Chapter 180

The sun had already set. Lingyun, Luo Yexi, and Busujima Saeko sat opposite one another, brewing tea. As for the others, they had been dragged out by Chen Jing to go shopping. Lingyun did not need to worry about their safety, as Lingqi, an Earth Tier Peak expert, was looking after them.

"Master, someone is approaching our house. The strength of those coming is not low: one Heaven Tier Initial Stage, one Earth Tier Initial Stage, and they are bringing a Yellow Rank Mid-Stage along," Luo Yexi said suddenly after finishing the tea in her cup.

"It seems it isn't that group of annoying Ninjas. After all, Chen Jing said before that Ninjas at the Heaven Tier and above cannot enter Huaxia unless there are special circumstances," Lingyun set down the teacup in his hand.

"The other party has no killing intent; I suspect they aren't here to pick a fight!" Busujima Saeko poured another cup of tea for Lingyun. Bearing the Shura Power, she was exceptionally sensitive to things like killing intent.

"It's people from the Tianyin Sect. What are they here for?" Lingyun frowned slightly. "Forget it. If soldiers come, block them; if water comes, earth covers it. Even if they are here to pick a fight, with our current strength, it is enough to beat them until they can't find north!"

Not long after, the door was knocked upon. Busujima Saeko stood up to open it. The people outside were the Tianyin Sect's Inner Sect Elder Kang Ding, Outer Sect Deacon Chen Moyun, and Luo Yexi's classmate Song Jie.

Busujima Saeko's gaze swept over Kang Ding, then she compared him to her own current strength, finally reaching a conclusion: if the opponent had no musical instrument in hand and was fighting unarmed at close range, she could finish this guy off within ten moves. In other words, this guy posed no threat here at all; if he dared to act recklessly, she would just slap him to death.

Kang Ding only felt a chill down his back, feeling as if he had been looked down upon. But he quickly cast such thoughts to the back of his mind; now was not the time to think about such things, as he had serious business today!

"This young friend, I am Kang Ding. I wish to visit the master of this place; I wonder if you could announce me?" At the very beginning, Kang Ding kept his attitude very low.

When the door was opened, his intuition told him that this room was extremely dangerous. Although the girl who came to open the door seemed to have no aura, and the house looked nothing special from the outside, it gave him the feeling of a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. It was as if once he stepped through this door, his life and death would no longer be up to him. Kang Ding never doubted his intuition, because it was precisely this intuition that had allowed him to survive time and time again through life-and-death crises.

"Please come in," Busujima Saeko stepped aside, letting the three enter.

As Kang Ding walked into the room, the first thing he saw were Lingyun and the other person brewing tea. Luo Yexi held a kettle in her hand, and the water inside was bubbling away.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Kang Ding's mouth twitched, followed by a sense of shock. With his keen eyes, he could naturally see that Luo Yexi was using her own True Qi to heat the water in the kettle. Using True Qi to boil water—what a luxurious thing to do! But what terrified him was that under these circumstances, he did not feel a single trace of True Qi fluctuation from Luo Yexi, as if she were an ordinary person.

However, whether it was Song Jie's previous account or the boiling water in the kettle, both told him that the other party could absolutely not be an ordinary person. In other words, the other party possessed a secret technique capable of concealing their aura. Regarding such a secret technique, Kang Ding could not summon any greed in his heart. In his understanding, most of those who used such secret techniques were experts in assassination. Offending an Innate Expert and offending an Innate Expert who was an expert in assassination were two completely different concepts. Thinking of this, Kang Ding had already labeled Lingyun and the others as people not to be easily offended; after all, no one wanted a blade hanging over their head that could fall at any moment.

If Lingyun knew that Kang Ding had thought of so much just upon entering the room, he wondered if he would laugh out loud. However, this could not be blamed on Kang Ding; after all, the Tianyin Sect was currently beset by internal and external troubles, and he could not help but tread carefully, striving not to offend any potential strong enemy.

