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Chapter 464
The situation in Eastern Extreme Capital was already decided the moment the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable appeared.
Even so, he had still arrived one step too late. After the purple flames burned the capital, everything except the Celestial Star Tower had been almost completely incinerated. Only the underground water-vein odd formation still held any value.
Immediately after, the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable’s attention shifted to the Sin Dragon. His eyes burned with intense greed.
“Born from the resentment of the fire-vein essence being devoured, yet it actually possesses mid-stage Spirit Transformation strength. Heaven-and-earth spirits truly are blessed by nature and favored by creation.”
With that, he licked his lips and muttered with an evil grin: “—I simply must taste it!”
His path was the Dao of Refining Heaven.
Manipulating demonic flames, he threw his head back and laughed loudly, then clashed with the Sin Dragon. Seeing this, the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord immediately withdrew all his defensive measures.
Even though Crimson Heaven was coldly staring at him, he showed no fear.
Instead, he sneered:
“Why is the Demon Venerable staring at me like that? That Wang Yu has already run away.”“Hmph—
“Once entangled by my Heaven-Refining Demonic Flames, even a great-perfection Nascent Soul cannot escape so easily. Wang Yu won’t get away, and neither will you.”
The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord glanced at the intense battle between the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable and the Sin Dragon. The former’s strength was overwhelmingly superior and more than enough to kill the latter, yet he seemed far more interested in capturing it alive.
The existence of the Sin Dragon greatly attracted the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable.
This caused the fight to focus mainly on binding and sealing spells. One glance was enough to tell it would be a long, drawn-out capture battle. Seeing this, the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord spotted another ray of hope.
Unless absolutely necessary, he naturally did not want to fall into their hands.
Otherwise, Yellow Springs Monastery would become the main cannon fodder in the next phase of the righteous-demonic war, and his position as Monastery Lord would come to an end.
The Dizang lineage was digging up graves and searching for burial-pit secret realms of the White Bone Dao everywhere. As far as he knew, there was one in Cloud Ridge Prefecture. Perhaps that would be his way out.
After pondering for a moment, his dry throat made his voice slightly hoarse, yet the effect was actually quite good.
“By now, Wang Yu should have escaped.”
Crimson Heaven frowned.
“This Venerable already said he cannot escape.”
“Oh? Then when does the Venerable think the demonic flames will bring him back? After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn? Tomorrow? Or… perhaps never at all.”
The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord kept provoking Crimson Heaven’s emotions, constantly hinting that Wang Yu was no simple character, trying to divert his attention.
“That kid possesses the Water Ancestral Token. Water counters fire. The demonic flames are not an unsolvable problem for him.”
“Ridiculous. You clearly don’t understand the power of our Heaven-Refining Demonic Flames.”
“Perhaps. But I understand that kid Wang Yu very well. He is vicious and ruthless, yet on the surface he pretends to be righteous and loyal. People like him are experts at deceiving others and acting weak.”
The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord’s words flowed endlessly. Seeing that Crimson Heaven remained unmoved, he continued:
“Who created this Sin Dragon? Do I really need to spell it out? This matter actually has nothing to do with me. It was all Scorching Sun and Wang Yu’s idea and plan.
“If the Venerable had not forcibly detained me, that old bastard Scorching Sun would not have escaped either. Now both main culprits have fled, yet this Monastery Lord is the one left behind.
“Does the Venerable really think I stayed here willingly? I am also a victim who was schemed against!”
His tongue was as smooth as a reed; lies poured out of his mouth with only a few truths mixed in. Crimson Heaven naturally did not believe him. However, as time passed and the demonic flames still failed to bring Wang Yu back, he began to waver slightly.
This wavering was not about the truth of the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord’s words, but about his misjudgment of Wang Yu and a subtle doubt toward his Sect Master senior brother’s absolute authority.
For a moment he considered getting up to give chase.
But out of respect for his Sect Master senior brother’s face, and the simple logic that a monk may run but the temple cannot, he remained seated and continued staring fixedly at the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord.
