Chapter 81: Humiliation (Seeking Favorites and Recommendations)

"I was wondering who it was! So it is Fellow Daoist Zuo from Guyan City!"

After Leng Xinghun saw Zuo Mutang's face clearly, he spoke in a sarcastic tone. He was already a Golden Core Late Stage existence; how could he look up to Zuo Mutang, who was only at the Golden Core Initial Stage?

Zuo Mutang forced a smile, though that smile was uglier than crying. With a wave of one hand, he summoned the red skeleton from before back to his side, and with a flash, the skeleton submerged into his body and vanished without a trace!

"I did not know the four Sect Leaders were gathering here; Zuo was too abrupt!"

Seeing four Golden Core Late Stage existences, Zuo Mutang dared not be too arrogant.

"I wonder what Fellow Daoist Zuo meant just now? Why did you strike a cultivator into the Transmission Array?"

As Zhuo Zhiyan's beautiful eyes turned slightly, a look of surprise appeared on her pretty face. However, she had already scanned Zhang Nuo with her Divine Sense at the time and saw that his cultivation was at most Foundation Establishment Early Stage; even if he entered the Trial Land of the Four Sects, it would not affect the overall situation! But Zuo Mutang's behavior made her somewhat angry!

"This... it is truly shameful to say! I originally intended to kill that brat in one blow!"

His expression shifted several times; Zuo Mutang was truly too embarrassed to say it out loud—that he, with his dignified Golden Core cultivation, had actually failed to kill a brat at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

"Fellow Daoist Zuo, what kind of joke are you making! That brat just now was at most at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage; you couldn't possibly be unable to kill a cultivator of such cultivation, could you!"

Xiao Zhengxing said with a hint of mockery, and at this moment, the other three Sect Leaders also revealed cold sneers. Not to mention that they didn't believe such words, even an ordinary disciple who had just entered the Cultivation World would not believe it!

Zuo Mutang's expression became increasingly ugly; the other party was relying on their higher cultivation to humiliate him like this!

"It is the truth!"

Having finally squeezed the four words out through his teeth, Zuo Mutang wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground right now!

"Fellow Daoist Zuo, don't tell me you chased him all the way here from Guyan City!"

At this moment, Zhuge An seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked with a solemn expression. In fact, this question had no intention of mocking Zuo Mutang at all; it was just that Zhuge An felt this matter was somewhat suspicious, and he feared Zuo Mutang was plotting some conspiracy in the dark!

"Things have come to this, so I am not afraid of being laughed at by you four fellow daoists! I was originally chasing him from the Panlong Mountain Range..."

Seeing that the four people were suspicious of him, Zuo Mutang had no choice but to tell the truth. After the four heard it, they could not help but look at each other in dismay. A brat at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage could actually instantly kill four existences of the same rank and even heavily injure a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator—this was simply too terrifying!

What surprised these four the most was that he had actually escaped for so long under the hands of a Golden Core cultivator; it was simply a miracle!

"Does Fellow Daoist still intend to enter the Trial Land of the Four Sects to kill that brat?"

Leng Xinghun's expression sank slightly, and a fierce light appeared in his eyes. If Zuo Mutang did not know what was good for him and wanted to enter the Trial Land to catch someone, he would never agree to it, no matter what. After all, the Trial Land contained the elites of all four sects; if a Golden Core cultivator were let in, wouldn't that be like putting a wolf into a flock of sheep?

"Fellow Daoist Leng is joking! That is something Zuo will not do!"

Zuo Mutang cursed Leng Xinghun incessantly in his heart, but he dared not show even a fraction of it on his face!

"That is for the best!"

After saying this in a huff, Leng Xinghun was the first to return to the ground. Seeing that the remaining three also had no shred of goodwill toward him, Zuo Mutang could only offer a few polite words before slinking away!

Watching Zuo Mutang's escape light vanish above the plain, the three also returned to the ground.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuo, do you think the brat who entered just now will affect our Four Sects Trial?"

Seeing Zuo Mutang fly away, Leng Xinghun said with a hint of worry.

Xiao Zhengxing also frowned, feeling somewhat worried in his heart. After all, from what he learned from Zuo Mutang, the brat who was struck into the array was no ordinary character; he was already very troublesome just at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage!

"I don't think so! Zuo Mutang's strike just now landed squarely on this person. Even if his Magic Treasure is powerful, I fear he cannot withstand a strike from a Golden Core cultivator. Taking a step back, even if he didn't die, he should be heavily injured."

Hearing Zhuo Zhiyan's words, Leng Xinghun also nodded slightly and said:

"Fellow Daoist Zhuo makes sense. Furthermore, the Spiritual Qi inside the Trial Land is thin; if he wants to heal his injuries, it will take some time. I fear that within this period, he will be slain by one of the disciples from our four sects! I hope he does not ruin our grand plans, otherwise, when he comes out, I will surely extract his soul and refine his spirit!"

As he spoke, Leng Xinghun's expression suddenly turned cold, and a sinister aura emerged, causing even the three Golden Core Sect Masters to feel a stir in their hearts.

The methods of the 'Corpse Refining Sect' are extremely cruel. When they craft a cultivator's corpse, they often use living people, torturing a cultivator until they are no longer human, and just before they breathe their last, they use a certain secret technique to turn them into a corpse that can be driven by them.

Over thousands of years, no one knows how many cultivators have died because of this secret technique! And the corpses made by the 'Corpse Refining Sect' sometimes do not even change their appearance, looking just like living people, and their cultivation is even much higher than it was when they were alive!

Years ago, a 'Corpse Refining Sect' disciple was chased by more than ten existences of the same rank; he actually used a corpse to circle around these dozen people and eventually killed them all!

This matter circulated on the Tianjiang Plain for a long time; even when cultivators speak of the three words 'Corpse Refining Sect', their expressions change!

Just at this moment, the pillar of light shooting into the sky above the Transmission Array was fading at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It seems the array is about to close!"

Zhuge An said with deep meaning. Regarding the matter of Zhang Nuo being struck into the Transmission Array just now, he did not pay much attention; in his heart, he only cared about his daughter.

"Once the array closes, it will not open again for three years. We should also leave this place; let us see the outcome in three years! I will not stay any longer; I shall take my leave first!"

The person speaking was none other than Xiao Zhengxing. After bidding farewell to the three, he took his sect's disciples and returned to the 'Wuji Sect'!

The remaining three also bid each other farewell and flew back to their sects with their disciples. On the vast plain, only a few disciples guarding the array remained!

These disciples would keep watch over the array; if any danger appeared, they would immediately notify their respective sects. However, there were no other sects on the Tianjiang Plain, and no cultivator would run all the way here to do something that harms others without benefiting themselves by destroying the Transmission Array connected to the Trial Land.