Chapter 616: Blind Together
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lonemoon was unsure if he was mistaken, but it seemed like the moment they entered the valley, something formless brushed past him. The feeling was very strange. It was like he had fallen into something. However, that feeling vanished as quickly as it came.
"Shen Ying..." He paused and turned to his two companions. It was obvious that they had noticed the same thing he did. "What was that?"
Shen Ying remained silent for a couple of seconds. "I don't know yet."
Lonemoon frowned even more deeply. He activated his divine perception to scan around the valley. Behind him, a familiar voice called out.
"Wait, Fellow Daoist Lonemoon..." Lu Lin rushed up to join them anxiously.
Lonemoon pursed his lips. He turned around and asked, "Is there something else, Fellow Daoist?" Is this a leather candy?
Lu Lin stopped in front of the three of them, looking worried. "Fellow Daoists, this Corroding Vacant Valley is very deep and wide. All of you are in grave danger. Fellow Daoists Lonemoon and Yi Qing are men too..." She looked at each of them with pity and tenderness in her eyes. "Why don't the three of you stick with my Dawning Pill Sect?" She pointed to more than ten other female cultivators dressed similarly as her, standing behind her. "We will protect you!"
"There's no need!" Lonemoon turned down her offer immediately. Busybody! He turned around and continued on his way.
Lu Lin became even more anxious. "But this is far too dangerous for the three of you to tackle alone. What's more, you don't have the map around this place..."
Map!
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Lonemoon halted and turned back around. "You have a map of the Corroding Vacant Valley?"
Lu Lin stared blankly at him for a couple of seconds before she realized she had said too much. Nervously, she looked around. Then, she gritted her teeth and said, "I'll tell you the truth – it's not just our Dawning Pill Sect that has the map. The other sects also have a map of what this place looked like in the past. They're just unsure if they can be used."
"What it looked like in the past?" Lonemoon picked out the keywords she uttered.
"That's right!" Seeing that Lonemoon still did not understand her, Lu Lin continued, "Many years ago, the Corroding Vacant Valley did not look like this. It was said that it used to be a prosperous immortal mountain. It was rich in spirit Qi, and many sects wanted to set up base here. However, the Dark Night came and caused it to become like this overnight." Lu Lin looked around at all the cultivators from the various sects. After awhile, she said, "There are so many cultivators here, not only because everyone wants to know what exactly happened on that Dark Night, but more because everyone wants to find opportunities."
So that was what happened. Lonemoon had initially thought that the people from this little realm were filled with a sense of righteousness. Little did he know that everyone was here to pick up what had been left behind. This strange situation aside – the fact that there were so many sects interested in this valley meant that this was a mystic realm filled with good loot.
"Although many years have passed and this place might not look the same as it did before, having a map is still better than not having one." Lu Lin continued seriously, "So, Fellow Daoist Lonemoon, why don't you join us?"
Lonemoon lowered his gaze and changed his mind immediately. They were not in their own plane. They were managers, but their powers were limited. As opposed to activating their divine perceptions to try to make out what this place looked like, it was far better that they followed the lead of others. It just did not make any sense to turn her down.
Thus, he took on a far better attitude toward Lu Lin. Out of habit, he put on his business-like smile and warmly said, "I shall thank Fellow Daoist Lu in advance then."
He cupped his fists respectfully, but realized that Lu Lin was no longer responding. She stood rooted to the ground, staring at him glassy-eyed. "Eh? Fellow Daoist Lu? Fellow Dao-"
Wait...
Holy shit! Why is your nose bleeding?!
"Eh~" Yi Qing and Shen Ying both cooed at the same time.
They narrowed their eyes and turned to face Lonemoon.
"Eh your ass!" It was obvious that he had not done anything. All he did was smile at her. "Get your lovey-dovey grins out of my face!"
"Senior Sister Lu, are you ready?" More than ten disciples of Dawning Pill Sect realized that Lu Lin had not returned for a long time. They could not help but call out to chase her. Yet, their gazes wandered to Lonemoon and Yi Qing.
It was then that the dazed Lu Lin finally responded. Her face flushed a deep red as she quickly applied pressure to her nose. She turned around and said, "Coming!" With a silly grin, she led the three of them to the group of cultivators from Dawning Pill Sect.
She brought them to meet her senior uncle from the team first, introducing them briefly to him.
Lonemoon took a close look at the group. There was one female cultivators in the late stages of Nascent Soul. The others were mostly Golden Core cultivators. Maybe because Lu Lin had already greeted them in advance, the Nascent Soul cultivator did not seem intimidated by the three of them. Instead, she nodded to them in a warm manner.
