Don't take it, I switched to the ruthless way

Chapter 156 The Return
Sea of ​​Chaos, Inner Sea.

Today's inland sea is very different from the past.

The entire inner city in the inner sea has been lifted up, and is suspended in mid-air by an inverted formation, so everyone who comes and goes inside becomes upside down due to this formation.

Of course, this is a weird look from the outside.

If you enter this upside-down formation and are inside it, you will feel like you are walking on the flat ground as usual, without any weird feeling at all.

The entire inland sea is heavily guarded, with every step being guarded.

However, in addition to the disciples of Wanyan Sect, the people guarding the inner sea also had many monks wearing apricot disciple uniforms.

wow-

Baskets of spiritual stones were lifted up from the bottom of the sea. The spiritual stones looked crystal clear and gorgeous under the sunlight.

As soon as these spiritual stones were mined, they were put into storage bags by the people waiting on the sea.

After they collected ten storage bags, they immediately flew into the inner city in the upside-down formation, flew to the city lord's palace, and handed them all over to Li Jiu.

Under Li Jiu's seat, ten monks with rather arrogant expressions were sitting.

They all wore apricot-yellow clothes, and their sleeves were all embroidered with star patterns of different sizes and numbers - in this way, people could tell at a glance that they were all disciples of the Xuanji Sect.

Among these ten people from the Xuanji Sect, nine have reached the mid-stage cultivation level of Dan Jie, and the leading one has the cultivation level of Dzogchen in the late-stage Dan Jie period.

There was a goatee on his chin, and his seemingly indifferent expression clearly revealed his superior attitude as a disciple of the sect.

Li Jiu counted a total of fifty storage bags and then handed them all to the goatee:
"The number of spiritual stones handed over this time has been prepared. Please take a look."

The goatee monk took all fifty storage bags from Li Jiu's hand and put them into the storage ring in his hand as a matter of course. With a clear look on his face, he said:
"In this case, I will go back and resume my life first."

Hearing this, Li Jiu's expression did not change and he said, "Yes, I'm here to help you."

"Ah."

The goatee monk raised his chin slightly and planned to leave the inner city and go to Erdao to take the teleportation formation to leave here.

But who would have thought that as soon as he stood up from his seat, he immediately felt a terrifying pressure that locked him in place.

This coercion was so terrifying that only a powerful person in the divine transformation stage could have such extraordinary power. Even his heartbeat was restrained and he could not move even half a minute.

Not only him, but the other nine monks from the Xuanji Sect were also restrained by the coercion.

This huge coercion made all of them, who looked proud, look frightened in their eyes.

At this time, a man wearing lavender clothes suddenly appeared in front of them.

Seeing this man, the disciples of Wanyan Sect and Li Jiu who were on duty in the entire city lord's palace suddenly changed from frightened expressions to beaming with joy:
"Shi Yaozhen, Zhenjun, ah no, it's Zhenzun, Zhenzun Shi Yao is back."

"Disciple pays homage to Zhenzun Shi Yao!"

"Zhenzun, you, you are finally back!" This last sentence was said by Li Jiu.

Seeing Shi Yao again, Li Jiu's slightly gloomy eyes immediately shone brightly, making his dejected appearance disappear and his energy rejuvenate.

Seeing that Shi Yao had become the True God Transformation Master, Li Jiu was even more surprised.

Shi Yao glanced at the ten members of the Xuanji Sect who were controlled by her coercion, and only asked Li Jiu:

"Where is Fu Mingzhou?"

"Uh-" Li Jiu was inexplicably surprised. Unexpectedly, Shi Yao asked about this as soon as he opened his mouth. He was a little stuck for a moment.He originally wanted to persuade Shi Yao to withdraw the pressure quickly, so as not to accidentally hurt the envoys of the Xuanji Sect...

But seeing Shi Yao's expression cold and unwilling to explain, Li Jiu could only say first:

"More than 50 years ago, Mingzhou Zhenzun went to the Xuanji Sect and has not returned yet."

This was said by Zhuo Ping, who had just rushed from the basement of the City Lord's Mansion.

He strode forward and bowed respectfully to Shi Yao: "Disciple, pay homage to the true master!"

After hearing what Zhuoping said, Shi Yao looked at the ten disciples of the Xuanji Sect again.

Seeing this, Zhuoping didn't wait for Shi Yao to continue asking questions, and took the initiative to answer her questions, saying:
"They are all envoys of the Xuanji Sect..."

In recent years, Wanyan Sect has often been targeted by the other six sects. The sect has been in constant trouble and is in danger...

In the end, Feng Junan personally rushed to the Xuanji Sect and met with Fu Mingzhou. With Fu Mingzhou's persuasion, the Xuanji Sect personally came forward to protect the Wanyan Sect.

But in order to get the protection of the Xuanji Sect, the Wanyan Sect must turn in a batch of spiritual stones as an offering every year, which can also be said to be a "protection fee."

After listening to Zhuoping's words, Shi Yao nodded slightly.

As a result, the Wanyan Sect can now be regarded as a subsidiary sect of the Xuanji Sect.

And these ten people from the Xuanji Sect came to Wanyan Sect this year to collect offerings...

It's just that this "offering" was not delivered to the door personally by Wanyan Sect, but by people from Xuanji Sect who came to collect it in person - the appearance was a bit ugly, not like the work of a large sect.

Or is it that the current Wanyan Sect no longer has the ability to escort "enshrinements" to the door?

Thoughts were racing in Shi Yao's mind, so he reached out and grabbed it, and immediately snatched back the storage ring that contained fifty storage bags in the hands of the goatee monk.

"In the future, Wanyan Sect will not need the protection of the Xuanji Sect. If you, the Xuanji Sect, want to continue to want this spiritual stone, then let Fu Mingzhou come and get it in person."

As soon as Shi Yao finished speaking, the pressure restraining the ten Xuanji Sect members immediately dissipated.

"Senior," the goateeted monk bowed to Shi Yao and moved the corners of his mouth slightly.

But under Shi Yao's indifferent gaze, he couldn't say anything.

The goatee monk didn't want Zhenzhen Shi Yao who suddenly appeared today to fall out with him at any time, so he couldn't help but feel resentful of Wan Yanzong for going back on his word.

But in front of Shi Yao, the goatee monk did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face.

Shi Yao: "You can go back and report this matter truthfully, then get out."

"...Yes, senior."

After the ten Xuanji Sect members left in embarrassment with all the Xuanji Sect disciples in the inner sea, Li Jiu felt anxious and complicated, but also a little hesitant. For a moment, he did not dare to talk to Shi Yao.

But Zhuo Ping had no such concerns and said directly to Shi Yao:
"Zhenzun, Xuanji Sect is one of the three sects in Lingzhou. Today we suddenly changed our minds. The disciples are afraid that they will be detrimental to Wanyan Sect in the future."

In recent years, the Xuanji Sect has taken many spiritual stones from the Wanyan Sect as offerings, but now the Wanyan Sect suddenly changed its mind and they can no longer get a single spiritual stone——

In this way, what Wan Yanzong did today was a direct statement of enmity with the Xuanji Sect.

The Wanyan Sect was already targeted by the other six sects, and now it had enmity with the Xuanji Sect.

I am afraid that the situation of Wanyan Sect will be even worse in the future.

(End of this chapter)