C6 - You Missed…

A royal look of anger appeared on Yin Kai's face. If his hypothesis was right, the poison wouldn't do anything, but they didn't know that. Also, they robbed his house!

The number of lights from the Ancestral Origin Transformation Art's feedback was still the same, so the chickens should* be fine.

That being said, for a fellow sect member to do such a thing… It was worthy of being kicked out. Which meant they most likely wanted to kill him while they had the chance.

He stared at Jin Jie. The man sneered.

"Brother Xie. Stuff him." At the command, Xie Li began to stuff the poison herbs into Yin Kai's mouth.

Yin Kai tried to swallow them, but the herbs were slightly too large for his mouth.

Using his saliva, he wet the herbs so he could swallow them.

"Oh, ready for more are you?! Xie!"

The crony pulled a couple more from his pocket. After he stuffed them into Yin Kai's mouth, Jin Jie began to start his monologue.

"I bet you never thought this would happen, eh? The day when Jin Jie defeats the great Yin Kai. You've just been raised from the dirt. How does it feel to be pushed right back into the mud?"

Nearly every one of Yin Kai's senior brothers and sisters had lost a challenge to him. Most of them chalked it up to a lesson in fighting styles. But there were the few that would eternally desire to make life hard for him.

Yin Kai had a policy. Hit hard.

If they came back, leave marks. If they came back again, leave marks that stick. If they came back again, ground them to the earth.

Gu Ding was one such example. The kid wouldn't stop coming. Yin Kai had shown him their differences, but the kid just wouldn't stop.

He honestly felt bad about it at this point, hence why he let the kid off with a single swipe to the neck. Plus, the kid had relations, so he couldn't quite kill or cripple him.

As Jin Jie continued his pointless narrative, Xie Li continued stuffing his face with poison.

Yin Kai felt something in his stomach. A warm sensation. Not the kind of sensation that belied his body fighting against the poison, but one that felt… comfortable.

Regardless, his comfort levels were slightly off at the moment, but the bigger problem was coming soon. Xie Li was almost out of herbs.

Counting the herbs left in his residence from memory, Xie Li only had 5 left. Which meant he only had two more mouthfuls yet.

As Xie Li stuffed his mouth yet again, he checked the cultivation of those surrounding him.

There were two Body Formation cultivators. Xie Li was in the Qi Opening 1st Stage. Jin Jie was in the Qi Opening 3rd Stage, and there was a "Senior Brother" watching from the back in the Qi Transformation Stage.

Yin Kai smiled. Thanks to his efforts in a certain sport as a child, he was ready. He couldn't eat the last few herbs, but hey, his mouth should already be toxic enough.

Before Xie Li handed him the next set, he spit at the Qi Transformation cultivator. It landed squarely in his mouth. Summoning another, he spit at Jin Jie's neck.

Xie Li was on him. Headbutting Xie Li, he had a short reprieve. He spit on his handcuffs. The acid quickly began to corrode them.

Yin Kai summoned Bae Re from his Ancestral World of Origin. The chicken began to attack the Body Formation cultivators. With a cultivation near the Qi Opening 6th stage, the winner was a no-brainer.

Xie Li swung a fist towards his head. With a short turn of the head, Xie Li's fist went way past his head and pulled Xie Li in.

The force of Xie Li's body against him broke what was left of the chain binding his left arm. Seeing an opportunity, Yin Kai bit down on the spot between Xie Li's neck and his shoulder.

Ripping out what he could, Yin Kai spit what was left onto Xie Li's face. The man stumbled backwards before ultimately succumbing to his loss of blood.

All the enemies were down. Yin Kai shifted his right hand. The chain broke.

Shrugging, Yin Kai sat down and crossed his legs. Even if he was freed, he was still imprisoned due to the sect rules. The cell door was open.

"Bae Re! Go hit the big red crystal by the outer door and come back. This needs to get cleaned up."

The strong and silent rooster ran over in a ninja swagger, head down, wings low to the ground, and dick trailing behind to the prison's outer door.

With a hop, a skip, and a flurry of feathers, the alarm was set. Amidst flashing red crystals on the top of the ceiling, a weird "Boi-oi-oing" sound, and the yelling of inmates, Bae Re ran back towards his master.

Head Punishment Elder Mo appeared before Bae Re got back.

He stared at Yin Kai.

Bae Re ran up to Yin Kai, who promptly put him back in the Ancestral World of Origin.

"They tried to kill me by stuffing my mouth with poison herbs they stole from my house. They died." Yin Kai slowly intoned.

"I see." The head elder promptly replied. "Did you set off the alarm?"

"No sir, this acolyte is imprisoned by the sect. This deed belonged to my chicken. Whether or not this acolyte is freed by circumstance, he will choose to remain imprisoned as it is his duty to the sect."

"Well said. Take me through the events that transpired here."

Yin Kai made up a story. He ate a random poison herb he found outside the sect that changed his constitution. It allowed him to break through to Qi Opening.

He had often done this with smaller herbs as a hope to unlock his constitution, but it had never worked.

He then went on to mention how they had stuffed his face with the poison herbs he had been cultivating inside his house, after which he realized they would not plan on letting them go.

He apologized for the fight with Gu Ding as he had not known the effects at that time.