Read Novel Full Chapter 1479: Chapter 762: Finally Arrived (Part 2)
Chapter 1479: Chapter 762: Finally Arrived (Part 2)
“Martial Arts Secret Manuals, Elixir Pills and Talismans… this haul is worth over ten million High-grade Spirit Stones at least.”
After putting the spoils into his own Storage Ring, Gu Sheng did not linger in the Secret Realm, and quickly left along the path he had come.
When he walked out of the Secret Realm entrance, the Heavenly Ghost City outside had already descended into utter chaos.
“Have you heard? The Heavenly Ghost Sect Old Ancestor’s Soul Lamp has gone out!”
“What? That old monster is dead? Who has that kind of ability?”
“Who cares who killed him, right now the Heavenly Ghost Sect is headless—this is the perfect chance for our Blood Saber Sect to rise!”
The streets were abuzz with chatter. Gu Sheng lowered the brim of his cloak and coldly watched this farce from the sidelines.
In the distance, the Heavenly Ghost Sect’s residence was already engulfed in raging flames, several factions fighting over the resources within.
From time to time, Disciples wearing Heavenly Ghost Sect robes were hunted down in the streets, their miserable screams rising one after another.
“The weak are prey to the strong—the iron law of the Cultivation World.”
Gu Sheng murmured softly, his expression as calm as still water.
He knew that from today onward, the name Heavenly Ghost Sect would completely become history.
Gu Sheng had left Heavenly Ghost City three days ago. His feet did not stop, and he sped eastward all the way.
There were still a few patches of dried blood on his clothes, left from when he had slain a Fierce Beast blocking his path the previous night.
“Another hundred li ahead should be the next Martial Artist City.”
Gu Sheng looked up at the sky. The setting sun was sinking in the west, dusk gradually deepening.
He quickened his pace, pushing Light Splitting Step to its limit, his figure like a blurred Shadow streaking across the mountains and forests.
However, when he crossed the final mountain ridge, the sight before his eyes made him suddenly halt.
Dozens of li ahead, the entire city was shrouded in a layer of pale green Poisonous Fog, like an inverted gigantic bowl.
Within the roiling miasma, faintly visible strange runes flickered.
Even more shocking, on the official road leading to the city, there was a checkpoint every hundred zhang or so. In front of each checkpoint, heads were packed together, people apparently queuing to buy something.
“The handiwork of the Five Poison Divine Sect…”
Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes, alarm bells ringing in his heart.
He suppressed his aura and slowly approached the nearest checkpoint.
A stone stele stood before the checkpoint, with three blood-red characters carved on it: “Antidote Order Sale.”
Beside the stele stood three Martial Artists in dark green long robes, a ferocious centipede embroidered on their chests—the emblem of the Five Poison Divine Sect.
“One Antidote Order per person, ten Low-grade Spirit Stones, good for three days.”
The tall, skinny Martial Artist in the lead called out lazily.
“Anyone who enters the Poisonous Fog without a Token, their life and death are their own responsibility.”
Someone in the queue grumbled in dissatisfaction.
“Last time it was only five Spirit Stones, why did the price go up again?”
The tall, skinny Martial Artist let out a cold laugh.
“Too expensive for you? Then you can just detour a thousand li to the next city.”
The man instantly fell silent and obediently took out Spirit Stones.
Gu Sheng lined up at the end of the queue, calculating inwardly.
He had plenty of Spirit Stones on him; buying a Token was no problem.
But with the Five Poison Divine Sect setting up a checkpoint here to collect fees, they had clearly brought this city under their control.
He had to act cautiously and avoid exposing his identity.
When it was finally his turn, Gu Sheng took out ten Spirit Stones and handed them over.
“One Antidote Order.”
The tall, skinny Martial Artist took the Spirit Stones and was just about to take a Token from the pouch at his waist when a copper mirror hanging above the checkpoint suddenly vibrated violently, emitting a shrill buzzing sound.
“The aura of a Blood Soul Arrow!”
The tall, skinny Martial Artist’s face changed drastically, and he leapt back three steps.
“You’re the one who escaped from Heavenly Ghost City!”
Gu Sheng’s heart clenched as he silently cursed.
He hadn’t expected the Five Poison Divine Sect’s restriction to be so sensitive that it could detect even the Blood Soul Arrow mark he had deliberately concealed.
Almost in the same instant, the three Martial Artists attacked simultaneously.
A streak of green light shot from the tall, skinny Martial Artist’s sleeve, aiming straight for Gu Sheng’s throat; the short, fat Martial Artist on the left had both palms exuding purple-black Poisonous Fog; the young Martial Artist on the right blew a Bone Flute, its piercing note instantly spreading for several li around.
“Courting death!”
A cold gleam flashed in Gu Sheng’s eyes, and his figure suddenly blurred.
Light Splitting Step First Level… Shadow Clone!
Three figures identical to Gu Sheng appeared at the same time, each charging toward one Martial Artist.
