#557 - I want to hear your begging for mercy
Inside the Ice Cloud Great Hall, a low sound of weeping filled the air, a sense of despair permeating everyone present.
The Eighth and Ninth Elders of the Xuanyuan Clan surveyed the scene of sorrow and despair, their hearts filled with sighs.
A dominant power, forced to such a state by seven Lesser Celestial Realm half-Saints, reduced to ordering its entire membership to commit suicide and destroy their physical bodies—how cruel and tragic was this?
They exchanged a glance, then removed their invisibility charms, their bodies instantly becoming visible.
In that instant, all eyes focused on them.
Clang!
A dense tremor of metal rang out as the women of Ice Cloud Tower drew their swords, nervously eyeing the two suddenly appearing elders.
The four Guardians of Heaven, Earth, Essence, and Cosmos rose together, their faces pale, their hearts sinking.
They had clearly activated the sect's protective formation; how had these two entered?
Could it be that those people had already found a way to break the formation, and had done so silently!
“You young ladies, calm yourselves; we are not your enemies.”
The Eighth Elder of the Xuanyuan Clan spoke with a calm voice, slightly easing their tense nerves.
They could also see that these two elders were not the half-Saints besieging their sect, and their aura was very peaceful, without the slightest hostility.
But who were they, and why had they suddenly appeared in the Ice Cloud Great Hall?
“Who are you?”
The Heaven Jade Guardian steeled her heart and asked in a deep voice.
“This old man is the Eighth Elder of the Xuanyuan Clan.”
“This old man is the Ninth Elder of the Xuanyuan Clan.”
As they introduced themselves, the people of Ice Cloud Tower couldn't help but reveal a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
Elders of the Xuanyuan Clan!
The elders of the Xuanyuan Clan had actually arrived!
It was already known throughout the world that the Xuanyuan Clan had been invited out of seclusion by Jun Wuxie to oversee the Great Zhou.
The arrival of two such important figures from their clan—could it be the intention of Young Master Jun?
If it was Young Master Jun's intention, then their sect might be saved.
“So, it is the two seniors of the Xuanyuan Clan; Mu Yuning has been impolite.”
The Heaven Jade Guardian felt a sense of relief and quickly stepped forward to pay her respects.
“Mu Yushu greets the two seniors.”
The Earth Jade Guardian also stepped forward to pay her respects.
“Mu Yurou, Mu Yuling greet the two seniors!”
The Essence Jade and Cosmos Jade Guardians also followed suit.
“Two seniors, why have you suddenly come to our Ice Cloud Tower?”
The Heaven Jade Guardian, Mu Yuning, asked with doubt, but she quickly thought of the Xuanyuan Clan's current position—weren't they overseeing the Great Zhou?
They were also invited out of seclusion by that detestable little lecher.
Her expression immediately became somewhat unnatural, and she even bit her silver teeth fiercely.
But another possibility suddenly occurred to her, and she said, “May I ask, seniors, did that unfilial disciple, Xue Lan, send you to save us?”
The Eighth and Ninth Elders exchanged a glance, then shook their heads at Mu Yuning.
Mu Yuning's expression immediately darkened, and she said, “So, that means that little lecher invited the two seniors here?”
“Little lecher?” The Eighth Elder's expression darkened slightly, and he said, “Who are you calling a little lecher?”
“Who else could it be but that Jun Wuxie!”
Mu Yuning said resentfully. Mu Yushu, Mu Yurou, and Mu Yuling beside her couldn't help but change their expressions slightly, secretly tugging at her sleeves, but she shook them off.
“This old man does not care what grievances you may have with my little friend Wuxie, but he has done a great favor to my Xuanyuan Clan, and I will not allow you to speak of him like this in my presence!” The Eighth Elder said, his face full of anger, and with a wave of his sleeve, he said, “This old man and the others came here, although it has nothing to do with my little friend Wuxie, but seeing your attitude, it seems that you are confident that you can withstand those people outside. In that case, these two old men will leave!”
“Senior, please calm your anger, senior!”
Mu Yushu, Mu Yurou, and Mu Yuling hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.
“Please, seniors, save us!”
The higher-ups of Ice Cloud Tower stepped forward together, kneeling on the ground, looking at the Eighth and Ninth Elders with faces full of anticipation.
At their moment of despair, the sudden arrival of two half-Saints, elders of the Xuanyuan Clan, was no different from a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.
For them, the two in front of them might be their last hope for salvation.
“Two seniors, please forgive this junior's slip of the tongue…” Mu Yuning regained her senses and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, pleading, “Two seniors are powerful half-Saints. Since you have come here, you must sympathize with the plight of my Ice Cloud Tower. If the seniors help us overcome this crisis, our Ice Cloud Tower will forever remember the great kindness of the Xuanyuan Clan!”
“Two seniors, please sit.”
Mu Yurou and Mu Yuling personally brought over two chairs.
After the Eighth Elder sat down, he shook his head and said, “We cannot save your entire sect. The most we can do is use invisibility charms to take a few of you out of Ice Cloud Tower.”
