194: I don't want to be spitted on.

"Sect Master, save me."

Seeing Lin Xuan becoming increasingly violent and bloodthirsty, several Elders were frightened and cried out for help.

It wasn't just them; all the Elders and Disciples present were terrified.

Lin Xuan's face was twisted, his eyes scarlet. He didn't look like he was merely enraged; rather, it looked as if he had suddenly suffered a Qi Deviation.

Fortunately, Lin Xuan still retained a shred of sanity, desperately suppressing his violent aura. Otherwise, if even a sliver leaked out, they would be instantly pulverized.

"What is the matter?"

Yan Hongluo descended, her body enveloped in divine light. She glanced at Lin Xuan, and her expression shifted slightly.

"A curse? How did you suddenly get cursed? Who did this?"

Lin Xuan didn't know who did it either; he didn't even know how he had been afflicted.

The Qi and blood throughout his body had suddenly spiraled out of control, becoming violent and bloodthirsty, eager to devour the life essence of everyone present.

His Divine Soul had also been cursed; its power was rapidly weakening and dissipating.

Lin Xuan circulated his Cultivation Technique, attempting to forcibly dispel the curse.

However, it was completely useless.

The Qi and blood in his body were no longer under his control; it was as if they had developed an independent consciousness, rampaging through his body and trying to burst out.

He couldn't make heads or tails of his Divine Soul either. Lin Xuan suspected that his Divine Soul hadn't been cursed at all, but rather, it was naturally decaying.

But that was impossible.

"What a terrifying curse…" Lin Xuan's expression was one of horror; he was so frightened that he had lost his composure and couldn't hear a word Yan Hongluo was saying.

"A curse?"

"He's been cursed?"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, the Elders present were overjoyed. Watching Lin Xuan's aura rapidly decline, their eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

Some even laughed out loud, making no effort to hide their mockery.

So you liked to act tough, huh? Now you're getting your retribution.

"Shut up."

Yan Hongluo shouted, looking at Lin Xuan with concern: "Are you alright? Do you need my help?"

She could only tell that Lin Xuan had been cursed, but as for what kind of curse it was or where the source lay, she was just as clueless.

"Sect Master, you must not."

"Indeed, Sect Master."

"Since ancient times, curses have been bizarre and unpredictable. Once afflicted, at best, one loses all cultivation and has no chance of another Breakthrough in this lifetime."

"At worst, one dies, the Dao vanishes, the Divine Soul is utterly destroyed, and one can never be reincarnated."

"Please reconsider, Sect Master."

"Please reconsider, Sect Master."

The Elders anxiously advised.

An Elder even stepped forward, looking straight at Yan Hongluo with a serious expression: "Sect Master, curses can spread. For the survival of the Sect, we must immediately expel Lin Xuan from the Sect and from the Origin Demon State."

"We implore the Sect Master to drive Lin Xuan out of the Origin Demon State." All the Elders knelt and said in unison.

"…"

Yan Hongluo looked at the Elders, then at Lin Xuan, feeling completely numb.

She understood the Elders' desire for self-preservation.

But the words they spoke were naked contempt for Lin Xuan.

One had to remember, Lin Xuan was of the Divine Fire Realm.

An existence worshipped by all living beings.

Why had he ended up so hated by gods and ghosts alike?

Yan Hongluo couldn't imagine what Lin Xuan had done during the two months she had been in seclusion that had caused everyone to ignore his Divine Fire Realm dignity and curse him to his face.

As someone also in the Divine Fire Realm, Yan Hongluo felt embarrassed.

"You…"

Lin Xuan's rage surged, and he swept his scarlet eyes across the crowd.

"Hmph, Lin Xuan, I hope you have some self-awareness and leave with some dignity."

With Yan Hongluo present, the Elders stood up, their backs straight.

Facing Lin Xuan, they felt no fear at all, only immense satisfaction, watching him with schadenfreude.

It was just too satisfying.

Relying on his high cultivation, Lin Xuan had done whatever he pleased in the Origin Demon Sect—killing Elders, snatching Disciples, and even condoning his Disciples in killing theirs, all while looking down on them with a condescending attitude.

