Looking at One Another in Dismay

Who is this person?

"I don't know him either!"

"If even the Second Elder doesn't recognize him, then he must be an outsider."

"Oh no! The Zhouzi's predictions are inaccurate, and people are coming to his door!"

"Hit him!"

"This is trespassing! No excuses can justify this! Beat him to death and drag him to the authorities!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun's fighting style was rather crude, resembling a brutal brawl.

However, the many villagers who were eating at Zhang's residence were not bystanders. After Zhang Xuezhou had only been fighting for a short while, the crowd had already clamored and rushed forward, with some grabbing short knives, stones, and other weapons.

"You surnamed Dong, I will unleash ten thousand swords to slaughter your entire family..."

Li Shaojun's body was Law Power by the two slaps from Zhang Xuezhou, and he was then subjected to close-range beatings from Zhang Baojia and Zhang Zhong.

When Zhang Houtu and the others attacked together, he felt as if his neck was about to be snapped, and he was about to lose his life at the Zhang residence.

This made Li Shaojun shout.

But before he could finish shouting, Li Shaojun felt dizzy and disoriented, and for a moment he was completely lost.

It wasn't until a jolt ran through him that Li Shaojun snapped back to reality.

"Li Shaojun, you're quite capable. Hitting me is one thing, but you actually want to kill my whole family?"

When Li Shaojun regained consciousness, he found himself bound from head to toe, stuffed into a cellar, and half-buried in soil.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou above the cellar holding a sharpened bamboo pole, seemingly about to poke it down, as if he wanted to nail him into the cellar while he was still alive, Li Shaojun was horrified.

Being beaten to death is not a problem, being buried is not a problem, being pierced by swords is not a problem.

But Li Shaojun was genuinely afraid of all these things happening at once. Even if he had the ability to come back from the dead, these abilities were subject to certain conditions, and Zhang Xuezhou's simple approach was to break his technique.

If Li Shaojun were truly killed by Zhang Xuezhou in the cellar, his body buried and unable to exert any force, and it would be difficult to remove the bamboo pole stuck in his body, then even if Li Shaojun were to be resurrected, he would die again amidst his wailing.

"You surnamed Dong, you killed me first! I was only willing to reason with you and didn't kill your whole family beforehand. You can't be so unethical!" Li Shaojun said urgently.

"I'm a man of principle, you're the one who's not!" Zhang Xuezhou gritted his teeth and said, "You heartless bastard, you should be buried in the ground and die ninety-nine times over!"

Zhang Xuezhou glared angrily at Li Shaojun.

His gaze swept across the room, and he also looked at the sword he was holding, a hint of fear in his eyes.

This sword is only the length of a forearm, similar in length to the Deer-Slaying Blade he used before, and is a short-bladed sword.

The sword's blade features intricate patterns resembling flowing waves, which also serve as a unique blood groove.

When this kind of sword pierces the body, the blood will not gush out immediately, but will be blocked by the blood groove. If the piercing speed is fast enough and it is not pulled out, the person pierced may even lose consciousness.

The sword's function is not the point; the point is that this sword actually pierced Zhang Xuezhou's body.

He glanced at the crimson mark on his waist and felt that his first battle, in which his physical body technique had reached the level of Divine Ability power, had been ruined, which seemed extremely ominous.

Zhang Xuezhou's physical body technique failed to activate and unleash its full power, but Li Shaojun's sword did not utilize much Law Power.

In other words, if the conditions for use were equal, this sword could very likely still injure him.

This was the case when Zhang Xuezhou had mastered the art of physical combat; without it, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his kidneys would have been pierced by a sword long ago.

Although Li Shaojun knew that Zhang Xuezhou possessed the Supreme Purity True Technique to heal injuries, Zhang Xuezhou still felt that Li Shaojun's behavior was too despicable. Li Shaojun's despicable act also made Zhang Xuezhou frown, feeling that this guy had suffered a great deal of stimulation, otherwise he would not have done such a thing.

