"Killing someone means paying for their life, and debts mean paying for their money. This is a matter of course, but which family doesn't have bad apples? If it is really our Huoyun Sect disciples who committed the crime, killed people and stole treasures, then I can hand them over if you can show me the hard evidence. Don't tell me about witnesses, I can find them too. If you rashly attack our Huoyun Sect's mountain gate without any actual evidence, how will you settle the score?"
Ye Yan's tone was cold, and there was a hint of iciness in his eyes.
Of course he could see that it was not these immortal cultivation families who wanted to destroy Huoyun Sect, but the immortal cultivation sects in Tinghai Pavilion.
If he had not advanced to the Jindan stage, the Huoyun Sect would probably have been destroyed.
The enemy is coming with great force. If we kill them all, we will inevitably have a falling out with the forces behind them. If we keep giving in, we will easily be looked down upon.
Ye Yan wanted to kill some people to establish his authority and serve as a warning to others.
"That's right. How can we settle the account of attacking Huoyun Sect without any actual evidence?"
A righteous male voice suddenly sounded.
A black light appeared in the distant sky. The speed of the black light was very fast. Not long after, it stopped.
The black escaping light was a five-meter-tall black crow with four wings on its back. The black giant crow had only one claw and there was some golden fluff on its head.
Dozens of cultivators stood on the back of the giant black crow, led by a middle-aged scholar with a fair face. Each of them had a black crow pattern on their clothes.
"The Lu family of Black Crow Island!"
Han Changming was secretly surprised. The Lu family was one of the four major forces in the Red Algae Sea. The Lu family was a family of immortal cultivators. It was said that there were three Jindan cultivators. They were full of masters and had strong strength.
What Han Changming didn't understand was how the Lu family happened to appear here? Coincidence? That was too much of a coincidence!
Tinghai Pavilion and the Lu family of Black Crow Island have both sent Jindan cultivators over. If it weren't for the appearance of a Jindan cultivator from Huoyun Sect, they might not have shown up.
"Friend Lu, why are you here?"
Lu Yang frowned slightly, his eyes filled with confusion.
The middle-aged scholar smiled slightly and said, "I am here to support Huoyun Sect. Huoyun Sect is our Lu family's ally, so our Lu family will naturally come to rescue them."
Sun Rong cursed in her heart, "Cunning old man". If Ye Yan hadn't appeared, the Lu family probably wouldn't have shown up.
"Master Ye, I asked the Lu family for help in order to withdraw the troops. I ceded more than a dozen islands to the Lu family. Master Lu, please forgive me."
Sun Rong explained through voice transmission that it would not sound good to say that she was handing over the island that the sect had conquered with great effort.
Ye Yan frowned slightly and said nothing.
"Ally? Your ally has arrived just in time."
Lu Yang smiled, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Lu family had been hiding in the dark. It was only when a Jindan cultivator appeared in the Huoyun Sect that the Lu family showed up.
The middle-aged scholar's face condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist Lu, you are making random accusations against Huoyun Sect. As an ally of Huoyun Sect, our Lu family will never agree. Fellow Daoist Ye, our Lu family will support your Huoyun Sect."
"Why? When did your Lu family become in cahoots with Huoyun Sect?"
"That's right, when did your Lu family become an ally of Huoyun Sect? How come we didn't know?"
The voices of a man and a woman rang out one after another. As soon as the voices fell, two rays of light of different colors appeared in the distance. Not long after, the two rays of light stopped and landed in the sky above Huoyun Island.
A beautiful middle-aged woman in her early thirties and a short and fat old man in a green robe.
"Daoists from the Taixu Sect and Qingyun Sect are here too. Did the three of you agree to deal with the Huoyun Sect?"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar smiled slightly and said meaningfully.
Han Changming frowned. At this time, he had already understood that the Jindan cultivators of the three families had been watching the fun in secret, and Han Changming and other immortal cultivation families were just pawns.
"We just happened to be passing by. Fellow Daoist Lu, when did your Lu family form an alliance with Huoyun Sect? How come we didn't know about it?"
The beautiful middle-aged woman said with a sneer.
Seeing so many Jindan cultivators, Ye Yan frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. In the end, it's still who has the bigger fist who has the final say. So, each of your three families will send out a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building to fight with our disciples of Huoyun Sect. If you win, you can take your people away. If you lose, you have to compensate Huoyun Sect with a sum of money as an apology. Otherwise, it will be a fight to the death, and no one will have a good life. I am not interested in talking to you about other things."
