Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor

At this moment, Ding Ku's leader, who was trapped in the Medicine Field, was spewing curses profanely.

He was as anxious as ants on a hot pan because the longer he remained trapped, the higher the chances his misdeeds would be exposed.

As he was struggling desperately, bumping around, he suddenly saw a flash of light in front of his eyes.

Overjoyed, Ding Ku's leader immediately dashed towards the light.

However, just after darting forward a few dozen meters, he instinctively looked up and saw many figures at the edge of the Medicine Field holding torches.

Ding Ku's leader couldn't help but turn pale with bitterness.

"Damn it, how come there are so many people here?" While cursing inwardly, Ding Ku's leader immediately turned and fled towards the darkness like a rat.

He had to escape under the cover of night today.

Once he got out of the Medicine Field, Ding Ku's leader would have nothing to fear. Afterwards, he could completely deny everything.

With Deacon Tang Ying backing him and Chu Feng's low status, Ding Ku could also leverage his own position to completely suppress Chu Feng.

"To commit theft right under the nose of this Mountain Patrol Envoy and think of escaping?"

"If this thief got away, where would this Mountain Patrol Envoy put his face?"

The Mountain Patrol Envoy who was called upon was an elder, and his status was not low, wearing the garment of the Outer Sect's Guardian. His cultivation was estimated to be that of a One-star Sword God, comparable to Elder Hei and Elder Ge Qing of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.

Generally, Mountain Patrol Envoys are Sword Gods who haven't done well within a Sect.

This is why they are ordered by the Sect to come and inspect Medicine Mountain.

They have to engage in numerous and complicated tasks every day, without subordinates to command.

Apart from needing to patrol and protect the important Spiritual Medicines on Medicine Mountain 24 hours a day, their responsibilities also include registering the growth conditions of those important Spiritual Medicines and inspecting for potential hazards on Medicine Mountain, among other things.

If a Medicine Mountain under surveillance suffered a theft, the Mountain Patrol Envoy would be the first to take responsibility.

So, the work of a Mountain Patrol Envoy, let alone a powerful individual at the level of Sword God, even those at the Sword Saint Level seldom wish to undertake it.

Within the Sect, any Sword God of even slightly higher status has a large number of disciples and Sword Slaves at their command; they don't have to work themselves, and they can simply order their subordinates to purchase the Cultivation Resources they need with just a word.

Elder Hei and Elder Ge Qing, according to the normal proceedings, would definitely not have to deal with such chores. They could at least mix in the Sect and land a mid-level position such as a gate captain.

Even, they might rise to even better positions, such as Acquisition Envoy, supervisor, and so on.

The Mountain Patrol Envoy of Medicine Mountain 106 was called Zhu Hong.

This man was quite old, his hair and beard all white. At such an age, it shows that he has spent many years within the Sect. Even just a bit more wit would not have led to the position of a Mountain Patrol Envoy.

Zhu Hong was not successful in life, and as he aged, it became more hopeless.

Being arranged by the Sect to this position, he was already full of grumbling dissatisfaction. If the Medicine Mountain he was surveilling suffered a theft, he would inevitably be punished and reprimanded.

He harbored a rage in his heart, determined to make this thief pay dearly.

Without a word, Zhu Hong went for heavy-handed tactics right from the start.

Ding Ku, who was merely at Sword Saint Cultivation, was simply no match in front of Zhu Hong, the One-star Sword God. He had no power to resist and was pinned to the ground.

Crack, crack!

The sound of bones dislocating could be heard.

"Ah, ah..." The screams of Ding Ku's leader grew higher and higher.

His arms had already been dismembered by the Mountain Patrol Envoy Zhu Hong.

In agony, beads of cold sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, and his complexion turned deathly pale. At this moment, he was pinned to the ground by the Mountain Patrol Envoy Zhu Hong, his face pressed against the mud, the picture of utter disarray.

"You thief, daring to steal medicinal herbs from the Medicine Field no. 106 under my watch, today I shall not let you live!" Envoy Zhu Hong, despite his advanced age, had lost none of his fiery temperament.

If his temper hadn't been so explosive, angering the upper echelons of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, he would never have been relegated here to serve as the Medicine Mountain's Mountain Patrol Envoy.

"Bring a torch here, I want to see exactly what this thief looks like. Does he have three heads and six arms, or has he consumed the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?" A fierce shout rang out, and someone immediately brought a torch over, illuminating the thief on the ground.

"Ouch, ouch... Lord Zhu, please, be gentle... I am not a thief, I am the small leader Ding Ku here!"

Under the glow of the torch, as Ding Ku's leader wailed, he also pleaded pitifully.

Thanks to the torchlight, everyone finally saw the true face of this thief; with a sly and treacherous countenance, it was indeed Ding Ku's leader.

But at this moment, Ding Ku's leader, with dirt on his face and bits of medicinal herb leaves in his hair, and with his clothes torn, was in a state of extreme discomfiture.

"Ding Ku, what were you sneaking into Chu Feng's Medicine Field for?"

After recognizing it was Ding Ku, the Mountain Patrol Envoy released him, although the arms that had been dismembered were not reattached. They just dangled limply, hanging off the shoulders of Ding Ku's leader.

"Cough... I was, of course, just coming to inspect the Medicine Field under my charge, to check on the growth of the medicinal herbs," Ding Ku's leader, ever articulate, spoke with a glib tongue.

Of course, he would not admit to his own crimes.

Chu Feng, holding a torch, saw that his own Medicine Field had been devastated beyond recognition. All those thriving medicinal herbs had been wrecked.

Fury surged in his heart.

This damned Ding Ku, creating trouble was bad enough. Seeing that he couldn't trouble him further, he had actually acted to frame him.

Man can endure much, but even patience has its limits.

"Inspecting our Medicine Field? It could have been done in broad daylight. Sneaking around at night, diverting my attention, was that really to inspect the Medicine Field?"

"These herbs, which I have painstakingly cultivated, have all been laid to waste by your 'inspection.' I suggest that the Mountain Patrol Envoy 'inspect' Ding Ku as well, at least to make him like my medicinal herbs, in order to satisfy the public."

Chu Feng's words were not only sharp but also tinged with humor.

The onlookers couldn't help but roar with laughter upon hearing this, and they were also indignant at Ding Ku leader's base conduct.

Such an incident would be a disaster for anyone upon whom it fell.

Now, it was Chu Feng who had been harmed by Ding Ku's leader. In the future, it might be anyone present.

"This matter cannot be tolerated with leniency; it must be punished severely, otherwise it would not suffice to quell the public's anger! All of us, the Medicine Farmers, our laboriously cultivated medicinal herbs, just to be wantonly trashed. Who would accept that?"

Chu Feng raised his voice and cried out sharply once again.

"Support Chu Feng! He must be punished severely!"

No one knew who shouted out, but perhaps emboldened by the cover of night, the Medicine Farmers were particularly bold.

The grievousness of the matter also roused a sense of collective outrage among the people.

"All of you shut up, or I'll take your lives!" Ding Ku's leader, shaking with authority, viciously threatened his subordinates.

This group included people from the nearby Mountain Areas as well.

Zhang Dabing and the others feared Ding Ku's leader's retaliation, but the people from other Mountain Areas were not afraid.