This trophy could not be allowed to escape~
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At the border of Cloud Ridge Prefecture, beside the anxiously waiting Yin Gui Demon Lord now stood a seductive and enchanting woman dressed in a black-lotus gauze skirt, with watery eyes and a face like a jade fox.
This was none other than Yin Gui’s disciple, the Fifth-Generation Palace Master, Lian Yan.
She was only a third-layer Nascent Soul cultivator. Because she needed to guard the Gui Yin Demon Palace, she had not gone to Eastern Extreme Capital. Upon receiving her master’s urgent summons, she had rushed over from the palace.
At this moment she was looking at her master with a face full of confusion.
“Master, what is the meaning of this?”
“This matter is a long story. Yan’er, you only need to know that this trip is to receive a sworn brother of mine.”
Lian Yan felt even more puzzled.
“Where did you get a sworn brother from?”
“Naturally someone I met in Eastern Extreme Capital.”
Lian Yan was shocked. The trip to Eastern Extreme Capital had lasted at most a year. How could he already tell whether someone was worth forming a deep friendship with?
“You don’t understand. Bonds between men can be forged in a single instant. Back then, when I stepped onto the demonic path, it wasn’t out of desperation. It was because those people in Taihu could not tolerate someone as free-spirited as me.
“That group of hypocrites in Taihu spouted nothing but benevolence and morality, claiming my demonic nature ran too deep. So I simply went along with their wishes, switched to the demonic path, and still managed to display my ambitions.”
Lian Yan opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing. Her master-disciple relationship with Yin Gui was completely different from other pairs in the Crimson Kite. When she was young, her Heavenly Yin Spirit Root aptitude had made her family view her as a top-tier marriage tool.
They wanted to attach themselves to the Joyous Union Demon Sect and had sent her to a profligate young master as a cauldron. Yin Gui, who had just smuggled himself out of the Black Mountain Demon Lands, happened to stumble upon the scene and rescued her on the spot.
The two then fled into Blood Reversal Sect territory, accidentally entered the Gui Yin Demon Palace, and officially became master and disciple.
After years of ups and downs, they had become the two strongest members of the Demon Palace.
Having experienced so much together, their bond was extremely solid.
It even carried a hint of rebellious master-disciple affection, so their conversations were far more direct, without any formalities or respectful titles.
“I think you were just being fooled by some—”
Before the word “fooled” could leave her mouth, a head wreathed in pitch-black demonic flames suddenly crashed toward them. The newcomer was none other than Wang Yu!
Yin Gui’s expression changed drastically. He hurriedly raised a demonic-essence shield.
Catching Wang Yu’s head, he raged:
“I told you not to go, but you wouldn’t listen! Look at you now—your body is gone! Come with me to the Gui Yin Demon Palace. I have a spare Heavenly Thunder Spirit Root possession body there.”
Wang Yu was suffering terribly under the demonic flames, his will somewhat blurred.
But he still retained basic conversational ability.
Wang Yu felt a surge of genuine gratitude in his heart. At least the Deer Antler Pearl he had given away had not been wasted. This person truly did not fit in with the demonic cultivators of the Crimson Kite.
“It’s not what you think. This is the life-bound demonic flame of the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable. Head straight for Hundred Flowers Valley in Cloud Ridge Prefecture. There’s an ancient teleportation formation there. I need to return to the sect immediately.”
Yin Gui did not waste a single word. He pushed his speed to the absolute limit.
“Yan’er, keep up.”
On the lightning-fast journey, Lian Yan listened curiously as Wang Yu recounted the upheaval in Eastern Extreme Capital, naturally omitting some of his personal gains.
When she heard that two Spirit Transformation experts had descended, one of them being the strongest expert in the Crimson Kite, the Heaven-Refining Demon Venerable, her small mouth opened wide enough to fit a whole sausage.
“Incredible… and you still managed to escape?”
Yin Gui frowned at her words. “Yan’er, mind your manners. Call him Uncle Wang.”
