The two little girls looked at Leon with their mouths hung open. In their limited worldview, these old men were the most powerful people in the world, yet their kind and gentle brother Leon had beaten one to a pulp and even forced the rest to clean the floor.
Looking at the youth with ruby red irises, they had a feeling that they were looking at a prehistoric beast instead of a living human. Even though James had shielded the two little girls with his spirit qi, they still felt the terrifying killing intent emanating from Leon's body like waves of a raging sea.
After cleaning the place, the old men bowed toward Leon and left, carrying the unconscious old man who was barely recognizable at that point.
Seeing this, James wiped the sweat from his forehead and angrily snatched the wine gourd from Leon's hand before gulping down a mouthful. "Insolent brat, can't you even endure such minor arguments? If you start losing control this easily, I don't know what the hell you have been doing for an entire year in this stronghold in the name of tempering your mental state."
Leon rubbed his temples. "I was just a little angry. If I truly lost control, instead of speaking with my fist, I would have directly used a sword."
James's mouth twitched. Thinking from another perspective, it was truly kind of Leon to at least leave the guy barely alive. Otherwise, the Leon he knew would have long gone to the elder's hall to demand an explanation.
Thinking about this, James hurriedly came back to his senses and took out a cylindrical pill bottle from his storage ring before giving one golden pill from it to Leon.
Without much expression, Leon took the pill and swallowed it. As soon as the pill entered his mouth, the terrifying killing intent around him slowly dispersed and his ruby red eyes gradually returned to normal.
Just then a cold female voice came from the entrance of the shop. "Barely twenty four years old, considered a genius by many, but how many can really bear this price? Soul is fully corroded by killing intent, which seemed to have increased to a hundred fold after the three devil forbidden spells entered your body. Dwindled vitality, it would be a miracle if you could even survive one more year. Foundation was severely damaged. Without the support of your bloodline, the fact that you could still use your bloodline cultivation proves volumes of your talent. But the price to be paid is soul rending pain each time you force it, right?"
At some point, a graceful woman in white had silently appeared at the door.
James and Leon just glanced at the woman before ignoring her like air.
The woman did not seem to mind both men's disrespectful demeanor as she stated flatly, "The elder council had already given you an ultimatum, not to use your bloodline power anymore. Logically I should have captured you and brought you back for interrogation, but it's meaningless. After all, the more you use that power, the sooner you will perish."
With that, she disappeared like a ghost. James pursed his lips when he saw this. "Clearly she is worried about you, yet the words coming out of her mouth are always this venomous."
Leon did not comment on the lady in white. Instead, he stood before James and bowed with his right hand on his left chest. "Supreme elder, please forgive this junior for speaking harshly with you earlier. After that incident, my temper is increasingly irritable without these pills."
James waved his hand. "No need for such formalities between us. Just don't use your cultivation unless you find a way to strengthen your hell fire crow bloodline once more, otherwise with your limited lifespan you won't have many days left."
Upon hearing this, Leon hesitated for a moment and remained silent.
In reality, after his bloodline fell back to the dormant stage, no matter what forbidden technique he used and how much lifespan or soul power it burned, it would all be mysteriously recovered back in an instant. The only negative effect in activating these techniques was that the soul tearing pain and the possibility of losing control was at least a thousand times worse than before.
After chatting for some more time, James left after delivering the batch of golden pills, which was why he was here in the first place. As for bumping into the people of the elder hall, it was purely coincidental.
Noticing the two little girls looking at him with their large eyes, Leon sighed. "Afraid of me?"
Both of them shook their heads and ran over to Leon before hugging his hands from both sides.
Leon's expression faltered for a moment, but he did not push them away seeing both of their eyes overflowing with tears. They were clearly frightened by the whole situation. After all, they were just kids.
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After returning to the first stronghold, the white robed elders first sent the injured old man to the medicine hall for treatment before they went to the supreme elder's courtyard to report the situation.
When they entered the courtyard, they saw the lady in white who had appeared in Leon's courtyard drinking tea with a young man who looked to be in his thirties with a handsome face and a scholarly aura.
Seeing the old men enter the courtyard, the young man put down his tea cup. "Even though news regarding Leon Skywalker is strictly controlled, I believe at least all the council members know about him, right?"
All the old men bowed their heads without a word.
The young man took a deep breath to calm his anger and said, "All you idiots, are you senile or what? Just his battle merits are enough to put even someone like me to shame, and you bunch of old dickheads actually dare take action against him?"
One of the old men slightly bowed and said in a low voice, "Supreme Elder William, please understand the situation. We only intended to capture those two little devils. We had no intention of stirring up a conflict with Elder Leon."
Bang.
The young man slammed the table in front of him, creating a shockwave from the sheer impact while still maintaining the tea on the table without even a ripple. "Are you saying that Elder Alice is lying to me?"
The old man who spoke earlier awkwardly averted his eyes when he met the white clothed woman's cold gaze.
"Even though he is a cripple now and probably won't live for long, if you stand against him, you will be facing the entire Skywalker lineage and the battle hall. Even the people from our side won't stand by you." Alice paused for a moment and said coldly, "At least me and my lineage will protect him with all our might, even if we have to stand against the elder council."
The young man's eyes narrowed as he could clearly sense these words were directed at him. "Alright, no need to think much about it. Until Leon is there, no one is allowed to take action against those little girls."