"What kind of compensation do you want?" Ming Zhi Tian asked.
"At least leave something behind, to give me a way down from this stage," Bei Huang Qi said.
Ming Zhi Tian nodded. "Isn't that simple?"
He then rummaged through his storage bag, pulling out piles of bottles and jars. "Let me see, here are thousands of Grade Ten pills, and hundreds of Grade Hundred pills. This is all I have, do you want them?"
Gou Jun Ni pointed at him and said, "Ming Zhi Tian, are you trying to cheat a beggar?"
"Silence!" Bei Huang Qi glared at him. "Do you have a place to speak here?"
"Yes, Esteemed Grand Sect Master," Gou Jun Ni said, looking dejected and unable to express his frustration.
Ming Zhi Tian sneered. "These thousands of Grade Ten pills, each one is worth tens of thousands of Shen Wu coins, and the Grade Hundred pills are worth hundreds of thousands each. Even a beggar, with these pills, could open a pill shop and become immensely wealthy. What do you say?"
Gou Jun Ni dared not speak, only glaring. As Bei Huang Qi ordered his men to collect the pills from the ground, Ming Zhi Tian spoke, "Wait!"
Bei Huang Qi looked up. "Is something wrong?"
Ming Zhi Tian stood with his hands behind his back. "If you want them, you must guarantee that you will not pursue this matter further, nor will you pursue my wife's family. Can you do that?"
Bei Huang Qi thought for a moment, then looked at the hundreds of Grade Hundred pills on the ground. "Alright, I will not pursue any of it."
Ming Zhi Tian wagged his index finger. "You must swear an oath."
Bei Huang Qi's expression immediately turned unpleasant. "What if I refuse to swear?"
Ming Zhi Tian laughed heartily, spreading his arms indifferently. "Then I will leave. Once I strengthen myself, the day will come when I destroy your sect!"
Bei Huang Qi's expression turned even colder. "Are you threatening me?"
Ming Zhi Tian waved his hand. "No, merely offering advice."
Silence...
Even with so many people present, no one dared to utter a word. The air grew thick and stagnant. Ming Zhi Tian walked to the pile of pills, ready to scoop them up and tear through space to escape.
Bei Huang Qi closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them. "I, Bei Huang Qi, swear to the heavens. From this moment forth, the Eight Sects and Twelve Gates will not pursue the matters committed by Ming Zhi Tian and his family today. If I break this oath, may my divine soul be annihilated by heavenly lightning, and may I never be reborn!"
Ming Zhi Tian suppressed the surging heat within him. "Good, decisive! Then I shall leave?"
Under the gaze of all present, Ming Zhi Tian picked up the storage bags of the deceased Huo Long Gang and Wu Shang Jin Bie, and pocketed them. No one dared to stop him. They watched as he tore through space and left.
After Ming Zhi Tian departed, Gou Jun Ni said, "Esteemed Grand Sect Master! It's still not too late to pursue him!"
Bei Huang Qi waved his hand. "I am tired. This matter ends here. Also, from now on, you must strengthen your cultivation. If you hadn't caused trouble everywhere, how would we have ended up like this today? Distribute these pills scattered on the ground to those severely injured. Let it be. Everyone, go back."
Bei Huang Qi returned to his immortal abode. The previous strike had nearly cost him his life. "This person is likely less than a hundred years old, yet he is already in the Asura Realm, and can fight enemies beyond his level. If I offend such a great being in the future, my Lan Shan Lake Sea will suffer a loss that outweighs the gain."
...
Ming Zhi Tian, riding his Sky Hawk, had already left Lan Shan Lake Sea for over a hundred li. Using his strongest artifact control forcefully had depleted his cultivation, dropping him to the tenth level of the King Tian Realm. He took a healing pill and then broke through to the first level of the Asura Realm.
"I killed two sect masters, only to return to where I started?"
"Sky Hawk, return to Yan Mansion."
"Caw!"
Upon returning to Yan Mansion, "Wait for me here." Ming Zhi Tian leaped off the Sky Hawk's back and walked directly into Yan Mansion.
At this moment, Yan Mansion was on full alert, with everyone having already packed their belongings and prepared to flee. But then Ming Zhi Tian arrived.
Immediately, a servant rushed to inform them, "Master! Master! It's the son-in-law! He's back!"