NOVPUBSo there was no need to ponder which option to take.
On hearing this, Lou Yi didn’t ask what ’heed the advice’ meant but simply yanked hard on the reins.
The Triangular Rhino stepped into mid-air, swiftly pulling the carriage toward the west.
And at the very moment Wang Ba and his group set off for Li State,
in the vast forests of Sen State,
a bloated figure with a black, hairy bump on his forehead and a large white bag on his back was zipping just above the treetops at a high speed.
The strong Complete Golden Pill aura emanating from him caused some stir-crazy cultivators lurking in the woods to immediately go quiet.
And even if some cultivators, bold and skilled, cautiously followed him,
they soon realized they had lost track of the figure.
They could only curse disappointingly a couple of times before blending back into the forest.
However, the bloated figure didn’t slow down at all, flying rapidly towards the northwest.
"Whoosh!"
The astonishing speed stirred the surrounding wind into sharp blades that sliced through the leaves and branches of tall trees below.
Soon after the bloated figure passed through this area,
two figures slowly emerged from the dense forest.
They quietly watched the bloated figure disappear into the distance, when one of the younger cultivators suddenly spoke up,
"Lord Yan, should we follow that man to take a closer look?"
The other was a middle-aged cultivator with fiery eyebrows and black attire, adorned with a jade victory crown. He was none other than Yan Wuxiong, the Huaimo Lord from the 42 Lords of the primitive Demonic Sect. His face wore a chill as he said,
"That bag on his back, even I can’t see what’s inside… This person is probably no ordinary Rogue Cultivator, he might be from the Wanxiang Sect or the Longevity Sect."
"Let’s go! We’ll be careful and take a look, but don’t let him notice us!"
"Yes!"
As they spoke, the two immediately submerged themselves back into the forest below, swiftly navigating toward the direction in which the bloated figure had gone.
Both were Nascent Soul Cultivators, and even amidst the obstruction of countless trees within the forest, they kept pace below the bloated figure above, not falling behind even slightly.
After flying for a while,
the younger cultivator suddenly frowned and said, "It feels like we’re getting close to the border of Sen State?"
Yan Wuxiong glanced across the increasingly bright forest and nodded slightly.
The forest was indeed visibly thinning out.
After some thought, Yan Wuxiong had an idea.
A dark tendril extended from behind him and quickly bound him and the young cultivator close by.
The tendril unfolded again, and the bodies of Yan Wuxiong and the young cultivator had quietly vanished.
Only the swiftly retracting tendril revealed where Yan Wuxiong had been.
"Move, stay concealed," whispered Yan Wuxiong.
His body drifted through the forest like a ghost, incredibly swift.
Soon enough,
the two of them closely followed the bloated figure, flying out of the forest.
What came into view was a vast and undulating plain, and further ahead, a range of continuous ravines.
"We’ve arrived in Li State!" transmitted the young cultivator.
But the bloated figure no longer headed west; instead, he flew straight north.
"Where is he going? To Xiang State or An State?" wondered Yan Wuxiong, following from a distance.
Just then,
the bloated figure suddenly came to a halt, turned around, and scanned the area behind him with a wary gaze, saying in a deep voice,
"Come out! I’ve seen you a long time ago!"
"Hm?!"
Yan Wuxiong was startled and then frowned involuntarily.
This Golden Core cultivator could actually see through his concealment?
Should he acknowledge the prowess of a cultivator from Jin?
He hesitated for a moment, about to reveal himself,
but then he realized the bloated figure’s gaze was not directed at him.
"Is he trying to bluff me?" Yan Wuxiong had a sudden realization!
"So vigilant! It seems this person, if not a cultivator from Jin, surely has a secret!" Yan Wuxiong quickly caught on.
For a Golden Core cultivator to be so serious, clearly, the secret must be of no low level. n𝚘𝚟pub.𝚌o𝚖
When the bloated figure didn’t see anyone emerge, he sighed in relief, and then made a series of quick, evasive maneuvers, flying in a complicated pattern.
Finally, he stopped in front of a lake.
He scanned the surroundings vigilantly,
Suddenly chanting an incantation, a vortex passage soon appeared on the surface of the lake.
He didn’t hesitate at all and immediately jumped in.
Right after he jumped, Yan Wuxiong and the young cultivator, without hesitation, followed through the closing vortex passage, jumping in as well.
As a Lord of the Demonic Sect, there was truly nothing to fear except for Immortal Ascension!
However, as he landed at the bottom of the lake,
the sight beneath startled him, sending chills through his body!
Beneath the lakebed, a gem imbued with a hint of the sun’s Qi lightly spun, illuminating the entire lake bottom.
The light was bright and even carried a hint of warmth.
Body after body lay arranged on a variety of strangely shaped Magic Tools.
They were still breathing, yet to Yan Wuxiong and the young cultivator, these bodies seemed like empty husks.
As far as the eye could see, their end was not in sight.
A group of fully covered cultivators moved among them, performing various actions on these bodies.
The bloated figure reached the lakebed, and a rather refined-looking middle-aged cultivator greeted him.
In the presence of this middle-aged cultivator, the bloated figure acted with humble reverence,
"Master Xin Zhao, I have brought the new materials," he said.
As he spoke, he carefully put down the white bag he was carrying, then opened it and shook it downward, revealing an array of unconscious cultivators...
