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Chapter 292
Chapter 292
Chapter 292
Ultimate Immortals Ranking
Mu Yu explosively jumped into a tree, while Shi Dengtian appeared where Mu Yu was a second ago. Shi Dengtian frowned as he searched for Mu Yu’s aura that he lost track of all of a sudden.
Ever since news of Mu Yu’s return surged across the lands, Shi Dengtian went behind Daoist Yun Dan’s back to lock down Bamboo Peak and forbade any disciple from being there so that he could immediately catch Mu Yu upon arrival. Shi Dengtian leapt into a void that provided an express route to Bamboo Peak when Mu Yu entered the barricaded area. As a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator and level six alchemist, Shi Dengtian was confident he could bludgeon Mu Yu on his own.
“I know you’re here, and I know I will kill you.”
Shi Dengtian only heard his voice echo. Mu Yu limited his breathing, knowing he was dead meat if Shi Dengtian caught him. Frustrated, Shi Dengtian blasted the bamboo forest down before stomping over to the small house. He already set a trap consisting of several rank six explosion pills inside the house for Mu Yu. He decided to blow up the entire house.
“Keep hiding and I’ll blow the entire mountain to smithereens!”
“Shi Dengtian, Patriarch called us in for a discussion. What are you doing here?” Leng Bingxue descended and questioned.
Shi Dengtian threw another explosion pill, creating a trench in the bamboo forest.
“Stop!” Leng Bingxue caught the next explosion pill Shi Dengtian lobbied and brayed, “Ku Mu has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. Is that still not enough? Will you only stop after you’ve blown up Bamboo Peak? This mountain is one of our assets. You think Patriarch will pardon you for destroying it?”
Shi Dengtian scowled at Leng Bingxue. Strangely, he grinned slyly. “Of course I would heed Patriarch’s orders. Let’s go, Junior Sister.”
Shi Dengtian swept his conniving gaze over to the tree Mu Yu was hiding in. He had flattened the area already, but he recalled he lost Mu Yu’s tracks there. He laughed to himself and flew up to the sky.
Leng Bingxue looked over to the tree and frigidly notified, “I don’t know if you’re there or not; however, Shi Dengtian is planning to kill Ku Mu. All I have to say is, Heart Refinement Cliff, Pill Containment Formation.”
Mu Yu waited for a while after Leng Bingxue left to exit the tree. The barrier was gone as Shi Dengtian blew it away in his fit of rage. Mu Yu didn’t feel pity for the mountain. In saying that, he was upset Shi Dengtian blew Ku Mu’s efforts off the face of the land. Nothing set Mu Yu’s anger alight more than Ku Mu’s imprisonment, nonetheless. He detested their decision to blame Ku Mu for something he himself chose to do.
“Mu Yu, what does Heart Refinement Cliff and Pill Containment Formation mean?”
“It’s where Pill Cauldron Sect incarcerates the most sinister criminals – most of whom are the sect’s traitors and rogues. The formation extracts all of their spiritual energy for other disciples to use. Specifically, it helps alchemists enhance their focus during alchemy. The alchemy building is a formation itself, while the prisoners’ spiritual energy is used as the formation’s core, which is to say that Gramps’ ability to cultivate after recovering it is useless. With time, he’ll be just an ordinary human and wither away. Guess we know where we’re going now.”
***
Meanwhile, over a hundred of the elders of Pill Cauldron Sect assembled at their conference hall – Ancient Pill Hall. A solemn ambience permeated in the hall. The majority of the elders were level six alchemists. They were the reason Pill Cauldron Sect was respected.
Shi Dengtian, Leng Bingxue and Yao Wuji sat on either side of Daoist Yun Dan. Ku Mu’s seat was left for thin air. It wasn’t anything they weren’t used to since Ku Mu left the sect for decades in the past. Under normal circumstances, Mu Yu would’ve been granted Ku Mu’s seat as the latter’s successor.
“Patriarch, may I ask what you summoned everyone for?” inquired Elder Leng.
“I called everyone here to inform you Third Heaven Palace has passed down an official decree for us to stop getting into disputes with the fiend race. Third Heaven Palace acknowledges the resurgence of the fiend king.”
Interpretation: The elemental demons has severely impacted humanity’s peace. Humanity is unable to defeat both races at once. Thus, humanity has chosen to tacitly allow the fiends to exist, and humanity shall form an alliance with the fiend race.
“Is that all?” asked Elder Leng, speaking from experience.
“There is one more matter. It’s been over a century, and Third Heaven Palace has published the updated Ultimate Immortals Ranking.”
Eyes grew twice in size.
To be listed on Ultimate Immortals Ranking was one of the greatest honours a cultivator could ask for. As the name suggested, those ranked on it were deemed the cream of the crop and the future.
“Mm… How many of our sect’s disciples are on the list?” Elder Leng queried.
“… Seven.”
“Who are the seven?”
“Lian Tianyou, Bie Wenxuan, Dao Yueyue, Shi Hai, Xiao Hua and Cai Lie. As for the last name, I suppose you already know.”