55: Golden Core strikes

All the Disciples on the plaza felt their hearts sink!

It was as if a great mountain had pressed down on them, making even breathing difficult.

Xu Jinhe looked at his grandson's distraught expression.

Then he glanced at the terrified Disciple on the ground, his face so grim it could drip water.

"Explain clearly, what exactly happened!"

Just at this tense moment, the Secret Realm portal, which was about to completely dissipate, flickered one last time.

Two figures walked out of it unhurriedly.

Leading the way was Chen Daoxuan, in a green robe, his expression as calm as water.

Behind him was the tall and upright Chen Daochu.

In his arms, he held an unconscious woman, who was Liu Feifei.

Lin Meng and several other surviving female Disciples followed closely behind them, their faces still showing lingering fear.

"It's them! It's them!"

"Senior Brother Qianxiang! It's him! It's that Chen Daoxuan, he killed Senior Brother Xinlong!"

Whoosh!

In an instant, everyone's gaze focused on Chen Daochu.

Xu Qianxiang's eyes immediately turned blood red.

He stared intently at Chen Daochu, his gaze as if he wanted to devour him alive.

"Did you... kill my brother?"

His voice was squeezed out from between his teeth.

"That's right."

Chen Daochu carefully handed Liu Feifei, who was in his arms, to Lin Meng behind him.

Facing Xu Qianxiang's murderous gaze, he calmly uttered two words.

He didn't explain, nor did he bother to explain.

"You're courting death!"

Xu Qianxiang was completely enraged, but he hadn't had time to act yet.

Beside him, other Disciples who had come out of the Secret Realm.

Were called by the Elders for questioning.

A Disciple who had witnessed the massacre, still shaken, tremblingly described to an Elder in charge: "Too... too terrifying! Those two brothers from the Chen Family are simply devils!"

"When we arrived, Senior Brother Yun Zhan and a dozen others were besieging Senior Sister Liu Feifei."

"Later, the Chen Family brothers arrived, and that Chen Daochu rushed forward without a word."

"He... his cultivation clearly didn't seem high, but those Late Foundation Establishment Stage Senior Brothers couldn't even withstand a single move from him!"

"Wind blades, lightning, he was like a god controlling wind and thunder, and those Senior Brothers... were harvested by him like wheat!"

"And Senior Brother Xu Xinlong... he... he was instantly killed by Chen Daoxuan with one move!"

These words made everyone who heard them gasp in cold air.

Chen Daoxuan, Foundation Establishment Middle Stage?

Instantly killing an Inner Sect elite in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage?

How is this possible!

But the speaker's terrified expression didn't seem feigned.

And it wasn't just him, several other witnesses.

Also described similar scenes.

Xu Qianxiang listened to these words, and the reason in his heart was completely incinerated by anger.

He didn't care about the cause and effect, he only knew that his own younger brother was dead!

He died at the hands of this person right in front of him!

"I want you to pay with your life for my brother!"

Xu Qianxiang roared, and the Golden Core realm's Aura was no longer held back.

Like an invisible mountain, it fiercely pressed down on the two Chen Family brothers!

He was actually going to disregard the Sect rules and publicly kill a fellow Disciple!

Chen Daoxuan's expression changed, and he immediately took a step forward.

Standing in front of his brother, the spiritual energy in his body circulated wildly, trying to resist this Aura.

But he was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage after all, how could he contend with a Golden Core Cultivator.

"Pfft!"

Chen Daoxuan groaned, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, his face instantly pale.

And Chen Daochu behind him, already greatly exhausted from the Legacy and battle.

At this moment, being directly impacted by the Golden Core Aura, he felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer.

He only felt that his internal organs were dislocated, his throat sweetened, and a mouthful of blood spewed out.

His body swayed, and he knelt on one knee.

On the high platform, the expressions of several Elders changed slightly, and they were about to intervene.

"Who dares to move?"

Xu Jinhe's cold voice rang out, his powerful Aura of a Late Golden Core Stage locking down the entire scene, his gaze like two sharp swords.

Sweeping over the Elders who wanted to interfere.

The Elders' hearts tightened, and their actions immediately stopped.

Everyone could see that Xu Jinhe was furious at the moment, and it wasn't worth offending a powerful Elder and the Xu Family behind him for a Disciple.

On the plaza, for a time, no one dared to step forward to stop it.

"Senior Brother Chen!"

Lin Meng and several other female Disciples were frightened, their faces losing color.

Liu Feifei slowly woke up in Lin Meng's arms, and as soon as she opened her eyes.

What she saw was Chen Daochu, in order to protect them, being overpowered by Xu Qianxiang and kneeling on the ground, seriously injured.

"Revered Master!"

Liu Feifei struggled, letting out a weak cry towards the high platform, "Please Revered Master, save them!"

