Chapter 035: Never Surrender!
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“Senior Brother Shi! Are you planning to betray the sect?!”
Lu Kang glared furiously at Shi Rongxuan, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. How could such a coward have emerged from their Sunlife Sect?
Moreover, once the betrayal of a sect was exposed, the traitor would inevitably face endless pursuit.
The sect had clearly provided them with abundant resources, yet at a moment like this, Shi Rongxuan had defected without the slightest hesitation. How could Lu Kang possibly accept that?
His anger stemmed not merely from the betrayal, but from the fact that Shi Rongxuan had been personally brought up by him.
Indeed, Lu Kang had already become an immortal in the eyes of ordinary people long ago. During one of his returns to his hometown, he had encountered Shi Rongxuan by chance. At the time, Shi Rongxuan had begged him to let him pursue cultivation as well.
After hesitating for a long while, Lu Kang tested Shi Rongxuan’s talent and brought him back to the Sunlife Sect.
Shi Rongxuan’s aptitude was superior even to his own. In a mere five years, he had far surpassed Lu Kang.
He had even been accepted as the Great Elder’s personal disciple. For that reason, Shi Rongxuan had become Lu Kang’s senior brother.
After all, the Sunlife Sect respected strength above all else. Once Shi Rongxuan became a personal disciple, his attitude toward Lu Kang changed completely.
He even ordered Lu Kang around as though he were a servant. Yet Lu Kang had been able to endure it, since, no matter how one looked at it, he had provided the Sunlife Sect with a powerful disciple.
But now, Shi Rongxuan had actually surrendered outright. Lu Kang simply could not accept it!
“Lu Kang, what gives you the right to lecture me?”
Shi Rongxuan lowered his head like a hyena, yet the corner of his eye glinted as he glared at Lu Kang like a blade.
The reason he disliked Lu Kang so intensely was precisely because Lu Kang had helped him far too much.
A small kindness could inspire gratitude, but excessive kindness bred resentment. Because Lu Kang had done so much for him, Shi Rongxuan had come to hate him.
Ever since becoming a personal disciple, he had forced himself to forget everything Lu Kang had done for him. In his eyes, so long as Lu Kang obediently remained his dog, he would not mind giving him a hand now and then.
But Lu Kang now dared to criticize him. Shi Rongxuan could not tolerate it.
“What gives me the right? Without me, you would be nothing!” For the first time in many years, Lu Kang looked Shi Rongxuan directly in the eye. His gaze was filled with resentment and an indescribable pity.
That gaze, together with the question that struck straight at his heart, shattered Shi Rongxuan’s composure.
“Bullshit! I earned everything myself! You’re talking complete nonsense!”
After shouting those words, he rose to his feet, shot Lu Kang a furious glare, shoved aside the disciple in front of him, and rushed out.
He cast away his longsword and ran toward Liang Chuan.
“I surrender! I’m willing to join the White Sword Sect!”
His action left everyone present stunned.
This was a Core Formation cultivator. Even their former sect master had possessed no greater cultivation.
Yet this immensely powerful Core Formation cultivator was now crying out and begging to join the White Sword Sect. The scene seemed utterly absurd.
“That man actually surrendered? He’s a Core Formation cultivator!”
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“I never imagined even a Core Formation cultivator could live so miserably.”
“Heaven truly is unjust, giving such excellent talent to a man like that!”
“...”
Looking at Shi Rongxuan’s doglike appearance, the White Sword Sect disciples showed even greater disgust in their eyes.
A strong man ought to possess the bearing of a strong man. Seeing him kneel and beg for mercy made them look down on Core Formation cultivators.
After all, from the way things appeared, there was no real difference between a Core Formation cultivator and an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator.
The former was merely somewhat stronger. When faced with danger, he could even be inferior to the Qi Refining disciples of their sect.
At least under Liang Chuan’s leadership, they had never again considered surrendering. Even dying in battle would be an honor.
Furthermore, this incident would surely give Shi Rongxuan a heart demon.
The stronger the cultivator, the more terrifying the heart demon.
Given Shi Rongxuan’s current cultivation, after what had happened, he would certainly be unable to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.
Heart demons were extremely terrifying to cultivators. They not only obstructed cultivation, but could also cause a cultivator to lose control during future breakthroughs, become possessed, and lose all reason.
Even so, the disciples of the White Sword Sect were still quite willing to let Shi Rongxuan join them. A Core Formation cultivator was an invaluable talent to any sect.
Although they now possessed magical weapons, a Core Formation cultivator was still extraordinarily powerful in their eyes. After all, Shi Rongxuan had endured even their gunfire just moments ago.
Once he joined them, he would become the strongest cultivator in the sect!
But at that moment, Liang Chuan slowly raised his right hand.
The familiar gesture made the White Sword Sect disciples freeze.
It was clearly the signal for them to open fire.
“Everyone, get ready!”
The moment he spoke, the White Sword Sect disciples were thrown into confusion.
This was a Core Formation cultivator. Killing him just like this would surely be a tremendous loss for the White Sword Sect.
“Master, are we really going to...?”
One of the disciples hesitantly voiced his question.
If they could recruit such a powerful cultivator, he would certainly be of immense use.
Moreover, they possessed Gu capable of binding cultivators, and it could restrain even a Core Formation cultivator.
“Although our White Sword Sect is small, we do not accept just any traitor!” Liang Chuan’s eyes were filled with contempt, and his voice was icy. “A man like this is unworthy of standing with us. Besides, it is not as though we need such trash!”
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Although they did indeed possess a means of restraining him, if a man like this ever found a way to break free, he would undoubtedly sell out the White Sword Sect without hesitation.
Even if there were only the slightest possibility of that happening, Liang Chuan would never leave such a hidden danger alive.
Had Shi Rongxuan fought to the bitter end, Liang Chuan might even have developed some appreciation for his talent. But a piece of trash like this inspired nothing but disgust.
Shi Rongxuan raised his head in disbelief. Then fury spread through his heart like ivy climbing a wall.
“You brat! How dare you insult me?!”
He had assumed that the other side would be overjoyed. Even if they restrained him afterward, there would surely be a way to remove the restriction.
Yet now, they actually intended to attack him outright!
“Go to hell!”
Like a riddled balloon rapidly leaking spiritual energy, Shi Rongxuan charged toward Liang Chuan without the slightest regard for his own life.
Even if he had to die, he would drag along the man who had insulted him!
But the instant he struggled to his feet, Liang Chuan’s hand came crashing down.
Ten guns erupted with deafening roars, their sharp reports echoing throughout Nanyang City.
Shi Rongxuan was already gravely wounded. After taking only two steps, his body slammed heavily into the ground.
More than ten bloody holes had been torn through him by the bullets.
“Master, what about the others?”
Peng Shan aimed his gun at the remaining disciples of the Sunlife Sect.
“Kill all of them except the one in the middle.”
With that single sentence, Liang Chuan decided the fate of the Sunlife Sect disciples.
The only person still standing in the middle was Lu Kang.
“I’ll give you a chance. Come to our White Sword Sect and work as a servant.”
Liang Chuan had noticed Lu Kang long ago. His strength was ordinary, but there was no denying that his loyalty to his sect was absolute.
Lu Kang gave a bitter smile and met Liang Chuan’s gaze directly.
“A disciple of the Sunlife Sect never surrenders!”
The moment his voice fell, he transformed into a streak of blazing flame.
Like the setting sun, he shot straight into the heavens.
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