Chapter 756: Medicinal Field Bully Hu Long!

Among them.

Aside from the first batch of medicinal field laborers, Pei Qingfeng and Hu Long, among others.

Everyone else was gradually sent here afterward.

And all of them, without exception, had offended the Cangwu Jiang family, had their cultivation base stripped, and were ultimately escorted here to specifically guard the medicinal fields.

After many realized they had no hope of ever leaving Cangwu Mountain.

Their hearts filled with immense resentment and bitterness.

But these things meant nothing before the cold, cruel reality, and their edges were swiftly worn away.

Everyone gradually grew numb, learning to accept this life.

After all, better to live miserably than die, as long as you're still alive, there's still hope........

It was precisely this thought that sustained them day after day, year after year, enduring backbreaking labor.

At this moment, among the crowd, some would secretly lift their heads, glancing sideways toward a nearby spot.

There, within sight, stood a simple thatched cottage.

Inside, an old man and a young man sat before a tea table.

They sipped hot tea and ate the spirit fruits placed before them, appearing utterly at ease.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Their hearts grew sour, flooded with envy.

In the past, such a crude summer retreat would have been too beneath their notice to even glance at.

Even being forced to live there would have felt like deliberate humiliation.

But today is not as it was.

In this dire situation, such a summer retreat had become extraordinarily precious.

They longed in their dreams to drop their dirty, exhausting work and go inside to rest and relax properly.

But this thought could only remain a fantasy.

After all, the two inside both possessed Purple Mansion cultivation base—far beyond what any of them could oppose!

Just as the crowd was sighing in dismay.

Hu Long, the sect master of Luofeng Sect, shifted his gaze subtly and crept closer to Pei Qingfeng.

Sensing this, Pei Qingfeng instinctively shrank back, fear rising on his face.

Seeing the former Moon Wheel Great Cultivator now cower before him, Hu Long felt immense satisfaction, savoring it thoroughly.

Then, recalling the news he'd overheard unintentionally from the guards today, he said: "Lord Pei, I seem to recall your former disciples once clashed with Jiang Chen?"

By now, Pei Qingfeng's former arrogance had been entirely worn away; not a trace remained of his former status as a Moon Wheel powerhouse.

Upon hearing Hu Long's question, he first frowned in suspicion, his hands pausing mid-motion.

He couldn't fathom why the man would suddenly bring this up to him.

Pei Qingfeng instinctively wanted to refuse to answer.

But remembering the months of torment he'd endured at this man's hands.

Under the tyrannical intimidation of this medicinal field bully.

He could only reluctantly lower his head, clench his fists, and speak humbly:

"My lord, back then I was foolish and arrogant, believing my cultivation base too high to fear the Cangwu Jiang family. Later, both my disciples were defeated by Jiang Yan and Jiang Chen of the Jiang clan, and ultimately met their deaths. I myself was stripped of my cultivation base by the Jiang patriarch and cast down to this state......."

After months of conditioning by Hu Long and others.

He was forced to address him with honorifics to avoid beatings.

Thinking of it made him furious.

Each time he was beaten, the guards would deliberately look away, even smirking as if watching a show.

Precisely because of this, Hu Long had grown bolder and more brazen than ever!

He had not once tried to resist.

But his body was now so weakened, his strength reduced to that of a man who couldn't even hold a chicken—he could not resist at all, let alone when the other side outnumbered him. To suffer less, he must never provoke them!

Know that the Luofeng Sect members had long formed a tight clique, the undisputed bullies of the medicinal fields!

Later, many newcomers were bullied.

Some even abandoned the dignity of their former strength and gradually joined Hu Long's ranks, emboldening him further!

At this moment.

Hearing Pei Qingfeng's answer, Hu Long sneered.

He casually said: "Just now I overheard the guards talking—they said Jiang Chen recently defeated Nangong Zhantian before everyone's eyes!"

At these words, the entire crowd erupted in shock!

They all stopped their work, faces filled with disbelief!

Recall that when Nangong Zhantian issued his challenge, his aura had swept across all of Cangwu Mountain.

We laborers here in the medicinal fields had all heard of it.

We learned a powerful cultivator named Nangong Zhantian intended to climb the mountain and challenge the patriarch Jiang Daoxuan.

Pei Qingfeng was equally astonished.

He raised an eyebrow and asked skeptically: "Nangong Zhantian's aura suggested at least a Sun Wheel cultivator. But Jiang Chen is younger than my two disciples—barely under twenty. How could he defeat such a man?"

Though he'd lost his cultivation base, his former Moon Wheel perspective still told him Nangong Zhantian must be a Sun Wheel cultivator!

As soon as he finished speaking.

Hu Long's smile widened.

He shook his head, scoffing: "Who said he was a Sun Wheel? You were once a Moon Wheel True Person—how could your discernment be so poor?"

"Listen carefully, that Nangong Zhantian is a Manifestation True Monarch! And according to legend, he's also a top-tier Manifestation at the ninth level!"

"A figure who can reach such a realm — looking across our Great Qin, there are at most no more than five such people. Even the National Preceptor Yuwen Feng still lingers at this realm."

"On the other hand, this Jiang Chen was able to defeat a ninth-level Manifestation-realm Nangong Zhantian. Such terrifying strength is simply inconceivable, and naturally he can also rank among the absolute pinnacle of Great Qin!"

Hearing this, everyone present drew a sharp breath.

You should know that among them, from the lowest Postnatal realm to the highest Moon Wheel realm, although they all greatly admired Jiang Daoxuan's strength,

the strength of the younger generation was not looked upon favorably by them.

It was precisely under such circumstances that an earth-shattering piece of news suddenly exploded, saying that Jiang Chen of the younger generation was actually able to defeat a top-tier powerhouse at the ninth level of the Manifestation realm — how could this possibly be?

Could it be that the sun rose from the west, and we still haven't woken up?!

Compared to the shock of the crowd, Pei Qingfeng's heart was even more complicated.

His face showed bitterness, and his whole heart chilled by a large margin.

"Ninth level of the Manifestation realm? Jiang Chen? Old Heaven, what exactly are you playing at with me?"

Pei Qingfeng truly found it hard to string together these two words that should never have been linked, nor could possibly have been linked.

But as far as facts go, these words really had all been linked together.

In an instant, numerous memories surfaced in his mind.