Now, he had finally met his retribution.

Let's see how arrogant Lin Xuan can be now.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Lin Xuan desperately suppressed his violent Qi and blood, sneering with a twisted expression.

Think of what kind of existence he was—a Divine Fire Realm powerhouse, invincible across the heavens and earth, looking down upon the ages. Wherever he went, wasn't he worshipped like a god?

He had lowered himself to come to the Origin Demon Sect, and not only did these people not curry favor with him, they made things difficult for him at every turn. It truly chilled his heart.

This Origin Demon Sect, it was not worth staying in.

In any case, he had already taken the Disciples he needed to take.

"Very well. Since the Origin Demon Sect does not welcome this seat, then I shall leave. However, I hope you do not regret this." Lin Xuan said coldly.

A bunch of ignorant, short-sighted ants who would never know what a massive Opportunity they were missing by driving him away.

One had to know that befriending him was equivalent to gaining the friendship of a Divine Fire Realm powerhouse.

Furthermore, although his newly recruited Disciples had used some of the Origin Demon Sect's resources, they had also brought fame to the Origin Demon Sect by defeating the Prodigies of other Sects.

Later, when his Disciples grew up, they would also remember the favor owed to the Origin Demon Sect.

Unfortunately, these idiots only cared about immediate benefits, engaging in petty infighting and uniting to push him out.

"Regret?"

"Pah."

An Elder with a violent temper, upon hearing Lin Xuan's words, spat directly at him.

Screw your regret.

He ate their food, used their resources, and monopolized the resources that should have belonged to their Disciples; if they didn't give them to him, he would kill them.

Was there no law? Was there no justice?

They only regretted that their strength was insufficient; otherwise, they would definitely grind Lin Xuan's bones into dust and burn his Divine Soul for hundreds of millions of years to vent their hatred.

"Get lost."

"Get out of our Origin Demon Sect, get out of our Origin Demon State."

The other Elders also looked at Lin Xuan with resentment, using their actions to tell him exactly whether they would regret it.

"You…"

Lin Xuan's eyes were scarlet. He felt that he had lost all face and was going crazy inside.

The undisguised disdain on these people's faces was practically rubbing his dignity into the dirt.

Just a moment ago, he had been infinitely glorious, transcendent, and coldly looking down upon the Origin Demon Sect.

How, in the blink of an eye, had he become someone despised by everyone?

Lin Xuan was breaking down inside.

He could leave, but he absolutely could not be driven out by the Origin Demon Sect.

If that got out, how would he ever show his face again?

Lin Xuan looked at Yan Hongluo, hoping she would say a few words for him to let him make a dignified exit.

Seeing this, Yan Hongluo's peerless face, hidden beneath her veil, cracked slightly.

After a moment of hesitation, she directly ignored Lin Xuan's pleading gaze.

After all, this was too embarrassing.

A Divine Fire Realm powerhouse being mocked and spat on by a group of Void Dao Realm and King Realm cultivators—if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed such a thing could happen.

Yan Hongluo dared not get involved.

Lin Xuan didn't care about his face, but she did.

She didn't want to be spat on. It wasn't easy maintaining her dignity for thousands of years, so she had better cherish it.

"…"

Lin Xuan's face turned green.

He looked at Yan Hongluo in disbelief.

His mind was buzzing.

He couldn't help but wonder, was the Yan Hongluo before him the same vixen who had once loved him deeply and had been willing to risk her life for him?

Why was she unwilling to even say a single word for him now?

Could it be that Yan Hongluo hadn't understood his gaze?

Yes, that must be it.

"What is happening?"

At this moment, Hongluan's bewitchingly charming voice rang out in the silent plaza, causing people to involuntarily shiver and feel their blood surge.

"Vice Sect Master, Lin Xuan, he…"

Seeing Hongluan appear, everyone's expressions turned hateful.

That Lin Xuan had been able to do whatever he wanted in the Origin Demon Sect was entirely due to Hongluan's handiwork.