C21

"Pah!" Suddenly, the sound of something tearing could be heard from within the Clan Hall. A whip hit Tu Mo's body unerringly.

"Si la — —" With a ripping sound, Tu Mo screamed out in pain, and his battle uniform instantly broke into pieces. In the next moment, Tu Mo was already on the ground, clutching his back as he cried miserably.

"Hiss!"

Seeing that, Xia Heng, Xia Shi and the rest who were inside the Clan Hall all gasped, the soft whip directly left a bloody scar on Tu Mo's back, the thorns cut his flesh, and his blood and flesh slowly rolled in two directions.

"Protector Xia Shi, you may carry out the crimes that Tu Mo committed in accordance to the rules of Kung Fu Hall."

After taking back the Thorny Whip, Xia Menglan slowly sat down again. Her eyes were still as calm as water, as if she had done something insignificant.

"Yes, miss." Protector Xia Shi responded with fear and trepidation. Then, he said to the Golden Bell Realm guards behind him: "Reserves: Eviscerate!"

"Don't, don't …" Hearing that Xia Menglan wanted to cut her bones with a golden knife, Tu Mo's lips immediately quivered in fear.

Xia Heng could not take it anymore. After a series of changes in his attitude, he suddenly kneeled down: "Miss, Tu Mo is guilty, I am guilty!"

"Bang!" Bang! "Bam!"

This Xia Heng was also a character, knowing how to bow and kneel, yet at this moment, she actually kowtowed three times to Xia Menglan.

However, Xia Menglan just watched coldly, not moving at all.

"Miss, Tu Mo had made a big mistake and was punished, but he is the foster son of the Demon Suppressing King, after all, he has worked for the Duke Palace for many years, and I have no contributions, and I am willing to resign as the great protector to accept Kung Fu Hall as my punishment, but I beg Miss to spare Tu Mo's life!"

"Xia Heng, Tu Mo has committed countless of crimes, and they are all related to you. Since you are willing to exchange your position of chief protector for his life, I will let him live for now, and drag him out with a staff for fifty punishments!" Xia Menglan said coldly.

Tu Mo lowered his head like a wooden chicken, occasionally sighing in disappointment, sometimes shaking his head and laughing, although he regretted it in his heart, but he could only accept his fate. Before long, he was dragged out by two guards.

"Miss, for Tu Mo to be able to steal a Single Horned Scorpion Pill from the treasury, it means that there is a loophole in the treasury. Just in case, it's better to open the treasury and send people to investigate." Qin Lie suddenly reminded.

Xia Chu Lan's eyes lit up, and unknowingly, an expression of admiration appeared on her face. She then said: "What you said is not without reason, following what you said, Protector Xia Shi, you can send someone to investigate!" Then, Xia Menglan continued, "Father, I will not be returning to the Ten Sects during this period of time."

"Later, place the criminals Tu Mo and Xia Heng in the clan prison!" Xia Menglan instructed plainly.

"Yes sir!"

Two more guards went forward and escorted Xia Heng away.

Qin Lie bowed and thanked Xia Menglan: "Thank you Miss for returning my justice!" After finishing his sentence, he used his right hand to cover his wound as he retreated.

It was dead silent within the Clan Hall.

After Qin Lie left, Xia Menglan stood up.

She wore a thin veil on her impeccable face, but at this moment, her eyes revealed a cold light. After glancing at the Family Elder s, she spoke in a bland voice: "Protector Xia Shi, you and Xia Heng have always been close, so even though this matter is unrelated to you, you still protected two people at every turn. It is unfair and humiliating for my Duke Palaces.

Throwing down these words, Xia Menglan turned around and left, leaving behind a few pale white Family Elder s within the Clan Hall.

Coming out from the Clan Hall, Qin Lie's heart was extremely heavy. In the sky, even though there was a blazing sun hung high up in the sky, Qin Lie was not able to feel any sort of warmth.

The Toxic Pill matter had finally been exposed, and the two main culprits, Tu Mo and Xia Heng, had also received the punishment that they deserved. However, not only did the stone in Qin Lie's heart not drop, it had even become suspended at an even higher level.

Looking in the direction of the Duke Palace's treasury, Qin Lie revealed a grave expression. He suddenly felt a sense of danger, and he realized that the Toxic Pill matter wasn't over yet.

A bigger ripple is still behind us …

A storm was brewing!

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, just as Qin Lie was about to return to his own residence to cultivate, the Divine Purgatory Diagram in his sea of consciousness suddenly trembled.

An enormous ancient Tao Map gradually filled Qin Lie's entire sea of consciousness, filling him with a surge of primal chaos energy.

"Roar!"

The dragon and elephant also began to anxiously howl.

Looking at the direction that the Divine Purgatory Diagram and the dragon and elephant were pointing in, Qin Lie was surprised.

The Divine Purgatory Diagram, was actually letting him go deeper into the Arctic Mountain Range!

"Why are we going deeper into the Arctic Mountain Range? Is there anything there? " Qin Lie frowned, but still sneaked into the Arctic Mountain Range according to the reaction of the Divine Purgatory Diagram.

This time, Qin Lie did not dare to disturb anyone, and entered the Arctic Mountain Range alone.

