Chapter 88 - 85: How Do You Have This Thing?

"Besides Spirit Masters, major factions also attend the Spirit Master Banquet to mingle and discuss collaborations," Xian Ling’Er spoke up. "Before the banquet, none of the factions dare to assassinate an invited Spirit Master. Otherwise, they would face the contempt of the entire Spirit Master community."

Hearing this, Mo Qianqian was surprised. The Spirit Master Banquet had such an unwritten rule?

If a faction was despised by the Spirit Master community, recruiting or collaborating with them again would be nearly impossible. Spirit Masters were of paramount importance to any power. If every Spirit Master refused to cooperate, it would deal a devastating blow to that faction. Just like the Cloud Void Sect and the Yuling Sect—the moment a First-Grade Spirit Master joined the Yuling Sect, the Cloud Void Sect couldn’t hold back from attacking them.

Now that he had obtained the invitation to the Spirit Master Banquet, he was nominally an invited Spirit Master. Would Lie Tai still dare to make a move against him?

"We will give face to the Spirit Master Banquet! We will drop the matter for today," Lie Tai declared decisively.

Although Luo Wushuang and Bai Xiu were important, and Asura’s attack on the Luo family also damaged the Lie family’s reputation, he couldn’t risk the greater good for a petty grievance. He couldn’t afford to have every Spirit Master collectively boycott the Lie family. If he wanted to strike, he would have to wait. Furthermore, because of this restriction, Bai Xiu and Luo Wushuang would have no reason to blame the Lie family for inaction.

"Elder Lie, this Asura is ruthless and malicious! If we let him live..." Luo Jinhao panicked.

Before he could finish, Lie Tai glared at him. "What?"

"I..." Luo Jinhao ultimately shut his mouth.

Luo Wushuang gritted her teeth but swallowed her pleas to Lie Tai.

Lie Tai swept his gaze over the Luo family. Knowing they could no longer protect Luo Wushuang, he turned to her. "Luo Wushuang, you will follow me to the Imperial City right now."

"Elder Lie, I want to bring my brother," Luo Wushuang requested. If she left him behind, there would be no one to protect him should Asura strike again.

"Fine." Lie Tai nodded. "Let’s go!"

"Hmph! Asura, sooner or later, we will kill you!" Luo Jinhao spat a vicious threat at Mo Qianqian before walking toward Lie Tai.

Luo Wushuang also shot Mo Qianqian a glare brimming with murderous intent.

"Wait a moment!" Mo Qianqian looked at Lie Tai. "Elder Lie, bringing a menace who forcefully abducts innocent women in broad daylight to the Imperial City probably won’t do you or the Lie family any favors."

"What did you just say..." Luo Jinhao seethed with rage.

However, in the very next moment—

SWISH!

A Spirit Body suddenly materialized beside Luo Jinhao. Its hands reached out, clamped onto his head, and gave a violent twist.

SQUELCH!

Blood sprayed as Luo Jinhao’s head was brutally wrenched off his shoulders.

Luo Jinhao died instantly. His severed head tumbled to the ground, eyes wide open in a frozen expression of absolute terror and disbelief. In his final moments, he simply couldn’t believe Mo Qianqian would actually dare to strike now.

"What!" The onlookers gasped in horror.

Even in front of an elder of the Lie family, Asura still murdered Luo Jinhao?

Luo Wushuang’s body trembled before she let out an agonizing scream. "Brother!" Her eyes instantly flooded with bloodshot fury.

"Elder Lie, surely you wouldn’t attack me over a dead menace, would you?" Mo Qianqian asked calmly.

Lie Tai’s expression darkened. For the boy to strike right in front of him was highly humiliating. Yet, just as Asura had pointed out, Luo Wushuang’s brother had always been a liability. It wasn’t worth fighting over a dead menace now.

"Let’s go!" Lie Tai waved his hand. A powerful aura surged from his body, sweeping Luo Wushuang away as he departed.

The remaining members of the Luo family glared at Mo Qianqian as if they wanted to eat him alive.

"If you don’t want the Luo family wiped out, stay away from me!" Mo Qianqian stated indifferently.

The Luo family members shuddered.

"Take the bodies. We’re returning to the estate!" an elder commanded.

Several men hurried forward to carry the corpses of Patriarch Luo and Luo Jinhao. The group then hurried into the city, fleeing the scene.

The crowd was left in absolute shock.

Mo Qianqian finally turned to Xian Ling’Er, cupping his fists in gratitude. "Thank you, Miss Ling’Er!"

"Look after yourself!" Showing little emotion, Xian Ling’Er offered the brief reply before darting away.

Mo Qianqian then turned to the beautiful woman. Producing a low-tier First-Grade pill, he said, "Leave Luocheng. Sell this for money; it will be enough to feed you for a lifetime."

"Thank you for saving my life, Senior." The beautiful woman dropped to her knees, but Mo Qianqian caught her arms and helped her up. "Senior, I have no way to repay you. I..." Her tear-filled eyes overflowed with gratitude.

"I don’t need your repayment. Go." Mo Qianqian strode off toward Luocheng, leaving the beautiful woman standing there in a daze.

Overcome with emotion, she sank back to her knees, sobbing as she kowtowed several times toward Mo Qianqian’s retreating back.

The onlookers sighed with admiration. Asura had helped someone without asking for a single thing in return, simply walking away. Heated discussions erupted one after another, and Asura’s reputation began to spread rapidly among the masses.

Mo Qianqian didn’t see the aftermath at all. After entering the city, he took numerous detours to shake off the crowd before slipping into a narrow alley.

When he reached the deepest part of the alley, he came to a halt. Before him sat a small courtyard. It was dilapidated but clean, and the gate was wide open.

"This should be the place." Mo Qianqian took a deep breath to calm his nerves before striding into the courtyard. Since this was someone even the Sect Leader of the Vast Sect hesitated to meet, they were definitely not a simple figure.

Upon entering, Mo Qianqian spotted an old man, nearly completely bald, half-reclining on a lounge chair and basking in the sun. The chair swayed gently.

Mo Qianqian was a bit surprised. He had assumed the person would be an old woman who shared some past romance with the Sect Leader of the Vast Sect. He hadn’t expected an old man!

"Senior!" Mo Qianqian cupped his fists and bowed deeply, masking his tone with a middle-aged man’s voice.

However, when he straightened up, the old man seemed to be fast asleep. He didn’t even open his eyes, acting as if he had no idea anyone had entered.

"Senior, this junior has come to bother you with a matter," Mo Qianqian tried again.

Still, the old man showed no intention of responding.

Deciding to skip the pleasantries, Mo Qianqian directly pulled out the token belonging to the Sect Leader of the Vast Sect. "Senior, have you ever seen this item?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the old man’s eyes snapped open. Staring at the object in Mo Qianqian’s hand, his gaze gleamed with intense sharpness.

In a flash, he launched himself from the lounge chair. Closing the distance in an instant, he clamped one hand around Mo Qianqian’s throat while his other hand snatched the pebble-like token.

Mo Qianqian was horrified. This was something he had never expected. The old man hadn’t said a single word before lunging straight for his throat! Furthermore, his speed was so immense that Mo Qianqian hadn’t even the slightest ability to resist.

This person was truly an expert!

"How do you have this?" the old man demanded furiously.