Chapter 32: A Chain Reaction
This place is not suitable for lingering. If we stay any longer, everyone will become nourishment for that mighty Demon Lord.
“Retreat, retreat quickly!” Li Lianqing was forced to make a choice.
“Uncle, what about that cultivation cauldron?”
“Kill him first, then… Huh? Where did he go!?”
Li Lianqing discovered that Ye Changsheng had disappeared. He was clearly here just now, but now his whereabouts were unknown.
“Luosong, weren’t you watching him?”
“……”
Luosong stood in place, unmoving.
Li Lianqing was confused and walked over. He patted Luosong, who then returned to its platform state.
It was as if his spiritual power had been dispersed, forcing the corpse puppet to stop abruptly, but without causing any direct damage to it.
This… Even a cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage might not be able to do this.
Li Lianqing felt a chill down his spine. If Ye Changsheng had done this, his cultivation realm must be incredibly powerful.
“Uncle, where are we going to find him?” Li Ming interrupted Li Lianqing’s thoughts.
“Confirm what? Do you want to die in the Nine Nether Grievance Dragon Array? If you are devoured by this malevolent and wicked array, your soul will be scattered, and you will be unable to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation!”
Li Ming’s legs went weak upon hearing this. “Then let’s run quickly!”
The group from the Soul Refining Sect boarded their magical treasures and used the Art of Immaterial Control to escape Shuiyun Town.
…
“Although they have a little knowledge, it’s only a little bit.”
In a corner of Shuiyun Town, Ye Changsheng watched the group from the Soul Refining Sect fly into the sky.
This Nine Nether Grievance Dragon Array was precisely what Ye Changsheng had set up in Shuiyun Town while pretending to be asleep.
“This is just an array shell, it really scared these people quite a bit.”
The Nine Nether Grievance Dragon Array is indeed powerful, but to fully activate it, the Grievance Dragon Hate Heaven Banner needs to be placed at the array’s eye to suppress it.
The Grievance Dragon Hate Heaven Banner requires Saint Grade materials and a total of nine Grievance Dragon souls. Ye Changsheng did not have these.
This array was all show from the beginning.
“Even if it’s just an array shell, it still has some power.”
Ye Changsheng slowly raised his hand towards the sky, his every move seeming to control the spatial order within the Nine Nether Grievance Dragon Array.
“Bind!”
As his words willed, the grievance dragons roared.
The cultivators trying to fly away with their magical treasures in the sky found their Art of Immaterial Control rendered useless. Their magical treasures fell, trapping them within the array and unable to escape.
Setting up a restriction against using magical treasures within a grand array is basic to the extreme. No cultivator below the Nascent Soul stage can break through it.
“Spare my life! Spare my life! Lord Demon Lord, I don’t want my soul to be scattered! Demon Lord Grandpa, Demon Lord Great-Grandpa! Please spare this humble servant’s insignificant life!”
“As long as Lord Demon Lord spares this junior, I will offer my loyalty and serve you like an ox or horse!”
…
In Shuiyun Town, the pleas of cultivators bowing and scraping echoed one after another, the sound of their heads banging against the ground…
“I’m clearly full of righteousness, but now I’ve made myself seem like a true Demon Lord.” Ye Changsheng sighed.
However, at least the objective had been achieved.
Only the group from the Soul Refining Sect had left.
…
Disciples of the White Emperor Sword Sect were looking at Shuiyun Town while flying with their swords.
“Senior Brother, your premonition was indeed correct! An earth-shattering变异 has occurred in Shuiyun Town!” Yu Xin’er said nervously, “A malevolent and wicked array has suddenly appeared in Shuiyun Town, and the Demonic Path is acting evilly.”
“Hmm, it’s good that my premonition was correct, and I decided to come back.” Zhou Bujue’s expression was grim.
Although he didn’t know what kind of array it was, his intuition told him that the area ahead was extremely dangerous.
“Senior Brother, what should we do? Should we investigate the situation and then report back to the Elders?”
This was Yu Xin’er’s first time seeing such a grand and imposing evil array.