The other disciples, however, turned to look at them curiously. Their gazes naturally fell on Lonemoon and Yi Qing. Passion and heat emanated from them, much like from Lu Lin earlier. Lonemoon stiffened as the hairs on his body stood up. Suddenly, he regretted agreeing to join them.
Yi Qing's expression hardened. He bowed, then put his arm around Shen Ying, who had been chewing on a fruit. He lowered himself and called out, "Master."
Shen Ying paused, then immediately understood what he was trying to do. She played along and turned to plant a kiss on his cheek. She was putting a stamp of ownership on him!
Immediately, all the female cultivators' expressions darkened. Then... they all turned to stare at Lonemoon instead.
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Lonemoon: "..." Motherf*cker!
There were no human rights for single dogs! It's only right that I act as your shield, right!
"Since everyone is here, let's set off!" The Nascent Soul female cultivator finally spoke up. Finally, the other cultivators looked away from Lonemoon, and no longer seemed as hungry and thirsty as they did just a moment ago.
Along the way, however, Lonemoon continued to get many stares. Some of the disciples even flew slowly on purpose just to utter one or two sentences to Lonemoon.
"So your name is Lonemoon, Fellow Daoist? I can immediately tell that you come from a good family! I'm called..." and so on.
Fellow Daoist, you look like the friend of the neighboring sect's senior uncle's niece..."
"Fellow Daoist, are you interested in joining our Dawning Pill Sect? I feel like you're suited to become my junior brother – the cutest one."
"Fellow Daoist, how old are you? Where do you live? What's your family like? Are you betrothed?"
"Fellow Daoist..."
Lonemoon's lips remained pursed the entire way. He had to recite the Tranquility Chant the entire time in order to keep his cool and not blow up at them. Actually, he had been very popular ever since he was a child. He received between 50 to 100 love letters throughout his lifetime. Plenty of girls had confessed their feelings to him before. He was supposed to be used to it by now.
But those were all beautiful, gentle and nice-smelling girls. They did not look like these female cultivators, who were almost as tall as him, had muscles all over their bodies, and drooled at the sight of him. Apart from the lumps on their chests, they looked more like men than they did women. Suddenly, Lonemoon missed the sight of the golden barbies back in the Invincible Sect. At least they looked normal most of the time. These girls gave him the feeling like he was being raped – and he was the one being pinned down!
"Father Niu, stay calm!" Seeing that he was about to lose control, Shen Ying could not resist giving him a pat on the shoulder.
"Father Niu, you will be alright once you get used to it," Chef added.
He glared at the both of them. Can I ever get used to this! If you think it's so easy, why don't the both of you keep your arms off each other?
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"Fellow Daoist Lonemoon, do you want some water to drink? Or do you want fruits? How about pastries?" Lu Lin, who stayed by Lonemoon's side the entire time, could not stop offering him gifts. She kept taking things out of her own storage bag as she looked at Lonemoon seductively. She was absolutely smitten.
Lonemoon pursed his lips once again and glanced at the master and disciple, who were eating fruits beside him and watching the show. Something in his brain snapped. He sucked in a deep breath and put on a bright smile.
"Shen Ying, I've decided. I don't mind being your second husband."
Shit, I refuse to go down alone!
Shen Ying: "..."
Lu Lin: "..."
Swop!
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A certain someone whipped out his sword...
Chapter 617: Living Things in Space
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Since Lonemoon said what he did, everybody had gone crazy. Suddenly, everyone had the biggest show of the century playing in their heads.
All the gazes that had been fixed upon him the entire time suddenly turned to Shen Ying. They no longer had admiration and tenderness in their eyes. Instead, they seemed to be angry at her, blaming her, and jealous of her. There were also others who were angry at a certain someone's tendency to play with others' hearts.
If not for the fact that they were still in the Corroding Vacant Valley, Lonemoon had reason to suspect that they would have taken action against Shen Ying already.
The one with the biggest reaction was Lu Lin, who was beside Lonemoon at the time. Her face drained of all color and she looked both hurt and disappointed. Even her flying sword looked unstable all of a sudden. She looked at Lonemoon and Shen Ying in turn, then mumbled to herself, "I knew that the both of you aren't father and daughter. So... So... You are..."
Again, everyone immediately turned to Shen Ying with murderous intent burning in their eyes. Everyone's faces seemed to read: Beast!
