MTLNOVEL Chapter 890 - 891: He Fled With a Huge Debt
Chapter 890: Chapter 891: He Fled With a Huge Debt
Atop the Eleventh Peak, within a certain cave dwelling.
A young man in white robes flushed a deep red, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
In the past few days, he had been communicating with the ancient bronze sword, and to his delight, he discovered that this ancient sword was not merely sentient. It could even write characters on the ground to communicate with humans. From the bronze sword, he learned about the existence of various Sword Intents and acquired many sword techniques.
But just moments ago, as he was preparing to deeply comprehend the Sunset Sword Evocation, the bronze sword suddenly drifted away, flying towards the outside world.
At first, he thought the ancient sword had discovered something and intended to point it out to him, so he happily followed it outside. However, once outside, he found that the sword flew straight to the Second Peak without deviation, unstoppable by any barrier, and went directly into the Sect Master Hall.
Clearly, it was that scoundrel Li Xiaobai’s doing, taking back the ancient sword not long after selling it!
“I spent a whole million top-grade Immortal Stones to buy this ancient sword, and just like that, it runs off before my very eyes? That Li Xiaobai is simply too bullying, what does he take me for?”
“Damn you, Li Xiaobai, I will never coexist with you in peace!”
“Today, you will die!”
The young man’s face twisted fiercely as he got up and rushed toward the Second Peak. Today, he was determined to cripple that arrogant and rampant bastard. Just thinking about that face made him furious.
Everyone knew that to buy the bronze sword, he had even borrowed heavily from several junior brothers, and he was still carrying a huge debt that had yet to be repaid. Now the sword had just flown away before his eyes?
How much more could they look down on him?
Did they really think that just because they became the Peak Master and rebuilt the Second Peak, they could act recklessly and without fear?
The same thing was happening at various peaks.
At each peak, all the cultivators who had bought ancient swords from Li Xiaobai looked as if their parents had died, their faces ashen and their eyes filled with endless rage.
Over a hundred core disciples watched with wide eyes as the ancient swords they had spent a fortune to acquire flew into the Sect Master Hall of the Second Peak, feeling immense pain in their hearts.
“Damn it, the Peak Master of the Second Peak, he took the swords back, didn’t he?”
“No way, no way, Brother Li is so benevolent. He wouldn’t have really started to swindle people, would he?”
“Brother, the truth is right before our eyes, this guy is one day’s pit. He’s changed; he’s no longer the adorable youth he once was!”
“Damn it, I bankrupted myself to buy that ancient sword, and it’s gone just like that?”
“The most infuriating part is that it ran off right before my eyes, even circling around me once. I was wondering what it meant!”
“Enough talk, let’s go to the Second Peak and seek justice from that Peak Master!”
At the same time.
At the First Peak, inside the Sect Master Hall.
Elder Ying Diao, seated cross-legged on the high throne, slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of foul air.
“Soon, having absorbed tens of thousands of cultivators and an old fellow at the Half-Saint Realm, I am infinitely close to that realm. I only need a bit more external force to assist me in breaking through to the Saint Realm cultivation level. The Magma Sword Evocation from the Huo Yun Sword is powerful, and perfectly suited for me to comprehend and use to assist in my breakthrough!”
Ying Diao murmured to himself, a relief-filled smile appearing on his wooden face. After so many years, he had finally come to this point, where he had the opportunity to stand at the same height as his predecessors.
Yet when he turned his gaze to the center of the hall, he suddenly stiffened.
He had drawn a Formation at the center of the hall to gather Immortal Yuan Power for the Huo Yun Sword to aid in its recovery and cultivation, but at this moment, the Formation was utterly empty, without a trace of anything.
The Huo Yun Sword was missing!
And at that moment, the sounds of disturbance from outside reached his ears.
“What’s going on?”
Ying Diao left the First Peak, only to see that nearly a thousand cultivators had gathered at the base of the Second Peak. All of them were there to denounce Li Xiaobai; today many elite disciples from the core of various sects had been tricked. They were seizing the opportunity to settle old scores as well.
“What is going on here? As disciples of our sect, how can you act like this towards a Peak Master? Do you no longer regard our sect’s rules and laws?”
Ying Diao stopped a group of disciples, speaking sternly. He had just rebuilt the Second Peak a few days ago, and now the disciples were making trouble. Wasn’t this openly showing a lack of respect for him as a Sect Master?
“And Elder Sun, Elder Yang, Elder Wang, why are you also causing a commotion? If you have objections to the Sect Master’s decisions, you could directly come to the Sect Master Hall to discuss them. Why make things difficult for Sect Master Li?”
Among the crowd, he was surprised to find several core elders present, his brows furrowed slightly, sensing something odd about the situation.
“Sect Master, that Li Xiaobai guy is totally unreliable. The ancient swords that we bought, all of them were taken back by him. Dammit, selling those swords was a scam; they obeyed him, only pretended to follow us cultivators for a few days, then all flew back into his hands!”
“Sect Master, you should check if your Huo Yun Sword has been lost!”
Elder Sun reminded him.
No sooner had the words been spoken than everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and when they looked again, Ying Diao had disappeared without a trace.
“Holy shit, even the Sect Master got conned!”
“What are we waiting for? Hurry up the mountain, flatten his Peak Master Hall! With the Sect Master backing us, what is there to fear?”
The elders and disciples paused for a second then suddenly exploded into action, surging forward and charging directly into the Second Peak. Li Xiaobai was audacious beyond belief, not only cheating the sect disciples but even daring to deceive the Sect Master and the elders. To know, for the purchase of that Ice Essence Sword from him, one of the elders had spent a full million top-grade Immortal Stones.
The Sect Master had even used great effort to reconstruct the Second Peak. With this move, Li Xiaobai had incurred astronomical debts.
A few breaths later.
At the Second Peak, inside the Peak Master Hall, it was empty, with only the bathhouse’s pool still emitting steaming vapor.
“Where is Li Xiaobai?”
Ying Diao found Chen Yuan and Li Chen to ask, his voice very calm, but those who listened closely could detect a slight tremble.
“Reporting to the Sect Master, just now the Enforcement Team sent a task, and Brother Li has already departed to the Western Continent to capture the Buddhist Sect’s renegade Jiumozhi.”
“Brother Li said, ‘The greatest act of chivalry is to serve the nation and the people.’ All of this is his duty. The Sect Master need not worry too much. This disciple believes Brother Li will surely return in triumph!”
Chen Yuan stood tall and proud, speaking with great pride.
Brother Li’s effort for the wellbeing of the world made him feel honored.
Li Chen also nodded repeatedly, strongly agreeing.
“He ran away?”
The expressions on the disciples’ faces were somewhat blank, and as they looked at the smiling faces of the two disciples before them, they read two words: fled!
“Holy shit, this guy ran away with a massive debt!”
“Damn it, I knew from the start he wasn’t a good person. This guy is really a scam master!”
The crowd boiled over as if a pot had exploded; they were a step too late, as the person in question had already fled first, even crossing oceans to the Western Continent.
“Who is the strongest Earth Immortal in the sect? Let them open the Starry Sky Battlefield and capture that villain!”
Ying Diao looked around at everyone, commanding in a stern voice.
“Reporting to the Sect Master, Brother Li is a genius unmatched in his generation. We are no match for him,”
The disciples said with some shame, lowering their heads. To be fair, Li Xiaobai being unbeatable in the same realm was a fact, and no one dared to touch this hot potato.
Upon hearing these words, Ying Diao felt his heart cool by half. He looked up to the sky and heaved a long sigh: “This scoundrel has misguided me!”