"An Evil Cultivator?!"
At those two words, every cultivator present froze.
Feng Shande looked as though he had been scared witless, his eyes widening in disbelief.
Hearing that startled cry, Ning Que looked over as well.
Li Jieyang and Ning Yuanzhou's expressions grew grave.
"An Evil Cultivator?"
Ning Que asked curiously.
Li Jieyang nodded. "If these ruins belonged to an Evil Cultivator, we're in trouble..."
Ning Yuanzhou continued, "Evil Cultivators are cultivators too, but they follow crooked, heretical paths, and anyone from the orthodox sects has the right to kill them! Some slaughter innocents, some practice Evil Cultivation Arts, and some carry alien bloodlines—there are many kinds of Evil Cultivators, but regardless of the kind, every faction must eradicate them. Leaving them alive invites disaster."
"Usually, a single Evil Cultivator will draw hordes of cultivators to hunt them down. To wipe them out, some sects have even established merit rankings. Anyone who enters the top hundred can go to the Cultivator Alliance to receive rewards for their achievements and exchange their merits for divine weapons and cultivation arts."
Ning Yuanzhou added.
Hearing this, Ning Que fell silent.
"Rewards for their achievements... everyone ganging up on them. Is that how all Evil Cultivators are treated?"
Ning Que asked.
Apparently determined not to stop until his words shocked someone senseless, he left Ning Yuanzhou and Li Jieyang dumbfounded with that question.
"Or let me ask another question. Do all Evil Cultivators deserve to die?"
"..."
At those words, their expressions became even more bewildered.
Ning Que was staring blankly ahead, as though something existed in the empty space before him.
But no one knew that the long-absent chime of a system notification had sounded in Ning Que's mind.
It also provided a more detailed introduction to the Fallen Star Pavilion background.
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