258 A High-End Battle (2)
The original purpose of Jiang Ming’s trip was to find Lu Xiaoyu. However, he did not expect that after all this trouble, he still would not see Lu Xiaoyu.
He quickly and seriously browsed through the contents of the Jade Slip.
After a while, Jiang Ming finished reading the Jade Slip, and his expression was a little uncertain, “Are the contents true?”
According to the Jade Slip, Lu Xiaoyu and a few other regular people from Clearwater City were taken by a group of low-level individual cultivators to explore the secret area.
In the process of exploring the secret area, the regular people of Clearwater City were treated as cannon fodder and almost all of them died. However, Lu Xiaoyu was amazingly lucky. She navigated the complicated tunnels of the cave and did not encounter any danger.
She was the one who found the cave containing the mysterious corpse and the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood.
However, the others did not realize Lu Xiaoyu’s uniqueness and only thought that she was lucky. Only the disciples of Chasing Moon Lake realized that Lu Xiaoyu had a special cultivation connotation that was compatible with the martial arts style of Chasing Moon Lake, which was why they saved her from those individual cultivators.
Yan Chixia was also noticed by Qi Yue, the disciple of Chasing Moon Lake, during a conversation with Lu Xiaoyu. She thought that Yan Chixia was an ordinary individual cultivator, but she did not expect him to be a monstrous genius.
“According to what Qi Yue said, Lu Xiaoyu should be home safe and sound now. If she is interested in cultivation, Chasing Moon Lake is willing to take her in as an official disciple.”
Chasing Moon Lake was one of the most mysterious sects among the six blessed lands and even the three grotto-heavens. There were only a few official disciples in each generation, and they were extremely inconspicuous. However, even the three grotto-heavens did not dare offend them. They were definitely a terrifying force.
However, now, they were willing to take Lu Xiaoyu as their disciple.
“Maybe Lu Xiaoyu’s martial arts talent was discovered by Chasing Moon Lake?” Jiang Ming wondered softly. If that was the case, it would be good.
With Lu Xiaoyu’s talent, she might be able to shine on the path of cultivation.
Moreover, Jiang Ming also suspected that there was a deeper connection between Lu Xiaoyu and Chasing Moon Lake.
At that time, in the cave, the technique that Jiang Ming had obtained and cultivated from the Lu family had changed slightly. Additionally, the runes cast by the disciples of Chasing Moon Lake seemed to be related to the cave.
It would not be impossible for there to be a connection between the Lu family and Chasing Moon Lake.
“I’ll only know after I see Lu Xiaoyu or Qi Yue,” Jiang Ming muttered to himself. He was going to go back to Clearwater City to see if Lu Xiaoyu had returned safely.
He had already decided to leave. However, it would not be good to leave without saying goodbye.
“Regardless, this message should have been recorded by Qi Yue in the cave. I wonder if Lu Xiaoyu has already left with Qi Yue.”
Jiang Ming’s eyes moved slightly. He suddenly found that the Jade Slip was flashing with a new message.
He opened the second message and read it.
“Fellow Cultivator Yan, we will take our leave first. If you can walk out of the secret area, you should be able to receive this message. Please be careful of the people from the Cangming Grotto-Heaven.”
Jiang Ming raised his eyebrows. The news came from Li Qianya of the Mysterious Star Grotto-Heaven. He was the young man in white who was holding a folding fan.
Back in the cave, Fei Ming from the Cangming Grotto-Heaven had made things difficult for him. It was also Li Qianya who first spoke up to help him out. Although Jiang Ming was not afraid of Fei Ming, he had always remembered this favor.
“He’s not a bad guy,” Jiang Ming muttered to himself. “However, it seems that this Cangming Grotto-Heaven is dead set on killing me!”
He squinted. When he left through the passage just now, he seemed to have accidentally killed two of them as well.
“I can’t be too high-profile under Yan Chixia’s name,” Jiang Ming muttered helplessly. He quietly took out the Spirit Sword Shuttle, turned into a streak of blue light, and flew away.
After circling around the surrounding mountains several times and making sure that no one was following him, Jiang Ming quietly landed in a mountain range, changed his disguise, rode a flying sword that had never been used, and flew up again.
* * *
In Clearwater City, a burly man was walking around the city. After walking down the street for a while, he stopped at a breakfast stall. He ordered some food and then began to eat his meal.
“Sir, how old are you? You look so radiant!” the burly man asked with a smile.
The stall owner was an old man with white hair. However, his movements were very swift. His eyes were bright, and his face was ruddy, as if he had regained his youth.
“H-how did you know that my granddaughter had left to cultivate?” As soon as the burly man finished speaking, the stall owner shouted.
The burly man was confused.
The stall owner threw away the cloth and walked to the big man excitedly. He sighed with excitement, “My granddaughter’s aptitude was average. However, I heard that she was asked to join Chasing Moon Lake. Friend, have you heard of Chasing Moon Lake?”
The burly man took a big gulp of milk in silence.
“Ah, it’s one of the six blessed lands. Do you know about the immortal cultivation blessed lands? There are only six of them in the Feather Kingdom. They gave me a bottle of wine, and I only took a few sips. However, now, I feel like I’m a few decades younger. Sigh, the mayor of Clearwater City even came to my stall for a meal yesterday.”