has suffered such a heavy loss, what should we do going forward? We also donât know whatâs going on with those disciples behind deep closed-door seclusion.â
âIf this trend continues, how are we going to deal with next yearâs immortal sect competition? If we lose again, our Mount Hua Immortal Sect might really have toâ¦â
All the Elders became silent in thought.
âSect Leader, should we send someone to Heavenâs Boundary?â
âWe canât just do nothing when weâve been bullied to this extent. Besides, we still have four disciples at Heavenâs Boundaryâ¦â
âSince it has come to this, we shouldnât complicate it further. If those other immortal sects get angry, it wouldnât be as simple as being driven out from Heavenâs Boundary anymore. From the way I see it, we should just let the matter stop here. Weâll just let fate decide whether those four disciples live or die without interfering.â
âReporting!â
âThe outer sect Elder Xu Shan used ten thousand merit points to exchange for the use of the teleportation array. His target destination is Heavenâs Boundary.â
âHumph~!â
âThe inner sect hasnât even made a decision yet, but an outer sect Elder like him dares to be this arrogant? Since he isnât putting us in his eyes, then we can just let him go die!â