Chapter 143: Coming to Seek Revenge
Chapter 143: Coming to Seek Revenge
Because he had already established the worldviews of two different planets, Lu Hangzhi quickly accepted and digested the information revealed by Situ Chuyun, and built a relatively intuitive plane hierarchy system in his mind…
The so-called Primordial Era world was probably the sacred land contested by the three thousand main planes. Under the three thousand main planes were many connected Medium Realms. Extending like flourishing branches, below were countless Lower Realms with scarce and poor resources.
The Cultivators of the Lower Realm were enslaved by the Medium Realms.
The Medium Realms obeyed the commands of the main planes…
Although the Lower Realm had scarce and poor resources, their sheer numbers made them places where many main plane Demonic Fiends from the Demon World enslaved, colonized, and raised soldiers.
The Barbarian Continent was unfortunate, but also relatively lucky!
It was unfortunate because it was targeted by the gaze of a Conquest Fiend God.
Yet, it was fortunate among misfortunes to have remained safe and sound for hundreds of years after the Conquest Fiend God set his sights on it.
While Lu Hangzhi felt deeply moved, he also felt profound exhaustion and helplessness.
Since arriving on the Barbarian Continent, he felt an invisible threat constantly driving him to improve his cultivation, overcome numerous obstacles, and eliminate dangers that threatened him.
But this time…
The enemy was simply too powerful!
So powerful that it made one lose all will to resist.
Sighing, Lu Hangzhi felt disheartened and lazy.
In the Medium Realm, experts like Situ Chuyun, who had reached the Mystic Light Stage, were merely insignificant scouts. It was conceivable that all the Cultivators on the Barbarian Continent were nothing more than a ragtag army with a combat power of five, not even qualified to be cannon fodder for the Medium Realms.
“Hey, hey hey, what’s wrong with you?”
Situ Chuyun quickly noticed something was off with Lu Hangzhi’s expression. She waved her hand in front of his face a few times, feeling very nervous.
Lu Hangzhi said,
“According to what you said, Lady Situ, the Fiend Demon Generals under the Conquest Fiend God can easily destroy a world. So no matter how hard the Barbarian Continent tries, it cannot escape being enslaved by the Demonic Fiends. Then why are we, the Human Race, struggling so hard… It fundamentally changes nothing.”
“…”
Situ Chuyun was left speechless.
“Since that’s the case, Lady Situ, please go back. I want to take advantage of the days before the Barbarian Continent is ruled by Demonic Fiends and falls, to live a few more peaceful days.”
Lu Hangzhi turned and left.
Situ Chuyun blinked, looked at the unconscious demon rat on the ground, then at Lu Hangzhi’s retreating back, and blankly watched as Lu Hangzhi walked away.
Lu Hangzhi never looked back.
Partly because his mind was in turmoil, and partly because he was truly disheartened and lazy due to the current situation.
However, he did not return to the celebration. Instead, he quietly went back to his former residence at the Golden Jade Hall. Listening to the sound of the increasingly lush and thriving bamboo forest, he idly picked the fruits hanging on the Spirit Fruit Trees. Slowly putting them into his mouth, he absentmindedly muttered to himself,
“Why is this world so unsettled…”
“Does it even let people live peacefully?”
Swoosh.
A sword light flashed, and Sword One’s spirit form landed on the Spirit Fruit Tree.
Immediately after, the other four Sword Spirit seniors also landed on nearby Spirit Fruit Trees. They sighed, some propping their chins with their hands, some scratching their heads, some frowning. Each wore a sorrowful expression, looking as if they had lost their dear mothers.
“Five seniors, do you perhaps have some method?”
“…”
The five Sword Spirits looked at each other, and the next moment, they all shook their heads like rattle-drums.
“Then go back. All this sighing is annoying to watch.”
Lu Hangzhi waved his hand, shooing the five Sword Spirits back into the Tianji Umbrella. Then, with his hands behind his back, he looked up at the deep, bright starry sky.
