"Savior!" At that moment, Yang Xixue, standing to the side, stared at Yi Tianyun in shock. The mask on his face was the same one he wore when he had rescued them before, so she recognized him immediately.

"What? He’s the savior who rescued my sister?" Yang Yu sized him up and down, then suddenly grabbed his hand. "Thank you for saving my sister! No wonder she’s been spacing out so much. A friend this young and with such a dignified bearing... I can tell at a glance that you’re brother-in-law material!"

"Yang Yu!" Yang Xixue swatted at him, trying to get him to shut his mouth.

"Sis, weren’t you staring out the window and spacing out earlier? It seemed like you were thinking about something..."

"You’re still talking!" Yang Xixue glared at him, her face beet red. The truth was, she had indeed fallen for Yi Tianyun. In such a desperate situation, when a young and handsome man came to her rescue, what woman’s heart wouldn’t be stirred?

"Enough!" Feng Yulong, standing nearby, glared at them. Thanks to the restorative effects of an Elixir Pill, he could walk with ease again, but a large part of his face was still swollen, his once-handsome features temporarily ruined. "You’re the fiancée of my Feng Family, yet you’re shamelessly flirting with another man! Xixue, I’m giving you one last chance. Choose to stand with me. Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens next!"

"Go with you?" Yang Xixue sneered. "Impossible. Besides, I would never betray my sect like you!"

"Betray the sect?" Feng Yulong sneered. "I made the right choice. What’s the point of staying in this declining Celestial Extreme Mansion? The Divine Rune Mansion is the best place for us!"

"I admit the Celestial Extreme Mansion has declined, but does that give you the right to betray the sect whenever you please? If you want to leave, you must follow the procedures. To just announce your defection and walk away is utterly treasonous!" Yang Xixue said coldly.

"Follow the normal procedures?" Feng Yulong roared with laughter. "That just means paying a price! But think about it, what has the Celestial Extreme Mansion ever given us? Nothing but some trash Elixir Pills and a few mediocre training grounds. It’s simply intolerable!"

He flew into a rage at the mention of it. Normally, leaving a sect required paying a certain amount of resources as compensation, for example, a number of third or fourth-grade Elixir Pills.

After being trained here for so long, with so many resources invested in them, just up and leaving was a clear violation of the rules.

The topic sent Feng Yulong into a fury. His eyes filled with contempt and disdain, as if staying in the Celestial Extreme Mansion was like living in a dog kennel.

To see them discussing matters of romance with a great enemy right before them was infuriating. The Divine Rune Mansion disciples glared at them. The strongest cultivators present—two elders, experts at the Spirit Pill Stage—stood at the back, accompanied by several deacons. All of them stared coldly in their direction.

They were in no hurry to make a move, content to let these youths cause a scene and humiliate the Celestial Extreme Mansion. Little did they know their own Mansion Master was already dead. The news simply hadn’t reached them yet. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have the gall to be so arrogant; they would have already scurried back to deal with the funeral arrangements.

"The Celestial Extreme Mansion’s resources may be a bit lacking, but it has always given you the best it had, nurturing you to the best of its ability! Since you think the Celestial Extreme Mansion is so terrible, why did you join in the first place?" Yi Tianyun stepped forward and said, staring at them coldly. "Without the training you received from the Celestial Extreme Mansion, I doubt you could have even gotten through the gates of the Divine Rune Mansion!"

This was the truth. While their families were not small, they still lacked certain resources—knowledge concerning Divine Runes, for example, which was something a small family couldn’t provide. If the Celestial Extreme Mansion hadn’t unearthed their Potential, they wouldn’t have even made it past the gates!

Yet here they were, constantly complaining, even after hogging most of the resources. It infuriated him. He despised betrayal above all else, especially defecting from one’s sect. They had been given the very best the sect could offer, but they were still not satisfied. They were greedy, and they had even turned the Celestial Pattern Pavilion upside down with their antics.

"You brat, what are you talking about!" Feng Yulong was enraged. He pointed at Yi Tianyun and sneered, "You’re the one who couldn’t even get through the gates! Some bullshit savior... I’d say you’re just a fraud!" He then turned back to Yang Xixue. "I’m giving you one last chance. Will you come with me? If you don’t, you’ll regret it!"

"Feng Yulong, I’ve already told you, I will never go with you!" Yang Xixue said coldly. "Traitor!"

"Fine. Fine! FINE!" Feng Yulong’s gaze swept coldly over the crowd as he sneered. "Excellent! Let me tell you all something. That arrogant brat from before killed the Mansion Master’s Direct Disciple. He’s caused a massive incident. This time, your Celestial Extreme Mansion is finished!"

"What? He killed the Divine Rune Mansion’s Mansion Master’s Direct Disciple?"

They were all stunned. None of them had expected Yi Tianyun to cause such a massive incident. The situation had just become incredibly serious.

"Where are your elders?" Elder Xiao Jie stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over them. He noticed that aside from Yi Tianyun and a single deacon, no one else had come out to meet them.

"I’m in charge here. What is your business?" Yi Tianyun said.

"You’re in charge?" Elder Xiao looked at him coldly. "Fine. Our Mansion Master’s Direct Disciple has been killed. By now, your murderer has likely been captured and is about to be executed by our Mansion Master, but things won’t end that simply. You must compensate us with a batch of Elixir Pills and weapons. Now, will you bring them out yourselves, or will we have to go in and take them?"

As he finished speaking, the pressure from their combined auras bore down on the Celestial Extreme Mansion disciples. They were utterly domineering. His words might have sounded polite on the surface, but they were dripping with aggression.

The faces of the disciples on Yi Tianyun’s side changed. This was an extremely serious matter. No wonder so many people had gathered in front of the Celestial Extreme Mansion.

"Compensate my ass!" Yang Yu roared. "Your people must have provoked our leader first, otherwise why would he have attacked? Compensation? You should be compensating us! Every single one of you who betrayed the sect should have your cultivation crippled as punishment!"

"Elder Xiao, it seems they’re still hopelessly stubborn..." Feng Yulong sneered. "I suggest we just fight our way inside and teach them a lesson, lest they think our Divine Rune Mansion is a pushover! They killed our Young Master, and now they dare to resist. What punishment does such a crime deserve?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Feng Yulong was seething with rage. All he wanted now was to get his revenge, to grab Yang Yu and the others and beat them to a pulp to vent his hatred.

Elder Xiao glanced at the crowd, his eyes like ice. "It seems you’re intent on having us take it ourselves. Very well. Everyone, advance! Ransack this place and take everything of value! The more you collect, the greater your contribution! When Southern Mansion Master returns, I will report your merits one by one!"

"Alright!" They cried out in excitement, as if they could already see the lavish rewards awaiting them.

The next moment, they all charged forward. Feng Yulong himself led the charge, rushing straight at their group. Yang Yu and the others braced themselves to resist.

But a figure had already shot past them. A single kick sent Feng Yulong, who was at the very front, flying. He was launched backward, spitting a mouthful of blood toward the sky. After tumbling across the ground several times, he breathed his last.

"Betraying the sect warrants having your cultivation crippled. But leading enemies to destroy the sect... that is a crime punishable by death!" Yi Tianyun had delivered Feng Yulong’s death sentence. It didn’t matter who he was. For violating this principle, death was the only punishment. There was nothing more to be said.