Chapter 2716 - 2708: Repeated Disrespect Toward Superiors

Chapter 2716: Chapter 2708: Repeated Disrespect Toward Superiors

In fact, the situation the masked man encountered was similar to most of the Cultivation novels that Feng Jun had read from the Earth Realm.

There were many expedition teams entering the Heavenly Curtain. After entering, they could either explore separately or form alliances.

The masked man was born into the Amber Zhao Family, but he had left for the Tianqin Main Plane at a very young age. This time, by chance, he returned home and learned that the Heavenly Curtain was about to open, but the Zhao Family had limited slots and couldn’t offer one to someone like him who had branched out.

This Nascent Soul Cultivator wasn’t too happy about it and decided to purchase a slot at a high price. However, upon entering, he certainly wouldn’t team up with anyone and ended up gaining some rewards within the Heavenly Curtain.

At the entrance to a secret cave, he discovered a small barrier. Excitedly, he opened it and found a bottle of pills.

He didn’t have a chance to check what the pills were before being cornered by five cultivators, with Yuan Yurou as the central figure.

Her cultivation level wasn’t the highest, but she could speak on behalf of everyone, directly demanding that he hand over the pills, claiming "finders, keepers".

The Zhao Family’s Nascent Soul had already put on a mask, clearly not intending to speak nicely to the explorers. He simply told them to get lost, otherwise, don’t blame him for being impolite, leading to a confrontation.

What he didn’t expect was that one of the opponents disguised as a Golden Core was actually a Nascent Soul, catching him off guard and leading to some losses. He then focused his attack on the core figure, Yuan Yurou. As the Nascent Soul True Immortal faced off against the Golden Core Master, the consequences were predictable.

Taking advantage of Yuan Yurou’s injury, he fled desperately, but they managed to keep up with him, nearly delaying his exit from the Heavenly Curtain.

Once out of the Heavenly Curtain, there wasn’t much more to say. He tried to shift the blame and leave, not expecting to run directly into a wall.

When he was recounting the events, the person tracking him released Yuan Yurou from a Spirit Beast Bag.

She was already unconscious, but indeed a beauty. Describing her as a ravishing belle wouldn’t be an exaggeration, except for the teacup-sized transparent hole on her shoulder, which slightly marred her beauty, and her face was a bit ashen.

"She’s also poisoned," someone whispered.

Elder Yi Jue coldly looked at those few individuals, "Is what he said true? Think carefully before you speak... Lying to the Elders of the Spirit Plant Path could get you killed!"

Even without that last sentence, the aura she emitted earlier had already intimidated everyone.

After about ten seconds, a Nascent Soul Initial Stage cultivator hesitantly replied, "What Yuan Yurou really meant by ’finders, keepers’ was just a joke; she mainly wanted to know what kind of pills they were, but this guy suddenly attacked."

His words somewhat sidestepped the main issue, but regardless, the rule of "finders, keepers" inherently carried a coercive undertone.

You’re fighting a Demon Beast and haven’t killed it yet; if I step in to prevent you from getting seriously injured, that’s called ’finders, keepers’. If you’ve already killed the Demon Beast but are injured yourself, I come over, not taking advantage of your weakness to kill you, I can also claim ’finders, keepers’.

The rule of ’finders, keepers’ isn’t entirely unreasonable, but most of the time, it involves the strong bullying the weak.

Yuan Yurou’s group of five demanding ’finders, keepers’ from one person carried that same flavor.

However, the Heavenly Curtain is an adventure, where deaths are normal, so making such demands on a lone adventurer means preparing to fight to the death.

Moreover, she wanted to know what kind of pills they were, and knowing it, the reaction to follow... the consequences are almost predictable.

"I announce that this person is innocent during his adventure," Elder Yi Jue pointed at the masked man and coldly declared, "Anyone opposed?"

This is the real dominance of a higher realm cultivator; my word is the judgment, and anyone who disagrees should step forward.

There were at least nearly a hundred Nascent Souls of varying stages present but no one spoke up.

Then she glanced at the masked man, "Is it this pill? Think clearly before you answer."

"Yes," the masked man nodded decisively, "The people tracking me also saw it; they can testify."

"We only saw the pill bottle," the Nascent Soul who previously defended themselves shouted, "As for the pills inside... we can’t testify."

Elder Yi Jue considered punishing him for speaking without permission, but concerning "can’t testify," it was actually quite normal, so she gave Feng Jun a glance.

Feng Jun nodded and sent a Divine Sense message, "The pills weren’t swapped."

Elder Yi Jue trusted his judgment and also asked through Divine Sense, "What pills?"

The Big Boss’s pills! Feng Jun hesitated a bit, replying with Divine Sense, "It’s nothing special... just a Nascent Baby Pill."

Elder Yi Jue was momentarily stunned and even appeared slightly amused, "Nascent Baby Pill... not really that special."

She didn’t even look at Soul Exit Pills and intended to leave them for Elder Kumu; the Xuanhuang Aura was also meant for Feng Jun, so a mere Nascent Baby Pill... what’s the point?

Initially, she thought that the senior’s hidden treasures might contain some extraordinary elixirs, but these pills really didn’t arouse her interest at all, and given the masked man was in the right, forcefully taking them would be inappropriate.

She cleared her throat, just about to say something, when Xuanyuan Buqi decisively spoke, "Yi Jue, if you don’t want this elixir, then it belongs to me."

