Chapter 72: I Oppose Your Punishment of Them

"Peak Master Lin, I understand your feelings of protecting the young, but I think your punishment of the Three Great Sects and Two Great Families is very unfair."

Lin Yang slowly raised their head and looked toward the direction the voice came from.

At that moment, the Qingmu Sect Master, accompanied by Li Lingdang, descended into a corner of the crowd and said these words.

Upon hearing this, everyone present raised their heads to look at the Qingmu Sect Master.

Could it be that the Qingmu Sect Master opposes Lin Yang's punishment of the Three Great Sects and Two Great Families?

What should we do about this?

The Qingmu Sect Master has always looked after the Li family with extra care, and when the Xiao family destroyed the Li family, it was he who stepped in to save the Li family survivors.

Qingmu Sect Master, you have a debt of gratitude to the Li family.

Yet Lin Yang's actions are also meant to rebuild the Li family.

These days, the Qingmu Sect Master seems to take issue with Peak Master Lin.

Li Cai Ling hurried to the Qingmu Sect Master's side and said, "Qingmu Sect Master, the reason Peak Master Lin does this is actually to rebuild the Li family."

"He is also doing it for the Li family's good; you must have misunderstood something."

Li Cai Ling spoke tactfully, also taking the Qingmu Sect Master's hand and continually giving her meaningful looks, signaling him not to act rashly.

After all, Lin Yang's cultivation is immeasurably high and he is a benefactor of the Li family; furthermore, the quasi-emperor Xiao Hei at his side possesses the strength to easily destroy a major sect.

She does not want to see the Qingmu Sect Master and Peak Master Lin fall out.

Moreover, in the end, only the Qingmu Sect will suffer the loss.

Li Yilan also narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the Qingmu Sect Master.

"Uncle, why are you doing this?"

"Just now, uncle, you weren't immensely respectful toward your master, were you? How did you suddenly become like this?"

Li Lingdang also said, "Dad, what are you doing?"

Everyone looked at the Qingmu Sect Master with incredulous eyes.

"Ah?"

The Qingmu Sect Master gave an embarrassed laugh: "Can't I tell a joke that isn't funny?"

"What I mean is, Peak Master Lin only punished the Three Great Sects and Two Great Families; what about my Qingmu Sect? This is unfair—I also want to punish the Qingmu Sect."

Upon saying that, everyone present was dumbfounded.

Li Cai Ling rolled her eyes repeatedly; just now, with your hot-blooded outburst, you questioned Peak Master Lin's unfairness.

She even thought there was a grudge between the Qingmu Sect Master and Peak Master Lin.

She was so frightened that her bile was about to come out.

In the end, you were just seeking punishment.

Furthermore, your Qingmu Sect has always looked after the Li family with extra care.

What are you punishing?

Li Lingdang, worried for her father, said, "Dad, don't joke like that anymore."

"You really aren't the type to joke."

"Is that so?" the Qingmu Sect Master said with an embarrassed face: "I consider myself a comedic guy."

"I'm dumbfounded!"

Li Lingdang almost fainted from being speechless.

"Never mind that; regarding the rebuilding of the Li family, my Qingmu Sect will also contribute some strength." said the Qingmu Sect Master.

Li Yilan, too, was made to laugh and cry by her own uncle; she slowly spoke: "Uncle, you have already done much for the Li family; this kindness is remembered in the hearts of all the Li family."

"Really, rebuilding the Li family shouldn't trouble you any further, uncle."

Li Yilan sincerely revealed that her uncle, in order to help her retrieve her parents' remains, did not hesitate to become sworn brothers with Xiao Potian, attempting to infiltrate the Xiao family in order to seize her parents' remains.

Doing so, if the Xiao family found out, it would drag the entire Qingmu Sect into trouble, but he didn't think that much and just went ahead.

Furthermore, her aunt's life and the lives of the Li family survivors were also saved by her uncle; she truly can't let her uncle exert effort to rebuild the Li family.

