Another bout of dizziness washed over him. Lu Ming felt weightless as his body began to plummet.
He quickly stabilized himself. Though he managed to steady his posture, it did nothing to stop his downward descent!
Lu Ming frowned, realizing he had encountered another flight-restriction zone!
He was truly puzzled. Why was it that every single time he entered a secret realm, there was always a flight restriction?
Could it not be considered a secret realm without a flight restriction?
As he fell, Lu Ming looked down to survey the area.
At a glance, the ground below was actually a vast sea of white lotuses.
However, these lotuses were unimaginably massive. A single petal alone was dozens of zhang wide.
The colossal petals overlapped, curving inward to form a giant lotus pedestal.
Wisps of white mist drifted from the center of the lotuses, carrying a faint, delicate fragrance.
A single breath of it brought a sense of physical and mental bliss, accompanied by a daze that made one want to fall fast asleep.
“Holy crap...”
“Holy woof...”
“Damn it...”
...
Not far away, the startled cries of Big Yellow and the others echoed one after another.
Clearly, they had also realized that flight was restricted here.
Immediately afterward, everyone began to rain down like dumplings falling into a pot!
Thud...
Without any surprise, Lu Ming crashed right into a massive white lotus!
But before he could react, the massive white lotus suddenly snapped shut, wrapping Lu Ming inside.
Then, the scene before Lu Ming's eyes suddenly shifted:
“Senior Brothers, Senior Sisters, please don't blame Senior Brother Lu Ming... I accidentally broke the White Lotus Sword myself. It has absolutely nothing to do with him, really! Please don't force him!”
Lu Ming: “???”
What was going on? Why did the air smell so strongly of a manipulative green tea?
Lu Ming looked around.
Well, there were several beautiful women and a few male cultivators who weren't nearly as handsome as he was. The speaker was a handsome young man dressed entirely in white.
At this moment, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and a watery mist filled them. Tears seemed to well up in his eyes, yet he stubbornly held them back. When he looked up at the crowd, every glance was filled with forbearance and grievance. What a picture of a delicate pear blossom in the rain, a sight to arouse anyone's pity!
Several women beside him were consoling him with heartache.
“Junior Brother, Senior Brother Lu Ming clearly broke your sword, yet you're still speaking up for him. You're just too kind-hearted!”
“Exactly! Who would have thought that Lu Ming, as the Eldest Senior Brother, would actually break his Junior Brother's sword out of jealousy? How utterly shameless!”
“...”
The surrounding disciples instantly boiled with righteous indignation, turning their gazes upon Lu Ming!
Lu Ming was utterly speechless.
What am I supposed to be jealous of? Am I jealous that he's not as handsome as me, not as fair-skinned as me, or that his cultivation isn't as high as mine?
Pfft...
He had just scanned the cultivation of these people—a bunch of Golden Core cultivators, along with a few Nascent Soul ones. There was only one Soul Transformation cultivator sitting up high!
“Senior Brother Lu Ming, you've gone too far!”
Bang!
Before the Golden Core man could even finish speaking, Lu Ming raised his hand and slapped him! Instantly, a mist of blood splattered, and the speaker vanished from the face of the earth, leaving only a thick scent of blood drifting in the air.
Lu Ming retracted his hand and quickly pressed his palms together. “Amitabha. What a sin, what a sin. That was too cruel!”
Everyone: “...”
So you actually know you're cruel!
They even forgot to scream! Every single one of them stared at Lu Ming in sheer terror!
At this moment, the Soul Transformation cultivator sitting above suddenly stood up!
Thud...
Then, he knelt down with practiced agility. Not only did he kneel, but thud, thud... the rest of the people in the hall followed suit, dropping to their knees!
This was because Lu Ming's Mahayana stage pressure was directly suppressing the entire area! Having power but not showing it off would only invite lightning strikes, especially in a situation like this.
“You said I was the one who broke your White Lotus Sword?” Lu Ming asked, reaching out to grab the so-called Junior Brother by the collar!
At this point, the Junior Brother had yet to recover from his terror...
