Chapter 5092 — The Tier-Five Great Rejuvenation Pill
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Since no one objects, we disperse. In a few days, after I have conferred with Uncle-Master Yuanshen, arrangements will be made for recruiting disciples from the mundane world in an orderly fashion. If any sordid business of bullying mundane sects arises in the meantime, you will answer for the consequences yourselves." Xin Yi'an gave Xue Jianming a look heavy with meaning, then turned and departed.
The disciples of the various Antiquity sects exchanged glances, then scattered. True, henceforth their activities in the mundane world would be shackled and constrained, and resentment simmered in no few hearts—but few had the nerve to defy the order, and so they could only comply.
Xue Jianming was different. Though Xin Yi'an had just publicly cut him down to silence, he had no intention whatever of obeying meekly. He was the foremost of the Antiquity Alliance's younger generation; now that his dantian had been destroyed, was he to swallow his rage and say nothing? Not a chance!
"All disciples of the Snow Sword Sect, assemble!" Xue Jianming bellowed. The Snow Sword disciples looked at one another, but in the end they obediently gathered. Though this darling of heaven had been made a cripple, his standing and background remained, and in name he was still the lead senior brother—they dared not disregard him.
"What orders does Senior Brother have?" the Snow Sword disciples asked.
"That Yuanshen cultivator dared to destroy my dantian—he is the sworn, irreconcilable enemy of our Snow Sword Sect, and he must die!" Xue Jianming ground out through clenched teeth, venom in his eyes.
"But he is an ancestral elder of the Cangwu Sect of the Northern Isle, and Uncle-Master Xin said just now that the consequences of touching him are unthinkable," Fei Yangnian reminded him cautiously.
"Hmph. That old fool Xin Yi'an will stop at nothing to protect him and spews a pile of nonsense. Since when does the Snow Sword Sect need to look to the Cangwu Sect of the Northern Isle for approval before we act?" Xue Jianming curled his lip in disdain.
"Then what does Senior Brother Xue propose?" Fei Yangnian probed.
"That Yuanshen cultivator has some skill, but when all is said and done he is nothing more than a master at the great perfection of Foundation Establishment. Can so many Snow Sword disciples not handle one man? And he is not alone—we need only grab a few of the women and lackeys around him, and that will be enough to make him hesitate to strike!" Xue Jianming sneered.
"…" The crowd was struck speechless. Once upon a time this had been the darling of heaven who looked down on all creation. Now he had sunk so low as to stoop to the despicable, contemptible tactic of taking hostages—truly a pitiful thing to behold.
Xue Jianming glanced at their expressions and snorted coldly: "Just do as you are told. If anything goes wrong, I will bear the blame. Mark this well—the Yuanshen cultivator we are dealing with is called Wei Zhao, and he is currently in Donghai City!"
"What? He is Wei Zhao?" Leng Leng blurted out in astonishment. She had already ruled out the possibility in her heart, never expecting confirmation now from Xue Jianming's own mouth—so it really was Wei Zhao!
Leng Leng was wild with joy—and in that instant became the focus of everyone present. Only now did the others suddenly realize that she had, without anyone noticing, become a master at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment!
When she had gone out for training she had been but at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. How long had it been since—not even a month and a half—and she had risen two levels to the mid stage? Worthy indeed of being acknowledged the core disciple most likely to advance to the Golden Core; such aptitude was simply unmatched!