A green streak of light flashed down from the high platform, landing in front of Liu Feifei, transforming into a beautiful female Cultivator with an ethereal temperament.

It was Liu Feifei's Revered Master, Elder Yuan Chuliu.

"Feifei, how are you all?"

Yuan Chuliu saw that her Disciples were all injured, especially Liu Feifei, whose Aura was weak and injuries extremely severe.

A trace of heartache and anger immediately flashed in her eyes.

She helped Liu Feifei up, her gaze turning to the center of the field, and when she saw Xu Qianxiang bullying the Chen Family brothers.

And Xu Jinhe was watching coldly from the side, her face instantly turned cold.

"Xu Jinhe! What do you mean by this? Allowing your grandson to kill fellow Disciples on the plaza, has your Xu Family's rules already superseded the Sect's rules?"

Yuan Chuliu's voice was clear and cold, filled with questioning.

Xu Jinhe slowly turned his head, looking at her coldly: "Junior Sister Yuan, this child killed my beloved grandson, and my grandson avenging his brother is only natural. It's best you don't interfere in this matter."

"Revenge?"

Liu Feifei heard this, struggled to stand up, pointed at Xu Qianxiang, and said indignantly: "Elder Xu! It was clearly your good grandson, Xu Xinlong, who, along with Yun Zhan and others, wanted to kill us and steal our treasures!"

"If Senior Brother Chen and Junior Brother Chen Daochu hadn't arrived in time, we would already be corpses!"

"Chen Daochu killed Xu Xinlong to save us! He acted in self-defense! What fault is there in that!"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Chuliu's eyes changed.

She looked at Chen Daochu, who was kneeling on the ground, blood at the corner of his mouth, but still had firm eyes.

And then looked at her several Disciples, whose eyes were filled with gratitude and guilt.

She instantly understood everything.

It turned out that this young man was the savior of her Disciples!

And the Xu Family, not only raised scoundrels who killed and stole treasures.

Afterwards, they even wanted to turn on their benefactor!

A surge of anger rose in Yuan Chuliu's heart, she handed Liu Feifei to Lin Meng, stepped forward, and stood in front of the Chen Family brothers.

An equally powerful Golden Core Aura erupted from her body.

It met Xu Qianxiang's Aura, dispersing it into nothingness.

Chen Daoxuan and Chen Daochu only felt a lightness in their bodies, the pressure completely gone.

"Yuan Chuliu! Are you truly going to become enemies with my Xu Family for two outsiders?"

Xu Jinhe's face was extremely grim, his tone filled with menace.

"I only know that they are the saviors of my Disciples."

Yuan Chuliu did not yield an inch, looking at Xu Jinhe coldly: "I also know that within the Sect, your Xu Family is not allowed to distort black and white and act recklessly!"

"Today, these two children, I will protect them."

"If you want to touch them, ask the sword in my hand first!"

As her words fell, the Aura of the Golden Core Cultivators violently clashed in mid-air.

An invisible storm swept out.

Blowing the surrounding Disciples off balance.

The atmosphere of the entire plaza instantly became extremely tense.

The Aura of the two Golden Core Cultivators violently collided above the plaza, which was no longer just pure spiritual energy pressure, but a clash of wills infused with their respective understandings of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.

Xu Jinhe's Aura was like a mountain and a prison, heavy and domineering, carrying the profoundness of the Late Golden Core Stage and a chilling killing intent, making people's Divine Souls tremble.

Yuan Chuliu's Aura, on the other hand, was like a continuous spring rain, seemingly gentle but all-pervasive and incredibly resilient, carrying a protective intent, firmly resisting Xu Jinhe's domineering pressure, not allowing it to cross the line by half a step.

An invisible storm swept out with the two as its center, and the paving stones on the plaza cracked inch by inch.

The Qi Refinement Stage Disciples with weaker cultivation, caught in this wave, felt a tightness in their chests, their blood churning, unable to stand steadily, and fell in all directions, some even fainting directly.

Even those Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples had to fully circulate their spiritual energy to protect themselves.

Only then could they barely protect themselves in this standoff between Golden Core mighty figures, their faces all showing shock.

Such a grand commotion had long alarmed the entire Qingyun Immortal Sect.

Streaks of escape light of various colors, like meteors chasing the moon, shot up from the various peaks deep within the Qingyun Immortal Sect, rushing towards the outer Sect plaza.

"What happened? How could Golden Core Elders be genuinely fighting on the outer Sect plaza!"

"It's Elder Xu Jinhe's Aura! And Elder Yuan Chuliu! How did they end up confronting each other?"

In just a moment, seven or eight figures landed successively on the high platform.

These people were all powerful Elders from the various peaks of the Qingyun Immortal Sect.

The lowest cultivation among them was Early Golden Core Stage.