Upon hearing this, the women's faces turned pale.
A few people?
Their Ice Cloud Tower had hundreds of thousands of members; what was the point of escaping with a few people?
What about the others? Did they really have to commit suicide and destroy their physical bodies as the Guardians had said?
“We beg the two seniors to save us, seeing that we of Ice Cloud are all women. If we fall into the hands of those people, we will surely suffer humiliation and be worse than dead. Seniors, please save us!”
An elder pleaded, tears streaming down her face.
They had thought they had ushered in hope, but the result was still despair.
“Our Xuanyuan Clan also wants to help you. It is precisely because we cannot bear to see this that these two old men have appeared here. But outside, there are not only dominant powers, but also supreme dominants like the Ancient Phoenix Sect that have the backing of the forbidden zone. Once these two old men take action to help you resist, it will be tantamount to declaring war on the Ancient Phoenix Sect. Do you know what that means?”
Mu Yuning's face was ashen.
Yes, it was truly unrealistic to have the Xuanyuan Clan establish a mortal enemy like the Ancient Phoenix Sect.
The leaders of every great power must consider the interests of their sect or family when making any decision.
They were the same; why would they pay such a huge price for an unrelated sect for no reason?
“Only you can save yourselves. Otherwise, even if these two old men help you repel those people this time, can your Ice Cloud Tower enjoy peace? These two old men cannot stay here forever to help you guard the sect, right? If they come again, how will you resist?”
“Perhaps… this is the fate of our Ice Cloud Tower. Our time is up, and there is no way to turn things around…”
Mu Yuning muttered to herself in a daze.
The Eighth and Ninth Elders shook their heads secretly when they saw their expressions.
It was said that the women of Ice Cloud Tower had hearts as pure as ice, were indifferent in temperament, and had a Dao heart as firm as ice, making it difficult to shake them.
But now it seemed that there was a big problem with their Dao hearts.
“What you need to do now is to try your best to save yourselves, not to lament your fate here. Is your Dao heart so vulnerable?”
The Ninth Elder said this.
Mu Yuning looked at them blankly and said, “How can we save ourselves?”
“These two old men have invisibility charms that can allow you to leave the sect quietly without being noticed. After you go out, you can seek help from the Demon Phase Sect, the Spirit Control Sect, and the Medicine King Sect. If they are willing to help, perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope.”
“Two seniors, they will not help…” An Ice Cloud Tower elder glanced at the four Guardians, then continued, “Our Ice Cloud Tower has offended Young Master Jun, who in the world would dare to help us? Helping us would mean offending him. Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that the Holy Gate, the Sky Opening Sword Sect, the Ancient Phoenix Sect, and others dare to force us so unscrupulously…”
For a time, many eyes in the hall looked at the four Guardians.
Mu Yuning's red lips trembled a few times, but she felt a blockage in her heart and didn't know what to say.
She saw blame in the eyes of the sect's higher-ups and disciples.
They were blaming the four of them for going too far in the past, resulting in today's situation.
“Everything has its cause and effect. It seems that it will be difficult for you to escape this calamity…” The Eighth Elder sighed and said, “In that case, Ice Cloud Tower's situation today is all due to you four Guardians? Guardian, guardian, I really don't know what you have guarded, but in the end, you are going to bury the lives of hundreds of thousands of disciples and destroy the foundation of the sect's hundreds of thousands of years of inheritance.”
Mu Yuning, Mu Yushu, Mu Yurou, and Mu Yuling's delicate bodies trembled fiercely upon hearing this, and a look of regret and pain appeared in their eyes.
This had always been a problem that they deliberately avoided, and no one in the sect had mentioned it out of consideration for their feelings.
At this moment, being said so bluntly by the Eighth Elder of the Xuanyuan Clan was like thousands of knives piercing their hearts.
The sect's foundation, the lives of hundreds of thousands of disciples, were all destroyed because of them, because of them…
They were sinners, the sect's sinners, ashamed of the sect, ashamed of the founder, ashamed of all the disciples who trusted them!
“No! We cannot sit still and wait for death! We cannot give up as long as there is a glimmer of hope!” The two elders who had initially informed Jun Wuxie of Mu Xuelan's news pleaded with the Eighth and Ninth Elders of the Xuanyuan Clan, saying, “We beg the seniors to send us out. We will beg Young Master Jun, beg for his forgiveness. Even if he wants to kill or cut us, we will accept it. At least that way, we can save hundreds of thousands of people in our sect!”
“What's the use of you going…” Mu Yurou smiled miserably and said, “It's not you he hates!”
After speaking, she turned her gaze to Mu Yuning. Mu Yushu and Mu Yuling also looked at Mu Yuning, the three of them calling out in slightly trembling voices, “Eldest Sister…”
Mu Yuning's body was trembling, her face was very pale, and even her lips had lost their color.
She looked at her three junior sisters and said somewhat awkwardly, “Have you all thought it through?”
