Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 99 It’s a last resort
"Wow!"

There was a slight sound, and the handsome young man waved his hand to disperse the barrier protection. As if he had just reacted, he sneered and said, "What? Have you given up struggling?"

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat when he saw this.

The handsome young man was unaware that his thoughts had slowed down a lot, and he was still chuckling, looking confident of victory.

"Perhaps, I was like this just now, but not as exaggerated as this... After all, I only realized it after getting Xiao Qi's help."

Chen Mu frowned, a thoughtful look on his face.

It wasn't until a moment later that he shouted back, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Could it be that you can't hold on any longer?"

After he finished speaking, he gave the order and the Zhaokong Sword slowly flew towards the handsome young man.

"Hmph!" The handsome young man snorted coldly, condensed a giant hand that could hold up the sky, and stretched out his hand to grab the Zhaokong Sword.

Although the Zhaokong Sword wasn't fast, it couldn't withstand the giant hand's slowness, so it often escaped in dangerous places, like a slippery loach...

Chen Mu didn't want to alert the person in the dark before he figured out his purpose.

In addition, now that he had the protection of cold air, which kept all the miasma outside his body, he simply cooperated with the handsome young man in the performance. Even if something unexpected happened, he could escape suddenly.

The two fought back and forth for a long time. Although Chen Mu pretended to be slow and boring in his reactions, he was extremely patient and did not show it on his face.

However, the handsome young man still looked extremely nervous, obviously immersed in the fierce battle he saw.

After a moment, Chen Mu put his fingers together and the sword drew a long rainbow, which circled around and then slashed from behind the handsome young man.

His eyes kept moving along with the Zhaokong Sword, and when he passed by a place, his pupils suddenly shrank.

I saw Manager Hu, who should have been dead long ago, sitting there, watching the fight between Chen Mu and the handsome young man with relish.

Chen Mu's heart sank. He pretended to be affected by the miasma. After a pause, he suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Hu?"

Manager Hu nodded with a smile upon hearing this, and without explaining anything, he directly picked up the small copper coin sword that had dropped beside him and flew quickly towards the handsome young man.

"Ding!"

However, it was the barrier formed by the handsome young man's Taoist robe that blocked the sword.

Manager Hu's expression remained unchanged as he stabbed at one point after another with the small copper coin sword.

It was not until several sword strikes later that the handsome young man recovered from the shock of Manager Hu's resurrection. He exclaimed and channeled his magic power into the barrier.

But in the eyes of Manager Hu, his actions were too slow.

He calmly took out a long red-gold nail, turned his magic power and threw it into the air, and the nail whizzed towards the barrier.

"puff!"

With a dull thud, the solid barrier that had played a vital role in this battle was easily penetrated.

Perhaps the handsome young man hadn't even noticed the existence of the spikes...

The long nail penetrated the barrier without losing momentum and directly nailed the handsome young man's left shoulder, then nailed his body to the stone wall before slowing down and stopping.

"what!"

The severe pain reduced the miasma that had bound the handsome young man a lot, and he let out a shrill roar of pain.

It was only then that he realized that something was wrong with what he had done. He gritted his teeth, enduring the severe pain, and asked, "Is it you?"

Seeing this, Manager Hu finally let out a cheeky laugh and said, "Disciple Chi Xia is just like this. What's the point of having a higher realm? I've tricked him anyway."

"Disciple of Chixia?..." Chen Mu's heart moved when he heard this, and he remembered the Chixia Island he had landed on before coming here.

The handsome young man roared, "You despicable wretch! I can destroy you with one hand!"

"Of course I know," Manager Hu muttered, "That's why I took so much trouble..." The handsome young man was about to curse, but suddenly he sensed the murderous intent in Manager Hu, so his tone softened involuntarily: "I accept this matter, and all the treasures left in this cave will be yours, as long as you spare my life."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, a feeling of shame rose in his heart. Since he began to practice Taoism, in the past sixteen years, he had never begged for mercy so pitifully, let alone facing a cultivator whose realm was several levels lower than his.

However, the situation was pressing. Most of his magic power had been used up in the fight with Chen Mu, and now he was captured. If he wanted to survive, this was the only way...

Manager Hu sneered, ignored his plea for mercy, and raised the small copper coin sword to chop him down.

"clang!"

It was a jade pendant on the handsome young man's waist that raised a protective shield, and at the same time a blurry shadow gradually appeared.

"Foundation-building cultivator!" Chen Mu was silently observing the two of them from behind. Suddenly, his face changed and he looked at the shadow.

A middle-aged monk in a white Taoist robe with cloud patterns appeared. Although he was just a shadow, his every move was filled with powerful spiritual charm.

"My fellow Daoist, I have offended you. I hope you will spare his life. My Chixia lineage will always remember your friendship..."

Manager Hu tensed up when he saw this, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

But after waiting for a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the shadow say the above words again.

Chen Mu also suddenly realized and thought to himself: "It seems that it is just a preserved image."

"If you kill me, my master and my ancestor will never let you go!"

When the handsome young man saw the illusion of his master, he became more afraid of life and hurriedly spoke to persuade Manager Hu.

Upon hearing this, Manager Hu lowered his head slightly, smiled, and remained silent. After a moment, he suddenly looked up at the handsome young man and said softly, "I offended your Chixia lineage seventeen years ago..."

With a raised hand gesture, the small copper coin sword made a clear sound and slashed directly at the handsome young man's neck.

"boom!"

Warm blood spurted out violently, spilling all over the ground.

Chen Mu felt something was wrong when he saw this.

"Seventeen years ago, he offended the Chixia lineage. I heard him say before that seventeen years ago, he went to Chixia Island with Uncle Shi to offer congratulations..."

Manager Hu turned around slowly, looked at Chen Mu with a strong smile, and said slowly: "Junior Brother Chen, I really didn't expect you to be able to fight him for so long."

"As far as I'm concerned, you would have died at his hands long ago."

Chen Mu's heart sank. After a pause, he feigned surprise and replied, "I didn't expect that Senior Brother was so well hidden. Even a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Condensation couldn't be your opponent."

"I just took advantage of the poisonous miasma. I'm no match for my junior brother!"

Manager Hu shook his head and laughed, "Junior brother, you know that I really want to be friends with you. After all, you have a bright future in the sect, and I hope that you can help me in the sect."

"I originally invited you here with good intentions, but who knew something like this would happen? What a pity..."

His words became faster and faster, and he no longer cared whether Chen Mu, who in his eyes was poisoned by miasma, could keep up.

"But if I let you go back now, there will be a risk that my theft of the Chixia lineage's treasure will be exposed."

"After enduring for over a decade, I finally saw a promising path ahead. I can't tolerate any risk... If it were me, my junior brother would make the same choice, right?"

"What a pity! Fate plays tricks on us. If I had known this would happen, I would never have let my junior brother come with me!"

……

"Junior Brother Chen, I'm sorry!"

(End of this chapter)