38: Chapter 38 The Demon-Slaying Order is Issued

Xiao Hao looked at the scene on the field and shook his head with a face full of disappointment.

Lu Ming's gaze remained calm and unchanged, while his palm rested unconsciously on his sword.

The remaining Foundation Establishment Disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall instantly formed a large Formation, ready to act at any moment.

"No way! Senior Brother Li Ping is actually a Demonic Cultivator!" A Disciple stood up abruptly from his seat, pointing a trembling finger at the arena, his voice cracking from extreme shock.

"I don't believe it!" A Junior Brother beside him who was close to Li Ping shook his head desperately, his face full of pain and struggle. "Senior Brother Li Ping treats others with kindness; how could he be such a sinister Demonic Cultivator?"

"Exactly!" A short Disciple in the back row squeezed to the front and argued eagerly, "Last month, when my Alchemy went out of control and my Pill Furnace nearly exploded, it was Senior Brother Li Ping who stepped in to help me suppress it! A person like that..." He choked up at the end, unable to continue.

"It must be Ye Chen's doing!" In the crowd, a Disciple with an indignant face waved his fist and turned his spearhead toward the other person. "He is the real Demonic Cultivator! He must have used some trick to frame Senior Brother Li Ping!"

"Right! Exactly!" This speculation was immediately echoed by several others. Clutching at straws, they nodded repeatedly.

"Think about it carefully. How could an ordinary Cultivator defeat a Demonic Cultivator so easily? There must be something fishy going on!"

The crowd became restless. Emotions of suspicion, shock, defense, and anger spread and collided among the Disciples.

Yun Ming stood up abruptly and thought to himself, "Damn it! My property just moved! If you guys keep talking, my one hundred thousand Spirit Stones will go down the drain!"

He then shouted at the top of his lungs, drowning out everyone else: "Damned Demonic Cultivator, why don't you surrender!"

Of the two confronting each other on the field, Ye Chen did not respond. Instead, Li Ping seemed to be triggered and roared, "In your dreams! I want to achieve Foundation Establishment! I want to refine all of you!!"

"Phew!" Hearing Li Ping say this, Yun Ming breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down.

Of course, he still felt sorry for this Senior Brother in his heart; after all, this Senior Brother Li Ping had once taken care of him.

But this statement shocked everyone into silence, and they stared at Yun Ming and Li Ping in a daze.

At this moment, Xiao Hao also sighed, his figure slowly flying up to the arena: "Ye Chen, you have won this duel. Step down."

Ye Chen knew that with so many people present, Li Ping would not dare to act rashly even if he had lost his mind. So, he took out a handful of spring return pills, swallowed them, and jumped off the arena.

As for Li Ping, Xiao Hao was still trying to persuade him: "Junior Brother, do not remain obsessed. Given our relationship, what would it matter if I asked Revered Master for a foundation establishment pill for you? Why must you walk down this path?"

Eroded by his Demonic Technique and acting like a madman, Li Ping roared angrily: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! From the moment I entered the Sect, I hated you to death! Why! Why! Why is everything about you better than me! You can directly enter the Inner Sect as an Inner Sect Disciple, while I have to start as a servant. You can become a Peak Revered Master's Personal Disciple, while I have to guard that broken Alchemy Room and take care of those idiots whose brains are filled with pill toxins! The foundation establishment pill that you can get so easily! I waited for three years! Three years and I still didn't get it!"

Li Ping's words contained the bewitching power of his Demonic Technique, and the sound waves, laden with eerie demonic power, permeated the field.

Many people's eyes gradually became dazed, and their emotions began to uncontrollably become irritable, sad, and melancholic. One after another, they were bewitched by him and began to voice their grievances on his behalf.

"Senior Brother Li Ping is right!" A Disciple with an honest face suddenly stood up with a start, his face flushed with excitement as he waved his arms and roared: "Why do you Personal Disciples get to receive the foundation establishment pill first! This is unfair!"

"That's right! The capable should come first!" A tall, thin Disciple nearby was also infected. He clenched his fists tightly, his voice trembling due to the violent fluctuation of his emotions: "Shouldn't it be that whoever has the higher Realm and stronger strength gets to enjoy the resources first!"

"Why... why can't they refine a few more batches of foundation establishment pills?" A younger Disciple muttered to himself with dazed eyes, his hands unconsciously grabbing his own hair. His tone was full of confusion and a guided sense of urgency: "It's not like they are refining that legendary 'five elements gold-condensing jade liquid'. Can the Sect not afford the Materials for the foundation establishment pill?"

"Senior Brother Li Ping only waited for three years..." A female Disciple recalled the past, her eyes suddenly turning red, her voice choked with sobs: "But I know of a Senior Brother who waited for a full ten years and still didn't get it... In the end, he gritted his teeth and forced a Breakthrough, and as a result... his Foundation was completely destroyed, and he passed away. Whenever I think of this, I feel so sad, so pathetic..." As she spoke, tears actually slid down her cheeks.

"Right! We want foundation establishment pills too!"

"Give us foundation establishment pills!"

Infected by these emotions of sadness and unwillingness, more and more Disciples affected by the demonic power began to shout along, their voices converging into a restless wave of sound.

Li Ping laughed even more arrogantly.

Yun Ming looked around, looking completely bewildered, and rubbed his chin while thinking: "Should I shout along too? What if they actually give out foundation establishment pills?"

But soon he shivered, threw his crazy thought to the back of his mind, found a place, and quietly hid.

Lu Ming drew his sword, slightly turned his head, and said to Xiao Hao: "This is the reason why that prince escaped back then. When this Demonic Technique is cultivated to a certain Realm, it will affect the Divine Soul of others. Several Disciples who were besieging the prince were incited by him on the spot. I couldn't free up my hands, which is why he escaped."

And this time they were fully prepared. Both Lu Ming and Xiao Hao had Magic Treasures bestowed by the Elder, which could resist this kind of bewitchment.

As for those Law Enforcement Hall Disciples, they adopted a more pragmatic method, which was to plug their ears with wooden stoppers.

They could barely resist, but it wouldn't work for long.

Xiao Hao looked at Li Ping, complex emotions flowing in his eyes. After Li Ping died, he would completely have no one left that he had known during his time in the mortal world.

Even though he knew Li Ping would not turn back, he was very conflicted in his heart, because he truly regarded Li Ping as a friend.

So much so that he had actually already requested a foundation establishment pill for Li Ping, but unfortunately, Li Ping was destined never to eat it.

Compared to Xiao Hao's conflict, Lu Ming was much more decisive. "Form up!"

Following his order, a dozen Law Enforcement Hall Disciples instantly formed a large Formation. However, this Formation was not aimed at Li Ping, but at the people in the stands.

This startled everyone on the field, as they thought Lu Ming was going to go on a killing spree.

But as the Formation was completed, a dozen Flying Swords flew into the air, and the Spiritual Qi they emitted turned into a layer of translucent golden light that covered everyone in the stands, accompanied by a series of humming sounds.

The people who were originally indignant and wanted to live and die with Li Ping all calmed down, their expressions somewhat dazed, as if they didn't know what had happened.

Seeing that the crowd on the field had quieted down, Lu Ming also flew onto the arena and said calmly: "Die."

Xiao Hao turned his head away, unable to bear it.

Having lost his reason and having fought to a mutual injury with Ye Chen, Li Ping could not even resist when facing the Foundation Establishment Lu Ming.

He didn't even let out a scream before his head was severed by Lu Ming.

Holding Li Ping's head, Lu Ming flew into the air and said to everyone on the field: "From this day on! The Sunset Glow Sect initiates the Demon Suppression Order!"