Lian Yan: “……”
She had heard of Wang Yu’s reputation. He was quite a bit younger than her, yet she had to call him Uncle. That damned Yin Gui kept lowering her seniority every single day.
Wang Yu was heavily injured and paid no attention to such trivial details.
For him, the priority was returning to the Blood Sect’s mountain gate, wrapping up loose ends, and explaining everything that needed explaining.
After that, he would find a remote location to heal.
He needed to be fast. Otherwise, the Body-refinement treasure pill he had swallowed in the Longevity Medicine Vault might trigger its effect prematurely. He much preferred for it to activate right when he was about to break through to fifth-rank Body Refinement.
Otherwise, the “break and then rebuild” effect would be somewhat wasted.
The ancient teleportation formation in Hundred Flowers Valley was a hidden stronghold.
After becoming one of Cold Blood Peak’s ancestors, Wang Yu had specifically checked the locations of all teleportation formation across the region. It was perfect for emergencies like this.
Coincidentally.
Another person who had barely escaped Eastern Extreme Capital had also chosen the nearest route through Hundred Flowers Valley.
Yin Gui suddenly spoke up.
“Brother Wang, do you feel that something is off about that person?”
Wang Yu was currently entangled by the demonic flame and doing his utmost to suppress its tyrannical power. Unfortunately, neither the Ice Chi Pill Flame nor Black Demon Thunder was of any use; they shrank back like mice before a cat.
Being suppressed by the Heaven-Refining Demonic Flame and barely resisting with pure vitality, the Yin Blood Pill secret art was proving extremely effective as a recovery method.
Especially after temporarily placing the Corpse Demon secret art into all seven Idle Slots, the endless yin and corpse qi helped him rapidly condense Yin Blood Pills.
With seven times the efficiency, he was barely able to hold on.
Although his mind remained clear, asking him to observe another Nascent Soul cultivator was a bit difficult right now.
But after just one glance, Wang Yu’s spirit lifted.
“Quick, kill him! He’s been possessed by a Nascent Soul!”
The other party’s route matched theirs exactly, and the ancient teleportation formation in Hundred Flowers Valley should only be known to the higher-ups of the Blood Reversal Sect. Wang Yu had every reason to suspect this was Scorching Sun Old Demon.
So many unexpected changes had occurred on this trip, and someone needed to take the blame. If they could intercept and kill him here, Wang Yu would have far more time to clean up loose ends after returning to the sect.
Yin Gui was a professional.
Seeing Wang Yu so animated, he instantly realized what was happening. He immediately steered his yin thunder closer and shouted from afar: “Fellow Daoist, please wait!”
Scorching Sun Old Demon, who had temporarily possessed a Core Formation body and was forcibly activating a Nascent Soul escape technique, had no intention of stopping. His condition was terrible. The power of the Crimson Heaven Demonic Light far exceeded imagination.
Not only had it destroyed his original body, it had also severely damaged his Nascent Soul, destabilizing his realm. On top of that, he had performed a possession technique, adding injury upon injury.
He charged forward without even acknowledging Yin Gui’s shout.
“Someone who doesn’t know how to appreciate kindness.”
Yin Gui’s face darkened. He turned to Lian Yan and said: “I’ll go intercept him. Yan’er, help your master hold Brother Wang’s head for a moment.”
Lotus Yan: “……Alright.”
With a crackling boom, Yin Gui at full strength was extremely close to late-stage Nascent Soul. His Gui Water Yin Thunder had reached perfection and could completely suppress the heavily injured, near-death Scorching Sun Old Demon.
After accelerating, he caught up in just three breaths.
A vast, mud-like sea of thunder swept forward.
Scorching Sun became even more furious.
“Yin Gui, look who this old man is! You fool, don’t let yourself be tricked by that thief and bring disaster upon your Demon Palace!”
The “thief” he referred to was obviously Wang Yu.
Wang Yu could recognize him, and naturally he could recognize Wang Yu. Both of them were in miserable states, one reduced to only a Nascent Soul, the other only a head.
