Chapter 172: Retaliation

Hearing this, everyone felt extremely puzzled.
What did the Elder mean by saying that?
"Think about it this way: if the other party could kill Elder Chen Sang with such ease, then for us to be killed by him would probably be an effortless task as well."
"Moreover, the dragon-headed walking staff in the other person's hand is most likely a forbidden treasure. As long as that object is present, even I wouldn't be able to block the damage."
"Yet, the other party didn't stay even for a second and simply walked away like that. Think about it, why on earth is that?"
At these words, everyone could not help but fall into deep thought.
That's right, why did someone possessing such a terrifying forbidden treasure still leave without even looking back?
"Why on earth is that?"
"He could have killed us in a single strike!"
Could it be that the other party can only use it once? That it can only kill one person at a time?
Everyone felt utterly perplexed.
Yet, that must be the case.
"Didn't you notice how stumbling and unsteady that old man looked when he turned around and left?"
"If you ask me, it's just as Elder Song Donghua said—he simply couldn't hold on any longer!"
"If we leave now, we will be missing out on the absolute best opportunity! Just think about it, isn't that true?"
Speaking over one another, the people present quickly convinced themselves that this must be the truth.
Right then and there, these people became unwilling to leave.
Who would want to miss out on a forbidden treasure?
"It has to be this way, I'm certain of it! We cannot retreat now, otherwise we will lose control over the new world."
"We absolutely cannot let such an opportunity slip away. Let's wait right here, find a way to get inside, and get our hands on that forbidden treasure!"
"As expected, our Elder Song is brilliantly wise, someone whose dust we could never hope to catch!"
Yang Dingyan immediately opened his mouth and showered the Elder with enthusiastic praise.
"Look, what do you think we should do now?"
A cold sneer crept onto the corners of Song Donghua's lips.
"We go straight inside right now and force the other party to show themselves!"
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Grandpa Liu was in a state of extreme anxiety.
One had to realize that there were dozens of people standing at the entrance of the village!
He was terrified that those people would win purely through sheer numbers!
At this moment, he finally reached the entrance of Zhu Xiaoyuan's small courtyard.
"Open the door! Little Zhu, hurry up and open the door for Grandpa Liu!" Grandpa Liu called out continuously.
The courtyard door was immediately opened from the inside.
Ruofeng looked at Grandpa Liu with some confusion.
She spoke up, "Respected elder, are you looking for my master?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Hurry, I have something to tell Little Zhu."
Anxious, Grandpa Liu strode into the small courtyard.
As soon as he stepped through the gate, he caught sight of Zhu Xiaoyuan.
"Little Zhu, something terrible has happened! Some people outside have brought weapons and come to cause trouble for us!"
Zhu Xiaoyuan, the Master of Ziyang, and the others were originally drinking tea in the courtyard!
Hearing Grandpa Liu's anxious voice, everyone immediately turned their heads to look.
"Cause trouble? Who has the audacity to come here and make trouble?"
Everyone was extremely confused at the moment.
Zhu Xiaoyuan smiled and asked, "Grandpa Liu, what is this all about?"
Seeing that Zhu Xiaoyuan had spoken, Grandpa Liu hurriedly and hastily recounted the whole story.
"Little Zhu, didn't I go to the village entrance last time? Well, I caught a thief there. The fellow wanted to sneak into the village to steal things, and after I caught him, he tucked his tail between his legs and fled."
"And today, guess what? That very same thief actually brought a whole mob of people here, openly coming to take revenge on us!"
The more Grandpa Liu talked, the angrier he became.
"Those people even said that if our people don't get lost, they're going to slaughter everyone in the village!"
"How dare they act so lawlessly!"
Hearing this, Zhu Xiaoyuan was taken aback as well!
Things were already like this, and yet there were still people bold enough to come here and steal things?!
He had no idea what a small village could possibly have that was worth stealing.
However, Zhu Xiaoyuan quickly grew quite angry.
These thieves were actually so daring and audacious; relying on the fact that they brought a crowd with them, they dared to act so rampantly here and even threatened to slaughter everyone in their entire village!
Was there ever such a hateful thief?
It was simply an outrage!
Zhu Xiaoyuan found it completely impossible to tolerate.
"Grandpa Liu, do you know how many people the other side has, and where they came from?"
Zhu Xiaoyuan asked.
Grandpa Liu immediately tried to recall.
"They did bring quite a lot of people, dozens of them! But they're just a bunch of old men, not worth fearing at all! I heard them say they came from some place called the Qilu Sacred Sect, probably some sort of gang or something."
Grandpa Liu told Zhu Xiaoyuan everything he knew.
However, the moment the name Qilu Sacred Sect was uttered,
the Master of Ziyang and the others grew puzzled.
"What Qilu Sacred Sect? How come we've never heard of it? Could it be that the Heavenly Martial Realm has just merged with other worlds, and sects from those other realms have already tracked down Senior Zhu's little mountain village?"
For a moment, the Master of Ziyang and the others were truly somewhat uncertain.
Mainly because this was genuinely within the realm of possibility!
Just think about it: the new world had only just formed, and every sect certainly wanted to occupy the best locations. It was completely normal for disputes to arise.
While the Master of Ziyang and the others thought this way, Qiya, a renowned Demon Commander, was filled with shock from head to toe.
He stared at Grandpa Liu, looking somewhat dazed.
"That's the Qilu Sacred Sect... Is it really that Qilu Sacred Sect?"
Qiya turned his head to look at Xinjing beside him.
At this moment, her large eyes flickered with shifting light, hard to read.
There was even a hint of ferocity.
Although the Qilu Sacred Sect was virtually unknown in the lower realms, this sacred sect was a wildly famous existence in the immortal world!
Because this was an immortal-tier faction!
Its founder was Immortal Monarch Qilu, who was also one of the few immortal monarchs in the immortal world.
Between Immortal Monarch Qilu and the Heavenly Saint Demon Monarch, there was a deep-seated grievance as well...
The two of them had actually fought a war against each other once!
To think that these two could bump into each other even after reaching the lower realm—this was truly a narrow escape from a fateful clash!
Qiya's heart was now filled with utter perplexity. To think that Immortal Monarch Qilu had actually dispatched people down to the lower realm?
Could it be that this merging of the lower realms was also brought about by them?
If so, what on earth were they trying to achieve by doing this?
Even if a hundred lower realms had merged together now, the resulting world still wasn't worth mentioning.
To an immortal monarch, it was still far too insignificant.
After listening to what Grandpa Liu had to say, Zhu Xiaoyuan was almost amused by these operations of theirs.
Damn it all, these were simply a bunch of riffraff and dregs, probably nothing more than a band of petty thieves!
Only now, even some old men had started joining such gangs?
"Long Ruxian, Lu Ran, Xianchen, and Zhangsun Puyu!"