After an unknown amount of time.
Lu Hangzhi murmured,
“Since the Barbarian Continent is beyond saving, before death comes, it’s time to settle some old grudges, so as not to feel unhappy when the end arrives.”
After saying this, he took out the Two Realms Mountain Messaging Talisman and sent a message to Honglian.
…
“Hangzhi?”
Honglian happened to be at the Two Realms Mountain arranging rotation duties for defense. Upon receiving Lu Hangzhi’s message, she showed a relaxed, teasing expression and replied, “What, is the sect inauguration ceremony over?”
“Pretty much.”
Lu Hangzhi said flatly, “I suddenly remembered something I never had time to do before. Now I want to do it, but I need your help.”
“No need to be so polite with me. Tell me, what matter is so urgent that you can’t wait until after the Sect Leader inauguration ceremony?” Honglian became interested.
“Kill someone.”
“Who?”
Honglian finally noticed the unusual tone in Lu Hangzhi’s voice.
“Jiuyou.”
“Him?”
Honglian pondered and said, “Finding this person isn’t difficult. I’ll ask a few nearby Sect Leaders, and I can give you a reply within half a day. However, Jiuyou has backing. Did you know that?”
“No matter who it is, he killed my friend and nearly destroyed the Xuanxin Sect. I have both public and personal reasons to take action.”
“Alright, since you’ve decided, I’ll help you find him.”
Honglian said no more and quickly contacted people to send out the message and locate Jiuyou.
“Strange.”
“Today’s Hangzhi feels a bit odd.”
…
Half a day later.
Lu Hangzhi boarded a Flying Boat and flew to the outside of a small sect.
A few days ago, this place was renamed the “Jiuyou Sect.” The sect leader was none other than the Evil Cultivator Jiuyou, who had failed miserably at the Xuanxin Sect…
After failing to conquer the Xuanxin Sect, to prevent his followers from losing faith, Jiuyou quickly gathered his forces and attacked the Crimson Shadow Sect, whose strength was even weaker than the Xuanxin Sect’s. Coincidentally, that sect was caught off guard, and he successfully took it over. Thousands of its members bowed their heads and became slaves of the Jiuyou Sect.
However, Jiuyou had not been having a good time lately.
The Crimson Shadow Sect only had two Spiritual Peaks. He already had several thousand Evil Cultivators under his command, so territory was simply not enough to distribute. On top of that, he needed to accommodate the thousands of members from the Crimson Shadow Sect. Due to the uneven distribution of territory, his subordinates had argued no less than ten times, giving him a headache and making him wish he could kill a few people to vent his anger.
But that wasn’t the most troublesome part!
He had been keeping an eye on the recent situation at the Xuanxin Sect.
Ever since he learned that Honglian had personally visited the Xuanxin Sect and left behind several Matrix Towers, he hadn’t been feeling well at all…
What was even worse was that.
The news that the Xuanxin Sect suddenly gained over a hundred Mind Focusing Cultivators overnight nearly made him kill the messenger on the spot when he first heard it.
Trying to fool a ghost!
But after he personally went to scout near the Xuanxin Sect, he immediately scrambled back to his mountain gate in a panic.
The Xuanxin Sect had already grown into a behemoth!
At the very least, it was not something Jiuyou could afford to provoke!
Even more frightening was…
The fact that the Xuanxin Sect’s Sect Leader had stepped down and the successor, Lu Hangzhi, had performed meritorious deeds at the Two Realms Mountain, was also widely spread among the Evil Cultivators.
All of this made him live in constant fear and anxiety.
“Haha…”
“Jiuyou, decades no see, you actually became a king of the mountain too.”
Just as Jiuyou was pacing back and forth in the main hall, full of worry, a wild and unrestrained voice pierced through the air into the hall. Immediately after, a stout, round monk with a fleshy face and a red kasaya, along with a thin, bamboo-like Taoist with a cold, faint smile, landed outside the hall door and stepped in.
