That was why he had acted first, using Heaven-Sealing Finger to seal this woman's dantian and all her meridians, leaving her unable to summon even a trace of spiritual power or muster the slightest strength.
He hadn't expected her to run into Lu Qingshan in the end, either.
An empty shell whose defenses were weaker than an ordinary person's-anyone present could have killed her with the slightest touch.
How could she possibly withstand a palm strike from a cultivator at the golden core peak?
Even if it was only a casual wave of his hand!
The moment he sealed Lin Yue's dantian, this woman's fate had already been decided.
Lu Qingshan quickly turned it over in his mind and figured it out, too. It was that bastard again!
That bastard was definitely behind this!
But even he couldn't unravel the workings of it.
At that final moment, why hadn't the female disciple named Lin Yue resisted?
Why hadn't she summoned her spiritual power to defend herself?
Nor had he seen any sign that she had been poisoned or placed under a restriction.
"This is utterly baffling!"
But he no longer had time to investigate exactly what Chun Xiaobai had done.
Because he realized, to his horror, that this bastard had used him as a shield!
He swept his gaze across the crowd. Seeing the complicated looks of envy, jealousy, and awe the disciples directed at Chun Xiaobai, he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood in fury.
Well, wonderful!
Now I can't wash off this label of "Chun Xiaobai's backer," no matter how hard I try!
After all, in everyone's eyes, he, Lu Qingshan, had stood up for his "brother who had braved life and death with him" and slapped an ignorant female disciple to death!
"Oh dear!"
Chun Xiaobai