The full-powered Yin Gui was now the decisive factor in who lived and who died. He deeply regretted not listening to the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord’s suggestion and simply killing this brat back in Eastern Extreme Capital.
If he had, today’s coincidence would never have happened. Verbal persuasion was now his only chance.
Scorching Sun Old Demon’s face flashed for an instant.
Yin Gui saw it clearly. His expression turned even uglier.
“Wang Yu, you bastard! You schemed against me again?!!”
In his head-only state, Wang Yu spoke quickly:
“It was just a guess. Daoist Yin Gui, since you’ve already made a move, that petty Scorching Sun will definitely hold a grudge against you. You might as well kill him outright. After all, a Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect Venerable will take responsibility.
“Even a great perfection Nascent Soul dying at the hands of a Venerable is normal, let alone when two Spirit Transformation experts are involved!”
“You’re full of shit!”
Scorching Sun spoke even faster.
“Little friend Yin Gui, this old man has always been fair and just. I have never stooped to those underhanded, scheming acts. I swear I will not hold a grudge.”
To this, Wang Yu had only one sentence:
“The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord came to ambush me because of this old thief’s instructions. He secretly planted a tracking method on me long ago and has been harboring ill intentions from the start.”
The statement was half-true, half-false, yet it was the decisive line that determined Yin Gui’s attitude.
After all, he had personally witnessed Wang Yu being taken away by the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord.
He naturally believed what his own eyes had seen.
“I’ll slaughter you, you lying old dog!”
Lian Yan seemed to want to say something, but seeing that Yin Gui had already attacked, she could only sigh helplessly and rush forward to assist.
Inside her arms, Wang Yu’s severed head had crescent-moon marks appear in his eyes.
Void Moon Eye Technique · Spatial Imprisonment!
The timing was perfect. The sky-filling yin thunder wrapped around Scorching Sun. His Core Formation body disintegrated like paper.
In the nearly frozen space, Scorching Sun’s Nascent Soul appeared with a twisted face. Massive amounts of Gui Water Yin Thunder poured in right after. Lian Yan summoned a bronze-bell-shaped divine-sense secret treasure.
With a light shake, the already heavily injured Nascent Soul revealed a dazed expression and took the full brunt of the Gui Water Yin Thunder attack. As the Nascent Soul flickered, death qi already began to surface.
Yin Thunder Water Sword · Entwining Kill Hundred Slashes!
Whether intentional or accidental, the divine ability Yin Gui unleashed was brutally ruthless, slicing Scorching Sun’s Nascent Soul into countless fragments.
In the blink of an eye, it vanished from the world.
All that remained was a single Heaven-Earth Ring. Unlike the one he had handed to Crimson Heaven, this was where his true foundation lay.
Yin Gui unceremoniously pocketed it.
Wang Yu did not ask about it.
“Hurry to Hundred Flowers Valley. With Scorching Sun dead, the soul lamp in the Zhuo Clan ancestral land should have gone out. The Blood Reversal Sect will react very quickly after losing such a powerhouse.”
Yin Gui shot him a glare.
“Isn’t this all your fault?”
“If he had harbored good intentions and not targeted me, he naturally would not have met this calamity.”
“You really are a walking disaster. Wherever you go, people die. The Crimson Kite’s experts are all going to be wiped out by you.”
“Nonsense.”
Seeing the two of them still in the mood to bicker without the slightest worry about offending a colossal entity like the Zhuo Clan, Lian Yan was thoroughly impressed.
“Enough already. Deliver Uncle Wang to Hundred Flowers Valley, Master. You should also find a place to hide for a while and focus on closed-door cultivation.”
Both men instantly shut their mouths.
And so.
Two hours later, they successfully arrived at the hidden spot in Hundred Flowers Valley.
Wang Yu said, “When we meet again after this parting, at least a hundred years will have passed. I wish you success in breaking through to late-stage Nascent Soul as you desire.”