MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Chapter 98 The Weather Clears

Chapter 98: Chapter 98 The Weather Clears

The disciples, upon hearing these words, were dumbfounded, their mouths gaping wide enough to fit a spiritual fruit.

They had initially thought Shen Yucheng was a good person they had misunderstood, but never imagined he was also a smiling tiger in human skin.

Lingyi, who had been about to burst into a scolding fit upon seeing Shen Yucheng heal them, was instead stunned by his words. Her eyes sparkled, and she murmured like a little fangirl, “I want to be able to coolly deliver a line like that someday…”

Li Yuan frowned beside her, “Keep dreaming.”

Mo Yifeng: “So cool…”

Li Yuan turned to see Mo Yifeng next to him staring at Shen Yucheng with shining eyes.

“…”

The elders were so enraged that their faces turned purple. They pointed at Shen Yucheng and roared, “You!…”

Shen Yucheng merely raised his hand coldly. This simple gesture caused some of the disciples to become weak in the knees, unable to stand steadily, trembling slightly.

Shen Yucheng looked at this scene and said in a tone that was chillingly indifferent, “If I truly wanted your lives, how difficult would it be? The million-strong army you speak of is nothing more than a group of ants in my eyes.”

These words plunged the area into silence. Many dared to be angry but not to speak.

Shen Yucheng continued, “So why would I go to such lengths, stage such a grand play, just to take your dog lives?”

Although his words were unpleasant, they caused many disciples to start thinking.

Whispers began to spread through the crowd.

“That’s right, he’s so strong, killing us would be easy. Why would he bother with all this trouble?”

“Could it be he wants to toy with us, torturing us as he kills us?”

“But look, if that were the case, wouldn’t he have attacked during that battle? We’re still standing here unharmed.”

At this moment, some people began to speak up for Shen Yucheng. Upon closer inspection, almost all those who spoke were disciples who had participated in the trial. Whenever someone questioned Shen Yucheng, they immediately stepped forward to argue for him.

Shi Wen, standing at the back of the disciple group, also spoke, his voice strong and resolute, “Everyone, think about it! If he really wanted to kill us, he wouldn’t have secretly used his spiritual power to replenish our qi and strength during that battle! He was protecting us! This is the true power of a Forbidden Dao cultivator! If he truly wanted to kill us, he would have acted then. There was no need to wait until now!”

He spoke so passionately that he even sprayed the back of the neck of the person in front of him, but many people showed hesitant expressions after hearing him.

Perhaps, just perhaps, they had misunderstood?

While the disciples were still hesitating, the elders shouted loudly, “What are you doing? Don’t be deceived by his sweet words! He’s lying to you! He’ll strike when you lower your guard!”

They thought that this shout would cause the disciples to react immediately, but the scene was deathly silent, and no one moved.

After a moment, someone finally stood up. The elders were overjoyed upon seeing this. “Well done! I knew you wouldn’t be deceived! Come, take the lead and capture that Forbidden Dao cultivator for me!”

But who knew that the person who stood up remained motionless. The elders frowned. “Why aren’t you going?!”

The disciple then raised his head. When the crowd saw his face clearly, Li Yuan exclaimed, “Qin Feng?”

Qin Feng stared coldly at the elders’ faces filled with fear of death. He turned around and walked without hesitation towards Shen Yucheng.

Among the million disciples, he was the only one who went against the current.

Lingyi was excited and bumped Li Yuan’s shoulder. “Hey, your disciple has real guts! If he comes to capture Shen Yucheng, who will you help?”

Mo Yifeng perked up upon hearing this and nudged Shen Yucheng. “Yucheng Brother, if my Master and I both became demonized, who would you save first?”

The crowd above: “…”

Shen Yucheng’s face darkened, and he coldly spat out, “Kill you first.”

Mo Yifeng cried.

Yun Yan added insult to injury, “Your Senior Brother.”

Shen Yucheng said expressionlessly, “Your disciple.”

…

Just as the crowd was making a ruckus, Qin Feng had already reached Shen Yucheng and stopped, turned around, faced all the disciples and elders, and shouted powerfully, “From today onwards, Qin Feng of the Dingxu Sect will stand on Shen Yucheng’s side, against the hundred major sects. Do whatever you want!”

Lingyi cheered excitedly, “Li Yuan! Your disciple has real courage!”

Li Yuan nodded, his face calm, but the corners of his eyes were slightly raised.

Shen Yucheng also didn’t expect Qin Feng to stand on his side in front of everyone. Just as he was surprised, a scene he had never seen in his life appeared before him.

One after another, disciples walked out and moved towards him. At first, it was one person, then two, then dozens, and finally, all million disciples stood on his side.

The elders were so angry that their hair stood on end. “You traitors! This is your own choice! Since you want to be with the Forbidden Dao cultivator, then we will eliminate you for the sake of the world today!”

Amidst the angry shouts, the elders exerted all their strength and launched a fierce attack on the disciples, showing no mercy.