His true body ghosted behind the tall, skinny Martial Artist and chopped at his neck with a hand blade.
With a crisp “crack,” the tall, skinny Martial Artist’s head tilted to one side, and he collapsed, dead.
The strand of green light lost control and fell to the ground, turning out to be a small emerald-green snake.
The poisonous fog of the short, fat Martial Artist on the left was lured away by a clone; Gu Sheng’s true body had already arrived, and he slammed a punch into the man’s back.
The Fist Power pierced through his body; the short, fat Martial Artist spat out a mouthful of black blood, within which something living writhed.
“Poison gu backlash?”
Gu Sheng snorted coldly, twisted his body again to evade the three Poison Needles shot by the young Martial Artist on the right, and flicked out a throwing knife at the same time.
The young Martial Artist hurriedly dodged, only to see the flying knife suddenly change direction midair, drawing an arc and accurately stabbing into his throat.
He clutched his blood-spraying neck and fell in disbelief.
The entire exchange took no more than three breaths; the three Martial Artists of the Five Poison Divine Sect were all dead.
The queuing crowd cried out and scattered; Gu Sheng quickly ransacked the Storage Bags on the three Martial Artists, found five Antidote Orders and dozens of Spirit Stones, then cast Light Splitting Step and bolted toward the distant mountains and forests.
“Thief, stop!”
A furious shout came from behind; Gu Sheng swept out with his spiritual power, and his heart sank slightly.
Five streaks of tunneling light rose from the city, incomparably fast; the blood-colored tunneling light at the forefront carried a particularly terrifying aura, actually with the pressure of a half-step Sect Realm.
“The Five Poison Divine Sect’s Branch Leader personally making a move?”
Gu Sheng dared not be careless; he pushed Light Splitting Step to the limit, his figure like lightning, weaving through the forest.
“You can’t escape! The Blood Soul Arrow’s mark will guide us to you!”
A Heavenly Martial Realm Martial Artist among the pursuers behind him sneered.
“Submit obediently, and we might leave you a whole corpse!”
Gu Sheng turned a deaf ear, suddenly veering north and plunging into a fog-shrouded swamp.
This was a terrain he had noted when passing by earlier; the mist could interfere with spiritual power probing, and the swamp’s complex layout could restrict the pursuers’ tunneling speed.
“Light Splitting Step Second Level… Thousand Shadows Escape!”
Gu Sheng’s figure blurred, actually splitting into ten afterimages at once, scattering in different directions.
His true body suppressed all aura and submerged into a mud pit, leaving only a single reed stalk for air.
The five streaks of tunneling light chased to the air above the swamp and indeed hesitated.
“Split up and pursue!”
An icy voice came from within the blood-colored tunneling light.
“He hasn’t gone far. The Blood Soul Arrow’s aura is strongest to the southeast. Follow me!”
Underwater, Gu Sheng heard clearly and sneered inwardly.
He had long anticipated that the other side would rely on the Blood Soul Arrow to track him and had deliberately attached the Blood Soul Arrow’s aura to the afterimage heading southeast.
After the tunneling lights went far away, Gu Sheng stayed hidden in the mud pit for another hour; only after confirming there was no ambush did he quietly leave.
He didn’t dare linger, running overnight for hundreds of miles; only when daylight fully broke did he stop for a short rest in a mountain cave.
“The Five Poison Divine Sect’s tracking Secret Technique really is formidable.”
Gu Sheng checked himself and found that no matter how he concealed it, the Blood Soul Arrow’s aura could not be completely erased.
“Looks like I’ll have to detour around their sphere of influence.”
Over the next half month, Gu Sheng avoided all Martial Artist Cities, traveling only through desolate mountains and wilds.
When hungry, he hunted wild beasts; when thirsty, he drank mountain spring water; at night, he rested atop trees or in caves.
The Spirit Stones and Elixir Pills in his Storage Ring sustained his cultivation, but long days of eating wind and sleeping in the open still left him looking rather haggard.
One day, after Gu Sheng crossed a high mountain, the view before him suddenly opened up.
On the distant plain, a magnificent city bathed in the morning glow stood there, its walls shimmering with a faint purple light, with no poisonous miasma shrouding it.
“I’ve finally arrived.”
Gu Sheng let out a long breath and took out his map to compare.
“Xiaguang City, one of the four main cities of the Purple Mist Divine Sect.”
Outside Xiaguang City, the setting sun dyed the clouds a gorgeous purplish red, making the whole city seem bathed in rosy clouds.
Standing at the end of the official road, Gu Sheng gazed at this colossal city, several times more magnificent than Heavenly Ghost City, with a hint of amazement in his eyes.
“This Xiaguang City truly lives up to its name.”
He muttered under his breath and patted at the nonexistent dust on his clothes.
Just as he was about to step into the city, a purple figure ghosted in front of him.
It was a woman wearing a Purple Gold Patterned Robe, about thirty years old, with a pretty face that carried a touch of sharpness.
A Purple Jade Token hung at her waist, glinting with a strange luster in the setting sun.