freenovelworld Chapter 514 Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free
Chapter 514 Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free
The powerful figures from the four top demon clans in the Demon Realm are all elders or other figures within those clans.
When they saw Su Yang's image of the Nascent Soul training space projected on the light screen, their expressions immediately changed.
Isn't this Fairy Su Yang, who helped them eliminate the hidden insectoid race in the Demon Realm?
Didn't they remember that just a few days ago, Fairy Su Yang broke through three tribulations in a row, advancing from the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to the Tribulation Transcending stage in one go?
Why...why is Fairy Su Yang currently in the Nascent Soul stage training space?
Afterwards, the powerful figures from the demon realm exchanged glances and remained silent in tacit agreement.
Among the powerful figures from Tianxu Sect, the one representing Tianxing Peak this time was Lei Li, who had met Su Yang once during the siege of the Lin family.
He stared at Su Yang's back for a long time, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Lei Li, what's wrong with you?" A powerful figure from the Heavenly Ruins Sect noticed Lei Li's unusual behavior and asked him.
Lei Li shook his head slightly. "Nothing much, it's just... this female cultivator's figure... seems somewhat familiar..."
It must be her, right?
Su Yang!
It seems that he had some interaction with this disciple named Su Yang a few years ago.
Before he left, Peak Master Xia Yu not only asked him to bring the Silver Soul Insect to the Central Region, but also specifically instructed him to pay close attention to this disciple.
"She is a disciple of our Tianxu Sect?"
"However, among the Nascent Soul disciples who accompanied our Heavenly Ruins Sect this time, I haven't seen this disciple before..."
Lei Li said calmly, "She is a disciple of my Enforcement Hall. She was on a mission outside before, and after the mission was over, she came directly to the Central Region to participate in this Canglan Wind and Cloud Gathering."
Immediately afterwards, other powerful figures from various sects echoed:
"So you're a disciple of your Heavenly Ruins Sect? Heavenly Ruins Sect, you've kept this well hidden! We've only just now discovered a disciple with such strength!"
"I remember that among the disciples of your Tianxu Sect participating in this Wind and Cloud Gathering, there is a sword cultivator named Xia Ning who cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness and possesses both the Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root and the Innate Spiritual Body. It seems that she also comes from your Tianxing Peak, right? It seems that your Tianxu Sect is going to steal the spotlight at this Canglan Wind and Cloud Gathering!"
"I wonder, who is stronger, this disciple Su Yang or Xia Ning who cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness? When Xia Ning was still in the Nascent Soul stage, she was already known as the number one person below the Deity Transformation stage... But now that she has reached the Deity Transformation stage, can she continue to maintain that title as the number one person below the Void Refinement stage?"
An elder from the Hanhai Pavilion said with a malicious look.
Lei Li merely raised his eyelids and looked at the elder of the Hanhai Pavilion.
"The purpose of this Canglan Gathering is to improve the abilities of every cultivator in the Canglan Realm, not just to compete for some empty ranking below the Nascent Soul stage or the Void Refinement stage."
"Xia Ning and Su Yang both come from my Tianxu Sect. Regardless of who is stronger or weaker, they only need to seize every opportunity during this Canglan Wind and Cloud Gathering to improve their strength, and that will suffice."
Immediately afterward, a mocking smile flashed in Lei Li's eyes, "Fellow Daoist Bibo, I don't know if Junior Nephew Xia Ning is the number one person below the Refinement Void realm, but the two of us can have a contest to see who is better?"
Upon hearing Lei Li's words, the provocative Elder Bi Bo of Han Hai Pavilion immediately fell silent.
Lei Li's strength has reached the peak of the Integration Stage, and he is only one step away from breaking through to the Tribulation Stage.
Bi Bo is only at the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm. Furthermore, Lei Li is a sword cultivator with a lightning spiritual root, and his true combat strength far surpasses that of others of the same level. Only a fool would fight him.
Bibo managed a forced smile. "I was just joking. Fellow Daoist Lei Li, you don't need to take it so seriously."
Lei Li snorted coldly, then ignored the embarrassed Bi Bo.
At this moment, the number of cultivators below was still enormous.
Although the training space can accommodate a large number of people, even more cultivators come to participate in the Canglan Wind and Cloud Gathering.
Therefore, the training space automatically closes once a certain number of cultivators have been admitted. After an hour, once the first wave of cultivators has been teleported into the Heavenly Abyss, the training space will reopen to admit other cultivators.
Among the crowd, a sinister gaze was fixed on Su Yang, projected onto the Nascent Soul light screen.
