Chapter 908: Chapter 904: Meeting Li Zhaojun (Part 7)

The flying swords swiftly skimmed over the skies of Mingjing Domain; before exiting, Elder Wu and Wu Ding both sensed something.

Ye Fan sensed around; within at least a hundred miles radius, there were no flying swords trailing them.

“Something doesn’t seem right. Did you notice anything, Junior Sister?” Elder Wu asked.

Wu Ding nodded: “Let’s see what’s really going on.”

The two flying swords turned towards a mountain village on the edge of a human city; before entering, they smelled a heavy scent of blood—there was likely a massacre here.

At this moment, Ye Fan also sensed several cultivators with low cultivation levels, seemingly engaged in disgraceful acts.

“… It’s my turn.” In a civilian alley, several cultivators who hadn’t even reached the Foundation Establishment Stage emerged disheveled from a house, with cries of women echoing behind them.

Judging by the situation, it seemed a group of cultivators had annihilated the human village and violated the women here—something akin to what happened with the Xia Yan sect and Tianling Pavilion.

“When the forest is big, anything can happen.” Wu Ding said angrily, “You men really shouldn’t appear in this world.”

Elder Wu laughed: “Yet, Junior Sister always seems to be preoccupied with men.”

Wu Ding wanted very much to hit Elder Wu, but suddenly fell silent; the cultivators inside had already finished and come out. Strangely, they hadn’t killed the ‘maiden’ inside, who was not a common villager, but a cultivator, with slightly higher cultivation than these cultivators, at the early Foundation Establishment Stage.

“Damn, feels great! We should find more women like this…”

The group, having just completed slaughter and violated the women, walked out from the alley boasting of their actions.

However, they quickly looked in shock at the four people who appeared before them, with their level of cultivation unable to detect them beforehand.

Several men had a slight disdain on their faces; one raised his magic sword and said, “Where did you come from? Get lost; men leave, women stay. This woman is quite appealing, the little girl more so; it seems we’re really in the right place. Haha.”

Wu Ding was amused rather than angry when the cultivators referred to her as “appealing,” as if she appreciated their praises. She asked, “Gentlemen, is this lady really pretty?”

“Of course, of course. Wanna hang out with the big brothers? We promise you’ll be spellbound, regretting not experiencing this earthly paradise earlier.” Several men started walking towards her with wicked smiles.

Yet before they got close to Wu Ding, the “appealing little girl” in their eyes angrily wielded her magic sword, forcing them to retreat.

Unfortunately, Qing Xu was still an inexperienced little girl; she was enraged by these people but didn’t strike them, not even causing scratches.

“What the hell? How did we retreat several steps just now, who saw clearly?” The group of men were puzzled as to why they were suddenly pulled back when about to get to Wu Ding.

The inferior Spiritual Artifact Magic Sword in Qing Xu’s hands emitted a sinister red glow; the girl shouted: “If you’re rude again, I won’t be polite!”

“Hahaha, little girl, we like it when you’re not polite; that’s what makes it exciting.”

This time, before they could finish speaking, Ye Fan released a streak of Spiritual Energy from within, making the talking man’s head separate from his body.

“Ah?” The men opposite looked at what happened with shock, still not understanding the situation, “Trouble, let’s scram!”

Wu Ding glared at Ye Fan: “Little Brother is too quick to act; didn’t get the chance for a little fun with them.”

Ye Fan, anxious to get to Huangji Sect, had no interest in exchanging words with a group of cultivators harming common folk. Ye Fan said: “I won’t let anyone bully Qing Xu.”

This was mostly a perfunctory statement, but upon saying it, Qing Xu’s face flushed slightly, like she was embarrassed, then obediently moved behind Ye Fan, treating him as her backing, softly calling: “Senior Brother…”

Wu Ding furrowed her brows: “You little ones are unbearable.”

When she acted, unlike Ye Fan’s actions which caused casualties, she directly “pinched” the six fleeing cultivators back; the cultivators felt like insects being seized at the back, flying back despite trying to escape forward, tumbling in front of Wu Ding.

What they previously saw as a face they could defile was now looking at them smilingly, more terrifying than snakes and scorpions.

“Weren’t you saying this girl is appealing, why leave suddenly?” Wu Ding feigned a slightly wronged look.

But as if the cat teasing the mouse, this was top-level food chain teasing the lower.

“Hero, we were blind; please, you’re generous, we just… abducted a female cultivator, discussing cultivation with her… The bloodshed in this village has nothing to do with us… Female hero, spare us.”

Wu Ding blinked: “Since you discussed with the female cultivator, why not discuss with this lady too?”

Elder Wu, with a bad mood, walked over: “Junior sister still in the mood for jokes. Let me ask, when did you arrive?”

“Yes… yesterday… We felt something strange here and came to see, only to find the whole village annihilated. We wanted to find some artifacts…”

Elder Wu angrily said: “Seeking artifacts in a human village?”

“Someone told us there were artifacts here, wanted us to pick them; we came to try, ran into a female cultivator; her cultivation was high, killed one of us, but we subdued her, she… already died.”

Indeed, inside the house, they tortured a female cultivator to death, not a common mortal woman.

“What about the villagers?” Elder Wu shouted.

“Don’t know; when we came, there was only blood, no bodies. We thought perhaps officials took the bodies away. We searched but found no artifacts; heroes, spare us… We didn’t intend to kill the female cultivator, only retaliate for her killings…”

Elder Wu released Qi Force in anger, scattering the Spiritual Energy within the men; they were now worse off than common people.

“Scram!” Elder Wu bellowed; the men staggered, supporting each other as they fled.

Wu Ding coldly said: “Senior brother, you just let them go?”

“Abolished their cultivation so they can’t further harm; the cultivators’ grudges aren’t our concern…” Elder Wu replied.

Wu Ding said angrily: “But they just provoked… offended me.”

“If you want to kill, do it yourself.” Elder Wu, now holding his magic sword again.

Ye Fan asked: “Senior brother, do you suspect this village incident relates to the annihilation cases of Xia Yan Sect and Tianling Pavilion?”

Elder Wu sighed: “I’m afraid it might be related, hence coming to see. This village clearly housed one or two very strong cultivators; I can sense lingering Spiritual Energy from their cultivation. They lived in such a village likely to evade capture. Now they’ve left, so be it.”