Volume 2 Chapter 53 / Chapter 140 Senior Brother, Taking Over the Situation
In the densely built western city blocks covered in dust, a circular sandpit of a hundred feet in diameter suddenly appeared.
Ye Anping gazed at the golden stone bowl in the sandpit, squinting slightly.
The giant mouth that emerged from underground just now was the mouthpiece of the demonic beast known as the Blood Kun. Anything swallowed by it would turn into dust. Even Nascent Soul cultivators, if bitten, would also be fatally injured.
However, this golden stone bowl managed to block the mouthpiece of the Blood Kun without any cracks appearing on its surface.
Judging from this effect, this golden stone bowl was probably a Core Formation or even a Nascent Soul stage defensive Magical Tool.
This thing was definitely not something a wandering cultivator like Zhuang Hu could obtain.
After this matter was settled, he felt it was necessary for him to dig deeper about Zhuang Hu background
If he turned out to be a young master from some big family, taking him to the Hundred Lotus Sect later might cause enmity between the Hundred Lotus Sect and his secret big family. Which would make the matter quite troublesome.
Feng Yudie also regained her senses from her confused state and asked, “Young Master Ye, what did that demonic cultivator do?”
“He went crazy. After Zuo Tian and Zi Tiancheng, the two cultivators who guarded the other formation eyes, died, he had to support all the remaining formation eyes by himself. The spiritual energy consumption was too great for him to bear alone. Plus, seeing the killing formation he had been studying for a hundred years easily broken by Zhuang Hu, he began to have suicidal thought, and in a moment of madness, he mis-managed the spiritual energy in his body and exploded,” Ye Anping replied.
He then adjusted his straw hat and, taking his junior sister’s hand, jumped down from the rooftop, approaching the side of the golden stone bowl. He paced back and forth outside, observing for a while, and finally reached out to gently tap the bowl’s wall, calling out, “Big Big Brother Zhuang, are you still alive? Your little brother has brought someone to help you.”
The golden light gradually faded, and the stone bowl lying on the ground flew up into the air, shrinking to the size of a palm in the sky before landing back in Zhuang Hu’s hand.
He gazed at Ye Anping with a resentful look but didn’t speak.
Ye Anping raised an eyebrow as he looked at the stone bowl in Zhuang Hu’s hand. “Big Big Brother Zhuang, what’s the origin of this bowl? It actually managed to block the mouth of the Blood Kun without any damage.”
Zhuang Hu’s lips twitched slightly. He took a deep breath, exhaled, put the stone bowl back into his storage pouch, adjusted his hat, which had been askew during the previous battle, and glanced at Pei Lengxue and Feng Yudie beside him, asking, “Was my performance good?”
“Yes, it’s as good as what I had hoped,” Ye Anping replied.
“Do you already know about this golden stone bowl of mine, or are you trying to send me to the other side?”
“Little brother just believes in Big Big Brother Zhuang’s strength. And even if something were to happen to Big Big Brother Zhuang, I would still help take care of Atin.”
“… …”
Zhuang Hu’s eye twitched, but he didn’t say anything further. He gave Ye Anping a n angry glance and then removed the bandage covering his face, took out a Gathering Spirit Pill, tossed it into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.
Using this golden stone bowl had nearly depleted the spiritual energy in his Soul Realm. He needed to quickly recover and adjust.
It was precisely at this moment that the dragon’s aura in the sky expanded once again.
Hu Hu—
The blood lotus suspended above the Chi Dragon Mansion shrank for the third time, scattering another wave of red snowflakes around.
Ye Anping covered his straw hat, looked up for a moment, and then said, “Now, none of us four are heavily injured. There are four formations around Li Feng, and each of us will take care of one. Once we break the formations, the Red Refining Five Lotus Array will be broken, and then we can leave. It sounds simple, doesn’t it?”
Listening, Zhuang Hu pondered for a moment in his mind and asked, “We are going to face a Nascent Soul cultivator while trying to dismantle the formation?”
“Yes.”
“How do we dismantle it?”
“By force.”
… …
Outside the main gate of the mansion, more than twenty mansion guards were arranged in formation, with numerous barriers set up, establishing the final line of defense against the surging Blood Spirits alongside the surviving sect cultivators.
