Sect Crisis. Yu Xiu forced down his anger, stepped forward, and cupped his hands.
"Elder Chi Lie, that Spirit Spring lies within our Zixiao territory. By rights, it is the private property of our Zixiao Sect!"
"For your sect to seize it by force is rather unbecoming of a great sect, wouldn't you say?"
"As for this mountain gate, it is a place we have managed for many years. We absolutely cannot yield it. Please show mercy, Elder!"
"The Zixiao Sect is willing to offer other resources as compensation..."
Although the situation had already reached a breaking point, Yu Xiu still wanted to try for a peaceful resolution.
After all, what was at stake was the lives of nearly a hundred disciples of the Zixiao Sect.
Who would have thought that when Elder Chi Lie heard this, it was as if he had heard some kind of joke?
"Compensation?"
"With poor, shabby strays like you? Besides this mountain being fairly decent, what proper thing could you possibly bring out?"
"What this elder has taken a liking to is the spirit vein in this valley and that Spirit Spring!"
As he spoke, the pressure of an early-stage Saint Realm cultivator was released without the slightest restraint.
The scorching, violent aura made it hard for the disciples of the Zixiao Sect to breathe.
Those with lower cultivation turned deathly pale and swayed on their feet.
Yuan Pu said angrily, "Chi Lie, don't push people too far!"
"Our Zixiao Sect is under the protection of a great expert. Aren't you afraid of provoking someone you shouldn't?"
Elder Chi Lie seemed to have heard something even funnier.
"Hahahaha!"
"A great expert?"
"Yuan Pu, who are you trying to scare?"
"If you were truly under the protection of a great expert, would a broken sect