Without a second thought, Ye Changge was about to walk over.
Just then, an icy voice rang out.
"Trash with red talent, get lost, or die."
The icy voice came from the direction of the Saber Sect.
An overbearing presence left everyone dizzy and disoriented.
Shi Hao even coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.
"Zhu Huahua, you bitch! I, Shi Hao, ask you: have I ever wronged you? Why did you poison me and make my talent drop to red?"
Everyone sucked in a breath at his words.
Poison that could lower someone's talent-such a poison was unheard of.
"Poison that lowers someone's talent? Could it be the legendary ten-li fragrance? I heard that when a martial artist is poisoned with ten-li fragrance, it seals their meridians, preventing them from absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and thereby crippling them."
"What? There's a poison like that? This woman is far too vicious."
Zhu Huahua's expression changed at the crowd's words.
If the Saber Sect really investigated and uncovered this, it might affect her.
So, without waiting for anyone else to speak, she turned her gaze toward a Saber Sect disciple.
"Senior brother, this fellow insulted me in public. How do you think this should be handled?"
"Since your talent meets the requirements, you count as a member of our Saber Sect. Our Saber Sect disciples cannot be insulted."
As he spoke, a streak of saber light flashed toward Shi Hao.
Everyone had thought Shi Hao was certain to die, but at the last moment, a man in white scattered it with a wave of his hand.
"Brat, who are you? You dare interfere in our Saber Sect's affairs? Are you tired of living?"
As he spoke, his overbearing presence spread outward. He was clearly a Body Integration Realm expert.
"How dare you! A mere Body Integration Realm cultivator dares unleash pressure on the young master? You're courting death!"
Aotian's face was icy. An even more haughty pressure instantly crushed down, sending the other man flying backward.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, every bone in his body shattered.
His eyes filled with terror, as though he had witnessed the horror of the world.
"Senior brother, save me..."
Only upon hearing the plea did Ba Dao react.
An overbearing, furious presence instantly spread outward.
"You injured my junior brother? How do you want to die?"
Smack!
But the instant he finished speaking, an elder beside him slapped him flying.
"I am Daoist Taiqing. Those you struck were poorly disciplined by our Saber Gate. Please do not stoop to our level. Here is compensation."
As he spoke, he took out a spatial ring and delivered it into Aotian's hands.
At the sight, even Aotian was at a loss.
Why was this different from the script? Weren't villains supposed to love throwing their weight around? I haven't even shown off my skills, and they're already offering compensation.
"One spatial ring? Are you fobbing off a beggar? Hand over all your spatial rings and valuable treasures, and this matter will be settled."
Everyone's expression changed at his words.
But the next instant, a terrifying pressure crushed down.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? You think you can rob our Saber Sect?"
As he spoke, terrifying saintly pressure crushed down, but Aotian merely chuckled.
The Saint who attacked was instantly stripped of his clothes and trousers, then given a thorough beating.
"Aah! Aah!"
"Aah! Aah!"
Smack! Smack!
"Stop hitting me! Stop! I'll give it to you! I will!"
Those utterly harrowing cries covered everyone in goosebumps, and they instinctively protected their backsides.
The beaten Saint's backside had swollen a finger's breadth high, and his face had been beaten into a pig's head.
The other Saber Sect members were not spared either. All were stripped, and Aotian did not forget to beat them up as well.
Instead of killing you, I beat you up and take your valuables. That's perfectly reasonable, right?
All that fighting and killing on the Heavenly Spirit Continent was so boring. Beating people up was the true way.
"Young master, here you go."
Aotian spoke with excitement all over his face.
Beating people up had never felt as exciting as it did today.
Had the young master not laid things out beforehand, how could he have enjoyed himself so much?
"I am the lord of the Primordial Forbidden Zone. Shi Hao, I see that you have extraordinary bones, exceptional talent, and the makings of a future pillar. Are you willing to take me as your master?"
Shi Hao was dumbfounded at these words, as was everyone around him.
They could not understand how this man's mind worked at all.
"Can I?"
Shi Hao was a little dazed, his gaze even turning evasive as he looked at Ye Changge.
Deep down, he could not believe that one day he would become the disciple of a powerful existence.
"Your problems are no problems to me."
"Shi Hao pays his respects to Master."
Thump! Thump! Thump!
As he spoke, he kowtowed hard three times. The resounding thumps made everyone's hearts tremble.
"Take these treasures and use them."
As he spoke, he gave Shi Hao all the spatial rings he had just received.
"Master, this, this..."
Everyone fell silent at the sight.
At that moment, many people's gazes toward Ye Changge grew much more fervent.
Those were spatial rings belonging to the Saber Sect's elders and disciples, yet he had simply given them away.
"Master, I am the young master of the Shi Clan in Eastern Mound City..."
After Shi Hao gave a rough account, Ye Changge waved his hand, tore open space, and left with him.
Only after the group departed did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Who exactly were those people? That man who attacked just now was so terrifying. Why did I feel as though I was facing an ancestor?"
"Yes, that feeling was like a supreme expert standing high above us. Terrifying to the extreme."
"An expert who can tear open space definitely can't be below the Great Saint Realm."
"What a pity. He didn't take a fancy to any of us."
They kept discussing it, one voice after another.
Afterward, a Great Saint expert from the Sword Sect also arrived and left directly with the Sword Sect's newly recruited disciples.
The other factions followed suit. Their gains this time were no small matter.
Even a Supreme Bone had appeared, and all kinds of physiques had emerged one after another. It was enough to make their eyes pop out.
Of them all, the Saber Sect had recruited the fewest disciples and was mocked by everyone.
Ye Changge and his group arrived above the Shi Clan.
Under Shi Hao's guidance, they entered the Shi Clan's main hall.
"Shi Hao, you actually dare come back? Men, seize this traitor!"
The Shi Clan's patriarch was also its ancestor. Previously, when he had set out to eliminate the main branch, Shi Hao had actually escaped.
Now that Shi Hao had returned, how could he possibly let him go?
"Old bastard, my master is here today. Let's see how you lay a hand on me."
Shi Hao showed no fear at all, planting both hands on his hips, his face full of disdain.
"Where are my father, mother, and grandfather? What have you done to them?"
At the thought of his father and mother, killing intent instantly spread from Shi Hao.
At that moment, he was utterly furious.
The Shi Clan ancestor, who belonged to the grand elder's branch, had not only plotted against him for the position of patriarch, but had also attacked his father and mother.
He was simply unfit to be called human.
"Hahaha!"
At his words, the Shi Clan ancestor burst into laughter.
"Old fart, what the hell are you laughing at?"
As these words rang out, the ancestor's clothes and trousers were stripped off, leaving only his briefs, and Aotian began his god-tier maneuvers.
After taking a beating, he quieted down considerably.
"Old man, can you answer properly now?"
Shi Hao held back his laughter, but once he finished speaking, he could no longer contain it and burst out laughing, spraying the other man with spit.
"You little bastard..."
Smack!
"Aah! Aah!"
"Stop hitting me! I'll talk! I'll talk..."
He then confessed everything. Shi Hao's father and mother had entered the Shi Clan's ancestral grounds to search for natural spiritual treasures that could improve his talent. As for his grandfather, upon hearing that Shi Zilin and the others had entered the ancestral grounds for their son, he had followed them inside as well.
They had no idea what the situation was now.