Seeing them, Jiuyou was overjoyed and hurried forward to greet them.
“Finally, you two Senior Brothers have arrived. I’ve been waiting for a long time, eagerly looking forward to your coming.”
These two were precisely the helpers he had invited from his sect. The former, nicknamed “Demonic Monk,” was a prominent figure among Evil Cultivators. Using the “Joyful True Scripture,” he had harmed many female Cultivators. Despite being at the Late Concentration Stage, he had a record of killing several orthodox Cultivators at the Concentrated Spirit Peak Stage. However, because he had made too many enemies, he dared not occupy any Abode or Spiritual Peak, instead hunting everywhere.
The latter, nicknamed “Ghost Weeping Taoist,” was at the Mid Soul-Concentrating Stage. His Soul Summoning Banner nurtured over a thousand spirit ghosts. He had been to the Two Realms Mountain and had once independently defended a War Zone. However, it was said that he actually went there to collect the souls of Soul-Concentrating Demon Beasts to refine the “Thousand Fiends Myriad Beasts Banner.” He had disappeared for several years, and now his strength was likely even more formidable.
The stout, round Demonic Monk looked around boldly.
“Jiuyou, oh Jiuyou, I heard the trouble you’ve stirred up this time is no small matter. Although the Xuanxin Sect is just a small sect, it now has the foundation of over a hundred Mind Focusing Cultivators. If we hadn’t come, your bones would have been stewed in a pot by now!”
“Senior Brother is right, Senior Brother is right!”
“Merely over a hundred Early Spirit Concentration Stage Cultivators, what is there to worry about! I, this Taoist, have been in seclusion for many years refining the ‘Thousand Fiends Myriad Beasts Banner.’ I originally intended to test my skills at the Two Realms Mountain, but unexpectedly, the Two Realms Mountain has changed and is now divided by the orthodox Seven Great Sects. Hmph! Just perfect to vent my anger on this Xuanxin Sect…”
When Ghost Weeping Taoist mentioned the Seven Great Sects, the ferocious flame in his eyes surged, and he was full of murderous intent.
Jiuyou was overjoyed!
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
“Thanks to the strong support of you two Senior Brothers this time. After we take down the Xuanxin Sect, I won’t take a single treasure from it. How about that?”
“Hmph! You’re quite clever.”
The Demonic Monk suddenly sneered.
“You want us to solve your difficulties, and you think you can just stand by and do nothing? I’m telling you, not only will you get nothing from the Xuanxin Sect, but the reason we two are stepping in this time is for that section of the Spirit Vein Mine discovered by the Crimson Shadow Sect a hundred years ago. Don’t play dumb with us.”
“If there’s no Spirit Vein Mine, I won’t act.”
Ghost Weeping Taoist stated coldly.
Jiuyou’s expression stiffened, then he forced a smile. “What are you saying, Senior Brothers? Being able to invite you two to help is you looking out for your junior brother, giving me, Jiuyou, face. How could I let you two Senior Brothers make this trip for nothing? Later, I’ll bring over all the mined parts of that section of the Spirit Vein Mine for you! What do you think, Senior Brothers?”
As an Evil Cultivator, how could he not know that these people were always ruthless and would stop at nothing? Hurting fellow sect members was a common occurrence.
If he said no today, these two Senior Brothers would definitely not be here to help, but to take his life and take over his assets!
“Heh.”
“You know what’s good for you.”
The Demonic Monk nodded and smiled.
Ghost Weeping Taoist also rarely showed a hint of a smile.
“Alright then, that’s settled. First, get your Senior Brother a few pleasing female Cultivators to relax. For me, get some decent human souls—I need to feed my ‘pets’… Once everything is prepared, we’ll go check out that Xuanxin Sect you mentioned.”