Chapter 66: The Might of the Demigod

"Let's go. I want to see who gave the Vulture Sect the audacity!" Su Dongli said coldly, leading the other two up to the stone platform.

Two guards saw three people suddenly approaching and immediately raised their weapons to block their path. "Who goes there?"

"Scram!" Su Dongli let out a cold snort, raising both arms and striking out with his palms, instantly sending the two guards flying.

The remaining guards realized they were no match for this person and hurried off to report to the sect master.

Su Dongli did not move; he stood there quietly. Before long, several figures indeed darted out from a nearby pavilion.

Before they even drew close, an elder's angry roar echoed, "Who dares to cause trouble in my Vulture Sect!"

With that, he drew a long saber and slashed down toward Su Dongli.

Su Dongli merely cast a cold glance at him. The metal finger-guards covering his five fingers gleamed with a biting, icy light. He clenched his hand into a fist and directly smashed it against the incoming saber.

Crack!

With a crisp snap, the long saber shattered instantly. At the same time, the elder's neck was already gripped in Su Dongli's hand, the sharp finger-guards piercing deep into his flesh as fresh blood gushed down continuously.

Terror filled the elder's face. He clutched desperately at Su Dongli's arm, trying to prevent those fingertips from sinking in any further.

Yet given his level of cultivation, how could he possibly hope to resist Su Dongli?

With a slight exertion of force in Su Dongli's arm, his five fingers sank in another fraction, and more blood poured out. The elder's eyes lost their focus as life slipped away from him.

All of this happened in the flash of a spark. By the time the rest of the elders finally arrived, Su Dongli casually tossed the corpse straight toward them.

One of the elders caught the body and quickly checked it, his eyes widening in shock. "Elder Li... is dead!"

The remaining elders exchanged glances in horror, none of them daring to make a rash move for fear of provoking this terrifyingly powerful old man.

"Who is the sect master?" Su Dongli asked in a deep voice, looking at the elders before him.

Just then, a figure came rushing swiftly from afar—it was Ge Tao.

Upon arriving and recognizing the two people standing beside the old man, his heart skipped a beat. He knew instantly that people from the Divine Will had tracked them down. If this wasn't handled properly, the entire sect might be completely wiped out.

As for this old man, it only took him a moment of thought to realize who he was.

Ge Tao cupped his fists toward Su Dongli. "This must be the esteemed Senior Su Dongli. I am Ge Tao. I apologize for not welcoming you from afar upon your honorable arrival to our humble sect; I hope senior will forgive us."

Su Dongli merely looked at him coldly. "Your Vulture Sect has quite the nerve. I will ask you only one question: where is the other young man who was with them?"

Ge Tao knew that the real crux of the matter was about to begin. If he said even a single wrong word, utter catastrophe would surely befall him.

"Replying to senior, we truly do not know the whereabouts of that young man. It seems that Wu Weihe, whom I sent to track him down, has already perished at his hands!" Ge Tao replied with utmost respect. Although he knew Su Dongli was already aware of the manhunt, he still did not dare to utter the word "hunt" aloud.

Hearing this, Mu Qingnan and Dongyun exchanged glances, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes. The person who had chased them relentlessly to the ends of the earth had just been killed by Yu Qi like that?

"Impossible! You must be lying." Having the strength to turn the tables and kill his pursuer just days later was something Mu Qingnan found hard to believe.

Ge Tao forced a wry smile. "Young Master Mu, it is the truth. How would this humble one dare to lie to you?"

Watching this scene, Dongyun felt a surge of even greater shock. In her eyes, Ge Tao was already a supremely powerful figure, yet before Su Dongli, he was still nodding and bowing submissively. This completely reshaped her understanding of the world.

"If you are lying, there will be no need for this Vulture Sect to exist anymore." Su Dongli had been closely observing every subtle movement of the other man; under the coercion of his formidable cultivation, it was impossible for the man to lie.

With that, he turned and left the Vulture Sect, taking Mu Qingnan and Dongyun with him.

Walking along the path, Mu Qingnan couldn't help asking, "Uncle Su, why didn't you just kill him?"

Su Dongli smiled faintly. "It's not that I didn't want to kill him, but the master wouldn't allow it."

"Father? Why would he still leave this sect alive?" Mu Qingnan had no idea what his father was thinking.

"Young Master, you don't need to worry. Master certainly has his reasons for doing this." Su Dongli chuckled softly, well aware of Mu Wenfen's intentions.

He wanted to wait until Mu Qingnan had the strength to seek revenge on his own. Otherwise, if his family always stepped in to solve every problem he encountered, he would never truly grow up.

"Where are we going to find Young Master Yu?" Dongyun suddenly asked.

At this thought, Mu Qingnan couldn't help a helpless sigh, yet just knowing that Yu Qi was still alive made him quite happy.

Upon reaching the foot of the Vulture Sect's mountain, Su Dongli looked at them and said, "Young Master, I must leave now."

"Uncle Su." Mu Qingnan felt a pang of reluctance, but he also knew that if this protector stayed by his side the whole time, he wouldn't be out venturing into the world to temper himself—he would just be going on a sightseeing tour.

After Uncle Su left, not knowing where to go next, Mu Qingnan decided to head to Anlong County with Dongyun. With the deterrent presence of the Mu family behind him, he believed that even if Ge Tao were given ten times the courage, he would never dare to lay a finger on him again.

Entering the county town, Dongyun did not return to the Yuchun Pavilion, instead following Mu Qingnan straight to the inn.

The moment Mu Qingnan stepped inside, the receptionist coming to greet them turned slightly pale, his eyes dodging and avoiding Mu Qingnan's gaze, though he quickly tried to compose himself.

Mu Qingnan caught all of this. He walked slowly up to the receptionist, grabbed him by the shoulder, and demanded, "Speak! Is there something you're hiding from me? If you don't tell me, don't blame this young master for breaking your legs!"

Panicking, the receptionist waved his hands frantically. "Young Master, it has nothing to do with me! It was all the innkeeper's idea!"

Under Yu Qi's previous intimidation and now Mu Qingnan's pressure, the man finally confessed.

Earlier, when Mu Qingnan and Yu Qi had gone off together to help Dongyun seek revenge, they had left a bundle behind in the room. When the receptionist noticed that the room's occupants hadn't returned for several days, he had gone inside to check and discovered tens of thousands of taels of silver in the bag. He had reported it to the innkeeper, who was subsequently overcome by greed. That was why, feeling a guilty conscience upon seeing Mu Qingnan just now, the receptionist had reacted the way he did.

"Good grief! You bunch of bastards, you even dare to steal this young master's belongings!" A wave of fury surged in Mu Qingnan's chest, and he stormed directly into the back courtyard with Dongyun in tow.

Arriving in the courtyard, Mu Qingnan shouted, "Innkeeper, get your ass out here right now!"

Though not extremely loud, his voice resounded through the small courtyard like a thunderclap. Before long, a door swung open, and a middle-aged man dressed in a long yellow robe stepped out.

The moment he laid eyes on Mu Qingnan, his expression shifted, his demeanor turning unnatural for a split second. Nevertheless, he forced a calm facade and walked forward. "Esteemed young master, is there something unsatisfactory about our establishment's hospitality?"