Chapter Eighteen: Conditions Are Up To You

  "Ah!"

  The girl in green clothes entered the cave and immediately bumped into a thick back, stumbled, and was about to shout loudly, but found it extremely familiar. After taking a closer look in the dim light, she realized it was her second senior brother, so she walked up to him.

  He pulled at his clothes, but didn't see him respond, and couldn't help but puff out his chest and follow his gaze.

  In the dimly lit cave, a heap of ashes that had long been extinguished was emitting a gentle wisp of smoke, and the burnt wood crackled from time to time, sparking tiny sparks.

  This scene added a few points of chilliness to the already gloomy and mysterious cave, and what's even more frightening is that there was a figure sitting behind the ashes.

  His face flickered with a faint bloody light, flashing and dimming, barely visible as a person, but in such a dark cave, there was a faint mist of smoke, combined with that inexplicable eerie bloody light, which really made him look like an evil ghost.

  No wonder those two fellow disciples were shocked. At first glance, it didn't just resemble an evil spirit, but was actually the real thing.

  The girl in green saw the figure and was even more shocked, her face turned pale, she tightly grabbed the sleeve of the second brother, her slender body shrunk and hid behind him.

  "It's nothing, it's not a ghost!"

  Second Master's cultivation is higher after all, and his personality is also more stable than the four junior brothers and sisters. Although he was also frightened by this terrifying appearance, he immediately reacted.

  "I...I don't believe it!"

  The girl in green clothes trembled and said.

  "Master... Brother, let's just go..."

  The two masters and brothers were equally unbearable, twisting their bodies with a "dada" sound, but their bodies seemed to be disobedient, stiff and numb.

  "Don't be afraid, this person is probably breaking through. You guys smell it, isn't there a strange smell?"

  Second Master slightly shook his head and gently patted the emerald-clothed girl's fragrant shoulder.

  "It stinks!"

  Cuiying girl wrinkled her pretty nose, eyes lit up, but immediately turned into a hint of horror, "Second brother, you're deceiving me, is he a corpse?"

  "Huh... it's really true that you're a human, have you forgotten what our master taught us? Every time we break through to a new level in the inner breath realm, this kind of situation will occur?"

  Second Master's mouth twitched slightly as he explained.

  "It's really like this, junior sister, this person is indeed breaking through!"

  "Yes, Master has said so!"

  "I'd rather kill him now and avenge those three innocent adventurers!"

  The Shaolin brothers observed carefully and confirmed that Li Chen's chest was rising and falling slightly, he was a living person, and immediately became fierce and menacing.

  With a light sound, he drew out the sharp sword from his hand and was about to move forward to behead Li Chen, to avenge the previous humiliation.

  Whoosh!

  A white shadow flashed, and Second Brother had floated to the front, blocking the three who were about to commit murder. In a deep voice, he said: "To take advantage of someone's misfortune, is this what we are supposed to do? How did Master teach us in the past?"

  "Big brother, why are you speaking up for a villain?"

  "This guy is definitely no good, kill him and be done with it!"

  "Yes, Master has always taught us to be chivalrous and righteous, have you forgotten?"

  Three people sang and harmonized, with a menacing atmosphere, making it clear that they did not intend to let off Lei Chen, who was still motionless.

  "Death to the villain!"

  In the standoff between the four, the emerald-robed girl, who had come to her senses, suddenly let out a tender cry, and with a twist of her body, she fluttered like a spirit butterfly, a flash of silver light in her hand, revealing a crystal dagger about a foot long, which she fiercely stabbed at Li Chen's chest.

  "Sister, you mustn't..."

  Second Master was shocked and hastily turned his body, wanting to stop her.

  But at this time, it's too late!

  On the verge of death from this sudden attack, in a flash, Lei Chen suddenly opened his eyes, which had been tightly shut, and two intimidating rays of light burst forth as he abruptly stretched out his right hand.

  Hmph!

