Bai Qi looked back and saw a handsome face smiling at him.
"Who are you?"
Bai Qi scrambled, overturning the table, which finally allowed him to get a clear look at Wan Lei.
"You're from the Five Elements Hall!!!"
Wan Lei had already returned to his original appearance, his sky-blue Five Elements Hall disciple robes. How could Bai Qi not recognize them?
When he looked back again, the appearance of the two Bai family disciples had also changed into two beauties of unparalleled charm.
He had a very strong impression of these two beauties; he had met them just this morning. To be honest, if they weren't Five Elements Hall disciples, Bai Qi would have taken them into his chambers without a second thought.
Everyone in the Southern Border knew that Bai Qi was a lecherous fiend. Very few women he fancied managed to escape his grasp.
Seeing this, Bai Qi's eyes widened in terror, and he turned to flee, but Qing Wu kicked him back.
"Help! Someone, quickly! Five Elements Hall disciples are arresting people!"
Unfortunately, no matter how much he shouted, the people outside couldn't hear a sound. The soundproofing formation set up by Wan Lei was no joke.
"Bai Qi, tell me, when you were committing all those evil deeds, did you ever think this day would come?"
Wan Lei crouched beside Bai Qi, smiling at him. The other man was already a fish in a barrel, and Wan Lei was willing to indulge in the cliché of a villain talking too much before their downfall.
"Hmph, hmph, I never expected that the dignified disciples of the Five Elements Hall would use such despicable methods to arrest someone.
I admit defeat when encountering such a shameless person. Kill me or flay me as you please."
"Oh dear, you're showing some backbone now. Don't be like this, or I won't be able to bear to take you back to confess.
Your son merely had a conflict with someone. Young people are hot-blooded, which is normal. But for such a small matter, you went to annihilate an entire family. Tell me, if scum like you are left in this world, won't more innocent people die untimely deaths?
By taking you away this time... well, it's practically a good deed."
"Hmph, in the cultivation world, it's the survival of the fittest. Everything is decided by strength. My strength and background are greater than others, so naturally, I can oppress them. If you were stronger than me, you could naturally bully me. There's nothing to say about it."
"If everything were truly decided by background and strength, then why would the Five Elements Hall exist?"
After saying that, Wan Lei suddenly felt something was off. His own background seemed quite strong, and he was leading four younger nobles with even stronger backgrounds, acting outrageously within the Five Elements Hall.
Ah, I'm such a hypocrite.
"Enough with the nonsense. Given the crimes you've committed, plus your past deeds, you'll likely face the death penalty. Don't shout anymore. Don't end up implicating your patriarch. No matter how formidable Bai Han Jie is, he can't be more formidable than the Five Elements Hall."
Wan Lei stood up, grabbed Bai Qi by the collar with one hand, and said to the two women,
"Bring out the airship, let's go."
"Yes, Master."
Hearing this, Bai Qi's eyes widened. What was this kid's status to be able to take Five Elements Hall disciples as servants?
"Call me Captain. I just told you, and you've already forgotten?"
"Yes, Captain."
Wan Lei flew up, smashing through the formations and roof of Bai Qi's house and emerging outside.
Spatial jumps are impossible in areas protected by formations.
As soon as the commotion started here, the Bai family was immediately alerted.
"Who goes there? Stop!"
"How dare you cause trouble at the Bai family, you must be tired of living."
"Surrender quickly!"
Immediately, countless Bai family disciples and soldiers flew up, preparing to attack Wan Lei and his group.
At this moment, Yuan Jun had just brought out the airship and hadn't even had time to board it.
Wan Lei snorted coldly and directly lifted Bai Qi in front of him as a human shield,
"Hmph, I'd like to see how brave your Bai family is, daring to obstruct the Five Elements Hall disciples in enforcing the law and daring to attack someone from the Five Elements Hall. I think you are the ones tired of living."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding Bai family disciples immediately stopped their advance but still surrounded Wan Lei and his group without dispersing.
They relied on their family's influence and merits, usually looked down on the Five Elements Hall, and didn't obey its commands, disregarding the law. However, looking down on them was one thing, but taking action was another.
The Five Elements Hall's protectiveness of its own was known throughout the land. Those who dared to kill Five Elements Hall disciples should prepare to be wanted for life.
"Ancestor, save me, Ancestor, help! These little thieves dare to come to our Bai family to arrest someone, this is not putting our Bai family in our eyes...
Ah!!"
Before Bai Qi could finish shouting, Yuan Jun kicked him in the backside.
Seeing that the surrounding people dared not act, Wan Lei sneered, grabbed Bai Qi, and stuffed him into the airship. The two women then sat in the front and opened the spatial passage.
As the black-blue space instantly opened and the airship was about to rush in, a phantom giant hand suddenly appeared in the sky and directly crushed the spatial passage.
Then, a figure appeared in the sky.
The newcomer was a young-looking cultivator, not tall, but with an extremely powerful presence.
"Greetings, Patriarch."
Everyone around bowed and paid their respects.
Bai Han Jie's face was grim. He snorted coldly and directly unleashed a palm strike, causing the airship Wan Lei was in to shatter into pieces.
The Bai patriarch was relatively restrained and did not injure them.
Seeing their patriarch appear and act so dominantly, taking charge of the Five Elements Hall disciples, the surrounding Bai family disciples let out cheers.
Look, this is the Bai family, the number one great clan in the Southern Border, the Bai family.
"What is that thing, daring to come to my Bai family to arrest someone? Have you truly eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard?"
Bai Han Jie glared at Wan Lei, his powerful physique shaking, radiating an imposing aura.
"I am Wan Lei, a disciple of the Five Elements Hall. I have been ordered to apprehend the criminal Bai Qi. Patriarch Bai, are you going to obstruct our enforcement of the law?"
Wan Lei spoke neither subserviently nor arrogantly, still tightly gripping Bai Qi in his hand as he spoke.
"Enforcement of the law?"
Bai Han Jie chuckled lightly,
"What is law? In the Southern Border, I am the law, and my words are the rules.
If a member of my Bai family makes a mistake, my Bai family will naturally discipline them. When did it become your Five Elements Hall's turn to meddle in our affairs?"
"Patriarch Bai's words make this junior suspect that in the Southern Border, your Bai family has already seceded from the celestial realm's jurisdiction.
Under the heavens, all land belongs to the king. In any place within the main plane, anyone must be governed by our Five Elements Hall. Why should your Bai family disobey the laws of the Five Elements Hall?"
"Hahahaha, Five Elements Hall, what a fine Five Elements Hall. You, the Five Elements Hall, have backing, but that is the Five Elements Hall, not you.
If we talk about background, the Celestial Venerable is my brother, Bai Han Jie. The Sword Saint is my elder brother. The Alchemy Saint is also an old friend of mine. I, Bai Han Jie, and my Bai family, shed blood and sacrificed in the Southern Border Defense War, making great contributions.
Tell me, you mere junior disciple of the Five Elements Hall, what do you have to fight me with? Your fervor?"