The three nodded.
Mu Yuning was silent, slightly raising her head to look at the top of the hall, then exhaled heavily and said, “Okay, let's go!”
“Two seniors, please send us four sisters out of the sect.”
Mu Yuning said to the two elders of the Xuanyuan Clan.
The two elders nodded, took out two invisibility talismans from their robes, and handed them to them, saying, "One talisman for both of you. No one below the Great Celestial Half-Saint will be able to detect you."
"May we ask the two seniors, is that little lech… Jun Wuxie currently at the Zhuxian Sword Sect?"
"He went to the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness some time ago to resolve the Southern Emperor's matter. As for his current whereabouts, we old fellows do not know. After you leave, you can inquire around to avoid taking unnecessary detours, as there are only a few days left."
"Now that we are leaving for some time, could we ask the two seniors to temporarily stay in our sect? Bingyun Tower will be eternally grateful and will remember the great kindness of the two seniors!"
The Eighth Elder nodded in agreement and said, "Whether Bingyun Tower survives or perishes depends on yourselves."
… …
Dusk.
Mu Yuning, Mu Yushu, Mu Yurou, and Mu Yuling arrived at the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness through the ancient teleportation town of the Northern Plains Ancient City.
However, no one could see their existence.
"Eldest Sister, do we really have to do that?"
Mu Yurou's eyes were filled with deep worry, feeling that it was inappropriate.
Mu Yuning said coldly, "Do you really want to beg that little lecher? Do you think he will help us if we beg him? He is a demon who will only humiliate us!"
Mu Yushu and Mu Yuling remained silent. They didn't know whether their Eldest Sister's decision was right or wrong…
"Concentrate and calm your minds. We must not fail this time, or Bingyun Tower will truly be finished!"
Mu Yuning instructed her three junior sisters, and then they quietly sneaked into Jubao Trading Company.
Before long, they found Jun Wuxie's location.
… …
Inside a room in Jubao Trading Company's small courtyard, Jun Wuxie lay on the bed, leisurely closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, a sneer on the corner of his lips.
He felt someone had broken into his courtyard.
Judging from the aura contained within their bodies, they were four peak Saint Realm cultivators, and they cultivated the same technique – Cold Ice True Energy.
His soul had already cultivated to the peak of the Half-Saint Realm, even stronger than a Great Celestial Half-Saint's soul.
This technique and that aura were too familiar.
Almost instantly, he guessed the identities of the intruders.
At this moment, the four had already sneaked into his room and were approaching his bed.
"Little lecher!"
At the bedside, Mu Yuning gritted her teeth secretly, looking at the little lecher's complacent appearance. She couldn't help but think of what he had done to her in the Guardian Hall that day, wishing she could stab a hole in him with her sword.
"Eldest Sister!"
Mu Yushu, Mu Yurou, and Mu Yuling saw that she was staring at Jun Wuxie without taking action and couldn't help but remind her through voice transmission.
The expressions on their faces were also filled with hatred and shame, similarly thinking of the scene that day.
Those images had haunted them like nightmares these days, causing them extreme torment.
"Do it!"
Mu Yuning responded through voice transmission.
In an instant, the temperature of the entire room plummeted.
One after another, chains of ice instantly wrapped around Jun Wuxie's body, and at the same time, several slender, fair hands locked onto Jun Wuxie's neck and wrists, imprisoning him on the bed.
"You really are being cheap."
Jun Wuxie opened his eyes and looked at the four people who suddenly appeared in front of the bed and on the bed. Mu Yuning was even kneeling on his body.
"Little lecher, you've finally fallen into our hands!" Mu Yuning looked at him coldly, her teeth chattering as she gnashed them. The hand pinching Jun Wuxie's neck tightened slightly, and she said, "I want to kill you every moment!"
"I'm just curious, who gave you the courage to be so presumptuous in front of me?" Jun Wuxie didn't struggle, remaining calm and composed. He said, "Do you think that doing this will save Bingyun Tower?"
"Of course this won't work. If we send a message to Xue Lan, telling her that you have fallen into our hands, and ask her to come to the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness immediately, and then capture her and bring her back to Bingyun Tower, do you think she will sit idly by and watch the sect be destroyed? And would you watch her and do nothing?"
Mu Yuning said with a sneer.
"Mu Yuning, you really are a lovely little slut. You can even think of such a clever method. Do you think your master should reward you?"
The corners of Jun Wuxie's lips curled up slightly, and his confident and powerful eyes inexplicably gave Mu Yuning a bad feeling.
"Little lecher! You've already fallen into our hands, and you still dare to be arrogant. Do you believe I'll twist your neck off!"
She was furious and frantic. This hateful kid was already in her hands, yet he still put on this pose and even dared to call himself master and call her a little slut!
She condensed two ice thorns with true energy, very sharp, and pressed them against Jun Wuxie's eyes, saying in a cold voice, "Quick, beg for mercy! I want to hear you beg for mercy, otherwise I'll poke out your eyes!"
