Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 326 Fish Entangled in the Net
"He said that if I hand over the spirit stones on me, he will give me another way out." Chelsea replied with a gleam in her eyes.

"Really? Why do I seem to see you take out a piece of yellow cloth? Are you planning to hand it over? What is that yellow cloth?" The fat-headed and big-eared man's voice was as cold as iron.

Chelsea was obviously panicked when she heard this, but she pretended to be calm and said, "What yellow cloth? I don't know."

"Then what is this?" The fat and big-eared man grabbed his left hand and put it into his sleeve. He had just clearly seen the man stuffing something into it.

"What are you doing, fellow Daoist? Please respect yourself." Chelsea struggled in panic, but it was too late. The fat man had already found a golden and bright paper scroll from his sleeve. When he opened it, he found that it was empty.

The two looked at each other, both a little suspicious. Considering the situation just now and Chelsea's panicked attempt to cover up, it was obvious that the yellow cloth was hiding some secret, but it was blank. What was going on?

"What is this?" the fat man asked sternly.

"This is a souvenir left by my fiancée. Please return it to me, fellow Taoists."

The two of them naturally didn't believe it, but they didn't find any clues from it.

At this time, the man surnamed Ren took the yellow cloth from him, looked at it carefully, stroked it back and forth, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, then rubbed his hands, and a ball of flame appeared between his palms.

Under the burning flames, the bright golden paper scroll slowly changed color, and a picture scroll appeared on it.

"Good boy, there really is something fishy going on. What is this?" The fat man's expression brightened when he saw this. He thought there really was a secret hidden in this, maybe there was a great opportunity, so he immediately questioned Chelsea.

"I don't know about this either. I just got it by chance."

Hearing this, the obese man immediately took out his magical weapon, his eyes filled with murderous intent: "I'll give you one last chance. Tell me the truth about the pattern on the yellow cloth. If you dare to evade me again, I'll kill you immediately."

Chelsea was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, while the other two were both at the late stage of Qi Refining. In addition, after the fierce battle before, there was very little spiritual power left in his body, so he was no match for the two.

Seeing the other party showing off his magical weapon, he showed a look of fear: "I say, I say, this is a treasure map."

"Treasure map, what treasure map? Be more specific."

Chelsea looked timid. "I have a lover. Her master is a foundation-building cultivator named Tu Shengzhen. One day, her master accidentally discovered a place with spiritual liquid. He used the spiritual liquid to grow cold blood fruits there. He originally planned to wait for the cold blood fruits to mature and then refine Shengyuan Pills to improve his cultivation."

"More than a decade later, his master was invited to a ruin to search for treasure. Before leaving, he was worried about encountering an accident and wanted to prevent the cold-blood fruit he had worked so hard to grow from falling into the hands of outsiders. So, he told my lover about this and left the location of the cold-blood fruit on this treasure scroll."

"As expected, her master never returned. Her senior brother, in order to monopolize the Cold Blood Fruit, attacked and plotted against her. Before she died, she told me what happened and gave me the treasure map."

"The person who wanted to take my life just now was her senior brother."

When the two heard this, they were surprised and happy. The cold blood fruit is a rare treasure in the world of cultivation. It is the main ingredient of Shengyuan Pill, and Shengyuan Pill is a pill that can improve the cultivation of cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building. Its value is self-evident.

Neither of them expected to get this important clue here. This is a great opportunity.

"Where is this cold-blood fruit planted? Have you been there?" the fat man asked impatiently.

"It's in a secret cave in the Anshan Ridge area. This atlas is a map of Anshan Ridge, and the red circle is that location. I've been there, but there's a low-grade, third-order formation set up there. Although it's incomplete, I can't break in with my abilities. I originally wanted to sell this information to a Foundation Establishment cultivator and get a large sum of money. But I didn't know those cultivators personally, and I was afraid they'd rob me, so I didn't dare to reveal it. But then my good senior brother came up to me and tried to kill me, and you saw me."

"Didn't your lover give you the formation disk? Or is it with her senior brother?"

"The formation disk should be with her master, but her master has not been heard from since he left."

"Does her senior brother know where the cold-blood fruit is grown?"

"I don't know. I may know, or I may not know."

The two looked at each other, both with excitement on their faces.

"Take us to that place immediately."

"It's useless for you to go there. There's a low-grade, third-order formation deployed there. Although it's unmanned and incomplete, it would require at least four Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through it."

"Stop talking nonsense and take us there immediately." The fat man shouted sternly.

