Chapter 461: Shen Zongzhu Who Cannot Afford Monthly Salaries

By the time the sky-high sea of blood rolled back and the Boundless Demon Emperor Palace vanished, the horizon returned to clarity.

The golden flame merged into that black robe.

The scorching heat around slowly returned to normal.

Liu Qianyun quietly tucked that envelope into her sleeve; she had a vague premonition that when her father issued this decree, he likely intended it to handle minor troubles among the executives.

But judging by Shen Yi's current performance,

this decree is highly likely to end up in the hands of another Bai Yujing powerhouse.

She was starting to not understand anymore.

Every time they parted and met Shen Yi again, it was like encountering another cultivator entirely.

The dividing line between the early and middle stages was like a joke before him.

Most terrifyingly, upon careful deduction, it even felt reasonable that he won.

Obviously, the Spirit Body Art had already reached great perfection, plus two Heavenly Palaces, and that profound technique only seen in the hands of heavenly geniuses.

Which of these is something an ordinary cultivator could access?

"What's wrong with you?"

Yan Wencheng snapped out of his shock and looked at Ye Wenxuan beside him, who had been wiping her forehead.

"N-nothing... just a bit cold..."

Ye Wenxuan was now terrified to the extreme; just a few days ago, she had actually walked a circle before the gates of hell.

If she had, in a moment of wavering, revealed the matter of the Crimson Blood Profound Phoenix essence blood.

then the figure swallowed by the sea of fire just now would have had to include her, Ye someone.

"..."

Chen Zilong stared blankly at a certain spot in the main hall.

His body suddenly felt weak as he leaned against that coffin; first losing his father, then losing his brother.

All of this was simply because he had unintentionally seen Ziqi meeting with a demoness in private.

He clearly wanted to fulfill the other party's wishes and also wanted to save the Chen family.

Wanting both, yet in the end, he kept neither.

This cultivation level of Return to Emptiness Third Layer, praised by his clansmen as the Chen family's dragon son, was, in the eyes of both the Long Yudian and the Seven Sons of Southern Hong, a negligible existence.

A woman from the Long Yudian died here; someone always needs to be buried with her.

Chen Zilong glanced fearfully at the many clansmen, not knowing how to face them.

"Stop staring."

Zheng Qian secretly walked over and kicked him, looking straight ahead as she said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you; Shen Zongzhu is short on people right now."

Anyone with a bit of brain knows the Heavenly Sword Sect would not really turn against the Southern Long Gong just for the sake of the Chen family.

After all, although their hard power is not inferior to the Southern Palace, don't forget they have the other three palaces behind them.

If one could oppose the Four Great Dragon Palaces single-handedly, then don't call oneself the Seven Sons of Southern Hong anymore; just change it to the Seven Dads of Hongze.

Since the Southern Long Gong agreed to this matter and gave this place to the Long Yudian,

the underwater treasures used for exchange have probably already been delivered to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

It was just a transaction; nothing major, at most the Seven Sons of Southern Hong lost a bit of face.

It's just a pity for these people below; their lives are probably not safe.

"Shen Zongzhu!"

Hearing these three words, Chen Zilong seemed to grasp the last straw of salvation, having no mind to consider truth or falsehood.

He stumbled and rushed out of the main hall.

He knelt behind Shen Yi and kowtowed forcefully: "It is my fault! I should not have concealed the matter of Ziqi and the water clan from the Upper Sect! But I truly never let Ziqi participate in any Chen family affairs; we truly never betrayed the Seven Sons of Southern Hong!"

"All the faults are my own faults."

"Please, Shen Zongzhu, take in my clansmen... spare their lives... they truly know nothing..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi turned his head in confusion to look.

After a moment of contemplation, he said lightly: "Can you work?"

Chen Zilong stopped kowtowing and was stunned for a few breaths: "We can do anything!"

"No monthly salary?" Shen Yi suddenly showed a bit of interest.

"No need! We will even pay tribute to the Upper Sect; we dare not delay even for a single day!" Chen Zilong clenched his fist and swore.

The General Nanyang Sect is really short on people right now.

The only one who could barely be called an executive is the Yu Clan Ancestor.

Although the Chen family's strength is not considered strong, there are still a few at the Return to Emptiness Fourth Layer.

"..."

Shen Yi lightly nodded his chin: "Fine."

After all, this is his future place of Dao-Integration; it must at least be able to operate.

He did not know that this simple word left all the Chen clansmen in the main hall stunned in place.

Immediately, they knelt on the ground in tears of gratitude, their excited shouts never ceasing.

They thought they were definitely dead, but they never expected there to be a turnaround.

"Go quickly; if the Long Yudian really comes, it will be trouble... unless you have some other means."

Zheng Qian suppressed the shock in her heart and walked quickly to Shen Yi's front.

"Withdraw."

Shen Yi did not hesitate for a single instant.

Don't look at how easily he just slew that Return-to-Void sixth-layer demon.

Only after witnessing Bao Hua Xianzi's methods can one understand that even within the same realm, the difference in strength is like heaven and earth.

If a true prodigy of the Aquatic Clan came, with his current strength, he would be completely outmatched.

"Gather the clansmen, board the ship!"

At Zheng Qian's command, Liu Qianyun hurriedly summoned the Qingyue Sect treasure ship. After all the Chen family members had boarded, she did not dare hesitate for a moment, and steered the treasure ship straight toward General Nanyang Sect.

No matter how big one's background, it cannot withstand the fury of a man whose daughter has been slaughtered.

Let's withdraw from this place first.

"So…"

Yan Wencheng suddenly felt something was a little off.

He put away the array items he had prepared in advance, and reckoned that the only thing their group was responsible for on this trip was folding their arms and putting on a show of support for Shen Zongzhu.

And helping to transport the Chen family cultivators along the way?

Ye Wenxuan stood quietly in a corner, secretly glancing at Shen Yi's back.

She wanted to ask something, but did not know how to bring it up.

As time passed.

The Qingyue treasure ship stopped above the General Nanyang relief sculpture.

Shen Yi led the Chen family clansmen and vanished into the light barrier, never once turning back to look at her from start to finish.

"…"

Ye Wenxuan closed her eyes.

When she had left the sect back then, her excessive behavior could be said to have utterly disgraced General Nanyang Sect's face.

The other party not holding it against her was already an extremely magnanimous act, let alone having also given her a hand.

To still hope she could go back… that would be going too far.

"What kind of relationship is this between you two? You don't have some old flame, do you?" Zheng Qian noticed her oddness and asked curiously.

Liu Qianyun's face turned bitter, and she tugged at her: "Are you sick? He's someone you can gossip about behind his back now?"

What kind of concept is it to wave a hand and slay a Return-to-Void sixth-layer cultivator.

Placed within the Qi Sect, it would already qualify for the rank of Outer Gate Elder.

"Sigh."

Ye Wenxuan opened her eyes, forced out a helpless smile: "Wenxuan is merely a little cultivator who borrowed Shen Zongzhu's strength, luckily escaped with her life, and has been clinging on until now."

"I thank all of you for stepping in to help on this trip, saving Wenxuan's life. If there is ever a need for me in the future, please do not hesitate to ask."

"Hai."

Zheng Qian waved her hand: "Who stepped in? From start to finish wasn't it just our Shen Zongzhu fighting alone?"

Having said that, she revealed a fierce grin and rolled up her sleeves: "Let's go! Go back and find Cui Hao!"

(End of this chapter)