That'll teach you to look down on the Nighttime Madman

Everyone stared.

Lu Changsheng looked over too.

He knew that was the old man who stayed by Su Muyue's side. His name was Qi Lian, and he had always guarded her.

For a time, he had kept observing Lu Changsheng in secret.

Lu Changsheng had not bothered with him, but he had never expected the man to actually mock him.

After a moment of silence, Lu Changsheng said, "You, old man. What did you say?"

Qi Lian remained composed and looked up. "I said you were stupid. What of it?"

"Am I very stupid?" Lu Changsheng asked.

Qi Lian chuckled disdainfully, already giving his answer.

Hearing this, everyone looked over with interest. A spectacle like this was rare.

"Looks like you look down on me!"

"What do you intend to do?"

Qi Lian remained unconcerned throughout.

Lu Changsheng was not annoyed either. He merely said slowly, "Your master-I originally only planned to sell her for twenty thousand. Since you look down on me, I'll charge you fifty thousand!"

"What did you say?"

Qi Lian's expression changed.

The next moment, Lu Changsheng tugged the rope in his hand, and a graceful figure came into view.

An uproar instantly erupted on all sides.

When they first arrived, they had already known the young woman was extraordinary, but they had never expected her to have been captured too.

With her clothes disheveled and her hair loose and tangled, she looked scarcely better off than Zhao Yang!

"Bastard!"

Qi Lian growled, his body trembling uncontrollably as he stared at Su Muyue.

Just then, someone noticed something. "Wait, why is that girl's hair such a mess?"

"Her clothes were even taken off!"

"Look, her face is still red..."

"Could it be..."

"Ah, you deserve to die!"

Qi Lian roared, poised to charge into the sky.

Yet Lu Changsheng remained indifferent throughout.

"Old man, don't be rash. We can talk this out. Fifty thousand Spirit Stones. Are you buying or not?"

"Your audacity knows no bounds! Do you know who she is, to dare do this?"

Qi Lian was furious, unable to tolerate it.

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng wasted no more words. "Since you aren't buying, who here wants her? I'll sell her to you for thirty thousand Spirit Stones!"

At his words, everyone fell silent.

They could tell her background was extraordinary. Even if they were tempted to buy her and take her back, they dared not provoke her.

Lu Changsheng continued, "I understand your concerns. Send me a voice transmission, and we can discuss it privately. I'll deliver her to you quietly, without letting outsiders know!"

"Don't you dare!"

Qi Lian rebuked him furiously.

His gaze swept over everyone, carrying an undisguised threat.

Lu Changsheng said, "I don't have the patience to waste words with you. Say one more useless word, and bear the consequences yourself!"

Qi Lian was utterly furious, but could only swallow his anger. "I'll pay!"

As he spoke, he tossed a ring into the sky.

"Release her!" Qi Lian said.

"No rush!" Lu Changsheng inspected it. "There's only thirty thousand here. You're twenty thousand short!"

"You said thirty thousand. Are you going back on your word now?"

"Thirty thousand was the price for someone else. For you, it's fifty thousand!"

"On what grounds?"

"You called me stupid. Isn't that reason enough? Don't I have to prove I'm not stupid?"

"You..."

Qi Lian was beside himself with rage. He had never expected a single remark to bring so much trouble.

Everyone else clicked their tongues too, marveling at how he truly held a grudge.

In the end, Qi Lian handed over another twenty thousand, and she was tossed down as promised.

The people of the Profound Heaven Sect could not help laughing. They were delighted to see something like this.

But just then, Lu Changsheng said, "Laughing? Your Profound Heaven Sect will have its turn to cry!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm going to slaughter Xuan Cheng!"

"This..."

Everyone was stunned.

An elder of the Profound Heaven Sect said, "Are you trying to offend everyone?"

"That's right!"

With that, Lu Changsheng turned and returned to the secret realm.

Only the crowd remained, exchanging looks. His answer had been so decisive that he had not even bothered to waste another word on them.

They had no idea where this grudge had come from.

No one present could laugh anymore. Only the people of the Cangyun Sect inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

But the others noticed that too.

"Fellow Daoists of the Cangyun Sect, what is the meaning of this?"

Lin Po stepped forward. "Our sect master warned you before. You were the ones who dismissed it!"

"What do you mean?"

"He's the Nighttime Madman who's plagued our Cangyun Sect for nearly ten years. For ten years, there's been no evil he hasn't committed. Offend him, and no good will come of it!"

"What!"

Everyone's expressions changed at once.

When they had heard about him before, they had all thought nothing of it. The Nighttime Madman? Even the name sounded laughable.

Now, every one of their expressions had changed.

"What sort of bastard is he, exactly?" The people of the Profound Heaven Sect looked grim.

Seeing others suffer at the Nighttime Madman's hands, the people of the Cangyun Sect finally felt a little more balanced.

The Divine Firmament Sect paid no attention and instead treated Zhao Yang.

Had they been any later, he would have died.

The medicinal pill was extraordinarily wondrous too, and Zhao Yang recovered at a visible rate.

The instant he recovered, he made no attempt to conceal the killing intent in his eyes.

"Bastard, I'll kill him!"

Filled with hatred, Zhao Yang set off again without hesitation, heading toward the secret realm.

Meng Lang wanted to stop him, but Zhao Jing held him back, allowing Zhao Yang to leave.

Seeing this, someone nearby could not help frowning. "He still dares go back? Isn't he afraid of dying?"

At this, Su Muyue also recovered. Gritting her teeth, she set off again without the slightest hesitation, charging back into the secret realm.

Qi Lian did not stop her.

They knew full well that both Zhao Yang and Su Muyue had means they had not managed to use. Perhaps what had happened before had been unexpected, leaving them no time.

But this time was entirely different.

For a moment, everyone watched intently.

The puppet returned to Lu Changsheng's side with seventy thousand Spirit Stones.

Looking at those Spirit Stones, he found it somewhat unreal. He had earned seventy thousand in such a short time. At this rate, never mind having Nascent Soul within reach-even Void Transformation would not take long.

It was as though he had opened the door to a new world.

Strictly speaking, there was still Xuan Cheng, but the Profound Heaven Sect was in much the same situation as the Cangyun Sect and did not have much money either, so he simply planned to kill him outright.

After all, this sect had tried to harm him time and again. It truly could not be allowed to remain.

The puppet set off again.

By now, that great hall had vanished and moved farther away. Zhou Qingyu had withdrawn there.

Xuan Cheng had been injured in the earlier fight. Lu Changsheng knew his location and sent the puppet straight over to finish him off.

As he was thinking about this, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Just as the puppet approached and attacked Xuan Cheng, people arrived here again from afar.

Lu Changsheng swept out his Divine Sense and was astonished.

The newcomers were actually Zhao Yang and Su Muyue.

He had only just released them, yet they had come back.

Seeing the two appear, Lu Changsheng could not help laughing.

"I never expected such a good thing to happen!"

Weren't they simply bringing him money?

The puppet immediately struck, aiming to suppress them once again.

But to his surprise, Su Muyue stood high in the sky, a rune between her brows radiating light. Behind her, a crescent moon of azure appeared, hanging in the void.

Azure moonlight fell, bringing an indescribable imposing might that caused the puppet's movements to falter.

At the same time, light interwove around Zhao Yang as well. A resonant sound rang out from within his body, as though a living creature were letting out a long cry.

The very next moment, Lu Changsheng watched as a figure separated from Zhao Yang's body.

It was an old man with snow-white hair and beard.

The moment he appeared, a powerful imposing might arose, enveloping the entire area!