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Chapter 367: Chapter 367 Shoot Anyone Who Moves! [Third Update]

Cheng Dongliang felt a surge of anger welling up inside him. Although he had valued Li Xiaoyao, it was under the premise that Li Xiaoyao hadn’t made any enemies. Now, not only had Li Xiaoyao made enemies everywhere, but he had also offended the Li Family, one of the Eight Great Sects of Xuan Country.

In the past, Cheng Dongliang had thought that Li Xiaoyao was a cultivator with talent, who knew when to advance or retreat, but now he realized that this young man was simply an idiot.

Relying on his slight talent in cultivation, he was arrogantly ignorant, almost forgetting his own surname.

Regardless, Li Xiaoyao had helped him out a lot, and Cheng Dongliang decided to help him one last time.

“Xiaoyao, leave at once,” he said.

Li Xiaoyao gave him a glance, flicked his finger on his shoulder, and said, “Why should I leave? This Spirit Stone Vein is mine. You have entered without my permission. The ones who should leave are you all!”

“Fellow Daoist Cheng, it seems this young man is not appreciative at all,” a cultivator in his forties said with a strange laugh.

In the crowd, there was a thin elder with a hunched body standing not far away, his eyes clear as a child’s, seemingly able to see through people’s hearts.

Next to the elder was a young man, about twenty-odd years old, and this young man was Li Tu.

Seeing that Li Xiaoyao had appeared from nowhere, Li Tu said with concern, “Elder Qi, please take action to save him.”

“Why should I save him?” Elder Qi was one of the five Great Offerings of the Li Family. His status was so high that even the Family Head of the Li Family would respectfully call him Elder Qi!

Li Tu said, “He is the son of the Family Head.”

“So what?” Elder Qi said indifferently, “I am here at the request of Li Yiming, to subdue a Demon Beast. Other matters are of no concern to me.”

“But…”

With a wave of his hand, Elder Qi interrupted him, “I do not need instruction from a green youth like you in my affairs.”

Although Li Tu was anxious, he dared not say anything more. If he angered Elder Qi, and Elder Qi killed him with a single slap, it would be in vain.

Elder Qi stood quietly at a distance of several tens of meters from the pit, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the arriving cultivators, feeling slightly surprised in his heart.

He could clearly sense that, besides himself, there were several other powerful yet subtle presences amongst those present.

It seemed that the Demon Beast that had appeared in Ling City had indeed a terrifying cultivation level, or else it wouldn’t have drawn so many cultivators here. Among them, some of the cultivators with strong cultivation levels were usually in secluded cultivation, and they would never emerge unless something significant happened.

Li Xiaoyao stood outside the pit, his gaze indifferently sweeping over everyone’s faces, and said, “Are you all coveting this Spirit Stone Vein?”

“Hehe, Fellow Daoist Li speaks too seriously. The Spirit Stone Vein is indeed precious, but it does not catch the eye of this humble Taoist,” said an old Taoist, holding a horsetail whisk, looking the part of a true immortal. As he spoke, a smile remained on his face.

The old Taoist came forward a few steps, wielded his horsetail whisk with a flourish, and pointed towards the pit, saying, “This humble Taoist is here to subdue demons and exorcize evil spirits.”

Without waiting for Li Xiaoyao to speak, Cheng Dongliang already said, “I’m afraid you will be disappointed, Taoist priest. According to the detection of the military’s instruments, no life forms have been found underground. It seems that Demon Beast has already fled.”

“What!”

At this, over a hundred cultivators were shocked.

They had traveled from far to come here for that Demon Beast, but now, to learn that the Demon Beast had fled?

The old Taoist was also startled before saying, “No matter how precise the instruments are, they can be wrong. Let this humble Taoist go down and investigate.”

At this moment, Elder Qi also stepped forward and said, “What Taoist Liu said is very true. These modern instruments are unreliable. We should go down and investigate ourselves. If there truly is nothing, we will leave on our own.”

“No way!” Cheng Dongliang firmly rejected the idea, scoffing at the notion. A Spirit Stone Vein had been discovered below, and even though the Demon Beast had fled, where a Spirit Stone Vein emerged, treasured substances naturally appeared in tandem. Under such circumstances, he couldn’t possibly allow these people to go down.

Elder Qi narrowed his eyes and said, “Oh? Is Brother Cheng planning to stop us?”

Although there was a vast difference in their cultivation levels, Cheng Dongliang was undeterred.

Elder Qi was protected by his formidable cultivation level, whereas Cheng Dongliang had the backing of the nation.

Cheng Dongliang snorted and turned to give his order, “Snipers, get ready. Anyone who dares take a step inside, shoot to kill immediately!”

At these words, the complexions of all the cultivators present changed dramatically.

Even for cultivators as powerful as Elder Qi and Taoist Liu, sniper bullets would be ineffective.

But they understood that Cheng Dongliang’s words were merely an expression of his stance. If they truly dared to set foot even halfway in, what awaited them would certainly not be sniper bullets, but lightweight guided missiles!

Different from these cultivators whose faces showed dramatic change, Li Xiaoyao turned to Cheng Dongliang and said, “Cheng elder, I’ll give you some respect. Take your troops and leave immediately, and I won’t hold your earlier actions against you.”

This was entirely for Cheng Yiyi’s sake that Li Xiaoyao was speaking like this. Otherwise, had it been another officer daring to bomb the Spirit Stone Vein with explosives, Li Xiaoyao would have struck to kill long ago.

“This kid must be out of his mind.”

“Definitely crazy. In this situation, he still dares to spout madness, truly thinking he’s someone special?”

Cheng Dongliang’s eyebrows shot up, and a surge of anger built in his chest.

He had given Li Xiaoyao several chances, but the kid failed to appreciate them. He had already exhausted all benevolent means, yet Li Xiaoyao knew no better.

“Leave immediately!” Cheng Dongliang commanded in a deep voice.

Li Xiaoyao looked at him intently, obviously not taking his words to heart, and then turned to face the pit. He gazed into the abyss below, which was as dark as the bottomless depths, his thoughts a mystery.

Seeing this, Cheng Dongliang clenched his fists and shouted, “Li Xiaoyao, step back, or I’ll shoot!”

“Shoot?” Li Xiaoyao laughed, not looking back, and said, “Cheng elder, I won’t make things difficult for you today, but the Spirit Stone Vein below, if you expect me to hand it over to the nation, that’s utterly impossible.”

With those words, Li Xiaoyao took a leap, his body disappearing into the darkness as swiftly as the wind.

“Xiaoyao!” Cheng Dongliang stepped forward quickly, standing at the edge and looking down, but he could see nothing. @@novelbin@@

A soldier approached and asked softly, “Military Governor, do we need to deploy explosives?”

Cheng Dongliang’s face was unsightly. Shaking his head, he replied, “Send a team to check.”

As Li Xiaoyao jumped into the pit, some cultivators couldn’t hold back. Elder Qi and Taoist Liu cared for nothing else, their figures flashed, and they followed suit, plunging into the pit.

Cheng Dongliang had no time to react, let alone issue orders.

With those three leading the way, hundreds of cultivators erupted into action at once, one after another jumping into the pit.

A cold light flashed in Cheng Dongliang’s eyes: “Open fire!”

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