The elders stood by, looking rather somber.
What were they to do! The genius disciple they had just recruited had caused such a huge problem.
Two of the three great families of the Central Realm wanted her dead.
Their Que Tian Sect alone could not protect the young girl.
"Quickly contact the Shen Yin Sect and the Chang Men Sect," Sect Master Xiong said softly.
Elder Yuan acknowledged the order and quietly prepared to leave. However, he had not gone far before he ran into a barrier.
"What? This is a barrier?" Elder Yuan rubbed his head, his expression turning grim.
"Sect Master Xiong, what is the meaning of this?" The Li family was a renowned formation family, and their patriarch was an expert in barriers. Besides him, who else could stop an elder of Que Tian Sect?
A flicker of anger ignited in Sect Master Xiong's eyes. How dare someone set up a barrier on their Que Tian Sect's territory?
Did they not even consider the Que Tian Sect worthy of their notice?
"Sect Master Xiong, do not be angry. I am merely preventing you from sending word. If people from other sects come to support, we two patriarchs will lose our influence," the Li family patriarch said condescendingly, looking at Elder Yuan. He had seen through their little scheme with perfect clarity.
They merely wished to notify other sects and use their influence to protect that wretched girl!
Today, he was determined to eliminate her! Kuaishu Pavilion
"Sect Master..."
The elders clenched their fists. They absolutely could not hand over the girl surnamed Bai. As long as she was a disciple of their sect, the sect would protect her.
However, the sect could not abandon all its other disciples for the sake of one. Going to war with the two great families of the Central Realm was out of the question. What were they to do?
Just then, Elder Lin rushed over with someone.
"Sect Master! I've failed you!"
Elder Lin's face was ashen. Before he even reached the barrier, he shoved the person next to him down and fled.
A figure clad in red leaped down from the sky.
"Bang!"
The barrier shattered! How was this possible!
Patriarch Li stared at the large hole in the barrier in disbelief.
The person landed steadily on the ground and slowly straightened up.
Compared to the barrier set up by the Sect Master of Zi Yun Sect, the barrier created by Patriarch Li was as fragile as paper.
"So many people waiting for me, you truly flatter me," Bai Ran said indifferently, scanning the crowd.
"Little girl! Why have you come!" Sect Master Xiong quickly stepped in front of her, shielding her.
Damn it! Hadn't he told Old Lin to take this girl far away? Why had she been brought here?
Wasn't this like a lamb walking into a tiger's den?
"Wretch! You've finally decided to show yourself!" Zhi Rou's expression turned dark and fierce as soon as she saw the newcomer.
"I thought you were going to be a turtle hiding in its shell forever!"
"You are that Bai Ran?" Patriarch Liu stood up and walked directly towards Bai Ran.
Sect Master Xiong's nerves were taut as he firmly protected her, but he was gently pushed aside by the person behind him.
Bai Ran stepped forward, her knuckles cracking.
"I am, so what?"
Upon hearing this, Patriarch Liu roared in anger, "So what? You wretch killed a junior from my Liu family! And before she died, you cruelly poisoned her with over a dozen toxins! How heartless of you!"
"Patriarch Liu, have you been misled by a villain?" Bai Ran glanced at Zhi Rou, her words carrying a veiled meaning.
"Your Liu family disregarded sect rules, trespassed into my courtyard, and attempted to steal my contracted beast."
"According to your logic, I merely defended myself, yet I am called a vicious wretch?"
Zhi Rou's fingernails had already dug into her flesh. "You dare call me a villain?"
Bai Ran shrugged, looking at her as if she were an idiot.
"Then how do you explain the death of my Li family's second son, killed by you!" Patriarch Li said, his hands behind his back, his eyes seemingly poisoned.
At just over ten years old, she could easily break his formations. What would happen when she grew stronger?
She had to be eliminated today!
"That's right! I personally went to the lower realm!" Zhi Rou exclaimed.
"The second son was killed! And the murderer is this wretch!"
Now you have no defense! Zhi Rou looked at Bai Ran triumphantly.
Unexpectedly, Bai Ran looked at them with confusion. "If someone deserves to die, then they deserve to be killed, right?"
Her tone was so innocent, as if she had performed a good deed by eliminating a scoundrel for the common people.
"You! How dare you!" Patriarch Li was so enraged he almost choked, trembling as he pointed a finger at Bai Ran.
Arrogant! Utterly arrogant!
"Sect Master Xiong! Is this the disciple of your sect!" Patriarch Liu's face was flushed red, clearly from anger.
Sect Master Xiong, however, was in a good mood, stroking his beard. "Indeed, she has a true temperament."
"You! You all!"
"Ahhh! Today I will surely kill you, you wretch!" Patriarch Liu, in a fit of rage, charged directly at Bai Ran.
Suddenly, he felt intense pain in his arm.
"A snake! Where did a snake come from!" A small black snake was wrapped around his arm, its long fangs piercing Patriarch Liu's skin.
He shook the small snake off with force. In the next instant, the skin all over his body began to turn black!
"Patriarch Liu! Your body!" Patriarch Li stared in shock as his skin turned pitch-black, slowly festering.
The sudden appearance of the venomous snake made everyone present uneasy.
"Ahhh! It hurts! It hurts so much!" Patriarch Liu fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
The little black snake, however, slowly crawled towards Bai Ran.
"Little girl, quickly retreat!" Sect Master Xiong was about to pull Bai Ran away when she squatted down.
The little black snake slowly climbed onto Bai Ran's wrist, acting extremely docile.
Bai Ran petted its little head as a reward. The poisonous snake's large eyes blinked, looking very cute.
"Well done."
"Little girl... you?" Sect Master Xiong stared blankly at the snake, which was so docile in her hand.
"It's your pet venomous snake!" Zhi Rou exclaimed, as if a sudden realization had dawned upon her, pointing at Bai Ran and deliberately shouting.
"Quickly give him the antidote! Do you want to kill Patriarch Liu?"
Bai Ran calculated the time. It was about time.
As expected, a coquettish female voice rang out.
"If the beauty wants to kill him, then kill him," a woman in a pink high-slit dress said, covering her mouth with a laugh. She stood beside a refined man in a dark green robe.
"Sect Master of Shen Yin Sect! Sect Master of Chang Men Sect!" Zhi Rou clenched her fists tightly. How had they come to Que Tian Sect!
The two leaped lightly and stood beside Bai Ran.
"Beauty! I missed you so much!" Gu Qingcheng hugged Bai Ran without a word.
"Miss Bai, it has been a while," Shi Xu also greeted Bai Ran.