ccnovels #449 - An unexpected success
#449 - An unexpected success
The Dark Church shouldn't be unable to find this place, right?
Daoist Wang squatted in the corner of the valley, holding a tree branch, constantly drawing diagrams of the array transformations he would use later on the ground.
Mudan couldn't help but ask, "The people from Tianluo have already arrived, so why is there still no movement from the Dark Church's side?"
"Could it be that they went to ambush Amy and Old Zheng?" Wang Jixuan asked with some concern.
Mudan said, "That's a real possibility. We and they were one before the other. If the Dark Church doesn't have accurate tracking, they might indeed go to their side."
"It shouldn't be," Daoist Wang said, momentarily conflicted.
"The spies that the Dark Church has planted in Tianluo shouldn't be that incompetent, right?"
Mudan chuckled, "The world is just one giant makeshift troupe. Anything is possible, Chief."
"Then why are you laughing!"
"Eh… should I send mechanical bodies to deploy a few more detectors?"
"Don't move," Daoist Wang muttered, "Moving now risks exposure. Let's wait a while. I'll contact this group of experts from Tianluo first."
Mudan suggested, "Chief, why don't you advance the current mission first? That would be more deceptive."
"Alright," Wang Jixuan said, "Don't rush. I'm afraid that I'll be taken away by that treasure pearl as soon as the mission is completed."
Mudan didn't offer much advice.
In front of Daoist Wang, Her Majesty was habitually obedient.
Wang Jixuan used the jade talisman to briefly communicate with the Tianluo members. He didn't directly say his location, but asked the Tianluo members to deploy defenses within a few hundred miles of this valley, saying that he would appear there later.
After that, they waited for a full two days.
There was still no movement from the Dark Church's side.
Amy and Old Zheng's life tablets showed no reaction.
It was as if the Dark Church had already seen through Tianluo's trick.
"Waiting like this isn't a solution."
"But at least it's safe," Mudan said with a grin, "And the Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet's mission doesn't have a time limit, so take it slow."
"I'd rather spend my time on cultivation than just waiting here."
Wang Jixuan sighed, and遁 (dun, escaped) out of the valley where he was hiding, taking the initiative to find the large group of experts from Tianluo.
The two sides successfully joined forces.
Only twelve people came from Tianluo, but each of them was very strong, especially since there were also two hall masters present who had the same status and similar strength as Yin Lin.
Obviously, Tianluo's mentality had been greatly affected by the Dark Church on a daily basis, and they wanted to give the Dark Church a big blow whenever they found the opportunity.
Wang Jixuan expressed his concerns.
One of the hall masters said, "The Dark Church also has something similar to the Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet. This thing is sometimes effective and sometimes not, so you don't need to worry too much. Why don't you just proceed with your mission normally first?"
"Okay," Wang Jixuan asked, "Senior, after I complete the mission here, will I be directly teleported away?"
"No, you need to take out the treasure pearl yourself."
"Understood," Wang Jixuan nodded in agreement. "Then I'll go ahead and advance this matter."
"Go ahead," another hall master said, "That guy Yin Lin instructed that you can't have any accidents. I'll protect you in the dark. The rest of you Daoists can wait nearby."
Everyone agreed.
Wang Jixuan didn't think too much about it. He remembered the location where he had set up the trap, and then began to search for the so-called 'True Lord Tianyan'.
True Lord Tianyan's demon army now swept across most of the Qiyu Realm. His base camp was not difficult to find, located in the south-central area of the Qiyu Realm's continental shelf.
There was a 'Heavenly Immortal City' called Huan Yu City.
It's just that this great city was now wrapped in demonic flames, surrounded by rolling demonic energy. The creatures within died tragically, resentful energy soared to the sky, and great demons faintly appeared.
True Lord Tianyan was most likely hiding here.
Wang Jixuan's mission was to take away this guy's remnant soul. If there was no bargain to be had, he had to make True Lord Tianyan only have a remnant soul left.
That hall master was just secretly following and didn't communicate with Wang Jixuan, nor did he interfere with Daoist Wang's mission.
Soon, Wang Jixuan used earth遁 (dun, escape) to arrive near Huan Yu City. Looking at it from afar, he was somewhat taken aback.
Qiyu Realm was rich in beautiful jade.
However, it was still a bit exaggerated that the outer walls of a city were piled up with discarded jade stones.
Huan Yu City itself was not very large, being three li square. The interior was full of beautiful jade, and the pavilions were mostly jade-colored.
Outside the city, however, there were continuous residential houses. Rivers connected in the four directions of east, west, south, and north, and roads were accessible. Towns stood shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot, very crowded.
Before the demon army came, this place should have been very prosperous.
At this moment, there was ash everywhere, corpses were everywhere, rolling demonic flames devoured everything, and demons roamed everywhere. Lonely souls and wild ghosts could be found everywhere.
There were no more living people outside Huan Yu City.