Ji Ruyan clenched her fists tightly, biting her teeth, and swore, "Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!"
The moment Ji Ruyan saw Su Yang's figure, her resentment and murderous intent towards Su Yang reached their peak.
She now wished she could rush into the training space and tear Su Yang to pieces!
But the next moment, she slowly calmed down.
At present, besides the endless killing intent and resentment towards Su Yang, Ji Ruyan also felt a bit of fear towards Su Yang from the bottom of her heart.
"How did that bitch's cultivation reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage?!"
Ji Ruyan thought that she had already cultivated fast enough with the resources provided by the insect race. In just a few years, her cultivation level had been raised from almost completely ruined to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
But that bitch Su Yang, her cultivation level is now comparable to hers!
How could Ji Ruyan not be terrified!
Suddenly, the worm inside Ji Ruyan's body transmitted a message to her:
"So what if I'm just at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage?"
"Killing her is easy enough, isn't it? Besides, this time, I'll help you!"
Upon hearing what the insect said, Ji Ruyan took a deep breath and then concealed the killing intent revealed in her eyes.
"This time, Tianyuan, I will make sure Su Yang dies without a burial place!"
"You must do everything in your power to help me! I suspect that Su Yang is the one your insectoid race is determined to kill—the one who cultivates chaotic spiritual energy!!!"
Suddenly, the worm inside Ji Ruyan spoke in a very serious tone.
"Are you serious?"
Ji Ruyan: "I'm not 100% sure that Su Yang is someone who cultivates chaotic spiritual energy, but I have a feeling that she is a threat to your insect race!"
"If that's the case, then there's absolutely no way we can keep her here!"
"It's better to kill a thousand innocent people than to let one guilty person go free!"
Suddenly, Ji Ruyan turned her head to look behind her and saw several disciples of the Wuji Sect walking in her direction.
On the palms of their hands flew a shimmering silver insect.
"Damn it! I clearly managed to infiltrate Wuji City and shake them off, so why are they still haunting me like this! This is really troublesome!"
"How exactly did they find me? Isn't the Spirit Network supposed to be unable to detect the presence of the Zerg?" Ji Ruyan said through gritted teeth.
Ji Ruyan originally wanted to follow Han Ying, the young master of the Ghost Shadow Sect, into the Heavenly Abyss, which would save her a lot of trouble.
But when she arrived at the city gate, she realized that the people of Wuji Sect seemed to have a way to detect the presence of the insect race!
She had no choice but to find an excuse to separate herself from the Ghost Shadow Sect. Then, using the absolute control that the worms in her body had over ordinary insectoids, she summoned all the insectoids near Wuji City to launch a siege.
Meanwhile, Ji Ruyan took advantage of the chaos to successfully slip into Wuji City.
Even so, the people of the Wuji Sect still managed to find her by relying on the Silver Soul Insect's sensitivity to the insectoid aura.
"Didn't you see? The spirit insects in their hands can detect the aura of our insect race!"
Ji Ruyan only glanced at it before immediately recognizing that the spirit insect was Su Yang's spirit insect!
"It's that bitch Su Yang who's ruining my plans again!"
As one of the disciples of the Wuji Sect drew closer to Ji Ruyan, she had no choice but to leave again.
On the other side, several pairs of eyes also noticed Su Yang on the Nascent Soul projection screen.
"Sister Zhang Qian! Look, it's Sister Su Yang!"
Zhang Qian nodded excitedly, "It's...it's A-Yang! I never expected...I never expected that after all these years, when I saw A-Yang again, she would already be a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
She was proud of Su Yang's growth and strength, but Zhang Qian also felt a sense of loss.
Liu Erya seemed to notice Zhang Qian's unusual behavior. "Sister Zhang Qian? Are you alright?"
Zhang Qian forced a smile, "I'm fine, it's just..."
"Er Ya, am I too weak? It's been more than ten years since we entered the Immortal Sect together, but my strength has only just reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm, barely qualifying me to participate in the Canglan Wind and Cloud Gathering."
"I feel like... I feel like I can't keep up with you guys anymore..."
After Zhang Qian finished speaking, her eyes looked somewhat lost.
Several years ago, Liu Erya dissolved her spiritual root and scattered her cultivation to start over. Even so, she has advanced from Qi Induction to the Golden Core Perfection in such a short time and is about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
A-Yang even broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, becoming a powerful Nascent Soul sovereign.
But... she clearly cultivated very diligently, but due to her lack of talent, her cultivation speed was far behind that of Liu Erya and Su Yang.
