邪神之道 B1

A Slap to the Face

"You even looking at this alright?"

Elder Shu looks questionably at those gathered around the grand meeting halls.

"What?"

The preparations for an attack on the Icy Winds Sect begins but an issue has already risen.

The major figures of the Burial Grounds Sect and the four patriarchs of the Heavenly Pillar Sect who have converted are all looking down at a map that shows the location of the Icy Winds Sect.

"Their territory runs for around four mountains worth of land. This is a lot of area to cover up. Xiao Feng how much range does a single one of your Jiangshi's poison blasts have?"

Upon being asked Ye Gui Feng furrows his eyebrows and frowns.

"Nowhere near enough. The poison can be spread but..."

"If we're doing this we need to do it in one go. This means that the triple digits aren't enough. You'd need around 4,000 Jiangshi."

"This means... You'd need to go out to hunt for 4,000 magic beasts and then extract their cores."

"The hunting portion won't be that difficult. I have Scented Devil Ladies that can be used to naturally approach beasts to us once we head to the mountain ranges."

"But this number is still an issue. We lack manpower. Our faction doesn't have anywhere near enough people for this job even if you have all the materials needed."

The lack of manpower as mentioned by Elder Shu is indeed a big issue.

"*Sigh* we'll just have to make some of the sect disciples help out then. So long as they can clean out the bodies then it shouldn't be that big of an issue."

"This..."

Jiangshi making might be easier than alchemy but it's still never the less difficult without time to practice.

"Regardless of us being a demonic sect we still don't have anywhere near enough bodies to go about this."

"We need to hunt 4,000 beasts anyways. Why not use those bodies?"

[Heh not everyone is skilled enough to operate on those corpses...]

Ye Gui Feng and Elder Shu both bitterly smile while snorting out a laugh as they said this sentence at the same time.

Ye Gui Feng raises his head and looks to the four patriarchs of the Heavenly Pillar Sect.

"How come I feel like I ripped myself off? If I knew about that mountain range ahead of time and about making an attack on the Icy Winds Sect later I wouldn't have given those from the Heavenly Pillar Sect the chance to surrender and join us. I would have directly slaughtered a few before giving them the choice to do so."

"This..."

"*Sigh* young master Ye y-you can't just say that..."

"There's no going back on your words right?"

"Have mercy."

Having lived for so long these four old man have no shame in looking towards Ye Gui Feng with puppy dog eyes. They knew that Ye Gui Feng's status here in the Burial Grounds Sect might just be even higher than their two patriarchs.

"Tch forget it. Your Ye-mou is a big hearted man and will show you people some mercy. Although... Old man Dun I seem to recall me being a part of your Seven Rivers Sect in the past and I also seem to recall how I nearly got executed."

"That..."

This is something that Patriarch Dun didn't know about as he sweats.

"Tell your sect elders to come and meet me. I feel like I suddenly want to slap them all in the face."

"I'll heed to your command young master!"

Patriarch Dun immediately left to call the Seven Rivers Sect elders here. A few slaps to the face can be considered a cheap price to pay if it means appeasing Ye Gui Feng's rage and then sweep the rest underneath the rug.

"Oh? San Xiao not bad. You're really improving."

Long Huangrong laughs lightly. She quite liked this side of Ye Gui Feng and considers it appropriate for someone that has the backings of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

In less than a minute five old man are brought to stand before Ye Gui Feng. Their patriarch didn't even tell them what had happened but they can somehow tell that they are in trouble.

"Yo no long time no see. Do you still remember me?"

Qi Lan He, Shangguan Yu, and the other three elders of the former Seven River Sect all look on with wide eyes.

"Y-Y-Your...!"

"Ye Gui Feng!"

These five old men immediately recalls the incident that had happened a year or two back in the Seven Rivers Sect when a certain disciple had been discovered to be cultivating demonic arts.

Patriarch Dun steps off to the side and ignores the situation before him as he turns a blind eye to whatever that will happen next.

"Mm looks like you all still remember me."

Ye Gui Feng steps forward and stands in front of the five old man.

"Shangguan Yu you're the one that reported me to Qi Lan He back then and Qi Lan He had been the one to sentence me to death."

Turning his eyes to glare at Shangguan Yu Qi Lan He burns with a heaven toppling sense of fury in his heart.

"I-"

Ye Gui Feng puts up his hand and speaks.

"Today let's let past grudges be waters under the bridge. Your Ye-mou merely had old man Dun call you five here so that I may give you five a good slap to the face."

(A slap? That's it? A-And the matter will be waters under the bridge after?)

Similar thoughts ran through the minds of the five old man as Ye Gui Feng takes a few steps back before slapping his storage bag to bring Emperor Du Lou who raises a hand.

"Ah!?"

Realizing that this Jiangshi will be the one to slap them the five elders pale but with their patriarch behind them they didn't dare to back away.

"Y-Young master Ye if we get slapped by th-this thing won't we be dead?"

"Yes please show us some mercy!"

"We're willing to do anything to appease your rage so please!"

"No need. At best you five will lose a few teeth. It's nothing that life threatening."

Ye Gui Feng raises a hand and performs a slapping motion that Emperor Du Lou mimics.

*SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!* Emperor Du Lou's hand slaps the five elders across their faces in one swing and sends them flying off to the left as a few teeth falls with five mouthful of blood spewed to stain the ground red.