"Li Xian!"
Wang Quan let out a grief-stricken roar.
"I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
He abruptly rose, about to pursue Li Xian in the direction he seemed to have left.
"Wang Quan, calm down!"
Ning Qingshu sharply shouted, blocking his path.
"Get out of my way!"
"What are you going to do!? Junior Brother Wang, ranked thirteenth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking, couldn't do anything to Li Xian! Chen Jianghai, ranked tenth, was no match for him either! Even I, ranked sixth, couldn't touch Li Xian when I joined forces with Whisper and the others! Are you chasing after him alone to throw your life away!?"
Ning Qingshu rebuked him. "Do you think Li Xian is like those people we dealt with before, with combat strength at most in the ranking's top ten!? Who is he? The foremost expert who eclipses the sun and moon, invincible in the Inner Sect! If we dare act rashly again, every one of us will become a stepping stone to his fearsome renown!"
Under her rebuke, the furious Wang Quan finally calmed down a little.
"Remember, it doesn't matter if we lose face, or even our lives, but the Mysterious Radiance Society and Taiyi Pavilion we belong to represent the faces of the senior brothers who are true disciples behind us! Their dignity must never suffer the slightest damage. Whoever dares affect it in the slightest, we must repay tenfold, a hundredfold!"
Ning Qingshu spoke gravely.
And as she invoked the true disciples behind them...
Wang Quan finally recovered his reason.
Seeing this, Ning Qingshu swept her gaze over the dozen or so people around her.
Mo Qingyu, He Jianshan, and the others reacted relatively normally.
But some of the other elites of Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking caliber wore deeply grave expressions.
When