The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 944 The Reason for Not Killing

Southern Continent Pilgrimage City.

Let's move forward a little.

Qian'er led the Zhong family members on a small thunder boat, and after more than a year, they finally arrived at the Southern Continent Pilgrimage City.

After taking Lei Zhou in, Qian'er made several inquiries and found the location of the Zijin Prefecture's Pilgrimage City branch, the 'Pilgrimage Tower', the foothold of the Eastern Continent forces.

All the forces in the Eastern Continent were arranged to rest here, and the Yu Lei Sect was no exception.

The location was found, but Qian'er and her group lingered outside for many days, unable to find Shangguan Yun.

Despite explaining to the gatekeeper several times, he simply ignored me.

This is the accommodation arranged by the Zijin Mansion for cultivators from the Eastern Continent. If anything goes wrong, it will be a disgrace to the Zijin Mansion of the Southern Continent.

Therefore, these disciples of the Purple Gold Mansion all adhere to the belief that doing less will lead to fewer mistakes, and doing nothing will result in fewer mistakes.

Since they're here to find someone, they should just wait. They're not willing to run errands for others, especially not to see the sect leader of the Yu Lei Sect.

Because of Pan Chengfeng's reputation, people in Dongzhou tend to be somewhat wary of the Zhong family and give them some face.

But this is the Southern Continent, and which of these low- to mid-level cultivators knows Pan Chengfeng?

Upon learning that it was a small, unknown family, they became even less willing to relay your message.

If they went to the sect leader of the Thunder Control Sect for a little benefit, the sect leader might just displease them, and the Purple Gold Palace could cripple the cultivation of these guard disciples.

Qian'er herself did not expect that she could see Shangguan Yun when she went to Yu Lei Sect, but she could not see him here.

Today, Qian'er brought the Zhong family to the Pilgrimage Tower again.

Last night they discussed it and decided to make a commotion, hoping that some cultivators from the Thunder Control Sect would notice this place.

Although it was risky, Qian'er couldn't wait any longer. It was something worth hundreds of billions of crystal beads. Although the Zhong family had made a lot of money over the years, they couldn't afford to suffer such a huge loss.

The group of four had Qian'er walking in front, followed by Hong Renjie, Zhou Ru, and Qing'er.

With light steps, Qian'er gracefully arrived at the gate of the Pilgrimage Tower and bowed to the four Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the gate, saying, "I am Li Qian'er, the head of the Zhong family in the Eastern Continent. I have something to say to Sect Master Shangguan of the Thunder Control Sect. Please inform him on my behalf."

"Why is it you again?" The leading gatekeeper frowned and said, "We've said it several times already, we can't even see Sect Master Shangguan of the Thunder Control Sect. You should leave now."

Suppressing her anger, Qian'er took out a storage ring and said politely, "I have something very important to do. I must see Sect Leader Shangguan today. Please do me a favor."

As he spoke, he handed the storage ring to the leading cultivator.

The leading cultivator was at the late Nascent Soul stage and was a connoisseur; he immediately recognized that the storage ring was a high-grade item.

Just as I was about to reach out to take it, a cough came from behind me: "Cough cough, what are you doing?"

The gatekeeper, who had only extended his hand halfway, hurriedly turned around and bowed, saying, "Steward Liu, these people are here to see Sect Master Shangguan of the Yu Lei Sect."

Deacon Liu is an outer gate deacon of the Purple Gold Mansion, with a cultivation level of the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm, and is also the head of the gate guards this time.

Deacon Liu naturally recognized Qian'er and the others. Qian'er had come several times in the past few days, and he had given them gifts on the previous occasions, but they were always in storage bags.

How big is the storage bag? How many crystal beads can it hold? How could it possibly catch the eye of this Void Refinement cultivator?

But this time it was actually a high-level storage ring. Even the smallest high-level storage ring has a space of 500 cubic meters, which shows that Qian'er really went all out this time.

Although Deacon Liu wasn't at the door, his divine sense had been wandering nearby. As soon as he saw Qian'er take out this valuable storage ring, he immediately ran out.

Deacon Liu took a few steps forward, looked the Zhong family members up and down, especially Qian'er, and after a while, said, "Are you looking for the Sect Master of the Thunder Control Sect?"

Qian'er was secretly delighted and hurriedly handed the storage ring to Steward Liu, saying, "Yes, we have something very important to discuss with Sect Master Shangguan. Please do us a favor."

Steward Liu calmly put away his storage ring, turned around, and said, "Just wait."

