After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 8 Grudges

The Inkhoof Beast is a very sleepy monster, and it has an exceptionally bad temper when it wakes up.

Unfortunately, it's a light sleeper and wakes up at the slightest noise. So, whenever this happens, it gets irritable and angry, and may even attack indiscriminately.

If it's just normal walking, it won't disturb it, but what if something unexpected happens while you're passing by?

Therefore, for safety's sake, people in the cultivation world avoid this thing.

"I think I smell the scent of the Inkhoof Beast," Old Liu lied through his teeth. "Let's avoid it."

The others feigned surprise, and then all nodded.

"There's a Black-hoofed Beast? It's best to avoid it."

"Yes, we mustn't disturb its peaceful slumber."

[However, if we really have a grudge against the Liuxian Sect, we can lead them down that path, and then... hehehe.] Mo Jiuwei suddenly thought of something and grinned mischievously.

The members of the Immortal Sect exchanged glances, their eyes flashing with a sharp light.

“Wait, I’ve got an idea…” Old Liu said.

A moment later, Du Wangquan, having finished eating, came over with his disciples.

They originally intended to take the right path, the one without the Inkhoof Beast, but as soon as they reached the fork, they saw the people from the Immortal Sect sitting at the intersection eating dry rations.

The already narrow intersection was completely blocked by them, making it impossible to pass.

"unlucky."

Du Wangquan frowned and stopped. "Let's take the other route."

As the group walked onto the path where the Inkhoof Beast was, the members of the Immortal Sect suppressed their laughter and forced themselves not to make a sound.

"Those poor cultivators are really good at holding on. They've been enduring this for so long without disbanding the Immortal Sect. They really have perseverance!" Du Wangquan's disciple, Zhou Ye, said with a sneer.

“Who says otherwise? Their Sect Leader Xu was crippled by us… cough, and his shops in the market went out of business. They can’t even afford to eat now, yet they’re still gathered together instead of going their separate ways.” Another disciple shook his head and sighed, “Fortunately, the Immortal Sect is already at its last gasp and can no longer rise to power, otherwise they would truly be a formidable enemy of our side.”

"Hmph, these people are so stubborn, they've only brought this upon themselves!"

Du Wangquan raised an eyebrow and sneered:
"The Immortal Sect has been severely fragmented over the years and is no longer as glorious as it once was. Back then, Senior Uncle Zhong Yu kindly suggested abandoning the useless disciples and taking the elite disciples to join the Immortal Sect, but Liu Feng absolutely refused and insisted on opposing it. Senior Uncle Zhong Yu tried to persuade him repeatedly to no avail, so he finally led us to join the Immortal Sect, leaving only a dozen or so misfits to struggle to keep the Immortal Sect afloat. But what's the point of doing this? Now it's already on the verge of collapse and teetering on the brink of collapse!"

"Uncle Du is right. Since they are so stubborn, they can't blame anyone else for what has happened!"

"We just need to wait and see; sooner or later they will be unable to hold on and will abandon the mountain gate."

"By the way, what's the situation with that baby? Have you heard anything about it?" Du Wangquan suddenly remembered something and asked.

"It's said that Liu Feng found it on the road; it's an abandoned baby," a disciple who had overheard the news explained.

Du Wangquan scoffed, "They're always like this, always having inappropriate 'kindness' without ever considering whether they have the ability to do so."

Just like when they split up before, even though Liuxian Sect extended an olive branch to recruit elite disciples of Xianlai Sect, Liu Feng and a few others disagreed and insisted on staying in Xianlai Sect.

But they don't even look at how dilapidated the Immortal Sect has become!

It was precisely because of their resistance that the recruitment process was not so perfect, and rumors were already circulating that Zhong Yu and his group were selling out their business for personal gain, with extremely harsh words.

Otherwise, Zhong Yu wouldn't have crippled Xu Yihan's leg and sent people to ruin the Xianlai Sect's business, which had been operating for hundreds of years, just to vent his anger.

Not only that, but in recent years, no matter what the people of the Immortal Sect wanted to do, they would secretly sabotage it. Even those Immortal Sect disciples who risked their lives to hunt monsters and search for spiritual herbs in the training grounds to earn some crystals for the sect were killed by their people.

With so many deaths, the people of the Immortal Sect dared not venture out to risk their lives. When they were really short of money, they would scrape together money by selling things, but how long could the things they had last?
It's only a matter of time before we run out of money.

“Master, there’s no need to worry. The Immortal Sect is already at its wit’s end. Otherwise, why would they risk everything and send the entire sect out of the mountains to come to Qingfeng Ridge?” Du Wangquan’s disciple said with a smile.

Du Wangquan nodded in agreement, “What my disciple says is quite right.”

His eyes darkened as he pondered to find the spiritual object first. Once that matter was settled, he would turn his attention back to dealing with the people from the Immortal Sect, ensuring they would never leave alive!
As for that tiny baby... it can only be considered that she was unlucky, as she happened to be picked up by the people of the Immortal Sect!

They walked ahead, while Old Liu and Chen Lan followed quietly from a distance.

Chen Lan held Mo Jiuwei in her arms, following them while glancing at her every now and then.

"Jiuwei, be good, don't make a sound and disturb them," Chen Lan whispered to Mo Jiuwei.

Don't worry, I definitely won't make a sound! Mo Jiuwei blinked.

Old Liu frowned.

"Strange, why can't I find where the Inkhoof Beast is hiding?"

In fact, if Mo Jiuwei hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have been able to tell that there was a Black Hoof Beast here.

"See that big rock face over there to the east, the one half-hidden by leaves?" Mo Jiuwei waved her arm, trying hard to remind them. "There are two Black-hoofed Beasts sleeping in that cave."

Both ends!

Old Liu's eyes lit up. "Found it! It's there."

Chen Lan pursed her lips, trying hard not to smile, and after a moment said, "Uncle-Master, you truly have discerning eyes!"

Even though Old Liu was thick-skinned, his cheeks were now flushed, but his dark skin made it difficult to tell, at least Mo Jiuwei didn't notice.

Du Wangquan and his group were oblivious and on their way when they suddenly heard a sound coming from behind them.

"What's the noise?"

He turned around abruptly, looking in confusion at a distant scene where a cluster of rocks had exploded and fallen.

"I don't know, how did these rocks suddenly collapse?"

"Could it be a fight?"

"Could that be where the spirit resides?"

The disciples of Liuxian Sect were initially puzzled, but then became excited.

Du Wangquan was also secretly pleased, "Let's go take a look."

It doesn't really resemble a spirit creature, because true spirit creatures are born with exceptionally strong spiritual energy, making them easy to identify, but this one didn't.

However, any unusual activity might be related to spirits, so let's observe first.

As the group approached the cave, they felt the ground tremble. At the same time, the cave shook again, and many rocks and sand fell down.

(End of this chapter)