"Alright, I understand. Thank you, Daoist Qinglian, for your kind words. I will definitely keep them in mind," Chen Xiao said earnestly.

Of course, remembering it was one thing; whether he would act accordingly was another.

"You better. Anyway, that's all I can teach you. If you encounter other situations, just be quick-witted..."

Daoist Qinglian was speaking when suddenly a Daoist nun wearing a Daoist robe ran over from afar.

In an instant, the nun had arrived in front of the two of them.

Her Daoist robe was clearly different from Daoist Qinglian's. She was panting, her face full of anxiety.

"Zhonglian, what's the matter that you're so flustered? Where's your qi-cultivation?"

Daoist Qinglian frowned slightly, her voice carrying a hint of scolding.

She felt that this Daoist nun named Zhonglian had shown weakness in front of Chen Xiao, causing the Heavenly Lotus Sect to lose face.

Chen Xiao's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, "So the disciples of the Heavenly Lotus Sect also have 'Lotus' in their names, just like the Lotus Monastery."

"Daoist Qinglian, something's happened! Something terrible!" Zhonglian said anxiously, not even bothering to heed the Daoist leader's reprimand.

"What exactly happened? Tell me slowly!" Seeing her disciple so flustered, Daoist Qinglian realized something had happened.

"It's the Heavenly Blood Sect! The Heavenly Blood Sect is attacking! The disciples and several elders are confronting them at the entrance!" Zhonglian said breathlessly.

Before she could finish speaking, Daoist Qinglian had already transformed into a stream of light, rapidly flying towards the direction of the sect's main gate.

At the same time, on the plaza in front of the Heavenly Lotus Sect's mountain gate, two groups of people were facing each other with swords drawn, the atmosphere extremely tense, the situation on the verge of erupting.

One side of the confrontation was entirely composed of Daoist nuns wearing Daoist robes and with delicate features, led by the six great elders; they were disciples of the Heavenly Lotus Sect.

The other side was wearing black and red robes, each with a gloomy expression – the distinctive feature of the Heavenly Blood Sect disciples.

This was because they used fresh blood as cultivation material, which caused their appearances to be like this.

In the very center of the Heavenly Blood Sect disciples, a middle-aged man with a pale face and no beard sat grandly on a sedan chair.

This highlighted his noble status, the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Blood Sect, Ximen Aoxue.

"You stinking Daoist nuns, hurry up and get your Daoist leader out here! Today, my Heavenly Blood Sect will wash your Heavenly Lotus Sect in blood!" In front of the Heavenly Blood Sect formation, a one-eyed old man was pointing and shouting loudly at the other side.

This person was the Great Elder of the Heavenly Blood Sect, Dong Cangtian.

"Humph, Dong Old Dog, wanting to wash our Heavenly Lotus Sect in blood? With just your Heavenly Blood Sect, you're not qualified! I'll give you one incense stick's worth of time to get out of our sect's gate, or else, the poor nun's sword will have to be unsheathed today!"

In the Heavenly Lotus Sect's formation, a stout Daoist nun also stepped forward, shouting back sharply.

This Daoist nun was so burly that she didn't look like a woman; apart from not having a beard, she resembled Zhang Fei.

"Humph, Huolian, I see you're asking for a beating! After half an incense stick's time, I'll use your entire body's qi and blood to refine my divine art!" Dong Cangtian said angrily.

Just then, a Daoist nun with a beautiful face and slightly delicate figure stepped forward and asked softly, "Elder Dong, Sect Leader Ximen, although the Heavenly Blood Sect and Heavenly Lotus Sect have always had grievances, why are you so angry today when you've come to our door? This doesn't align with the cultivation principle of *taishang wangqing* of our reclusive sects!"

*Taishang wangqing* (supreme apathy) was not a cultivation method of any particular sect, but rather the cultivation principle of the entire Immortal Hidden World.

Because they believed that only by severing emotional roots and removing the seven emotions and six desires from the body could one achieve immortality and ascend to become an immortal.

Of course, the idea was good, but reality was not so easy.

How many people could truly achieve *taishang wangqing*?

If Ximen Aoxue could do it, he wouldn't be here today.

"Jiaolian, you cheap little thing, don't you know what your Heavenly Lotus Sect has done?" Dong Cangtian shouted angrily, as if they were an army of justice.

"What have we done? Please enlighten us, Elder Dong," the beautiful Jiaolian asked softly.

"Still pretending to be ignorant with this old man? At dawn today, my Heavenly Blood Sect's young sect leader, Ximen Qiufeng, fell in Xuzhou. If it wasn't your Heavenly Lotus Sect who did it, who else could it be!" Dong Cangtian scolded.

Ximen Aoxue looked grief-stricken; after all, Ximen Qiufeng was his own son. The pain of losing a son had dealt him a considerable blow, which was why he had mobilized the entire sect to come and attack the Heavenly Lotus Sect!

After hearing Dong Cangtian's words, the Heavenly Lotus Sect's formation immediately began to whisper.

Clearly, the fall of the Heavenly Blood Sect's young sect leader had caused them a considerable shock.

After all, the Heavenly Lotus Sect and the Heavenly Blood Sect had been fighting for hundreds of years, with constant mutual damage, but the fall of a figure of Ximen Qiufeng's level was still a first.

"Hahahaha, Ximen Qiufeng is dead? That's truly gratifying!" Huolian laughed heartily; after all, for her, the death of the nemesis's young sect leader was a very satisfying thing.

Jiaolian was much calmer. She explained, "Elder Dong, Sect Leader Ximen, I can understand your grief at this moment, and I can also understand that you immediately suspected us of doing it. However, what is true is true, and what is not true is not true. If our Heavenly Lotus Sect killed your Heavenly Blood Sect's young sect leader, we would naturally admit it, but that is not the case. This matter was not done by our Heavenly Lotus Sect, so don't even think about throwing this dirty water on us."

Although Jiaolian looked gentle and weak, she was soft on the outside but tough on the inside, and was actually a more troublesome presence than Huolian.

"You say it wasn't you, and it wasn't? Then show us the evidence!" Dong Cangtian said with a snort.

"You say it was us who did it; it should be you who provides the evidence, not us!" Jiaolian retorted.

"Heh, sharp-tongued little thing, I say it was you who did it, then it was you who did it. Why would I need evidence?" Dong Cangtian's gloomy face was now full of arrogance.

"This is truly condemning someone without evidence. Dong Old Dog, stop barking and yapping here. Do you really think our Heavenly Lotus Sect is afraid of you?" Huolian shouted angrily, puffing out her chest, it was hard to tell if it was muscle or something else!

"You bunch of stinking nuns, today I'll let you see the true strength of our Heavenly Blood Sect. We haven't destroyed you all these years; did you really think we couldn't? We were just playing with you!"

As he spoke, Dong Cangtian summoned a treasured saber. The saber's body was overflowing with bloody light, emitting a fierce aura.

*Shua*——

At the same time, all the disciples of the Heavenly Blood Sect drew their weapons!

"All of you, retreat!"

Just then, Ximen Aoxue, who had been lazily sitting on the sedan chair, suddenly said faintly, "The one who died was my son. The matter of revenge will naturally be completed by me personally!"