Ling Tian naturally wasn't going to silently endure the Carefree Sect disciples' accusations. He fired back, leaving them at a loss for words for a moment. After all, it was their people who had started trouble with Ling Tian and the others.
"Oh, right. Even so, we only captured them; we didn't cripple or kill them. Tell me, were we the ones who provoked you, or were you the ones who went too far?" Ling Tian added.
Ling Tian's rebuke left the Carefree Sect disciples both furious and humiliated. One of the women said coldly, "Even if our people were in the wrong, according to the rules of the You Hun Realm, at most you could have robbed them of all the pills and Divine Origin Stones they were carrying. There was no need to keep holding them captive."
"Heh, they were trying to kill us. This is about more than robbery," Little Glutton scoffed, then changed his tone. "I wonder if they would have spared us had we fallen into their hands?"
"Enough nonsense. I'll ask you one thing: are you going to release our people or not?" said the man who had spoken first. His eyes glittered as he spoke, and he looked ready to attack at the slightest provocation.
"We can release them," Ling Tian said, then looked toward the man at the head of the group. "These people should be core disciples of your Carefree Sect, with limitless prospects ahead of them. You can trade Enlightenment Sacred Tree leaves for them. We don't need many, either—one leaf for every ten people. That's a good deal, isn't it?"
Hearing the words "limitless prospects," the Carefree Sect disciples found them especially grating, and their anger flared even higher. At last, the man at the head of the group