Oh crap, everyone heard this and turned to look at this inconspicuous mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator—in the Amber Realm, a mid-stage Nascent Soul was already an impressive existence, with nearly a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators present, only more than twenty were at the mid-stage.

But for him to dare speak to Immortal Yi Jue like that, his previous conduct must have indeed been "inconspicuous."

Yi Jue glanced at him, feeling a bit hesitant. Giving it to you isn’t a big deal, but I also want to uphold justice and establish the image of the Spirit Plant Path; is such forceful seizing really good?

It’s as if Xuanyuan Buqi saw her thoughts, and he directly looked at the masked man, coldly stating, "Attempting to frame Elder Yi Jue, if I kill you right now and rob your storage bag, it wouldn’t be a problem... do you acknowledge this?"

"These words..." The masked man struggled for a while, finally nodding, "I acknowledge."

"Then there’s no problem," Xuanyuan Buqi waved his hand generously, "I’ll just take the pill. How Elder Yi Jue punishes you, that’s her business. At least I’m not taking action against you, which is worth this one pill."

No wonder Qian Zhong doesn’t like the Xuanyuan Family, there’s genuinely a reason, Buqi Dajun rushed in to grab a Nascent Baby Pill, and the reward turned out to be "I won’t kill you," not even stopping Yi Jue from continuing to punish him, such behavior truly is quite unscrupulous.

To actually intercept the divine sense conversation between Yi Jue and Feng Jun, and then do something like this... where’s your face?

However, it’s not only Xuanyuan Buqi who can intercept divine sense conversations; a tall and thin figure stood forward, Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, standing straight as a pole.

He cupped his hands toward Xuanyuan Buqi, expressing neither humble nor arrogant, "Huo Xingyu greets this fellow Daoist, please let me have this elixir."

"Look at your big face," Xuanyuan Buqi laughed; he really found this matter quite amusing. To be honest, he hadn’t even considered the question of "are you worthy to compete with me;" he just curiously asked, "Do you know what this elixir is?"

Huo Xingyu nodded and calmly uttered two words, "I know."

In everyone’s eyes, this calmness seemed... approachable, after all, he was Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, whereas the other was just mid-stage Nascent Soul.

Yet the mid-stage Nascent Soul wasn’t done, actually asking again, "Then why don’t you say it?"

Oh, come on, even Elder Yi Jue hasn’t spoken, shouldn’t you watch how far you push it when bullying others?

Huo Xingyu also felt the guy was a bit much, but considering that this person could directly address Yi Jue, and dared to be so presumptuous, it was clear he had a remarkable background, so he could only look around, forcing a smile, "The name of this pill, perhaps it’s better not to speak it?"

Nascent Baby Pill, hey, the moment I say it out loud, do you believe it or not a melee would break out among so many cultivators?

"It seems... you really do know?" Xuanyuan Buqi’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, and his eyes narrowed.

Watching cultivators were eager, scratching their heads in impatience. If it weren’t for Yi Jue holding the ground, they would have definitely rushed to grab this guy: Mid-stage Nascent Soul is impressive, huh? Hurry up and tell us... what is this pill?

But the next moment, the mid-stage Nascent Soul glanced at the mid-stage Golden Core, "I say, your divine sense... is really lacking!"

It must be that your divine sense exchange was intercepted by this guy, Yi Jue’s divine sense wouldn’t have issues, so it must be yours!

What the hell? Feng Jun frowned. What is this attitude?

He’s actually quite confident in his own divine sense, but Huo Xingyu being a Nascent Soul Ninth Layer cultivator, and a sword cultivator, with a strong will and extremely powerful divine sense, if he had some secret technique in hand, intercepting a divine sense exchange, well... theoretically could be plausible?

Originally, he was a very confident person, but the crux of the problem now is, he’s mixing in high-end circles.

In the past, when he struggled at the bottom, because he had a cheat, he often leapt levels to counter strike. Basically, he knew against whom and in what aspect he was stronger, which built a certain confidence—I’m just better than you.

But now, the circles he mingles with are too high-end, almost none he can counter strike, though even facing high-stage Nascent Soul, he isn’t afraid, confident in knocking them into the dust, but that’s all thanks to a guardian or some other cheat.

So Xuanyuan Buqi’s complaint, he really felt a bit clueless, because he couldn’t be sure if his divine sense transmission level was just that poor, and others intercepted it.

However, feeling guilty is one thing, being stubborn is still a must, "Even if my divine sense isn’t up to par, so what, did I beg you to come here? If you hadn’t come, wouldn’t you not see it?"

No issue with that statement, it was them who desperately wanted to follow.

The cultivators present were petrified again, what did we just see, a mid-stage Golden Core, actually scolding a mid-stage Nascent Soul? Geez, that’s a whole major realm difference, okay?

Thinking further, this mid-stage Nascent Soul also managed to snatch something from Elder Yi Jue of the Higher Realm, isn’t that even more terrifying.

Alright, people from the Lower Realm have poorer judgment, and insufficient insight, and perhaps they can’t imagine how influential the elders of the Spirit Plant Path are—a geographical awareness gap, objectively exists.

But this mid-stage Nascent Soul, unhesitatingly confronted Huo Xingyu, is an indisputable fact. And Huo Xingyu is not only Nascent Soul Ninth Layer but also a sword cultivator, with a combat strength that is among the top in the entire Amber Realm.

Such an arrogant mid-stage Nascent Soul was scolded by a mid-stage Golden Core?