Although he knew that many people should have escaped before the demon army arrived,
Seeing so many corpses, Wang Jixuan couldn't help but sigh:
"What a sin."
This True Lord Tianyan was purely a killing maniac.
Daoist Wang slowly approached Huan Yu City underground. The formations inside and outside the city walls were quickly broken by him, and then Daoist Wang frowned tightly.
There weren't many purgatory scenes here, but it was only a little better than outside the city. He could see living people.
There were three Mahayana realm experts here.
A great demon lived in the treasure hall. Demon servants escorted clean young men inside to be sacrifices for the great demon.
A demon sat in the blood pool. Dozens of cultivators wearing various robes were imprisoned in the blood pool, and their primordial spirits were being refined.
The strongest middle-aged man was currently enjoying himself in the palace complex in the center of Huan Yu City. A large number of beautiful women were dancing here. He lay in a pool of wine and meat, enjoying himself to the fullest.
Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense observed this middle-aged man, and he had some understanding in his heart.
This was True Lord Tianyan.
Wang Jixuan observed for a while and silently withdrew from the range of Huan Yu City.
He couldn't beat them.
In addition to these three experts, there were dozens of other experts, although most of them were Golden Core and Nascent Soul levels, but many ants could kill an elephant.
Daoist Wang was not in a hurry.
He didn't have to fight hard himself.
The Immortal Alliance, which was confronting this demon army, was currently weak, but there should be many experts. Wouldn't it be good to find them to cooperate?
Daoist Wang was about to give himself the identity of a 'reclusive expert' and transform into an old Daoist costume when his spiritual sense suddenly captured a white figure coming from the north on a cloud.
His spiritual sense swept over and he couldn't help but admire:
"What a delicate female cultivator."
Wang Jixuan took a closer look. The female cultivator had delicate facial features, a slender figure, and long black hair that fell like a waterfall, forming a gentle and weak temperament like floating duckweed.
Her cultivation was also at the Transformation God realm, which was weaker than ordinary Tianluo members, but her own aura was upright. She should have come from a famous and upright sect, and her age would not be too old.
At this moment, this female cultivator was preoccupied, with a lingering resentment in her eyes.
'There's gossip to eat?'
Wang Jixuan hid underground and didn't move for the time being. He took out a bag of melon seeds, took out a detector, and asked Mudan to observe as well.
The female cultivator wandered outside Huan Yu City for a while, and finally sighed softly and lowered her head to land outside the gate of Huan Yu City.
Heavy ghost shadows flickered inside Huan Yu City, and a large number of demon soldiers became alert.
The strongest demon, demon, and human all reacted at the same time, but the former two only glanced at the female cultivator and didn't look any further. The middle-aged man who was enjoying himself dismissed the beauty in his arms, raised his hand to summon clothes to put on, and flew out on a cloud.
Mudan啧啧 (ze ze, tsk tsk) exclaimed in amazement: "Chief, these two have a story!"
"Yeah," Wang Jixuan said, "Let's take a look first, and use it if we can."
"Are you going to be a hero to save the beauty later?"
"I am a member of Tianluo. I came here to punish the strong and help the weak, to eliminate strange points that disrupt order, not to show off my abilities here."
Daoist Wang said calmly:
"Let's see the value of this woman. If she can help us directly contact the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance, then we'll just take her away."
"Okay," Mudan said with a grin, "I'll do some preparations here. The physical rules here shouldn't have changed much, right?"
Wang Jixuan asked in surprise: "How many nuclear bombs did you make?"
"It depends on how many raw materials we can find in the cultivation world."
Mudan lightly啧 (ze, tsk)ed:
"If you can give me a certain amount of time and enough resources, I can plant the seeds of mechanical civilization. Within ten years, I can create a super collider and then create some antimatter.
"That way, it might be able to hurt those Mahayana experts."
Wang Jixuan smiled and said, "That's good. We can try it later… Here it comes."
The master and servant immediately stopped chatting.
The woman had already been surrounded by demon soldiers and demon cultivators, and she had a long sword in her hand, shouting:
The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ in ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ hair!
"I want to see your True Lord Tianyan!"
The surrounding group of soldiers were quite afraid.
They all knew that their True Lord liked beauty. This woman had outstanding looks, and maybe she would transform into their temporary mistress later.
Therefore, these demon cultivators and demon soldiers did not dare to speak out casually, for fear of offending this woman.
True Lord Tianyan had already flown to the scene on a cloud, and said loudly: "All of you retreat. Do not be rude to my Junior Sister."
A group of demon soldiers and demon cultivators bowed at the same time, and then sparsely retreated and left.
True Lord Tianyan showed a warm smile, exuding a scorching aura like the sun. His eyes were mostly affectionate, and he said softly: "Ling'er, you are finally willing to come and find me."
He was about to move closer immediately.
The woman suddenly raised her sword and held it against her neck.
Wang Jixuan and Mudan exclaimed "Wow!" at the same time.
"Don't come over!"
