A fairy monk with a childish look on his face was hanging on a dead tree in the middle of the valley. Across from him, a sinister-looking demon cultivator swung his long whip and struck him one after another.
It can be seen that this long whip is a high-quality magic weapon. Even though the young monk's cultivation level has reached the realm of Nascent Soul, he was still whipped with bruises and blood dripping all over his body.
There were still about twenty monks standing around, including demon cultivators and immortal monks. Seeing this scene, their eyes showed unbearable looks.
"Fellow Daoist Chang, Daoyou Chen is still young. He just lacks two spiritual crystals. Just teach him a lesson." An old-looking demon cultivator advised kindly.
Although the Demonic Way and the Immortal Sect have been incompatible since ancient times, during these days they have shared weal and woe with several Immortal Sect disciples of the Zhengqi Sect, helping each other, and have already put aside their prejudices and become friends.
"Master Lu, you are also the head of the family. Don't you even understand that there are no rules? This person is cheating and cheating. If he is not severely punished today, who will take the rules set by my parents seriously in the future? ?" Chang Zeyuan glanced at him and said with a sneer.
"Rules are rules, but now we still need to work together to overcome the difficulties, why not give him another chance?" said the head of the Lu family.
"Haha, I want to give him a chance, but if I can't complete the task assigned by the elder, then the elder will blame me. Who will give me a chance?
Well, since the head of the Lu family wants to save him, I will give you a favor. As long as you help him put these two spiritual crystals on the ground, I will let him go today. Chang Zeyuan said angrily.
"..." The head of the Lu family froze.
Although this secret realm is still rich in spiritual energy, the strange thing is that there are not many spiritual crystals, and they don't recognize many of the spiritual crystals, and they don't even know whether they are spiritual crystals, so they don't count if they hand them in.
It would be good if each person could find ten spiritual crystals every day, but there were not many.
"Master Lu, it turns out that you are so generous with your words and generous to others. If I really want you to pay for it, you can't even part with two spiritual crystals." Chang Zeyuan said sarcastically.
The head of the Lu family turned red with anger when he heard this. Although the Lu family was only a medium-sized family of demon cultivators, a mere two spiritual crystals on weekdays could not trouble him. But Elder Chang had already scraped all the spiritual crystals off their bodies on the pretext of refining the formation disk, so how could he be so generous?
"Master Lu, since you are not willing to sincerely help, then don't say anything more.
If you dare to shake people's hearts again and break the rules of the elders, don't blame me for being rude. "Seeing that the head of the Lu family was choked speechless by his few words, Chang Zeyuan sneered again and said in a bad tone.
The Chang family was one of the four major demon cultivating families, but the Lu family was only a mid-level demon cultivating family. He didn't take the head of the Lu family seriously at all.
If the elder hadn't warned him that keeping these people would be of some use, he wouldn't be polite to the head of the Lu family at all. As for those Immortal Sect monks, it is absolutely impossible for them to just receive a few whips so easily. I am afraid they have died countless times.
Ignoring Master Lu, Chang Zeyuan turned around and whipped the young Immortal Sect monk in the face again.
The Lu family leader's dissuasion made him feel very unhappy, so the whip became even more vicious.
Seeing this, everyone around them was frightened, but even the head of the Lu family couldn't dissuade Chang Zeyuan, so what could they say. And looking at this situation, the more they persuaded him, the worse the fate of the Immortal Sect monk would be.
Looking at the young monk's delicate and childish face, everyone sighed secretly, their eyes full of sympathy.
"Stop!" At this moment, an angry voice sounded.
Two girls flew over and stood in front of Chang Zeyuan. One has a beautiful and clear face, and the other...the other has a graceful figure, but a face that is bright blue, like the legendary Yasha who patrols the sea.
No matter who it was, they would probably be frightened if they suddenly saw such a blue face in front of them in broad daylight, and Chang Zeyuan was no exception. A cold air shot up his back, and he took a few steps back, almost falling to the ground.
"Who are you?" Chang Zeyuan shouted sternly after finally regaining his balance.
After all, he was still in the realm of Nascent Soul, but to be frightened like this by a woman made him feel very embarrassed.
"My name is Gu Qingxi, and this is Murong Yi. We are Xiao Yutang's friends. We were practicing in Fuyang Mountain a few days ago and accidentally entered the secret realm. I heard that many of our comrades are trapped. Come and see if there is anything. It can help." Gu Qingxi said.
Although I disagree with the Chang family's practice of forcing other monks to search for spiritual crystals, this is everyone's business, and it is indeed unreasonable to ask the Chang family to bear all the spiritual crystals.
Besides, she also wanted to find Elder Chang to find out about the powerful man, so she didn't want to cause a big fuss as soon as she got there.
While talking, Gu Qingxi looked out of the valley.
Worried about the long night and dreamy dreams, she and Murong Yi sped up on the road, leaving Xiao Yutang and Zhu Hong far behind. Neither of them had caught up yet.
"It turns out you are Xiao Yutang's friend. So, you have also come to seek refuge with our Chang family?" Chang Zeyuan couldn't help but look at Gu Qingxi and Murong Yi a few more times.
Although he has the support of the Fourth Elder, he has been so domineering during this period that even Xiao Yutang dares to control him.
But he also knew that it was just because Xiao Yutang was trapped in the secret realm and could not escape, so he asked the fourth elder for help. When it comes to status, Xiao Yutang is still much better than him.
Since these two people are Xiao Yutang's friends, he can't be too negligent.
"I'm not taking refuge, I'm here to help." Gu Qingxi corrected.
Shameless talk! With just your two little girls, what qualifications do you have to help? Chang Zeyuan glanced at the two of them with disdain.
He could see clearly now that although the blue-faced female cultivator had a gloomy complexion, her facial features were exquisite and beautiful, and she was not older, while the other one was even younger.
At their age, it is considered very good to be able to cultivate to the realm of Nascent Soul. How can they help? It's just that young people are obsessed with saving face and feel that it is too embarrassing to say the word "take refuge".
"Haha, wait a minute. When I finish my business, I will take you to see the elder." Chang Zeyuan was not interested in arguing with the two little girls, and looked at the young monk who was covered in bruises with a sinister look.
The reason why he had trouble with this young monk was actually not because of any rules, but because of an old grudge.
More than thirty years ago, when he went out for training, he was beaten to the ground by a Zhengqi Sect disciple for forcing him to buy a few Yunjin Stones. In the end, he had to kneel down and beg for mercy to save his life.
As a demon cultivator, what kind of shame would it be to kneel down and beg for mercy from a disciple of the Immortal Sect? What's more, the sellers of those cloud gold stones were not cultivators, but secular mortals.
Therefore, Chang Zeyuan never mentioned this matter to outsiders, but kept the shame and hatred deep in his heart.
This time he entered the secret realm by mistake, and by chance, he met a disciple of the Zhengqi Sect. Of course, he had to vent his anger and repay the original shame a hundredfold.