Chelsea was about to step onto his flying magic weapon, when at this moment, a huge silver arc of lightning leaped up from behind and instantly enveloped him. It was the man named Ren behind him who took advantage of his unpreparedness and used a second-level low-grade thunder talisman.

Chelsea only had time to let out a terrified scream before the lightning pierced his chest and drowned him.

Before she died, Chelsea opened her mouth wide, as if she wanted to say something, and looked at the man named Ren with resentment.

He just took some spirit stones and performed a play according to the prepared script. He never thought that the other party would want his life.

"Ah! Why kill him now?" The fat and big-eared man was also shocked. He naturally knew that this person could not be kept alive, otherwise if the news leaked out, it would be troublesome.

According to his intention, he wanted to wait for this person to take him to the place where the cold-blood fruit was grown to see it with his own eyes before getting rid of him. It would be too early to take action now.

"Now that we know the location and have the treasure map, why keep him here? If he tries to escape or calls for help, and this gets leaked, it will be troublesome."

"That's true. Brother Ren is really thoughtful. It's just a pity that this second-level talisman is useless. It's too much to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

"The Cold Blood Fruit is priceless. Compared to that, a second-level talisman is nothing. I'm worried that if a fight breaks out, it might attract the attention of passing monks. If he gets angry and starts shouting, revealing what happened, that would be bad."

"So what should we do now? Should we go to the place he mentioned and see for ourselves? Although he said there was a third-grade low-grade formation there, that might not be true. Let's go and take a look first. If there's no formation, we brothers will divide the cold blood fruit. If there is a formation, we can report it to the head of the family, which will also be a great achievement. What do you think, Brother Ren?"

"That suits me perfectly."

The two hit it off immediately, and so they flew their flying instruments towards Anshan Ridge. By dawn, they finally arrived at that place, and according to the atlas, they found the location of the red circle, which was a natural cave.

The two entered. The further they walked, the wider the road became. After walking for a while, they saw a huge green defensive light curtain appear before their eyes, covering an area of ​​hundreds of feet.

"It seems that the man did not lie. This should be the formation he was talking about. Brother Ren, let's try to see if we can break it." Seeing this formation, the fat man was both happy and regretful.

The joy was that the treasure was indeed there, but the pity was that he couldn't get it.

With the mentality of giving it a try, the two of them each took out their magic weapons and attacked the light curtain. Needless to say, the result was that the spiritual power in both of them was almost exhausted, but the green light curtain did not move at all.

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The sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind was howling.

In the desolate mountains and forests of Bianxi City, a beam of light shot down, revealing Jiang Feng. As the light faded, four Foundation Establishment cultivators emerged from a nearby cave. "Brother Jiang, the sect has sent us to assist you. Tell us what you need us to do." The leader, a burly figure in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation, bowed to Jiang Feng.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, my four junior brothers. You must not leak the news of your coming to Bianxi City. Otherwise, the other party will definitely take precautions and your efforts will fail. So, I can only let you stay in this desolate wilderness for the time being."

"Senior Brother Jiang, the sect didn't explain clearly why we came here. They just told us to listen to you. Now that we are here, you can tell us!" said the dark-faced man on the other side.

"I've received news that the Luoyun Sect and the Kong Family in this city have been in frequent contact with the Yunxuan Sect and the Murong Family. They intend to follow the example of Anyuan City and Yongning City and establish an independent alliance. Therefore, I have reported this to the sect and am taking action before they make a decision."

"Brother Jiang intends to deal with them, but I'm afraid we're not strong enough with just a few of us."

Jiang Feng then repeated the plan: "A few days ago, the Kong family's insider set off for Muhe Grassland. If all goes well, they should have found the location of the secret treasure we planted by now."

"What do we do now?"

"You guys go to Muhe Grassland first. Once I get the news that Kong Zhenqing has set off, I'll immediately join you. Then we'll capture them all in one fell swoop at Anshanling."

"Okay. Let's go now."

"Junior brothers, please be careful to hide your tracks and don't let anyone see you. If the Kong family knew you had come secretly, they would definitely be on guard, and then our plan might not succeed."

.........

The sky was clear and the air was bright. At the gate of Kong Family Mountain, a spiritual ship came speeding from the west and sailed into the inner room.

In the dim training room, Kong Zhenqing was sitting with his eyes closed, practicing. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. He opened his eyes, waved his hand, and the stone door opened without wind.

A Kong family disciple stood outside and bowed, "Master, Palace Master Jiang wants you to go to the meeting hall. He said there's something important to discuss."

Kong Zhenqing stood up without saying a word and walked outside, soon arriving at the meeting hall.

