Chapter 214: The Western Sect Leader Takes Action

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Heavenly God palm print descended with overwhelming momentum, causing the void to rumble repeatedly as if striking a heavenly drum.

Mengchen, Jinchanzi, Qingyi, Xiyao, Heizi, and Xiaohuang were all subjected to this supreme pressure, pinned to the ground until the earth beneath them cracked and their bones began to creak, threatening to shatter.

"Pfft..."

Qingyi and Xiyao spat out mouthfuls of blood one after another.

Their physical strength was clearly inferior to that of Mengchen, Jinchanzi who had ignited his Divine Fire, and Heizi and Xiaohuang who possessed the bloodlines of the Ten Fiends.

"Ah..."

Seeing Qingyi and Xiyao vomiting blood, and watching Jinchanzi, Heizi, and Xiaohuang on the verge of collapse, Mengchen let out an angry roar, his heart filled with a desire to kill Hongyi.

If he did not die today, he would surely slay this person in the future.

Seeing this, Buddha Son was filled with astonishment and angrily rebuked, "Heavenly God Hongyi, stop at once! Are you not afraid that the Sect Leader will impose punishment?"

"Hmph! Buddha Son, I am avenging my three beloved disciples, what wrong have I done!" Heavenly God Hongyi coldly snorted.

However, just as Heavenly God Hongyi finished speaking, a sacred voice echoed from the horizon, resonant and full of power.

"A fine 'what wrong have I done'!"

"Master!" Upon hearing the voice, Jinchanzi gazed toward where Mengchen and the others were, shouting with exceptional joy.

"Ah! The Sect Leader, this has actually alarmed the Sect Leader." The three disciples of Heavenly God Hongyi cried out in terror.

"The Sect Leader, he actually came for these disciples from the Lower Realm!" Heavenly God Hongyi looked downward, also feeling exceptionally horrified.

Because at the same time that the sacred voice rang out, they saw boundless golden light blooming above Mengchen and the others, spewing auspicious rays that filled this entire space.

Within that golden light, a solemn, grave, compassionate, and sacred figure manifested.

It was a Golden Body, its entire form shimmering with golden light, sitting cross-legged there, taller than a mountain.

This was the Western Sect Leader; he had arrived! He blocked the space above Mengchen and the others, causing the Heavenly God pressure to vanish, while six rays of golden light enveloped them, nourishing their injured bodies.

The Heavenly God palm print that had come crashing down also vanished completely under the radiance of the Golden Body.

Enveloped by the six rays of golden light, Mengchen and the others gradually rose, hovering before the Western Sect Leader's Golden Body, facing Heavenly God Hongyi in the sky.

"Thank you, Sect Leader, for intervening!" Mengchen turned to express his gratitude, while Heizi, Qingyi, and the others all bowed their heads in thanks.

"Disciple greets Master!"

Subsequently, Buddha Son descended quickly from the sky, pressed his palms together, and bowed to greet the Western Sect Leader.

"Good! You stand aside and let me handle this," the Western Sect Leader said.

Hearing this, Buddha Son came to Mengchen and the others' side and asked with concern, "Fellow Daoist Mengchen, are... are you all alright?"

"We are fine!" Mengchen replied with a smile.

Next, Hongyi descended from the sky, his dharma body suddenly shrinking, and carrying his three disciples who had nearly lost their limbs, he bowed to the Western Sect Leader.

"Hongyi pays respects to the Sect Leader!"

"Disciples pay respects to the Sect Leader!"

A moment later, many terrifying figures appeared in this world; they were all experts of the Western Sect at or above the Heavenly God level, numbering nearly a hundred.

The commotion here had drawn them, and after appearing and seeing the Western Sect Leader, they said in unison, "Greetings, Sect Leader!"

"You may all rise!" the Western Sect Leader said, following which they all sat down quietly to observe the development of events. "Hongyi, do you know your crime?" the Western Sect Leader said in a deep voice.

