Chapter 284 A Life-or-Death Battle for Martial Cultivators
Kuye’s presence surprised Qin Hao, Li Zhanwu and others. Although Li Zhanwu wasn’t a Martial Cultivator, he knew Martial Cultivators well. He knew Kuye was the top master in this world. He didn’t know if Qin Hao could win or not if they fought with each other.

Martial Cultivators on the square were all excited due to Kuye’s presence. The dead silence was turned into a sudden bustle. A lot of them started to shout about destroying Sky Group. Some arrogant ones even yelled about attacking the capital city and the like.

Of course, they were just saying. Facing Qin Hao who was coldly staring at them from the sky, they dared not to rush out and provoke, let alone destroying Sky Group and attacking the capital city.

“Master Kuye, you’re a monk. Do you really want to engage in this?” said Qin Hao indifferently while looking down at Kuye calmly.

“Amitabha.” Kuye put his palms together devoutly, “Benefactor Qin, I said that destiny would let us meet again. But I didn’t expect we would meet again in such a way and such an occasion. I didn’t know that, in such a short time, you would be as strong as such.”

The speed for Qin Hao’s growth of power was beyond Kuye’s imagination. When they first met, Qin Hao was in Perfection Stage, but now he seemed to have entered the Peak of Spirit Stage.

However, Qin Hao’s real stage seemed not to be Peak of Spirit Stage. To stand in the air was not a skill for people in Peak of Spirit Stage but in Void Stage. Qin Hao was in Peak of Spirit Stage but had a strength of a Void Stage master. What kind of a freak he was?

“Haha, I didn’t expect either.” Qin Hao smiled lightly and said, “Master, I advise you’d better stay out of this matter.”

“Benefactor Qin, I didn’t want to engage in this. But this is about the life or death of Martial Cultivators and countless people. How can I, as a Martial Cultivator, stay out of it?” said Kuye calmly but with a determined tone. His intention was obvious-he had to engage in this.

Qin Hao had a wry smile. He respected Kuye. They had once fought together. Kuye had given him an Explosive Spirit Pill, which helped him upgrade.

Although Qin Hao had saved Kuye’s life once, which seemed to have repaid the latter’s help before, Qin Hao was a man of honor. He would never forgive those who hurt him and would do whatever he could to repay those who helped him. So, as long as he didn’t need to, he wouldn’t fight with Kuye.

In addition, Kuye was strong. If they fought with each other, both of them would possibly be hurt.

So, from every aspect, if they didn’t need to, they would better not fight. Of course, if he had no other choices, he wouldn’t retreat and had to fight.

“Master, do you mean to protect these people?” said Qin Hao coldly while looking at those Martial Cultivators on the square.

“Amitabha, Benefactor Qin, please let go of them for the sake of me. Every creature is cared for by heaven, you have no need to kill them all.” Kuye was trying to persuade Qin Hao, “In addition, you’re a Martial Cultivator too. How can you hurt other Martial Cultivators?”

“Haha, they are Martial Cultivators. But don’t regard them as the same as us. They don’t deserve it. They’re tumors of Huaxia. They must be destroyed.” said Qin Hao determinedly.

“And I’m a soldier. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. The superior has commanded. I must obey. I have no other choices.”

Qin Hao said with reason. Li Zhanwu, on the ground, felt that it wasn’t like Qin Hao’s manner. Damn, when did Qin Hao regard obedience as the first duty of him?

However, Qin Hao’s reason was not bad. Kuye didn’t know what to say for a moment. After keeping silent for a while, he asked, “What have Martial Cultivators done that make you force them like this and want to kill them all?”

“Old Li, you explain to master.” Qin Hao didn’t want to explain this question, so he gave it to Li Zhanwu.

Seeing he finally have a chance to speak, Li Zhanwu braced himself up. Qin Hao had dominated the place for quite a time, leaving him nothing to do. He was the highest officer here.

“Cough, master.” Li Zhanwu was not like Qin Hao. He couldn’t let everyone hear him from afar. He had to use a loudspeaker, “Master, you’ve secluded yourself from the world for years. You may not know what happened outside. These Martial Cultivators that you’re protecting have been making Huaxia and its people suffering. They’re selfish. They had murdered people. They’ve colluded with foreigners in betraying the country. They’re willing to be henchmen of foreigners. They’ve conspired with overseas evildoers…”

Li Zhanwu listed a lot of sins of Martial Cultivators at one blow. From his words, one could learn that each sin of Martial Cultivators was unforgivable and beyond imagination.

Qin Hao had to admit that letting Li Zhanwu explain was right. Damn, if it hadn’t been him, he couldn’t have listed all of these.

“You’re bullshitting. Do you have evidence?” refuted someone among Martial Cultivators on the square, which was echoed by others immediately.

“Right, do you have evidence? You’re bullshitting. You’re framing us.”

…

Facing the question of the crowd, Li Zhanwu smiled coldly and then took one man out. It was Cang Ying. Cang Ying was a puppet now. He would do and say whatever he was told to without hesitation.

“Evidence. He is the evidence.” Li Zhanwu pointed at Cang Ying, “Cang Ying, disclose your conspiracy.”

“Yes, general.” responded Cang Ying politely.

Cang Ying’s presence let people know that the reason Sky Group could have found Shaxian Town was his betrayal. Therefore, a lot of people turned to look resentfully at members of Cang Hai Sect.

The latter was so embarrassed that they hoped they could rush out and tear Cang Ying into pieces.

Cang Ying had been controlled. He didn’t care about if those people wanted to kill him or tear him into pieces. He, as commanded by Li Zhanwu, disclosed all conspiracies of Martial Cultivators, including betraying Huaxia by colluding with people of the WS and Gapan. Lots of Martial Cultivators’ faces started to darken when hearing what Cang Ying said.

