The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 91 - 78 Leave or Stay_1

Chapter 91: Chapter 78 Leave or Stay_1

Chapter 91 -78 Leave or Stay_1

Inside the mansion.

Various cultivators gathered by the pool, one after another, successively left through the Mirror Tunnel.

Among them were three from the Demon Sect, the Sword Tower, and Black Valley, who knew their chances were slim and did not wish to gamble with their lives.

Soon, there were fewer and fewer people remaining.

A young girl in white robes, ignoring the raving Li Jie, still gazed at Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen.

——These were the two who had previously dared to make a move against Qi Qingsong.

Jiang Li and Han Duping were still trying to persuade Zhou Qingchen not to take risks, Luo Hongyan was constantly scoffing, and Su Meng couldn’t get a word in.

“That person from Sword Tower, if you face him alone, what are your chances of killing him?”

Pang Jian asked in a deep voice.

The girl in white didn’t hesitate: “Fifty percent!”

Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen looked at her with solemn respect, and even Luo Hongyan showed surprise, her eyes filled with skeptical laughter, “For real?”

“With my own power, if I fought him to the death, our fates would be hard to predict. But with your help, my chances will rise to eighty or ninety percent. I came to you for cooperation because I saw that you two also want him dead.” The girl spoke frankly.

Pang Jian hesitated for a moment, about to agree, when Zhou Qingchen had already taken the initiative to speak, “Then let’s do it!”

Seeing him speak, Pang Jian said no more, just nodding his head in agreement.

“Old Han!”

Watching as the number of people dwindled, Zhou Qingchen, having made a decision, turned his head and called out softly.

“What now?”

With a face full of misery, Han Duping sighed and shook his head, inwardly prepared to stick with Zhou Qingchen through thick and thin.

Despite his dissatisfaction, if Zhou Qingchen truly decided to fight a deadly battle, Han knew it was unwise, but he was willing to accompany him.

“Old Han, I have a request for you, you take Jiang Li and Su Meng with you, the three of you go first.”

Zhou Qingchen said earnestly.

Jiang Li shook her head while sobbing, “I won’t go!”

Su Meng also protested, “I won’t go either!”

Even Han Duping, who had a deep affection for Zhou Qingchen, opened his mouth to laugh strangely, intending to refuse.

“Old Han, you know, I’m rarely this serious when I ask you for something!” Zhou Qingchen said sternly, looking into his eyes.

With his bulky figure, Han Duping’s small green bean-like eyes began to flicker with a helpless light, sighing, “Alright.”

He had seen too many partings and death. Girls like Su Meng and Jiang Li, lying dead in the streets—such scenes he had witnessed countless times.

He didn’t care about the lives of Jiang Li and Su Meng at all.

But he cared about Zhou Qingchen.

“You two follow me and leave; by staying, you’d become burdens that could end up killing Zhou.”

Han snorted, glaring at Jiang Li and Su Meng. Releasing one arm, he grabbed Su Meng’s and was about to refute when he suddenly gave a bitter smile, “Even I… would be a burden if I stayed, just distracting Zhou.”

Jiang Li and Su Meng fell silent upon hearing his sour and self-mocking words.

“If we don’t want to cause their deaths, we shouldn’t become their burdens.”

Han Duping dragged them both toward the Mirror Tunnel in the pool.

“That fatty…”

As they passed by Li Jie, who was leisurely drinking Green Fruit Juice, Li called out languidly.

Han Duping looked over in astonishment.

Li Jie pulled out the straw and threw a bottle of Green Fruit Juice at him, “Here, there’s still more than half a bottle left, take it if you don’t mind the dirt.”

“I don’t mind! I don’t mind at all!”

Han Duping licked his face, squeezing out a flattering smile, letting go of Su Meng’s arm to take the bottle of Green Fruit Juice, and gulped it down right in front of Li Jie.

Immediately after, he bowed profusely to Li Jie, repeatedly thanking him before he pulled Jiang Li and Su Meng away.

Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen watched them go, observing as they led the two women into the Mirror Tunnel, their three figures disappearing together.

“Even that fatso has his merits.”

Li Jie mumbled vaguely, then took out another bottle of Green Fruit Juice, inserted the straw, and continued to sip, muttering, “But he only deserves the leftovers.”

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Nobody knew just how much Green Fruit Juice was stored in his Storage Ring; it seemed endless.

“I’m also at the Meridians Channeling Realm, why didn’t you ask me to leave too?”

Once Han Duping and the two women had completely disappeared, Luo Hongyan unexpectedly came with this remark.

“Who’s stopping you from leaving?” Zhou Qingchen looked confused and wondered, “Jiang and Su Meng didn’t want to leave; you were free from the start, and you can go now if you want.”

“I wasn’t talking to you!” Luo Hongyan said coldly.

“Oh, you were talking to Pang Jian.” Zhou Qingchen realized, shrugged his shoulders, and smiled, “You didn’t say his name; how was I supposed to know who you were talking to?”

Pang Jian furrowed his brows, “You’re free to go.”

“That’s what I hate about you,” said Luo Hongyan irritably, silently rolling her eyes, “Whether you’re telling me to go or asking me to stay, I’m happy either way. What annoys me is how you don’t care at all about whether I stay or leave.”

Pang Jian was silent.

The girl in white clarified sharply, focusing on Luo Hongyan, “I didn’t count on you to kill the man from Sword Tower. It’s better for you to leave, as you’re just a burden like those three. Actually, since neither of them cares whether you live or die, you’re not really a burden after all.”

