“Lost… I lost?”

Jian Xiao stared in disbelief at the scene before him, hardly able to believe his eyes.

A chorus of sighs rippled through the crowd.

The black smoke was caused by the shattered remnants of the pills, a result of failed pill concoction…

Chu Qingsong looked at Chu Luo, and said with a calm expression, “Xiao Luo, congratulations, you won!”

A faint smile played on his lips, a smile that was strange, and one couldn’t tell if it was relief or a form of liberation.

“Second Uncle…”

Chu Luo called out, her expression complex.

Just then, Jian Xiao stormed over, his face full of confusion as he demanded, “Jian Song, what the hell are you doing? Why did you fail? What about the Pill Protection Talisman that the master gave you?”

Jian Xiao calling him Jian Song meant that he had already joined the Xuanjian Sect.

“I didn’t use the Pill Protection Talisman. You helped me cheat, which is why I attracted the Pill Lightning. So, I had already lost the match long ago…”

Chu Qingsong said calmly.

His elder brother Chu Qingbai’s words had already filled him with guilt.

And at the critical moment of concocting the pill, Chen Xiao’s words, ‘Is this your path of pill concoction?’ made him realize his error and actively choose to lose the competition.

However, hearing Chu Qingsong’s words, Jian Xiao was immediately enraged. He grabbed Chu Qingsong by the collar.

“You bastard, you dare to play me! Are you courting death?”

It turned out that someone with the air of an immortal was even more terrifying than ordinary people when they got angry.

Jian Xiao’s expression was ferocious, as if he wanted to devour Chu Qingsong whole.

Chu Qingsong smiled faintly, “Jian Xiao, when I lost the competition, I had already accepted the fate of death, so, do it!”

Chu Qingsong closed his eyes, with a hint of determination and freedom.

“You bastard, you think I don’t dare to kill you? The master took you into the Xuanjian Sect only because he valued your status as a descendant of the Chu family. Since you are seeking death yourself, then I will grant it to you!”

Jian Xiao said through gritted teeth, a murderous intent flickering in his eyes.

Just then, Chu Qingbai suddenly shouted angrily, “Stop it!”

“Big brother?”

Chu Qingsong looked at Chu Qingbai in disbelief.

He didn’t expect that his elder brother would speak up for him.

“Are you talking to me?”

Jian Xiao stared at Chu Qingbai coldly.

“Of course, the life and death of my Chu family members is not up to an outsider to decide. This is Yaowang Valley, not a place for you to run wild!”

Chu Qingbai said loudly, the cowardly temperament he usually displayed completely disappearing.

However, the servants and workers of the Yaowang Manor felt that Chu Qingbai was crazy. The person in front of him was a disciple of a hidden sect, yet he was talking to him like that? Wasn’t he courting death?

“Big brother, don’t say any more. You can’t afford to offend the people of the Xuanjian Sect!”

Chu Qingsong said with a wry smile. He had already prepared himself for death, but he didn’t want to drag his elder brother down with him.

“Whether I can afford to offend them or not, I will. Who told you to be my younger brother!”

Chu Qingbai said with conviction.

“Hahahaha, what deep brotherly love. Very well, I will kill your younger brother first, then slaughter your entire Chu family!”

Jian Xiao said with a wild laugh.

“No, Jian Xiao, please, don’t hurt my family!”

Chu Qingsong pleaded bitterly, “For the sake of our friendship over the years, please show some mercy and spare them!”

“Hehe, spare them?”

Jian Xiao sneered, “Jian Song ah Jian Song, you are really a big idiot. Do you think I want to kill them just because they provoked me?”

“Otherwise?”

Chu Qingsong looked puzzled. Apart from that, Jian Xiao and his elder brother had no other grudges, right?

“Saying you are a big idiot is really an understatement. Do you think the master sent me here just to help you become the Valley Master of Yaowang Valley?”

“You’re wrong. It doesn’t matter who becomes the Valley Master of Yaowang Valley. What really matters is that Yaowang Valley must be in the hands of the Xuanjian Sect!”

“And your deliberate loss of the competition is equivalent to disobeying the master’s orders, and you are a traitor to the Xuanjian Sect. Your mere identity as a descendant of the Chu family cannot save you!”

“Jian Song, today I will remove the Jian character from you on behalf of the Xuanjian Sect. Prepare to die!”

As he spoke, Jian Xiao grabbed Chu Qingsong’s neck.

He had a hundred ways to kill Chu Qingsong, but he chose the most primitive one.

In just an instant, Chu Qingsong’s eyes bulged out, and it looked like he had lost most of his life.

Just then, an old and powerful voice suddenly rang out.

“Stop it! A mere Yuanying brat dares to cause trouble in my Yaowang Manor?”

Along with this voice, a beam of white light shot over.

With a bang, it slammed between Chu Qingsong and Jian Xiao.

Jian Xiao released Chu Qingsong’s neck and took several steps back.

“Thank you, Uncle Zhu, for saving my life!”

Having escaped death, Chu Qingsong gasped for breath.

Just as Chen Xiao had guessed, the old fellow Zhu Hanshan had arrived as expected.

It was just a little disappointing that the one who appeared this time was still not Zhu Hanshan’s true body.

Jian Xiao also realized this, and said lightly, “Just a wisp of remnant soul, yet you dare to talk big in front of me?”

“Hehe, a wisp of remnant soul?”

Zhu Hanshan chuckled, “My remnant souls are more than just one!”

Before his voice faded, countless beams of white light shot out from every corner of Yaowang Valley, all converging on this drill ground.

Swoosh—

Swoosh—

Swoosh—

The white light arrived one after another, landing on the ground, and each beam of white light would turn into a Zhu Hanshan.

In just over ten seconds, hundreds of Zhu Hanshan appeared in front of everyone.

“What’s going on?”

“As expected of the old immortal Zhu, what kind of immortal trick is this?”

Old Immortal Zhu was Zhu Hanshan’s nickname.

And the strength he was displaying at this moment was no less than that of an immortal in the eyes of this group of people!

Even his son, Zhu Xuanqing, was filled with disbelief.

“Are these all father’s primordial spirits?”

After all, his strength was limited, and he thought that these energy bodies were all primordial spirits.

If he had reached the Yuanying realm, and a Yuanying had been produced in his body, he would have recognized that these were not primordial spirits.

Jian Xiao narrowed his eyes, staring at this group of clones.

“Old man, what kind of sensationalist trick is this?”

Zhu Hanshan naturally wouldn’t answer his question. Hundreds of Zhu Hanshan said in unison, “I’ll give you one breath’s time to get out of Yaowang Valley, otherwise, I’ll let you die without a burial place!”

These words, spoken simultaneously by hundreds of Zhu Hanshan, were earth-shattering!

Jian Xiao’s eyes flickered, staring at the hundreds of Zhu Hanshan, lost in thought.

He could see that these hundreds of figures were all energy bodies, and the energy contained in each energy body was enough to instantly kill dozens of Jindan realm cultivators.

With his strength, dealing with ten or eight of these energy bodies would be a piece of cake.

But if there were more than a hundred, it would be a bit tricky…