Jiang Yantian flipped his left hand, and streaks of purple lightning flooded his palm.
"P-Purple Empyrean Divine Lightning?" The other man's eyes filled with horror. "Fellow Daoist, please help me rescue..."
"Shut up!" Jiang Yantian cut him off with a cold shout.
The man was visibly stunned.
Jiang Yantian frowned and said coldly, "At your age, you must have been cultivating for several hundred years, right?"
"You're hundreds of years old, so how the fuck do you have no sense at all? You knew perfectly well someone was being lovey-dovey. Were you hollering for your daddy?"
"A few dumbass disciples got trapped. If they die, they die. You're useless yourself, so why the fuck are you yapping?"
The Nascent Soul elder froze again. How could he just start spewing abuse like that?
"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this?" Being insulted like this out of nowhere had angered him somewhat.
"What do I mean? I can't stomach even the slightest grievance. You pissed me off, so I'll... help you ascend!"
As his words fell, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Yantian's eyes. He raised his hand and decisively struck to suppress him, terrifying waves of power sweeping out.
The Purple Empyrean Divine Lightning in his palm turned into a streak of light and blasted straight into the man's body.
In an instant, lightning blazed and thunderclouds loomed overhead, their might no less than that of a Minor Heavenly Tribulation!
Struck by the Purple Empyrean Divine Lightning, the Nascent Soul elder convulsed all over, unable to move.
"Fellow Daoist, you..."
"You ruined my fun. You'll have to be cut into eight pieces!" The Yang-Extinguishing Saber spun several times in Jiang Yantian's hand.
In a single breath, he unleashed several fierce slashes.
The Nascent Soul elder's eyes flew wide, his entire body spasming.
The next second, several streaks of saber light burst with white radiance across his body.
Squelch!
Blood splattered. Eight pieces, exactly!
Even in death, that Nascent Soul elder could never have imagined that he would perish just for interrupting someone's romance.
The moment his Nascent Soul burst out of his body, Jiang Yantian reached out, seized it, and decisively devoured it!
"Adults have to take responsibility for their mistakes!"
"In your next life... forget it. Even your soul can't get out. There won't be a next life."
Jiang Yantian spoke indifferently. Just as he was about to turn and leave, he suddenly spotted that ancient lightning formation.
He still had to rescue those trapped disciples. After all, he had promised the man.
He was kind!
And so, Jiang Yantian decisively added Purple Empyrean Divine Lightning to the ancient lightning formation.
Within a single breath, waves of anguished howls rang out from the ancient lightning formation.
The sounds gradually weakened until all was deathly silent.
Delivering them from suffering on the spot was also a form of salvation.
Besides, the more people died, the heavier the resentment here became, and the more fresh souls lingered.
Those who died in the Spirit-Imprisoning Forbidden Land could not leave so easily.
Even if they were reduced to scattered ash, as long as a scrap of their soul remained, they could forget about leaving easily.
That way, they would taste their best when he devoured them later!
Doing good deeds without leaving his name had always been one of Jiang Yantian's virtues.
When he returned to Luo Xingcai's side, she was still in a daze.
Below, the disciples were howling as they fought the evil spirits, yet she seemed not to have registered any of it.
"Master!" Jiang Yantian called.
"Ah? Oh, you're back. How did it go?" Luo Xingcai's delicate body jolted, and only then did she look at Jiang Yantian.
Jiang Yantian smiled. "All taken care of!"
How could Luo Xingcai have known that by "all taken care of," he meant he had killed them all? She thought he had returned after helping them.
"That's good, then. We're acquainted with those sects. We should help them when we can."
Jiang Yantian nodded. "Mm, that makes sense!"
After saying that, Luo Xingcai fell somewhat silent.
Thinking back on what had just happened was simply too mortifying.
It left her not daring to look at Jiang Yantian now.
She was nominally Jiang Yantian's master, after all. A master and her disciple, this... what sort of propriety was that?
Jiang Yantian did not deliberately bring it up either.
Some things simply had to progress step by step.
If he refused to let it go and used it to make her yield inwardly, it would only backfire and disgust her.
Sure enough, seeing that Jiang Yantian was not dwelling on what had just happened, Luo Xingcai breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
At the same time, she became convinced that Jiang Yantian's intentions earlier had indeed been pure, and that he had not used it as an excuse for intimacy.
