“We already caught and killed the fifteenth remnant of the Twilight Crane Sect. Are you still sulking about their death?” Zhang Dali asked Liao Feng with a sneering smile on his face.

Liao Feng’s face was dark, he was in a terrible and shameful mood. He tried to speak with Zhang Dali on the day they found the first remnant to leave the remnant alive. However, he wasn’t successful. He later tried to speak with Zhang Dali about excusing the remnants from death. Zhang Dali reprimanded him.

Liang Yu then discussed with Liao Feng about the need to kill the remnants.

Liao Feng argued with Liang Yu but couldn’t convince him with his words.

Liao Feng was in a bad state of mood, he was ashamed of not being able to rescue the lives of the remnants of the Twilight Crane Sect. His fighting ability plummeted with every death of the remnants. The outer disciples in the team were dissatisfied with him and condemned him for his way of thoughts.

Liang Yu felt bad looking at Liao Feng, he said to him, “There are tens of teams like us, more than a thousand remnants have been killed by now. By killing them, we avoided the deaths of thousands of our sect disciple. Liao Feng, we are doing an honourable work, we will be saving thousands of lives. You should stop sticking to those naive ideas of yours. You are causing a lot of dissatisfaction among the team members, and your performance is also not up to par to the expectations. This is not good for you.”

Liao Feng showed a bittersweet smile and said, “Wasn’t it me who actively caught four of those remnants? It was because of me those four remnants died! Is requesting to stop killing those remnants also a reason to be dissatisfied with me, Brother Liang?”

“You nearly fought with one of the team members, Liao Feng! Don’t be stubborn! Try to understand why your behaviour is troubling others.” Liang Yu said as he stared at Liao Feng with some anger in his eyes.

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“Su Yuchen, I will be leaving the Mount Stable for some time. If you have any needs, you can ask Junior Disciple Chen. He will be in charge of the Mount Stable in my absence.” Senior Brother Li informed Su Yuchen. He was clad in a dark battle armour, a sword was hanging on his waist. A helmet covered his head, making it impossible to see his face.

Su Yuchen nodded, “Okay, thanks for the care, Senior Brother. But where are you going? Why are you suited up for a battle?”

Senior Brother said to Su Yuchen, “The discovery of the Star Blaring Secret Realm, attracted a lot more attention from other sects. Many sects stronger than our sect also showed their interest in exploring this secret realm. The sect is already preparing to activate all the sect protection formations and keep them active at all times. I was tasked with joining the sect members at the secret realm. We need to be prepared for any conflicts that may arise during these periods.”

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Su Yuchen frowned after hearing the information from Senior Brother Li. He asked him with an uneasy expression, “How dangerous can the conflicts escalate to? Is there any possibility for a war?”

Senior Brother Li shook his head, “There should be no possibility for a war during the time period the Star Blaring Secret Realm is opened and explored. But I can’t rule out the possibility of a war if unexpected things are discovered in the secret realm. The big sects are involved in this event. We can’t expect what will happen.”

Su Yuchen mood turned gloomy listening to the answer of Senior Brother Li.

Senior Brother Li looked at the gloomy Su Yuchen and said, “You don’t need to worry about something that only has a slim chance of happening. The sect leader and elders are not going to choose a solution that might lead to war. They will try to pacify the overall situation. We should be avoiding a war because of the state of affairs our sect is in.”

Su Yuchen was slightly relieved by the answer of Senior Brother Li. He shook away all the thoughts in his head and decided to not worry about the situation.

Su Yuchen asked Senior Brother Li, “What will happen to me and others in my situation if there is going to be a war?”

Senior Brother Li answered Su Yuchen, “You will be thrown into the logistics department. You will not need to fight in the event of a war. Also, don’t worry yourself by overthinking about the possibility of a war.”

Su Yuchen stared at Senior Brother Li, “You already mentioned that there is a slim chance of the war to happen. According to my prejudice of the cultivation world, that slim chance is the most probable event that is going to come true.”

Senior Brother Li gave a wry smile and shook his head in resignation.

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“Senior Brother Chen, can we focus more on practising fist and palm techniques? Archery is too boring.” Su Yuchen asked Senior Brother Chen while lowering the bow.

Su Yuchen didn’t expect Senior Brother Li to find Senior Brother Chen to help him with training. Moreover, Senior Brother Chen was only motivated to teach him about archery. Su Yuchen was not very fond of this idea.

Senior Brother Chen shook his head and said with a cheerful expression, “No! You should be spending more time to practice archery, Junior Brother Su. You have a natural talent in archery. Your aim is good, and your accuracy will improve more with constant practice.”

Su Yuchen looked at the clean target board in the distance and felt the encouraging words of Senior Brother Chen too unbelievable.

He stared at Senior Brother Chen, “Senior Brother Chen, I have only hit fourteen arrows onto that target board in this week. Half of them only had contact with the board before falling. I don’t think we should waste more time on this.”

Senior brother Chen looked at the target board in this distance, “The distance of 100 meters is hard to hit in the early stages. But your body stance is good. Your body position and focus before shooting the arrow is appreciable for a newcomer. You will do better in the future if you practice more.”

Su Yuchen just showed a bitter smile, “You are making me shoot an arrow at a target 100 meters away from the beginning. Am I going to improve in archery?”

Senior Brother Chen patted Su Yuchen’s arms and gave a laugh, “We are just playing around for a while. You will start shooting targets at smaller distances from tomorrow.”