Chapter 8 Since the Buddha's teachings have failed to persuade you all, then I will only…

“You don’t need to talk to them anymore,” Shen Zhengyuan said calmly. “They’re just giving us their things; we have enough shelter.”

Shen Zhengyuan seemed unaffected by the matter, clearly having anticipated this day would come.

Based on her understanding of Shen Zhengyuan, he must be thinking of putting this matter aside for now and handing the items over to them temporarily.

Once his spiritual veins are repaired, he will naturally have plenty of ways to take back what he should have stolen and avenge what he should have avenged.

Just by looking at how he quietly scanned everyone across from her while she was speaking, it was clear that he was memorizing their faces, waiting to take revenge on them one by one later.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered a rumor she had heard about Shen Zhengyuan before.

According to legend, before rebuilding the cultivation world, Shen Zhengyuan had gone into seclusion in the Snowy Mountain. However, upon emerging from seclusion, he seemed to have suffered a qi deviation. After leaving the Snowy Mountain, he took the lives of more than four hundred people and plundered countless magical treasures and secret techniques within just three days.

Now it seems that if the rumor is true, Shen Zhengyuan was not robbing others, but taking back his own things. It is clear that when he was alone, he handed over those things to save his life.

The rumored four hundred or so people were likely those who took those secret techniques and magical treasures. After all, the magical cultivation world had accumulated a considerable amount of things over millions of years. After these people took them, they would inevitably either sell them or give them away. Gradually, the number of people involved increased.

Shen Zhengyuan wasn't one to investigate whether the person who took the items knew about it. He only cared about revenge and killing; whoever took those items deserved to die.

Back then, when Shen Zhengyuan was all alone, he didn't even have a protective magic treasure. Even though he had a house to stay in, he only had one dilapidated house. How did he survive on the Snowy Mountain?

How did they find the thousand-year-old snow lotus?

At that time, he was all alone, with no one to talk to. What was his mindset when he dragged his seriously injured body up the snowy mountain?

He must have felt desperate when he realized that no one could stand by his side.

Thinking about these things, Li Chenjin's heart couldn't help but become irritable, and a hint of impatience appeared on his face. "I won't let him give you these things. But I'm easy to talk to. As long as you have the ability to snatch them, then they're yours."

"You sickly brat, not only do you talk too much, but you also have quite the big mouth!" One of them scoffed, his eyes filled with arrogance and contempt as he looked at her, as if he were looking at an insignificant ant. "Since you're so eager to be beaten, then I'll let you taste what it's like to be beaten. Remember to be less arrogant in the future!"

Shen Zhengyuan frowned and stepped in front of her, but she grabbed his shoulder and pulled him behind her.

Their actions were like two frail chicks trying to shield each other from an eagle that was about to devour them, which made the dozen or so people laugh, including the person who was about to teach her a lesson.

Those people clearly didn't take them seriously, nor did they care about Li Chenjin's life. They just let that person swing the meteor hammer towards Li Chenjin. If it accidentally hit her, it would not only teach her a lesson, but could send her straight to the underworld.

Shen Zhengyuan was almost thrown into the doorway by her blow. After regaining his balance, he was about to forcefully activate his spiritual power when he saw Li Chenjin simply turn slightly to the side and dodge the meteor hammer that the person was throwing.

The man was clearly not expecting her to dodge, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes, as if he had seen a toy that could pique his interest. He laughed and swung his meteor hammer again, smashing it at her one after another.

The people around watched the show quietly, laughing and discussing how many moves the seemingly agile sickly man could dodge. The laughter of the man wielding the meteor hammer grew louder and louder, as if Li Chen was just a very amusing toy in his hands.

Halfway through his laughter, his voice suddenly stopped, accompanied by some strange gurgling sounds, which drew the attention of some people who were looking elsewhere.

When their gazes fell upon the two men, they instantly widened their eyes, their expressions filled with shock, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

The ordinary tree branch in Li Chen's hand suddenly became like a sharp sword, easily piercing the man's throat. The gurgling sound was the sound of blood flowing back from the man's throat.

Before they could react, Li Chen twisted his wrist, raising the branch in his hand. In an instant, the branch seemed to be enveloped by a sharp sword aura, easily splitting the man's head vertically in two from his throat upwards.

The spurting blood, mixed with the contents of his brain, sprayed into the air. With a surge of spiritual energy, it flew several meters away, and the warm, steaming substance sprayed all over their bodies and faces.

