Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 286 - 274: Expulsion from Heavenly Lake Palace
"Yes! Great Elder, and the Second and Third Elders! This brat trespassed onto Saint Lake Mountain, his crime is unforgivable! Please, I urge the three elders to take action and directly crush this boy!" Ye Tianming also hurriedly chimed in.
Yuan Feng and Gu Ming subconsciously exchanged glances at this moment.
Suppress Qin Qing?
If the three of them took action, the possibility of killing Qin Qing was indeed very high.
Even the Great Elder alone had the hope of slaying Qin Qing.
After all, the clash just now was a result of the Great Elder’s extreme anger leading to a hasty attack.
His power had not fully erupted.
It hadn’t even reached sixty percent.
Under such circumstances, it was reasonable for Qin Qing to be able to withstand the Great Elder’s attack.
But Murong Qingsong, after all, was the Great Elder of Heavenly Lake Palace, a Martial Dao Master at the Golden Core Late Stage.
The Golden Core Late Stage, his cultivation was even higher than those like Lu Yu’an from the Hidden Dragon List of Luochuan.
Lu Yu’an was only at the Fourth Level of the Golden Core Realm.
Whereas Murong Qingsong was at the Ninth Level of the Golden Core Realm.
A full five minor realms higher than Lu Yu’an.
Qin Qing was initially no match for Lu Yu’an; he was completely overwhelmed, so naturally, he couldn’t be Murong Qingsong’s opponent.
Of course, the gap between Lu Yu’an and Murong Qingsong’s strength was not that great.
The cultivation level of this Northern Borderlands overall, in terms of talent, had a vast gap compared to Luochuan.
Murong Qingsong could become an elder of Heavenly Lake Palace, but his strength was quite a bit inferior to Bai Qiuhe’s.
Bai Qiuhe was also at the Golden Core Late Stage...
But Bai Qiuhe was a Sword Cultivator, and his foundation in cultivation was even more robust.
Murong Qingsong was certainly not as good as Bai Qiuhe, but his strength was definitely much stronger than Qin Qing’s.
However, Yuan Feng and Gu Ming had no intention of taking action at this moment.
They were not fools; to become the Second and Third Elders of the Heavenly Lake Palace, it was not just because of their talent in cultivation and great strength.
If their brains weren’t sharp enough, they wouldn’t have reached this step.
How could it be without reason that Qin Qing could appear on Saint Lake Mountain and sit by the lake without any trouble?
Moreover, when Qin Qing triggered the Nine Dragons’ Chant at Transmission Cliff, it was shocking enough.
So it was not difficult to relate Qin Qing’s appearance here to his triggering of the Nine Dragons’ Chant.
Even more so, Yuan Feng and Gu Ming had already connected Qin Qing with the Ancestor.
If Qin Qing truly obtained the recognition of the Ancestor, then their attacking Qin Qing now would undoubtedly be offending the Ancestor directly.
Who holds the highest position in Heavenly Lake Palace?
It is not the supreme Sect Master, but the Zhuiri Ancestor who resides by the lake in that thatched hut year-round.
Even the supreme Sect Master is but a disciple of the Ancestor.
So... it was with this possibility in mind that Yuan Feng and Gu Ming naturally would not act rashly.
As for the Great Elder Murong Qingsong, he shared similar doubts and thoughts with Yuan Feng and Gu Ming, but now, with Qin Qing having crippled his son’s cultivation and completely destroyed his meridians and bones, Murong Qingsong was in a state of towering rage, unable to think of anything else!
"Die!"
"Qin Qing! Die for me!"
Murong Qingsong’s eyes were blood-red with killing intent. His Martial Soul Power completely manifested, the green pines swaying, turning into numerous green shadows. A sky filled with green branches swept towards Qin Qing.
"Hmph!"
However, just at that moment, a cold snort suddenly sounded.
The air seemed to freeze instantaneously.