Luo Hongyan was so infuriated by these words that she almost spewed blood.

“Soon there’ll be no one left, and if we continue whispering like this, we might be overheard.”

The white-clothed girl became cautious.

Although her eyes harbored a murderous intent as she surveyed the sparse crowd, she said, “I’ll make the first move when the time comes, you two just need to cooperate with me. However, before I act, don’t you dare make a move.”

Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen gave a slight nod.

Time passed.

Finally, no one else left through the Mirror Tunnel, and the courtyard within the City Lord Mansion suddenly became extremely spacious.

Pang Jian moved to the side of the pool.

Only then did he have the leisure and space to examine the Strange Treasure submerged in the pool.

An old copper box, wrapped with many gold and copper threads, emitted a faint yellow light as it lay at the bottom of the pool.

A gorgeous robe painted with stars and sun-and-moon patterns fluttered underwater, exhibiting an aura of elegance and liveliness.

There was also a spear with its tip and shaft as one, lying quietly at the bottom of the pool, exuding a sense of incomparable sharpness.

There was also a White Jade Porcelain Bottle, containing just a drop of pale blue blood that swayed with the bottle under the water.

As the pale blue blood rolled inside the bottle, it resembled a blue gemstone.

Upon closer inspection, he found that within the pale blue blood bloomed a Crystal-clear Snow Lotus in mysterious splendor.

The box, the robe, the spear, and the White Jade Porcelain Bottle were the most conspicuous Strange Treasures within the pool.

Those were the only four objects in the pool!

All the wondrous treasures that had appeared inside the soaring beams of light had vanished without a trace, as if they were mere illusions to attract people rather than real objects.

“I want the Crystal-clear Snow Lotus in the White Jade Bottle.”

The wooden-faced man in white robes, his chest bearing the symbol of a black valley, waited until no one else remained before speaking up in a hoarse voice.

He was Lin Beiye from Black Valley, who had been fixated on the pool all the while, ignoring the turmoil around him.

“Crystal-clear Snow Lotus…”

Upon hearing his words, Luo Hongyan’s eyes turned cold.

“I want the box, and I also want that robe.”

Demon Sect’s Lan Xi, sitting quietly on a high platform, looked at Qi Qingsong from Sword Tower and Dong Tianze from Yin Spirit Temple, and said, “As for that spear, you two decide who it will belong to.”

Dong Tianze’s expression turned gloomy.

He had originally thought that everyone would pick one thing, and the four of them would distribute everything evenly.

This way, the four of them wouldn’t need to clash.

Even someone as fierce as Dong Tianze was prepared in his heart to settle for what others left behind, because indeed, Lan Xi, Lin Beiye, and Qi Qingsong were stronger in battle.

Unexpectedly, Lan Xi took an attitude of claiming two items for herself, leaving only the spear for him and Qingsong.

“Lin Beiye, do you have any objections?”

Lan Xi first inquired of the man from Black Valley.

“None.”

Lin Beiye spoke with a hoarse voice.

Lan Xi then turned to Qi Qingsong, “What about you?”

The indolent Qi Qingsong sighed and said, “I don’t really have an objection, it’s just that I’m not sure if Dong Xiaozi from the Lower Realm will have an issue with me.”

The implication was that he had decided not to give Dong Tianze a choice; the spear was going to be his.

Dong Tianze suddenly stood up, baring his teeth in a cold smirk, “Oh? So someone from the Lower Realm like me doesn’t count as a person in your eyes?”

“More or less.”

Lan Xi spoke indifferently.

“Dong, sit down!”

Behind him, Leng Yuan frantically pushed him down, whispering a few words in his ear, urging him not to be impulsive.

The gist was that the current distribution method could still change, and it was vital for him not to react rashly or else he would become a target of Lan Xi, Lin Beiye, and Qi Qingsong.

Leng Yuan also informed him that it would be better to let those three ignite a conflict, as that would provide him an opportunity to acquire the item he desired.

Dong Tianze, who had already stood up, glared at Qi Qingsong and then Lan Xi with a chilling gaze but managed to contain his anger and actually sat back down.

“Ha! You were so imposing at Wulan Lake; I thought you were something special,”

Luo Hongyan sneered, taunting in a voice neither too loud nor too low, “Now here in Bagua City, you’ve become a shrinking turtle, meekly accepting humiliation?”

Dong Tianze turned his head and glared furiously at her.

Unafraid, Luo Hongyan curled her mouth in disdain, “Did I say something wrong?”

“The biggest mistake you’ve made was not leaving earlier and choosing to remain here,” Dong Tianze responded with a somber face.

Luo Hongyan was about to retort when the white-clothed girl chided, “Enough!”

Her primary target was Qi Qingsong of the Sword Tower.

She didn’t want to clash with Dong Tianze beforehand, as once the fight started, she wouldn’t be able to use her assaultive Secret Skills without Qi Qingsong seeing them.

If that happened, she wouldn’t be able to surprise him in the same manner and restrict him as well.

“The column of light is about to be fully withdrawn.”

Pang Jian reminded everyone softly.

Luo Hongyan, who was about to argue back, immediately looked towards the column of light above the pool upon hearing that. Indeed, she saw the column of light slowly shrinking back into the pool.

This meant they would soon be able to collect the items from the bottom of the pool.

“Be careful.”

Zhou Qingchen warned Pang Jian in a deep voice.

Pang Jian nodded slightly.

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