Chapter 369: I'm the One Who Has the Final Say
Southern Frontier, Myriad Poison Cult Main Hall.
Lu Yang looked calm, raising his head to look at Long Yue, and chuckled, “Since the miscellaneous matters are finished, it’s time to have a good talk about proper business.”
Hearing this, Long Yue was momentarily stunned— proper business.
In the next second, she realized what the “proper business” Lu Yang referred to was. It was nothing more than the so-called abduction of Jiangnan commoners. Was this kind of matter worth discussing?
Wouldn’t a punitive drink settle it?
But soon, Long Yue thought about it again and felt she understood Lu Yang’s thoughts. Presumably, this should be a task specially issued by Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon.
And as Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon’s disciple, Lu Yang had to give an explanation to his master no matter what. He couldn’t really come empty-handed and leave empty-handed; otherwise, where would he put his face?
Would Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon believe him? If sending Lu Yang away resulted in Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon coming personally, that would be truly troublesome.
Thinking of this, a smile immediately appeared on Long Yue’s face:
“I understands.”
Immediately after, Long Yue calculated for a moment, then reached out and grabbed through the air, pulling over several disciples at Qi Refining Great Perfection and throwing them forcefully onto the ground.
“It’s these few.”
“They privately violating the Cult’s decree and going to Jiangnan to treat human lives as grass, truly guilty of terrible crimes. Today, this seat expels all of them from the sect.”
“Fellow Daoist can take them away to punish at will.”
Long Yue didn’t lie; these people were indeed responsible for going to Jiangnan to abduct commoners. One of them was even a disciple she personally cultivated.
But ultimately, they only had Qi Refining cultivation.
As everyone knew, Qi Refining cultivators didn’t count as people.
Therefore, handing them over posed no psychological barrier for Long Yue. At this moment, all her thoughts were on the [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm] in her hand.
She wished she could send Lu Yang away quickly and then start her breakthrough.
However, to Long Yue’s surprise, Lu Yang didn’t even look at those Qi Refining disciples on the ground. He still stared straight at her, saying faintly:
“Not enough!”
As his voice fell, Long Yue also narrowed her eyes.
In her view, Lu Yang felt a few Qi Refining cultivators didn’t carry enough weight… But Qi Refining didn’t matter; she couldn’t possibly hand over a Foundation Establishment Perfected One for this.
Thinking of this, her expression suddenly became frail.
“Please, Fellow Daoist, do not make things difficult for me.”
Before her voice fell, a few blushes appeared on that flawless face.
“I am but a woman; managing this huge Myriad Poison Cult isn’t easy… If Fellow Daoist shows mercy, I will let Fellow Daoist take whatever you demands…”
“I posses the [Kan Li Dao Marvel Jade Body]. Cultivating with me brings no small benefits to Fellow Daoist…”
Long Yue’s conditions could be called generous, almost giving herself away for free. Besides protecting her own Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones, she probably also meant to befriend Lu Yang.
However, Lu Yang remained completely unmoved.
Take whatever I want? foolish. After killing you, I can still take whatever I want! As for some physique… Is the Heaven-Mending True Scripture such an inconvenient method?
At the same time, Lu Yang’s main body also woke up from a brief seclusion. The [Xin Metal] had been refined, transforming into a Divine Ability brilliance surrounding him.
The time has come!
In the next second, Lu Yang grinned, then took out a token directly from his chest and threw it forcefully onto the ground in front of Long Yue.
“This is…”
Seeing this, Long Yue was slightly stunned. She looked at the token subconsciously, then her expression changed drastically because the pattern markings on the token were very obvious.
[Primordial Saint Sect, Heaven-Mending Peak Master]!
This was impressively the Heaven-Mending Decree representing the identity of Heaven-Mending Peak Master Chen Taihe. After Chen Taihe was slain by him, this item naturally fell into his hands.
…Something’s wrong!
In an instant, Long Yue’s girlish demeanor from just now disappeared completely, returning to icy coldness. She stared straight at Lu Yang: “Who exactly are you?”
