"Who are you? How can you be so powerful?"
The leader of the Tian Sha Sect, seeing Meng Huai easily defeat all his men with a single move, suspected that Meng Huai's cultivation was not at the Foundation Establishment stage.
"But isn't there a restriction in this secret realm?"
"Those with cultivation above Golden Core cannot enter."
The Tian Sha Sect leader, harboring such doubts, voiced them aloud. He then negated his own guess, though he hadn't realized he was actually right.
Meng Huai was indeed not a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, but possessed a cultivation level they could not even fathom.
At this moment, from the other side, a figure emerged from the faction clad in green. It was a woman, who appeared delicate and frail, yet was the most powerful among them.
Everyone addressed her as Senior Sister Xiao Yu. She was on the verge of forming her Golden Core, making her one of the most formidable individuals in the secret realm.
This woman named Xiao Yu, witnessing Meng Huai single-handedly defeat the forces of the Tian Sha Sect and the Xu Li Sect, felt compelled to speak up lest she be unable to account for the situation to the people of the Xu Li Sect and the Tian Sha Sect.
Clad in a long green dress, Xiao Yu took two steps forward. Her every movement exuded an elegant grace. "May I ask, young lady, why you are interfering in the affairs between our Xuan Bing Palace and the Xu Li Sect and the Tian Sha Sect? These two are traitors of the Xu Li Sect, and we are merely assisting the Xu Li Sect in purging its own." She continued, "If you have no connection with them, it would be best not to involve yourself in this matter."
This explanation from Xiao Yu was intended to clarify the situation. Firstly, it was to dissuade Meng Huai from meddling further. Secondly, it was to inform Meng Huai that they had justifiable grounds for their actions.
However, upon hearing this, Meng Huai couldn't help but smile. She found this person to be truly virtuous in her demeanor.
"Oh, are you Miss Xiao Yu?"
Meng Huai didn't know her personally, but hearing others address her as Senior Sister Xiao Yu, she simply used the same title. Meng Huai continued, "From my perspective as an onlooker, you are all coveting the artifact refinement insights of the Meng brothers! You have been relentlessly pursuing them!"
The talk of purging the sect, Meng Huai found it to be a joke, truly ironic.
Xiao Yu's expression remained unchanged at Meng Huai's words. She continued to smile and said, "The artifact refinement techniques were originally the possessions of the former sect leader of the Xu Li Sect. Should this not rightfully belong to the Xu Li Sect? The current disciple of the Xu Li Sect, Zhu Qiu, who is this one."
As she spoke, Xiao Yu pointed to the younger son of the two sect leaders and continued, "Young Master Zhu Qiu is acting under the orders of the Xu Li Sect leader to reclaim the treasures belonging to the Xu Li Sect. What is wrong with that? Young lady, I advise you to stay out of this matter. Lest you be mistakenly identified as an accomplice of these Meng brothers, which would not be good."
There was a subtle threat in her words. But Meng Huai retorted, "Oh? Since when did Sect Leader Meng's artifact refinement insights become the property of the Xu Li Sect?"
Weren't those insights something she casually tossed to Meng Wen for him to study? Just like she had given the basic cultivation techniques to Yun Sheng earlier, it was of the same nature!
Meng Huai never considered her artifact refinement insights to be precious treasures. However, she was unaware that for all artifact refiners, this was something they yearned for day and night.
Because Meng Huai felt these things were merely a matter of reading and thinking, something anyone could achieve. She didn't realize how difficult artifact refinement was in the eyes of others.
Therefore, after Meng Huai's 'death', the item on Meng Wen became a death warrant. Meng Wen, however, was unconcerned about life or death; what mattered was that he would never hand over those artifact refinement insights.
And since Meng Wen's primary focus was artifact refinement, his combat capabilities were weak. He entrusted the artifact refinement insights to Meng Wu for safekeeping.
Hearing Meng Huai claim that the artifact refinement insights did not belong to the Xu Li Sect, Zhu Qiu became displeased. He forced himself to stand despite his severe injuries and said weakly, "The former sect leader's possessions rightfully belong to the Xu Li Sect! Do they belong to you?"
Meng Huai thought to herself, indeed, these things are mine.
However, Zhu Qiu's words were directly refuted by Meng Wen: "These artifact refinement insights originally belonged to Sect Leader Meng. It's not as if all of Sect Leader Meng's possessions belong to the Xu Li Sect, is it?"
It had never been heard of that a sect leader's belongings automatically became the property of the sect.
Meng Wu also chimed in, leaning on his sword, "It's simply that you want to seize these items and need a plausible excuse!"
Meng Wu took out the artifact refinement insights and declared, "You all want them, don't you? Today, I will ensure none of you get them!"
Saying so, he conjured a flame and directly tossed the book into the fire. Meng Wu did not know if he would survive today. But these items were certainly not to be handed over to these despicable individuals, so it was better to destroy them.
Seeing the situation, Meng Huai, although not heartbroken, still thought: Meng Wu is still so impetuous.
Meng Huai couldn't recall where she learned the word "impetuous," but it perfectly described Meng Wu at this moment.
After burning the items, Meng Wu felt a sense of relief. He then said to Meng Huai, "Thank you, young lady, for your assistance. However, it is best not to offend the Xu Li Sect, the Xuan Bing Palace, and the Tian Sha Sect. You have no need to offend these three great sects because of us brothers."
As for Meng Wen, he felt a pang of regret seeing the artifact refinement insights burned. However, his thoughts aligned with Meng Wu's. Rather than letting these hypocritical villains obtain the insights, it was better to destroy them.
After being rescued by Meng Huai, Meng Wen stood behind her, scrutinizing her intently. He felt something was strange about her…