Chapter 86 A Word That Doesn't Shock
Immediately afterwards, a female voice pierced the sky: "Quickly save Yun Chuan, Bai Yu, get out of the way."

The distress fireworks from the Taiyi Sect startled several Core Formation cultivators nearby. Who would dare to set off fireworks at this time unless it was an emergency?

Shen Suiren immediately extended her divine sense to search, but only heard a burst of spiritual energy and could not find the person, who was too far away.

"Oh no, Lianqiao has been bitten by an eighth-level dragon, and Liyue is over there too."

At the beginning of the year, you used bird feathers to lead everyone back to the ship. "The moment Lei Dun flew to the rescue, a Nascent Soul spirit palm flew towards the scene of the incident.

All that could be heard was the roar of the True Lord Siyu: "You beast, how dare you harm my son! Die!"

Boom boom boom

After a moment, Shen Suiren blinked, wanting to ask the retreating Lei Dun senior uncle about the situation over there.

"Go back to the ship and rest. Do not fly separately." Thunder Shield swept over several groups of Foundation Establishment disciples nearby.

Then, he transmitted his voice to Shen Suiren, who had been watching him intently: "Li Yue is fine. Everyone has been rescued. We'll talk about it when we get back."

Shen Suiren and Nie Chengzhang exchanged a glance and whispered to him, "The outcome is definitely not good. Keep an eye on Ji Yu and make sure it doesn't show itself in front of the Taiyi Sect disciples later."

"I hope Yun Chuan is alright. I'm still waiting to defeat him in next year's Heavenly Pride Competition." Nie Chengzhang knew what was going on, and immediately, ignoring Ji Yu's curiosity, he pushed it into the spirit beast ring and locked the exit.

Everyone returned to the ship and ate, healed, and replenished their spirits in the dining hall, which had a spatial folding magic circle, while also organizing the remaining attack magic weapons.

There will be another group of trainee cultivators outside to take over the fighting; we can't let the demon beasts catch their breath.

Shen Suiren was surrounded by her teammates inside the barrier, who were collectively brainwashing her. One of them said, "When saving people, you also have to be careful to protect yourself."

That person said, "Act according to your ability. We are not omnipotent. You have only reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

Another one said, "We are monks, not knights-errant."

Jiang Xiaoye also spoke harshly for the first time: "At the beginning of the year, our ten-person team was a whole, and each of us had a position to defend and attack."

If you fly away without permission, and the squad is attacked, losing you will create more defensive vulnerabilities.

Even if you weren't seriously injured while saving someone, you'll still get a demerit.

"I admit my mistake and will not act alone again. If I do it again, I will be expelled from the team." Shen Suiren raised his hand to admit his mistake.

"Pfft..." Aunt Ni almost burst out laughing. She covered her mouth and pressed down Sui Chu's hand. "Alright, alright, everyone is just worried that you'll get caught up in it."

The people she was referring to looked at each other and realized they all really liked teaming up with Sui Chu. He was like a little tiger, an aggressive teammate charging ahead – who wouldn't love that?

At the beginning of the year, Guan Jian was a very generous person. For example, she put the top-quality ginseng soup prepared by her master on the table to share with everyone.

Huang Banxia joked, "If you make the same mistake again, it's because we didn't guide you well enough."

The primary person to be held accountable is Uncle Jiang, since he's the team leader.

She consciously followed Shen Suiren and Gongsun Lexun in changing her address. Years of living in the Alliance Market had already honed her instinct for seeking profit.

She used to be called a "nice guy," but that was only because she had no backing, no power, and didn't dare to refuse people.

Now I'm an inner disciple of the Medicine Peak, and it feels good to have a powerful backer.

The former Senior Brother Sun, now the promoted Uncle Sun, nodded repeatedly: "That makes sense. Remove him from his position as team leader and punish him by making him buy everyone pastries from Shijinlou."

Jiang Xiaoye watched as everyone scrambled for the ginseng soup, then laughed in exasperation at his words: "So it's all my fault."

"It's all your fault!" An unfamiliar voice came from outside the barrier, and everyone looked up.

Then a disciple of the Taiyi Sect unleashed a barrage of attacks on Shen Baiyu, saying, "Everyone was peacefully using their sword formation to surround and kill a fifth-tier cultivator, but you suddenly barged into the battle of the Core Formation cultivator next door."

