Clash of Swords and Hidden Achievements

That's right."

Jun Changxiao said, "I was the one who beat up your family's direct descendant."

Ai Shang Ke's face darkened, his eyes filled with anger.

He had been out of town for the past two days. Last night, he received a messenger pigeon from his family saying that Ai Shi was beaten up, so he hurried over. He didn't know much about the details.

If it was an Iron Bone disciple who beat him up, Ai Shang Ke could understand. After all, young people were hot-blooded, and conflicts were inevitable.

But a Sect Leader, wasn't he afraid of losing his status?

That's right, that's right.

A Sect Leader of a trash sect, as lowly as dust, it would be strange if he cared about his status.

Thinking of this, the disdain in Ai Shang Ke's eyes deepened, "Sect Leader Jun, as a Sect Leader, you beat up my Ai Family's direct descendant, isn't that a bit too much?"

Jun Changxiao shrugged, "Your family's direct descendant brought people to beat up my sect's disciple, and they even came to my doorstep. How is it too much for me to teach them a lesson?"

"The person who stole my Ai Family's pills is your Iron Bone disciple?" Ai Shang Ke's face darkened.

Jun Changxiao said, "That's right."

Ai Shang Ke said coldly, "Sect Leader Jun, your family's disciple stole my family's pills, and my direct descendant was beaten up by you. That's two debts."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Elder Ai, are you here to settle your debts?" Jun Changxiao's face was still smiling, looking a bit like he was asking for a beating.

If there weren't any side missions, he might have tried to reason with the other party and resolve their grudges. But now, he could only accept life and death, and fight if he didn't accept it.

Ai Shang Ke said indifferently, "Sect Leader Jun, you hurt my family's direct descendant and stole my pills, you have to give me an explanation."

"Sure."

Jun Changxiao threw a tael of silver, "This is your compensation, and the grudges between my sect and your family are settled."

Ai Shang Ke didn't catch it, letting the silver fall to his feet. His eyes were cold, "Sect Leader Jun, are you humiliating me and my Ai Family?"

A tael of silver was not a small amount for the poor, but the Ai Family's elders didn't care about it. Jun Changxiao throwing it over was a naked humiliation.

"I am sincerely giving you an explanation."

"If you insist on feeling humiliated, then there's nothing I can do."

Jun Changxiao spread out his hands to express his helplessness. He looked even more annoying than before.

Ai Shanke could no longer suppress his anger and said coldly, "For the sake of the Hundred Sect Alliance, I will call you Sect Master Jun. Don't think too highly of yourself!"

"Cut the crap."

Jun Changxiao said faintly, "Do you want to fight?"

Ai Shang Ke was, after all, an elder of the Ai family. He cupped his fists gracefully and said, "I've heard that Sect Master Jun had defeated an elder of the Spirit Spring Sect in Green Sun City. I, Ai Shang Ke, would really like to experience it."

"Come on then," Jun Changxiao said.

Ai Shanke smiled faintly and said, "This is not a place to spar. Why don't we enter your Sect's training ground and compete?"

Is this guy trying to teach me a lesson in front of the sect disciples? Jun Changxiao guessed his thoughts, but he still turned to the side and raised his hand, saying, "Please."

So, he didn't want that tael of silver?

…

On the training ground.

Jun Changxiao and Ai Shang Ke stood ten feet apart, staring at each other. The atmosphere was tense.

"That guy is an elder of the Ai family?"

"From the aura he's emitting, he should be a Martial Disciple!"

Outside the training ground, the disciples who didn't do any missions were discussing in low voices, their eyes filled with fear.

Although Martial Disciple is only the second stage of the Falling Star continent, it's nothing in front of stronger cultivators. But in the eyes of those in the Channel Opening stage, it's a colossus.

"Can Sect Master defeat him?"

"The bandits of the black mountain, along with the Martial Disciple leader, were all killed by Sect Master. Defeating him is definitely not a problem."

"Not bad, not bad."

Everyone was relieved.

Ai Shang Ke heard their discussion and said with a startled expression, "The bandits of the black mountain were killed by you?"

"Is there a problem?" Jun Changxiao said.

There's a problem, a big problem!

A while ago, the government and the martial artists of the various sects gathered their forces and decided to attack the Black Wind Stronghold again.

The result? When they went up, they found that the stronghold was burned to ashes. The training ground was littered with over two hundred rotting corpses.

At that moment.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

After a long time, they realized that the Black Wind Stronghold had been completely destroyed!

In a short time, the news of the bandit's annihilation spread throughout the Azure Sun County, causing a huge commotion. The people of various cities and towns all rushed to spread the news and celebrated on the streets. It could be said that the whole world was celebrating.

Everyone was also competing to discuss who eliminated the Black Wind Stronghold that had been a disaster for many years.

Some martial artists guessed that it might be a big power, but they rejected it in the end because the government and the various sects had verified that no large number of people had appeared in the vicinity of the black mountain in the past few months.

Whether it was done by one person or a few people, it was all concluded.

In just a few days, there were many versions of rumors. For example, a powerful cultivator passed by the black mountain and killed all the bandits with a thought.

Another said that the Black Wind Stronghold had done many evil things and angered the heavens, so they sent immortals down to the mortal world to kill them.

Various versions of the news spread wildly in the Azure Sun County, becoming the topic of conversation for many martial artists and ordinary people.

After the Azure Sun City Lord learned that the bandits had been annihilated, he spread out a notice, hoping that the righteous person who helped the people would appear and receive a thousand taels of gold as a gift.

One tael of gold was equivalent to ten taels of silver. One thousand taels of gold was equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver!

Many martial artists were blinded by money and took the risk of pretending to be righteous to claim the reward. In the end, they were all seen through and thrown into jail.

The news of the Black Wind Stronghold being annihilated was very big. Naturally, Ai Shanke had heard of it and even discussed it with the elders of the tribe. He believed that the person who could kill his way into the Black Wind Stronghold and annihilate it must be at least a Martial Master.

But now?

The Iron Bone disciples actually said that their Sect Master was the one who annihilated it?

"Hmph."

Ai Shanke said indifferently, "Sect Master Jun, you really dare to say that you did something like annihilating the bandits? Could it be that you also have the intention of falsely claiming the reward of one thousand taels of gold?"

As long as one had a normal mind, they would not believe that Jun Changxiao, who was only at the Meridian Opening Realm, could annihilate the Black Wind Stronghold, which was easy to defend and hard to attack.

"Falsely claiming one thousand taels of gold?"

Jun Changxiao said, "What do you mean?"

Ai Shanke said indifferently, "Sect Master Jun, we are all sensible people. You don't have to pretend."

Jun Changxiao was speechless.

What the hell am I pretending for?

However, as smart as he was, he quickly guessed that the news of annihilating the bandits must have spread. The so-called one thousand taels of gold might be the reward given by the government.

"I have to find time to go to Qingyang City and take a look."

Jun Changxiao needed to develop the sect. Although the system could provide a lot of help, money was also important. The more, the better.

"Shua!"

Ai Shanke waved his hand and a three feet long sword appeared in his hand. He said indifferently, "I heard that Sect Master Jun has a high quality sword. I would like to see it for myself."

The body of his sword was engraved with a lifelike dragon beast. The blade emitted a sharp aura. With one look, one could tell that the quality was not low.

"As you wish."

Jun Changxiao waved his hand and the Low Grade Cold Edge Sword appeared. A faint chill immediately spread through the martial arts field.

"Good sword!"

"Not as cheap as you."

"…"