You already have one, and you're still not satisfied. You still want to seduce the other one!
Shen Ying, who had been played for once: "..." Motherf*cker!
Suddenly, she lost all mood to even continue eating her fruits. She turned around and looked at Father Niu furiously.
Shen Ying: Why are you doing this? We were born from the same roots, and we've gone through so much together!
Lonemoon: It's better that we die together than I dying alone. You should have thought twice before you played your own father!
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Yi Qing: Indeed, everyone is trying to steal my master! Fight me, you little bastard!
"We're here!" The Nascent Soul cultivator who had been leading the way the entire time stopped and looked around at the pitch-black world. He looked suspicious as he said, "This is strange. This place is supposed to be where the Sacred Medicine Sect once stood. Why is there nothing left? It looks absolutely deserted."
He pulled out a map that resembled a jade slip and looked closely at it. He looked like he had confirmed something. Turning around to the disciples, he said in a low voice, "We're already here. Go around and search. Take care of yourselves and don't wander too far. This place might be the origin of the thing that caused the "Dark Night". Be extremely careful."
"Yes, Uncle Master," they responded in unison.
Lonemoon and his two companions immediately flew downward. After hesitating for a moment, Lu Lin followed them despite her broken heart.
From the pieces of information Lu Lin had offered them along the way, they understood that this patch of darkness was likely caused by the explosion of all the sects in the area that had fallen. This place was obviously one of those sects.
The moment they landed, Lonemoon and Yi Qing activated their divine perceptions to search everything within a hundred-mile radius. Still, they could not find anything. Everywhere seemed empty. The only thing that was different was the darkness, which seemed deeper here than it did at the entrance.
Since their divine perceptions weren't working, they had no choice but to follow the other disciples to look around.
"Lone... Fellow Daoists," Lu Lin said through gritted teeth. She walked quickly toward them and said, "Please don't wander too far. It is easy to get lost in here."
The three of them nodded, then headed in another direction to continue their search. After half a day, however, they still haven't found anything.
"Shen Ying, do you see anything?" Lonemoon had no choice but to ask the cheat.
"Mm..." Shen Ying took a bite out of her fruit, swallowed it and said, "I think... there'll be something soon."
"Huh?" What does that mean?
"Uncle-Master! I've found it! Before Lonemoon could react, a cultivator suddenly shouted from behind him.
Lonemoon and Yi Qing exchanged a glance and picked Shen Ying up before heading in the direction of the commotion.
A female cultivator from the Dawning Pill Sect stood not far away from them, looking shocked. "I've found it! I found the location of the Sacred Medicine Sect!"
A moment later, the leader, the Nascent Soul cultivator, came over. "Where?"
"Here! Here!" The other cultivator turned and pointed in front of her.
Lonemoon instinctively looked over. He had not noticed it before, but now that the female cultivator had pointed it out, there was a wall built a few metres to her right. The wall was a bit distorted and black, as if half of it had already collapsed. From the looks of it, it was an old mountain gate.
"The Sacred Medicine Sect is here indeed!" The Nascent Soul cultivator explained. She turned to the others and shouted, "Everyone, go in!"
The other cultivators caught up with them at last. After all, this used to be a huge sect. For all they knew, there could be something good hidden inside.
Lonemoon also activated his divine perception to sweep over the remains of the wall. Faintly, he could tell that there were talisman words written atop the wall. It looked ancient and strange and even had a sort of special lively aura about it. It was almost like it was alive...
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"Wait! This is not a wall!"
His heart jumped and he reacted immediately. He conjured a wind seal and shot it toward everyone else. The crowd that had been heading toward the black wall suddenly got swept back to where they started.
They had not been ready for that. Before they knew what was happening, they were thrown to the ground – all including the Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Fellow Daoist Lonemoon, what are you-" All of them looked confused. They just started to question him when they were interrupted by a loud roar.
Roar~
The roar was so loud that their eardrums threatened to burst. The entire crowd felt a gust of strong wind blow past them. It brought with it a formidable suppressive force. A few of the Golden Core cultivators were carried off the ground and thrown several metres further behind.
The black wall that had not been moving before suddenly began to shake. The ground vibrated and cracked open, as if something was breaking out of it.
"Mount your swords – get out of here!" The Nascent Soul cultivator shouted. "It's coming out!"
It was then that all of them snapped back to reality. One by one, they mounted their swords. Even Shen Ying and her two companions followed suit.
