Xie Chenkun sighed, "I'm not lamenting that you didn't have a final victor between you and Dao Wuming. I know Dao Wuming isn't your match at all."
"I'm only lamenting the bet. Zhou Taiping's life-bond spiritual treasure was quite nice. It would have been great if you had gotten your hands on it earlier, or if you had kept their storage bags when you killed them, sigh..."
Xie Chenkun reminisced emotionally, his mind recalling the scene of Mu Jinyu blood refining the sky, turning Dao Wuming, Zhou Taiping, and their cohorts into flying ash without a trace left behind.
Not even a trace of their bones was left, let alone their storage bags.
Hearing Xie Chenkun's regrettable sigh, Mu Jinyu suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Oh, so that's it, I thought you were concerned about something else, Sect Leader."
Saying this, he flipped his hand, and an ancient storage bag appeared in his palm.
Mu Jinyu casually tossed this storage bag to Xie Chenkun.
Seeing this, Xie Chenkun wondered why he took out a storage bag. Was it because he felt bad and wanted to compensate me?
His subconscious wanted to refuse, but after hearing Mu Jinyu's next words, he hesitated and eventually accepted the storage bag.
"This storage bag is Zhou Taiping's. I didn't destroy his life-bond spiritual treasure either; I put it directly into the storage bag. If you want it, Sect Leader, just take it!"
Mu Jinyu noticed Xie Chenkun's puzzlement and confusion, so he explained.
"I killed them at the time, but I did not destroy their storage bags or magic treasures. After all, they are worth something, so I took them. However, in the Blood Refining the Sky, you didn't notice them."
After hearing Mu Jinyu's explanation, Xie Chenkun suddenly understood, "So that's it..."
Mu Jinyu smiled faintly. He was able to extract Wu Dayong's soul in full view of everyone without being noticed. How could Xie Chenkun and the others have noticed him taking the storage bags while killing those from the Blood Sword Sect?
Truthfully though, after taking those storage bags, saving people, and rushing to kill again, he really hadn't checked the storage bags of those from the Blood Sword Sect.
But since the Blood Sword Sect was approaching, he planned to finish this matter first and go back to examine them slowly.
After understanding the truth, Xie Chenkun no longer felt as much regret or conflict. He quickly tried to return the storage bag to Mu Jinyu, explaining:
"You should take this storage bag back. I was just lamenting that you killed so many people yet got nothing, not because I want Zhou Taiping's life-bond spiritual treasure. Even if you defeated Dao Wuming again for it, I'd still give it to you..."
Mu Jinyu shook his head and said, "No need. I have the Bi Fang Cauldron; ordinary magic treasures are meaningless to me. Zhou Taiping, being a sect master, must have plenty of cultivation resources in his storage bag, despite not checking it. They can be used to compensate the disciples and elders who died in battle..."
Hearing Mu Jinyu say this, Xie Chenkun moved his lips a few times but no longer insisted on returning the bag to Mu Jinyu, then nodded, "Alright then."
At this moment, Mu Jinyu suddenly stood up from the ground.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze penetrating the shuttle's protective shield, looking towards a blood-colored mountain range appearing in the distance, with a murderous intent in his eyes.
The Blood Sword Sect*, he had returned!
...
The Blood Sword Sect.
The Grim Elder and the kindly elder had not gone with Zhou Yun and others to the Heavenly Sword Faction for the extermination.
Although they no longer had the Blood Essence Pool to guard, they were still punished for their inadequate guardianship, which resulted in the theft of the Blood Essence Crystal.
Therefore, Zhou Yun decided not to let them accompany the force to annihilate the Heavenly Sword Faction.
After all, annihilating the Heavenly Sword Faction, whoever killed the most and obtained storage bags would have all that belonged to them.
This was considered an incentive and a benefit offered by the Blood Sword Sect to its elders and disciples.
The elders left to guard the Blood Sword Sect, however, would not gain any benefits upon the triumphant return of the main force.
Grim Elder, though still begrudging for not being able to join the main force in destroying the Heavenly Sword Faction, nonetheless, had no choice but to stay behind and guard the Blood Sword Sect due to his failings.
That day, the Grim Elder felt restless and anxious, as if a major event was about to happen.
"How strange, why do I have this feeling? Is something major happening? Or could it be that the Great Elder failed in their quest to annihilate the Heavenly Sword Faction?"
The Grim Elder paced back and forth in the Elder's Grand Hall, his brows furrowed and murmuring to himself.
As time slowly passed, his feeling of dread grew stronger, as if true catastrophe was imminent.
"Something's wrong!"
Grim Elder finally felt that something was off. Zhou Yun led almost all of Blood Sword Sect's core forces to extinguish the Heavenly Sword Faction, yet after a day, no news had trickled back.
When two sects go to war, no matter how fierce the conflict, the victor should emerge after a day.
Even if the Blood Sword Sect suffered a defeat and returned, they should have come back by now.
Just as Grim Elder struggled to glean the status at the Heavenly Sword Faction.
"Boom!!"
An earth-shattering explosion suddenly erupted throughout the Blood Sword Sect.
Those with weaker cultivation like miscellaneous disciples and Outer Sect Disciples immediately had their eardrums burst, bleeding from their ears, eyes, noses, and mouths!
Though not dead, they were severely injured.
"What's going on?!"
The Grim Elder was also startled by the deafening roar, rushing out of the Elder's Grand Hall, only to witness something unbelievably astonishing!
"Boom!!"
High above in the sky, the Mountain Protection Array of the Blood Sword Sect had automatically initiated defensive procedures against the external invasion, enveloping the gate in an impregnable blood-colored light shield!
But at this moment, a figure standing loftily above the sky gazed emotionlessly, without any emotion on their face, like a divine spirit descending to the mortal world, their hands pushing forth, creating a dazzling sun and moon.
His left hand wielded the sun, the right hand evolved the moon, and then the two collided, forming a small black dot, which then hurled towards the seemingly indestructible blood-colored light shield below!
"Boom!"
That seemingly insignificant little black dot lightly landed before the blood-colored light shield, and everyone instinctively believed it was insignificant, with no chance of breaking through the Blood Sword Sect's defensive shield.
After all, the defensive shield of the Blood Sword Sect was supposed to withstand a full attack from a Mid-Stage of the Fanxu Realm expert!
However, what happened next astonished them, shattering all the pride within the Blood Sword Sect!
As that tiny black dot touched the blood-colored defensive light shield, there was no earth-shattering shock, no terrifying scene unfolding, but silently, the supposedly impregnable and indestructible blood-colored light shield melted away as snow meeting warm sun, completely dissolving.
"How is this possible?!"
Everyone in the Blood Sword Sect was so shocked they nearly bit off their own tongues.
And Grim Elder's pupils contracted to the extreme, filled with fear and disbelief.
For he had recognized the one who shattered the defensive shield!
The very enemy he had been longing to tear apart, devour their flesh, and scatter their bones!
Mu Jinyu!