A white vortex slowly formed in the sky of Phoenix Valley, and the white vortex slowly rotated.
As time passed, the vortex grew larger and faster.
All the monks in Phoenix Valley raised their heads and looked at the vortex in the sky. Some felt pity, some were melancholy, some were happy, and some were looking forward to it...
"Phoenix Valley is closing soon. What a shame! I wish we had three more months."
"There are so many fairy herbs here that I don't have time to pick them."
"I don't know when Phoenix Valley will open next time."
"I can finally go out. I miss the sect and my senior brothers and sisters so much."
At this moment, a powerful suction force came, and everyone felt their bodies lighten, and they were sucked into the huge whirlpool.
Outside Phoenix Valley, the elders of various sects were staring at the entrance of Phoenix Valley, waiting for their disciples to come out.
However, there was one exception. His eyes held no hope, only cruelty and coldness. He was Li Xiao, the leader of the Xuanyuan Sect. He was waiting for the man who had killed his son to come out. He wanted to crush him to ashes and avenge his son.
Several figures appeared at the entrance of Phoenix Valley. Four or five young monks walked out of the valley. As they walked out, more and more monks walked out of Phoenix Valley behind them.
Li Xiao stepped forward and stopped the monks as they emerged. "Give me your storage rings for inspection." He hadn't sensed any of their spiritual marks, but he didn't want to miss a single possibility. Any monk from Phoenix Valley was suspected of killing his son.
Several monks were frightened and took several steps back, their eyes searching for the elders of their own sects. They didn't know the level of cultivation of the black-robed monk in front of them, but they were sure that he was extremely powerful.
Upon seeing this, the elders of the Qingshui Sect hurried forward and saluted Li Xiao, saying, "Master Li! These are disciples of our Qingshui Sect. I wonder how they have offended you, Master Li?" Li Xiao had been here for over a month, but he had always been sullen and silent. They didn't know what he was doing here, and no one dared to ask. If he hadn't stopped his own disciples, he wouldn't have dared to ask. Li Xiao's cultivation was at the late stage of the Immortal Lord, how could these elders compare to him?
Li Xiao snorted coldly, "I want to check their storage rings." With his strength, it would be easy for him to check the storage rings of these disciples, but he didn't want to take the trouble to remove the restrictions on the storage rings.
The elders of Qingshui Sect were a little embarrassed, "This... May I ask why Sect Master Li wants to check the storage rings of these disciples?" The storage ring is related to the secrets of every cultivator's cultivation. If it is not a life-threatening situation, no cultivator would be willing to show his storage ring to others.
Li Xiao's expression grew increasingly gloomy, and he glared coldly at the elder of the Qingshui Sect. "My son was murdered. Do you think I should look for the murderer?"
The elder of the Qingshui Sect trembled with fear and said tremblingly: "What the Sect Master said is true. I wonder what your master's cultivation level is?"
"Late Golden Immortal stage." Li Xiao said coldly.
The elders of Qingshui Sect breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the disciples of Qingshui Sect, "Tell Sect Master Li whether you killed his son." He knew very well how powerful these disciples of his sect were. With their cultivation level, they could not kill a late-stage Golden Immortal cultivator.
"Elder, we don't have it, but we can swear an oath." The disciples said affirmatively. Monks cannot swear casually. If they make a wrong oath, they will be punished by heaven in the future.
The elders of the Qingshui Sect nodded and said, "You now have two choices: one is to show your storage ring to Sect Master Li, and the other is to swear an oath." Although both options were difficult for the cultivators to accept, the second one was better. As long as they hadn't done it, swearing or not wouldn't make much difference.
"We choose to swear an oath," the disciples said in unison. They had encountered a late-stage Golden Immortal cultivator, but they were incapable of fighting him, let alone destroying him.
The elder of the Qingshui Sect looked at Li Xiao and asked, "Master Li, what do you think?"
Li Xiao nodded lightly. He wasn't interested in the contents of these disciples' storage rings anyway.
The elder of Qingshui Sect looked at the disciples and nodded to them. The disciples quickly raised three fingers and began to swear.
"We swear that if we kill Sect Master Li's son, we will suffer divine punishment and be struck to death by five thunderbolts."
Li Xiao nodded lightly and waved to the people from Qingshui Sect.
The elder of Qingshui Sect bowed to Li Xiao and quickly left with his disciples.
Li Xiao glanced at the others, "It's your turn."
As soon as Su Jinyue and his group came out of the teleportation array, they saw a crowd of people blocking the way ahead.
"Why don't you leave?" Zhao Yan asked.
A cultivator in front turned around and said, "I heard that the son of the Xuanyuan Sect's leader was murdered, and he's investigating. All of us who left Phoenix Valley must obtain his permission before leaving. He gave us two choices: swear that we didn't kill his son, or let him inspect our storage rings. Several cultivators refused, and he killed them on the spot. The elders of those sects were no match for the Xuanyuan Sect's leader, so they could only swallow their anger."
"How domineering!" Zhao Yan said unconvinced.
"What can we do? The other party has the capital to be domineering." The disciple shook his head, sighed, and turned away.
Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan exchanged a glance. They had been the ones to kill all the Xuanyuan Sect disciples. Although they weren't afraid of Li Xiao checking their storage rings, if everyone else chose to swear an oath and they were the only ones who chose to let Li Xiao check their rings, would he doubt them? With their current cultivation levels, they were definitely no match for Li Xiao.
"We picked so many high-grade fairy herbs this time. What should we do if the other party checks our storage rings?" He Yunping said worriedly.
"Anyway, we didn't kill the son of the Xuanyuan Sect's leader, so we just need to swear an oath." Xia Xin said.
"This is the only way." Zhang Fengyu nodded in agreement.
Su Jinyue and his group followed the crowd and slowly moved forward. After about half an hour, it was their turn.
Seeing Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan, Li Xiao's eyes flashed with surprise. There were actually cultivators at the Loose Immortal stage entering Phoenix Valley. They were lucky to be alive.
Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan took out their storage rings and handed them to Li Xiao, "Senior, please check."
Zhang Fengyu and the others saw this, and a flicker of surprise flashed across their eyes. Junior Brother Zhan and Junior Sister Su, aren't you afraid that the immortal herbs in their storage rings will be taken away by the other party?
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