Loud crashes were heard, one after another. The group finally saw something black and tall, which resembled a tower, coming out of the ground. The thing did not seem to have a fixed form. However, its entire body was black and talisman words were shining on its body. On top of its head, it had a horn that resembled a sharp tooth. That was what they had mistaken as to be the black wall earlier.
"What... What is that?" One of the cultivators exclaimed.
The next thing they knew, the black thing swayed. In just a blink of an eye, it turned into a black beast with four legs and six wings. The beast was lit up in purple flames.
Lonemoon immediately recognized this eleventh-grade beast. He shouted, "Isn't this the Purple Flame Beast?" He didn't know this beast could take on another form at night.
"No!" Shen Ying's eyes narrowed. She suddenly spoke, "It's a Spatial Li."
What?
Lonemoon paused. After awhile, he asked, "What Li? How come I've never heard of such a beast!"
"It's not a beast."
"It's so huge. What could it be if it isn't a-" He suddenly stopped mid-sentence, as if realizing something.
Wait a moment!
Spatial Li? Why did this term sound so familiar? He felt like he had seen it somewhere before...
Spatial Li... Spatial... Spatial...
"Spatial Li!" Lonemoon shouted all a sudden. "A living thing that exists in empty space – the Spatial Li!"
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"Mm." Shen Ying nodded.
Holy shit shit shit shit shit1!
That was why he found it familiar. While he was downloading all the information related to being an assistant in those three months, he had come across a chapter that focused on such a living creature. It was a kind of a formless creature that lived in the space between planes...
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Suddenly, he felt like the cultivators who had come in with them but suddenly disappeared now were... abandoning them!
Chapter 618: Dispelling Spatial Li
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Like the Beast of Chaos, Spatial Li is a kind of creature outside the space of the plane. Under normal circumstances, they couldn't enter the plane. They could only enter when there is a crack in the plane or a plane storm. Besides, Spatial Li has no physical shape and has the attributes of space. Even if it invades another plane, it was usually very hard for anyone except the Manager to detect their whereabouts.
To deal with a creature like this, even an immortal would have no chance at all, not to mention these mere Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.
"Retreat!" The leading Nascent Soul Cultivator suddenly shouted, "This is a Purple Flame Beast. Take care not to get burned by his flames." He apparently took Spatial Li for an ordinary eleventh-grade demon beast. His hands moved to produce seals in an attempt to trap it with an array.
The other disciples also called out their weapons and waited vigilantly, looking all ready for a fight.
Lonemoon's heart sank. Just as he was about to give them a reminder, Lu Lin suddenly sprang out, stopped in front of them and said, "Fellow Daoist Lonemoon, you guys should hurry and retreat to the back. This is an eleventh-grade demon beast. You all have just reached Foundation Establishment, and you are men besides. You won't be able to stop its purple flames." The eleventh grade was equivalent to an early stage Soul Formation. Though it was dangerous, with four Nascent Soul cultivators and so many Golden Core cultivators in their group, it was not entirely impossible.
With that said, she clutched the sword in her hand tighter, placed herself in front of the three and said, "Don't act rashly, we will protect you. Don't get too far from me in any case." With that said, she even gave the female cultivators beside her a look, and the latter hurried to move over and deliberately placed Lonemoon and Yi Qing behind them, full of the looks of protectors.
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
Before they could explain, someone had already started the fight. The Nascent Soul cultivator leading the group directly set up a gigantic array. White light from the array descended towards the gigantic beast in the middle, and it seemed almost going to trap it inside.
"Shit! Don't use an array..."
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Before Lonemoon could finish, that demon suddenly let out a loud roar. And then it merely gently lifted a claw, and the array directly passed through it.
The leading female cultivator was shocked. Before she could react, she only felt a wave of freezing cold sweeping right towards her, like there was some immense aura rushing over, and the spiritual power in her body dissipated in an instant. Her figure was destabilized and flew right now. Lonemoon called out a wind spell and managed to catch the person in the air, but she was already unconscious.
Spatial creatures had the natural ability of moving through space. How could it possibly be trapped by an array!
In the blink of an eye, they had already lost a Nascent Soul cultivator. Those at the scene paled and immediately understood that this was no ordinary demon beast. Another Nascent Soul cultivator came to herself and hurried to say loudly, "Move! Leave here!"
Everyone was stunned, and finally went up on their swords. Lu Lin also subconsciously turned and grabbed Lonemoon. "Fellow Daoist, hurry..."
