"Are you from Qinling?"

Qin Feng asked.

Hong Lian snorted coldly and said, "Indeed, we are from the Moon-cutting Sect of Qinling. If you're wise, you'll hand over all your Elixirs, the people who make them, the formulas, and everything else. Otherwise, none of you will leave this place alive!"

"No rush, let me first ask about the situation. What's going on in Qinling now? I heard that three major forces are in fierce battle."

Qin Feng asked.

"What does that have to do with you? All you need to do now is to give us what we need, and I will ensure your safety. Otherwise, heads will roll!"

Hong Lian said.

"Wait a moment, let me guess first."

Qin Feng began to speculate, "Firstly, since I arrived here, I have noticed that no one from our Dragon Sect has died, which indicates that you from the Moon-cutting Sect are not naturally cruel people. And looking at this Fei Long of mine, he's not missing any arms or legs, which further confirms my judgment."

"Don't flatter yourselves!"

Hong Lian slammed the table, becoming furiously enraged, and said, "If I wanted, I could turn this place into a river of blood!"

"Calm down, let me continue," Qin Feng said with a smile, "A group that is not naturally cruel wouldn't usually travel all the way from Qinling to our North just to rob us, unless there's an unspeakable hardship. As I know it, Qinling is in chaos, with the Supreme Sect, Red Fire Palace, and Xingluo Peak, three major forces, vying to be the top by annexing small Sects that do not wish to participate in the war."

"If I'm not mistaken, you might have been involved in all of this."

Saying this,

He noticed Hong Lian and some of her subordinates involuntarily frowning, even more certain that his guess was correct.

"Let me continue to guess."

"As I know, the Supreme Sect once tried to annex the Broken Mountain Sect, but the latter got a large batch of Elixirs, starting to unite other small Sects and forming a relatively larger force."

"I think, with the Broken Mountain Sect setting up seventy-two branches in a short time and becoming the third major force in Qinling, it would definitely arouse interest in the other fighting factions."

"Then they began to investigate and discovered that these high-level Elixirs came from Jiang City's Dragon Sect."

"So, they sent people here."

"And you, judging by your not-so-cruel methods, must have always been a 'peaceful' Sect in Qinling, focusing on cultivation. Coming all the way here to rob is also against your will. Perhaps, you were coerced by one of those three major forces, right?"

Qin Feng said as he looked into Hong Lian's eyes.

From Hong Lian's astonished gaze, he could tell he had guessed everything correctly!

Of course.

It wasn't all guesswork.

With the example of the Broken Mountain Sect previously, it was easy to think of such a scenario.

For a moment.

The hall was extremely quiet.

Hong Lian and about a dozen others were looking at each other in utter disbelief, unable to speak.

"So, what you guys are doing is wrong,"

Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Hmph!"

Hong Lians frown deepened and said, "My father is being held by the Supreme Sect. We came all this way just to rescue him. Since you know we do not wish to shed blood, then hand over the things to us! If we can't get what we want, nobody can ensure what might happen in desperation!"

"Stop joking, what I said wasn't wrong, it's not about the morality of your actions, but rather, your method of self-preservation is incorrect."

"Do you think that by giving the Elixirs to the Supreme Sect you can end it?" The reference version of this chapter is on *.

"Stop joking. Your Moon-cutting Sect has more than a dozen Grandmasters and is considered a second-tier force in Qinling, right? Under this situation, you will inevitably be targeted by the Major Sects and become cannon fodder in this war."

Qin Feng said.

Hearing this, Hong Lian and the others exchanged looks once more.

They were acutely aware of all that Qin Feng was saying.

Now there was a great battle among the three major forces in Qinling.

However,

It was the small Sects like theirs that suffered the most!

Because so far, the battle had been the three forces continuously annexing small Sects and then sending the annexed Sects into battle against each other, while the main force of the three Major Sects still had not officially joined the war.

Put plainly.

They were being used as cannon fodder to weaken the opponents.

Throughout Qinling, hundreds of small Sects had already been destroyed in this war.

Their Moon-cutting Sect being sent to find Elixirs.

Was actually considered a lucrative task.

After all, it offered a brief chance to stay away from the battlefield and the endless slaughter.

Even if they got the Elixirs and what the Supreme Sect wanted, they would still be manipulated by the Supreme Sect to fight other Sects, and in the end, they would lie in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood like the others.

They also thought about fleeing Qinling.

But faced with a behemoth like the Supreme Sect, if they were found, they would face annihilation.

They had no choice but to obey.

"But we have no choice!"

Hong Lian said with knitted brows.

"No no, there is a choice." Qin Feng shook his head and then said, "You can actually turn it around and go against the Supreme Sect!"

"Go against the Supreme Sect?!"

Hong Lian and the others were astounded upon hearing this.

For them,

That was absolutely impossible.

Although the Moon-cutting Sect was strong,

It was on a completely different level from the three Major Sects, an insurmountable gap!

The Supreme Sect.

Rumor has it that it has over fifty Grade Grandmasters who are Fifth Grade or above!

What did that mean?

Hong Lian, the Sect Leader of Moon-cutting Sect with the deepest cultivation, was only a Third Grade Grandmaster.

"Naive, you're too naive!" One of them said coldly, "How would you, a mere martial master from the Mortal World, understand that there are skies beyond skies, and people beyond people?"

"Yes! You're too naive!"

Hong Lian also followed with a phrase, and then said, "Right now, all I want is to rescue my father, so hand over all the Elixirs."

Qin Feng, however, spread his hands and said, "I'm serious. You submit to me, I'll help you break free from the bonds of the Supreme Sect and rescue your father, how about that?"

"You?"

Everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a joke.

This kind of talk, coming out of the mouth of a mere martial master, indeed sounded like a joke.

"It's okay, I can prove that I can help you."

Qin Feng shrugged and smiled.

Then, he called out loudly in the hall, "Come out! Isn't it tiring hiding up there?"

As he finished speaking,

Everyone started looking around in confusion.

At that moment,

A figure, like a gust of wind, suddenly appeared in the center of the hall, standing in front of Qin Feng.

He was a bald-headed man, wearing a long robe, standing with one hand behind his back, his head slightly raised, in an arrogant posture!

On closer inspection.

His right hand had six fingers!

The people of the Moon-cutting Sect instantly changed color with shock and said, "The Six-fingered Dharma!"

The Six-fingered Dharma, a Grade Five Grandmaster from the Supreme Sect!

Once the genius of a monastery.

But he repeatedly broke the precepts, especially the precept of chastity, having visited eight brothels in one night, and even frequently overpowering women in the woods, he was then expelled from the monastery. Later he joined the Supreme Sect, with formidable strength, and also became known as — Six-fingered Demon!