He was a Golden Body, solemn and grave, compassionate and sacred, showing no signs of joy or anger, but his words clearly carried a tone of accountability.

"Sect Leader, Hongyi is innocent!" Hongyi replied.

Hearing the Western Sect Leader's tone of accountability, his three disciples were already trembling, not daring to lift their heads.

"How dare you claim innocence!" the Western Sect Leader said again in a deep voice.

Heavenly God Hongyi argued, "Reporting to the Sect Leader! This person damaged our sect's Divine Medicine, the Purple Dragon Lotus. My three disciples discovered it and tried to stop him; not only did he refuse to listen, he even wanted to kill my disciples. As a Heavenly God of the sect and as their master, can I not intervene and avenge my disciples?"

Subsequently, the Western Sect Leader said in a deep voice:

"Arranging for little friend Mengchen and the others to stay at the Purple Dragon Lotus—as a Heavenly God with deep seniority in this sect, could you not see the intention?"

"Which disciple of this sect has the qualifications to meditate beside the Purple Dragon Lotus for months?"

"Thus, who does not know that this Purple Dragon Lotus is already the property of little friend Mengchen? Since it is his item, how he chooses to handle it is his business; does it require your disciples to interfere?"

Hearing the Western Sect Leader's words, Heavenly God Hongyi and his three disciples were instantly rendered speechless.

Indeed! Since the sect first obtained the Purple Dragon Lotus, apart from the Sect Leader himself, no one had ever been able to meditate there continuously for months.

And Mengchen was even more astonished upon hearing the Western Sect Leader's words.

Did the Western Sect Leader's meaning not imply that he had let all the disciples of the Western Sect tacitly accept that this Purple Dragon Lotus had been gifted to him for no reason? But if it was to be gifted, why not state it clearly? Why wait until a conflict had arisen between the Western Sect disciples and himself to point it out?

A moment later, the Western Sect Leader asked Mengchen, "Little friend Mengchen! They offended you first; how they are to be dealt with is entirely up to your word."

"He touched those close to me; in the future, I will slay him with my own hands," Mengchen stepped forward, pointing angrily at Heavenly God Hongyi.

"Heh... a mere junior! What big talk!" Hongyi sneered upon seeing this.

"Good! Little friend Mengchen's intent is clear, why wait for another day," the Western Sect Leader said.

As he spoke, his Golden Body became increasingly brilliant, and two radiant beams shot from his pupils; Heavenly God Hongyi and his three disciples vanished in an instant, turning into dust within the golden light.

"A Heavenly God died just like that, without even being able to let out a scream?"

Xiyao, Heizi, Xiaohuang, Qingyi, Jinchanzi, and the others were all horrified; they had not expected the Western Sect Leader to kill a Heavenly God, a pillar of the sect, just like that for Mengchen's sake!

Mengchen was also extremely shocked; could it be that the Western Sect Leader was repaying the life-saving favor from the Lower Realm?

At this moment, not only Mengchen and the others, but even Buddha Son and the crowd of Western Sect experts sitting on the horizon were all stunned.

"From now on, anyone who dares to offend little friend Mengchen shall be dealt with in this manner!"

The Western Sect Leader's voice began to echo across this world, causing all the experts sitting above the void to bow their heads.

"Disciple, arrange a new place of cultivation for little friend Mengchen, and from now on, you shall stay by little friend Mengchen's side to attend to him, so as to avoid a repeat of today's events," the Western Sect Leader said.

"Yes! This disciple will remember!" Buddha Son replied.

Thereafter, the Western Sect Leader spoke to Mengchen: "Little friend Mengchen, you shall settle down well within my sect with your master and friends; this seat guarantees that the events of today will not recur in the future."

"Then I thank the Sect Leader!" Mengchen smiled and nodded in response.

Subsequently, the Western Sect Leader departed, and the crowd of experts above the horizon also left along with him.

【Chapter One, arranging Chapter Two immediately】

(End of this chapter)