The righteous path punishes Heaven

Chapter 60 The Target of Public Criticism

All the inner disciples of Quanzhen Sect exclaimed in shock and looked at each other in disbelief. The Grand Elder, Ren Tianxiong, was also startled by the scene and rushed forward to stop Zhang Yunling from killing him.

The Elders' Pavilion was also alarmed. The Second Elder Duan Liangyong, the Third Elder Ming Shan, and other elders, as well as the sect's stewards, all appeared from the pavilion. Seeing that Zhang Yunling was suppressing Chu Yanbing, these Nascent Soul cultivators were also shocked and hurriedly rushed towards the martial arts arena.

Zhang Yunling had completely gained the upper hand. Years of hatred and resentment slowly dissolved as the blow was about to land. His eyes were bloodshot, his right hand flashing with golden light, and he stomped on Chu Yanbing's chest, loudly questioning:

"When you killed my father, did you ever think this day would come? When you destroyed my cultivation and took my life nineteen years ago, did you ever think I would kill you with my own hands?! Chu Yanbing, since you didn't cultivate immortality through your own efforts, but chose to walk the path of becoming a demon, then I will personally grind you to dust and ashes to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!"

Facing the impending punch, which had been gathering power for a long time and contained the spiritual energy of Zhang Yunling himself and all the surrounding spiritual energy, Chu Yanbing smiled and suddenly spoke:

"A piece of trash is still a piece of trash. If I call your name, would you dare to answer?"

"Why don't you dare?"

Zhang Yunling was consumed by rage and lost his reason. He blurted out the words without thinking. At that moment, he felt an extremely strong suction force coming from below, spreading upwards. His feet began to shrink slowly, then his legs, then his body, and finally his whole body turned into a streak of blue light and disappeared.

The beam of light flowed slowly toward a white vase tightly held in Chu Yanbing's left hand, and was completely absorbed by the emerald green branch inserted in the vase.

The entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was already shocked enough that Chu Yanbing, whose cultivation level was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, was about to be defeated by Zhang Yunling, but this reversal left everyone speechless, and all eyes fell on the white vase.

Chu Yanbing stared fiercely at the vase in her hand, then threw her head back and laughed loudly:

"Hahahaha! What an idiot! Although I could kill you with my cultivation, I still want you to experience firsthand what it's like to be tricked by your Zhang family's relics!"

Everyone around was horrified. It turned out that the pure and noble Ice Lotus Fairy in their hearts had such a crazy appearance.

Wiping the blood from her face, Chu Yanbing was about to put the vase into her storage bag when another unexpected event occurred. A purple rift suddenly tore open in the sky, from which a dark purple phantom arm slowly emerged.

In an instant, the pressure generated by that arm caused all the Quanzhen Sect disciples to collapse to the ground, and the many elders standing in mid-air were also forced to fall to the ground.

"What...what is this?!" Second Elder Duan Liangyong was shocked, his eyes fixed on the phantom arm extending from the crack. Seeing that it was about to land on Chu Yanbing, he wanted to use his cultivation to rush to her rescue.

However, because this pressure was too strong, even with his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, he could not make any progress.

Chu Yanbing was also too exhausted from the battle to put up any resistance. She could only watch helplessly as the giant hand reached out to her from mid-air, but she did not feel the approach of death.

The large hand seemed to ignore Chu Yanbing's presence, instead extending a finger to snatch the vase from her hand before slowly withdrawing it and returning to the crack.

As the dark purple hand disappeared, the oppressive aura it brought also dissipated, and the elders finally resumed their actions.

At this moment, Duan Suchen, the sect leader of Quanzhen Sect, also rushed over. Seeing the chaos in the martial arts arena, he hurriedly flew over and landed beside Chu Yanbing to help her up.

"Bing'er! What happened?" Duan Suchen asked anxiously.

Chu Yanbing, who had nearly been killed by Zhang Yunling and lost her magical vase, was now furious. Her face, which had been pale from exhaustion, turned bright red. She suddenly raised her head and gritted her teeth at Duan Suchen, saying:

"Sect Master! It's Zhang Yunling! It's that damned Zhang Yunling! He not only publicly humiliated me, but also stole my magic weapon and beat me so badly!!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Duan Suchen's face showed shock. At this moment, the Second Elder, Duan Liangyong, also flew over and bent down to say:

"Reporting to the Sect Master, I, along with the other elders and disciples, witnessed it with our own eyes. It is true that Zhang Yunling almost killed the Holy Maiden and used some kind of magic to trap us all, which delayed our assistance to the Holy Maiden."

Duan Suchen's face suddenly turned cold, and his cultivation was about to erupt, but due to the urgency of the situation, he had to consider the overall picture.

After handing Chu Yanbing over to Duan Liangyong to take back for treatment, Duan Suchen stepped into the air and used his cultivation to amplify his voice, shouting to the disciples:

"The sect will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, but no one is allowed to spread this news. Later, the Alchemy Pavilion will distribute a Grade 3 pill to each of you as a consolation prize. You may all leave now!"

Upon hearing this, all the inner disciples understood immediately, bowed their heads in agreement, and then got up and left.

Duan Suchen turned to the sect deacons and said, "Go and repair the training ground. The elders and I need to return to the pavilion for a meeting!"

"Yes!" Several deacons bowed and accepted the order, then flew up to the sky above the training ground and began to use magic to repair the damage caused by the battle just now.

The First Elder, Ren Tianxiong, remained silent throughout the entire process. He simply watched with a furrowed brow, seemingly lost in thought, but he still did not utter a word.

After explaining everything, Duan Suchen flew towards the Elders' Pavilion, and several other elders also got up to follow. Chu Yanbing gritted her teeth, secretly pondering the events that had just occurred.

"The magical treasure I finally obtained has fallen into his hands... Damn it! What kind of being is that, capable of suppressing even those Nascent Soul stage monsters so completely..."

Upon arriving at the Elders' Hall, Duan Suchen took the seat of honor, followed by the other elders, each with a solemn expression, silently awaiting the sect leader's speech.

"Zhang Yunling just made a great contribution a few days ago, and we were going to promote him to a sect steward. Why would he launch a rebellion this time? What is his motive?"

The Third Elder, Ming Shan, then spoke up: "Yun Ling is a good child. In my opinion, he has always cultivated diligently and has never had any wicked thoughts. Could today's events be..."

The First Elder, Ren Tianxiong, chimed in, "I seem to have heard Yun Ling accuse the Holy Maiden of murdering his father and seizing his cultivation. I wonder if this is true or false..."

boom!

Duan Suchen's forehead veins bulged, and he slammed his right hand on the table, shouting angrily, "Enough! Zhang Yunling has already committed such a treacherous act, and the Holy Maiden has been seriously injured. Yet you two are here defending Zhang Yunling? Although the Holy Maiden has only been in the sect for less than a year, the sect has never seen her kill others to seize cultivation!"

"How much fact can Zhang Yunling prove with just a few insults? Issue a search warrant immediately and arrest Zhang Yunling as quickly as possible. I want to personally question him about his true intentions!"