Devouring Soul Emperor

One playing the good cop, the other playing the bad cop.

Chu Qingyun scoffed inwardly, his heart filled with disdain.

He'd seen this trick countless times while watching the Great Xia Dragon Guard interrogate prisoners.

"If you want us to hand over the Secret Manuals and Secret Techniques, then first give us the sect Tokens we've earned. Otherwise..."

Facing several Martial Emperor Martial King Level experts, Chu Qingyun spoke, completely undaunted.

"Otherwise what?" Elder Huang said coldly.

"Otherwise, it means the Saint Extreme Sect goes back on its word and is unworthy of its title as one of the Northern Domain's Three Major Sects!"

Chu Qingyun spoke with righteous conviction.

His words sent a jolt through Elder Huang, Mo Guang, and the others.

A mere Level 6 Martial Spirit, nothing more than an ant before the Saint Extreme Sect, actually dared to call the sect faithless and unworthy of being one of the Northern Domain's Three Major Sects!

This was simply... heaven-defying audacity!

Beside him, Mu Xiaoxiao was also dumbstruck, never imagining Chu Qingyun would say such a thing.

One had to understand that for a sect, especially a great one like the Saint Extreme Sect—one of the Northern Domain's Three Major Sects—reputation and prestige were of the utmost importance.

And yet Chu Qingyun had dared to say such things about the Saint Extreme Sect right to an Elder's face!

Elder Huang was stunned for a moment before shooting to his feet. His old face was grim, and a chilling aura radiated from him in waves.

"Chu Qingyun, I'll give you one chance. Hand over the Secret Manuals and Secret Techniques you got from the Blood Sect ruins, then kneel outside the main gate to atone for your offense. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise, what?"

Chu Qingyun sneered, cutting Elder Huang off directly.

Being interrupted by a mere Level 6 Martial Spirit, Elder Huang was so furious his eye began to twitch, and his expression darkened even further.

"Otherwise, for those words alone, I could obliterate you right here and now!"

At that moment, Mu Xiaoxiao spoke up. "We came here to join the sect! What right do you have to treat us like this? If it comes to it, we just won't join the Saint Extreme Sect. We'll go join another sect!"

Hearing this, Mo Guang and the other Inner Sect Disciples all laughed.

Chu Qingyun, however, sighed inwardly. 'We've been schemed against by this group from the very beginning.'

"Join another sect? Where are your Golden Orders? This month's test is already over. If you want to take part in next month's, you'll need a Golden Order," one of the Inner Sect Disciples said.

"Ahem, you three. I'd advise you to just cooperate. We can talk it over, and maybe we can still let you join the Saint Extreme Sect. Otherwise, I'm afraid this whole trip will have been for nothing."

Mo Guang said with a sinister smile.

"You... you despicable bastards..."

It was only then that Mu Xiaoxiao realized their predicament, and she gritted her teeth in fury.

But seeing her like this, the Inner Sect Disciples only laughed even more gleefully.

"Forget it, Mu Xiaoxiao. There's nothing more to say to them. Let's go," Chu Qingyun said, turning to leave.

He had figured it out. From the very beginning, these people had been determined to stop them from joining the Saint Extreme Sect.

Not only did they want to obstruct them, but they also had designs on the Secret Manuals and Secret Techniques that they had risked their lives to obtain in the Blood Sect ruins. This was absolutely, utterly shameless!

"Leave? You think you can just walk out of here?"

"Hmph. Mere Martial Spirit Realm cultivators dare to talk back to Elder Huang. Do you think we're just here for show?"

Two Inner Sect disciples at the Martial King Realm stepped forward with their noses in the air, blocking the trio's path.

The color drained from Mu Xiaoxiao and Dai's faces.

Chu Qingyun, however, was unfazed. "Take you for decorations? Of course not. You're Martial King Level experts. You could suppress us with a wave of your hand, even kill us just as easily."

"But... do you dare!?"

Chu Qingyun demanded coldly.

At his words, the expressions of Elder Huang and the others all changed.

"Kid, what are you trying to say?" Mo Guang asked, his smile gone and his face grim.

"I'm not trying to say anything. I'm just saying you don't dare to lay a hand on the three of us!" Chu Qingyun said.

He had figured this out the moment his guard went up.

Forget Elder Huang, who was in the Martial Emperor Realm. Even if just one of the Inner Sect Disciples like Mo Guang made a move, there was no way Chu Qingyun and his two companions could resist.

But they hadn't chosen to use force. Instead, they had gone to great lengths to cook up a scheme, trying to trick Chu Qingyun and the others into handing over the Secret Manuals and Secret Techniques.

It wasn't that they didn't want to use force, of course, but that they had reservations. They simply didn't dare to!

"When the three of us came in here with you, thirty-two other people saw it with their own eyes. If we were to go missing, what would they think?"

"Of course, they've all joined the Saint Extreme Sect now, so perhaps they wouldn't dare say anything."

"However, when the thirty-five of us followed you here, Mo Guang, people from the other fourteen sects saw it all quite clearly!"

"If the three of us go missing then, and people connect it to the matter of the Blood Sect ruins, the truth will come out immediately."

"The Saint Extreme Sect entrapped and harmed Examiners from the Fifteen Major Sects' joint recruitment, murdering them for their treasures!"

As Chu Qingyun spoke, a cold smile appeared on his face, and he stared fearlessly at Elder Huang and the others.

After hearing him out, the faces of Elder Huang, Mo Guang, and the others turned extremely ugly. Every point Chu Qingyun made struck at the heart of the matter, leaving them with no way to refute him!

The Northern Domain had Fifteen Major Sects, all of them in competition with one another.

As one of the Three Major Sects, the Saint Extreme Sect was naturally watched by countless eyes.

Furthermore, the Saint Extreme Sect's current strength ranked last among the Three Major Sects, which was a very awkward position to be in.

The newly risen Purple Cloud Sect and Tianya Sect were constantly eyeing a spot among the Northern Domain's Three Major Sects. They certainly wouldn't pass up any chance to strike a blow against the Saint Extreme Sect.

If word of this incident were to get out, even without any hard evidence, the other sects aside, the Purple Cloud Sect and the Tianya Sect would definitely spare no effort in fiercely denouncing the Saint Extreme Sect.

At that point, Elder Huang and the others would become traitors to their sect.

Tarnishing the sect's reputation by committing a despicable act like murdering Examiners for their treasures—and Examiners from the Fifteen Major Sects' joint recruitment at that—would absolutely incur the wrath of the sect's upper echelons.

When that time came, they would all die!

No one would be able to save them!

"Mu Xiaoxiao, we're leaving. Let's see who dares to stop us."

"Gentlemen, let me make one thing clear. If you dare to touch a single hair on our heads, I, Chu Qingyun, will spread the word of this matter far and wide, even if it means making a mortal enemy of the Saint Extreme Sect!"

"When that happens, you can all just wait to die!"

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