Chapter 97: Chapter 97:1 Need Time to Break Through
(Extra Chapter for Monday)
The next morning, in the misty valley, suddenly a clear tinkling of copper bells rang out, awakening Lu Changsheng who was meditating and doing breathing exercises.
It wasn’t just Lu Changsheng, the group from Mount Shu and Inquiry Immortal Pavilion were also startled awake, readying their sword gestures, prepared to strike.
“Hehe, Lu Changsheng, you’ve made your sister search quite a bit for you. Just be good and dual cultivate with sister, don’t even think about running away.
An alluring figure emerged from the fog, clad in a light yellow long dress, with a face that was charming and seductive, the copper bell talisman at her waist ringing crisply, unsettling the minds of those who heard it.
This was an Innate Spirit Treasure.
“That’s Liu Yun’er from the Joyous Union Sect’s Dao Palace, a peerless genius on the ninth level… Could it be that you were tracked last night?”
Zeng Yeqiu looked towards Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng shook his head: “Impossible.
His Technique of Ten Thousand Li Tracking had reached great accomplishment, he had carefully avoided the presence of the Demon Sects’ Elder, there was no way Liu Yun’er could have discovered their tracks.
“Then how did she find this place?”
Zeng Yeqiu clenched her silver teeth, her cultivation of the eighth level of Dao
Palace realm was no match for Liu Yun’er.
From within the fog, the figures of several Demon Sect Elders emerged on both sides of the valley.
Not only from the Joyous Union Sect but also people from the Valley of Ten
Thousand Poisons.
Lu Changsheng looked at the disciple from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, clad in black clothes and veil, with an indiscernible face, controlling the Calamity Serpent. His presence here indicated the Calamity Serpent might also be in this valley.
“Hiss…”
The hair-raising sound of a serpent hissing arose, and in the mist, an enormous creature was slowly slithering. A pair of green snake eyes was fixed on the crowd, its huge body like a hill, and its hard scales were comparable to an Immortal Artifact.
“This is the Calamity Serpent you spoke of…”
The group from Inquiry Immortal Pavilion felt endless despair upon seeing the creature in the Void Refinement Realm.
Such an opponent, with the Dao Palace realm, was hard to contend with.
“What do we do?”
Zeng Yeqiu, the chief disciple of Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, felt a sense of helplessness emerging before the Calamity Serpent of the Void Refinement
Realm.
The gap between the Dao Palace realm and the Void Refinement Realm was too great.
The oppressive presence of the Calamity Serpent made Zeng Yeqiu, who had reached the eighth level of Dao Palace realm, tremble and even rendered her unable to move a step.
“All we have is to fight.”
Murong Shi drew out her Ink Plum Sword, resigned to a deathly resolve.
Caught up by the Joyous Union Sect, Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and the Calamity Serpent, she had not even a tenth of a chance to win.
“Luo Feng, what are you doing? Come back!”
Elder Ku Mu of Inquiry Immortal Pavilion noticed Luo Feng, supposedly an ally, moving towards Liu Yun’er on his own, and scolded him.
” 1 don’ t want to die with you.”
Luo Feng’s eyes were cold as he walked over to Liu Yun er s side.
“Could it be you who betrayed our whereabouts?!”
The group from Inquiry Immortal Pavilion turned pale with shock.
Luo Feng, one of the direct disciples of the Pavilion Master and an Elder of Dao
Palace realm, had never been suspected of betrayal before.
Luo Feng said ominously,
With a sinister tone, Luo Feng spoke, “Now that it’s come to this, there’s no point in hiding any longer. I have already defected to the Reincarnation Hall. Eight years ago, during the trip to Huang State, although I escaped back to our Sect, I had been captured by Reincarnation Hall before that, and Wandaoyi fed me poison, forcing me to act as an inside agent. If I disobeyed, without the antidote, I would surely die from the poison. To save my own life, I had no choice but to betray you.”
“Traitor!”
The Inquiry Immortal Pavilion party gritted their teeth in rage.
Being betrayed by one’s own people was a feeling that drove one to seething fury.
