Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Terrifying Upon Careful Thought
 

Atop Cloud Sun, the True Person let out a soft sigh.

He gripped the horsetail whisk cradled in his arms and gave a gentle sweep towards Zhao Huaian, who was lying unconscious on the ground.

A luminous spiritual light immediately appeared on the other’s body, and the wound on his forehead healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The bloodstains on his face vanished in an instant.

The next moment, the Loose Cultivator, who harbored a deep grievance from a sea of blood, opened his eyes somewhat bewilderedly.

When he came to his senses, he knelt on the ground once again.

Bowing his head, he awaited the final judgment!

At that time, countless gazes were focused on Zhao Huaian, filled with admiration, pity, resentment, and sympathy…

They were numerous and varied.

No one knew what fate awaited this audacious Loose Cultivator.

It was believed that many wished him dead!

Ji Guantao withdrew his gaze and called out in a low voice, “Where is the Inner Guard?”

An Inner Sect Disciple with a face like a jujube immediately stepped forward and bowed, “I am here!”

This person was Meng Han, the Hall Master of the Guard Hall of the Cloud Sun Sect, who had been accompanying him all along.

“Convey my decree…”

Ji Guantao spoke solemnly, “Immediately seal off Cloud Mountain City, allow entry but not exit, and have you all investigate the truth. Anyone involved, be they from Purple Mansion or practicing Qi Cultivation, must be apprehended for questioning. Show no mercy to any resisters!”

When the Sect Master True Person uttered the last four words, all the cultivators present fell silent as if chilled to the bone.

Meng Han bowed solemnly, “Your command shall be obeyed!”

Ji Guantao continued, “Ensure this man’s safety. Should there be any mishap, the responsibility will lie with you alone!”

He tossed down a jade token.

Meng Han caught it and bowed again, “Understood!”

Ji Guantao looked around, his indifferent gaze shifting to every Cultivator present.

Each Cultivator who met the True Person’s eyes lowered their heads in reverence.

Under his imposing aura, all cultivators bowed their heads!

Ji Guantao’s gaze swept over Cloud Mountain City in front of him and then turned toward the vast sky.

He said with a cold voice, “Hunting people as prey, the same sin as demons, intolerable by Cloud Yang, and unacceptable by Heaven and Earth!”

“If this city is not cleansed, I shall not set foot within it even by half a step.”

“Return to the mountain!”

Wuu~

The deep and powerful sounds of the horn resounded once more, as the massive retinue made a U-turn at the city gates back to the original path.

But Meng Han, along with three Purple Mansion Elders.

And over a hundred Inner Sect Disciples remained behind.

Meng Han led his group to the front of the Purple Mansions of Cloud Mountain City and flung out a bunch of ancient bronze locks.

These Spirit-sealing Locks were specially designed to capture Cultivators; once placed, it was impossible to gather any Mana.

No different than Mortals.

The Hall Master of the Inner Guard spoke in a heavy tone, “Fellow Cultivators, forgive me for the offense!”

A total of thirty-seven Purple Mansions—unlikely that all were implicated in the hunting case, the chances were slim to none.

There were surely those among them who were innocent.

So, as long as these Superiors cooperated voluntarily, Meng Han did not wish for things to get too ugly.

A group of Purple Mansions looked at each other in consternation.

Some were helpless, some indignant beyond words, others despairing with regret, and yet others gritted their teeth in anger.

Guilty or innocent, being locked up in full view of an audience, where was the dignity of a Superior?

Meng Han waited for a moment, his expression growing increasingly somber.

It was at this time that a Purple Mansion Elder let out a long sigh and summoned a set of locks.

There was a click as they were fastened around his waist.

His Qi Sea Dantian was immediately sealed, and he could no longer draw upon a trace of Mana.

With this Elder taking the lead, the other Superiors followed suit obediently, willingly binding themselves with the locks.

This included Yin Honghui.