"Yilan, I don't want to hear this talk; the bond between me and your parents, the brotherhood, need not be spoken—it's as deep as an iron nail driven into wood. Most importantly, we get along well, and you even play nicely with my daughter, so why can't I be bothered?"

"Is it that the relationship has grown faint?"

"Or is it that you despise your uncle me?"

The Qingmu Sect Master is stubborn like a child.

Li Yilan was speechless.

Then, the Qingmu Sect Master turned to Lin Yang and said, "Let's put it in Peak Master Lin's words: I'm just like that, quite fond of protecting the young."

"Exactly, I'm also quite fond of protecting the young."

"Peak Master Lin, you come and judge—is protecting the young wrong?"

Lin Yang gave a wry smile repeatedly.

This person is indeed capable of saying, in one second, "I don't seek to be born on the same year, month, and day, but to die on the same year, month, and day."

In the next second, he can say, "A gentleman's revenge is not late even after ten years; a gentleman, for the sake of revenge, what's wrong with saying something against his heart?"

If you disagree with him, he will definitely be unhappy.

"Miss Li, since the Qingmu Sect Master's heart is pure, let's agree to his request." Lin Yang said.

Upon hearing that.

The Qingmu Sect Master smiled and said, "Look, it's still Peak Master Lin who holds a place in my heart."

"Alright, it's settled—my Qingmu Sect will contract the construction work for rebuilding the Li family."

Thus.

Li Yilan could not say anything else; she could only express her gratitude with a full face: "Thank you, uncle."

The Li family members also all voiced their thanks.

Thus, in the Li family's ruined walls and broken rubble, a bustling atmosphere gradually arose.

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That's how this world is: when someone is happy, someone else must be unhappy.

Xiaohei landed steadily at the gate of the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

According to the allocation map, the Myriad Phenomena Sect had the biggest appetite, preparing to seize as much as two hundred thousand mu of the Li family's land.

Moreover, Lin Yang also marked on it that fifteen mu were missing.

Thus, according to the principle of compensating ten thousand spirit stones per mu, this greedy Myriad Phenomena Sect must compensate one million five hundred thousand spirit stones.

Xiaohei then looked at the Myriad Phenomena Sect's mountain gate guard and said slowly, "Summon the person in charge of your sect; I have something to discuss with him."

The guard at the gate glanced at Xiaohei, then exchanged a look with his companion.

"Who are you?"

"What business do you have looking for the person in charge of my Myriad Phenomena Sect?"

"Do you have an appointment?"

A gate guard asked.

Xiaohei furrowed his brows, but still kept the etiquette of a puppet: "No appointment, but my master has sent me to discuss a few matters with your master."

"You idiot?"

"Still going on about a master? You're such a big man, aren't you embarrassed?"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost; without an appointment, I won't see anyone."

That gate guard ruthlessly urged Xiaohei to leave.

After all, if anyone could just shout at the gate and see the Myriad Phenomena Sect's sect master, would the sect master still have time to cultivate? He'd be too busy seeing people all day.

"What did you say?"

Xiaohei obviously had no patience left, his icy gaze fixed on the guard.

The guard was locked onto by Xiaohei's gaze, and instinctively stepped back two steps in shock.

But he then showed no fear, sneering, "What, you still want to kill me at the gate of the Myriad Phenomena Sect?"

"That's ridiculous; do you think you're that Quasi-Emperor realm expert who glided past from the sky half an hour ago? If you were him, you could act arrogantly in the Myriad Phenomena Sect, but you're not, so behave yourself and scram— the Myriad Phenomena Sect is no place for you to act arrogantly."

Xiaohei's eyes focused, a strong killing intent burst from his gaze, and in an instant the guard turned into a cloud of blood mist.

Seeing that,

Another guard was stunned, he looked at Xiaohei in terror.

"This… you… you killed him?"

"I'll go report this; you find the sect master."