I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

Chapter 1845 - 1839: Even Sandbags Can Take More Hits Than Them

"Elder Qi? Isn’t that Elder Qi Congyun?"

Immediately, someone recognized the silhouette in the pale gray robe.

His face was flushed, and he was out of breath, seemingly having undergone a long journey.

Yesterday, the inner disciples of the Sunset Sect had already returned. Initially, it was thought that the intern disciples would soon follow, but unexpectedly, by nightfall, they had yet to appear.

The elder in charge of this task suddenly became anxious.

Not long ago, he had learned about the news concerning this batch of intern disciples, and a great pressure arose in his heart.

Over 8000 intern disciples who have comprehended the Nine Nether Sunset Art were indeed a treasure trove for the entire Sunset Sect. Properly nurtured, each of their futures would be limitless. Even if only a few of them reached the second level of comprehension, it would greatly enhance the peak fighting power of the sect in the future.

If anything were to happen to them, the responsibility would fall on him for mismanagement! If this batch of talented disciples were lost, he would never forgive himself.

Especially knowing that the Divine Profound Hall had sent a group of core disciples and direct disciples, he couldn’t sit still and immediately informed the other elders.

In fact, if they had initially followed the sect’s arrangement to return, there wouldn’t have been an issue. The sect even arranged for several elders to go and intercept them, and it wasn’t a problem to spend extra resources for their protection.

But soon, they received information that the envoy from the Shenxiao Empire had communicated. Gu Xiao had led those intern disciples to stay, vowing to coexist with the Shenxiao Empire!

This news immediately shocked the high ranks of the Sunset Sect.

In such a short time, they couldn’t gather a capable force to counter the disciples from the Divine Profound Hall. Sending elders would mean unilaterally breaching the contract with eighteen superpowers, giving Divine Profound Hall leverage over them, and other superpowers could also cause trouble.

While others were at an impasse, Qi Congyun was the first to stand up, regardless of the consequences. These intern disciples must be preserved, or else the future of protecting the Sunset Sect would be destroyed!

To date, even an elder who has only comprehended the first level of the Nine Nether Sunset Art has exceptional combat strength among all the elders of the eighteen superpowers.

If these disciples could be preserved, once they mature, Sunset Sect would no longer be dependent on any sect and could even reclaim its former glory.

Therefore, Qi Congyun resolutely decided to come to support them, despite the other elders’ objections.

He initially thought by the time he arrived, the battle would be at a stalemate, and perhaps some of the 8000 intern disciples would have already fallen. His only hope was that as many as possible could be saved.

But he never expected to find this scene before him.

The Divine Profound Hall’s 12,000 core disciples were cornered by the intern disciples of Sunset Sect, their auras weak and expressions desperate. He even recognized the three direct disciples among them!

These three direct disciples were renowned within Divine Profound Hall, especially Bai Qi, the grandnephew of a Vice Hall Master. During a joint martial arts competition of super sects, he had severely injured a direct disciple of Sunset Sect’s elder.

The direct disciple still bears sequelae to this day, with almost no chance of advancing to the Dao Realm!

Not only were members of the Sunset Sect injured by Bai Qi, but several senior disciples from other superpowers were also harmed. Even deaths occurred! Yet due to the dominance of Divine Profound Hall, Bai Qi received only a mild punishment—years of isolation, which almost served as a peaceful retreat for cultivation.

Now, Bai Qi was hiding in the corner, his face red and bruised as though struck numerous times. His mouth, if opened, might reveal few remaining teeth.

His upper garment seemed to have been burned away, and his skin bore burn marks. Fire element traces flowed in the wounds, which even his power couldn’t extinguish completely. His lower body was a mess of wounds, as if tortured relentlessly.

The other two direct disciples were in similar condition, as if the higher their status, the more arrogant they usually were, and now the more miserably they were beaten.

Looking at it this way, it seemed Qi Congyun had no need to intervene?

What was going on? Did these intern disciples really beat the Divine Profound Hall’s core and direct disciples to such a state?

This was a bit unreasonable!

Qi Congyun had heard of Zhang Menglong’s spar with the student president of an outer sect disciple. He displayed a super cultivation technique, amplifying his power a hundredfold, almost comparable to the second level of Nine Nether Sunset Art. Given his current realm, he might handle several core or even direct disciples alone.

But one person taking on more than 12,000 was out of the question. As for the rest of the intern disciples, even mastering the first level of Nine Nether Sunset Art, there was still a two to three times gap compared to the Divine Profound Hall’s intern disciples. What happened?

"Elder Qi, why don’t you take a seat and rest a while? We’ll handle them and report back to you later," Zhang Menglong said with a cheeky grin, patting Qi Congyun on the shoulder familiarly. "Elder, how much ransom should we demand from Divine Profound Hall for these? Is 500 billion Divine Crystals per person too much? If not, maybe 200 or 300 billion each!"

"Was this... your work?" Qi Congyun was still not ready to accept the scene. "Did some senior expert help you?"

"No," Zhang Menglong shook his head, pointing to the Shenxiao Empire’s military fortress. "If you don’t believe me, ask them. We did this ourselves. Shouldn’t the intern disciples’ assessment now grant us all full marks?"

"But how did you do it?" Qi Congyun pressed, "They are core disciples and direct disciples! Completely incomparable to inner disciples, whether in martial arts realm or cultivation resources, they far surpass them. If you alone took down a few, I could understand, but they..."

"Elder, they’re just a bunch of core disciples, what’s impossible about it?"

"Exactly, they are all talk and crumble at the first hit. One punch, and they’re down."

"Even sandbags could take more hits!"

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