At this moment, the disciples patrolling the market town also came over. Seeing the group's condition, they asked with concern, "Has someone come to cause trouble again? This time there are even high-level cultivators. It seems they came prepared. Should we notify the sect and have them send someone down to resolve this?"
The visiting cultivators in the crowd were dumbfounded. They had thought that Xuan would behave herself when the patrol came, but who knew that they came to ask if anyone had bullied her!
Does she look like she's been bullied?
Look at those trapped people! They're still writhing and sneezing! Did you forget your eyes when you went on patrol?!
But the patrolmen left after Shi Xuan shook his head, without even glancing at the trapped people.
Everyone gained a new understanding of the Lianfeng Sword Sect: they were fiercely protective of their own! Don't cause trouble within the Lianfeng Sword Sect!
Tu Yecheng had never suffered such hardship. He had always been the most valued and favored new generation disciple in the Tu family. His mother was the second wife of the Tu family head and had the family head firmly under her control. In his own territory, he was the one who had the final say!
"I...you...how dare you!" Tu Yecheng said, sneezing. "Quickly, let us out!"
Shi Xuan didn't say anything, just smiled at him from outside. Her smile was so bright that it made her already radiant face glow like the morning sun. A pair of small dimples were set in her face, adding a touch of playfulness. Paired with a few strands of casually falling curls around her cheeks, she looked innocent and harmless.
No one could have imagined that the tragic fate of these people was caused by her.
horrible!
The two Nascent Soul cultivators were still trying to break the formation.
Although the formation was small, it seemed to be of a high level and quite complex. Having learned from their previous experience with the negative effects of each attack, they dared not act rashly.
If someone skilled in formations were here, they would probably exclaim in surprise, "Isn't this a modified version of the Ascending Dragon Formation that trapped so many Nascent Soul cultivators in the Hidden Sect?!"
The fact that Shi Xuan could modify such a large array so ingeniously, yet still trap a Nascent Soul cultivator, demonstrates his exceptional skill in array formations.
Two Nascent Soul cultivators, three Golden Core cultivators at the Great Perfection stage, and one Golden Core cultivator at the Early Stage—six people in total—were completely helpless against this small formation, utterly exasperated.
Several people had snot and tears streaming down their faces.
Shi Xuan remained unmoved.
After breaking the Rising Dragon Formation last time, Shi Xuan studied it for a while and finally modified it into a smaller version. However, compared to the large formation that could trap those at the Void Refinement stage, her small formation could only trap those at the Nascent Soul stage.
But for these few people, it was more than enough.
The group was trapped in this small space and could not move. The two Nascent Soul cultivators had no clue what to do, and they did not want to sit and wait for death. They turned around and around but could not see any difference in any direction. They had no choice but to send out a stream of spiritual energy as if trying to solve a puzzle.
This time, unsurprisingly, it hit the wrong spot again, just like before, and purple smoke began to appear at the formation.
The purple smoke appeared only briefly, disappearing the moment it touched anyone. Meanwhile, the six people inside the formation all experienced varying degrees of nausea and vomiting.
The cultivators above the Golden Core stage had long since abstained from grains, and none of them had the habit of eating, so they couldn't vomit anything at all.
But I still couldn't help feeling nauseous and kept dry heaving. Along with the tears and snot from before, there was also more saliva, making the scene quite messy.
The onlookers grimaced, their expressions strange, as if they were experiencing the same thing firsthand. They had never seen Golden Core cultivators in such a sorry state, let alone two Nascent Soul cultivators.
Shi Xuan admired them for a while, but then lost interest and turned to leave.
Seeing that Shi Xuan was about to leave, wouldn't the rest of them have to suffer here endlessly?
Tu Yecheng finally gave in.
He pleaded for mercy, word by word, "Master! Yes, I was wrong, I promise... I don't want it anymore!" Even as he pleaded, one could hear the hatred in his voice, his teeth clenched.
Now that things have come to this, let alone a deposit, even if you asked him to come up with ten times the deposit, he would be eager to leave immediately.
Confined to this small space where he could be watched and amused by others, he seemed to feel the mocking gazes of those around him.
Most importantly, he was in so much pain!
Not only was my whole body itchy, but I also couldn't control my tears, snot, or saliva. I sneezed one after another, accompanied by dry heaving. Sometimes I would want to sneeze while dry heaving. It was truly a living hell...
“It’s too late to beg for mercy now,” Shi Xuan said coldly. “The damage you’ve caused me can’t be fixed with a mere thousand spirit stones. Your thousand high-grade spirit stones aren’t even enough to activate this formation.”
Therefore, in order not to pay him the deposit of one thousand spirit stones, Shi Xuan used an array that cost far more than one thousand high-grade spirit stones! This is still a prime example of fighting for pride rather than for a mere steamed bun!
After Shi Xuan finished speaking, he really turned around and left.
"Wait a minute." A man's voice came from behind. Shi Xuan stopped and turned around to look behind him. Elder Jia from the Council Hall rushed out from the direction of the sect.
When Shi Xuan saw that it was Elder Jia, he stopped, turned to him, and cupped his hands, saying, "Elder Jia, is there anything you need to tell me?"
Elder Jia's face flushed slightly. He sighed and said, "When I was young, I owed the Tu family a favor. I wonder... if you could do me a favor and let them go?"
He also knew that Tu Yecheng had started this whole thing, but the cultivation world believed in cause and effect, and favors owed had to be repaid eventually.
If Tu Yecheng were to get into trouble in front of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, Elder Jia would also have a hard time getting over it, and might even develop inner demons during his tribulation.
Shi Xuan smiled and nodded: "Since Elder Jia has spoken, there is naturally no problem."
Shi Xuan still gave her this much face, as she was an elder of the family and usually took good care of her. Besides, she didn't have any deep-seated hatred for Tu Yecheng, so letting him go was fine.
As he spoke, he waved his sleeve and revoked control of the formation.
He then threw a pale green pill in the direction where the group of people were standing.
The pale green pill dispersed, and the smoke it emitted touched the people, immediately relieving their symptoms. They were no longer in a miserable state with tears and snot streaming down their faces.
Elder Jia nodded and smiled when he saw that she had released Tu Yecheng and the others without hesitation. "Thank you very much. Come to the council hall when you have time. Let's have a drink. I heard from your master that your wine is exceptional."
Shi Xuan laughed and said, "I will go, but I will have to bring my own wine. I don't know whether the elder will thank me or punish me!"
"Hahahaha," Elder Jia laughed loudly, "Couldn't it just be that the elder is craving wine?"
Elder Jia felt relieved and left with a satisfied expression after completing this task.
Shi Xuan turned around and looked at Tu Yecheng and the others who were still standing there: "What? You still want your thousand spirit stones?"
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