"Hmm!" Murong Qingsong grunted, as if struck by a heavy blow, stumbling three or four steps backward, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
He looked towards the newcomer in horror.
The newcomer was none other than the Zhuiri Ancestor.
"Murong Qingsong, do you know where you are?" Although the lifeforce of the Zhuiri Ancestor was almost withered, his presence was still extremely terrifying.
Murong Qingsong didn’t dare to look directly at the Zhuiri Ancestor; he quickly circulated his spiritual power to swallow back the blood he was about to spit out, then took a deep breath and said, "Ancestor, this is Saint Lake Mountain!"
"Good, you also know this is Saint Lake Mountain. Then you should be aware of the rules here!"
The Zhuiri Ancestor glared furiously, staring straight at Murong Qingsong.
Murong Qingsong dared not even breathe heavily.
He knew how terrifying the strength of the ancestor before him was.
Despite rumors that the ancestor was one foot in the coffin, still clinging to his last thread of vitality,
Murong Qingsong did not dare to make a wrong move.
Just this one thread of vitality could make him, Murong Qingsong, fall a hundred times, a thousand times!
"It is strictly forbidden for anyone at Saint Lake Mountain to strike another, unless with my permission... Do you, as the Great Elder of the Heavenly Lake Palace, not know this rule?"
The voice of the Zhuiri Ancestor thundered like a storm, each syllable exploding in Murong Qingsong’s ears like thunder. With every word spoken, Murong Qingsong took a step back. By the time the Zhuiri Ancestor finished speaking, Murong Qingsong had retreated dozens of feet. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Then he fell to his knees with a thump, no longer able to hold back, and vomited a mouthful of fresh blood, his complexion turning as pale as paper, his whole being weak to the extreme.
"Martial Technique of Voice!"
Qin Qing’s mind was stirred.
Just now, as the Zhuiri Ancestor spoke, he had also triggered a Martial Technique of Voice, using sound waves to inflict heavy injury on Murong Qingsong.
This was the crushing power of different cultivation realms, a Martial Dao Ancestor of the Nascent Soul Realm, who, with just a Martial Technique of Voice, could severely injure a Martial Dao Master at the Golden Core Late Stage!
"Ancestor... I... I cannot accept this,"
Murong Qingsong gritted his blood-stained teeth, kneeling on the ground, yet still choking on the indignation in his heart.
"Qin Qing destroyed my son’s cultivation right before my eyes... Moreover, it wasn’t just as simple as destroying his cultivation. He severed my son’s meridians, shattered all his bones... How... How could I endure this?"
"Cough cough cough cough..."
Murong Qingsong spoke with difficulty, coughing up blood continuously.
However, the Zhuiri Ancestor merely looked at him coldly, without a trace of pity.
At his level of cultivation, it was difficult for him to feel pity for others.
Besides, he was now down to his last breath, half a step away from entering death’s door.
To him, everything in the world was now like passing clouds.
Only the Burial Dragon Secret Technique mattered to him now, for within it lay his hope for breakthrough, his hope to continue living!
"Murong Qingsong!"
It was at this moment that Qin Qing spoke up: "I destroyed your son’s cultivation and broke all his meridians and bones because he brought it upon himself!"
"I entered the Heavenly Lake Palace with no enmity towards him, yet he targeted me at every turn. Although I had earned the right to enter the Burial Dragon Tower, you had my name erased from the list directly!"
"Right before I incapacitated him, he was the one who struck at me first, intending to kill me outright, a fact witnessed by everyone. Is it so that he can try to kill me, and yet, I can’t disable him in return?"
"Enough! No more words!" The Zhuiri Ancestor also spoke coldly: "Murong Qingsong, from now on, you are no longer the Great Elder of my Heavenly Lake Palace. As for your cultivation, how much you can recover is your own fate. From this day forth, both you and your son are expelled from the Heavenly Lake Palace!"
"Boom!"
It was like a thunderclap from a clear sky.
And it exploded in the minds of both Murong Qingsong and Ye Xin...