"Hiss —" After pacing back and forth at the edge of the Arctic Mountain Range for a while, a towering ancient tree suddenly collapsed in the distance. The mountain region cracked and smoke billowed, as if a gigantic Vicious Beasts had appeared!

It was a huge snake as thick as a water bucket. Its entire body flickered with multicolored mist, and it twisted its enormous body, razing the entire forest to the ground.

"Roar!"

It roared angrily, and all the scales on its body stood erect. Its scarlet snake eyes stared fixedly in front of it. There was a human figure standing in front of it, confronting it.

It was a young man. His clothes were tattered, and his hair was in disarray as he flew. He was preparing to hunt this great snake down like a tiger eyeing its prey.

"Kill!" He scolded lightly, and his eyes shone with a cold light. He disappeared from where he stood, appearing in front of the giant serpent in the blink of an eye.

After his fleshly body reached the extreme, Qin Lie underwent a complete transformation. His six senses were even more sensitive, and his strength was even stronger.

"Hiss!" The giant snake was shocked. It twisted its body and its scales shot up to the sky to resist.

It had to be said that the giant serpent was very strong. Even though it was still a child, it was already able to contend against Qin Lie who had been reborn. There were several times when Gu Chen had no choice but to retreat. Poison spread out, and the trees in a ten mile radius all withered.

In the end, Qin Lie made a move and used the power of the dragon elephant to pierce through its skull and kill it.

Just as he was about to open his stomach, a burst of bird cries suddenly came from above.

"Screech!"

A strange bird dove down with wings like spears. Its beak was like an inverted hook, its tail was short and wedge-shaped, and its claws were like anchors as it swooped down towards Qin Lie.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Many of the rocks were instantly split open, pierced by the feathers. Qin Lie was horrified, this strange bird was going to devour everything!

Immediately, he dragged the corpse of the giant snake into a primeval forest and continued to dodge. This strange bird was extremely powerful and had a terrifying aura, comparable to the peak of the eighth level of Body Refining Stage. It was just a step away from stepping into the domain of a profound beast.

In the end, Qin Lie hid into a cave and only then was he able to avoid being tracked by the strange bird.

He really didn't know why the Divine Purgatory Diagram wanted him to go deeper into the Arctic Mountain Range. Furthermore, the deeper they went, the greater the danger they faced.

This was the depths of the Arctic Mountain Range, and there were dangers everywhere, as well as terrifying Demon Beast s. Previously, they had even hunted down their prey, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

Here, blood was dripping, the rules of survival were simple and crude. The strong preyed on the weak, and the fittest lived on! This was only the edge of the central region, yet it was already so dangerous. It was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying existences could be inside.

Qin Lie built a fire inside the cave, opened up the large snake's stomach, and started to heartily eat.

The snake meat was very fragrant, it had a rich fragrance, and its flesh was emitting a little bit of light aura, Qin Lie quickly finished eating and decided to rest here for a while, before going deeper in.

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine as he felt someone approaching from the bottom of his feet!

He hid himself and hid within an ancient tree that reached the sky.

Not long after, two people appeared, each holding an ice-cold battle spear. It was crimson red with blood dripping from it. Qin Lie was shocked as he stared at the spear. This was definitely a ferocious weapon that contained an endless amount of killing intent!

The sound of weeping and wailing could be heard from the tip of the spear. It was extremely mournful as it spread out. Who are these two people? Why did he come here?

Qin Lie held his breath, he quietly activated the Divine Purgatory Diagram and caused the Qi to disappear, and hid in the distance to watch.

"Have you found his heirs?" One of them coldly spoke. His voice was hoarse and ear-piercing, as if two pieces of metal were rubbing against each other.

"He found it. The information was not wrong, in the Demon Suppressing King Palace, there were some unforeseen events that did not poison him to death." The other person replied, his eyes cold and aggressive.

This reply caused Qin Lie's heart to sink. These two people, were they the ones who wanted to harm me?

He did not act rashly, but only listened attentively.

Fortunately, these two cultivators were at the peak of the ninth level of the Body Refining Stage and had yet to step into the Myriad Profound Stage. However, the weapons in their hands were very terrifying, especially the ferocious weapon.

"Wu, you are too impatient. If you have obtained that Divine Purgatory Diagram, why would you need to alert the enemy?" The person who spoke first had a cold tone.

"No worries, he indeed passed the Divine Purgatory Diagram over to that little fellow. I'm afraid that he won't have the time to look for it now, we need to get the Divine Purgatory Diagram before him. Other than that, I once found a treasure in the Demon Suppressing King Palace.

Hearing that, Qin Lie's heart trembled, he felt that he had heard an incredible thing.

These two were simply dreaming. They actually dared to steal the treasures of the manor. Aren't they afraid of Xiahou discovering them?

"Have you made your arrangements?"

"Of course, all of the Ling Dan's medicinal herbs in the treasury have long since been replaced by Toxic Pill's poison." The man laughed sinisterly.

Qin Lie's pupils suddenly shrank, the conversation between the two of them was too shocking! All of the Pill's resources in the palace have been transferred? This was not good!

Qin Lie calmed his heart down and hid in the shadows, planning to continue probing for more information.