Chapter 212: Conflict

"Did you not hear it insult me just now?" Qingyi looked at Mengchen with cold eyes and shouted.

Upon hearing this, Mengchen loosened the two fingers that were pinching the blade and said with a solemn expression, "Naturally, I heard it!"

Qingyi withdrew the sword in her hand. At this moment, she had calmed down, knowing that Mengchen was like an insurmountable high mountain; to take action against him was truly an unwise move.

"If you heard it, then give it to me!" Qingyi reached out her palm, intending to demand it.

Mengchen shook his head slightly and said patiently, "That won't do! If this were an ownerless object, I would give it to you, but this Purple Dragon Lotus is an object of the Western Sect, as you should know. We are living under another's roof; we cannot act impulsively."

Hearing this, Qingyi stared without a word and withdrew her outstretched palm.

How could she not know what Mengchen said? But this Purple Dragon Lotus was truly too infuriating, too excessive; it could hardly even be considered a beast.

Because it was merely a lotus flower that had developed spiritual wisdom.

"Hoo..."

Hearing Mengchen's words, the Purple Dragon Lotus let out a long breath, as if it had escaped death, and then it swayed arrogantly, saying, "Tch, it's good that you know I have someone backing me. What are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and release me?"

Afterward, it pointed its lotus heart toward Qingyi and cursed, "Pah... you stinking woman, I'll make you drool to death. You still want to eat me? I'm afraid your teeth aren't up to the task."

Hearing this, the anger Qingyi had suppressed ignited all at once. She reached out her hand again and said to Mengchen, "Give it to me!"

He gazed at Qingyi affectionately and said with a sincere face, "If you want to eat a Divine Medicine, I will find you more in the future; a hundred or a thousand would be no problem. If it is to vent your anger, I will do it for you right now!"

As he finished speaking, Mengchen lifted the Purple Dragon Lotus in his left hand, formed a palm with his right hand, and slapped the blooming lotus head repeatedly.

This Purple Dragon Lotus was truly too detestable; Mengchen could not stand it anymore and took action.

"Ah... you dead bald guy, how dare you hit me like this!" The Purple Dragon Lotus cursed loudly.

Hearing this, Mengchen hit it even harder. After a few rounds of slaps, the Purple Dragon Lotus wilted, its lotus head drooping, and Divine Medicine essence flowed from its heart. Mengchen caught it smoothly and handed it to Qingyi.

Qingyi's anger soared to the heavens. Regardless of everything, she took it and swallowed it into her belly to vent the rage in her heart. In an instant, the divine essence flooded her limbs and bones, making her body and mind feel smooth, and more than half of her anger dissipated.

"I am a Divine Medicine, how could you treat me like this?" The Purple Dragon Lotus was listless, shaking its lotus head as if it had been dazed by Mengchen's beating.

"Shoo, shoo, shoo..."

Three Western Sect disciples suddenly appeared.

Upon seeing this scene, they cursed loudly, "Audacious! How dare you ruin the Divine Medicine of our sect!"

"Our sect allowed you to cultivate and gain insights here, yet you seek to destroy the Divine Medicine of our sect; this is truly unforgivable!"

"You truly deserve to die! Why don't you hurry up and release the Purple Dragon Lotus, the Divine Medicine of our sect, and surrender to await the Sect Master's judgment!"

"Someone has finally come! Save me quickly!" The Purple Dragon Lotus said toward the three Western Sect disciples.

Mengchen explained, "Three fellow Daoists! This Purple Dragon Lotus spoke rudely to my wife, so I taught it a lesson; there was no intention to destroy it."

At this moment, the word "wife," though it made Qingyi feel somewhat uncomfortable, she did not bother to argue, considering the tense atmosphere and the fact that it all started because of her.

One Western Sect disciple shouted coldly, "Hmph! The Purple Dragon Lotus is one of the guardian Divine Medicines of our sect. Let alone speaking rudely, what if we were to suppress and kill this woman?"

Then another disciple said sternly, "I find it laughable. As a disciple from the Lower Realm, how dare you engage with women and break our sect rules? You should be suppressed and killed."

"What are you still standing there for! Hurry up and release the Purple Dragon Lotus and wait for execution!" said the last one.

Hearing this, Mengchen's eyes turned cold, and the hand gripping the stem of the Purple Dragon Lotus tightened even more.

Not far away, Xiaohuang, Xiyao, and Heizi, upon hearing the shouts of the three Western Sect disciples, also turned cold and stern.