"Move!" Before she finished, Lonemoon suddenly grabbed her and threw her towards the female cultivator behind. The fan in his hand turned into a longsword instantly. He turned back and said, "Shen Ying, look after them!"
"Oh." Shen Ying took out a new fruit and replied.
"Chef, the left side is yours. Don't let it escape!" With that said, his figure flashed and he already flew out. Chef also disappeared right where he was.
In the next instant, a menacing wave of sword wind swept over violently. Everyone only felt their body unstable, and before they realized, everyone was already blown to the space behind Shen Ying. A shocking amount of sword qi went up towards the sky. A white sword rain covered the sky, with each sword made of Sword Qi seeming to be alive, they fell right upon the giant beast at the bottom.
That giant beast let out a sharp, piercing scream, and it was cut into pieces instantly. The Purple Flame Beast immediately dissipated into black balls of moving liquids. Yet in just a second, they gathered and formed a new shape. This time, it was a gigantic Lingyun Immortal Beast.
"Chef, don't give it a chance to reform its shape." Lonemoon reminded him again. Spatial Li had the special attributes, and once it recovered, it could cut open space and escape into another small world any time. The most efficient method was to chase it out of the plane.
"Yup." replied Yi Qing. The sword moves in his hand grew even more intensive, and the sword qi in the air grew even thicker. Even the crowd of cultivators that he deliberately avoided felt a wave of overwhelming suppression, and their legs weakened for a time.
Lu Lin and her fellow cultivators were all shocked. Such Sword Qi! Such suppression! He was definitely not at the Foundation Establishment stage at all! Even a Nascent Soul... no, even a Soul Formation cultivator cannot have such terrible sword qi.
She turned and looked at Shen Ying, the only person who remained calm and nibbled at a fruit. She couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Shen, what... what is the cultivation of Fellow Daoist Lonemoon and Fellow Daoist Yi Qing after all?"
"Huh?" Shen Ying stopped short. She tilted her head to think about it, before saying, "Well... Maybe a little better than, a God?"
Lu Lin: "..."
Everyone: "..."
You must be f*cking kidding me!
Lu Lin couldn't actually believe this, and just thought she was joking. She looked once again at the two in the sky. At the time, Lonemoon had already stopped his attack. He turned and opened up the exit of this plane. At once, a wave of blinding white light appeared in the complete darkness of the sky. It was like a crack opened up in the sky, and strange aura that didn't belong to the plane came over from the inside.
Lonemoon gave Yi Qing a look and gestured for him to Spatial Li over. Spatial Li was not a creature of this plane, and it couldn't be killed here. Yi Qing also understood it. His sword technique changed and he forced the gigantic beast down below to approach that crack.
Spatial Li seemed to have understood their purpose as well, and it started resisting wildly. One sharp roar after another came over, which seemed as though it could break the primordial spirit. All the cultivators found it somewhat unbearable, and they had to mobilize their spirit qi, cover their ears, and bend down with a painful look on their faces, all except Shen Ying in the foremost front...
Lu Lin even felt the tendency for the golden core inside her body to crack. When she was almost going to be overcome by it, some gentle aura suddenly swept over wildly. Everybody felt a relief in their body, and that sound wave which pierced through their primordial spirit disappeared instantly.
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"You alright?" Shen Ying suddenly turned back and asked, still nibbling at that fruit in her hand.
Lu Lin was stunned, and she replied subconsciously, "Yes I'm... alright." Yet in the next instant, her eyes widened abruptly. "Fellow Daoist Shen!"
Spatial Li which was forced to retreat but a moment ago suddenly separated half of its body to make a pitch-black sharp horn from its black liquid body. It rushed over directly towards them, bringing with it a terrible violent aura. Shen Ying was right in front of it.
Lu Lin's face paled, and she rushed over to drag her subconsciously. "Move..." But it was already too late. That gigantic beast had already reached them and was just about to hit the person in front of her, when there was a sound of something breaking through the air, and that gigantic, black, liquid beast suddenly stopped in front of the two.
Upon a closer look, she realized that somehow, Shen Ying already reached out one hand, which was firmly grasping that beast's longhorn. It was apparently just a casual grasp, but the beast couldn't move even a little. She could even turn back towards Lu Lin at ask, "What were you saying?"
"..." Lu Lin looked dumbfounded, and only after a long while, she replied, weakly, "Nothing..." None of these three was an ordinary cultivator indeed.
"Oh."
Chapter 619: Hidden Sect
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Lu Lin turned to look at the beast in her hands. The arrogant beast was now rolling its body like waves. It looked like it was... trembling?
