Devouring Soul Emperor

In just two or three days, nearly a hundred Outer Disciples had died.

This was no small matter.

As an Outer Elder, Elder Huang could absolutely use this incident as justification to take serious action!

However, Mu Xiaoxiao bit her lip, her gaze resolute. She stood firm, blocking the path to Chu Qingyun's door.

She would not let them pass.

It certainly wasn't worth provoking a Martial Emperor Realm Outer Elder, especially one with a valid reason to act, just for a single Celestial Spirit Pill.

But it was obvious that Elder Huang and his group had come with malicious intentions.

Mu Xiaoxiao didn't want them to barge in. She absolutely could not let them, at least not until Chu Qingyun had finished refining his elixir!

Watching the resolute Mu Xiaoxiao, many of the surrounding new disciples were filled with admiration.

There were likely few people in the entire Outer Sect who would dare to obstruct a Martial Emperor Realm Outer Elder to protect a friend.

"You won't let me pass? Good. Such disrespect for your elders, such insubordination. Today, I will teach you the rules of the Saint Extreme Sect!"

As he spoke, Elder Huang took a sharp step forward, apparently ready to strike.

Elder Huang utterly despised Chu Qingyun.

And since Mu Xiaoxiao was close to Chu Qingyun and had only managed to enter the Saint Extreme Sect thanks to him, Elder Huang's hatred extended to her by association.

The twenty-odd Outer Disciples who had returned from the Molten Rock District all sneered. 'Opposing an Elder is simply courting death!'

Meanwhile, many of the new disciples in the crowd were indignant.

For a dignified Outer Elder to threaten a new disciple was blatant bullying.

But just then, with a CREAK, the door opened.

Chu Qingyun emerged from the room, his expression serene.

"Elder Huang, you've brought so many of my senior brothers to interrupt my elixir refining. May I ask what this is about?"

Chu Qingyun asked, staring fearlessly at Elder Huang.

Elder Huang's expression faltered slightly, and he retracted his oppressive aura. "Hmph. I was just passing by and came to see what the commotion was about. And since I'm here, I might as well investigate the deaths of nearly a hundred Outer Disciples a few days ago."

But he didn't dare to act as brazenly toward Chu Qingyun as he had with Mu Xiaoxiao.

Back in Celestial Martial City, before he had even joined the Saint Extreme Sect, Chu Qingyun had faced him without a trace of fear, even daring to call the sect untrustworthy to his face.

That courage alone commanded respect and discouraged others from underestimating him.

Besides, Elder Huang knew far more about Chu Qingyun's situation than any Outer or Inner Sect Disciple.

He was a disciple whom Zhou Qian, the Dean of the Pill Institute, had personally invited to join the sect at great expense.

Although he didn't know why Chu Qingyun had come to the Outer Sect instead of the Pill Institute, he didn't dare to act against him rashly, especially without a legitimate reason.

After Elder Huang finished speaking, he cleared his throat softly.

Just then, an eighth-level Martial Spirit stepped forward and interrogated Chu Qingyun, "Chu Qingyun! Is it true that you viciously turned on your fellow disciples in the Molten Rock District, causing the deaths of nearly a hundred members of the Outer Sect!?"

Chu Qingyun glanced at the man, a flicker of disdain in his eyes. He answered casually, "No."

"You..."

Chu Qingyun didn't bother to explain or rush to defend himself. That single, nonchalant word left the accuser speechless, his prepared tirade dying on his lips.

"Hmph! Chu Qingyun, let me ask you, what was your purpose for going to the Molten Rock District!" another, a ninth-level Martial Spirit, demanded.

"To search for Magma Essence," Chu Qingyun answered.

"And did you find any Magma Essence?"

"I did."

"How did you obtain it?"

"The Magma Essence was in a Fire Poison District within the Molten Rock District. So, naturally, I went into the Fire Poison District and took it," Chu Qingyun continued.

"Bullshit! The Fire Poison District is crawling with countless Molten Beasts as strong as ninth-level Martial Spirits! How could a mere sixth-level Martial Spirit like you possibly get your hands on Magma Essence!"

At the memory of what happened in the Fire Poison District, that ninth-level Martial Spirit began to grind his teeth in anger.

"You could say I was just lucky. At that time, many of my seniors were attacking the Fire Poison District in a group, so I took the opportunity to retrieve the Magma Essence."

Chu Qingyun said with a small smile.

At that, the faces of the twenty-odd disciples instantly darkened with rage.

They had thought that coming here to frame Chu Qingyun for deliberately murdering nearly a hundred Outer Disciples was a sufficiently brazen distortion of the truth.

They never imagined that Chu Qingyun would completely ignore their accusation and instead play dumb, claiming they had been helping him by attacking the Fire Poison District!

"You're lying! You're the one who deliberately lured us into the Fire Poison District, and you caused the deaths of nearly a hundred of our Outer Sect brothers!" the man snapped.

Hearing this, Chu Qingyun became even more unhurried.

"Heh, I'm actually quite confused about that myself."

"I don't understand why you all started chasing me across the Molten Rock District the moment you saw me, forcing your poor junior brother to flee for his life."

"By the way, senior brother, maybe you can answer a question for me now. Why exactly were you all chasing me so relentlessly?"

Chu Qingyun had immediately turned the tables on them.

The ninth-level Martial Spirit was rendered speechless.

They had been hunting Chu Qingyun, of course, for his more than ninety thousand Saint Extreme Points.

Everyone present was well aware of this, but they couldn't admit it out loud. Doing so would immediately put them at a disadvantage.

"Hmph! Enough nonsense!"

"Chu Qingyun, how do you plan to settle this?"

After that ninth-level Martial Spirit stepped back, another one came forward.

"Settle it? What do you mean?" Chu Qingyun asked.

'I've never been worried about this,' Chu Qingyun thought.

'They don't have a shred of evidence.'

'Before I came back, I threw away all the sect Tokens.'

'As long as I deny it to my dying breath, what can they do to me, no matter how wild their stories get?'

'Besides, anyone with a brain could guess what really happened. They tried to hunt me in the Molten Rock District, failed, and I used the Fire Poison District to turn the tables on them.'

'They're just borrowing the tiger's might,' Chu Qingyun concluded. 'Trying to use the threat of Elder Huang's status and power as an Outer Elder to force me to submit!'

"You have two paths. First, we settle this privately. You compensate us for the loss of our friends and brothers."

"Second, we settle this officially. We'll go to the Outer Sect Elders and have you charged with the crime of murdering your fellow disciples. With dozens of witnesses, there's no way you can escape!" the man continued.

Hearing this, Chu Qingyun couldn't help but let out a cold, mocking sneer.

'So the fox finally shows its tail.'

'Settle privately?'

'To put it bluntly, they're still just after my Saint Extreme Points.'

"And how would we settle this privately?" Chu Qingyun asked coolly.

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