Chapter 72: The Ancestor of the Earth Spirit Sect Coughs Up Blood from Anger

The old woman's tone seemed soft, yet it carried a hint of hardness.

She vaguely sensed that something was not quite right.

She immediately sent a voice transmission to the Ancestors of the Kulu Zong and the Tianling Sect, asking if they should use some intimidation.

Qing Yuan let out a cold snort, her killing intent erupting: "What? Is it impossible for me to not leave this person behind?"

"You question my decision? This is a threat to me!"

"If I leave, you will forcibly keep me, won't you?"

She clearly sensed the threatening intent in the old woman's words.

In the past, she would have already taken action.

But for the sake of Lu Tianyu and Changmei Laozu's safety, she would avoid taking action if she could.

"Ah?"

The old woman's expression was flustered, "No, no, no!"

"I just feel that if we let this villain go, it won't be easy to catch her again in the future!"

She could not withstand Qing Yuan's pressure and retreated several steps in succession.

"Hmph!"

"In consideration of you gifting me the Spirit Veins, I will not hold it against you this time."

Swoosh!

Qing Yuan waved her robe sleeves, taking Lu Tianyu and his group into the air, and sped away toward the outside of the city.

Her speed surged to the maximum in an instant.

Her figure had just disappeared.

Swoosh, swoosh!

Two figures, one black and one white, descended from the sky and landed beside the old woman.

A bald, white-robed old man with a sinister face and white mist swirling around him said: "You all felt it; the aura of the Gui Sheng Xie Yi is pushing toward Dongxu Peak."

"If we forcibly take action, we only have a fifty percent chance of keeping her; we must not take the risk."

The thin, black-robed old man had black mist rolling off him: "I actually think that activating the Great Array would allow us to fight her; this Gui Sheng Xie Yi is hiding among the male concubines, and her behavior is truly suspicious."

"It is possible that she is not a Great Vehicle Stage cultivator."

The old woman sighed heavily: "Although I am severely injured, I feel that we still cannot take action."

"The aura on her is yin, soft, and evil, hidden and unreleased; if she strikes, the consequences will be very serious."

She placed the paper Qing Yuan had given her in her palm: "The Restriction on this is very powerful."

"Half an hour has passed now; we must wait another half an hour before it can be opened."

No sooner had she finished speaking than the white-robed old man pointed a finger: "I think we have been tricked!"

"This bullshit Restriction is clearly only at the Dongxu stage; naturally, you feel the Restriction is powerful because you are severely injured."

Pfft!

The Restriction on the white paper shattered at the sound, revealing a paper scroll.

Swish!

The paper scroll opened, and two lines of text came into view:

"Your cultivation of evil arts has caused your realm to fall; self-abolishing your cultivation to reshape your foundation will allow you to heal yourself. Take care of yourself!"

And then there was nothing else.

"Self-abolish cultivation to reshape the foundation, this..."

Pfft—

The old woman was so angry that she spat out a large mouthful of blood on the spot, her aura wilting: "Ah!"

"You good-for-nothing Gui Sheng Xie Yi! You didn't keep your promise and you deceived me; you deserve to die!"

"Two Top-grade Spirit Veins, four High-grade Spirit Veins, all the gifts were actually exchanged for a piece of waste paper!"

"She is not the Gui Sheng Xie Yi, she must be a fake!"

"Ah, ah, ah~"

The old woman's body trembled violently, swaying unsteadily.

She never imagined that the Gui Sheng Xie Yi, known for her reputation, would actually deceive her.

"If I had forcibly opened it to take a look at the time, I wouldn't have been deceived!"

"Ah, I was so foolish!"

The old woman had indeed had a moment back then where she wanted to open it and take a look.

Unfortunately, cowed by the Gui Sheng Xie Yi's pressure, she did not dare to look, fearing that if it really were a prescription, she would offend the Ancestor.

"Pursue!"

Swoosh, swoosh!

The black-robed old man and the white-robed old man immediately disappeared from sight.

The old woman shattered the white paper in her hand and angrily scolded Shen Guanghan: "Still not activating the Great Array!"

Shen Guanghan shivered and hurriedly took out the array disk to start the Great Array.

Hum!

The Great Array was activated, and the entire Chengzhu Fu was locked down by the array.

People who were about to leave the Chengzhu Fu reached the entrance, suddenly hit an invisible wall, and immediately screamed: "Shen Guanghan, what is the meaning of this?"

The crowd was suddenly panicked and shouted loudly.

"Shen Guanghan, quickly open the Great Array and let us leave!"

"The gift has been presented; we do not need to attend the wedding banquet, so please let us leave!"

Those who came were representatives of various shops in Diling City, forced by the Diling Sect to attend the wedding banquet.

Although it was called a wedding banquet, they all understood that this was just an excuse for the Diling City Lord to extort benefits.

Yet they dared not disobey, except for a few shops with deep-rooted backgrounds that the Diling Sect dared not offend.

Seeing the old woman vomiting blood from the anger caused by Gui Sheng Xie Yi, they knew something bad had happened and hurried toward the exit.

But the Great Array had already been activated, and they could not leave!

They screamed in terror.

The timid ones collapsed directly to the ground, wailing in pain.

They all knew what kind of character the Diling Sect had; for the sake of profit, they would do anything.

The Diling Sect was a place where all sorts of people gathered, and most who came here were down-and-out.

Either they had been abandoned by their sects, or they had committed crimes and fled to this remote place to hide their names and seek refuge.

While they were easily manipulated by the Diling City Lord, they were also under the Diling City Lord's protection.

Once the Diling City Lord flew into a rage, they were all like weak lambs, and it was entirely possible they would be slaughtered.

Whoosh!

The old woman flew into the air: "Thank you all for attending our wedding banquet, I am deeply grateful."

"You are all loyal merchants of my Diling Sect, bound together with the life and death of my Diling Sect."

"Now that the Diling Sect is in trouble, you should all do your utmost to help."

Her tone was gentle yet permeated with a cold killing intent: "I limit each of you to hand over two medium-grade spirit veins within six hours; those who hand over a High-grade Spirit Vein will become guest elders of my Chengzhu Fu."

"If you cannot hand them over, I will extract your Living Soul to cultivate the Yin Demon Beast-Gathering Bone-Melting Art."

"You may contact friends and family for help; the countdown begins!"

The old woman added another sentence: "I believe in your abilities!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

A large group below immediately collapsed, wailing in pain.

Gu Yueying, an elder of the Liuli Sect, turned pale; she never expected to encounter such a situation.

She could still manage to produce two medium-grade spirit veins, but she felt that Shen Guanghan had other malicious intentions toward her.

Sure enough, Shen Guanghan walked over with a grin: "Yueying, as long as you serve me well tonight, I can let you leave."

Swish!

Gu Yueying threw a High-grade Spirit Vein at Shen Guanghan: "Let me and Qingyan go!"

Shen Guanghan was slightly stunned, then slapped the array disk.

Several gray chains emerged from thin air, directly locking Gu Yueying's body: "Even if you produce a Top-grade Spirit Vein, you must serve me tonight, hehe."

"Your disciple serves my son, and you serve me; isn't that a wonderful thing?"

"Hahaha!"

"You!" Gu Yueying's eyes were splitting with rage.

But she was locked by the Great Array and unable to move, her eyes filled with despair.

The old woman looked at Shen Longkai: "Seal the entire Diling City; no one is allowed to enter or leave, except for those of my Nether Three Sects."

High in the sky outside Diling City.

Qing Yuan looked at Lu Tianyu: "They have already broken my Restriction; they are likely to come after us."