Chapter 499: Chapter 461: The Brave Puppet Sect (5K4, thanks to the Alliance Hierarch Blue Demon)_2 Chapter 499: Chapter 461: The Brave Puppet Sect (5K4, thanks to the Alliance Hierarch Blue Demon)_2 “However,”
Li Qingfeng’s tone shifted, and he smiled, “Although our Sect Master is kind-hearted, he is also decisive when taking action. I hope you won’t have to witness that scene.”
The people from the Chen Family Clan’s expressions changed slightly.
In fact, they had already seen it.
The tumultuous and intense sea of fire was still lingering in their vision to this moment.
Li Qingfeng had no intention of overstepping his bounds; he was merely Shen Yi’s follower now.
He simply didn’t want these people to misunderstand Shen Yi’s kindness and cause unnecessary troubles.
Sect Master Shen was not only adept at slaying demons, but he also showed no mercy when it came to killing.
Outside the Nanyang Sect.
Shen Yi hadn’t changed into the Nanyang white robe, but was still wearing an ink robe.
Part of the reason was to avoid drawing too much attention; on top of that, the Sect Master personally attending to matters might make others look down on the Nanyang Sect.
Although he has never cared about these false reputations.
But the Nanyang Sect currently needed them.
Nei Ren had no choice but to be harsh, as it was an act of desperation to recover these one hundred and eighty-two families.
Three elders from the Chen Family Clan, dressed in Nanyang service robes, followed behind, looking quite impressive.
“Sect Master, it seems like they are avoiding us.”
One of the elders looked ahead, somewhat startled.
They could see that whether it was any of the Nan Hong Seven Sons’ families, be it service members or external elders, as soon as they saw Shen Yi, they turned away like mice seeing a cat, without any hesitation.
Shen Yi paid no attention and followed the route recorded in the booklets toward the front.
These people, full of self-importance, how could they willingly pay their respects to a junior as if he were the Sect Master? They simply chose to avoid him.
But that was fine too, as it saved many troubles.
Shen Yi lowered his eyes to look at his hands.
According to the records in the gilded roster, the Puppet Sect was a middle-tier existence among these one hundred and eighty-two families.
Although their cultivation was not high,
their skill in puppetry was not to be underestimated even by a Return to Void sixth layer demon.
They initially didn’t ask for help but only wanted to borrow some Heaven and Earth Treasures to repair their Spirit Puppets, yet they had not received any response for a long time.
It was unknown what the situation was now.
The journey wasn’t far; without any transportation treasures, it took only three days.
Shen Yi then saw the majestic Sect gate in the distance.
Several of the elders exhaled simultaneously.
Although they were dressed in Nanyang service robes, facing a force that was evidently stronger than the Chen Family Clan, they still couldn’t help but feel intimidated.
After all, they did not originate from an Immortal Sect, so they lacked that inherent superiority complex.
Especially when feeling the powerful aura concentrated within the Sect, this sensation inevitably deepened.
“Sect Master, this doesn’t seem like a Sect invaded by demons.”
The elder from the Chen Family Clan looked at Shen Yi doubtfully. If it were truly a demon invasion, why would it be so calm? Why were these powerful individuals still in the mood to gather together?
“Let’s go inside and see.”
Although Shen Yi didn’t want to make the trip in vain, he wasn’t keen on seeing corpses strewn everywhere either.
At the highest platform in the depths of the Puppet Sect.
A dense crowd was clearly divided into three factions, occupying the entire platform, with those wearing grey clothes and accompanied by various puppets by their side—clearly the hosts of this place.
In front of them sat five people, leaving one seat empty.
One person stood up; compared to the other five elders, he was much younger, a middle-aged man, but his status did not fall short of theirs.
He spoke solemnly, shouting to the surrounding, “Yang Lin represents the Puppet Sect and would like to thank the Zhao Family and Qinghai Prefecture for their assistance. However, as the demons have not retreated, my bold request for both families to come was not for idle chatter but to discuss something more important.”
At his words, the Zhao Family and Qinghai Prefecture crowd cast their gazes over, but without any puzzled expressions, as if they had anticipated this.
“I’m sure our two allies have received news of the Nan Hong Seven Immortal Sects abandoning us.”
Yang Lin closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
But an old man from Qinghai Prefecture interrupted him: “The news we received is not . It’s not about being abandoned but rather being returned to the Nanyang Immortal Sect.”
“The Nanyang Immortal Sect?”
Yang Lin opened his eyes, raised an eyebrow, and suppressed the discontent in his heart: “What Nanyang Immortal Sect? That’s something from a hundred thousand years ago; neither you nor I were born then. Have you ever seen the Nanyang Immortal Sect with your own eyes?”
With just one sentence, the elder from Qinghai Prefecture was silenced.
Even their strongest wasn’t beyond the sixth layer of Return to Void, far from living through such long epochs.
The rest fell into silence.
Yang Lin confidently withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming even sharper, “It’s better to rely on oneself than others. Since the Nan Hong Seven Sons no longer intend to protect us, we can’t just sit and wait for death. It would be better for our three families to join hands, to seek sufficient self-preservation within this Nan Hong land and water.”
Before he had finished,
A change finally appeared on the faces of those present.
They had suspected that the Puppet Sect would bring this up, and they knew the Sect had encountered a calamity and that the Nan Hong Seven Sons had ignored it, so resentment was expected.
But they never thought Yang would dare to declare such a bold statement openly.
After all, these forces had been supported by the Nanyang Sect from the beginning, passed down generation to generation to this day.
And now, it had only been a few days?
Wasn’t this too hasty?
Looking again at the group from the Puppet Sect, the five seated elders were all staring at the ground, struggling with the idea, yet none of them stood up to refute anything.
The elder from Qinghai Prefecture pondered for a moment, probably having figured out the situation.