benefit?
Hearing Jiang Deng's request, Su Heng sneered, "Jiang Deng, I, the Sect Master, am showing you great mercy by not killing you on the spot, yet you are still pushing your luck!"
"A shameless person like you who continues to stay in the Taichu Sword Sect is truly tarnishing the reputation of the number one sword sect in the Ten Realms. If you continue to be the Sect Master, you will completely destroy the thousand-year foundation of our Taichu Sword Sect!"
Su Heng's words were so convincing that if someone didn't know what he had done, they would definitely think that he was a true gentleman and a decent person.
But what is the reality?
Jiang Deng scratched his ear impatiently and retorted nonchalantly, "Hey, hey, hey, I don't deserve it. How can a small-time shameless person like me compete for the title with someone like you who has done such shameless things? After all, I only slightly implicated the Taichu Sword Sect, while you imprisoned the Taichu Sword Sect's ancestor, Elder Xuan."
"...Jiang Deng, you are simply talking nonsense!"
Su Heng was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and quickly retorted, "As the leader of the Taichu Sword Sect, how could I imprison the ancestor of the Taichu Sword Sect? Elder Xuan is just practicing in seclusion in a safe place. There is nothing wrong with his body, and he is not under any control."
"Really?" Jiang Deng stroked his chin and said with interest, "Since you said that Mr. Xuan is fine, then call him out and let us take a few steps."
Hearing Jiang Deng's words, Zhan Ji and Feng Qing, who were standing behind her, also hurriedly said, "Yes, since Elder Xuan is fine, then let him come out and see everyone. Wouldn't that clear your suspicion, Sect Master Su?"
"Su Heng, stop talking nonsense and quickly call out Elder Xuan. Then the truth will be revealed."
"Wait," Zhan Ji seemed to have noticed something, so she raised her voice so that everyone present could hear. "It's such a simple matter, why doesn't Sect Leader Su do it? Could it be... that he really did something bad to Elder Xuan?"
After being instigated by Jiang Deng and others, even the elders and disciples who were originally on the same boat with Su Heng couldn't help but look at Su Heng with a little more suspicion.
Realizing that he would not be able to hide the truth if he did not explain, Su Heng had to explain with a serious face: "This sect leader has just said that the ancestor is in seclusion for cultivation. Such a critical moment cannot be disturbed casually. When his seclusion is over, he will naturally come out, and then everyone will be able to see him."
"Heh, Su Heng, why do you have so many excuses?"
Jiang Deng sneered, "If Master Xuan doesn't come out of seclusion until a thousand years later, can we still wait here for another thousand years?"
Jiang Deng looked Su Heng up and down as he spoke, gazing at him with suspicion. "You always make excuses and refuse to let us see Master Xuan. Could it be that... Master Xuan was killed by you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Taichu Sword Sect was in an uproar.
“Oh my God!”
Everyone present looked at Su Heng, who was in the air, and whispered, "Could it be... that Sect Master Su really killed the ancestor?"
"You know, the ancestor has been guarding the Taichu Sword Sect for thousands of years. But since Sect Master Su came back, we haven't seen the ancestor anymore, nor have we heard any news about him. It's really a bit abnormal."
"No way? No way? Sect Master Su was raised by our ancestor single-handedly. He is like a biological son to us! How could he do something worse than an animal?"
"It must be because the ancestor dismissed Su Heng from the position of sect leader and gave the position to Sect Leader Jiang. Su Heng held a grudge against the ancestor and took advantage of Sect Leader Jiang's absence to come and kill him. Not only did he kill the ancestor to avenge himself, he also took over the Taichu Sword Sect! He is truly vicious!"
…
Except for a small number of people who firmly supported Su Heng, the rest of the people were looking at Su Heng with strange eyes.
Especially Zhan Ji and Feng Qing, they sang in unison to spread rumors, which was even more exciting than the crosstalk in the mortal world.
Hearing the discussions of the crowd, Su Heng's face turned completely gloomy. Although he wanted to get angry at these people, he also realized that it was useless to target them because Jiang Deng was the fuse of all this.
"Jiang Deng, stop changing the subject," Su Heng said calmly, "Even if you find ways to throw dirty water on me, it won't change the fact that you're holding hostages. Release Master Jiang Feng immediately!"
Seeing that the topic had finally returned to her, Jiang Roushui hurriedly shouted for help: "Master, save me!"
"Waste!" Su Heng said with an ugly face, "You are such an old man, and you can't even beat a little girl like Jiang Deng."
"...Haven't you ever fought before?" Jiang Roushui whispered.
Jiang Roushui was very dissatisfied with the sect leader's accusation. Who knew Jiang Deng was so powerful?
It only took him more than a year to soar from a low-level cultivator to become more powerful than him?
The sect leader only knows how to make sarcastic remarks. If his fighting power was a little lower, he would probably be the one being strangled and held hostage.
"Behave yourself!"
Jiang Deng was not satisfied with Jiang Roushui's noise attack, so he pinched Jiang Roushui's neck and applied a little force.
"Uh, cough!"
Jiang Roushui's face turned red from holding her breath, and she successfully calmed down, not daring to make any movement.
Jiang Deng then looked up at Su Heng again, smiling broadly as he said, "Since Lord Jiang Feng has so strongly requested this, let's get back to the original topic. What benefits will you offer me in exchange for the hostages?"
Su Heng suppressed his anger and said, "This sect master can only promise you that if you surrender, this sect master promises not to kill you, but to hand you over to the Human Emperor to be sentenced for your crimes."
“…”
Hearing this, Jiang Deng was speechless.
He actually handed her over to Lin Jun as a reward. Wouldn't this make her feel worse than killing her?
"Since you've said that, I have no choice but to..."
Although he was speechless in his heart, Jiang Deng just sighed on the surface, loosened his hand that was tightly gripping Jiang Roushui's neck slightly, and acted as if he wanted to let Jiang Roushui go.
Feeling the restraints on her neck becoming looser and looser, Jiang Roushui couldn't hide the joy on her face.
Very good!
As long as Jiang Deng lets him go, he will immediately join forces with the sect leader to nip this scourge of Jiang Deng in the bud!
Who knows, as long as this thing is done, the father-son relationship between him and Jiang Zhi can be restored...
However, before Jiang Roushui could laugh out loud, the hand that was moving away under his gaze suddenly came back.
Jiang Deng's bony hand, with five hooked fingers, seemed to contain infinite power, and suddenly grabbed towards him!
Snap!
With a crisp sound, Jiang Roushui's neck was easily broken by Jiang Deng, and her body fell limply.
Immediately afterwards, a transparent shadow emerged from Jiang Roushui's body.
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