Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 21 Leaving the Valley to Accept Disciples

Wei Jun pointed at Lei Ming and shouted loudly. Upon hearing this, everyone else immediately turned their attention to Lei Ming.

Most of them knew Lei Ming, and many had suffered at his hands.

"The Five Elements Vajra actually slaughtered everyone from the Hidden Moon Sect?"

"If it was done by the Five Elements Vajra, then that's possible."

"With the Five Elements Vajra's strength, even if several of us at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining joined forces, we wouldn't be a match for him. Within the forbidden area, he is the strongest, and only he possesses the power to annihilate the disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect!"

"I've heard that this Five Elements Vajra acts as he pleases. I wonder what deep grudge he has against the Hidden Moon Sect. But his courage is admirable."

"No matter how bold he is, he's still going to die! If he had only killed a few disciples, that would be one thing, but now he's slaughtered all the disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect who entered the forbidden area. Do you think the founder of the Hidden Moon Sect will let him off?"

The disciples from Spirit Beast Mountain, Giant Sword Sect, and Blade Transformation Valley were discussing the matter, and even the remaining disciples from Yellow Maple Valley hurriedly left Lei Ming's side, afraid of getting involved with him.

Lei Ming's face was grim as he looked at Wei Jun: "When did I ever kill a disciple of the Hidden Moon Sect?"

Wei Jun seemed frightened by him, retreating repeatedly, saying, "I saw Senior Brother Lei earlier... no, I must have seen wrong."

Wei Jun's cover-up only confirmed Lei Ming's crimes, and the other disciples looked at Lei Ming with a somewhat subtle gaze.

"Is there some misunderstanding here?" An old man stepped forward and said. He was Xiang Zhili, who had previously asked Han Li to team up with him. "We entered the forbidden area to find spiritual herbs. Even if Senior Brother Lei wanted to kill people to steal the herbs, the Hidden Moon Sect is not to be trifled with. Surely he won't kill us all."

Xiang Zhili added fuel to the fire, and upon hearing this, the others secretly took out their magical artifacts.

Lei Ming laughed in fury: "I have killed some people, but who among you here hasn't killed someone? If I really wanted to kill people to steal the medicine, I'm not exaggerating, but the number of people here would be reduced by at least half! I admit to the people I, Lei Ming, have killed, but if you want to slander me or scheme against me, you will have to pay the price."

"Wei army!"

With a loud shout, Lei Ming flashed across several dozen feet and appeared in front of the Wei army. Before the Wei soldiers could even see him clearly, Lei Ming grabbed them by the neck and lifted them up.

"I don't think I've ever offended you. This seems to be the first time we've met. Why are you trying to frame me?" Lei Ming asked.

Wei Jun struggled, pleading, "Senior Brother Lei, spare my life! The sect forbids disciples from killing each other. If you kill me, you won't survive either. I misjudged what happened with the Hidden Moon Sect; you didn't kill them."

"Even if my life is in your hands, you still slander me. It seems we really have a deep-seated hatred between us." Lei Ming gradually calmed down. He asked himself if he had offended anyone in Huangfeng Valley. The person he had the deepest grudge against was Wang Song.

"Was it Wang Song who instructed you?" Lei Ming stared into Wei Jun's eyes, his eyes seeming to contain two vortexes that drew Wei Jun's gaze in. Wei Jun felt a wave of dizziness and knew something was wrong, but he couldn't escape Lei Ming's gaze.

"Tell me, who exactly ordered you to frame me?" Lei Ming's voice echoed in Wei Jun's ears.

Wei Jun's eyes were lifeless, and his tone became mechanical: "Yes..." At this moment, a stream of magical power was injected into Wei Jun's body. Wei Jun felt a chill in his head and immediately regained his senses. He immediately realized that he had been hit by Lei Ming's mental spell, and he was both ashamed and angry.

"Senior Brother Lei, you killed the disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect, are you going to kill me to silence me?" Wei Jun shouted angrily.

Lei Ming was puzzled that his mental spell had failed. He had obtained the spell from a rogue cultivator, and this was the first time he had ever seen someone break free of it since he mastered it.

"Fine, you're certainly stubborn." Lei Ming sealed Wei Jun's spiritual power. "I refuse to believe you can lie to the Ancestor!"

Wei Jun was extremely anxious: "Fellow disciples, Lei Ming has killed a disciple of the Hidden Moon Sect. If we go out like this, the sect's founder will surely be furious, and it might implicate us. Why don't we capture Lei Ming and hand him over to the Hidden Moon Sect for punishment..."