“Junior Sister Yu, our White Emperor Sword Sect is a renowned and righteous great sect. We naturally cannot stand idly by in the face of such evil deeds from the Demonic Path!”
While Zhou Bujue was contemplating, Zhao Hu, as if trying to steal the spotlight, loudly said to everyone.
“If we were to report to the Elders now and ask them to handle it, the people of Shuiyun Town would have already suffered! How can we just watch them be killed by the Demonic Path?”
Zhao Hu’s public opinion was not problematic, but Zhou Bujue’s words carried the most weight.
Under pressure, Zhou Bujue nodded.
“Junior Brother Zhao is correct. If we choose to leave, it would be akin to abandoning the people of Shuiyun Town, which would be a disgrace to the teachings of the White Emperor Sword Sect.”
“Senior Brother is indeed the best! Knowing the dangers ahead, you still bravely step forward. Junior Sister is willing to accompany Senior Brother to slay demons and eradicate evil!” Yu Xin’er cast an eager glance.
The others also agreed.
Only Zhao Hu’s face turned from green to white. He was the one who had brought it up, but in the end, he became a foil for Zhou Bujue.
“Someone’s coming!” Zhou Bujue suddenly made everyone stop.
They saw a group of people flying out of Shuiyun Town, and their bodies were filled with Yin Sha energy, clearly Demonic Cultivators.
“Die, Demonic Path scum!!” Zhao Hu struck first, controlling his flying sword to shoot towards Li Lianqing and his group.
Li Lianqing was horrified. Why were the disciples of the White Emperor Sword Sect here?
Luosong wanted to step forward and shatter the opponent’s magical treasure, but Li Lianqing stopped him.
“Wait, Fellow Daoists, you’ve misunderstood! We are from the Honghuo Sect, and we are also victims!”
Li Lianqing did not retaliate, merely doing his best to block the opponent’s attacks, showing no sign of fighting intent.
“Who is your Fellow Daoist, you bunch of Demonic Path scum? This malevolent and wicked array is your doing, isn’t it!”
Zhao Hu wanted to regain face and ignored whatever they said, relentlessly launching his attacks.
“Flying Star Sword! Three Swords of Fate!”
Zhao Hu shouted loudly, causing his weapon to split into two sword shadows that stabbed towards Li Lianqing like falling stars.
Li Lianqing blocked the main body of the Flying Star Sword and used his True Qi to protect himself, deflecting one sword shadow. One of them struck his body.
With Zhao Hu’s cultivation, he couldn’t directly injure Li Lianqing, but he knocked his Small Qiankun Bag to the ground.
*Clatter!*
The Small Qiankun Bag fell to the ground, and a hundred thousand Spiritual Stones scattered everywhere, shining like firelight, their blue-red hues illuminating the faces of the White Emperor Sword Sect disciples with astonishment and burgeoning greed.
“There are so many Spiritual Stones!”
Yu Xin’er’s eyes widened.
“A third-rate Sect like the Honghuo Sect absolutely cannot afford this! These people are lying!”
“Not just the Spiritual Stones. Look, those are spare array flags, and they have the same aura as the wicked array in Shuiyun Town.” Zhou Bujue pointed downwards at the array flags that had fallen from the Small Qiankun Bag.
Li Lianqing knew that these were replicas, not the real things. They were definitely planted to frame someone.
But the White Emperor Sword Sect didn’t know this, and their expressions changed.
“How could the contents of the Small Qiankun Bag fall out so easily? Was it tampered with—”
Li Lianqing’s words caught in his throat. He suddenly realized that this series of events was not a coincidence but was being manipulated by someone behind the scenes.
He, who had been smug, thought he had calculated against others.
Now, it seemed he was the one being toyed with, like a clown still gloating.
“Youngster, you dare to scheme against me!!” Li Lianqing was so angry his face twisted.
Zhou Bujue’s thoughts raced. This was practically a windfall. If they killed these people, these items would naturally belong to the White Emperor Sword Sect.
Thus, he openly gave his order:
“Junior Brothers and Sisters, these people are the culprits of everything. We absolutely cannot let any of them go. Today, we shall act on behalf of heaven and uproot them to eliminate future trouble!”