  A sharp dagger, sliding in the palm of his hand, its tip barely pierced the front of his shirt, but the icy blade still made him feel a chill on it.

  "Let... go!"

  Caught off guard and caught with a dagger, the green-clothed girl was flustered and at a loss, clearly having little experience in close combat.

  "Hmm!"

  Li Chen let out a cold hum, his fingers clenched tightly, and suddenly flexed his arm.

  One was a freakishly powerful being, and the other had just broken through to the sixth level of cultivation. How could this inexperienced young girl possibly withstand them?

  Although her cultivation was not weak, with a six-layered foundation, she had no experience in killing and was already frightened out of her wits, having forgotten to circulate her inner energy.

  "Ah!"

  At this moment, she fell into Li Chen's arms with a soft cry.

  "Don't move!"

  His left hand clutched the slender neck of the girl in green, his right hand pinched her right hand that grasped a dagger. Li Chen shouted coldly.

  "Let go of Shifu's sister!"

  "You scoundrel, I'll kill you!"

  "Looking for death? Don't let go of my junior sister!"

  The three of them saw this and suddenly burst into a rage, unable to contain their anger as they were about to rush forward.

  They had been together with their master's sister day and night, and they had long since developed feelings for each other, without even holding hands. Now she was not only being held by the hand by an ugly man like a wicked ghost, but also fell into his arms.

  How can this not make them furious?

  "Shut up!"

  In the midst of a cold and stern rebuke, mixed with an anger that could not be concealed, Second Master coldly swept his gaze over three unimpressive disciples who only knew how to show off their petty cleverness.

  "Two teachers..."

  The three of them wanted to argue back, but seeing the gaze of their second brother, which they had never seen before, they immediately became like eggplants that had been scalded by boiling water and dared not utter a word.

  "Friends, I am Yang Rongfeng from Songyang City, a member of the Qiu family. My master is Qiu Tianyi, and this is my junior sister Qiu Qianhua. If I have offended anyone, please let me apologize on behalf of Rongfeng here!"

  Taking a deep breath to calm the shock and anger in his heart, Yang Rongfeng clasped his fists together in respect, his piercing gaze fixed intently on Li Chen, his demeanor surprisingly extraordinary.

  "Master... Brother, save... uh!"

  Her body was restrained, her beautiful face lost its color, just as she was about to speak, she felt a tightness in her throat and suddenly couldn't say a word.

  "Apologize? If I hadn't just woken up, would you have gotten away with not apologizing? Besides, are we familiar with each other?"

  Li Chen snorted with laughter, but in his heart he was secretly muttering to himself that the name of the Jun family in Songyang City seemed somewhat familiar, perhaps Old Li had mentioned it before.

  Having been a slave in the Li family for many years, I have never left Luohuang City, let alone entered the Xuan Yun Sect.

  Although Old Master Li told him many things he had seen and heard, most of them were about teaching him how to be a person. As for these famous schools, Lí Chén had heard of them before, but most of them were forgotten after listening.

  "My junior sister is young and reckless, she has offended you, but if you are willing to let her go, I will accept any conditions you set!"

  Looking at Qiu Qianhua's miserable state, Yang Rongfeng's eyebrows slightly furrowed, but he didn't get angry, after all, he had almost killed him just before, and he still had that much temper.

  Moreover, Qiu Qianhua's temper should also be restrained a bit, it's good to reflect on one's mistakes, so as not to act rashly again in the future, even if he can save once, but it's impossible every time.

  "Are you setting conditions for me?"

  Li Chen raised an eyebrow and looked Yang Rongfeng up and down.

  A snow-white long shirt, a green jade belt around the waist, a long sword slung obliquely, and a handsome face that is hard to describe as elegant and free-spirited. Wherever he stands, he looks like a young hero of great promise.

  "Not bad!"

  Seeing him seemed to have some intention, Yang Rongfeng hastily nodded.