That's why the heavily injured eighth-level cultivator had the opportunity to take you hostage, and subsequently injured Senior Brother Yun Chuan and Senior Sister Lian Qiao, who were trying to save you.

They are still unconscious. Shen Baiyu, how dare you come to eat in the lobby?

*Smack!* Yao Guang slammed her hand on the table as she returned with the food. "Hey, Tang, just because our senior brothers and sisters are injured, does that mean we can't eat or drink?"

Shen Tinglu came to make soup for her injured eighth brother and happened to hear the last sentence of the man surnamed Tang: "Senior Brother Tang, who would want their own family to get hurt? It's just to replenish some water. We still have to go kill the demon and take revenge."

Senior Brother Tang sneered: "Do we need her for revenge? Can she kill an eighth-level enemy?"
It's good enough if she doesn't hold us back; I don't want to be on her team.

Shen Baiyu's face turned deathly pale. She was being stared at by dozens of cultivators at various tables in the hall, and she had no way to express her bitterness.

She was inexplicably struck by a burst of spiritual energy and sent into the next battle zone; she still bears the scars.

Shen Suiren removed the barrier and scanned the Taiyi Sect disciples. Some avoided his gaze, while others had gossip in their eyes, but none of them came forward to stop him.

Fortunately, Yao Guang really stood up for Shen Baiyu: "Okay, I agree to your leaving the team."

"It's her who's backing down, not me, Yaoguang. Stop protecting her." Senior Brother Tang is also a direct disciple of the Nascent Soul stage, so he's not afraid of her at all. All the peaks are secretly gathering their strength, waiting for the competition for the next sect leader.

He mocked, "Bai Yu was only able to become a disciple of the sect leader because of her father's meager achievements; she actually has no real skills."

Just like her father who raised spirit beasts, she was like a rogue cultivator who hadn't killed many demons, and when she died in the beast tide, she dragged others down with her..."

Before he could finish speaking, two loud thuds rang out as Shen Suiren delivered a left hook to his face.

The reason he didn't use his right fist was because Shen Baiyu was hitting him from the other side, and the two of them were extremely coordinated in twisting his hand that was striking back, dissipating the force, and then pushing him away violently.

The speed was so fast that no one could react in time, including Senior Brother Tang himself, who was a beat too slow to be hit repeatedly.

A dignified direct disciple of the Taiyi Sect was struck in the face by two younger men on his own ship in an instant. The pain made him gasp and speechless for a moment.

Yao Guang tried to stop her, but Shen Tinglu quickly stepped aside, saying, "Junior sister, Tang Jun offended an elder of the Shen family, shouldn't he be punished?"

Just then, Tang Jun recovered and threw a punch at Shen Suiren's dantian, but she kicked him in the wound on his thigh instead, causing him to fall to the ground and bleed instantly.

The Taiyi Sect disciple was dissatisfied with Shen Suiren's excessive force and was about to speak when she drew her sword and pressed it against Senior Brother Tang's throat, while simultaneously casting a talisman on him to immobilize him.

Shen Baiyu was stunned once again, "There's no need for this at the beginning of the year."

"Shut up." Shen Suiren was dissatisfied with her slow action.

At this, many Taiyi Sect disciples rushed over, shouting, "Let go!"

But the disciples of the Xianyou Sect also rushed to protect their own, adhering to the principle of helping their own side regardless of right or wrong: "Let them solve it themselves."

The two sides were locked in a standoff for a moment, and the disciples of other sects and independent cultivators quickly retreated, almost as if they were giving the place to them to fight.

But Nie Chengzhang quickly stood behind Shen Suiren to show his support, followed by Juexing and Juede, his fellow disciples.

Qiu Lu from Cangyuan Sect also came over: "Fellow Daoist at the beginning of the year is a kind-hearted person who has always been chivalrous."

Zong Rou of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect hesitated for a moment before stepping forward. She then discovered that several people who had been rescued by Sui Chu in the Elephant King Valley Secret Realm were standing on the side of the Immortal Travel Sect.

"What's going on?" Even the Core Formation cultivators who were drinking tea in the tea room and didn't want to pay attention had to step in.

As soon as several powerful pressures were released, the Foundation Establishment cultivators all surrendered, but Shen Suiren withstood the pressure and did not loosen his grip.

She spoke first: "He must apologize to Senior Shen and all the cultivators who guarded Taiyi and quelled the beast tide at Shaowu Mountain."

