CHAPTER 1474: CHAPTER 1474: YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

In a mountain village near Azure Woods Mountain, a group of cultivators descended from the sky as flashes of light streaked through the air.

There were more than ten cultivators, all dressed in bamboo green robes.

Leading them was a tall young man with a cold demeanor. As soon as he landed, he instructed all the disciples, "A great battle is coming. The enemy’s spies can easily hide in these village courtyards. The Sect Leader has ordered that within a fifty-mile radius of Azure Woods Mountain, no village is to remain. Evict all these villagers, and those who refuse to leave will be killed without mercy."

Recently, people kept coming to Azure Woods Mountain to gather information.

The Sect Leader of Azure Woods Mountain seemed to have lost his mind, ordering the sect disciples to implement some kind of scorched-earth strategy, turning the area around Azure Woods Mountain into a wasteland.

If anyone appeared, they were considered the enemy.

When immortals fight, it’s the common folk who suffer.

The villagers numbered over a thousand people, not provoking anyone, yet calamity descended upon them in the form of over a dozen villains.

All had cultivation levels of the Enlightenment Realm, with the leading senior brother even at the Core Formation Stage.

The villagers were no match, quickly forced into the marketplace at the center of the village.

With hands behind his back, the leading senior brother coldly scolded them, "The announcement from Azure Woods Mountain was issued a day ago, why haven’t you moved yet? Do you dare disregard the orders of our Azure Woods Sect?"

The clan elder of the village stepped forward with clasped hands, trembling and pleading, "Greetings, Daoist. The young men of our village have gone to serve, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women, and children. Moving away would give us no means to survive!"

"Oh?"

The leading senior brother stared at him, "You already know you can’t survive without moving? It seems you’re alive and well right now, aren’t you?"

He raised a hand and slapped it on the elder’s head.

With a loud bang, the elder’s head exploded, blood splattering everywhere, rolling to the ground, dead.

The villagers screamed in terror, "Second Uncle!"

"You guys are too ruthless!"

"Just speak, why kill someone?"

"Bastard, give me back my Second Uncle’s life!"

A boy of fourteen or fifteen wielded a shovel, lunging at the senior brother.

The senior brother glared, and with a bang, the boy’s body exploded into a mist of blood.

"Er Gouzi!"

"Stop killing people!"

"We’ll leave, we’ll leave, okay?"

The elderly and vulnerable villagers cried out, backing away in fright.

The leading senior brother cursed coldly, "You refuse to see reason, and you dare defy the orders of Azure Woods Sect. Burn their houses and see if they still dawdle around!"

The disciples behind him immediately spread out, raising their hands to ignite Fire Elemental Force, setting the village’s houses ablaze.

Within moments, smoke billowed throughout the village.

"Our food, our food!"

"Why burn the houses, we haven’t taken our things yet!"

"You villains, your hearts are too cruel!"

"You’ll suffer divine retribution for this!"

The cries of terror, wails, cursing, and screams mingled chaotically, echoing around Azure Woods Mountain.

The leading senior brother remained indifferent. To him, these people were less than ants.

He killed as he pleased, fearing no divine retribution.

After they resolved this village, they intended to move to the next.

Four individuals arrived through the sky, blocking their path.

The leading senior brother and his disciples stared at them, asking, "Who are you?"

Long Fei gazed at the devastation around them, with a murderous expression, "Azure Woods Sect, how mighty you are. If people don’t leave, you murder and set fires. Is there no justice in this world?"

The leading senior brother laughed, "Justice? Surely you four aren’t here to preach to us? Our Azure Woods Sect acts as it sees fit; you have no right to intervene!"

Confident in his cultivation, he drew his longsword, and he and his more than ten junior brothers immediately surrounded Long Fei and the other three.

The leading senior brother raised a hand and threw a magical artifact resembling a sword-net, spreading it out towards Long Fei and his companions.

Long Fei and his companions remained motionless, letting the sword-net envelop them.

Someone sneered and cursed, "My senior brother Zhang Heng’s reputation echoes through Bamboo City Prefecture, and you dare oppose us!"

"We thought you were formidable, is this all you can do?"

"This Silk Web of Empress E from Azure Woods Mountain is as strong as Divine Iron, even ten oxen couldn’t tear it apart. You should just resign yourselves to death!"

Senior brother Zhang Heng sneered, "Why waste words with them? They’re a bunch of spies. Kill them, let’s go claim our reward from Master!"

They brandished their longswords, sword qi extending over ten meters, slashing down onto Long Fei and his companions.

The Mount Shu Sword Qi Decree revealed its lethal aura.

Long Fei narrowed his brow, silently acknowledging that Azure Woods Sect indeed followed the path of Mount Shu Sword Cultivators.

No wonder their killing aura was so intense.

He raised a hand and lightly tapped upwards.

With a rumbling shock, the Silk Web of Empress E shattered into fragments.

The descending sword qi was swept up by this force as if striking the ocean, one by one, dissipating without even raising a splash.

Zhang Heng and the others exchanged panicked glances, realizing they had encountered experts and feeling a bit cowardly about fleeing.

Da Heiniu conjured two Thunder Drum Golden Hammers, slammed his massive arms together fiercely.

With a resounding boom, like the rolling thunder imploding on the spot.

The more than ten disciples of Azure Woods Sect were swept up by the thunderous sound, their skin cracking, screaming miserably, exploding into mist of blood one by one.

Zhang Heng, with his Core Formation Stage cultivation, cracked and did not explode, but vomited blood, rolled onto the ground, staring with disbelief at Long Fei and his companions.

Long Fei stepped forward, pressing a foot against his chest.

Zhang Heng screamed and pleaded, "Spare my life, hero. I didn’t recognize Mount Tai with my eyes and offended you all. For the sake of our Azure Woods Sect, let’s make a good connection and spare my life?"

The villagers had cautiously gathered from all directions upon hearing the commotion.

Long Fei looked at their angry gaze directed at Zhang Heng, "Then you have to ask these villagers if they’ll spare you!"

He pointed a finger, spiritual power aggressively invaded Zhang Heng’s Divine Sea, sealing his Golden Core.

At the same time, he stomped down, crushing his internal organs with a snap.

Zhang Heng spat blood, left with mere breath of life, screaming desperately on the ground.

Long Fei kicked him towards the villagers, instructing, "During the Qingming Festival, attack Azure Woods Mountain. Then, if you have grievances or hatred, take your revenge. I share with the Cultivators Alliance to fight for justice on your behalf!"

Before anyone could react, Long Fei and his companions departed through the sky.

Zhang Heng rolled his eyes, enduring the pain, groaning to the villagers, "He’s trying to confuse you, who could destroy our Azure Woods Sect? This is dreaming? You send me back to Azure Woods Sect, you’d be heroes of Azure Woods Sect, my master wouldn’t treat you badly."

Someone noticed something was different, staring at him, "Have you lost your mana?"

Zhang Heng glared and cursed, "How could I have? What nonsense are you spouting, do you believe I’ll kill you?"

A robust villager cursed fiercely, "You killed my son and still dare yell at us. Those four immortals have already crippled you, and you dare trick us?"

He swung his shovel at Zhang Heng’s head.

A mighty force struck down, smashing half of Zhang Heng’s head, blood splattering.

Zhang Heng screamed, clutching his head, trying to crawl away.

The villagers, seeing him indeed had no reaction, vented their pent-up anger and bitterness, exacting revenge upon him.

He, the esteemed senior brother, the elite disciple of Azure Woods Sect, was beaten to death by a group of ordinary villagers, eventually thrown into the fire and burned clean.