Liu Erya listened carefully to Zhang Qian's words, thought about them seriously for a while, and then smiled.
"Sister Zhang Qian, why would you think that?"
"Sister Su Yang is like an eagle destined to spread her wings and soar through the sky. She has her own path to walk, and we have our own path to walk."
"Each of us has our own path to walk. As long as we find the path that suits us best, even if it's a little slower, so what?"
"Who says having five spiritual roots is bad? Is having a single spiritual root necessarily good?"
"Xia Yu Zhenzun, who returned to our Tianxu Sect a few days ago, and Wanfa Zunzhu, aren't they both five spiritual roots?"
"And there's Sister Su Yang, she also has three spiritual roots."
“Spiritual roots and aptitude don’t really mean anything, Sister Zhang Qian. Have you noticed that although you are only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, the amount of spiritual energy stored in your dantian is more than that of a typical mid-stage Golden Core cultivator?”
Zhang Qian nodded blankly, seemingly confirming the above...
The amount of spiritual energy stored within her body is indeed far greater than that of ordinary cultivators with single or double spiritual roots...
"Therefore, having a single spiritual root has its advantages, and having two spiritual roots has its advantages. There is no need to belittle yourself."
"We can no longer keep up with Sister Su Yang's pace, but as long as we have a clear conscience and don't fall behind, that's enough."
Liu Erya looked at Zhang Qian, who was deep in thought, and exhaled a breath of stale air.
She knew that Sister Zhang Qian didn't dislike her five spiritual roots, but rather that their cultivation speed far surpassed Zhang Qian's, which made her somewhat flustered.
During the period when her wood spirit root was dissolved and she needed to disperse her power and start over, she, like Zhang Qian, was filled with panic and anxiety.
But she recovered, and Liu Erya believed that Sister Zhang Qian would come too!
Hidden in the crowd, Meng Ziyi stared at Su Yang's figure on the light screen with a crazed look in his eyes, like a rat in a dark corner.
"Nascent Soul...Nascent Soul...Su Yang, how did you cultivate so fast! How could you cultivate so fast! Why didn't you wait for me! Why didn't you wait for me..."
"If only...if only you could slow down a little, so I could catch up with you..."
The next moment, he seemed to have made up his mind. A dark light flashed in his eyes, and his expression became even more crazed.
Although Feng Chun, who was standing next to Meng Ziyi, noticed that his disciple was acting strangely, he did not interfere much.
His gaze was also fixed on Su Yang on the light screen, a deep meaning flashing in his eyes.
"I didn't expect her to grow so quickly. If we don't act soon, there really won't be any chance left..."
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Inside the Nascent Soul training space, Ming Tingjiao, Jin Ming, Meng Sang, the Seventh Squad, and Ji Yanmei were also bravely fighting against the insectoids.
There were simply too many Zerg spawning to be killed.
Meanwhile, their spiritual energy was rapidly declining, and at this rate, they couldn't possibly last an hour.
By sheer coincidence, the group of them came together and, using Meng Sang's formation as the core foundation, began to continuously resist the insectoid attacks with the formation.
Through Su Yang, the group gradually became acquainted, and even explored many secret realms in the Canglan Realm together over the past few years. Their combat coordination had long been excellent.
"Jin Ming, did you see Su Yang? A few days ago, didn't she log on to the Spirit Network to reply to our messages?" After killing the last insectoid that had rushed into the formation, Ming Tingjiao asked Jin Ming with a frown during a break.
Jin Ming shook his head in confusion as well, "I don't know if she came or not. She only replied to a few words on the Spirit Network before going offline."
Meng Sang, Luo Xiaoqi, and others also received Su Yang's reply from the Spirit Network a few days ago, in which Su Yang said she would participate in this Canglan Fengyun Conference.
It was quite strange that they didn't see Su Yang in the Nascent Soul training space.
Luo Chen twitched the corner of his mouth as he overheard their discussion.
He said weakly, "Perhaps... Senior Sister Su Yang is in the Nascent Soul stage training space..."
As soon as Luo Chen finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to him.
"Su Yang...Senior Sister?!" Luo Xiaoqi, who was usually oblivious, accurately grasped the unusual thing in Luo Chen's words.
"Big brother, tell me, did you meet Su Yang beforehand? And why did you call Su Yang... Senior Sister?!"
Luo Chen nodded slightly. "Yanmei and I went to the Central Region before. We were attacked by sea monsters in the Chaotic Star Sea. It was Senior Sister Su Yang who saved us and allowed us to arrive in the Central Region safely."