Chapter 24: Wasn’t as Valuable Anymore

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ji Roufeng remained silent the entire time.

She had watched helplessly when Xu Lingjun was attacked by that demonic beast just now. Her heart was on the verge of breaking, and she wished that she could cast a forbidden spell and risk her life to save him.

However, what happened next shocked her so much that she didn’t even have the thought of going forward to save him.

She was a little afraid that if she went forward to save him, she would be beaten to death by him as well. After all, at that time, Xu Lingjun had already transformed into a berserker.

Although the combat strength he displayed was still far inferior to hers, she did not think that the small toothpick in her hand would be able to pierce through his body that could even break the bone-splitting lizard’s teeth.

On the other side of the virtual reality imaging device, the people in the Riyueming Sect were deathly silent.

“Can any of you… Do it?” Mingri was silent for a while before he asked.

A mere bone-splitting lizard was something they could kill with one finger. They didn’t need to take it seriously at all.

In fact, even their disciples, Ji Roufeng and Zhang Ziqian, had a great chance to kill the bone-splitting lizard if they joined hands.

But what had they just seen?

It wasn’t as simple as killing a demonic beast… The brat had fought physically with the demonic beast and won!

What nonsense was that?

“Senior brother, are you referring to the scenario where one relies only on the defensive power of one’s physical body to block the bone-splitting lizard’s bite without any true qi protecting oneself, and even knocking out two of its big teeth?” Another elder retold the whole scene again. His gaze lingered on the shallow wounds on Xu Lingjun’s body. Xu Lingjun hadn’t been able to be unscathed, after all, his skin had been scraped. The beast’s big teeth had stuck into his flesh after piercing through his skin and had thus broken when it shook its head left and right.

Sect Master Mingri nodded seriously and said, “Yes, that’s it.”

“Don’t joke around. How thick does one’s skin have to be? No matter how much we cultivate, we are just flesh and blood. How is this possible?” After saying that, even the elder felt that the whole matter was absurd.

However, looking at Xu Lingjun on the other end of the device, his voice became softer and softer. He had seen it with his eyes. Otherwise, even if these words were said by the sect master, his senior brother, he would have laughed and ridiculed him.

“He seems to have broken through,” Liu Peiyun’s gaze lingered on Xu Lingjun’s upper body, which was revealed after his shirt was torn.

His skin was fair and clean, and his muscles streamlined. He did not seem to be too buff nor was he too thin. Instead, he was extremely beautiful, and was very much in line with the human aesthetic standards!

It was hard to imagine that a man’s body could be so beautiful.

Was this child the Xu Lingjun that Feng’er had mentioned to let him join the sect?

Liu Peiyun suddenly understood why her disciple had that kind of thought…

In fact, at this moment, she suddenly felt a little regretful.

Although Mount Yunxia was filled with female disciples, if they were to make an exception once in a while, even those disciples who were extremely against men entering Mount Yunxia would raise their hands and feet in agreement.

Ahem… Raising one’s hands was enough. Lying on the ground and raising one’s feet was too indecent.

She shook her head and stared at Xu Lingjun for a long time before she said as if she had just woken up from a dream, “He seemed to have broken through to the Qi-gathering Tier just now.”

“Yes, between life and death…” Halfway through his words, Mingri seemed to feel that such words were not quite appropriate.

Such words were suitable for the bone-splitting lizard, but not so much for this kid… However, in this situation, he really did not know how to describe it.

He could only sigh, “In any case, he encountered a crisis, which aroused his desire to live. He didn’t just sit there and do nothing… Instead, he rose up and resisted. He seemed to be afraid, but that was just an instinctive reaction of humans when they first encountered a crisis. However, to be able to unleash such power under extreme fear and use it to break through, this kid’s aptitude is extremely good.”

His gaze landed on the five disciples.

He instantly felt that these disciples were not as valuable.

“Feng’er… Feng’er… Feng’er?!” He called out a few times in succession.

Only then did Ji Roufeng come to her senses. Her gaze hurriedly left Xu Lingjun’s body as she said apologetically to Mingri, “I’m sorry, sect master. I was… stunned just now.”