Li Chenjin, the instigator, remained calm on the surface. Even after the corpse fell to the ground, she leisurely flicked the branch in her hand, and even pinched the branch with her other hand to touch it, as if she was worried that something had not been shaken off. If you didn't know better, you would think that she was holding some kind of sword...

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A sword?

Suddenly, someone pointed at her and said, "You're from the sword cultivation world?!"

As soon as that person spoke, panic appeared on the faces of the others. "How could this be? How could people from the Dharma Cultivation Realm be involved with people from the Sword Cultivation Realm?!"

"Isn't the damage to the sword cultivator world second only to the magic cultivator world? Weren't all the sword cultivators supposed to be staying in seclusion within the sword cultivator world?!"

"How could a sword cultivator be here?! And her cultivation level... wasn't it said that all the great figures in the sword cultivator world were dead?!"

Listening to their words, Li Chen could roughly understand why the sword cultivation world had been stagnant for hundreds of years after this catastrophe of unknown origin, until it gradually gained fame when she began to remember things.

It turns out that all the great masters of the sword cultivation world have died, leaving only small fry. Moreover, it is said that the secret manuals of the sword cultivation world were severely damaged hundreds of years ago, with 90% of the manuals and sword manuals destroyed. It's as if this catastrophe is targeting both the sword cultivation world and the magic cultivation world. For the time being, it's hard to say which place is more miserable.

Seeing their fearful expressions, Li Chen chuckled and said, "You see, I've said it before, 'misfortune will surely destroy oneself.' I've tried to persuade you with kind words, but you won't listen. Since Buddhist teachings can't change your minds, I'll have no choice but to resort to my fists. Now, is there any cultivator who still wants to argue with me?"

When Li Chenjin's gaze fell upon them, their legs began to tremble uncontrollably. They wanted to run, but dared not move for a moment, fearing that if they moved even slightly, they would be seen as wanting to fight her, and their lives would end there.

After a long while, the same leader took a deep breath and looked at Li Chen, saying, "This, this senior... please calm down, senior. We are just small fry who have only recently entered the cultivation world. If we had known that you were here, we would never have dared to offend you..."

“Senior, it’s all that demon’s fault. Its evil deeds have ravaged the Three Realms. If it weren’t for it, we wouldn’t be here! We are just insignificant figures from small sects. Because of that demon, our sects are gone, and the world is in chaos again. There are plenty of powerful figures who prey on us little people. We just want a share of the cultivation world so that we can live a more peaceful life in the future. We don’t want to fight you to the death. We hope you will spare us…”

Li Chen was admiring the tree branch in his hand when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh, "You were just trying to survive, but so were we. We could have just kept to ourselves, but you insisted on taking this crooked path and stealing other people's treasures. If I don't kill you today, what will you do if you bring people back to attack us?"

The man immediately said, "Please rest assured, senior, we will never bring anyone with us! If you don't believe us, we swear to heaven that you will spare our lives!"

“Letting you go isn’t impossible,” Li Chen said. “How about this, you take out your silver, spiritual medicine, and spiritual herbs as your money to buy your lives. If I think it’s enough, letting you go is no problem. But if I think it’s not enough… then I’m sorry, I’m afraid I’ll have to send you down so you can reunite with your friend and have some tea.”

As soon as Li Chenjin finished speaking, those people immediately took out everything they had. Some even worried that such a small amount of stuff wouldn't be enough to impress her, so they took out their weapons as well, mixing them together in an attempt to buy their own lives.

The Qiankun Bag is complicated to make, and even in the cultivation world, only sect leaders and elders possess it. People like them, who are not disciples of the cultivation world but come from some unknown miscellaneous sects, naturally have no chance of having a Qiankun Bag. Therefore, even after emptying their bodies, they didn't get much out.

Li Chen looked at the small pile of broken silver and spiritual herbs on the ground and found it all quite amusing.

This must be what they originally wanted to exchange with Shen Zhengyuan. Such a small amount of stuff, yet they wanted to buy so many secret techniques and magical artifacts from Shen Zhengyuan. This is not just forced buying and selling, it's blatant robbery.

Seeing that they had indeed taken everything they could, Li Chen let them leave as he had previously instructed.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Shen Zhengyuan, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "No! They can't leave!"

Li Chen was taken aback, then turned to look at Shen Zhengyuan, who said, "Now that they've seen what we look like, they can distribute our portraits everywhere. The number of people coming will only increase..."

"Kill them!"

A note from the author:

Xiao Li: Attempting to influence him.jpg

Xiao Shen: What are you saying? Kill them all!