Time passed little by little.
Before long, daybreak was approaching.
The Spirit-Imprisoning Forbidden Land differed from other secret realms, or perhaps training grounds.
One could only enter during the hour of the rat and leave during the hour of the dragon. To enter again, one had to wait until the hour of the rat that night.
After all, an environment where spirits and ghosts survived was not something humans could adapt to.
If someone's heart was never satisfied and they coveted opportunities and treasures instead of withdrawing, their only end would be death.
They would either dissolve into thick liquid and vanish completely, or become one of the evil spirits.
At the summons of their guardian elders, disciples from the various sects began withdrawing.
Ye Feng had already separated from the group. When she received the summons, she too hurried frantically toward the exit.
She did not know what was going on. She just felt extraordinarily unlucky.
Things had originally been going smoothly, only for numerous evil spirits to suddenly attack her.
After a bitter struggle, she encountered the Red and White Twin Baleful Intents.
The Ghost Bride subjected her to a barrage of seduction and harassment, employing all manner of charms.
Only then did she realize the advantage of not having a dick. Hey, she was immune to temptation!!!
Even if the incomparably gorgeous Ghost Bride stripped naked in front of her, it was useless. There was nothing to respond with. Now that was the real deal!
Then she even encountered a ghost tide.
All in all, if Elder Long had not guided her, her wretched life would have been over.
Once the Mysterious Spirit Sect's disciples were outside, the stewards of the twelve lineages began taking a head count.
Only Ye Feng was missing!
"Elder Jiang, Elder Luo, Junior Brother Ye Feng hasn't returned!"
Tantai Yue of the Sword Dao Lineage hurriedly reported.
Jiang Yantian glanced at Tantai Yue. This chick was also incomparably beautiful.
But she favored Ye Feng far too much, so Jiang Yantian could not muster much interest. Still, finding some time to go in and out of her would be fine.
"Ye Feng?" Luo Xingcai's delicate brows furrowed as well, and she felt somewhat annoyed.
The summons to withdraw had been issued ahead of time; whatever happened, they would not leave it until the last moment. What exactly was Ye Feng dawdling over? He still had not come out at this hour.
As Ye Feng's master and the guardian elder for this trip, Luo Xingcai still had a duty to find him.
Just as she was about to reenter the forbidden land, Jiang Yantian reached out and caught her fair hand.
"Master, let me go. You mustn't put yourself in danger. Protect the disciples outside and wait for me to come out!"
Before Luo Xingcai could speak, Jiang Yantian vanished straight into the forbidden land.
Jiang Yantian knew full well that nothing would happen to that little bastard Ye Feng. The protagonist halo was no joke.
In a situation like this, he would simply wait until just before the forbidden land closed and its restrictions reactivated, then jump out at the very end, making people worry and then fuss over him!
What a fucking joke. Today, I'm going to make Ye Feng taste despair.
After entering the forbidden land, Jiang Yantian immediately locked onto Ye Feng's location.
The rootless one was sprinting desperately in this direction.
Presumably, she had run into quite a few things and been delayed.
Jiang Yantian was in no hurry either. He waited for Ye Feng to play her down-to-the-wire game and dash out in the final few seconds.
Soon, Ye Feng appeared.
Wind seemed to spring beneath her feet as she raced along.
Just as she was about to dash out at the last possible moment, she suddenly found herself unable to move.
Ye Feng's eyes widened at this.
"What's going on?"
Looking down, she saw that a Fine Steel Chain had wound around her feet at some point.
Moreover, the Fine Steel Chain kept climbing, wrapping around her entire body and leaving her unable to move at all.
"T-this is the Nine Nether Fine Steel Chain? Jiang Yantian! Jiang Yantian, you bastard! You're screwing me over! You're trying to kill me!!!"
Frantic with anxiety, Ye Feng struggled wildly and began cursing.
That sense of urgency made her feel like she needed to pee.
Seeing the forbidden land's restrictions about to close over her, Ye Feng roared and stretched her hand forward, trying to reach them!
Once the restrictions sealed shut, it was easy to imagine how terrifying the fate awaiting her would be.
Anxiety, tension, terror, fear-all those emotions surged up, and Ye Feng truly lost control of her bladder.
A trace of despair surfaced in her heart!