Chapter 40: Coaxing the Blood Demon Sect Master

The scene ended.

Li Kuang, suppressing the grief of losing his son, coldly looked at the Azure Cloud Sect members and said, "The evidence is solid; what else do you have to say?"

Everyone fell silent.

Li Kuang continued, "Hand over Lin Yang immediately; blood debt must be repaid in blood, and I can avoid a decisive battle with the Azure Cloud Sect."

At that moment.

The Grand Elder suddenly spoke up, "Spreading rumors!"

"Blood Demon Sect Master, Lin Yang of our Azure Cloud Sect is truly at the Nascent Soul stage; he really couldn't have killed your son."

"Perhaps... someone impersonated Lin Yang's appearance and then deliberately framed our Azure Cloud Sect."

"Everyone, do you think I'm right?"

Upon hearing this, everyone instantly realized the Grand Elder was preparing to act shamelessly, deny responsibility, and stubbornly protect Lin Yang.

Indeed.

Lin Yang's displayed strength.

As well as the future talent hopes of his two disciples.

Absolutely worth the Azure Cloud Sect's protection at all costs.

Thus, they followed the Grand Elder in echoing his words.

"Hmm."

"Exactly! That's it."

"Blood Demon Sect Master, regarding your son's tragic death, our Azure Cloud Sect expresses deep sorrow and hopes you can cope with your grief."

"At the same time, regarding someone impersonating our Azure Cloud Sect disciple Lin Yang's appearance, attempting to drive a wedge between our two sects, our Azure Cloud Sect will unite with the Blood Demon Sect externally to uncover the mastermind and clear both sides."

"Please, Blood Demon Sect Master, return to the Blood Demon Sect first."

"Please trust our expertise and abilities; we will surely get to the bottom of this quickly."

"Yes, go back; it's all just a misunderstanding."

The elders spoke, one after another.

Meanwhile, the Grand Elder also secretly sent a voice transmission to the Fifth Elder beside him: "Fifth Elder, go now to Heavenly Dao Peak, taking Lin Yang and his two disciples to first hide in the Ancestral Land for a while."

The Fifth Elder nodded, turned, and headed toward Heavenly Dao Peak.

"Enough."

Li Kuang never expected that these people of the Azure Cloud Sect would be so shameless as to fabricate such an excuse.

He coldly said, "Person and goods both obtained, evidence is solid; I never expected you'd still dare to act so shamelessly."

"You really don't put my Blood Demon Sect in your eyes, do you?"

Li Kuang's eyes brimmed with killing intent.

Upon hearing that,

The Grand Elder knew he couldn't be deceived, and he also didn't think he could fool the lame Li Kuang.

He was merely buying time for the Fifth Elder.

Mao Ping raised his head and said, "Li Kuang, we're not trying to deceive you—could it be that your son did nothing wrong?"

"'My son is dead—what wrong could he have?' Li Kuang shouted through gritted teeth."

The Grand Elder analyzed, "From the earlier footage, it's clear that your son abducted Lin Yang's disciple, that little girl; Lin Yang went to rescue her, grabbed your son's ear to reason with him, not harming the girl—clearly your son was disobedient, so Lin Yang acted; can we blame Lin Yang?"

Upon hearing this, Li Kuang nearly went berserk.

The elders also said, "Yes, as cultivators, although your Blood Demon Sect is not a righteous orthodox sect, our Azure Cloud Sect is; seeing Blood Demon Sect disciples bully mortals, we naturally have the duty to stand up and eradicate evil—can we blame Lin Yang?"

"'Moreover, the girl your son kidnapped is Lin Yang's disciple; as his teacher, Lin Yang took action—can we blame Lin Yang?'"

"'That's right, I think what the three said makes sense. Furthermore, as cultivators we revere martial prowess; the victor is king, the loser is bandit. Your son couldn't defeat Lin Yang and was killed—can we blame Lin Yang? Shouldn't we blame your son's lack of skill? This time I stand with Lin Yang.'"

"'Exactly, we can't blame Lin Yang!'"

The Azure Cloud Sect's elders spoke up one after another, presenting their analyses.

"'Hmph!'"

Li Kuang let out a cold snort: "Even if what you say is true, if my son begged for mercy, why didn't Lin Yang let him go?"

Mao Ping added, "Then if Lin Yang begged for mercy, would your son spare him?"

"'Uh...?' Li Kuang was taken aback."

Mao Ping continued to fan the flames: "So, Li Kuang, this matter truly has nothing to do with the Azure Cloud Sect; it happened by chance, and the outcome follows the principle that the victor is king, the loser is bandit—so the fault lies with your son, do you understand?"

"'Go back; I forgive you for smashing our Azure Cloud Sect's mountain gate.'"

The elders also joined in fanning the flames.

"'Go back; it's truly your fault.'"

"'To know one's faults and be able to correct them is the greatest virtue.'"

For a moment.

Originally furious, Li Kuang was actually bewildered by the persuasion, even beginning to reflect, 'Did I really make a mistake?'

However, his son is dead; he shook his head vigorously: 'Do you really think you can twist the facts with just your words?'

"'Cut the nonsense; my son was killed by Lin Yang, and today he must pay with his life.'"

The Grand Elder suddenly hardened, losing his former kind demeanor, and roared, 'Li Kuang, do you really want to go to war with the Azure Cloud Sect?'

"'Hmph!'"

"'Today, whoever tries to stop me from avenging my son, I will kill.'"

Li Kuang shouted in anger, and a layer of blood-colored spiritual power shot up to the sky; his formidable cultivation erupted in fury, blood mist spreading, and a mighty blade descended from the heavens, no longer wasting words with them.

He dared to do this because he knew Luo Wuqing was absent, and his late-stage Great Sage strength could be called that of a Great King.

As for Mao Ping's Great Saint Middle Stage strength right before our eyes, he naturally didn't think highly of it, let alone others.

Mao Ping also got fired up; now that Lin Yang has been settled, he naturally has no worries, and he shouted: "Everyone, the enemy has already reached our doorstep; please join me in resisting them."

Facing Lie Kuang's strike.

The elders of the Azure Cloud Sect displayed a death-defying fighting spirit, just as the Grand Elder said: the enemy has already bullied their way to our doorstep; if we don't launch a counterattack, do we really want them to point at our noses and bully us?

Come on!

In almost an instant, facing Lie Kuang's strike, with the Grand Elder leading, the other elders simultaneously exerted all their means to resist Lie Kuang's strike.

However.

Within the Great Saint Realm, each step's difference is like an uncrossable chasm.

Furthermore, only the Grand Elder present has Great Saint Middle Stage strength, while the others are either at Great Saint Early Stage or in the Lesser Saint Realm.

There's simply no way to contend with it.

So, although it looks like there are many people on the Azure Cloud Sect's side, in reality these people can't even handle a single Lie Kuang.

Boom!

A sword strike fell.

In the blink of an eye, all the elders were flung backward; some retreated several steps, some rolled straight out, and some immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Even though they exhausted all their means, they were still no match for Lie Kuang.

Seeing how they couldn't withstand a single blow.

Lie Kuang snorted coldly and said: "Just a bunch of smooth-talking trash; not a single one of them can fight."

Just now, he was almost confused by their incessant chatter, but now he only needs to draw a sword, and they all fall silent.

Lie Kuang said coldly: "I'll give you one last chance—hand over Lin Yang immediately."