Captured
Bai Jie stared at the black and white monuments, which were located in the mysterious and majestic edifice referred to as Third Heaven Palace, and asked, “Zhang Hun, how are things at Clearwater City looking?”
“Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s four disciples are all gathered in the desert, but we dare not venture there for Xiang Nan and Hou Tu would have the terrain advantage now that they have fused. The spirit lords must know how to combat us, an assumption derived from the fact that Xiang Nan cast a barrier over the desert that we cannot trespass.”
“Is Xiang Nan the only one to have fused with a spirit lord? I don’t want any of them to fuse.”
“Do you think we should take Mu Yu’s family at Clearwater City to force him to show himself?”
Bai Jie placed a hand on a stone monument and disputed, “He can’t show himself. Not even I have a counter for Eternally Youthful Ku Mu’s Heaven-Shrouding Bloody Sky. We can’t see him even if he is standing in front of us.”
“What do you suggest, then? Shall we have Celestial Star Sect deal with him or interrogate him for the complete version of Divine Soul Formation?”
“Celestial Star Sect? That’s asking the impossible of them. If I’m not wrong, Mu Yu has already killed Tian Budai. No cultivator, Celestial Star Sect included, is to find out about Divine Soul Formation. There’s no rush to deal with Mu Yu. Let him revive Eternally Youthful Ku Mu, and Eternally Youthful Ku Mu will remove Heaven-Shrouding Bloody Sky with his life. That’s the best time to deal with Mu Yu.”
“Is it really wise to let someone as tough and astute as Eternally Youthful Ku Mu to be revived, though?”
“We killed him once; why can’t we kill him again? Besides, Sword Shadow Dust Gale and Xie Bulao are our guests at the moment.”
Simpering, Bai Jie cast his gaze on the sky, sending a streak of light across the sky, resulting in the sky rippling and forming a barrier. Inside the colliding red and white barrier sat Xie Bulao and Feng Haochen!
“Hey, Bai Jie, just wanted to remind you that the first thing I do when I get out will be to rip you apart,” taunted Xie Bulao, eyes red as he leaned against the barrier.
“Evil Shadow Eternally Youthful, stubborn as always, I see.”
“I’m not stupid enough to buy your garbage. If you fought me like a man instead of using your tricks, I’d be stepping on your face right now.”
“You know my target isn’t you but Sword Shadow Dust Gale.”
“What, my immortal body not good enough for you?”
“Your immortal body reeks of sinister qi. Only Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s immortal body appeals to me. If I showed up as True God of Third Continent, every cultivator will willingly stake his life to fight the elemental demons.”
“As long as I’m alive, you won’t be touching this meditating saint, you joke.”
“How long will you last in my barrier? I have plenty of time to fight a war of attrition with you, but I’m not so sure you will last as long.”
Bai Jie darkened the barrier with a hand gesture.
“Blast! Drats! Son of a dog! Flipping, motherflipping fatherflipper…” Exhausted after cursing for a while, Xie Bulao complained, “Oi, Saint, how are you as cool as a cucumber when we’ve been taken prisoner? Say something, will you?!”
Feng Haochen opened his eyes and cracked a smile. “Didn’t you hear the man? I’m his only target.”
“Just why the devil did I have to try and save you! Bloody hell! I would’ve bodied Bai Jie if the scumbag didn’t resort to trickery! Toss you and your composure; it’s pissing me off!”
Neither immortal could fight Bai Jie for he had seized full ownership over Celestial Prison. Xie Bulao’s long lifespan equipped him with the power to resist Bai Jie’s soul energy, but it wasn’t getting him anywhere.
“You can still escape. If you wait until your evil energy runs out, nevertheless, it’ll be too late,” said Feng Haochen.
“Oh, shut up. I’m not letting you die. I swore wouldn’t let you die until I drag you to Hell on Earth and show you the pleasure my ladies could shower you in. My lifetime goal is to make you fall, Saint, hehehe!”
Feng Haochen, who was hundreds of years older than Xie Bulao, saved Xie Bulao when he was still a kid and taught the kid how to cultivate. Even though Xie Bulao strayed from the path Feng Haochen hoped to see him on, choosing to kill on whims, Xie Bulao still adhered to morals. Xie Bulao’s principles could change at the click of a finger, but he was forever grateful to Feng Haochen for saving him and mentoring him. For that reason, Xie Bulao was determined to stick with Feng Haochen through thick and thin regardless of the circumstances.
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“I guess we downplayed the match,” remarked Bai Yetian, watching Mu Yu, who was plodding slowly through the desert as if the diverging paths everyone was taking was weighing down on him, from a sand dune up ahead.
Mu Yu caught a glimpse of Bai Yetian and the maiden in blue, yet he just went on his way, uninterested in their business.
“We thought Shadow Assassin Qing Ming would kill you. You’ve surpassed our imagination. We certainly never expected your senior, Xiang Nan, to control cultivators.”
Mu Yu finally hit his breaks to question, “How do you know about that?”
“I know you and your brothers want to dethrone Third Heaven Palace. I believe we share a common enemy,” proclaimed Bai Yetian, back to his old smiling ways.
Mu Yu swivelled around and intently stared at Bai Yetian. “Aren’t you opposing Shadow Syndicate? Where does the ‘common enemy’ fit into the equation?”
“Who do you think stands to gain from Shadow Syndicate’s assassination business?”
The answer set off a bomb in Mu Yu’s mind, requiring him to analyse prior to inquiring, “You’re saying Shadow Syndicate is one of Third Heaven Palace’s pawns?”
“Exactly. We oppose Shadow Syndicate to oppose Third Heaven Palace, so we share a common goal with you,” replied the maiden attired in blue. “Apologies for the late introduction. I am Bai Yechan.”
“Why do you want to oppose Third Heaven Palace?”
“Don’t we all know their true nature? We have no interest in working as their tool. I’ll repeat it: we came here hoping to form an alliance with you,” answered Bai Yetian.
“Why me?”
“Because you’re Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple?”
Dissatisfied with the justification, Mu Yu gave them his back. “I don’t subscribe to teamwork.”
“One can only do so much on his own. We will always have our doors open for you. We know far more about them than you presume, so I hope you will think about it.”
Mu Yu kept going on his way. From his perspective, he couldn’t comprehend where Shadowless Clan’s confidence they could overthrow Third Heaven Palace came from. He assumed Ku Mu would know more about how to defeat Bai Jie than Shadowless Clan would. Nobody was going to revive Ku Mu for him. Thus, he was going to have to grow as a cultivator on his own.
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