"This..."
Mu Ningxue froze at the sight.
This seemed different from what she had imagined-and the difference was enormous.
She had her own selfish motives in bringing out the Iceberg.
After all, the inheritance restrictive seal was still intact. Even if she handed the immortal vein over to these Sword Cultivators to mine, they would first have to break through the inheritance restrictive seal.
She was betting that these Sword Cultivators could not break it.
That way, she could preserve her sect's inheritance in its entirety.
She had never expected this future Sword Chief to be so ruthless not only toward his enemies, leaving them no room whatsoever, but toward his own people as well.
She knew Li Yang's talent was killing intent perception, but she had never imagined he would strike so mercilessly at these Sword Cultivators who had entertained thoughts of murder and plunder. Every one of them was covered in wounds, sword cuts all over their bodies.
"Fellow Daoist Li, there's no need for this. It was thanks to all of you that our Langya Ice Palace's inheritance survived instead of falling into the hands of those Evil Immortals and fiends. I brought out the immortal vein within this inheritance for you to mine as you please. Greed for opportunities is only human nature. None of us are saints. It's understandable."
But her words earned her a displeased look from Li Yang.
"Are you telling me how to do things?"
For an icy beauty like Mu Ningxue, such a look was exceedingly rare. Her heart lurched, and she hurried to explain.
Before she could speak, however, the Sword Cultivators who had just been slashed by the Pseudo-Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation's Sword Qi dropped to one knee, one after another, and offered Li Yang a sword salute-
"Thank you