To Wei Jun's embarrassment, just as he was rallying everyone to attack Lei Ming, members of the Hidden Moon Sect flew in from afar. Leading them was a stunningly beautiful female cultivator with an icy expression; the other disciples following behind her dared not utter a word.

Seeing this, everyone understood the Wei army's intentions. Many were furious, and their gazes towards the Wei army turned hostile. The Wei army soldiers turned ashen-faced and dared not utter another sound.

The female cultivator's aura was extremely strong, suppressing everyone as soon as she appeared, even causing Lei Ming's expression to change slightly.

After the people from the Hidden Moon Sect appeared, Han Li also returned. Just as everyone was waiting for the forbidden area to open, Lei Ming noticed that Han Li kept glancing at the female cultivator from the Hidden Moon Sect.

"Brother Han, what's going on here..." Lei Ming remembered that Han Li seemed to have had a sensual encounter in the forbidden area.

Han Li shook his head, a puzzled expression on his face.

Soon, the forbidden area was opened, and the passage reappeared.

"Alright, it seems all the disciples have come out now. Those who haven't..." said the leader of the Spirit Beast Mountain group.

The passage had been open for some time, and everyone knew that those who hadn't come out were probably dead in the forbidden area.

"Brother Li, I didn't expect your sect to be so full of talent. Even a Qi Refining eleventh level cultivator can leave the forbidden area." The Core Formation cultivator from the Giant Sword Sect couldn't help but mock when he saw that only one of his disciples had left the forbidden area, and then looked at Yellow Maple Valley.

The Nascent Soul elders were arguing about something, and after leaving the forbidden area, Lei Ming sat down to meditate. Although his cultivation level hadn't increased during this trip to the forbidden area, he had indeed gained quite a bit of benefit.

"The Five Elements have a system of mutual generation and restraint, which is extremely powerful. The power of a single Five Elements is not as great as that of wind or thunder, but once the Five Elements are combined, their power is greatly enhanced. I have a Five Elemental Root, so perhaps my path lies on the path of the Five Elements."

Lei Ming has cultivated five different techniques, each reaching the peak of Qi Refining. Previously, he cultivated the five techniques individually, but now Lei Ming is attempting to fuse them into one.

"No, not here."

Lei Ming had just started practicing his technique when he felt the surge of spiritual energy around him, so he immediately stopped.

The movement of spiritual energy was fleeting, and the Core Formation masters didn't even have time to react, but Xiang Zhili in the crowd smiled and looked at Lei Ming.

"An interesting little fellow." Xiang Zhili chuckled to himself. He was no low-level disciple, but the Nascent Soul Ancestor of this world. Just now in the forbidden area, it was he who helped Wei Jun get rid of the mental spell of thunder.

After leaving the valley, the disciples took out their harvest one by one. No one dared to deduct any mature spiritual herbs. Each sect had one or two spirit-sniffing rats, which could detect spiritual herbs that were over a hundred years old within a three-zhang radius.

When the disciples handed over the spiritual herbs, Lei Ming noticed that several Core Formation masters were actually quite nervous.

Disciples from each sect carefully took out their century-old medicinal herbs, one by one. When it was Lei Ming's turn, he casually took out more than thirty herbs and then withdrew. The spirit-sniffing rat circled around him once before returning to the hand of the Yellow Maple Valley steward.

"Haha!" Master Li's originally gloomy face suddenly brightened up, and he couldn't help but laugh. The two old men next to him had faces so gloomy they could drip water.

"How is this possible? He actually obtained so many spiritual herbs!" Even the Core Formation cultivator Fu Yunzi couldn't believe it. He looked at Lei Ming, and his powerful aura burst forth.

"This is the good fortune of a disciple of Yellow Maple Valley!" Grandmaster Li immediately stepped in front of Lei Ming. "Brother Dao, are you going to make things difficult for a junior?"

Lei Ming had just taken out more than thirty spiritual herbs when Han Li took out more than twenty more, which made Master Li overjoyed, while Fu Yunzi seemed very unwilling.

"It seems I've won this bet. You two fellow Daoists wouldn't be sore losers, would you?" Master Li said impatiently.

After a brief discussion among the Core Formation masters, the various sects soon departed, with Huangfeng Valley being the last to leave.

Master Li won the bet and was very happy.

"What's your name? How long have you been in the valley?" Master Li asked Han Li.

"Disciple Han Li, has been in the valley for three years."

"And what about you?"

"Disciple Lei Ming has been in the valley for three years."

Grandmaster Li raised his head and considered for a moment: "You two have rendered great service to our sect this time. I intend to take you under my wing as nominal disciples. Would you be willing?"

Han Li was stunned upon hearing this. He couldn't help but look at Lei Ming, but Lei Ming remained calm.

(End of this chapter)