"Liu Yingjie!" Master Tinglan looked at Liu Yingjie in disbelief.
His voice boomed like thunder, making the beams and pillars of the hall tremble. "What's going on?!"
Liu Yingjie fell to his knees with a thud, his lips trembling but unable to utter a single word.
Wei Ji frowned, sensing the strange atmosphere in the hall, and couldn't help but ask, "Sect Leader, what's going on...?"
Master Tinglan's face was ashen. He pointed at Liu Yingjie, who was kneeling and trembling: "Let him speak for himself!"
Liu Yingjie pressed his forehead to the ground, trembling violently: "I...I..."
"Senior Uncle Wei, Senior Brother Liu said you're all dead!" a young disciple couldn't help but interject. "He said you were besieged by demonic beasts in the First Line of Heaven, and a large number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators also came..."
Upon hearing this, Wei Ji's eyes flashed with a cold light. He slowly walked towards Liu Yingjie, each step feeling like a blow to the other's heart: "So that's how it is... I was just thinking how nice it would have been if we had received your notification when we were at the Dao Source Tree... Those Nascent Soul cultivators arrived far too quickly, completely catching us off guard. I thought you were hiding and hadn't seen them, but I never imagined you actually saw them!"
He leaned down, his voice as cold as ice: "It's one thing for you few to desert in the face of battle, but when you encountered other Nascent Soul stage cultivators on the way, you didn't even issue a warning?"
Everyone stared at Liu Yingjie and his group in disbelief.
I never imagined that they didn't just survive by sheer luck, but actually deserted in the face of battle!
Liu Yingjie suddenly looked up, his face deathly pale: "No...no, we just thought you were all dead, that's why we didn't do that..."
"Enough!" Master Tinglan roared, flicking his sleeve and sending Liu Yingjie sprawling to the ground with a burst of spiritual energy. "The communication talisman is on you. It shouldn't be difficult for you to contact anyone, right? If I hadn't trusted you so much just now, I wouldn't have assumed everyone was dead!"
The disciples inside the hall erupted in uproar, with one shouting angrily, "We almost had to mourn for three days because of you, you coward!"
"What's even more infuriating," Wei Ji added coldly, "is that if it weren't for Senior Bai's extraordinary abilities, we would probably have died at the hands of those Nascent Soul cultivators. And you... you clearly had the opportunity to notify us."
Liu Yingjie's face turned ashen, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Guards!" Master Tinglan ordered sternly, "Take Liu Yingjie to the Cliff of Repentance. I will inform the Supreme Elder before making further decisions!"
Two disciples stepped forward and roughly lifted Liu Yingjie up. As he passed Wei Ji, he suddenly struggled and cried out, "Elder Wei! I know I was wrong! Please, for my master's sake..."
Wei Ji turned around expressionlessly: "If your master were alive, he would probably personally cleanse the sect."
With Liu Yingjie being dragged away, the atmosphere inside the hall finally eased.
Master Tinglan breathed a sigh of relief, patted Wei Ji on the shoulder, and said, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back! This must have been extremely dangerous, right? Thank goodness for Fairy Bai..." He then looked around, "Huh, where's Fairy Bai?"
Wei Ji cupped his hands in greeting and replied, "Fairy Bai has to leave first due to urgent matters."
"Alright, you should all go back and get some rest..." Before Master Tinglan could finish speaking, Wei Ji suddenly interrupted him.
"Senior Brother Sect Leader, why don't you ask me if I've picked the Dao Source Fruit yet?"
A sly glint flashed in Wei Ji's eyes.
Master Tinglan froze, almost thinking he had misheard. The disciples in the hall also gasped, their eyes widening in shock.
"What...what did you say?"
Master Tinglan's voice trembled, "Under those circumstances, you were still able to obtain the Dao Source Fruit..."
After all, he had just heard Wei Ji say that when they arrived at the Dao Source Tree, there were also Nascent Soul stage cultivators there!
Wei Ji smiled mysteriously and slowly took out a crystal-clear Dao Source Fruit from his robes. The surface of the fruit shimmered with seven-colored light, and a rich spiritual energy instantly filled the entire hall.
"This..." Master Tinglan's hands trembled as he accepted the Dao Source Fruit, tears streaming down his face. "Good! Excellent!"
He thought it was already a stroke of luck that Wei Ji was able to bring back one, since according to the agreement, he and Bai Ying were to split the profits 50/50.
In other words, they actually managed to obtain two Dao Source Fruits. This is simply unbelievable!
However, just as Tinglan Zhenren was overjoyed, Wei Ji slowly took out a second Dao Source Fruit from his sleeve!
"Two...two?!" Master Tinglan almost bit his tongue, his voice even changed tone, and the whisk in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".
Wei Ji smiled without saying a word, and amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, he slowly took out the third crystal-clear Dao Source Fruit. The seven-colored light flowing across the surface of the fruit illuminated the entire hall in a dreamlike manner.
The hall fell silent instantly; everyone held their breath.
Master Tinglan's legs went weak, and he had to hold onto the dragon pillar beside him to barely stand.
Master Tinglan's voice trembled, "How did you do that? You actually managed to retrieve three!"
"Who said there were only three!" Wei Ji's lips curled up slightly, and to everyone's disbelief, he took out a fourth Dao Source Fruit!
Master Tinglan was completely speechless.
He reached out his hand, trembling, but dared not touch it, fearing that it was all an illusion.
The disciples inside the hall were dumbfounded, some pinching their thighs hard, wondering if they were dreaming.
"Four...four?" Master Tinglan's voice trembled. "You picked eight fruits in total? How is that possible?"
To everyone's surprise, Wei Ji shook his head and, to everyone's astonishment, slowly took out the fifth Dao Source Fruit!
"Sect Leader," Wei Ji finally spoke, his voice filled with pride, "we picked a total of ten Dao Source Fruits. As agreed, Fairy Bai took five, and the rest are here."
"Ten?!" Master Tinglan staggered; this number far exceeded his wildest imagination. A single Dao Source Tree can only bear a maximum of ten fruits, which means...
"You...you've picked all the fruit off the entire Dao Source Tree!" Master Tinglan exclaimed in disbelief.
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