A War of Words

The disciples of Heavenly Demon Palace's Shou Zheng Hall sent out a signal the instant they saw Yunxi attack a fellow disciple, but they were still a step too late. The female cultivator who had arrived with Venerable Xun Kun and their fellow disciple had vanished before their eyes. They could only bite the bullet and question Xun Kun, after all, he was the one who had brought the female cultivator into the sect.

The moment Xun Kun saw the male cultivator, he knew Ranxi would definitely make a move. He would have done the same in her place. Only, this was the wrong location. Yet compared to a fellow disciple of unknown origins, he trusted Ranxi more, so he merely feigned surprise and said, "I have not seen that fellow disciple before, nor do I know what grudge he has with this old acquaintance of mine. I will send her a voice transmission and ask."

His lips moved afterward, but the two hall-guarding disciples had no idea what Xun Kun was saying. They only saw his brow furrow ever more deeply.

Naturally, Xun Kun had said nothing at all. He was merely putting on an act to buy time. Even if Ranxi had killed the wrong person, he would clean up after her without a second word.

What he had not expected was for a True Venerable of Heavenly Demon Palace, one who had long stayed out of the world, to appear before Shou Zheng Hall and raise his hand in an attempt to forcibly break Ranxi's domain. Xun Kun immediately sent Ranxi a voice transmission, telling her to quit while she was ahead.

Thus, everyone saw that before their Old Ancestor's hand seal could descend, the two vanished figures reappeared before them. The female cultivator was standing, but