Chilianzi of the Dan Sect was my sworn enemy. He had long been dissatisfied with me and was always looking for an excuse to stir up trouble. He stepped forward decisively and said, "Junior Brother Hu, aren't you going to explain how you caused the ground to collapse? How are all these fellow disciples supposed to return now? You can’t just walk away like this; that hardly seems appropriate. You owe everyone an explanation."
The ground had indeed collapsed because of me. But expecting me to take responsibility? That was absolutely out of the question. How could I? There were over a thousand cultivators here. If I really had to drag them out one by one, wouldn't that take me a year?
In a flash of inspiration, I decided to strike first. I roared loudly, "The situation was so perilous just now that I was only concerned with saving my life—I had forgotten all about it! If you hadn’t brought it up, I would have forgotten to question you, too. As fellow righteous cultivators, we are supposed to support one another. To think that we of the Jian Sect treat others with sincerity, always taking the lead and shouldering the burden when trouble arises—yet this is how you treat us! Once you found a backer, you callously cast us aside to head toward the ruins' center to seek treasure on your own!"
Chapter 466