0p0 Chapter 169 The Tea Has Gone Cold
Chapter 169 The Tea Has Gone Cold
The story of how Chen An almost annihilated the rising star Jiu Mo with just a flick of his wrist has become increasingly exaggerated.
Later, there were even rumors that Chen An had easily killed a Nascent Soul cultivator with just one glance.
When rumors reached the Yihe Sect, the disciples felt incredibly proud. If their sect leader truly possessed such abilities, why would the Yihe Sect be vulnerable to being devoured by other forces?
Perhaps in a few days, heroes from all over the world will flock here, crying out to join the Yihe Sect, only to be ruthlessly rejected by their iron-fisted sect leader.
Just thinking about it is exciting.
These words reached Chen An's ears without missing a single one. She didn't mind taking in some rogue cultivators, but how could a rogue cultivator with skills be willing to join a sect and be bound by those rules?
On the contrary, a large number of those who were not yet capable of making a significant impact, yet unwilling to give up, came.
Contrary to the sect disciples' expectations, Chen An did not reject these people without any mercy. Instead, he established a separate force for them, allowing them to still roam the world, but they could rely on the Yihe Sect and become independent cultivators.
They are simply not allowed to do petty theft or other despicable things in the name of the Ichiwa Sect.
Most importantly, each of them must do at least three good deeds every month, of course, as disciples of the Yihe Sect.
With Qingyue confirmed as the mastermind behind everything, the investigation into Hua Yuan has also made progress.
Several thousand more high-level cultivators have appeared near Gangsha Cliff in the southeast of the Immortal Cultivation Continent.
Gangsha Cliff is a forbidden area. The decline of the cultivation continent is related to the fact that the ancestors used up the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to suppress the ancestor of the demonic beasts that plagued the world.
Although later generations did not have access to the methods of cultivation practiced by their ancestors, they were spared the suffering of being broken and displaced.
That place has been inaccessible to anyone for thousands of years.
Anyone who gets even slightly close will be affected by the demonic energy, lose their mind, and turn into a humanoid demonic beast.
It's no wonder that Qingyue chose that location; after she was discovered to have entered Xue Shumo's body, she disappeared as if she had never been there, and no one could find her no matter how hard they tried.
When the space provided by the system exploded, Qingyue and Jian Yunzhou's corpses disappeared along with the Chaos Beast.
The connection between Warcraft and Chen An was thus severed.
Infiltrating this place is no easy task, but capturing a few cultivators there is not a problem.
Within three days, Hua Yuan brought a bald man.
He wore a dark blue round-necked robe, with a short sword on each side. The swords were imbued with spiritual energy, and the pure spiritual energy repelled the demonic energy of Gangsha Cliff that he carried.
His eyes and brows held a divine quality, yet they were marred by the cracks and lacerations on his face, making him appear terrifying and grotesque, like a god fallen to earth, infected by zombies, yet unwilling to submit.
The look of pity in his eyes seemed genuine, yet it revealed a hint of obsession.
The belief in saving all beings carries with it a disdain for others and a cold indifference that all beings are used by oneself to achieve one's goals.
This was Chen An's fourth encounter with Xu Siluo, the disciple who had seen through everything and should have been cultivating in the Zhaoning Sect, but this time she had changed again.
From a reckless youth at the beginning, to being obsessed with love, to seeing through everything, and now to madness.
It's hard to say whether it's the unpredictability of life or the limitations imposed by the book, but this was the inevitable ending.
Xu Siluo, with her mastery of Yin and Yang, stood firmly, and when she looked at Chen An, she felt a pang of sorrow.
Reminiscing is impossible, and there's no need for it.
As usual, Chen An sat casually, but when she looked up at him, her gaze was always unconsciously drawn to the broken skin on his face.
"How many of you are there? How many of you are at the Nascent Soul stage? What are you doing gathered together?"
"Shouldn't you ask who brought us together first?" Xu Siluo raised an eyebrow, a not-so-sincere smile on her lips.
"Qingyue." When Chen An used his mind-reading ability, he only saw a blank screen. Surprised, he remained calm and said, "Now it's your turn to answer me."
Xu Siluo frowned and shook her head, slightly puzzled: "You know I won't say anything."
Chen An was too lazy to say anything more. This person had obviously been brainwashed again, and was as determined as a suicide soldier.
"You've arrested the wrong person. Lock him up and get a different one."
Hua Yuan glanced at Xu Siluo, who had her chin raised, gave a wink to the two people beside her, bowed, and prepared to leave.
"Wait, did you feel uncomfortable when you approached Gangsha Cliff?" Chen An asked.
Hua Yuan bowed again: "When I was practicing the demonic path, I once saw it from afar. That time, the surroundings were calm and undisturbed, yet it was enticing me to go there. This time when I went, it seemed no different from before, but the demonic energy in my body no longer felt restless, and I even felt a bit disgusted to be near that place."
Mind-reading techniques cannot decipher human hearts; the demonic energy of Gangsha Cliff has been altered; and Chen An is increasingly unable to fathom Qing Yue's strength.
During their last meeting, she was 70% confident she could defeat her opponent, but she was outmaneuvered beforehand, which allowed her to easily take Jiu Mo away.
Looking at the two things she accomplished, Chen An felt somewhat uncertain.
Chen An didn't tell anyone. She used the teleportation array to go to Gangsha Cliff. As she went deeper, the demonic energy became more and more abundant. The spiritual power in her body began to surge excitedly, as if it wanted to merge with the demonic energy.
It took Chen An considerable effort to calm the power within his body.
The demonic energy, however, danced excitedly, determined to squeeze into Chen An's pores.
Standing near the cliff, Chen An needed to mobilize all his forces.
The cultivator lived in a cave on a steep cliff, practicing extremely diligently. The spiritual energy within his body was clear and pure, without any trace of demonic pollution.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Chen An sent the message back.
Along with the two streams of demonic energy wrapped around his arms.
As she channeled demonic energy into the dragon bones and began her in-depth study, a rapid knocking came from outside the house.
After filling the magic bottle with demonic energy, Chen An opened the door.
Outside is Georgetown.
Not long after Chen An's last trip, she also went traveling around. Her hurried return this time must not be good news.
She pulled Chen An's hand and sat him down: "I recently went to Fujian for sightseeing and entered a small town. There were many disciples from large families and sects in the town."
"Those with Yin-Yang cultivation gathered together and used an array to isolate themselves from the outside world."
"I thought that if a spiritual vein or a secret realm were to emerge here, it would be good to get a share of the pie. But after waiting for three days, these people dispersed, and nothing came of it."
"After thinking about it carefully, I realized that the formation was not the work of the Yihe Sect. It was something I had never seen before. I felt something was wrong, so I rushed back."
There aren't many people in the cultivation world who possess spiritual power. Besides the disciples of Yihe Sect who were taught by Chen An, only Qing Yue can probably use spiritual power to create arrays.
Those sects involved in the conspiracy must have sided with her.
Chen An's face was gloomy. Qiao Sheli thought for a while and finally spoke up: "Some people from Zhaoning Sect also went."
The stone pressing on his heart felt a hundred times heavier. It dragged its heavy body and danced at Chen An's chest, its entire body stretching out thorns, suddenly stabbing out, and then starting to spin incessantly.
This blank stare shouldn't be on Chen An's face.
Xue Shumo's body appeared at the entrance of the Xue residence. Qiao Sheli couldn't bring herself to say anything about Elder Wu Shu's accidental death.