The leader was an old man with white hair and beard, wearing an Eight Trigrams Daoist robe, who was the Technique Imparting Elder of the main peak, Wang Xuande.

As soon as he landed, he frowned and looked at the two confronting figures in the field, and sternly shouted: "Senior Brother Xu, Junior Sister Yuan, stop! The Sect plaza, is it a place for you to fight!"

Several other Elders also spoke up.

"That's right, let's talk it over, why make such a fuss?"

"Elder Xu, Elder Yuan, please prioritize the harmony of the Sect."

The persuasion of several Elders slightly eased the tense atmosphere in the field.

Xu Jinhe and Yuan Chuliu exchanged glances, each snorted coldly, and slowly withdrew their Aura.

But the cold killing intent locked on the opponent did not diminish in the slightest.

As the pressure lifted, Chen Daoxuan groaned, stabilized himself, and immediately turned to help his brother up.

"Dao Chu, how are you?"

"Brother, I'm fine."

Chen Daochu coughed up a mouthful of clotted blood and stood up with his brother's help.

Although his face was pale, the ferocity and unyielding spirit in his eyes.

Made the surrounding Elders who noticed him secretly surprised.

At this time, a Disciple in charge quickly stepped forward and briefly reported the whole story and the information gathered from the surviving Disciples to the Elders on the high platform.

After listening, there was silence on the high platform.

The expressions of the Elders became complicated.

Xu Xinlong, along with a dozen Inner Sect elites, ambushing fellow Disciples with the intent to steal treasures, was a great crime in itself.

But the problem was, he was already dead.

The dead do not bear responsibility for crimes.

And Chen Daochu was standing here alive.

He killed Xu Xinlong, killed Yun Zhan, and slaughtered a dozen Inner Sect Disciples.

Regardless of the cause, the crime of "slaughtering fellow Disciples" was truly too terrifying.

An Elder from Hundred Herbs Peak, who had always had dealings with the Xu Family, was the first to speak, he sighed, looking heartbroken: "Alas, although Xu Xinlong was at fault first, this Chen Family Disciple's methods are a bit too ruthless."

"A dozen lives, all future pillars of my Qingyun Immortal Sect, just like that... Alas!"

His words immediately received agreement from many people.

"That's right, this child has too much killing intent, just like someone from the Demonic Path!"

"Even if it was for self-preservation, he shouldn't have been so lethal."

"Subduing them and bringing them back to the Sect for the Enforcement Hall to handle is the right way. How is his method different from indiscriminate killing?"

"Senior Brother Xu lost his beloved grandson, his feelings are understandable. I think this matter still needs to give the Xu Family an explanation."

Most of the Elders subconsciously sided with the Xu Family.

For no other reason than that Xu Jinhe was a powerful Cultivator of the Late Golden Core Stage, deeply entrenched within the Sect, and the Xu Family behind him had considerable influence in the Great Feng Dynasty cultivation world.

While Yuan Chuliu was also a Golden Core Elder, she was ultimately only in the Mid-stage Golden Core and had no significant background.

As for the two Chen Family Disciples, they were merely juniors at the Foundation Establishment Stage, from a remote Ninghai City.

In the eyes of these important figures, they were no different from ants.

To offend a fierce tiger for two ants?

Everyone would calculate this cost.

Just as everyone was discussing, and public opinion was gradually turning against the Chen Family brothers.

Two more streaks of escape light flew from a distance, landing in a corner of the high platform.

The newcomers were a male and a female Golden Core Elder, and a young female Disciple following behind them.

The female Elder wore a sky-blue palace dress, her appearance was beautiful and refined, her temperament like a secluded orchid in a quiet valley, she was the Peak Revered Master of Tian Yue Peak, Liu Jingyao.

The male Elder beside her had a square face and a serious expression, he was another Elder from Luoxia Peak, Zheng Tianyu.

The female Disciple behind them scanned the plaza with her gaze.

When she saw Chen Daoxuan and Chen Daochu, a hint of surprise appeared on her face, and she quickly transmitted a message to her Revered Master: "Revered Master, look, aren't those the two Young Masters of the Ninghai Chen Family?"

Liu Jingyao heard this, and her gaze also turned over.

When she clearly saw Chen Daoxuan's calm face and Chen Daochu's stubborn eyes, a ripple flashed in her eyes.

Ninghai Chen Family... Her thoughts seemed to be drawn by these words to that Chen Family Head, Chen Xu, who wore white, and was exceptionally graceful.

She believed that such a person's sons would never have poor character.

Moreover, at this moment, the two brothers.

Caused this great disaster to save their fellow Disciples.

"Senior Brother, there might be other hidden reasons for this matter, we cannot let them be wronged."

Liu Jingyao said to Zheng Tianyu beside her, already showing an intention to help.

Zheng Tianyu frowned, he followed Liu Jingyao's gaze, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.