Tinghai Pavilion, Taixu Sect, and Qingyun Sect's Jindan cultivators have all shown up, so Ye Yan couldn't do anything too extreme. However, this matter couldn't be let go. The sect's headquarters was almost breached, so he thought of a compromise and held a life-and-death fight.
There were not many foundation-building cultivators in Huoyun Sect, and most of them were in the foundation-building stage. Chen Hongming, a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage, was very powerful. If he could limit the contestants' cultivation to the early foundation-building stage, Huoyun Sect would still have a chance of winning. Even if Huoyun Sect lost, the loss would not be too great.
Naturally, Lu Yang and the other two would not agree to such a loss-making deal. After some haggling, the two sides reached a consensus: a life-and-death fight. If Huoyun Sect won, the loser would have to pay Huoyun Sect 100,000 spirit stones as compensation. If Huoyun Sect lost, a small island would be rented to the winning force for free for a period of thirty years.
On the Chen family's side, except Chen Hongming, all other Chen family cultivators were killed.
"Who among you is willing to fight? If you win, you can take care of the island yourself."
Lu Yang looked at Han Changming and others and asked.
On the Tinghai Pavilion side, there are seven cultivators in the early stage of foundation building. Lu Yang is more optimistic about Han Changming, but if they lose, they will have to pay 100,000 spirit stones, and Tinghai Pavilion will not pay for this fee. If they win, Tinghai Pavilion will not interfere with the management of the island. It is a small island, and it is rented. It will be returned to Huoyun Sect in thirty years. Thirty years is not a long time for a Jindan cultivator.
Han Changming was somewhat tempted, but after thinking it over again and again, he did not take the initiative to step forward.
If he won, it would be fine. But if he lost, he would be fine! He had already obtained a large amount of wealth. There was no need to take any more risks. He just needed to return to his family safely. His wife and children were still waiting for him in Huludao.
The other foundation-building cultivators did not stand up either. If they lost, they would lose their lives. No matter what, they had finally gained some benefits. If they lost, they would lose both their lives and their wealth. One hundred thousand spirit stones was definitely a huge sum of money for a family of immortal cultivators.
Lu Yang frowned. No one stepped forward, so he had to choose someone himself.
"Friend Han Changming, you come to this duel!"
Lu Yang's eyes fell on Han Changming and he began to give orders.
He was not familiar with other foundation-building cultivators. Relatively speaking, he knew more about Han Changming and knew that Han Changming had killed cultivators of the same level.
Lu Yang spoke, and even though Han Changming was reluctant, he did not dare to refuse.
In this way, both sides selected their foundation-building monks and fought in an open space.
"My dear Han, if you win, I will reward you handsomely."
Lu Yang sent a message to Han Changming with a stern tone.
Han Changming was slightly stunned, smiled bitterly in his heart, and agreed.
It seems that Lu Yang and Ye Yan have other deals, otherwise Lu Yang would not have rewarded Han Changming so much.
Even if Lu Yang didn't say it, Han Changming would try his best. This is a life-and-death battle, not a competition.
Han Changming's opponent was a young woman in her early thirties wearing a red dress and a red jade hairpin. She had a plump figure and her aura was stronger than Han Changming's.
As the competition began, the young woman in the red dress slapped her spirit beast bag, and hundreds of red ants as big as fists flew out.
Red ants have a pair of golden wings and some golden spots on their bodies.
The Golden-winged Fire Ant, ranked 178th on the list of strange insects in the world, lives in places with abundant fire spiritual energy, feeds on metal ores, can spit magic fire to attack the enemy, and is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is immune to water and fire.
Among them, there is a golden-winged fire ant that is relatively large, more than three feet long. This is the golden-winged fire ant queen, a second-rank low-grade spiritual insect, equivalent to a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.
Led by the golden-winged fire ant queen, hundreds of golden-winged fire ants pounced towards Han Changming at a very fast speed.
Han Changming looked calm as he released the Amethyst Flying Scorpion. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion opened its mouth and spewed out a large cloud of purple poisonous mist towards the Golden-winged Fire Ant.
Except for the Queen Golden-winged Fire Ant, the other Golden-winged Fire Ants are all first-level spiritual insects. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion ranks 52nd on the List of Strange Insects of Heaven and Earth. The poisonous mist it sprays is not something that a first-level Golden-winged Fire Ant can resist.