“Master, don’t believe the bullshit. He’s framing us.” Taoist Xuan Zhen explained loudly to Kuye immediately. He was afraid that, after hearing what Cang Ying said, Kuye would stay out of this. If so, they would have to die.

Kuye was frowning deeply, which deepened wrinkles between his wizened eyebrows. If it was true, then Martial Cultivators were badly sinful for sure.

“Master, you’ve heard. These sins are disclosed by one of them. Chicanery is useless. You Buddhism believe karma. The “effect” of today is the result of the “cause” they sowed in the past. Good deeds contribute to good karma, while bad deeds contribute to bad karma. They have caused all these by themselves. Otherwise, I won’t hate them so much. I won’t have to kill them.” said Qin Hao properly, trying to persuade Monk Kuye into leaving these people alone.

“Alas…, Amitabha, Sadhu, Sadhu.” sighed Kuye, “Benefactor Qin, I believe that part of what you said was true. But it’s only from your party. Cang Ying’s statement has no evidence to support. I think it won’t convince all of us.”

“Right, right, please show us actual evidence.” Someone grabbed the key point from Kuye’s words and shouted at people at the side of Qin Hao.

Qin Hao’s face turned cold again, “If you want to see evidence, we have evidence. After today, you can look for it from General Li…”

“Damn, dare you show us now? Stop talking bullshit of seeing evidence after this. Can you promise that you won’t fabricate evidence? Aren’t your official people good at fabricating?” Someone interrupted loudly before Qin Hao had finished speaking.

Qin Hao turned cold and threw a murderous look at the man. He waved his hand and attacked the man with a palm.

“Let them go.” Kuye responded immediately. He shouted and rushed out. He launched a palm, forming a shadow with the shape of a palm.

The ground shook heavily with a thunderous sound. Two palm shadows hit each other, stirring up gusts of winds and a lot of dust. People surrounded all retreated. The man felt sudden weakness in his legs. He staggered for a few steps and almost fell down.

Qin Hao was so arbitrary. He hadn’t said anything and attacked him. If it had not been Monk Kuye, the palm shadow would have turned him into a dead body.

Having survived that made him feel the preciousness of life. He told himself that he mustn’t shoot off his mouth again.

Seeing Kuye fend off his palm so easily, Qin Hao took it seriously. It seemed that the old monk had improved his strength, or he hadn’t used all his strength to fight against Smiling Tiger and E Guantian when they first met.

Qin Hao remembered that if it hadn’t been his timely help, Kuye would have been killed by Smiling Tiger and E Guantian.

At that time Smiling Tiger and E Guantian were merely in Spirit Stage, which was far from being a threat to a Void Stage master, let alone to hurt him.

Indeed, Kuye hadn’t used all his strength at that time. But when he wanted to use it, he had already fallen in Smiling Tiger’s trap. He was poisoned by the latter and couldn’t use all his strength.

“Benefactor, you’re too heavily murderous. I have to advise you that this is not allowed in martial cultivation. Thus, you’ll enter a higher level, find the Tao of martial cultivation and enter the ultimate stage.” After Kuye fending off Qin Hao’s palm, he started to preach.

Qin Hao, with a cold air forming around him, finally couldn’t stop sneering, “Master, after all these we’ve talked about. You’re still so stubborn. Then I have nothing to say. Let’s make a decision by fighting.” Words done, his longing to fight started to burn. A battle with a Void Stage master was what he needed now. Perhaps he could learn something from it and became a Fifth Stage Martial Cultivator.

Kuye’s looks were frozen. He looked up at the young man in the sky, who was so eager to fight. He kept silent. And his face turned cold and serious in the meantime, “Benefactor, do you have to fight?”

“You want to protect them, but I want to kill them. Apart from a battle, we have no other choices.”

“Benefactor Qin, be lenient whenever you can. Why do you have to force them?”

“Master, no need to talk more. It’s meaningless. Still, military orders can’t be disobeyed. I’m a soldier. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. In addition, these tumors that you’re protecting, if not destroyed, will bring disaster to the world. I can’t ignore the interests of the country for the sake of your stubbornness. If I let them go, I’ll be a sinner of Huaxia, and you too. We’ll be cursed by all people in the world.” said Qin Hao righteously. Every word of him was out of morality.

“Amitabha, Benefactor Qin’s words are so righteous. But have you thought that there are hundreds of thousands of Martial Cultivators in the world? If you kill them all, you’ll remove hundreds of thousands lives. Buddha is merciful. How can I let you do such? Even if they are guilty, they deserve to undergo a trial. You shouldn’t judge by your own opinions.” Seeing that Qin Hao didn’t listen to his kind words, and that he was determined to kill all Martial Cultivators, Kuye turned cold too, releasing a strong aura that was exclusive to Buddhists.

“If so, let’s fight.” Qin Hao didn’t want to bullshit anymore. He had already bullshitted a lot. If it had been another person, he would have attacked for long.

“Fine. If you, Benefactor, want to fight, I’ll fight.” Words done, Kuye shook his body. His kasaya bulged by itself. His internal strength formed a strong air flow around him, which was roaring heavily.

With a thunderous “boom”, Kuye jumped up to the sky. He was suspended in the sky, confronting Qin Hao.

Void Stage. Master Kuye was really a Void Stage master. Looking up at him, people all exclaimed at surprise. Their eyes were full of adoration.

The battle between two super masters in Void Stage. How would it end? People were anticipating and worrying, since it was a life-or-death battle for Martial Cultivators.