Seeing that Duobao's Array was about to be broken by Guangchengzi, Duobao's thoughts shifted, and he simply withdrew the formation.
When they looked again, a long sword had appeared in his hand.
As soon as the sword emerged, red light flared all around.
The Sword Qi radiating from its blade alone was enough to make anyone's heart tremble.
What else could it be but the Immortal-Trapping Sword, one of the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords?
"What?"
At the sight, Guangchengzi's eyes widened in disbelief. He never would have thought that Tongtian would give Duobao one of the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords—the Immortal-Trapping Sword.
While Guangchengzi was stunned, Duobao had already raised his sword and brought it down at him.
"Boom!"
The sword crashed down, and heaven and earth changed color!
Guangchengzi didn't dare hesitate. He hurriedly brought out the Kunlun Seal to defend himself.
"Bang!"
A world-shaking explosion rang out, and even space and time trembled.
After that, one of them kept striking with his sword while the other held up the seal to block him.
The tremendous commotion drew in many more disciples from Kunlun.
Some of them belonged to Yuqing Yuanshi, while others belonged to Shangqing Tongtian.
Seeing Guangchengzi and Duobao locked in a fierce battle, they naturally began cheering on their respective senior brothers.
"Senior Brother Duobao, keep it up!"
"Senior Brother Guangchengzi, keep it up!"
"Senior Brother Duobao, cut him down with your sword!"
"Senior Brother Guangchengzi, smash him with the seal!"
"..."
And so Duobao and Guangchengzi traded blows for quite some time, with neither able to gain the upper hand.
After a sudden, forceful clash, the two were sent flying backward.
Once he regained his footing, Guangchengzi's expression darkened, and he prepared to attack again.
Just then, a furious shout suddenly rang out from the void:
"That's enough!!"
The two short words rang through everyone's minds like thunder, making their souls tremble.
Right after, two terrifying waves of Quasi-Saint Pressure descended.
"Rumble!"
When they looked again, two figures had appeared in the skies to the east and west.
In the eastern sky stood Yuqing Yuanshi.
In the western sky stood Shangqing Tongtian.
Seeing the two Quasi-Saints arrive, everyone hurriedly knelt to pay their respects, calling out:
"Greetings, Master!"
"Greetings, Master!"
Yuanshi and Tongtian remained perfectly composed.
After a brief silence, Yuanshi gave a cold snort. His gaze swept across the crowd like lightning as he said sternly:
"Fighting and making a scene on Kunlun Mountain—what sort of conduct is that?"
Hearing this, Juliusun hurried forward and said:
"Master."
"It was your junior brother's disciple, Bixiao, who started this."
"She tried to forcibly take a Spiritual Medicine that I had discovered."
"I refused, and that was when we started arguing. Senior Brother Guangchengzi only stepped in to help me."
At this, Yuanshi's expression darkened, and he looked straight at Tongtian.
"Junior Brother."
"So this is the fine disciple you've taken in?"
"She's already robbing people by force here on Kunlun Mountain. If she leaves this place, won't she become a scourge upon the common people?"
Yuanshi had never thought much of the disciples Tongtian took in.
Especially since many of them were strange creatures covered in fur or sporting horns.
Hearing Yuanshi's accusation, Tongtian raised his brows slightly and replied:
"Second Brother."
"You can't put it that way."
"What happened isn't necessarily as Juliusun says!"
As he spoke, Tongtian turned to look at his disciple Bixiao and said:
"Bixiao, tell us what happened."
Bixiao nodded and began:
"Master, let me explain."
"I was the first to discover that Nine-Leaf Lingzhi."
"But just as I was about to pick it, Juliusun appeared and insisted that the Spiritual Medicine belonged to him."
"I was so angry that I started fighting him."
"Later, Senior Brother Guangchengzi arrived, and Juliusun twisted the truth, even accusing me instead."
After hearing Bixiao's account, Tongtian nodded slightly.
"I believe you."
With that, Tongtian suddenly turned to Juliusun and demanded coldly:
"Juliusun, I'll give you one more chance."
"Did you really discover that Spiritual Medicine?"
At Tongtian's question, a flash of panic quickly crossed Juliusun's eyes.
At this point, he could only grit his teeth and keep up the lie.
After a brief pause, Juliusun nodded and bowed to Tongtian.
"Uncle-Master, let me explain."
"I really was the one who discovered the Nine-Leaf Lingzhi."
Hearing Juliusun's answer, Tongtian gave a cold snort and casually waved his hand. An invisible surge of magical power swept out.
Then, as that power flowed, space and time began to shudder.
Before long, a screen of light appeared in midair.
Within it, they saw everything that had happened earlier when Bixiao discovered the Nine-Leaf Lingzhi.
It was exactly as Bixiao had said.
"Huh?"
Juliusun was utterly stunned when he saw this.
He had thought that as long as he stuck to his story, no one would be able to do anything to him.
Who could have guessed that Tongtian possessed such an incredible ability, one that could even turn back time?
The more Juliusun thought about it, the more panicked he became. Cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
Meanwhile, Guangchengzi and the other disciples under Yuanshi were all left ashamed.
Guangchengzi in particular looked ashen.
He had trusted Juliusun completely, which was why he had defended him so staunchly.
Who would have thought that Juliusun really had been twisting the truth?
Just thinking about it made Guangchengzi feel so ashamed he wanted the ground to swallow him.
At that moment, Yuanshi's expression also darkened after seeing what had happened.
His disciples were indeed in the wrong.
He had wanted to say something.
But for a moment, he wasn't sure what to say.
"Hmph!"
Just then, Tongtian couldn't help snorting coldly as he stared straight at Juliusun.
"Juliusun, you have some nerve, deceiving your elders!"
"Since that's the case, I'll punish you by lowering your cultivation by one realm."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tongtian casually waved his hand, sending an invisible surge of magical power into Juliusun's body.
In an instant, Tongtian's power cut Juliusun's cultivation by one realm, dropping him from the Golden Immortal level to the Mystic Immortal level.
"Ah..."
The pain of falling a realm made Juliusun cry out in agony.
"Hmm?"
Yuanshi, watching from the side, suddenly darkened his expression.
Though his side was in the wrong, Tongtian's actions still made Yuanshi feel that he had been insulted.
"Junior Brother."
"What you've done is going too far!"
"Even if Juliusun was in the wrong, I should be the one to punish him."
Tongtian looked utterly unconcerned by Yuanshi's words and replied coolly:
"Senior Brother."
"As his uncle-master, do I not have the right to punish a second-generation disciple?"
"He was in the wrong to begin with, and he even dared to deceive me."
"I only took away one realm of his cultivation out of respect for you. If one of my own disciples did this, I'd strike him down on the spot and scatter his soul!"
Tongtian's words made Yuanshi's expression darken further.
After a long silence, he couldn't help snorting coldly.
"Hmph!"
"My disciples are mine to discipline. Why should I let you interfere?"