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"Shen Ying!" Lonemoon called out from mid-air. "What are you waiting for? Throw it over!" This was not their plane – the gate would not stay open for a long time.
"Oh," Shen Ying responded. There was a cracking sound. With a flick of her wrist, she broke the beast's horn into two.
Ow~~
The Spatial Li immediately cried out in pain. It was writhing uncontrollably, trying as best it could to escape the pain. Its movements were getting more vigorous now. It turned into two streams of liquid that gathered around the broken horn.
It was so painful, so painful... It could not stop writhing – it was going to die from the pain!
hen Ying picked up half the horn and raised it up to the white light in the air, throwing it over.
The Spatial Li trembled. Instinctively, it chased after its own horn.
Horn, horn... My horn...
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The next thing they knew, both the horn and the Spatial Li disappeared through the white light. Lonemoon conjured a seal with his hands and caused the white light to disappear. Everything turned back to black.
It was then that both of them flew back.
"Spatial Lis actually appear in this place." Lonemoon frowned. Logically, with managers around, things like Spatial Lis which only lived in the cracks between planes should not be able to invade the planes. When there were still no managers in their plane, and the Godfiend was in charge, there were no such things either. "Could it be that Chao Kun is already this weak?" That was the only explanation for the appearance of Spatial Lis.
"I don't think this is happening because of him!" Yi Qing responded. He looked down at Shen Ying's hands and turned to retrieve a white cloth. He pulled her hand over out of habit and began to clean it for her. He did not stop until there was not one black spot left on her hand. Then, he conjured a Dust-Repelling spell and continued, "Living things that invade planes like the Spatial Li are not that strong. Chao Kun could leave the plane and ask for help elsewhere. I don't think he's so weak that he can't even fight these things."
"Then did someone let these in?" Lonemoon subconsciously muttered He hesitated, then exchanged a meaningful look with Chef. Both of them thought of the same person at the same time.
The invader that injured Chao Kun!
Could it be that he had allowed the Spatial Li into this plane? But... why? The Spatial Li is such a small boss. For ordinary living creatures in the three realms, it did indeed pose a threat. But to managers, this was nothing. It was nowhere as hard to deal with as spatial storms or cracks in the plane!
"Three... Elders." Lu Lin looked to the three of them curiously, not daring to refer to them as Fellow Daoists anymore. Even the way she looked at Lonemoon was different. She looked far more respectful. Although she did not understand what they were talking about, she felt like it was nothing that she would ever be able to achieve. Thus, she cupped her fists and bowed.
"Why, are you hurt?" Lonemoon frowned and faced her.
"N-No." Lu Lin shook her head and pointed in front anxiously. "It's... It's just that where the beast had appeared earlier, there seems to be something there."
Lonemoon paused and turned in the direction Lu Lin pointed. What resembled a plain desert earlier suddenly shook. It was almost as if someone was pulling back the curtains on stage. A huge palace appeared. It resembled the home base of a sect.
"It's... it's the Sacred Medicine Sect!" Someone exclaimed. They immediately moved forward, but on seeing that Lonemoon, Yi Qing and Shen Ying were still standing rooted to the ground, they changed their minds. Instead, they just watched them, waiting for directions.
The sect seemed to have been hidden in another space because of the Spatial Li. Now that the Spatial Li has been chased away, the sect has shown itself.
These cultivators were all here to search for opportunities. Of course, the Sacred Medicine Sect was what everyone was looking for. However, Lonemoon had no interest in it whatsoever. Therefore, he did not stop them from entering. Instead, after activating his divine perception and making sure that there were no other dangers lurking around, he allowed them to go ahead.
Everybody rejoice immediately. After bowing to them respectfully, they entered the palace. None of them were treating Lonemoon and Yi Qing as possessions to be won over anymore. Instead, all of them were treating them as respected and distinguished elders.
Chef, however, scanned the palace and suddenly muttered, "Father Niu, don't you think that this palace-"
"Is too perfect," Lonemoon completed his sentence. He frowned even more deeply. Looking up at the mountain gate, he read the sign that said, "Sacred Medicine Sect".
According to what Lu Lin told them, this valley has been here for a long time. Yet, this Sacred Medicine Sect seemed to have maintained its perfect exterior so well. It did not look like it had been destroyed in any type of natural disaster.
"Let's take a look around!" Lonemoon suddenly said. The three of them mounted their words and flew around the palace, looking for clues. Apart from the fact that there was no living aura around, they did not find anything out of the ordinary.