“Lu Changsheng, I was wrong just now. I shouldn’t have doubted you. I truly didn’t expect my junior brother to betray us. If the opportunity arises, I will personally execute the traitor who betrayed our sect.”
Zeng Yeqiu promptly apologized to Lu Changsheng, his expression turning
from fear of the Calamity Serpent to one of resoluteness.
In the six major sects, nothing was more taboo than betrayal.
As the leading disciple of the Fairy Pavilion Master of the Inquiry Immortal . Pavilion, although Zeng Yeqiu’s talent was not as outstanding as Xiao Meng’er or Xia Ningxue, he was still determined to cleanse the sect even at the cost of his life.
Over there, Luo Feng said to Liu Yun’er, “I have informed you of their whereabouts, so you must also stick to our agreement. Spare Xia Ningxue’s life and leave her to me to deal with.”
“Heh heh, I never expected that the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, which prides itself on the Righteous Dao and has the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art as its sect-defending skill, would have a leading disciple of the Pavilion Master lust after his own junior sister’s beauty, sink into depravity with no hesitation. If word of this gets out, the Fairy Su of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion will lose
face.”
Liu Yun’er’s sweet voice left everyone from the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion feeling uncomfortable.
Luo Feng’s betrayal of the sect was a fact.
Liu Yun’er’s gaze fell on Xia Ningxue, “However, the junior sister you desire is indeed stunningly beautiful, even surpassing me in looks. I find myself reluctant to hand her over to you, perhaps our Sect Master will take a liking to
her.”
Luo Feng’s face turned ashen, “How can you break your word like that?” “Hmph, you’ve already called our Joyous Union Sect a Demon Sect. Why should someone from the Demon Sects keep their word? I’ll do as I please, so don t preach to me.”
“You…”
Luo Feng wanted to lash out, but Liu Yun’er, a peerless genius of the Dao Palace Realm, ninth layer from the Joyous Union Sect, was not someone that Luo Feng, only at the second layer of the Dao Palace Realm, could reason with. If he angered Liu Yun’er, Luo Feng himself might get drained dry.
Subsequently, Liu Yun’er turned her attention to Lu Changsheng, “However, my target is Lu Changsheng. I wish to cultivate the Dao of Joyous Union with him to take his cultivation and step into the Void Refinement Realm.
“You witch.”
For some reason, Xia Ningxue felt a nameless anger rising in her heart upon seeing Liu Yun’er.
Lu Changsheng, however, completely ignored Liu Yun’er.
The real threat was not coming from Liu Yun’er of the Dao Palace Realm, ninth layer.
Even though Lu Changsheng was only at the eighth layer of the Dao Palace Realm, he was no ordinary cultivator, and he possessed the ability to defeat Liu Yun’er even without breaking through to the ninth layer.
What truly troubled Lu Changsheng was the leading disciple of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons and the Calamity Serpent he could control.
Lu Changsheng estimated in his mind that using an Immortal Artifact with his cultivation at the eighth layer of the Dao Palace Realm might not suffice to suppress the Calamity Serpent.
Operating an Immortal Artifact required an enormous amount of spiritual energy, and Lu Changsheng had only one chance to make a move.
Therefore, he needed to make sure it would be foolproof.
He needed to make an immediate breakthrough to the ninth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
“Listen to me, everyone. I have a plan that can turn the tides.
Having made up his mind, Lu Changsheng communicated his plan to those present through a secret message.
“Oh?”
The crowd, who had already fallen into despair, saw a glimmer of hope with Lu Changsheng’s sudden statement.
“I have several Earth Escape Talismans here, each capable of burrowing thirty li through the ground. If we use them consecutively, we can instantly escape a hundred li away.”
“But escaping just a hundred li is not enough. The people from the Joyous Union Sect and the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons will catch up soon. The elders from those sects must have plenty of talismans for pursuit.”
“Exactly. But my intention is not to flee but to buy time. I will supply you with batch of talismans and elixir pills when the time comes.”
“What are you going to do?”
“You will protect me while I need time to break through.