In addition to Jiang Yuhuan, there were two other men inside, who were the two who discovered the clues to the secret treasure.

"Greetings, Master." Seeing him coming in, the two of them hurriedly saluted, and Jiang Yuhuan also stood up.

"What's the matter?" Kong Zhenqing went straight to the main seat and sat down, looking at Jiang Yuhuan.

"Kong Xiangjun, tell the Patriarch what you just said again."

"Yes." The fat man immediately repeated everything that happened in Dongluo City.

Hearing that there was a cold-blood fruit there, Kong Zhenqing's eyes were burning: "Have you been there?"

"Yes," the man surnamed Ren answered quickly, "We followed the treasure map and found ourselves beneath a cave. Inside, there was indeed a huge green light curtain. We tried every trick we could, but we couldn't break through it. Fearing the news would leak out, we immediately returned to report to the head of the family."

"You just said that someone escaped. Does this person know about this?"

"We don't know either. Chelsea, the Muhe Grassland cultivator, wasn't sure either, saying he might know, but he might not. If he did know, and anticipated the leak, he would have sought out the Muhe Grassland Foundation Establishment cultivators for cooperation. That's why the two of us hurried back to report this."

"Call Zhenxuan and Xiangyuan immediately."

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The moon is as round as ink, and the sky is full of stars.

In Tianshan, inside the brightly lit hall, Song Xian walked quickly into the inner room and saw a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect sitting inside.

"Senior Song, I'm here on the orders of Uncle Jiang. Uncle Jiang has something important to tell you." The Beastmaster Sect disciple flipped his hands, took out a jade slip and handed it to him with both hands.

Song Xian immediately took the jade slip, probed inside with his spiritual sense, and Jiang Feng's figure immediately appeared in his mind.

Soon, he withdrew the jade slip, his face still expressionless, and he just nodded: "I understand. Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist."

"Uncle Jiang is waiting for Senior's response. Please respond as soon as possible."

"I understand. Someone, go get Senior Brother Wenyuan immediately."

"Yes." An accompanying disciple responded and left. Soon, Zhong Wenyuan arrived here. His expression was extremely solemn. It was obvious that he had inquired about the visit of the Beast Taming Sect disciples on the way here and guessed what it was about.

"Master, is there a letter from Senior Jiang?" Zhong Wenyuan glanced at the Beast Taming Sect disciple and bowed.

"That's right, I'm leaving now. I'll leave the sect's affairs to you. From now on, no one, inside or outside, is allowed to enter or leave. Get ready here and wait for my news."

"Yes."

Song Xian then called several core members of the sect and announced that the sect was in a state of emergency, asking everyone to obey Zhong Wenyuan's orders. Although several people were confused about what had happened, Song Xian did not tell them everything, but only asked them to obey orders. Before taking action, naturally, the fewer people who knew, the better.

After explaining the sect's affairs, he left the mountain gate with the Beast Taming Sect disciple.

Song Xian's escape light carried the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect all the way west. In less than half an hour, they arrived at a remote stone hill. He landed his escape light and quickly came to the bottom of a huge rock. Jiang Feng was waiting for him there.

"Senior Jiang, has Kong Zhenqing already set off?"

"The Kong family has already set off for that place. Success or failure depends on this one move." Jiang Feng slowly stood up, his expression calm and his eyes peaceful.

Seeing no one else around, Song Xian asked, "I wonder how many people Kong Zhenqing brought with him? Have your clan's reinforcements arrived?"

In the jade slip, Jiang Feng only said that Kong Zhenqing had set off and asked him to meet here with the disciple who delivered the message. He did not explain anything else.

"According to the information I received, Kong Zhenqing brought dozens of elite cultivators, and the four Kong family foundation-building cultivators have all come out in full force, boarding a second-level spirit ship and heading to the Muhe Grassland. Our sect has also sent four junior brothers to assist, and they are currently lurking in the Muhe Grassland not far from Anshan Ridge. We will set out immediately to reunite with them. Are your people ready?"

"As you ordered, everything is ready. As soon as we succeed here, I will immediately lead them to Bianxi City to attack the Kong family's mountain gate."

"We're going to Anshanling and it'll take quite some time to go back and forth. Hopefully, the news won't leak out! The Kong family must have sent spies to your mountain gate."

"Don't worry. From the beginning to the end, the only people in our sect who knew about this were me, my wife, and one of our elders. No one else knew about it. After receiving your information, I have banned everyone in the sect from entering or leaving."

"That's good, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)