The leading guard, wielding a long spear and clad in armor, issued a command, “We must hold this position no matter what. Those heavily injured, retreat to the main hall, while the rest of you prepare to engage the enemy.”
“Yes, sir!”
At this moment, a sect cultivator, half-drenched in blood, approached with a stern voice, “Where’s Immortal Master Li? What is your Master Li Feng of the Chi Dragon Mansion doing? It’s been so long, why hasn’t he taken action yet? The demonic cultivators have even reached the inner mansion!”
His complaint ignited the anger of the sect cultivators behind him who were recuperating.
An elderly man with white sideburns stood up immediately and asked, “Yes, indeed! We were invited to participate in the Chi Dragon Conference, but now, it has turned into this. Could it be that old man Li Feng has joined the demonic sect and set up a trap for us?”
“Yes! Where’s Master Li Feng? He’s a Nascent Soul cultivator, solving this matter is as simple as waving his hand. Why hasn’t he taken action yet? Does he want to wait until we’re all dead before acting?”
… …
Seeing the sect cultivators leaning or lying inside the main hall, the guard furrowed his brows. He could understand where their grievances came from, and he even wondered why their mansion lord had not taken action until now.
Although there was no official count, at least nearly ten thousand people had been killed or injured in the Chi Dragon Mansion by now.
Why hadn’t Li Feng taken action yet?
And even their young miss was nowhere to be found, why is she not coming out to oversee the situation?
The guard looked at the crowd and then forcefully struck the ground with the long spear in his right hand.
Bang bang—
“Silence!”
Then, he took a deep breath and replied, “After this matter is resolved, the Chi Dragon Mansion will definitely give a reasonable explanation to all sects and factions. For now, please be patient. If those Blood Spirits rush into the mansion, the consequences will be something none of you want to see.”
A guard, wrapped in bandages from head to toe, ran over from the direction of the inner mansion and leaned close to the guard’s ear.
“Captain, I’ve searched the inner mansion everywhere, but I couldn’t find the mansion lord.”
“And the young miss?”
“I couldn’t find her either.”
“Tsk— Search again!”
“Yes!”
At this moment, four cultivators wearing straw hats and bandages on their faces entered the main hall. The guard captain turned his head and saw that it was the group that had been holding the young miss’s jade token at the Chi Dragon Mansion gate. He quickly stepped forward and bowed, “Your Excellency.”
The leader, Ye Anping, glanced at him, then glanced at the other sect cultivators inside the main hall, and said, “Instruct your guards to search the city for survivors. The Blood Spirits aren’t very strong, so you should be able to handle them easily.”
“But Your Excellency— there are three Core Formation stage demonic cultivators in the city.”
“They’re dead. The only threat in the city now is those cultivators who have turned into Blood Spirits after being tainted by the crimson snow.”
Hearing this, the guard captain couldn’t believe it. Among the four people in front of him, they are all at the Foundation Establishment stage, and only one was at the Late stage of Foundation Establishment. But thinking back to the appearance of the golden dragon in the central district earlier, he didn’t question it. He just added, “Please help reassure these sect cultivators. With Master Li Feng missing and the young miss as well, if this continues, these people may…”
“Mm…”
Ye Anping pondered for a moment, then took out Li Qianjin’s jade token and his Profound Star Sect identity badge, lifting them up to show them to the others.
“Everyone, I am a disciple of the Profound Star Sect, holding the jade token of the Chi Dragon Mansion’s young miss, I’m now going to take command of the mansion guards to deal with this demonic cultivator invasion.”
Seeing the Profound Star Sect badge, the crowd looked slightly surprised.
Ye Anping paused for a moment, then continued, “Master Li Feng is currently engaged in a battle with a Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator and has no spare energy to assist here.”
“A Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator? A Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator has come to the Western Region?”
“Yes. You should all know that Master Li Feng once followed our Profound Star’s Moon Dan Master Sima Xuanji fighting against demonic cultivators and driving them to the Eastern Region. So please rest assured, Master Li Feng will definitely resolve this matter and give everyone an explanation.”
With that said, Ye Anping gave a glance to Feng Yudie and the others, then led the three of them through the main hall and continued toward the inner mansion.