Settling the Score with You!
Seeing He Lun's dejected and dejected expression, Sang Ying still felt it wasn't enough.
She wanted to avenge Jiang Zhuoxue and Duan Hanyi, but making He Lun suffer was too easy for him.
Sang Ying turned to the group of cultivators who had barged in to watch the commotion and asked, "You all look unfamiliar; you don't seem to be from the Listening Tide Sect."
Upon arrival, these people immediately saw the destroyed altar and the chaotic scene. The truth had already been revealed by the foreign cultivators who had escaped earlier. Now, they only felt disgusted by the Listening Tide Sect's act of human sacrifice and had no desire to associate with such an existence.
Everyone immediately shook their heads. "We heard about the news here and came specifically to rescue people!"
As soon as the words "rescue people" were uttered, Jing Huan immediately seized the opportunity and rushed out from his hiding place.
After all, the Beast Soul Sect is one of the three major sects, and his face is quite recognizable. As soon as Jing Huan appeared, many people called out his name.
"Jing Huan! Aren't you from the Beast Soul Sect? What are you doing here?" one of them asked.
Another person replied, "Yesterday I seemed to see Jing Huan bringing his fellow disciples to the Listening Tide Sect, but seeing how disheveled you are, could it be...?"
"That's right!" Jing Huan nodded through gritted teeth. He had dodged quickly enough to avoid being caught, but many of his fellow disciples had already been recaptured by the Listening Tide Sect. "I was also a living sacrifice brought here by the Listening Tide Sect! Not only me, but also other disciples from the Beast Soul Sect and the Array Sect. He Lun and the Listening Tide Sect are essentially trying to wipe out our two sects!"
The dozen or so cultivators were utterly shocked upon hearing this.
Previously, when they discovered that the Listening Tide Sect was actually attacking outsiders and even wanted to sacrifice them to the Beast God, these people felt that the Listening Tide Sect was vicious and terrifying, but because they generally had a negative impression of outsiders, they did not feel much disgust towards them.
But now it seems that the Listening Tide Sect is not just vicious, they are clearly insane!
"Nonsense!" At this moment, He Lun seemed to be severely defeated. Even though Jing Huan jumped out to expose the truth, he was in no mood to argue.
But he didn't want to live anymore, while the rest of the Listening Tide Sect still wanted to live well.
Sure enough, the elder who had previously helped He Lun subdue the demonic birds of the Beast Soul Sect jumped out at this moment, refuting Jing Huan's words with an upright expression.
"You brought three outside cultivators to our sect and acted presumptuously. Our sect leader didn't hold it against you because of the friendship between our two sects. But you came out at this time to kick us when we're down and slander our Listening Tide Sect. Your intentions are truly despicable!" The elder knew that with those outside cultivators who had escaped earlier, their plan had probably already been exposed and could no longer be concealed.
However, the matter of the visiting cultivators can be acknowledged. At worst, they can be trapped in this realm and prevented from leaving. These people are no match for the Listening Tide Sect if they face them head-on.
However, we absolutely cannot admit to harming Jing Huan and the others. These two sects are not weak either. If they join forces against us, will the Listening Tide Sect have any chance of survival?!
Anyway, He Lun and the others had no evidence, and these cultivators were only slightly injured, none of them died. They could easily claim that the injuries were from sparring with their own disciples. If they sent some generous gifts to the other two sects, this matter might be able to be suppressed!
The elder had a beautiful plan, but Jing Huan wouldn't let his dream come true. "If that's how it is, elder, then wait until my master and the others come to question us, and then explain to them properly about our injuries! And our contracted Demon Beast —most of these injuries were caused by their bites. You can't exactly say that our own contracted Demon Beast would turn around and bite their masters, can you?"
The elder remained defiant. "Yes, that's true. Your Demon Beast attacked their master, which is why you were injured like this. In fact, it was our Listening Tide Sect that helped suppress those Demon Beasts. Nephew, you keep saying that our Listening Tide Sect injured you and even tried to kill you. But that's just one side of the story. Do you have any evidence? Without evidence, that's slander!"
"You!"
Who says there's no evidence?
The two voices rang out simultaneously; the former came from the angry Jing Huan, and the latter from Bai Kejin, who had rushed back.
Besides Bai Kejin, Lan Fusheng and Dong Fuzhu, who had been sent out by Sang Ying to meet him earlier, were also with him.
The cultivators who came to watch the spectacle didn't recognize the two, but seeing their aggressive manner, they instinctively made way for the three of them, allowing them to enter.
When the elder first heard Bai Kejin's words, he was startled, but when he saw that they were just three foreign cultivators whom they had captured before, he immediately felt relieved.
He laughed and said, "Nephew, are you trying to use these three as witnesses for you? I'm not trying to be mean, but those three are outsiders. What kind of image do you project by mixing with a bunch of outsiders? These outsiders are treacherous and ruthless; can you really trust what they say?"
"Who said the evidence is with us?" Dong Fuzhu laughed instantly at the elder's sarcastic tone. "You probably don't know, but we dared to come back now to bring some people to see you!"
The elder's brow twitched, and he instinctively asked, "Who is it? Who wants to see us?"
Dong Fuzhu did not answer; instead, he was met with a loud eagle's cry.
A flock of demonic birds swept in, almost completely obscuring the light above the Listening Tide Sect when they appeared.
Everyone looked up at the sky, but could only see the silhouettes of people and demonic birds; they couldn't even make out the appearance of the newcomers.
This was the first time the Big White Dumpling had ever seen so many people since it was born, and for a moment it was a little scared and hid behind Sang Ying. But given its size, this little action was obviously meaningless.
"Sister, do you still need my help with what happens next?" It wanted to support Sang Ying.
Sang Ying shook her head and patted it reassuringly. "No need, you can just watch the show here."
The demonic bird approached menacingly, circling overhead.
He Lun recognized the newcomers at a glance. "The Sect Master of the Beast Soul Sect and the Sect Master of the Array Sect... How wonderful! It is an honor that my humble Listening Tide Sect has been graced by the presence of two such esteemed individuals."
Upon hearing the sect leader call out the newcomer's name, the once arrogant elder instantly fell silent. Not only did he stop arguing with Jing Huan, he also quietly shrank behind He Lun while the two sides were still talking.
Sect Master Luo of the Beast Soul Sect and Sect Master Fu the Array Sect jumped down from the back of the demon bird together. Not only them, but also the disciples of the two sects who had almost all come out this time also fell into the Listening Tide Sect.
As soon as Sect Master Luo appeared, he looked at his disciple. Seeing that Jing Huan's injuries had not been treated at all, he was both angry and heartbroken. He gave his disciple a bottle of pills and then instructed the others to follow Jing Huan to find the other disciples.
After doing all this, Sect Master Luo and Sect Master Fu turned to look at He Lun.
"Since Sect Master He Lun has so earnestly invited us while he's holding his disciple captive, how could we possibly refuse? It's also a good opportunity to settle this score with your Listening Tide Sect!"
A note from the author:
I'm too sleepy today, so I'll stop here for now. Sorry, I'm not feeling well.
See you tomorrow~