Chapter 46: Punishing Evil, How Could It Be Such an Inconvenient Thing!

Su Ping's heart stirred, and he quietly retreated back into the mist of Nine Leaves Mountain.

Only after his figure was completely obscured by the mist and the forest did Su Ping continue to observe the sudden situation in the distance through his group of mice.

Without intelligence support, it was absolutely impossible for Su Ping to wade into muddy waters.

Keeping a low profile and bullying the weak after developing one's strength is the royal road! On the official road in the distance, three Cultivators wearing black robes were hunting down the hawk-faced Cultivator who had previously participated in the Yun Family Market auction.

The hawk-faced Cultivator erupted with great hidden strength; clusters of Golden Light and water-like light emerged from his body, clearly possessing quite a few Body Protection Talismans and Dharma Artifacts.

However, the pursuing opponents were clearly prepared. After the three formed an array, their Dharma Power connected, making them one in offense and defense. They even jointly activated a Bronze Short Sword, and the sword Qi unleashed in the air struck the hawk-faced Cultivator, always causing his figure to become unstable and his halo to dim significantly.

The area around the official road was already devastated within a mere few dozen seconds due to their spell-casting battle.

Even among the group of mice that served as Su Ping's eyes, several were swept away by the sword Qi and died without a whole corpse.

"It is fortunate that I am a cautious person and focused on cultivating Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui from the start."

"Otherwise, without the group of mice acting as an early warning system, I might very well have walked into their Divine Sense detection range without knowing it."

"By that time, it would not have been easy for me to escape once I fell into a passive position."

Su Ping felt fortunate in his heart; this sudden situation clearly was not simple.

The cultivation family behind that hawk-faced Cultivator was by no means weaker than the Yun Family.

And for someone to dare to ambush him, and to be able to pinpoint the time and place... thinking about it further, one knew the water here was too deep.

Seeing the hawk-faced Cultivator's light shield broken by the sword Qi and about to be executed, his figure suddenly vanished! When he reappeared, he was shockingly more than ten kilometers outside of Nine Leaves Mountain.

Su Ping frowned, his heart tightening as he silently summoned Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui to start digging, preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Sure enough!

The hawk-faced Cultivator sped toward the Jiuye Mountain Market and crushed a Talisman, causing several fireworks to explode in the air.

Under normal circumstances, it would end here, and the pursuit would be considered a failure.

The pursuers should have withdrawn if they were not stupid.

However, the situation defied this general expectation.

The pursuers actually continued to chase after him.

Feeling increasingly that something was wrong, Su Ping hid underground, and his Pot Heaven had already been opened, ready to withdraw at any time.

"Which petty thieves dare to come to my Nine Leaves Mountain to commit crimes!"

Yun Yuan, as a Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivator, flew out of the mountain peak with the help of the Market Dharma Array and issued a stern rebuke.

At the same time, several other Cultivators and Loose Cultivators in the vicinity noticed the situation here and rushed over, each harboring their own thoughts.

Yet, Yun Yuan's voice had just been uttered.

From the dark horizon in the distance, within the suddenly rolling black clouds, a louder voice came:

"The Punish Evil Alliance is conducting business; bystanders... get out!"

"The Punish Evil Alliance!"

A look of genuine shock appeared on Yun Yuan's old face. Without even bothering to investigate the truth, he immediately hid back into the Yun Family Market.

He also immediately activated the large array Barrier, shielding all internal and external information transmission, appearing very sensible.

The Punish Evil Alliance was originally just one of the subordinate organizations of the Immortal Sect's Merit Hall, but following the sudden addition of several True Disciples a hundred years ago.

It had now become something similar to the secret violent apparatus of a mortal dynasty, and middle-to-low-level Cultivators all turned pale at the mention of it.

Seeing this, the hawk-faced Cultivator also had a look of despair, staring at the black clouds behind the pursuers in disbelief: "You act in such a way... are you not afraid of being held accountable by the Immortal Sect Elders!"

"Held accountable by Immortal Sect Elders? We work wholeheartedly for the Immortal Sect; why would we care about such trivial matters!"