"I am Tianyin Sect Elder Kang Ding, greetings to you both," Kang Ding cupped his hands toward Lingyun and the others, not showing an arrogant attitude just because these two were juniors in his eyes. "These two are the sect's Outer Sect Deacon Chen Moyun and the sect's Outer Sect Disciple Song Jie."

"So it is Elder Kang Ding, please sit." Since the other party was so polite, Lingyun naturally would not treat them coldly, and very courteously invited the visitors to sit. "I wonder what advice Elder Kang Ding has for coming here this time?"

"I, Kang, have come this time because of the friction between our sect's Outer Sect Deacon Zhong Yicun and all of you last time." Seeing Lingyun speak, Kang Ding also got straight to the point and stated his purpose.

"Oh? I wonder how your sect intends to resolve this matter?" Lingyun raised his eyebrows slightly and said indifferently.

"We feel deeply apologetic regarding our Outer Sect Deacon wanting to forcibly take Miss Luo Yexi into our sect. Our Sect Master's meaning is that it is better to resolve grievances than to keep them, and he wishes to make this big matter small and the small matter disappear. This item is an apology to Miss Luo Yexi and you, sir." Kang Ding took out the box he had brought and placed it on the table.

The box was opened, and inside was a ginseng root, carrying a faint medicinal fragrance. This ginseng, whether in terms of appearance or quality, was a rare, top-grade Changbai Mountain Ginseng, at least three hundred years old. In this Age of Dharma Decline, it was already an extremely rare medicinal material, the kind of thing that could make many people break their heads over it. For the Tianyin Sect to take out such a thing, they must have been prepared to suffer a major loss.

Looking at the ginseng in the box, Lingyun narrowed his eyes, then opened his hand, drawing the box into his own hand, and said: "I have received your sect's sincerity. Very well, let this matter end here."

Watching Lingyun's movements, Kang Ding's heart skipped a beat; he did not expect this unassuming youth to also be an expert. That move just now required at least the Earth Tier to accomplish, meaning this youth before him was at minimum an Earth Tier powerhouse. Thinking of this, Kang Ding suddenly had the urge to bang his head against the ground. An Earth Tier under twenty years old—what kind of power could cultivate such a freak! Thinking back to himself, he had been smug about reaching the Heaven Tier before the age of fifty, only to be slapped hard by reality.

Barely adjusting his nearly shattered fragile heart, Kang Ding spoke again: "That, I have one more ungracious request; I wonder if you could agree to it?"

"Oh, is there something else?" Lingyun asked.

"That, it is regarding our sect's Outer Sect Deacon Zhong Yicun. Now that he has already received his punishment, I wonder if your side could raise your hand high and let him off!" Kang Ding said somewhat awkwardly.

Upon hearing Kang Ding mention this matter, Chen Moyun and Song Jie both looked up at Lingyun.

Lingyun pondered for a moment, took a porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out a pill, and handed it to Kang Ding: "Very well, since we have already reconciled on this matter, let it be. Have him take this pill, and it will naturally force out the force within his body; then just have a doctor treat him afterward."

Kang Ding was overjoyed, busily taking the pill from Lingyun's hand, and then stood up saying: "Many thanks!"

Afterward, Kang Ding did not stay long, and left in a hurry with Chen Moyun and the other.

After the three of them left, Luo Yexi asked Lingyun curiously: "Master, this Tianyin Sect gave in too quickly, didn't they? I thought they would have to lose several Heaven Tier experts, or even Innate Experts, at our hands before they would surrender!"

"I think the Tianyin Sect must be having a hard time right now, otherwise he wouldn't be so hurried to reconcile with us. However, it is no longer our business now. If they come to seek revenge in the future, we will just clean them up thoroughly," Lingyun waved his hand.

These words of Lingyun's could be considered to have drawn a period to this conflict.