The righteous path punishes Heaven

Chapter 72 Doubt

The Thief of Heaven Cult.

A flash of shimmering green light, and Lin Wan'er and Zhang Yunling were teleported back to the headquarters of the Thief Heaven Sect.

The space scroll eventually turned to ashes and disappeared into the air due to frequent use.

"Help! Save your leader! She's seriously injured!" Zhang Yunling hurriedly picked up Lin Wan'er and shouted to the guards of the Thief Heaven Sect who were watching the entrance to the secret chamber.

"They're here! They're here!" The guards were also very anxious upon seeing this. One of them had just used a communication jade slip to notify the protector of the Thief Heaven Sect when they heard a loud shout:

"Your Majesty! I'm late!"

Zhang Yunling was startled by the loud voice. He turned around and saw a burly man rushing towards him with all his might. Zhang Yunling used his divine sense to investigate and found that the aura emanating from the man was actually at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!

"Quickly let me see how badly the Sect Leader is injured?!" The burly man pushed Zhang Yunling aside and carefully held Lin Wan'er in his arms. At the same time, a green aura appeared on his right hand, which was a healing spell.

Zhang Yunling was initially somewhat displeased at being slapped away by this burly man, but seeing that Lin Wan'er's injuries were clearly recovering under his care, he kept quiet.

"Uncle Zhou, don't worry, I'm fine. My injuries aren't as serious as you think," Lin Wan'er said softly with a slight smile.

The burly man nodded vigorously, then picked up Lin Wan'er and slowly walked towards the sect leader's seat. After carefully placing her on the seat, the kind smile on the burly man's face disappeared, replaced by a fierce and menacing look.

He turned around abruptly, glaring at Zhang Yunling, and slowly walked towards him: "You brat, didn't I ask you properly last time what makes you so worthy of our sect leader risking his life to save you?"

"Uh...this matter was indeed caused by me, and it was my fault for handling it poorly. Please forgive me, senior." With that, Zhang Yunling raised his right hand, about to speak, when his pupils trembled, and he was so shocked that he became incoherent.

"The...sheep...the jade bottle...is lost?!"

Seeing Zhang Yunling's unusual behavior, the burly man asked in confusion, "The Jade Bottle? Could it be one of the thirty-three immortal artifacts from the ancient Nine Heavens, the strongest healing magic weapon that can bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded?"

"It is this treasure! Waaaaah, could it be that I accidentally dropped it somewhere when I escaped from Pei Yao?!"

Zhang Yunling recalled that, sure enough, it was when Lin Wan'er used the space scroll to teleport to his face that he was so startled that he dropped the jade bottle in his hand.

"Oh dear, what should we do... By the way, senior, you also know about the Thirty-Three Immortal Artifacts?" Zhang Yunling's hope was rekindled as he asked the burly man.

"Hmph, I not only know about it, but I've even used it myself! It was a magical artifact I obtained at Mount Sanqing back then, called the Purple-Gold Red Gourd. But before I could figure out how to use it, they snatched it back, hahahaha!"

Zhang Yunling watched the burly man reminiscing about the past with a sense of speechlessness. Recalling his senior brother Ren Jixing's situation, he began to think of a solution.

"Now that my storage bag has been stolen, and I have no pills or magic treasures left, the only immortal artifact I had, the Jade Purification Bottle, is also lost with Pei Yao. I wonder if Brother Sun will blame me if he finds out about all this..."

"For now, we still have the help of the Thief Heaven Sect, and this big man seems to have a very close relationship with Lin Wan'er. Perhaps we can use him to rescue Senior Brother Ren and teach Pei Yao a lesson while we're at it... Hmph!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunling immediately put on a respectful expression and bowed to the burly man: "Senior, I have a favor to ask. My fellow disciple has been kidnapped by a group of people from the Pei family. That's why Wan'er came to help me."

"Wan'er is currently seriously injured, and my cultivation is too shallow to handle her. Senior, do you think you could..."

Seeing Zhang Yunling's shy yet smug expression, the burly man turned his head away with some disgust and asked Lin Wan'er behind him, "Sect Leader, what do you think of this matter...?"

Lin Wan'er nodded slightly and replied, "Brother Yun Ling has been kind to our Thief Heaven Sect. With Uncle Zhou's help, this small favor will surely be twice as effective."

Having received Lin Wan'er's affirmative reply, the burly man nodded and then said to Zhang Yunling, "Very well, boy, since the sect leader has given the order, I will go with you!"

Overjoyed, Zhang Yunling bowed again and respectfully said, "Junior Zhang Yunling thanks Senior for your generous help! May I ask your name?"

"I am Zhou Hanping, the leader of the three great protectors of the Thief Heaven Sect. If we successfully rescue your senior brother this time, you must prepare some good things to repay us!"

Zhou Hanping narrowed his eyes, recalling the jade bottle Zhang Yunling had mentioned, and began to make his own calculations.

"Good! If this succeeds, I will reward you handsomely! Please!" Zhang Yunling smiled slightly, watching Zhou Hanping take out a spatial scroll from his storage bag. He began to ponder how to deal with this powerful being at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

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Chang'an City, the Pei family.

At this moment, the clan patriarch, Pei Jingshan, was pacing back and forth in the Pei family's main hall, his mind filled with countless thoughts, constantly pondering matters concerning the family's business.

Sitting beside him, Pei Jiang, the eldest elder of the Pei family, spoke up, interrupting Pei Jingshan's thoughts: "Clan leader, recently Pei Yao has been frequently requesting various supplies and manpower from the family, but there's been very little news about that seventh-tier demonic beast. Do you think there's something fishy about this...?"

Pei Jingshan frowned. He had long suspected Pei Yao's situation, but after he sent someone to investigate, Pei Yao returned a sixth-order demon beast's core, which dispelled some of Pei Jingshan's doubts.

A sixth-order demon beast is equivalent to the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm among human cultivators. The fact that they were able to obtain such a powerful demon core made Pei Jingshan feel that their research and investigation had yielded results.

“In that case, there are no major events in the family recently, so I can stay here and oversee things. You go and find out what’s going on with Pei Yao,” Pei Jingshan said to Pei Jiang from the main seat.

Pei Jiang nodded in acceptance and immediately dispatched dozens of Pei family guards to accompany him. The leader was none other than Pei Yongjie, who had been promoted for his meritorious service in suppressing bandits years ago and was now the captain of the Pei family guards.

The Pei family, aboard their family's special spirit-powered flying boat, began their journey towards a remote mountain range hundreds of miles outside Chang'an City. This trip would take at least several dozen days.