The cultivators from the Dawning Pill Sect, however, yielded different results. All of them came back hugging many things in their hands. The palace was very well-maintained – of course the things that they found were all in working condition and stored nicely away in the storage room.
"Elder, we found the inheritance of the Sacred Medicine Sect in their storage room," one of the female cultivators said as she carried a storage bag to Lonemoon and Yi Qing. One would think she was reporting back to them. She did not even look like she wanted to keep any of it for herself. Each one of the other female cultivators did the same.
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Lonemoon stared blankly at them. These people were so honest. He shook his head and said, "You all found these. These are yours. We don't need them."
"Well..." One of the female cultivators' expressions looked troubled. "But we only managed to find the Sacred Medicine Sect thanks to you, Elders." The things inside were rightfully theirs. If not for the three of them, the female cultivators might even have been eaten by that strange demonic beast.
The other female cultivators mumbled in agreement. They kept trying to persuade the three of them to accept the loot, but after seeing that they had no intention to, they finally turned around and walked away.
Once again, Lonemoon inspected the empty palace. Still, he could find nothing out of the ordinary. His expression falling, he said, "Strange! Why did the Spatial Li hide this place?" There's nothing special about it.
"Let's go and take a look at the entrance?" Shen Ying suddenly suggested.
Entrance? What entrance?
Lonemoon stared blankly back at her. Suddenly, he recalled that the Spatial Li seemed to be acting as a gate when they first noticed it. Could it be that this had something to do with the mountain gate? The three of them headed toward the mountain gate. Coincidentally, one of the cultivators from Dawning Pill Sect was just about to step through the gate.
As she stepped through it, the mountain gate formed a layer of ice. The entire thing trembled, and something like yin Qi shot out from the gate, filling the surrounding air and causing the temperature around them to drop.
"Holy shit!" Lonemoon shouted.
Chef was one step ahead of him. He summoned his sword and with one flash, freed the female cultivator from the gate. She flew backward from the impact, landing far away from the gate.
That was... Ghost Qi from the Underworld!
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Chapter 620: Gate to Hades
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
A translucent linking realm seemed to appear through the mountain gate. A huge amount of ghost Qi was pouring out of the realm and sweeping toward the sect. Suddenly, the temperatures became icy. They heard an ear-piercing, ghostly scream coming from inside the translucent linking realm. Ghost Qi from Hades was different from regular ghost Qi. A place that only housed ghouls naturally contained an aura that would crush any soul.
Naturally, cultivators without an immortal body were not able to withstand the pressure. Almost immediately, all the cultivators apart from Shen Ying, Lonemoon and Yi Qing began to sway. Their faces drained of all color. Some of the Golden Core cultivators looked like their souls had left their bodies.
Lonemoon's expression darkened. He immediately flew over and raised his hand, conjuring an array to seal the mountain gate. The ear-piercing screams finally stopped. All of their eyes cleared up, but their souls were visibly still unstable. Those with Nascent Souls were still holding up well, but the Golden Core cultivators were all spitting out blood.
"El... Elder?" Lu Lin forced her primordial spirit to stabilize. She looked up at the three of them in confusion. The other cultivators looked equally perplexed. "What just happened?"
Lonemoon lowered his gaze and scanned the entire group. "This is not something that you can deal with. Leave here at once!" He raised a single hand and conjured yet another seal, causing all the jade tokens on the cultivators' bodies to raise up. He clenched his fist. Immediately, the jade tokens were reduced to powder. The great array that lay outside the Corroding Vacant Valley was activated.
"El-" Lu Lin called out, but did not make it in time to get the entire word out of her mouth. All the cultivators from the Dawning Pill Sect were sent out at once. Not one of them remained.
Yi Qing held Shen Ying close and flew over to join Lonemoon. He looked at the mountain gate that was still emitting ghost Qi. Frowning, he said, "This is... a realm gate!"
"Mm." Lonemoon nodded. Of course, he had noticed the problem as well. "This should be the realm gate that leads to the Underworld." And it looked like it had already been around for a long time.
"The mortal world naturally has the ability to attract ghouls. Why did someone bother to open a gate to the Underworld here?" This would seem even weirder if the person had set up this gate in the immortal realm or divine realm. But this was the mortal realm. Living things in the mortal realm would not be able to withstand the ghost Qi from the Underworld. What's more, after mortals died, they would naturally go there. What was the point of setting up a gate to the Underworld here? And hiding it so purposefully up to using a Spatial Li as well?
