"Hmph, Jiang Huanchi was nothing more than an insignificant disciple of the Shanghua Sect. He had a master, cultivation techniques, and people to guide him, yet he only managed to cultivate to the Qi Cultivation fifth layer. What was there for him to be proud of?" Ma Dengsheng's face showed a trace of disdain. "If not for the fact that he was a Shanghua Sect disciple, why would Fellow Daoist Qing have humbled himself so thoroughly? For the sake of Fellow Daoist Han and Fellow Daoist Qiao, he even offered up the rare treasures he had obtained, only then saving their lives. Hehe, if it had been anyone else, we could have rushed him together. Would we still have needed to fear that we couldn't take his life?"
Just now, seeing Ma Dengsheng's mild manner, Xiao Hua had thought him kind by nature. Hearing those words now, he suddenly woke up. He... had truly been wrong. This was the Cultivation World, a place where strength reigned supreme. Which person... could truly be kindhearted?
But upon further thought, Ma Dengsheng's words were entirely correct. Let alone a great sect like the Shanghua Sect, one of the foremost sects in Xi Country—even when the Myriad Poisons Sect had come to provoke Shang Hua Ming, hadn't the disciples they brought all been at the Qi Cultivation fifth and sixth layers? The disciples dispatched by the Hundred Herbs Sect had likewise all been around the sixth layer of Qi Cultivation.
"Senior's lesson is correct." Xiao Hua smiled. "It is only because Senior Jiang has a sect behind him that he is so fearless, looking down on us Rogue Cultivators!"
"Exactly!" Ma Dengsheng clapped his hands. "It was precisely because of this that Fellow Daoist Qing founded Heaven's Forsaken. He wanted to gather the Rogue