The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple-Chapter 971 - 303: Look, Isn’t It Perfect Timing to Arrive Like This? (6k)_3

His murky eyes suddenly shot out a fervent light, "Just like that Old Emperor back in the day, using the Nine Nether Demon Lotus to carve out a unique path to ascension, thereby manipulating so many people."

"By then, we could advance to Spirit Slash, and so could you. Even... the entire Holy Martial Dynasty would become ours!"

As they spoke, their eyes burned with a pathological fervor, and their breathing became heavy. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Then, the Holy Martial Dynasty would be directly renamed as the Golden Thunder Dynasty, the Kingdom of Corpses.

Those of them who should have been near death would also be able to extend their lives and advance to Corpse Emperor.

Just thinking about it made them yearn for it.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Lei Lie's eyes.

At this moment, the Second Elder suddenly patted his shoulder, speaking meaningfully, "Don't forget, it was you who suggested using an array to block the small sects' proposals."

"I, I just..." Lei Lie's throat bobbed, but he didn't know how to defend himself.

He thought a few tens of thousands of people would suffice, not expecting it to develop to this scale.

"We all know." The First Elder interrupted coldly, "But you must understand that the Golden Thunder Sect is currently surviving in a crevice."

He pointed into the distance, "The Taiqing Sect has already annexed the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect and the Phecda Sect, and the Cangyan Daoist Palace is eyeing us greedily... What we're doing is merely trying to survive."

Lei Lie fell silent and only opened his mouth with difficulty after a long while, "Then... what about Lei Luo?"

The elders exchanged a subtle glance.

The Third Elder cleared his throat, speaking earnestly, "Lie'er, you should understand your brother's nature. This child has lived in the shadow of you, his genius elder brother, since childhood."

"During the Five Sects battle, didn't he follow Yan Xiaohu of the Taiqing Sect to dig up ancestral graves? Wasn't it just to prove himself?"

The First Elder smoothed his beard, his tone softened a bit, "Now that you have become the acting Sect Leader, the child naturally wants to make his mark even more."

He patted Lei Lie's shoulder, "So we specifically arranged for him to carry out a secret mission. Once he completes it and returns, you brothers will naturally reunite."

Lei Lie furrowed his brow slightly but could only nod slowly.

"Attention!" The Second Elder suddenly exclaimed lowly, reining in his aura abruptly.

Everyone instantly concealed their presence, their gaze uniformly focused on the sky.

In the sky, a gilded flying ship broke through the clouds, the dragon-patterned flag at its prow billowing, gleaming with dazzling golden light in the sunlight.

"A flying ship from the Liu family?" The Fourth Elder's voice tightened, "Could it just be passing by..."

Before he finished speaking, the flying ship began to slow down, eventually coming to a steady hover right above the mountain gate of the Qiling Sect.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt a sinking sensation in their hearts.

"Damn it!"

...

At the same time, on the deck of the flying ship.

The Dragon Lock Nail on Liu Hansong's body suddenly began to tremble violently, a surge of black vapor emanating from the nail's end.

He snapped his head up, his blood-red eyes firmly locking onto the mountain gate ahead.

"I can feel it, inside, they're all inside!" Liu Hansong trembled all over, his voice hoarse.

The Princess Consort Ying furrowed her brows tightly, hurriedly asking, "What's inside? Who are they?"

"The same aura as the corpse that bit me... and there are many of them!" Liu Hansong gasped with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, everyone's complexion drastically changed.

Liu Xuanfeng's gaze was as sharp as lightning, lingering for a moment on Liu Hansong's painfully twisted face, suddenly gaining some insight.

The other party probably didn't anticipate that they would have a Magical Treasure like the Dragon Lock Nail.

Otherwise, normally speaking, Old Fourth should have already succumbed to the poison by now.

How could it be possible to sense them instead because of this?

"It seems the other party harbors the same intention as us, both using a small sect as cover!" The Second Elder, Liu Youtai, snorted coldly.

At this moment, sounds of space-tearing suddenly echoed from the horizon.

More than ten sword lights approached from afar, marking the return of the Qiling Sect disciples.

They looked at the gilded flying ship hovering above the mountain gate with shock and curiosity.

Could it be that their sect has received distinguished guests?

Liu Xuanfeng snorted coldly, waving his sleeve.

The dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators were suddenly plucked into the air like kites with broken strings, heavily crashing onto the deck.

Feeling the terrifying pressure of these Divinity Transformation cultivators, these disciples turned pale with terror, kowtowing repeatedly.

"S-senior, spare us. We are just disciples returning from training outside..."

Before they could finish speaking, several people simultaneously reached out, directly gripping their celestial spirits, their palms emitting a faint glow, forcibly performing Soul Search!

Moments later, they released their hands.

These disciples lay sprawled on the ground as if their essence qi had been drained, foaming at the mouth, black blood seeping from their seven orifices.

"Their memories show no traces of outsiders entering," Liu Xuanfeng flicked away the bloodstains on his sleeve coldly, "Even if they did, such low-rank disciples couldn't possibly know."

The Second Elder, Liu Youtai, suddenly pointed toward the array, adding, "Moreover, they haven't even seen such a grand array in their sect. It must have been set up only recently!"

Liu Xuanfeng performed Soul Search on the remaining trembling disciples, but to the same result.

His eyes flared with cold light, "Now that we've appeared so ostentatiously here, the other side must have already realized."

"Since that's the case, we might as well go meet them and see who dares to strike against my Liu family!"

The others also stepped forward one after another.

Watching this tense scene, the Shadow Guard Commander stepped forward, cupping his hands.

"Esteemed seniors, we are the Royal Guards, our duty solely to protect Princess Consort Ying. Meddling in sect affairs is inappropriate. To act now would represent the Royal Family's stance, which may not be suitable."

Liu Xuanfeng cast a faint glance at him, understanding the implications, and said, "If that's the case, you shall stand by here, and Princess Consort Ying will stay behind as well."

He turned to look at Princess Consort Ying, his tone slightly softer, "This endeavor is perilous; it's not advisable for you to be involved."