Bro, I think it would be wise to spare him for now. After all, he has no cultivation—what can he do to us?"
"And he clearly proved his points by kicking that old man's body. Think about it, who can kick their own father-like person's dead body."
"It's a grave insult to the dead."
The young bandit begrudgingly agreed. "Okay, we promise to spare your life if you successfully break the formation."
"Thank you, my lord! This formation is nothing compared to your power!"
"It will be child's play breaking this formation."
Both Yun rong and Yun Ning hugged each other tightly.
They can't believe that Xie long can do such a thing.
Although both of them spend most of their time in the city's school studying and only visit their home during holidays.
But they used to have a good impression of Xie long. He took good care of their father and mother and treated them with respect.
Their father has even promised to marry one of his daughters to him.
Xie long approached the formation and assessed it.
He thinks,
"Hmph! This low-level formation could be broken by a child!"
"But I have to make sure that they use their full power to break it. So that I can easily kill them later when they are tired and out of qi."
He then pointed to a specific location on the door. "Attack here with all your power and use all your qi!"
Old Pang became serious after hearing this. "What do you mean use all our qi? Are you planning something, kid? Believe me, if you're lying, even God can't recognize your dead body.."
"I'm not lying! Trust me—if this method doesn't work, I will willingly give my head to you."
In reality, even a qi gathering realm cultivator can break this formation easily without using all of his qi but what Xie long wants is to dispose of one of them.
He wants to make sure that one of them was incapable of fighting so he can easily achieve what he wants to.
He chooses a specific point in the formation. Although the formation can be broken through this point but it will require triple the amount of qi.
He chose the toughest spot of the formation deliberately.
"Go! Do it!" Old Pang commanded the young bandit.
"Ah, me? Why can't you do it, you old hag?" the young bandit retorted.
Old Pang smacked his head, exclaiming, "I'm watching him! You go and do this! And mind your words, or I'll cut out your tongue!"
The young bandit reluctantly moved forward but halted at Xie long's next words.
"Although any of you could break this formation, anyone who uses their full power will lose all their energy and qi for a while, until they recover.
And who knows if someone else might take a liking to these beautiful women and want to enjoy them alone…"
Before Xie long could finish, Old Pang interrupted, "Shut up! What are you babbling about?"
He turned to the young bandit and insisted, "You go and break the formation!"
But the young bandit hesitated, recalling Xie long's words.
*This kid might be right. He wants me to use all my energy so he can easily dispose of me and take the women for himself.*
The young bandit remembered how he had quarreled with him over the young lady, and then quickly changed his focus upon seeing the mature woman.
*Is he trying to use me to achieve his own desires?*
Xie long smiled inwardly. *Good, this is working. Let me just add a little more fuel to the fire.*
He leaned closer to the young bandit and whispered, "Young lord, I am your humble servant, and I only want what's best for you. Don't you see? This old man is too afraid to break the formation himself. He wants you to do it for him. Think about it."
The young bandit shoved him away. "Shut up and stand there obediently!"
Xie long brushed off his clothes and called out to Old Pang, "What happens now? Don't you trust my master?"
"Why can't you break it in place of my master? Or we can assume that you harbor ill intentions towards my master."
Old Pang, already caught in his thoughts, became agitated. "Shut up!" he barked.
He was set up badly. If he refused now it will indirectly prove Xie long's point but as Xie long says any person who breaks this formation will exhaust his qi.
And a cultivator without qi is good for nothing. He can't use any spell and techniques.
But seeing the suspicious eyes of his comrade he had to do it to prove his loyalty.
Glancing at the door, he said, "Alright, I'll do it myself."
Both Xie long and the young bandit stepped back.
Guided by Xie long, Old Pang concentrated all his qi on the marked spot.
As he focused on breaking the formation, Yun rong and Yun Ning, feeling the impending doom, decided to end their own lives rather than endure the humiliation of capture.
Although both of them are cultivators themselves but they are not as proficient as these bandits in close combat.
These bandits have faced life and death situations and they have the real mindset a cultivator should have.
Either kill or get killed.
Meanwhile, Xie long stood behind the young bandit, preparing for the final part of his plan.
He first praises the young bandit for his cultivation and his strength and slowly began to gather information from him.
"Master, how many people are there in our group?" he asked innocently.
The young bandit looked towards him and asked, "Why do you want to know that?"
Xie long replied, "Nothing master, I just want to know about it for general knowledge after all I have to serve you in the future."
"I want to know about our backing."
The bandit thinks, "After all he is soon going to die, so let's assume it as his last wish and tell him about our strength. After all, what can a dying man do knowing our secrets?"
The young bandit replied nonchalantly, "Today five of us came here, including me and him."
Xie long continued casually, "You must be the strongest after that old man in the group."
The young bandit objected, "No, I'm actually the weakest one among them. I always get bullied by them and receive the smallest share from loot, even if I risk my life for them."
He thinks there is nothing wrong in telling him about the cultivation of their comrade.
In a way, he is boasting about their group strength.
He said, "I am at level 2 of body tempering realm while the old man is at level 3 of body tempering realm."
In reality, Xie long has already guessed their cultivation seeing their way of fighting and the amount of qi their body is absorbing and emitting.
The bandit continued, "We belong to a powerful organization called Black Mountain bandits. Its headquarters are situated at the Black Wind Mountain."
"The strongest in our group is our leader who is currently at the peak of level 5 of body tempering realm.
While in our headquarters our master is at core formation stage but he is suffering from a…"
But before he can say anything further the cracking sounds started coming from the formation.
He stops in the midway and looks attentively towards the formation.
"I got it, thanks for the information, child." Xie long thought, smiling inwardly.
From their conversation, he deduced that they are part of a large organization and someone has ordered them to raid this village.
"Or it is more correct to say he wants the treasure that Yun tian has."
"But Yun tian never tells me about that treasure." He pondered.
"The question is if even I don't know what it is then how did that person get to know about it."
"There is definitely more to this matter than what is showing."
From their conversation, he also deduced that this young bandit is quite ambitious. He is often bullied and never gets the share which he deserves.
He is often treated badly by his comrades and never receives respect.
He smiled and thinks, "That can be his manipulating vein."
Suddenly Zhou long said to him, "That's wrong, master! You do so much for them, yet you get nothing in return."
"You often get bullied by them. I can clearly see your hard work. You always treat them with sincerity but they are only using you."
"Think about it master, if even a core formation realm expert wants that treasure how precious it is, and if you get it, your cultivation will soar greatly."
"Think about it master....no one will know what happened here.