“I am a Sword Pavilion Perfected One, Daoist name Ming He.”
Lu Yang said coldly, “This item is the token of the Demonic Sect’s Heaven-Mending Peak. Its appearance in the Myriad Poison Cult at this moment proves that the Myriad Poison Cult has long colluded with the Demonic Sect in secret.”
“The Myriad Poison Cult colluding with the Demonic Sect, abducting my Jiangnan commoners—the evidence is irrefutable, the crime unforgivable.”
“They should be executed!”
Long Yue was dumbfounded listening to this.
She absolutely didn’t expect that Lu Yang, as a Sword Pavilion Perfected One and leader of the Righteous Path, would frame her so openly and blatantly!
Sword Seed!
Is there no justice? Is there no law?
Although their Myriad Poison Cult indeed had connections with the Primordial Saint Sect and indeed abducted Jiangnan commoners, how could you slander at will without evidence?
But she reacted quickly.
“What Jiangnan commoners? You clearly covet my Myriad Poison Cult’s [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm]!”
“You know?” Lu Yang raised an eyebrow upon hearing this:
“Since you know, hand it over quickly!”
Long Yue: “…”
Bastard!
“Do you really want to act like this?”
Long Yue gritted her silver teeth, her expression becoming grim and cold. “As the leader of the Righteous Path, the Sword Pavilion framing people and seizing by force—is this also the conduct of the Righteous?”
“Conduct of the Righteous Path?”
Lu Yang looked calm, rising slowly. “My Sword Pavilion holds the authority of the righteous path and sets the rules for the world. The actions of the righteous path are not for you to decide. The one who decides—”
“Is me!”
Before his voice fell, Lu Yang drew his sword.
[Heaven Execute]!
Instantly, dazzling Sword Qi whistled out with this slash, carrying rolling thunder sounds. Yet when it fell, only a streak of azure-white light remained.
Long Yue took a step back.
A crack suddenly appeared on her originally flawless cheek, like a crack on exquisite porcelain, from which wisps of blood light surged.
As Lu Yang’s Life-Bound Divine Ability, the profundity of [Heaven Execute] is a mysterious and powerful ability capable of crushing weaker opponents. No matter how powerful your ability, if your cultivation wasn’t higher than Lu Yang’s, it was death in one slash.
If not for Long Yue’s realm being comparable to Lu Yang’s, and her attainment even slightly higher, it wouldn’t be just a sword mark slashed on her face.
Even so, she still felt a stinging pain on her pretty face.
Because Lu Yang’s Sword Qi didn’t dissipate but clung like maggots, transforming into thousands of sword threads, piercing madly into her body along the wound.
But Long Yue was a Great Perfected One after all.
Facing Lu Yang’s Sword Qi invasion, she instantly cut off distracting thoughts, her expression calm. Immediately after, her red lips parted slightly, and she exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
“Hah…”
Between one breath and another, a Gu worm inside her body moved in response. Its shape resembled a toad, having three legs and a mouth like an abyss.
[Sun-Swallowing Toad]!
“Croak!”
The toad’s large mouth opened and closed, swallowing all the Sword Qi invading Long Yue’s body cleanly in the blink of an eye. The sword mark on her face also closed up and healed.
However, Long Yue’s expression remained grave, without relaxing in the slightest. As the Gu owner, she could clearly feel that after Lu Yang’s Sword Qi was swallowed by the [Sun-Swallowing Toad], it couldn’t be digested. Instead, it continued to wreak havoc inside the [Sun-Swallowing Toad], forcing her to deal with it with all her might.
“Do you really want to fight to the death with my Myriad Poison Cult?”
Long Yue took another step back, her jade-like face grim. “Even if you obtain the [Myriad Tribulation Indestructible Gilded Silkworm], once the news leaks in the future, will you have the chance to use it?”
“Fellow Daoist overthinks.”
Lu Yang chuckled lightly while holding his sword. “News leaks in the future? Today I will exterminate your Myriad Poison Cult completely, leaving no one alive. What future will there be?”
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