Ultimate Immortals Ranking’s Surprises
“Don’t tell my brother yet. They’re witch hunting me right now. You both have felt my energy. I don’t want him to misunderstand me,” Mu Yu expressed.
Lu Deyi conveyed, “There is no need to categorise your energy in terms of good and bad. No matter who you become, you will always be our part-, Mu Yu. Formation Sect will always stand by you. Patriarch told all of us Greater Heaven Casters that we would always support you.”
Yao Wuji voiced, “Mu Yu, I don’t want to lie to you. We know that you are not colluding with elemental demons even though there are many who claim that to be true. We have always trusted you as we trust Ku Mu. Sadly, there are some who wish to strip you of your membership…”
“Nothing surprising about Pill Cauldron Sect at this point,” ribbed Lu Deyi. “You want Mu Yu’s help when you don’t know gratitude?”
Yao Wuji had no rebuke.
“Shi Dengtian, isn’t it?” Mu Yu asked.
Yao Wuji nodded.
“What does Daoist Yun Dan think?’
“He does not agree with removing you. Daoist Yuan De was the most adamant about keeping you. Shi Dengtian took earfuls from him – including profanity. He threatened to sever all ties to Pill Cauldron Sect if they stripped you.
“He feels guilty for failing to protect Ku Mu. Leng Bingxue left with Ku Mu’s body in anger for the same reason. He might’ve always bickered with Ku Mu, but he acknowledged Ku Mu. Honestly, his life is not all roses and rainbows despite the illustrious title he holds. I do not know why he attacked Patriarch Zhuge this time.”
Mu Yu believed Yao Wuji for he already figured out Third Heaven Palace must’ve planted divine soul wood in multiple cultivators when they summoned the Ascension Realm cultivators to Third Heaven Palace prior to Kumu’s passing.
“I know what happened. I will drop by Pill Cauldron Sect once he comes to,” Mu Yu stated.
“Are you serious? Mu Yu, nobody there can be trusted anymore,” disputed Lu Deyi.
“I have important business there.”
“I shall accompany you, then. I cannot feel assured, otherwise,” opined Lu Deyi.
“What are you going for, Elder Lu? If Pill Cauldron Sect wants to take someone hostage, you will become the hostage for sure with your cultivation,” Xiaoshuai commented.
“I-If they really have colluded with elemental demons and set up a trap, I can buy you time to escape.”
“Don’t be so uptight, Greater Heaven Caster Lu. I won’t let harm befall you,” Mu Yu assured. “We’ll discuss this once the two of them regain conscious. Remember, don’t let Mu Hao know about me.”
“We are not colluding with elemental demons,” Yao Wuji insisted, following Mu Yu back to where everyone else was.
“How do we know that?” scoffed Lu Deyi.
“Mu Yu, your wrist!” Xiaoshuai suddenly shouted.
“What about it?” Mu Yu stopped. “I forgot about this.”
Mu Yu forgot to hide fumble with his crest when he killed Ye Feian as he rushed off to rescue Daoist Yuan De and company. In other words, the world now knew he had killed Ye Feian.
“Mu Yu, you made it to rank nineteen?” Lu Deyi enthused, “I knew you were special. It’s only a matter of time before you crack the top nine now, hahaha!”
Had we agreed to Shi Dengtian’s suggestion, we would’ve lost our best disciple, Yao Wuji inwardly celebrated.
“Mu Yu, are you going to erase the crest?” asked Xiaoshuai.
“Erase it? Why? It’s something to be proud of!” argued Lu Deyi.
Mu Yu coldly replied, “No, I’ll keep it. The top twenty are pretty much all of their members anyway. I’ll hunt them down one by one.”
***
News of the earth demons’ ambush soon erupted among cultivators, dampening the presumption that those within Pill Cauldron Sect’s area of jurisdiction were safest. At this rate, only Third Heaven Palace could protect them, so they thought.
Daoist Yun Dan sent everyone in the sect out to search for the group that seemingly vanished without a trace, yet there was no news of them after two days of searching. The most concerning news for everyone was that the elemental demons that ambushed the group escaped without a trace. How was anyone supposed to defeat them if such a strong group was wiped out?
Not long after, news of Mu Yu climbing to rank nineteen, shadow assassin Dong Zhi climbing to rank seventeen, Xiao Ran climbing to rank sixteen and Lie Shang jumping to rank twelve exploded in everyone’s face. Mu Yu and Lie Shang being in the top twenty did not surprise the world, but Xiao Ran and Dong Zhi became the names rolling off everyone’s tongues.
As Dong Zhi was over the age to be ranked on Ultimate Immortals Ranking, nobody expected him to be ranked on there. Xiao Ran was a mysterious individual who popped up out of nowhere. The last surprise was that Cheng Yan, Mu Yu, Xiang Nan and Lie Shang’s senior, was nowhere to be seen among the top twenty.
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