Swear That If It's Fake, You'll Be Struck Dead by Punishment Lightning

Just then, the Grand Elder of the Danji Sect asked, “Saint Lu, might I ask who you intend to save with this Soul-Returning Pill?”

Lu Ming, who was still looking through his treasures, paused. He looked up at the Grand Elder of the Danji Sect and replied, “My Third Junior Brother!”

The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect nodded, saying nothing more.

Suddenly, Lu Ming's gaze locked onto something, and a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

He actually saw something that shouldn't have been there.

“Break-Stage Grass!”

He was shocked. The Break-Stage Grass was right there on his person.

In that case, what was the thing he had given to the Grand Elder earlier?

Lu Ming instinctively raised a hand to scratch his brow, wondering if he had given him the wrong thing.

And would the Grand Elder be alright after eating it?

However, now was not the time to dwell on this. Saving Huang Tianbao was the top priority.

He abruptly looked up at Sect Master Shen of the Danji Sect and said, “Sect Master Shen, I have a complete stalk of Break-Stage Grass in my possession. Do you want to trade?”

At this moment, Lu Ming had already made up his mind.

If the Danji Sect still refused, he would take a desperate risk and sneak into their sect to steal the Soul-Returning Pill!

Huang Tianbao had to be saved!

“What did you say?”

“Break-Stage Grass?!”

“Are you serious?!”

The moment Lu Ming spoke, Sect Master Shen, Ji Chen, and the others nearby instantly cried out in shock.

Their faces were filled with utter disbelief.

The eyes of the two ancestors of the Danji Sect also flashed with sudden, intense light.

Their surrounding auras fluctuated slightly, revealing their inner turmoil.

Meanwhile, Big Yellow, Wang Defa, and the others looked delighted.

They had actually forgotten that Lu Ming still had Break-Stage Grass hidden away.

Everyone present immediately turned their gaze to the two ancestors of the Danji Sect.

If the Danji Sect could obtain this stalk of Break-Stage Grass, they would be able to produce a Mahayana cultivator!

One had to know that in the entire Central Province continent, there were only three Mahayana cultivators.

Sect Master Shen's hands also trembled uncontrollably.

A Mahayana cultivator! That was an expert standing at the absolute peak of the continent!

Once the sect had a Mahayana cultivator, factions like the Tiansheng Sect would no longer be able to bully the Danji Sect as they pleased!

His gaze burned as he looked toward the two ancestors.

This was a major matter concerning the entire sect, and not something he, as the Sect Master, could decide alone.

The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect took a deep breath, his eyes burning as he stared at Lu Ming and asked again, “Saint Lu, is your Third Junior Brother really that important to you? Is he truly worth exchanging such a heaven-defying treasure just to save his life?”

“He is of the utmost importance!” Lu Ming blurted out without hesitation.

The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect nodded, then secretly sent a sound transmission to the Second Ancestor, “I believe this trade is viable. What do you think?”

The Second Ancestor frowned slightly, pondering for a moment before replying via sound transmission, “I will follow your lead, Senior Brother. I have no objections.”

After their discussion, the Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect immediately spoke up, “Very well, our Danji Sect agrees to the trade! However, the Soul-Returning Pill is kept in our sect's treasury, so I must trouble you all to return to the Danji Sect with us to retrieve it.”

Pausing for a moment, the Great Ancestor added, “If you have any concerns, you may also wait here. I will head back to retrieve it immediately.”

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Ming spoke up directly, “There is no need. We will go with you to the Danji Sect!”

...

The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect nodded and immediately raised his hand, summoning a giant flying boat that was pearly white and engraved with countless pill veins.

“Everyone, please board. We shall set off immediately!”

Lu Ming nodded slightly and gave some instructions to Jia Wang and the others.

Then, right in front of the Danji Sect group, he set up several teleportation array coordinates within the Bandit Sect.

He even arranged for Jia Wang and the others to take array disks containing the coordinates, leave the Bandit Sect, and place them randomly.

Next, he gave Wang Defa and the others a detoxification pill each, instructing them to swallow them.

After that, he swallowed one himself.

Seeing this, the members of the Danji Sect couldn't help but twitch their lips and eyes.