Lu Ming frowned. “I'm asking you a question. Are you mute?”
“Senior Brother Lu Ming, don't hurt Junior Brother! If you have a problem, take it out on me—”
Bang!
Before the female cultivator could finish her sentence, she instantly exploded into a mist of blood, showering the surrounding area! Many of the onlookers began to tremble violently, wetting themselves in fear...
By now, the teary-eyed Junior Brother had also snapped out of his shock. He looked at the crowd kneeling all over the floor, then at Lu Ming, who was clutching his collar!
In an instant, tears gushed from his eyes as he wailed, “Eldest Senior Brother, you have to help me! They forced me to frame you! It has nothing to do with me, it was all their idea!”
The kneeling crowd suddenly raised their heads, their eyes filled with utter disbelief! They even suspected they had misheard. They simply could not believe that these words had come from their most beloved Junior Brother!
Our Junior Brother must have been scared out of his wits! Otherwise, how could our upright and kind-hearted Junior Brother say such a thing?
Even Lu Ming was stunned...
He had expected the other party to make excuses or beg for mercy. He never expected him to bite back and push the blame onto others.
“Junior Brother!”
“Don't be afraid, Junior Brother...”
“With us here, nothing will happen to you...”
His kneeling Senior Brothers cried out one after another, their hearts aching for him.
Yet, the Junior Brother didn't even spare them a glance. He kept his tearful gaze fixed on Lu Ming, continuing, “Eldest Senior Brother, I was truly, truly forced... They... they said if I didn't frame you, they would kill me... Boohoo... I was so scared...”
As he spoke, he even tried to burrow into Lu Ming's chest. Startled, Lu Ming quickly took a step back and threw him onto the ground...
What the hell is wrong with this guy...
Tossed to the ground, the Junior Brother looked up at Lu Ming with a deeply resentful gaze, as if accusing Lu Ming of being heartless.
Lazy to waste any more words, Lu Ming directly subjected him to a Soul Search, projecting the memories for everyone to see...
The kneeling crowd then watched as their precious Junior Brother hacked with a saber, chopped with an axe, and smashed with rocks... After a great deal of effort, he finally managed to break the glowing White Lotus Sword!
Everyone: “...”
How could their Junior Brother be such a person? How could they have wrongly accused Senior Brother Lu Ming?
But looking at the broken White Lotus Sword lying on the ground, there were indeed numerous marks of chopping and hacking on it! They looked at Lu Ming with faces full of awkwardness.
Then, they bashfully called out:
“We're sorry!”
“Eldest Senior Brother, we were wrong!”
“We're sorry, Eldest Senior Brother...”
Boom!
Without even blinking, Lu Ming struck out with his palm! Amidst the billowing mist of blood, Lu Ming said coldly, “Not every 'I'm sorry' deserves an 'It's okay'!”
Crack...
The white lotus enclosing Lu Ming shattered instantly!
...
“Woof, woof...”
“Please don't blame Big Yellow. He really didn't take my big bone. My big bone must have disappeared on its own...”
Big Yellow stared in utter bewilderment at a snow-white dog in the distance. Right now, that dog was tearfully accusing Big Yellow of stealing her bone! Having not heard dog language in a while, it actually felt a bit nostalgic!
“Woof, woof...”
“Big Yellow, you've gone too far! To think you'd actually steal Sister Bai Ruyan's big bone...”
A variegated flower dog raised its head and barked at Big Yellow with righteous indignation!
Following that, a balding dog also barked at Big Yellow:
“Woof, woof...”
“Big Yellow, I advise you to be sensible. Hurry up and return Sister Bai's big bone, then apologize to her...”
“...”
Big Yellow blinked its dog eyes. I, a majestic Mahayana-stage dog, would need to steal a bone? I steal immortal herbs, spiritual medicines, spirit stones, and immortal treasures, alright? Who are you trying to insult? Or is the bone this little white dog lost some kind of immortal beast bone? It must be extremely valuable, otherwise, why would I even spare it a glance?
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