"Ling'er, what are you doing…"
"Don't come over!"
The woman shouted with a miserable expression, her autumn eyes were red, her lips were constantly trembling, and the long sword had already marked a red line on her neck.
She said firmly: "I'm just here to ask you one thing, Third Senior Brother!"
The Heavenly Flame True Lord wore a helpless expression but could only stop, sighing, "Ask away. You know you're in my heart. Just ask."
If Wang Daochang hadn't seen this guy's debauched behavior with his wine pool and meat forest earlier, he might have been fooled by his affectionate acting.
This guy is an expert at picking up girls!
The woman said in a sorrowful voice, "My mother was murdered. Did you do it?"
"This matter truly has nothing to do with me. It was your father who, in order to frame me, didn't hesitate to kill your mother and even strip her clothes off to display them publicly, saying that I had defiled and humiliated my Shiniang..."
Heavenly Flame True Lord sighed:
"Shiniang raised me. I respect her as my mother."
"Even if I did lose control with Shiniang once after drinking, it was consensual, with absolutely no coercion."
Wang Jixuan: ...
Peony: ...
What a huge amount of information!
The woman continued to shed tears, her figure swaying, and she said sharply, "You really are heartless and soulless! May you die a terrible death! May you die a terrible death!"
"Yes, I deserve a terrible death."
Heavenly Flame True Lord said with emotion:
"If Shiniang hadn't saved me, I would have died in the Great Wilderness Swamp long ago, and your father has been in seclusion all day, ignoring Shiniang for hundreds of years."
"I know that in your eyes, your father and mother should have been deeply in love."
"But that's not the case, Shimei. Shiniang fell in love with me first. After I refused several times, I reluctantly agreed to her, also with a sense of gratitude."
"You!"
The woman in white was clearly angered to the point of tears.
She smiled miserably and said, "I didn't believe them when they said you had no humanity. I didn't believe it... I was wrong."
Then, with a flick of her long sword, she really intended to seek death.
It is actually very difficult for others to stop a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator from seeking death, but a hint of a smile flashed across the corner of Heavenly Flame True Lord's mouth, and a bit more anticipation appeared in his eyes.
For no other reason than a black shadow suddenly appeared behind the woman in white, raising his hand and gently pushing her.
The long sword in the white-clothed woman's hand immediately smashed towards the ground.
And her figure was slapped forward, spitting out a mist of blood, and Heavenly Flame True Lord grabbed her into his arms.
The black shadow quietly appeared, but it was a gray-haired old man with the strength of the late Integration Realm, wearing a half-face armor and a long cloak.
Wang Jixuan's eyes instantly lit up.
The Tianluo Branch Hall Master who was hiding in the dark to protect him couldn't help but transmit a voice to Wang Jixuan: "Be careful! It's a Dark Church disciple!"
Wang Daochang understood instantly.
It's not that the Dark Church couldn't find this place, but that the Dark Church had already sent people over. The war here was probably caused by the Dark Church disciples. This Heavenly Flame True Lord, the great lecher, was probably supported by the Dark Church.
Tianluo maintains order;
The Dark Church stirs up trouble everywhere;
These are the codes of conduct of these two organizations.
Wang Jixuan had already grasped several flying knives, which were powerful disposable magic weapons.
Listen to the simple conversation between the Dark Church disciple and the Heavenly Flame True Lord.
"Hmph, don't ask me to take action for such trivial matters again!"
"Fellow Daoist's concealment skills are the best in the world," Heavenly Flame True Lord said, embracing the woman's waist. The woman in white had already fainted, "Today, Poor Dao has achieved his wish, thank you, Fellow Daoist."
"You better hurry up. Find what we want as soon as possible. The Tianluo might find this place."
"Don't worry," Heavenly Flame True Lord said with a smile, "The treasure here is already within reach. I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist to introduce me later."
"Poor Dao will not forget what was promised to you."
The Dark Church disciple waved his hand gently, turned and landed in the city, and said unhappily:
"Go do your dirty work."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."
Heavenly Flame True Lord narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The natives of the Jade Qi Realm would naturally not call their place a certain realm, and they uniformly call it 'the world,' 'the world,' 'the cultivation world,' and so on.
Just like Wang Jixuan, who has been cultivating in his hometown's cultivation world for so long, still doesn't know the name of his hometown's Xu Realm.
In this mountain, one does not know the full picture of the mountain.
It seems that the Dark Church is plotting some treasure here, and this treasure should require a large number of living beings to sacrifice before it will appear?
Wang Jixuan doesn't understand, and he doesn't want to understand. At this moment, he is constantly changing positions underground, finding the right opportunity, and injecting golden light into the flying knives.
The moment the Dark Church disciple entered the city's great formation was the moment when his vigilance was lower.
The great formation flickered;
Wang Jixuan decisively took action, and the flying knives in his hand shot out, and the power of the Tribulation Transcending Realm surged up!
Three black lights flashed!