The entire place fell even quieter; what did this have to do with other cultivators?

"At the beginning of the year." Fan Liyue approached, removed her knife, and telepathically told her to go ahead and hit him, not to be afraid.

Shen Suiren's eyes flashed with a cold light like knives as he continued to torture the man surnamed Tang, saying, "He said that during the beast tide, others were like rogue cultivators who didn't kill many demons. This is a heart-wrenching statement."

"How many demons did Senior Shen kill? Did he even count them? And he even cursed people to die. Are those who perished in that beast tide, those who didn't achieve a final victory, still guilty?"

The Core Formation cultivators frowned; they couldn't agree to that. They exchanged glances and withdrew their oppressive aura.

Shen Baiyu immediately threw a punch at Tang Jun's neck, but it was blocked by a burst of spiritual energy.

She shouted, "Why don't you mention that my father saved so many people? He went missing while exorcising demons and saving people, but he didn't die."

Shen Tinglu shook her head inwardly. Bai Yu's words were off-topic. She stepped forward and said, "Every time there is a beast tide, some cultivators with low cultivation levels perish or are seriously injured."

Regardless of how many demons they exterminate, they are doing their best to protect humanity; what's wrong with that?

Shen Suiren nodded to himself: "Especially those low-level disciples and rogue cultivators, after being conscripted to participate in the war, they were wiped out instantly when they encountered high-level demonic beasts. Is it because they wanted to kill fewer demons?"

May I ask you, fellow Daoist Tang, how many demons did you slay today amidst the beast tide? Did you kill any of the sixth or seventh rank demons?

"You go and reason with whoever you have a problem with, but what do you mean by insulting your family?"

Her words resonated with many independent cultivators and outer disciples present; encountering a high-level demonic beast was not something everyone could escape.

When everyone saw her bend down, she didn't remove the immobilization talisman, but instead pried open Tang Jun's clenched fist.

Three half-inch cold needles came into view, their blue light shimmering and dazzling.

Shen Suiren raised his hand: "Everyone, you can see clearly that he used a hidden weapon first, and that's when I drew my knife."

Now, Tang Jun's face turned deathly pale. He had been too angry and had grabbed the hidden weapon.

The crowd gasped in disbelief, then whispered amongst themselves, and someone blurted out, "It looks like it's poisonous."

"Frost Soul Needle?! If she hits you, you can hit her back, but she actually wants to damage her dantian." Lei Dun disregarded his Core Formation status and immediately grabbed him.

"Fellow Daoist Lei, please calm down." Two or three Core Formation cultivators from the Taiyi Sect rushed forward to rescue Tang Jun and removed the immobilization talisman.

He picked up the Cold Soul Needle again and examined it. "It's not poisonous, it's not poisonous."

However, Tang Jun's senior brother, Master Liangchuan, gave him a meaningful look, indicating that he couldn't just tell one side of the story.

Tang Jun, receiving a meaningful look, immediately retorted, "Fellow Daoist, please don't involve others. I'm talking about Shen Baiyu and her father who died but still claimed credit for her."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Suiren, to everyone's surprise, bypassed the lightning shield in front of him and quickly kicked Tang Jun away.

"Young friend, you've gone too far." Master Liangchuan used his spiritual power to support his junior brother, unaware that a snake shadow had crept into Tang Jun's body.

Knowing that True Lord Zhu Kuang had destroyed a ninth-rank cultivator at the beginning of the year, he held his breath and said, "This is an internal matter of our sect..."

"So that the real person knows that my surname is Shen, and it is perfectly legitimate for me to hit him."

I have my own selfish motives. If he dares to smear me again, I'll beat him up every time I see him.

He must apologize today. "If Shen Suiren hadn't been held by Fan Liyue, he would have hit her again."

The key is that she needs to retrieve the demon king who has flown out into the shadows.

Huh? Is she a direct descendant of the Shen family, so protective of them? The cultivators who were watching the spectacle but didn't recognize her began to exchange whispers and inquire.

Even those who knew them were just as surprised as the disciples of the Immortal Wandering Sect. Weren't they just ordinary rogue cultivators before the beginning of the year?
While Liang Chuan and his two Core Formation senior brothers were slightly taken aback, Shen Baiyu and Shen Tinglu pounced on them and attacked.