A black light shot out from the black clouds, directly covering the already exhausted hawk-faced Cultivator, and then sucked him into the black clouds.

Afterwards, a Divine Sense swept across the surroundings of Nine Leaves Mountain from the rolling black clouds.

Several Cultivators and Loose Cultivators who also sensed something was wrong and chose to lurk in place instead of rushing to the scene were immediately exposed.

A black shadow flew down from the black clouds, and screams followed one after another under the roaring sound.

Before long, there was not a single living creature left around Nine Leaves Mountain. Not only that, a village slightly further away was also affected, and there were no survivors in the village either!

The black shadow returned to the black clouds, and the Divine Sense descended again to scan.

This time, however, it did not discover any abnormalities.

Although a few mice looked a bit spiritual.

They were ultimately not Spirit Mice and were not worth the attention or action of such a noble existence as the source of the Divine Sense.

Then, a small, pitch-black Immortal Boat gradually rushed out from the black clouds.

It carefully circled around Nine Leaves Mountain again and again.

Only after receiving the three pursuers did it slowly leave Nine Leaves Mountain.

"Punishing evil, how could it be such an inconvenient thing!"

"Look, even if you leave a Secret Language in the surroundings with a Secret Technique now, no one will be able to see or hear it, so naturally, there will be no punishment!"

On the deck of the Immortal Boat, a Cultivator shrouded in black mist looked at the captured hawk-faced Cultivator and said in a calm tone:

"Because of you, my little one has had another gluttonous meal of flesh."

"It has also added another case of Demon Beast unrest to the Immortal Sect, which will require a Daoist to investigate."

"It is truly, too terrible!"

"So, if you don't want to continue suffering and implicating your friends and family, confess honestly: what exactly did you see that night!"

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One night passed.

Deep underground at the foot of Nine Leaves Mountain.

Su Ping quietly emerged from the Pot Heaven and immediately contacted the group of mice to investigate.

The result made Su Ping unable to help but tremble.

Has this area been ravaged by a level twelve storm? "Punish Evil Alliance..."

After Su Ping heard this voice, he immediately escaped into the Pot Heaven; now, relying on the fragments of memory from the rats that luckily survived, he could only barely piece together the truth of the matter.

The Immortal Boat of the self-proclaimed Punish Evil Alliance, after capturing the hawk-faced Cultivator, began to clear out any survivors in the vicinity.

The tragic state of the village in the distance was also inseparable from them.

"Should I report it?"

"I am merely an Inspector; not only is my status low and my words carry little weight, but they dare to kill to silence witnesses so brazenly."

"I fear that even if reported, the punishment would be quite limited!"

"If the Immortal Sect continues to show weakness, even the power to enforce the law will begin to spiral out of control; this is going too far."

"It seems the belongings of those unlucky Cultivators are still in the surrounding mountains and forests..."

"Forget it, it's too dangerous; I cannot lose much for the sake of little, better not to go."

"What if those things are tainted with some aura, or were left as bait on purpose?"

Su Ping immediately rejected the bit of greed in his heart, and after a merchant caravan appeared on the official road, he slapped on an Invisibility Talisman and left this territory with the caravan, only then speeding up to return to Linyue Villa.

Nine Leaves Mountain also slowly opened its Barrier after being cut off from the outside world for a day and a night, then began to clean up the chaos at the foot of the mountain.

Yun Yuan's expression was grave, and in his heart, he increasingly approved of the family's plan to relocate.

He was even prepared to merge the branches left outside back in as soon as he returned.

As for reporting last night's events to the Immortal Sect...

Forget it; it would be good enough if their Yun Family could protect themselves by pretending to know nothing, and to go and offend the Punish Evil Alliance—was he not afraid of being caught by a handle and having the clan wiped out? "Sigh, what has happened to the Immortal Sect?"

"Do the Elders not know that many times, when things keep getting chaotic, they will truly become chaotic?"

As an Outer Sect Deacon, Yun Yuan still had feelings for the Immortal Sect.

It was just that he could do nothing about it! (End of chapter)