"You are all being too overbearing!"

Regarding the words of those three, although Qingyi was unhappy in her heart, she still left room for maneuver when she spoke. After all, she was alone and weak at this moment; having a conflict with the disciples of the Western Sect on their own territory would ultimately be disadvantageous to her.

"Hmph! So what if we are overbearing! You ruined our sect's Purple Dragon Lotus; it is already quite generous that we haven't suppressed and killed you on the spot." One of them said coldly again.

"Three fellow Daoists, could you give me some face? I will have them release the Purple Dragon Lotus right now. I hope you can be magnanimous and not hold it against us." Jinchanzi stepped forward and bowed in apology.

"Hmph! What are you? You have face? Get lost! Otherwise, we will suppress and kill you along with them." One of them shouted directly at Jinchanzi.

Upon hearing this, Mengchen became even angrier. Because of the force of his palm, the stem of the Purple Dragon Lotus began to leak divine essence.

"Ah... stop talking, you guys! If you keep talking, I'm really going to die."

The continuous changes in the force of Mengchen's palm made the Purple Dragon Lotus realize the reason, and it cried out in pain to the three of them.

The Purple Dragon Lotus was terrified. It had thought the ones who arrived were a lifeline, but it didn't expect them to be a death warrant.

"Kid! Hurry up and release the Purple Dragon Lotus, don't provoke us to take action." Seeing the Purple Dragon Lotus crying out in pain, one of them pointed angrily.

"Swish..."

"Ah..." The Purple Dragon Lotus let out a heart-rending scream.

Mengchen glared at the three of them, tore off a few lotus leaves, and handed them to Qingyi, who was beside him. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said softly, "Eat it!"

Seeing this, Qingyi's expression was astonished. He was quite rational before; could it be that he was now disregarding everything? Was he not afraid of offending the entire Western Sect? Qingyi was in a dilemma; if things continued to develop like this, it would be difficult to end.

Seeing that she had not taken them, Mengchen turned around and said, "Qingyi, some things cannot be bowed to. If you bow once, you will never be able to lift your head again. They can insult me, but insulting my wife, my master, and those around me is absolutely not allowed."

At this moment, Mengchen called Qingyi by her name, which was enough to show his sincere attitude; he was not joking or teasing with words, but was incomparably serious.

"Come! Eat it, and let's see what they can do to me."

Hearing this, Qingyi looked at Mengchen with her clear and elegant eyes. This was the first time he had been so serious with her, which gave her a strange feeling she had never experienced before.

Afterward, she said faintly, "I understand you standing up for your master, but there is no need to do so for me, because the relationship between you and me has not reached that point after all."

Qingyi suddenly felt her heartbeat quicken. Since she began her cultivation and entered the world, this was the first man who was willing to stand up for her without fearing strong enemies.

In another instant, the various frivolous acts Mengchen had committed toward her previously surfaced in her heart, making her curse secretly, "Lecher, it would be best if you died!"

But after the cursing, she could not feel happy; instead, her heart felt much clearer.

"Perhaps you won't be able to defeat me in this lifetime and won't be able to leave my side, so why not go with the flow, open your heart, and accept it?" Mengchen said.

"Accept you? Go to hell!"

Qingyi kept a cold face, took the lotus leaves from Mengchen's hand, and swallowed them. Then she summoned her long sword again, pointed it at the three Western Sect disciples below, and said sternly, "Aren't you trying to suppress and kill me! Come on then!"

At this moment, Qingyi's heart had become much more enlightened. Since things had reached this point, any more forbearance would only make her appear worthless in the eyes of these Western Sect disciples.

Always talking about suppressing and killing—did they really think she was that easy to kill!

"You are courting death!" The three of them shouted in unison! In an instant, golden divine light surged from their entire bodies and shot into the sky, causing the flowing clouds to scatter. The divine light bloomed in the sky, manifesting three massive Golden Body Dharma Images, erupting with boundless divine radiance.

This is the Western Sect's town-sect divine ability, the Golden Body Dharma Image; I did not expect the three of them to use this strongest divine ability right from the start, it seems they want to suppress and kill Mengchen and Qingyi in one fell swoop.

"Three fellow Daoists! Must you really act so decisively, without room for negotiation?" Jinchanzi looked up at the three of them and said.

"Hmph! What is there to negotiate? Dare to damage the Purple Dragon Lotus, and there is only death!"

(End of this chapter)