The moment he put the ring away, Deacon Liu probed it with his divine sense, nearly losing his footing. He was secretly overjoyed, exclaiming, "Ten million high-grade crystal beads!! How can the Zhong family be so wealthy?!"

Seeing that Steward Liu had taken the things and left, Qian'er was quite dissatisfied. She called out softly, "Steward Liu, could you please inform me as soon as possible? My matter is really urgent."

Deacon Liu paused, turned to the side and said, "I will inform Sect Master Shangguan when I encounter him. You can wait outside."

Qian'er's pretty face darkened as she said, "In that case, please return the storage ring to me, Steward Liu. I will find a way to resolve this myself."

It was obvious they wanted to embezzle the crystal beads; how could Qian'er not understand? But that was exactly what Qian'er wanted.

Last night, they discussed it and concluded that the gatekeepers must really not be able to see Shangguan Yun, otherwise they wouldn't have refused the benefits offered by the Zhong family.

Just by passing on a message, one can earn 100,000 high-grade crystal beads; even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot resist such a temptation.

When Deacon Liu heard that Qian'er wanted to take back the storage ring, he sneered, "What storage ring? Don't be ridiculous, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Qian'er's pretty face darkened as she said, "Ten million high-grade crystal beads, does Deacon Liu intend to just swallow them like this?!"

"What?! Ten million crystal beads?!" Deacon Liu realized something was wrong and hurriedly shouted, "Are you all dead?! Get them out of here right now!"

Several Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the gate flashed in front of Qian'er, blocking her way with menacing expressions, and said, "Get out of here! Or your lives will be in danger!"

"How dare you be disrespectful to the patriarch!"

Hong Renjie's black shadow flashed, and his internal magic power erupted, directly blasting away several Nascent Soul cultivators. He coldly said, "The patriarch is the Daoist partner of Pan Chengfeng, the scion of the Thunder Control Sect. Do you all want to die?!"

"Peak Refinement stage cultivators?!" Deacon Liu frowned and said, "What kind of bullshit Daoist partners are you? If you don't get out of here, I'll make sure you stay here forever!"

For ten million high-grade crystal beads, Steward Liu was going all out. Although the other party's cultivation was much higher than his, this was the territory of the Purple Gold Mansion!

Upon hearing this, Qian'er coldly replied, "Give me back my things, and I will leave immediately."

Deacon Liu roared in fury, "When did I ever take anything from you? If you dare to spout nonsense again, I'll call the enforcement team!"

Qian'er retorted without backing down an inch, "Then call them over! I'd like to see just how shameless the cultivators of the Purple Gold Mansion really are!!"

"How dare you!!" Deacon Liu's face changed drastically, and he shouted angrily, "How dare you slander my Purple Gold Manor!! Seize her!!"

As soon as they finished speaking, several Nascent Soul cultivators immediately took action. Qian'er frowned and asked, "Why isn't anyone coming yet?"

Things were developing in a direction that Qian'er didn't want to see.

Her outburst at the entrance was clearly intended to attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Purple Gold Mansion, or to be seen by the cultivators of the Thunder Control Sect.

They had been making a scene at the door for fifteen minutes, and it looked like they were about to start a fight, but no one paid any attention.

Qian'er didn't want things to escalate beyond control, so she could only send a telepathic message to Hong Renjie: "Don't hurt anyone."

Hong Renjie nodded slightly, and as soon as he released his inner pressure, the four Nascent Soul cultivators who were still forming hand seals were immediately pressed to the ground.

Even Steward Liu was so intimidated by Hong Renjie's imposing presence that he couldn't straighten his back.

Deacon Liu roared, "How dare you make a move on the territory of the Purple Gold Mansion!! You're all dead, all dead!!"

"Old man! You started it!" Hong Renjie strode towards Deacon Liu, looking down at him and said, "The Purple Gold Mansion is going too far!"

As she was about to give Steward Liu a big slap, she raised her hand and her whole body trembled. Qian'er hurriedly bowed and said, "Li Qian'er, the head of the Zhong family of Dongzhou, greets Your Excellency."

The cultivators of the Purple Gold Palace hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Palace Master Liu!"

The newcomer made no move and released no pressure whatsoever; he simply stood there quietly.

He stared expressionlessly at Hong Renjie, who was raising his hand to strike Deacon Liu.

Hong Renjie trembled all over, sweat poured down his back, and his face grew paler and paler. Finally, with a "pfft," he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Qian'er hurriedly cried out, "Please, sir, have mercy!! I was the one who instigated everything, please spare my guards!"

Give me a reason not to kill.