"It looks like we'll only find our answer by entering the Underworld," Lonemoon said as he pointed to the mountain gate.
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Yi Qing did not hesitate. He raised his hand and set up a defensive array around the three of them before walking right through the gate. The next thing they knew, they were in a whole other place. The darkness seemed to have deepened around them. It was almost as if they could feel it – it was icy and sharp and caused them to feel like something was possessing them.
Wait! This was not an illusion. There were indeed things sliding past them and trying to get into their bodies.
"Chef!" Lonemoon exclaimed. Both of them mounted their swords and flew out. Yet, that feeling continued to follow them. The darkness was formless and boundless. No matter where they went, they could not seem to shake that feeling off. What's more, the God Power in their bodies felt like it was being attacked – a chill was piercing them right through to the bones.
"Let's head upwards," Shen Ying suddenly said.
Both Lonemoon and Yi QIng paused for one second before following her directions. They flew upward. The higher they got, the more darkness seemed to lift. The sky turned a certain shade of green, and the temperature rose slightly.
They looked down and saw a huge icy territory beneath them, that looked like it stretched on for eons. Everything below was black as far as they could see. And where they had emerged from was the center of that darkness.
This deep darkness seemed to cover the entire Underworld. Somehow, they felt like it was stretching toward the various small worlds as well. It was like...
"The plane's source!" Lonemoon exclaimed, finally having figured out what this darkness was. He pondered for a moment. This couldn't be right. "Why is it black?" They had seen the plane tree before – it was a huge, green tree. The source's color should be the same as that of the plane tree. Like Chef's gold, or his purple. This plane's source should be green.
Unless...
"Someone changed the source!" Yi Qing finished his thought.
Lonemoon's heart sank. Suddenly, he recalled the plane tree that seemed to have been consumed by blackness, and the realm gate from earlier on, and the so-called "Dark Night". He finally understood what was going on. The invader had changed the plane's source in the Underworld and went through the realm gate to direct the source to each of the small worlds. Step by step, the invader is trying to swallow up this entire plane. He was going to cause it to break down!
It was no wonder that Chao Kun was getting so weak. This was akin to invading the plane by poisoning it. He was starting right from the source and causing change surely but subtly.
The more troublesome thing was the source was already this contaminated. Lonemoon did not even know if it was possible to restore it.
"You're the help that Chao Kun called for?" Suddenly, a cold female voice spoke up from behind them.
Lonemoon started. Then, he retreated several steps and created some distance between them and her. It was then that he found out that there had been a womanly figure following behind them the entire time. There was a black aura from the source surrounding her body. At the same time, she emanated an icy cold Yin aura. What was more important was that she carried with her the air of a manager – just not as thick as theirs.
"You're the one who invaded this plane?" Lonemoon asked. His heart skipped a beat. Not daring to take her lightly, he summoned his sword.
"Invader?" The woman grinned. Her gaze turned hateful. "That's what Chao Kun told you? Hmph, to me, you are the real invaders."
She raised her hand and caused the still streams to turn violent. Immediately, coursing streams of the plane's source charged toward them, as if to attack them. It was like there were hundreds of thousands of formless arms reaching out to attack them.
Lonemoon activated his divine perception and dodged the attacks coming from all directions. He waved his sword around and was just about to deal a counter-attack when the God Power inside him seemed to be suppressed by an unknown force. Suddenly, he could not activate it anymore. No! Not just his God Power – even the manager powers in his body had been sealed.
It was that thing that tried to enter their bodies earlier. Suddenly, he realized that the thing that had been following them around and trying to enter their bodies earlier was the aura from the source below. It was now suppressing their powers.
"All you invaders deserve to die!" The woman's voice turned even colder. A formidable force exploded from her body and caused the streams underneath them to turn even more aggressive. Huge waves formed, threatening to drown the three of them.
Lonemoon tightened his grip on his own sword. Turning around, he said, "The source here is suppressing my powers. Chef, use your sword Qi!"
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"Mm." Chef nodded. He activated his earth-shaking sword Qi. Countless beams of light shone forth from his sword, forming a huge net that held the waves down.
There was a flash of white light. A familiar figure cut through the void and appeared on top of the waves. He conjured a spell that they had never seen before, and a burst of green light filled the place, causing the darkness to dissipate.
"Chao Kun?" Lonemoon paused. The man who just showed up was the same man who had passed out under the plane tree – the manager, Chao Kun.
He was just in time!