Liu Dong immediately crouched down and helped Elder Xu up. Upon discovering the severity of Elder Xu’s injuries and the presence of fresh wounds, he trembled with anger. He furiously glared at the burly cultivator.
“Oh? You’re from the Grand Thousand Dao Sect too?”
The burly cultivator chuckled and kept scrutinizing Fang Chen. Noticing Fang Chen was uninjured, he seemed puzzled.
“Who are you? How come you’re mingling with the Grand Thousand Dao Sect? They’re traitors, colluding with the Langya Clan and engaged in nefarious activities.”
At the same time, other cultivators from the Grand Thousand Dao Sect in nearby shelters rushed over, looking like defeated soldiers, thoroughly disheveled.
The burly cultivator didn’t mind. He paid no attention to the crowd of Grand Thousand Dao Sect cultivators. Seeing the commotion, other nearby cultivators stood up and approached, their eyes full of ill intent.
Fang Chen realized that the Parting Fiery Dao Gate had no intention of aiding the Qin clan. They just wanted to leech from the situation. In military campaigns, officers always saw battles as opportunities to gain merit and personal advantage.
If it were otherwise, the management here wouldn’t be so neglectful. They would have addressed the situation and provided healing to their injured cultivators. Instead, they were focused on extracting more value from the cultivators, rather than allowing them to create value on the battlefield.
Having found Read the latest chapters on NovelHub - completely free! “Daoist Miao, you’ve arrived just in time. The Grand Thousand Dao Sect cultivators plan to cooperate with this person to break out of here. They’re all traitors!”
“They’re planning to escape our sect? Hahaha, you’re walking a dead end!”
Deacon Miao sneered in rage. “In these times, betraying our sect means betraying the Qin Family. Even without the Qin Family intervening, you will face a gruesome end for offending our ancestor!”
Fang Chen ignored him. “Elder Xu, aside from those dispatched elsewhere, are all the sect disciples still here?”
“There’s still Junior Brother Li,” Elder Xu said quietly. “The rest are all here.”
Elder Xu’s eyes suddenly reddened, and his voice choked with emotion, “Ancestor, he….”
“Even if he is missing, there’s no need to mourn for him just yet. He may not have died,” Fang Chen said, shaking his head.
He turned to Elder Miao and asked, “Why haven’t the elders you mentioned arrived yet?”
“Have I arrived late?”
Before Elder Miao could speak, an old Daoist with an immortal demeanor descended from the sky, standing on a green bamboo flute.
Fang Chen frowned slightly. “Since your magical tool is a flute, why do you tread on it like a flying sword? Wouldn’t you need to clean it when you play?”
The old Daoist, about to land before everyone, seemed momentarily thrown off by Fang Chen’s comment and almost lost his balance.
“Elder Huo, that’s him,” Elder Miao said as he stood forward respectfully.
“Alright.” Elder Huo nodded slightly, playing with the bamboo flute in his hand.
After a few moments, he looked at Fang Chen and asked, “Are you a Golden Core Realm cultivator? To my knowledge, the Grand Thousand Dao Sect only has one Golden Core Realm cultivator. Did you join them halfway?”
“You could say that,” Fang Chen replied, nodding. “Can you call the shots in the Parting Fiery Dao Sect? Why haven’t you called out your Nascent Soul Realm and Enlightenment Realm ancestors?”
“That’s preposterous. What kind of figures are those two ancestors? Their cultivation time is extremely precious. Why would they leave their seclusion for someone like you?” Elder Huo scoffed. “The sect master has heard that someone is causing trouble in the Parting Fiery Dao Sect and sent me to deal with it. Do you wish to kneel and apologize yourself, or shall I take action?”
Elder Xu and the others wore expressions of mockery. They knew that as long as the black and white paper figure made an appearance, Elder Huo would end up dying in humiliation.
Seeing Fang Chen remain silent, Elder Huo couldn’t help but chuckle again, bringing the bamboo flute to his lips.