NOVEL NEXT Chapter 315 Apologize with a Ritual_2
"Senior, this is unreasonable. Our Guangxia Mountain has no grievance or enmity with Kongming Temple. Yet the disciples within our Mountain have been unjustly kidnapped by them, using strength to bully weakness, conspiring to harm, employing soul-hooking means, behaving very much like the Xiaoyao Demon Path, which greatly offends the Cloud Platform's taboo.
As the senior brother of Yanzi Cave, it is only right for me to represent the sect and seek justice for my junior sister.
We belong to the same path, both are part of the Mystic Sect. I have adhered to the ritual of visiting with name cards, spoken kind words to conclude the matter. Yet they neither listened nor asked, didn't even offer a pot of tea, uttered not a word of apology, didn't show their faces, and immediately called for battle and murder.
I could kill them in the blink of an eye, and even allowed seven moves without attacking, giving them every chance, leaving plenty of face. But they paid no regard to the friendship of the same sect, launching merciless and ruthless attacks, determined to take my life.
The situation has reached this point, and the fate has come to an end. How could I spare them?"
The old man also smacked his lips, after all, he could not argue reasonably, so he could only say,
"I'm not stopping you from seeking justice, I'm just asking you not to go too far, why destroy their Daoist Inheritance completely!"
Tie Dan chuckled and glanced at the trembling outer disciple hiding under the Xuan Nu statue in a secret room,
"I just cut down their generation of True Inheritors; how could that be completely destroying their Daoist Inheritance?
If they had carefully taught their disciples, the next generation would have grown up in a few decades.
If they didn't teach their disciples well, and now people are dead and the skill line is broken, can they blame me?"
The old man sighed,
"Alright, alright, you have a point. I can't outargue you, so tell me how to compensate."
Tie Dan looked at him,
"Is the senior intending to assume this cause and effect for Kongming Temple?"
The old man quickly waved his hand,
"Stop, stop. Who said I want to assume their cause and effect? As long as you don't take their true inheritance away, it's fine."
Tie Dan glanced at the box and rolled his eyes,
"That's easy to say. As long as senior provides something of equal value to exchange, that's fine."
"Hey! That's their Qi Gong true inheritance! What can I exchange for it? Should I give you my family's secret collection instead?"
Tie Dan, seeing him getting anxious, thought for a moment,
"Then let's take a step back and not ask for the Qi Gong True Scripture, just the Five Arts Daoist Collection is fine."
"Um..."
The old man hesitated for a moment, initially thinking he would have to bleed significantly, at least taking out some Heavenly Materials and Treasures, not expecting that the opposite party only wanted the Five Arts Daoist Collection, which was truly a big step back, so he didn't hesitate too much and took out a Storage Jade Pendant.
"This contains the alchemy prescriptions I've collected over the years, as well as the demon beast atlas."
Tie Dan scanned it with his Divine Sense and saw the Jade Pendant was filled with jade scrolls and atlases, which greatly enriched his Daoist Collection, making him nod with satisfaction,
"Thank you for passing this on, senior. Considering your face, we will spare Kongming Temple this time."
"..."
The old man hesitated for a moment,
"Umm, little friend, could you... lend out one more magic treasure?"
Tie Dan's face immediately turned dark.
"Is the senior seeing how low my capabilities are and insisting on standing out?"
The old man sighed,
"No, no... sigh, now that the Mountain Guarding Array is broken by you, all the True Disciples have been killed by you, and even the elixir talismans, sect's great treasures have been taken away; although some young ones remain alive, how could they guard this Kongming Cave Heaven?
I cannot stay here watching it forever. At least leave them one, to suppress the sect's destiny, right?"
Tie Dan, "Hehe."
The old man knew he was wrong but, after all, since Tie Dan had only asked for the Daoist Collection just now, he braced himself and took out a bone that gathered the Breath of Returning Dust, which looked somewhat like a turtle shell.
"This is the corpse of a turtle-snake I killed at the Returning Ruins, a Divinity Transformation Level Heavenly Material, exchanging for a magic treasure from you..."
Tie Dan, "Hehe."
The old man flattering his face,
"... I know it's probably not enough. How about this, we just consider it a loan? I see you're focused as a Sword Cultivator and probably won't waste much of your resources and efforts forging other sects' magic treasures.
Why not lend something temporarily to suppress the sect's destiny for a hundred years, by then I suppose Kongming Temple disciples will have some self-protection power, and you can take it back without loss."
Tie Dan calculated with his fingers, using a Divinity Transformation turtle shell to borrow a Divinity Transformation magic treasure for a hundred years, this business could also be done. But...
"If by then Kongming Temple doesn't acknowledge it, and ask me who vouched for it, what can I say?"
"How could they not acknowledge it? At worst, you can cut it down again..."
Tie Dan, "Hehe."
With three consecutive "Hehe" laughs, the old man also understood what Tie Dan meant,
"I will be in closed cultivation at Baoxuan Cave Heaven of Duqiao Mountain, let it be said I owe you a favor."
Since this Baoxuan Ancestor has said so, Tie Dan naturally had to give some face and left the Thunder Gate Flowing Pearl to protect Kongming Temple's Mountain Array.
Such isn't surprising that this Crane Temple, an Ancient Mysterious Sect, has connections so powerful that, at the sight of imminent sect elimination, numerous unknown old monsters come to the rescue. At worst, after a hundred years when Baoxuan Ancestor's cause and effect ends, who knows if some other mysterious treasure elder will come for another hundred years of support.
It's fair to say that in the Immortal World, trying to establish a sect, Magic Couple Materials and Land, none can be lacking.
Thus temporarily resolving the cause and effect here, Tie Dan also took his haul and transformed into a Sword Rainbow, tunneling away.
Calculating with his fingers, he soon caught up with Jian Jia and Ning Lingshuang midway. Tie Dan was about to give them a lift, only to fly over and take a look, immediately realizing something amiss!
Waterfall! Mountain stream! Spiritual Spring! Damned it, bathing again!?
Tie Dan was completely frustrated, quickly turned the Sword Rainbow, halting in the air.
Forget it, forget it, bathe then. Didn't Yao Honglei also clear her mind through water last time? Remember the "True Understanding of the Shangqing Water Scripture" of the Yellow Court Palace indeed has methods of Dual Cultivation for healing, detoxifying, and beautifying.
The insane woman did practice with Master Huilan on the journey, so naturally Ning Lingshuang would know too. But the issue is Tie Dan doesn't know how, so naturally, he can't forcefully join in the water, disturbing them.