Dongxuan Spiritual Realm

Chapter 114 Xiaoqian Transforms into Xue Yan
Inside the Shaoyin Mountain, all the exits were sealed off, and the formations at the nodes of the various caves were activated.

Everywhere, emerald flames flickered, and hordes of evil spirits and ghosts roamed and searched.

"The king said that whoever finds the enemy will be richly rewarded!" the demons roared with joy.

Seeing that he couldn't leave through the main gate and that the enemy was moving in this manner, Yang Qisheng immediately turned back. Fortunately, he had the White Bone Prince in his possession, and through interrogation, he learned many shortcuts and relatively safe caves for the Ghost Prince.

Hiding in a secluded cave, he assessed his current situation.

First of all, they definitely won't be able to get out anytime soon, and we don't know how Junior Uncle is doing, or Lu Yichao.

Lu Yichao surrendered to Cui Wushe and became his disciple; these were all said by the vengeful ghost and cannot be taken entirely seriously.

Secondly, even if it were true, there's a possibility that after Lu Yichao was captured, he had no choice but to pretend to agree in order to save his life.

He needed to figure this out first. If Lu Yichao was just feigning surrender, they could join forces to create a diversion and confusion, or at least exchange information.

However, he couldn't directly show himself to ask Lu Yichao. If Lu Yichao was truly sincere in betraying his master and sect, he would be in danger.

At this point, the inner demon Heishan Xiaoqian reappears. Yang Qisheng summons her and transforms her into Xue Yan's appearance.

Xiaoqian, tucking her long hair behind her ear, said in a teasing tone, "I also very much want to help you, young master. After all, we are truly one. If anything were to happen to you, I wouldn't be able to survive alone. No matter what..."

"If you, young master, would say the word, I would go through fire and water for you. But... if you asked me to transform into someone else's appearance, I would certainly do my best, but in my current state, I simply cannot deceive anyone..."

Yang Qisheng knew what she wanted, and gave her forty streams of pure yang energy in one go.

She originally only had fifteen, which was enough to combine with the Lesser Divine Number. This time she obtained fifty-five, which allows her to activate the Greater Divine Number.

"Thank you, sir!"

The demon spun around on the spot and transformed into Xue Yan's appearance.

Yang Qisheng and she were of one mind, so there was no need for them to explain things to each other.

He returned to the outside of Youquan Cave, first secretly captured a demon and interrogated it, learning that Cui Wushe had come earlier. Then he left with Mu Canzhuang, leaving only Lu Yichao inside the cave.

The perfect time!
Yang Qisheng quietly entered the cave and then released Xiaoqian out.

Lu Yichao lay on the stone bed to rest.

Xiaoqian floated over without touching the ground, as silently as a ghost.

Yang Qisheng telepathically told her, "Are you stupid? You're a human now! Don't float around like that, are you trying to scare people to death? Even an idiot can tell something's wrong with you."

Xiaoqian quickly landed on the ground, adjusted her mindset, and imagined that Xue Yan must be looking very anxious at this moment, having gone through all sorts of hardships to find Senior Brother Lu, and also expecting some surprises.

He quickly composed himself, walked to the bedside, and before he could speak, Lu Yichao sat up abruptly. Seeing it was him, he exclaimed in astonishment, "You... how did you get here?"

Xiaoqian cleared her throat and ran over happily, "Senior Brother Lu! I've finally found you! That's great!" Lu Yichao quickly looked out of the cave and lowered his voice, "Quickly, tell me, how did you get in?"

Yang Qisheng observed from a distance that there was no joy on his face, but rather a hint of panic and anger.

He felt a chill in his heart: it seemed that this Senior Brother Lu had really betrayed his master and sect, and sincerely joined the Taiyin Ghost Path!
Xiaoqian said, "I came with my junior uncle, you know our ninth...eighth junior uncle, right?"

"Eighth Uncle is here too?" Lu Yichao had never met Master Hongjian before and knew nothing about him, so he hurriedly looked outside the cave. "Where is he?"

"Eighth Uncle didn't come in. He was outside shouting battles, which lured that old devil Cui Wushe out. I sneaked in to pick you up!"

"So that's how it is. How did you know I was here?"

Xiaoqian said, "I met Ye Yunqiao, a disciple of my sixth master."

"You saw him? What did he tell you about me?"

“He said… he said you were captured by Cui Wushe, and that you became Cui Wushe’s disciple.”

Yang Qisheng wanted to know the truth, so he decided to just tell the whole story and create a stir.

Lu Yichao snorted coldly: "He's the one who betrayed his master and the sect! He betrayed the Taiyi Palace!"

"This...how is this possible? Senior brother, tell us what exactly happened between you two? Otherwise, if that kid keeps talking nonsense, we'll be in a passive position."

Xue Yan and Lu Yichao are both disciples of Master Dayou, and they are like brothers. This is also why Yang Qisheng made his inner demon become him.

Lu Yichao remained silent for a moment before speaking in a low voice: "That kid was punished by his master for killing a thousand-year-old clam spirit back then. He was almost expelled from the sect and had to be morphed into a spirit before he could return to the sect."

That day, he was helping a clam spirit transform on the shore of Siming Lake when he encountered my two disciples, Zhang'er and Nan'er. As you know, my two disciples have always been proud and arrogant. That brat surnamed Ye was expelled from the sect and only has the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment.

And yet he insisted on putting on airs of authority in front of my two apprentices. The two younger ones couldn't tolerate it, and a fight broke out. Not only did Zhang'er and Nan'er not gain the upper hand, but they were also thoroughly humiliated by that brat!

"Huh? That kid only has Foundation Establishment cultivation and uses Sharp Light Sword Qi, while Zhang'er and Nan'er have already set up their furnaces to refine evil spirits and use sword evil spirits! It's two against one, how come they still can't beat him?"

Lu Yichao snorted coldly: "That kid has been by Siming Lake for many years, and he has his own thatched hut and formations there. In particular, that old clam spirit has a thousand years of cultivation and helped him as well, so it was a fair fight of two against two. Although Zhang'er and Nan'er were at a disadvantage, they still managed to land two Hundred Tribulations Finger strikes on him in the end. Hmph, our family's Hundred Tribulations Finger is enough to give him a hard time!"

"And what happened next?"

“When Zhang’er and Nan’er ran back, I told them what happened, so I went to get revenge. My master told me to come to Jiangnan to build a Taoist temple to suppress the demons and monsters here. He also told me to find Yang Qisheng and cooperate with him. I didn’t want to fight him. I just asked him to bow and apologize to my two disciples. Then I would lift the Hundred Tribulations Finger curse from his hand.”

But instead of agreeing, he mocked me quite a bit. So I used my sword aura to restrain him and told him that he was just a discarded disciple of the Taiyi Palace, and that even if I killed him, my master wouldn't say a word! I only showed him some leniency because of my sixth uncle and Yang Qisheng; otherwise, I would have at least cut off one of his arms to let him know my power!

Yang Qisheng was furious upon hearing this and had Xiaoqian ask him, "So what happened in the end? You didn't really cut off his arm, did you?"

"No, we talked a lot back then. In the end, he cried and shouted that since he had never joined Taiyi Palace and had been expelled from the sect by his sixth uncle, he would never think of returning to the sect or rejoining Taiyi Palace. He also made a promise with me that ten years later, we would return to the shores of Siming Lake to duel. He would either avenge his humiliation or disintegrate himself with his sword!"

(End of this chapter)