Chapter 251: Senior Brother Bai… So Terrifying!
“Yeah, I got it.”
Bai Feng nodded, pretty much guessing what was happening—yep, someone got a little too enthusiastic and let the magic energy creep in.
But instead of charging straight over to grab those unconscious disciples being silently invaded by demonic qi, Bai Feng briskly made his way to the Tai Chu Holy Land’s camp.
Right there, in an open space, Bai Feng effortlessly spotted Tai Chu Holy Son Pei An chilling on a patch of grass.
“Everyone stop lying around! Get up and keep training! With your current strength and attitude, how can you ever hope to deal with enemies lurking in the shadows?”
He looked at the scattered disciples of Tai Chu Holy Land and at Pei An, standing proud among them, contemplating whether to call in reinforcements or not.
Suddenly, Pei An noticed Bai Feng and waved at his resting disciples: “You lot, take a break for now. And if I catch anyone still lying around later, don’t blame me for being rude!”
After that, he strode up to Bai Feng, face serious but with a hint of a smile: “Junior Brother Bai, what brings you here? Planning to have a sparring match?”
He hadn’t even finished speaking when he suddenly sensed something, and his expression shifted to one of surprise: “I thought my Late Nascent Soul Stage was pretty fast, but turns out Junior Brother Bai was the one who broke through to Yuan Ying first! From now on, if anyone says you have bad talent, I’ll be the first to get mad.”
“Just luck! Just happened to encounter some lucky breaks in the secret realm,” Bai Feng quickly explained.
“That’s also your skill, Junior Brother Bai,” Pei An’s face immediately ignited with fighting spirit. “Come on, let’s have a match! I want to see how strong you’ve gotten after reaching Yuan Ying’s perfect stage!”
“No no no, I’m a formation master, not good with fists,” Bai Feng hurriedly waved his hands, eager to steer the conversation away. Then he quickly shared his findings: “I came here with an important matter.”
Seeing Bai Feng’s serious expression, Pei An also put away his smile, adopting a solemn look: “What’s going on? Did you discover something new?”
“Well, I encountered a monster beast battling members of Red Peak Sect…”
Bai Feng recounted everything—about the monster beast, the disciples of Refining God Sect being corrupted by demonic energy, and stressed that some injured disciples had a faint trace of demonic qi on them, which was hard to detect.
“Wow, this is serious,” Pei An squinted slightly, clearly understanding what Bai Feng meant. He reached for a nearby long sword and asked sharply: “Junior Brother Bai, can you find those people contaminated by demonic energy?”
Bai Feng nodded: “Mm, I know someone who can sense demonic qi. She’s already marked all the infected ones.”
“Great!” Pei An stretched his muscles, his aura suddenly turning fierce and killing intent rising: “Junior Brother Bai, tell me who’s been corrupted. I’ll handle the rest myself. Guarantee they’ll be dealt with and stay quiet.”
“Senior Brother Pei, don’t get worked up. We’ve actually found a way to neutralize the demonic energy—just have them swallow a specially made pill.”
“Rest assured, I’ve got this under control,” Pei An’s eyes burned with fighting spirit. “I’ll just capture them, not harm them.”
But watching Pei An’s overflowing enthusiasm, Bai Feng couldn’t shake the feeling that maybe he wasn’t quite as confident as he seemed.
Hopefully, this doesn’t blow up in their faces, right?
Even so, he could only trust Senior Brother Pei for now.
“Let’s go find Sister Jiang first. Better if she handles things at Yao Chi Holy Land.”
“No need,” Pei An waved him off. “In my eyes, there’s only opponents and enemies. Rest assured, I won’t hold back.”
Bai Feng: “……”
…
“Basically, these people have demonic energy inside them. Senior Sister Li, please help treat them,” Bai Feng pointed to the unconscious, tied-up disciples on the open ground. “This is what I need you to handle.”
He initially planned to find people and have the infected disciples swallow the pills immediately, but Pei An thought that might scare the others and cause trouble. Better to try to capture everyone quickly, before any radicals who accept the demonic energy get their hopes up or cause chaos.
“Uh… uh?”
Li Zhiyi looked blank, glancing at the bound disciples and then at Bai Feng. All she could think was—Senior Brother Bai… so terrifying!
“Ahem, this isn’t my doing,” Bai Feng hurriedly explained before she could panic, sensing her misunderstanding. “It’s Tai Chu Holy Son’s work— he helped capture them. I just pointed out who had demonic energy inside.”
“Tai Chu Holy Son…”
Li Zhiyi shot a quick look at the Tai Chu Holy Son watching over the tied disciples, her fear not easing at all.
Senior Brother Bai and Tai Chu Holy Son are that close? Even if they find Sister, it still feels unsafe…
Thinking this, she quickly nodded, pulled out the prepared pills: “Leave this matter to me.”
She then moved toward the tied-up disciples.
But at that moment, one of the Refining God Sect disciples suddenly opened his eyes. If you looked carefully, you’d notice bloodshot eyes, with a flicker of demonic energy flashing through.
“Master, there’s more,” whispered this disciple as he struggled to his feet and roared at Li Zhiyi and the others:
“Let me go! You bunch of lowlives, what right do you have tying us up?!”
Tai Chu Holy Son instantly turned to look— but it seemed the disciple either didn’t notice or didn’t care, still shouting at them:
“What, you think we’re infested with demonic energy? Pfft! I think it’s the Heavenly Sword Sect suppressing us. Look—only one of their folks got caught!“
Bai Feng glanced at the captured Heavenly Sword Sect disciple—a pure sword cultivator.
One of the unexpected surprises: this disciple had already far exceeded his expectations, considering how the Heavenly Sword Sect’s disciples had been twisted by the effects of the Simulation Secret Realm… sigh.
The Refining God Sect disciple grew more agitated, and a faint demonic aura began to spread from him:
“Don’t think I didn’t see—you, Zuo Qiu, the traitor who abandoned the Refining God Sect for the Heavenly Sword Sect. You’re just taking revenge! Otherwise, how come we’ve got the most caught?”
His voice gained a strange power, gradually awakening the other unconscious disciples’ magic-infected eyes. First a dazed confusion, then—under his ‘calling’—their eyes dulling, heads turning toward the Refining God Sect disciple. Their bodies started emanating demonic energy, and they mechanically nodded, mouthing emotionless words:
“Yeah, why are only we caught?”
“Could it be that only the Heavenly Sword Sect and Tai Chu Holy Land are picking on us?”
“I don’t have demonic energy in me…”
“Starting to lose control, huh?” Bai Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at Zuo Qiu, who nodded at him from nearby.
At that moment, the Refining God Sect disciple suddenly spun around and glared at Li Zhiyi, whose measures were unclear, his eyes blazing red as he roared:
“What are you staring at? You bunch of lowlifes! Hurry up and untie me! I want my medicine—who knows what’s in those pills anyway!”
Li Zhiyi was caught off guard, stumbling back instinctively, then felt like she bumped into something.
Warm big hands grabbed her shoulders, and a gentle voice whispered in her ear:
“Senior Sister Li, hand me the pills. Just step aside and rest for now—leave this to me.”
**End of Chapter 251.**
