“The disciple hopes that the one who left the secret realm in the first place will come forward and take responsibility for their actions, so as not to let an innocent woman suffer unjust accusations!”
Wan Lei’s tone was displeased. He had said so much, yet the other party remained stubbornly silent.
“I… I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
Xi Sha’s voice was soft and weak. She lowered her head even further, feeling extremely guilty. At the same time, she was roaring in her heart: Immortal Venerable, help me! I’m being bullied by this child…
Seeing Xi Sha’s guilty posture, her chin almost touching the proud peaks in front of her, Wan Lei became even more certain that she was lying.
Xi Sha was so wronged that she was about to cry. It wasn’t her who did it! She just wanted to be a quiet little fairy, but she couldn’t tell the truth!
Seeing her demeanor, Wan Lei’s anger surged. These people, holding high positions, could have simply spoken a word to release Xiao Yu. He was grateful to them for teaching him divine abilities.
But the problem originated with them. It was just a matter of speaking, of admitting what they had done to the Five Elements Hall. Couldn’t they even do that?
Wan Lei stood up, leaned down, placed his hands on the stone platform, and looked down at Xi Sha, saying word by word:
“Hall Master, you really won’t admit it? You really won’t help?”
Feeling the hot breath on her forehead, Xi Sha looked up and immediately saw the handsome face carved like a knife in front of her, and the aggressive gaze filled with anger.
At this moment, her heart leaped violently. It was too close, that distance, too close.
This was the closest she had ever been to a man in her life, except for the time she was held by the Earth Immortal Venerable while escaping a haunted house.
Xi Sha’s breathing quickened, her heart pounding in her throat. Yes, at this moment, she panicked. She was not a supreme Saint, but a shy young girl.
So, she did what a young girl would do in such a situation.
“Ah!!!”
A scream echoed throughout the entire Water Peak!
Immediately, Wan Lei felt a pressure capable of crushing his soul descend upon him, and he was sent flying backward like a cannonball.
Before he could hit the distant mountain peak, a thought flashed through Wan Lei’s mind.
Damn it, I forgot she’s a Saint!
A figure wreathed in flames landed with a boom outside the small pavilion.
It was a red-haired youth, with a bewitching face and a flame mark on his brow.
When he saw the blushing Xi Sha, he immediately asked anxiously:
“Xi Sha, what’s going on? Did someone attack you?”
“No… no.”
Xi Sha calmed herself and quickly shook her head.
“What’s wrong? What was that scream just now?”
“It’s… it’s Wan Lei, he came.”
Xi Sha’s expression was unpredictable.
Upon hearing this, the red-haired youth’s body erupted in flames, and his eyes blazed with anger.
“Him again! This brat! I haven’t settled the score for killing my Fire Hall disciple last time, and now he’s come to bully you. I’ll tear him to pieces!”
As the red-haired youth was about to leave, a magnetic male voice came from beside him:
“Li Yan, come back.”
He turned his head and saw a white-robed youth walking towards them with a gentle smile.
“You were watching from the side the whole time?”
Xi Sha’s eyes widened, and then she pouted, looking extremely aggrieved.
“Then why didn’t you do anything?”
“What could I have done? He didn’t do anything to you. This kid, hahahaha, clearly thinks of us five as the Five Great Immortal Venerables. We’re taking the blame for what the Immortal Venerables did, and he’s come to cause trouble with such ferocity, hahahaha…”
Looking at the shoulders of He Xu, the Hall Master of the Golden Hall, shaking, and his unrestrained laughter, Xi Sha glared at him indignantly.
“You’re still laughing!”
“Alright, alright, I won’t laugh. I say, Li Yan, you’re such a great Saint, and you’re going to pick on a Tai Xu realm disciple? Aren’t you afraid of being ridiculed?”
“That kid bullied Xi Sha!”
“A Tai Xu realm bullying a Saint?”
“You…”
Li Yan snorted coldly and got up to leave, doing something unknown.
“However… it does need to be dealt with. How dare he bully my little darling Xi Sha…”
He Xu’s words earned him a roll of Xi Sha’s eyes.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jin finally found Wan Lei, who had been smashed into the mountain. He squeezed through the onlookers and, with great effort, managed to dig Wan Lei out of the mountainside.
Then, he carried Wan Lei on his back and flew towards the Thunder Peak cave dwelling without a word.
Wan Lei’s cave dwelling was usually unlocked, as it didn’t even have a door. Inside, there was only a chair and a meditation cushion. Even a thief would weep.
Xiao Jin placed Wan Lei on the ground, letting him lean against the wall.
Looking at Wan Lei, whose bones were all broken, Xiao Jin sighed.
“Brother, what did you do? How could you anger the Water Hall Master, who has such a good temper, to this extent? She actually took action, and this is the first time in fifty thousand years.”
Wan Lei was in so much pain that he couldn’t speak. He grunted a couple of times, too lazy to look at him.
At this moment, he deeply regretted it. He didn’t know what had gotten into him then, whether he was just carried away, or if he saw Xi Sha’s frail appearance and thought she was easy to bully…
Alas, all his words were tears.
“Forget it, I’ll go to the Alchemy Hall to get you some pills. Wait for me here.”
After saying that, Xiao Jin flew away.
Wan Lei silently circulated the Wood Thunder within his body to heal himself.
Fortunately, Xi Sha had only reflexively released her pressure. If she had truly acted, she could have crushed him with a single finger.
He had been careless.
However, Wan Lei was indeed disheartened. Even Xi Sha refused to help him, so he wouldn’t even think about the other four. It was possible that Xi Sha was now telling the other four not to help him.
It seemed that the only way left was to break her out of prison.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Jin suddenly rushed in, shouting as he ran:
“Brother Wan, quickly activate the formation! Hurry! The enemy is here!”
Wan Lei was greatly alarmed. Without time to think, he immediately activated the protective formation of the cave dwelling. Just as the formation was activated, it was struck by several energy attacks, causing the mountain to rumble.
“What’s going on?”
Only now did Wan Lei have the time to ask what happened.
Seeing that the formation could not be broken from the outside, Xiao Jin breathed a sigh of relief and turned to say reproachfully:
“You’re asking me? Shouldn’t I be asking you? I heard you bullied the Water Hall Master?”
“What? I bullied her?”
Wan Lei’s eyes widened. He looked at his own injuries.
Who was the victim here?
“It’s being rumored everywhere that the Fire Hall Master said you bullied the Water Hall Master. Now the entire Five Elements Hall is in an uproar, with everyone watching the excitement.
When the disciples of the Water Hall heard about this, they immediately gathered and attacked, vowing to tear you to pieces.”
Xiao Jin panted, placing a hand on his chest, and looked at Wan Lei with solemn respect.