They couldn't help but think that while he clearly feared death, he could have at least tried to hide his caution a little.

Was it really appropriate to make these preparations right in front of their faces?

Were they not worried that the Danji Sect would prepare in advance?

Although Lu Ming had agreed readily, he knew that while one shouldn't harbor malicious intent toward others, one must always remain guarded against them.

Furthermore, they still had the Break-Stage Grass on them. What if the Danji Sect grew greedy and tried to rob them?

In truth, those teleportation arrays were merely decoys; his real trump card was his cloak of invisibility.

If a fight really broke out, he would fight if he could win. If he couldn't, he would simply pull Big Yellow and the others into his secret realm.

Then, he would use his cloak of invisibility to either escape or wreak havoc.

Having completed these preparations, Lu Ming took Big Yellow, Wang Defa, and the others and stepped onto the flying boat first.

The group exuded a formidable aura that was not the least bit inferior to that of the Danji Sect.

The two ancestors of the Danji Sect exchanged a glance and then leapt onto the flying boat.

Once Ji Chen and the other Danji Sect disciples had boarded the spirit boat, Sect Master Shen activated the vessel, and it cut through the sky, hurtling at top speed toward the Danji Sect in the Central Province.

After an unknown amount of time, the flying boat slowly descended, landing on the spacious plaza in front of the Danji Sect's mountain gate.

Sect Master Shen was the first to step off the vessel, gesturing toward Lu Ming. “Saint Lu, we have arrived!”

Lu Ming, along with Sect Master Shen and the others, walked into the grand hall.

Before Lu Ming could even speak, Sect Master Shen took the initiative to say, “Saint Lu, the Soul-Returning Pill is kept in our sect's pill vault. I shall go with the two ancestors to retrieve it now!”

“Alright!”

Lu Ming nodded and waited in the grand hall with his companions.

“Boss, do you think the Danji Sect will try to rob us of our Break-Stage Grass?” Big Yellow asked, wagging its tail.

Lu Ming sized up the grand hall and replied casually, “I'm actually hoping they try to rob us. That way, we'll have a perfectly legitimate reason to rob them right back...”

“Exactly!!”

The moment Lu Ming spoke, Wang Defa and the others chimed in agreement.

Seated to the side, Ji Chen and his companions felt their lips twitch upon hearing this.

They thought to themselves that these guys really knew how to build a business from scratch, and that this was wishful thinking at its finest.

Yet, strangely, Ji Chen did not doubt for a second whether Lu Ming and his crew actually had the ability to pull it off.

A moment later, Sect Master Shen and the two ancestors returned to the grand hall.

Sect Master Shen reached out, produced a black jade box, and handed it to Lu Ming, “Saint Lu, this is the Soul-Returning Pill!”

Looking at the carved jade box in front of him, Lu Ming's hands trembled slightly. He silently hoped this pill would be able to bring Huang Tianbao back to life.

Big Yellow, Wang Defa, and the others were also filled with joy and excitement.

Lu Ming took the jade box and opened it. Instantly, a rich medicinal aroma wafted into his face.

However, upon seeing the pill inside the box, Lu Ming was completely dumbfounded.

“This is the Soul-Returning Pill?”

Big Yellow and the others also gaped in utter shock!

Lying quietly inside the black jade box was a pill the size of a child's head, shimmering with an eerie glow.

“Sect Master Shen, are you sure this is the Soul-Returning Pill?”

Ji Chen and the others also looked at Sect Master Shen and his companions with deep suspicion.

Were they sure a pill this massive was meant for humans to eat?

Won't they choke to death?

“Cough, cough...”

The Great Ancestor coughed lightly and gave an embarrassed smile, “This is absolutely the genuine Soul-Returning Pill. The one I consumed back then was exactly like this!”

Lu Ming looked at the pill, then at the Great Ancestor, “Swear it. If it's fake, you'll be struck dead by the Heavenly Dao's Punishment Lightning!”

Lu Ming muttered to himself, thinking that if the Great Ancestor dared lie to him, he would have his little brother strike him dead.

Although the Great Ancestor had no idea why the oath specified being struck dead by Punishment Lightning, he went ahead and swore it anyway!