As Tang Jun threw a punch back, he suddenly felt a chill on his lower back, as if a snake was crawling on it, and he couldn't use any of his spiritual power. "Senior brother, quick..."

Fortunately, the two girls didn't use any magic; they simply vented their anger with their fists, thump thump, "I'll teach you to talk nonsense."

"If you curse anyone again, I will kill you."

"Shen Dingru is dead..."

"Shen Baiyu, smash his mouth. Harder, didn't you eat?" Unable to break free from Fan Liyue, Shen Suiren decisively used telepathy to hide on Shen Tinglu.

Master Liangchuan wanted to cover his face, feeling ashamed that his junior brother had been beaten by female cultivators one after another without even lifting a finger, but he had no choice but to use his spiritual power to pull away the two junior sisters Shen, "Yaoguang, Pingju, hold them back."

"Senior brothers, please excuse us."

"Please go first, everyone." The two Core Formation cultivators from Taiyi Sect bowed to the other Core Formation cultivators.

Just when one problem was solved, another arose. Shen Shuo, who was recuperating on the second floor, heard the news, covered his wounds, and rushed over. Without saying a word, he pounced on Tang Jun and started hitting him.

Even if the Shen family were to fall into decline, they could not allow others to point fingers and accuse them of being greedy for credit, even if only a few people were present at the moment. "They are bullying others too much by relying on their status as Nascent Soul cultivators."

"While my Shen family's ancestor assisted the founding master, and generations of disciples shared the sect's glory and disgrace, you were still some ghost on the Bridge of Helplessness."

"Nonsense!" Upon seeing that it was a male disciple, Master Liangchuan immediately grabbed him and pulled him away.

The other two Core Formation cultivators from the Taiyi Sect hurriedly chased people out, causing infighting among their own disciples—a truly shameful situation.

Fan Liyue hugged Shen Suiren tightly and transmitted her voice: "That's enough, it's not appropriate to stay any longer."

"The Crimson Serpent Demon King is with Shen Tinglu." Since the man surnamed Tang had been beaten badly and lost face, Shen Suiren didn't want to stay any longer.

Fan Liyue asked her senior brother to lead the way, and she grabbed Sui Chu as they passed Shen Tinglu. She kept her eyes glued to the spot, but still couldn't see the Demon King Si Shi.

But Shen Suiren replied telepathically, "I've returned."

Then, staring at Tang Jun on the ground, she remained motionless: "I want to hear his apology."

Her words made those who had left the hall stop and want to watch the whole thing.

Lei Dun naturally retaliated, saying, "Indeed, what is said must be done."

"..." Fan Liyue gritted her teeth and stopped. They were both stubborn. They had chosen the wrong master at the beginning of the year. The two of them should have become master and disciple.

She glared at Liang Chuan and said, "Fellow Daoist, I heard that the disciple of Master Shou Zhuo is still alive."

The other two Shen also said, "Tang Jun cursed his fellow disciples to death; he must apologize."

Shen Shuo nodded while coughing up blood: "Yes, Tang Jun must apologize, otherwise I will go and ring the ancestral bell to cry out for justice and have the sect hold a public trial for him."

"It was just a verbal argument. The young disciples are of bad character; we will discipline them strictly when we get back." Liangchuan Zhenren was the one who was the most angry. How could the new generation of Shen family members be so difficult to deal with?

He could handle the three from Chun Gui Mountain, but he really couldn't refuse the one from Xianyou Sect.

Shen Suiren looked at him and said in a very calm tone, "Tongming Zhenjun is dead."

Everyone was shocked. Was this the beginning of the year, a day when they were determined to say something shocking?

"You've got guts!" Shen Shuo's eyes lit up. He took back his earlier mutterings about the beginning of the year and vowed to drink three jars of wine with her when the opportunity arose.

Tang Jun got up: "I'll kill you."

"Come and kill!" Shen Baiyu drew a sword and handed it to him.

"You! How dare you utter such vile words!" Liangchuan Zhenren also drew his sword and pointed it at Shen Suiren.

Lei Dun slammed his fist on the door, "Heh, you can talk about others, but others can't talk about you, right?"

Liang Chuan had to muster all his magical power to withstand his sword: "Can they be the same?"

"Isn't it the same? They're all human, and they're all elders of their respective families." Lei Dun said matter-of-factly. He was a sword cultivator and a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, so he wasn't afraid of the early-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch.


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