“Hm, it’s normal to be stunned. After all, for him to have such ability even before he’s in the Qi-gathering Tier, with such a foundation, if he is properly groomed, he will probably be a peerless expert in the Origin-returning Tier in the future!” Mingri said calmly, “I didn’t expect such a thing to happen. Feng’er, check that luggage.”

“Yes!” Hearing that, Ji Roufeng walked towards the box.

“No, that’s my personal belonging. There are intimates in it… You can’t open it,” When Liu Yun, who was still in shock, saw Ji Ruofeng walking towards her luggage, she hurriedly cried out, wanting to protect the luggage.

“Ziqian, hold her back,” Ji Roufeng ordered, and Zhang Ziqian immediately controlled Liu Yun.

There was a three-digit password on the luggage, but it was still a suitcase. Ji Roufeng only shook it slightly, and the luggage immediately broke open.

Inside, there were all kinds of colorful underwear and bras scattered all over.

However, in the middle of the lingerie, an egg about the size of a football was lying quietly inside.

Seeing that the egg was exposed in front of everyone’s eyes, Liu Yun’s eyes flashed with despair, and she fell to her knees powerlessly.

“It seems that the truth is clear,” Mingri said calmly, “During the sect assessment, Liu Yun had accidentally stumbled upon the bone-splitting lizard’s egg in the outer region. The value of a demonic beast’s egg is naturally very high, so she secretly brought it back. Hmm… There wasn’t any surveillance back then, and you had only monitored their voices. If she didn’t make any noise, it was a given no one would know about this.”

“To get their egg back, the bone-splitting lizards hid under our car and sneaked into Qingzhou City,” Zhou Qing suddenly came to a realization. “When we were in the car, everyone was stained by the egg’s aura. They didn’t know where the egg was, so they could only attack those who were stained by the egg’s aura. Therefore, everyone became the target of the bone-splitting lizard.”

“I didn’t do it on purpose,” Liu Yun kneeled on the ground and covered her face as she cried bitterly, “I just happened to see the egg and realized that no one was protecting it, so I thought of getting myself a companion demonic beast. I really didn’t expect that someone would die because of it.”

Guo Xu asked sternly, “Then why didn’t you say anything when Wei Hua died?”

Liu Yun said with tears in her eyes, “I… I didn’t dare to say it. Wei Hua’s aunt will target my family if she knows. When that happens, they won’t have a good ending.”

Zhou Qing said angrily, “That’s why Wang Jian died unjustly!”

He couldn’t help but want to reach out and hit Liu Yun, but seeing Liu Yun’s cowardly look, he angrily put down his hand and said, “Call the police. Ask the Armed Police Department to handle this matter.”

At this point, the truth was finally revealed.

It turned out that the two bone-splitting lizards had entered the human world just to find their eggs.

However, after tasting human flesh, their dependence on human flesh had formed. To the humans, this was an undeserved disaster.

But to the lizards, wasn’t it also an undeserved disaster?

Looking at the dead bone-splitting lizard that was lying on the ground with its eyes wide open, everyone couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts. Indeed, it was an undeserved disaster.

Mingri also sighed faintly, he said, “This is the misfortune of our sect. Although Liu Yun has yet to officially join our sect, she came up with the idea of getting a companion spiritual beast to obtain more resources within the sect. Our sect has unshirkable responsible for this matter. How about this, tomorrow I will personally come to Qingzhou City to discuss the issue of Liu Yun’s punishment!”

Discussion?

Was there even a need for discussion?

The elders looked at Mingri with surprise. They thought to themselves that they could just chase her out of the sect. They didn’t care if she was killed or cut into pieces.

After all, the sect hadn’t put in any effort for her, so they wouldn’t feel bad even if she died.

Why did the sect master have to make this trip?

However, when they saw Mingri’s bright eyes staring at Xu Lingjun who had slowly recovered and was hugging Wang Qingya while they supported each other as they stood up, they suddenly understood what his intentions were.

Indeed, if not for the sudden occurrence of this matter, the Riyueming Sect would’ve brushed past such a rare treasure..