Actually, if the thirty-seven cultivators from the Purple Mansion had united as one, even a Golden Core could have been challenged.

But the problem was that there was no chance they could cooperate wholeheartedly!

Some were guilt-free, some held on to the hope of getting lucky, some were utterly disheartened…

Of course, there were also those who tried to fight to the death!

Just as most of the Purple Mansion’s cultivators had put on their locks, a Superior with a grim face suddenly conjured a flash of Spiritual Light and, with the speed of lightning, broke through the crowd and fled southward.

However, he had barely escaped a hundred steps when a brilliant Sword Light descended from the sky and sliced him in two in an instant!

Thump!

The two halves of the corpse hit the ground, and a vast amount of Spirit Stones, Pills, Talismans, and Magic Artifacts exploded out of him.

They covered an area of eight feet around!

Such was the ferocity of the Sword Qi that it had cut through the Storage Bag this Purple Mansion Superior had carried with him,

causing all its contents to spill out onto the ground.

Shining Spirit Stones, bottles of Pills, stacks of Talismans, and over a dozen Magic Artifacts glinting in the sunlight drew the gaze of countless cultivators!

But not a single person dared to go over and pick them up.

With this Purple Mansion Superior having become an example of what befell those who resisted, the rest of the Superiors no longer hesitated and fearfully locked themselves with the Spirit-sealing Lock at the fastest speed.

Boom~

As the Fixed Sun bell in Cloud Mountain City tolled, a semi-transparent barrier slowly rose up, enveloping the entire city within it.

The City Protecting Great Array of Cloud Mountain City had been activated.

Bell after bell sounded, but nobody knew for whom they tolled!

After a group of Purple Mansion Superiors were taken away, the crowd of onlookers dispersed one after another.

Today, they had witnessed a great spectacle.

Many faces bore the thrill of excitement, preparing to go back and boast about the event.

Some cultivators were anxious, worried that the dramatic upheavals at the top would lead to turbulence below.

Life from now on might be even harder!

Meanwhile, some Loose Cultivators from the Outer Domain gathered together, whispering among themselves, their topic of discussion unknown.

Such a major event would undoubtedly have an impact not only on the Cloud Sun Sect but also, probably in not too long a time, the entire Heaven Cloud Mountain range and the surrounding area for thousands of miles.

The reputation of the Cloud Sun Sect was bound to suffer a serious blow!

What was the Sect Leader Ji Guantao’s real plot?

Wang Chen wondered to himself.

Because he arrived late, he stood quite far from the city gates and, coupled with the sea of people crowding the Chi Path on both sides, he hadn’t been able to see the scene of Zhao Huaian blocking the path and accusing someone.

But he had heard the accusations of the Loose Cultivator from the Outer Domain loud and clear, and the images shown afterward were also crystal clear.

Wang Chen almost broke out in a cold sweat.

He had not expected the matter of that day to be exposed to such an extent, and even recorded.

As everyone knows, videos can’t be photoshopped.

Luckily, he was standing far away at that time, so he had not appeared in the footage.

Otherwise, there would be big trouble!

To tell the truth, Wang Chen had never even considered such a thing as the Memory Stone, which is akin to a camera.

And the strangeness exuding from the inside out of this incident was apparent to anyone with a bit of intelligence.

A mere Qi Cultivation practitioner managed to get in front of a Golden Core and even carried the Memory Stone as evidence.

Dozens of Purple Mansion Superiors were captured without resistance.

That fierce Sword Light that descended from the sky triggered memories deeply buried within Wang Chen’s Divine Soul!

True Person Mu Qingqiu was not visibly present but had long been prepared, quelling any rebellion.

Interlinked and meticulously planned, the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became!

Luckily, such a major incident apparently had nothing to do with bottom-rung cultivators like Wang Chen.

And it seemed one of the Purple Mansion Superiors had fallen into deep misfortune.

Thinking of this, Wang Chen felt a sense of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted off his shoulders!

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