Chapter 2374: You Think You Can Deceive Me?

In less than a day, since the old master ordered to flee, the youth felt as if he were dreaming.

Initially, he thought the old master was overthinking, too anxious, making a mountain out of a molehill.

By now, less than an hour had passed, yet he had already encountered two waves of pursuers, both personally led by Ancient Immortal Realm experts.

Such Ancient Immortal Realm experts, viewed across the whole Immortal Realm, might not count as true big shots.

Within those great sects, they are merely elder-level existences, the pillars of the sect.

But for the entire Immortal Realm, and for us loose cultivators, Ancient Immortal Realm experts are already beings we can only look up to.

In the past, not to mention contact, even catching a distant glimpse was rare.

After all, Ancient Immortal Realm experts are not something you can see just anywhere.

But today, in less than an hour, the youth has already been chased by two waves of Ancient Immortal Realm experts.

Leaving other aspects aside, this could be considered a highlight moment in the youth's life so far.

Yet such a highlight moment is something the youth does not want at all.

Although he is a loose cultivator with modest combat ability, his escape experience is still quite ample.

Seeing that the opponent was alone, the youth did not flee with his companions but chose the opposite direction to escape.

At this point, sticking together would likely be a dead end; splitting up might still offer a slim chance of survival.

Moreover, the youth knows his cultivation is low; in the eyes of those big shots, he is utterly insignificant.

When the opponent is alone, he likely won't care about the youth; if he pursues, it will be to chase those with higher cultivation.

Indeed, that is exactly what happened; the beautiful woman naturally noticed the youth, but paid no heed and went straight after the others.

The youth guessed right; the beautiful woman simply didn't regard him at all.

Meanwhile, the other six loose cultivators, though their cultivation is higher than the youth's, find that slight advantage meaningless before the beautiful woman.

They were quickly caught up by the beautiful woman, who blocked their path.

"Where is Tie Dan?"

Seeing the beautiful woman's pressure descending from the heavens, the leading female loose cultivator turned her head and realized Tie Dan was nowhere to be seen.

In an instant, the woman sensed something wrong, her heart sank, and she muttered to herself.

"My life is over."

"That damned thing ran off on its own, using us as a shield—aren't we doomed?"

Before that female loose cultivator could think further, the beautiful woman's pressure surged, instantly pressing the few people to the ground, unable to move.

The next second, the beautiful woman's figure slowly descended from the sky, landing before them, looking down as she spoke.

"Where is Tianxing Lao Ren?"

"We don't know, Senior; just now we were ambushed and scattered."

"Hmm?"

Hearing that, the beautiful woman frowned, wondering if someone had gotten there first— which sect?

Immediately, the beautiful woman asked again.

"What about the rations?"

"They are on Tianxing Lao Ren."

Facing the beautiful woman's inquiry, the leading female loose cultivator dared not conceal anything and answered truthfully.

However, the beautiful woman was clearly not satisfied with that answer.

She had personally rushed from the small town; now Tianxing Lao Ren is not found, nor the rations—this is not right.

A faint killing intent rose around her; sensing this danger, the loose cultivator woman panicked completely and blurted out.

"Senior, the looting of the canteen was not us; we had no idea—it was Tie Dan, it was Tie Dan and his gang who stole it, and it has nothing to do with us."

With our lives hanging by a thread, we naturally can't worry about righteousness now—first we must survive.

The loose cultivator woman shouted loudly; hearing this, the beautiful woman indeed showed a bit of interest, temporarily suppressing her urge to attack, and spoke expressionlessly.

"Who is Tie Dan? Where is he?"

To that, the loose cultivator woman dared not utter a false word and hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Replying, Senior, the one who just fled is Tie Dan; he is the instigator."

"Exactly, exactly, everything is Tie Dan's doing; Senior, please see clearly—we know nothing."

"Yes, it was Tie Dan and his gang who arbitrarily decided to raid the canteen; we weren't even there at the time."

"If we had been there, we would certainly not let Tie Dan and his gang succeed; we would definitely act on Heaven's behalf."

The other few loose cultivators also echoed in agreement, speaking with sincere feeling—there was no choice, they were just trying to survive, no hypocrisy.

But upon hearing their words, the beautiful woman's mind conjured the image of the youngster who had just fled, possessing Ancestor Realm cultivation.

However, though his cultivation is Ancestor Realm, from his aura one can see his foundation is insubstantial, not solid at all—he belongs to those who forced a breakthrough recklessly.

"Such an ant—could he possibly have looted the canteen?"

Her face darkened; she casually waved a hand, and instantly a loose cultivator was blasted to bits, blood spraying everywhere.

"Do you think I'm easy to deceive? A mere Ancestor Realm ant—where does he get the gall to loot the canteen?"

The beautiful woman's sudden strike left the loose cultivator woman and others dumbstruck, forgetting to reply for a moment.

After they finally snapped out of it, they had already cursed Tie Dan in their hearts with vulgar abuse, and of course the beautiful woman also didn't escape blame.

"What they said is clearly the truth; besides, who stipulated that Ancestor Realm cultivators cannot loot the canteen?"

"Is there really any direct connection between gall and cultivation?"

"That damned fellow's cultivation is low, but his gall is enormous."

"Even Tianxing Lao Ren wouldn't dare to eye the canteen; if he wanted to eat, he'd have to bring Immortal Crystals and obediently queue to buy."

"But who would have thought, that damned fellow, without a word, just went and looted the canteen."

If it weren't for this, how could they have fallen into such a state?

Everything's this damn thing's fault; now he's fine, he ran off and left them with this.

And there's this Mei Furen right before you, you blockhead—can't you see there's a problem?

That culprit just slipped right from under your nose, and you didn't even notice—what's the point of questioning us?

However, being loose cultivator women, they naturally dare not say such things; they can only earnestly keep explaining.

"Senior, we've all been to the Canteen—how could we not know Young Master Ye's name, and how dare we break ground on the Year God's head?"

"It's all Tie Dan's fault—this idiot, this kid is ignorant and fearless, unaware of the Canteen's background, unaware of Young Master Ye's prestige, acting arbitrarily on his own, and that's why he's caused a major disaster."

"We had intended to seize him and send him straight to the Canteen to own up, but fearing Young Master Ye wouldn't believe us, we panicked and ran—where would we get the gall to do that?"

The loose cultivator women explained earnestly, yet all they got in return was a faint remark from Mei Furen.

"Hah, such a crude excuse—do you really think you can fool me?"

As they spoke, Mei Furen's eyes shone with insight—an ant of the Ancestor Realm, daring to rob the Canteen? Utterly absurd.

Huh???