"With a great threat looming, instead of thinking of resistance, you take advantage of the chaos to commit robbery... you truly deserve to die!"

A glint of coldness flashed in her eyes as Luo Qingxuan surveyed the crowd with utter disgust in her gaze.

Though she arrived late, as she hovered in the air just moments ago, Luo Qingxuan had already overheard these people's conversation. If she hadn't repeatedly suppressed her anger, that sword strike just now wouldn't simply have carved a trench in the ground but would have slain all these people directly.

With Luo Qingxuan's strength, killing this ragtag crowd was indeed not a difficult matter.

"Saintess Luo, Young Master Wang!"

As Sun Yujie approached them, tears almost welled up in her eyes.

Many disciples of the Medicine King Valley behind her crumbled to the ground, unable to stop their tears.

Although Wang Junze and his companions arrived in time, preventing the tragedy, the feeling of surviving such a calamity still left them feeling drained.

"Robbing spirit medicine is one thing, but to also think of violating these women, and even... silencing by murder, you truly have some nerve!"

With a leisurely step forward, Wang Junze's lips curled into a faint, ambiguous smile as he spoke slowly, "Weren't you just calling for blood and murder? Don't stop now, there are only four of us here, and two of us aren't very strong. If you swarm us, you might just win, you know?"

"..."

Win? Yeah, right!

Who doesn't know about Wang Junze, who once halted a thousand cavalry with a single sword stroke outside the Wang Family manor, and that was just when he was Condensing Truth. It's been a year since, who knows how much stronger he has become.

Not to mention alongside him a Saintess Xuan Yue; even if everyone were bound together, it wouldn't be enough to face the two of them!

"Spare us, Saintess! Spare us, Young Master Wang!"

Upon hearing Wang Junze's words, more people fell to their knees, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy: "We were just momentarily overtaken by greed, seeking some spirit medicine to fight the Deserters in the Northern Domain."

"Yes, we didn't even intend to fight Master Sun and them. We don't know what came over us, Young Master Wang, please spare us!"

"We are willing to go to Jubei City to fight the Deserters to atone!"

"Get lost, all of you!"

Though disgust was evident in her eyes, Luo Qingxuan couldn't bring herself to kill them all and instead coldly waved them off.

Upon hearing Luo Qingxuan's words, these people felt like they had been granted amnesty, getting up and scrambling towards the valley's exit.

"Wait a moment!"

Watching them flee in disarray, a sense of caution suddenly arose in Wang Junze's heart, prompting him to stop them abruptly.

"Hmm?"

Instantly, their bodies stiffened, and unwillingly, they halted, looking pathetically at Wang Junze.

Luo Qingxuan had already agreed to spare them; surely Wang Junze wouldn't oppose the Saintess, would he?

As his gaze settled on one of the speakers, Wang Junze slowly walked up to him, calmly asking, "Did you just say that you hadn't intended to attack Master Sun and the others earlier?"

"… Yes, yes!"

Frightened by Wang Junze's gaze, he trembled inwardly but dared not remain silent, forcing himself to explain, "I truly only came to beg for some spirit medicine, and I don't know how it got out of control just now…"

This explanation seemed a bit too perfunctory.

What does it mean to not know how emotions got out of control?

Are you not already an adult, or do you consider yourself still a child?

Such an unbelievable statement, yet in Wang Junze's ears, it tore through the fog instantly!

No, something's wrong!

"Senior Sister Luo, seal the void. Kill anyone who tries to escape!"

No time to overthink, Wang Junze instinctively reacted.

"What?!"

In an instant, not only were these people stunned, but Sun Yujie and the disciples of Medicine King Valley were slightly taken aback as well.

Though they loathed these people's shamelessness, they never truly considered killing them all.

However, Wang Junze's response seemed too ruthless, didn't it?

Though unsure of Wang Junze's intentions, Luo Qingxuan still complied, sealing the void as per his instructions.

"Young Master Wang, we indeed erred, but... hasn't the situation not escalated to that level, aren't our crimes not worthy of death?"

The crowd buzzed again.

Buzz!

In an instant, as the sword light flickered, others hadn't even reacted yet when the icy sword edge was already against the neck of the man who had spoken the loudest among them.

The unforeseen change instantly scared those around into retreating sharply, opening up a large space.

"Indeed, their sins do not warrant death, but you... you deserve to die!"

With a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, Wang Junze spoke coldly.

"... Wang Junze, what do you mean by that?"

Even with Wang Junze's sword against his throat, the man defiantly questioned.

"I've been pondering a question."

With a faint raise of his brow, Wang Junze slowly spoke, "Out of such a large group, it's not unusual to have a few scoundrels, but... why, at the slightest incitement, does everyone follow suit in evil? Are so many people that devoid of principles?"

Plundering spirit medicine is nothing new; plenty would think to take advantage of this opportunity to seize some spirit medicine. However, silencing by murder and contemplating the violation of the Medicine King Valley's female disciples far exceeds the bounds of the ordinary.

Although Sun Yujie isn't very strong, her reputation within the Northern Domain is quite good. Generally, if someone came to her injured or ill, she would extend her hand in help.

These people are also cultivators of the Northern Domain; logically, to some extent, they should have benefited somewhat from Medicine King Valley.

Could human nature degenerate to such a nefarious extent, nearly devoid of all moral bottom lines?

If it were just a few people, it might be forgivable, but the crowd gathered here in Medicine King Valley exceeds one or two hundred people. Are they all so shameless?

Unless... someone used special means to manipulate their minds!

That man's words that they initially had no intention to harm Sun Yujie but only wanted to force her to hand over some spirit medicine sounded like an excuse, yet... it was precisely these words that awakened Wang Junze!

Because, such sentiments might actually represent the true thoughts of the majority deep down.

To bewilder so many people at once, and even later make them unaware anything was amiss, thinking only that they lost control, is absolutely not something an ordinary cultivator could achieve.

The greatest possibility is that among these people, there's a terrifyingly powerful figure concealed!

This was why Wang Junze had Luo Qingxuan seal the void first.

"Hehe!"

Suddenly, the person targeted by Wang Junze's sword began to laugh.

Oddly enough, though the man appeared male, the laughter was seductive, like that of an exquisitely charming woman. This stark contrast instantly sent shivers down everyone's spine!

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