Although the disciples were afraid, they quickly formed a defensive formation under Qin Feng’s calm command.

This was a full-strength strike from the elders. They really weren’t sure they could withstand it, and many were prepared to be seriously injured.

The attack arrived as expected. The two powerful forces collided fiercely, and the shockwave blew the disciples in the back rows back several steps. But just when they thought they were doomed, a golden barrier suddenly appeared in front of them, protecting the entire formation.

The disciples who had participated in the trial recognized this power and immediately shouted, “It’s Senior Shen! It’s his magic power protecting us!”

After seeing this scene, more disciples couldn’t help but discuss it in low voices. “I’m telling you… Senior Shen is just being tsundere, right? He just said we were ants, had dog lives, and all that, but now he’s protecting us so well that no one even has a fracture, the worst is just a scraped knee.”

“Yeah, yeah, he’s just shy, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. It looks like if we really got hurt, he might even secretly shed tears.”

Some female cultivators, upon hearing this, immediately conjured up the image of Shen Yucheng’s handsome face crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and their eyes were a little vacant. “I really want to see it…”

Little did they know that these discussions had all reached Shen Yucheng’s ears. Not only him, but everyone else above also heard them clearly, and the scene was filled with barely suppressed amusement.

Lingyi’s shoulders were shaking uncontrollably, and she almost choked with laughter. “Shen Yucheng, did you hear that? The disciples below said they want to see you cry.”

Shen Yucheng’s face darkened. He waved his hand coldly, and several golden threads instantly blasted towards the elders like cannons, creating a huge mushroom cloud in the sky, deafeningly loud.

The disciples who had been joking just now were illuminated by the light of the explosion, their faces pale, looking stunned, as if they had aged ten years overnight, and each was reflecting on their actions.

Could it be that those words… had angered him?

At this time, the elders still wanted to make a final struggle, but Shen Yucheng’s golden threads had already woven a net over their heads. In the next moment, everyone swarmed forward, not giving the elders any chance, working together to tie them all up and leave them wailing on the ground.

Lingyi stepped forward and kicked the elders who were tied up like rice dumplings, sneering, “Do you still think you’re okay now?”

The elders’ mouths were sealed, unable to speak, but their stubborn, disdainful eyes revealed their attitude clearly.

Lingyi was so angry that she turned to find Shen Yucheng to say something, but when she turned her head, Shen Yucheng was gone.

In the next second, Shen Yucheng was standing in front of the elders, his eyes ice-cold. Without saying a word, he directly started beating them, each punch and kick hitting hard, showing no mercy.

Although Lingyi was also angry at these elders, she didn’t expect Shen Yucheng to hit so hard.

“…Hey, calm down.” Lingyi carefully reached out to pull him back.

But Shen Yucheng seemed not to have heard her, his face as cold as an icehouse, and his blows became increasingly fierce, deforming the elders’ faces, with teeth scattered on the ground, and it looked like one of them was about to have his eyeball knocked out.

Seeing that they were about to be beaten to death, others quickly stepped forward to stop him.

Just as the elders showed a glimmer of hope, that was when their nightmare began.

Fu Lingxuan crossed his arms and said in a bland tone, “That’s enough, if you keep hitting them, you’ll scratch your knuckles. If you really hurt your hands, then you won’t be able to hit them later, wouldn’t that be too good for them?”

Lingyi also echoed, “That’s right, you can beat them anytime, but you have to take care of your own body, don’t let them get away with it.”

Li Yuan nodded, expressing his agreement.

Mo Yifeng leaned closer and added fuel to the fire, “Yucheng Brother, it would be too easy for them to die now. We should beat them halfway to death, let them recover, and then continue beating them. That’s the only way to torture them properly.”

As soon as these words came out, the elders, who were already trembling, trembled even more violently, their eyes filled with fear.

Shen Yucheng breathed slightly, having pulled a muscle in his arm from hitting them too hard just now.

At this moment, Yun Yan walked over and said softly to Shen Yucheng, “That’s enough, Yucheng. Let me, your Master, settle this debt.”

After speaking, he coldly looked down at the elders who had just learned what fear was. With a flick of his finger, the ground cracked open, and vines rose from the soil, binding them one by one like earthworms.

Yun Yan took them all away, whispering to Fu Lingxuan before leaving, “I will return in a few days.”

With that, he disappeared from everyone’s sight with the elders crying their eyes out.

No one knew what they experienced afterward, but they only knew that when they met again, the elders had completely changed. They no longer had prejudices against the Puppet Dao, and when they saw Shen Yucheng and the others, their attitude changed 180 degrees, becoming respectful and obedient.

Shen Yucheng wanted to avenge Baili. He knew very well that these people could not be changed. Only by making them feel fear from the bottom of their hearts could they be made to behave.

The dark clouds that had long shrouded the sky finally dissipated. The long-awaited sun finally rose again.

Illuminating the earth, and also illuminating the heavy haze in everyone’s hearts.