"Tell me, what's the reason you're picking on Uncle Dong?" Zhang Xuezhou said. "If you don't give me a satisfactory reason, you're just preparing to bury yourself in there and let maggots grow!"

"You surnamed Dong, I came here to ask you for a reason, how did it turn into me having to give you an explanation?" Li Shaojun said anxiously, "You were calling me brother one minute, and the next minute you hired someone to kill me!"

"I'd kill you?" Zhang Xuezhou asked doubtfully, then countered, "If I wanted to kill you, would I bring you back to life?"

"Um?"

Li Shaojun, buried in the soil, shook his head and finally realized that something was wrong.

Li Shaojun had been targeted for murder more than once or twice, but he had never been truly killed. Zhang Xuezhou, on the other hand, was genuinely capable of breaking his spells.

Ultimately, Li Shaojun's ability to resurrect himself can only protect him from strangers, not from those he knows well.

If Zhang Xuezhou really wanted to kill Li Shaojun, this current approach would be more correct than simply killing him outright.

"Then tell me clearly, why did that Zhenyuan you brought back kill me?" Li Shaojun said dejectedly, "I gave him the array stones and components, and he beat me to death at Yunyi Daoist Temple. This is not how you treat people!"

"Zhenyuan killed you?" Zhang Xuezhou asked in surprise.

"A Grand Cultivator of the True Self Realm..."

Li Shaojun's face looked bitter.

The thought of being killed by an irresistible force sent chills down Li Shaojun's spine.

Li Shaojun had fought against great cultivators and witnessed the level of their Technique Method, but none of them were like Divine Lord Zhenyuan.

It was a destructive force, so powerful that it was impossible to resist.

But that was only a wisp of the other person's sleeve.

Like a top-level swordsman, the opponent merely drew his sword lightly, and the head of the person he intended to kill had already fallen to the ground.

This was someone Li Shaojun could only look up to. He pondered his own abilities and felt that he would never reach such a level in his entire life.

If he were targeted by someone like that, Li Shaojun felt his life was truly over.

"Why did he want to kill you?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"That's the question I should be asking you!"

When Zhang Xuezhou asked the question again, Li Shaojun couldn't help but exclaim.

But his heart sank, realizing that Zhang Xuezhou probably didn't know the reason either.

"You brought this person here," Li Shaojun said through gritted teeth.

"I brought him here, but you spent twelve days with him," Zhang Xuezhou said. "What unreliable things did you do to him during those twelve days?"

"I didn't... I didn't!"

Li Shaojun sought the reason from Zhang Xuezhou, while Zhang Xuezhou countered with the same question.

If the cause doesn't lie with Zhang Xuezhou, then it can only be Li Shaojun himself.

But even if you break Li Shaojun's head, he still can't figure it out.

"He previously agreed that he would only accept items related to the formation, and he couldn't complain about my unfair distribution," Li Shaojun said, forcing a smile. "It's normal for me to take some benefits; it's not a reason to kill me!"

That's it?

Seeing Li Shaojun deep in thought reflecting on his actions, even after much deliberation, all he could think of was that he had gained some advantages.

This made Zhang Xuezhou glance again at Rong Tianding, who was accompanying the interrogation.

"The distribution at the time was not improper," Rong Tianding said. "The agreement at the time was that whoever needed it would take it, and Li Shaojun contributed manpower and effort, treating Zhenyuan quite well!"

"That's strange!"

Zhang Xuezhou out a soft exclamation.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan would not kill someone without a reason; there must be a reason for his actions. However, Li Shaojun did not have any enmity with Divine Lord Zhenyuan.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed by Kunlun Sacred Land's way of doing things.

"Sacred Land, yes, Cai Ma should be able to know the reason!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan has moved into Anle Palace to replace the Empress Dowager, Zhang Xuezhou cannot go to Anle Palace unless the Empress Dowager comes to the Zhang residence on her own initiative, so as not to cause trouble.

He pondered for a few seconds and felt that Cai Ma, who also belonged to the Kunlun Sacred Land, might know the reason.