Translator: Jon
Editor: Silavin
Lu Ye initially thought that after Wu Xie was defeated, those from the Heavenly Gully Cult would retaliate. Much to his surprise, it had been peaceful for the past few days as no cultivator from the Cult had shown up.
It wasn’t until this moment that an unusual phenomenon took place. Although Lu Ye was inside the Valley of Medicine, he still felt as though the sky was about to come crashing down. Hovering in mid-air, he looked up and furrowed his brows.
He had no idea what was going on near the Heavenly Gully, but the anomaly showed that something major must’ve happened over there.
It seemed that his speculation was right. He had entered Soaring Dragon Boundary at a point where something major was about to happen, and the incident would affect the entire Boundary.
It was just like what had happened in the Myriad Beast Domain. The entire Domain was in danger under the attack of the beasts at that time.
While he was observing the anomaly, he saw a golden light charging towards him. Before he could even react, the golden light had crashed into him.
He trembled upon impact, but he wasn’t injured. The golden light integrated into his body the moment it came into contact with him.
Something seemed to have descended.
Finding the feeling familiar, Lu Ye was both shocked and doubtful.
He had the same feeling when he received blessings from the Heavens on the Spirit Creek Battlefield and Cloud River Battlefield.
Those who got the blessings of the Heavens would be full of luck. Therefore, Lu Ye would frequently come across opportunities that were rare for others while he was on both Battlefields. That was the abstrusity of luck.
Although he could be unlucky sometimes, he would eventually solve the crises.
He had never expected that he would also receive the blessings of the Heavens in this Hidden Realm.
This kind of Hidden Realm was a world of its own. The Heavens in this world were different from those in Jiu Zhou. The blessings he had acquired this time were limited to this world, and they had nothing to do with Jiu Zhou.
[What’s going on?] Lu Ye was bewildered.
Based on his observations on the Heavenly Gully, he had a feeling that a big change was about to happen in Soaring Dragon Boundary, though he had no idea what it was.
As such, he hastened his pace of building the wards.
Regardless of the changes in the future, the wards he had spent days building would prove to be useful.
He was secretly glad that he hadn’t left the valley sooner. Otherwise, he would’ve been dragged into the turmoil.
In front of the hut, the Divine Healer, who looked identical to Hua Ci, looked in the north as well. She sighed and said, “The day has finally come. I guess it’s inevitable.”
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In a Spirit Boat, Huang Liang appeared sorrowful as he coughed out blood from time to time.
Rays of light were running after him. They were all Elders from Heavenly Gully Cult.
Fa Hua and Liu Tianyi had lost their lives in the previous battle. Although Huang Liang was determined to die, the two Seniors had spent their last bit of energy to open up a passageway for him to flee at the most critical moment.
Although they didn’t say anything, Huang Liang understood their kind intentions.
He wasn’t the bearer of the world’s luck, so he didn’t have to die there. At this point, the martial world in Soaring Dragon Boundary needed a powerful cultivator who was aware of what the Cult was up to so that he could lead his fellow cultivators to destroy their enemies.
As such, his survival would be more meaningful than his death in such a place.
Suppressing the sorrow in his heart, he ran for his life. However, since he was badly injured, and with so many cultivators from the Cult running after him, he felt that he couldn’t hold on any longer.
All of a sudden, a lush valley came into sight.
[This is…]
After giving it some thought, Huang Liang figured out where this place was.
In the entire Xue Zhou, only the famous Valley of Medicine had such a beautiful view.
[Damn it!]
He had been playing it by ear when running away from his enemies without a specific direction in mind. Much to his surprise, he eventually arrived at the Valley of Medicine.
If there were no enemies behind him, he could naturally go to the Valley and seek medical treatment. There was no doubt the Divine Healer was able to heal him.
However, with so many enemies pursuing him, he would bring trouble to the Divine Healer if he headed straight to the Valley of Medicine.
He thought that he couldn’t stay here. Nevertheless, before he could change directions, he heard someone growling from behind, “Go to Hell, old fart!”
Immense power swept over him from behind. Huang Liang felt as if a mountain had crashed into him as he uncontrollably flew forward and plunged towards the valley. He sprayed out a mouthful of blood while in mid-air.
Upon falling to the ground, he quickly got to his feet, only to see an impassive-looking young man and two young girls glancing at him. There was also a pale man who was seated on a chair.
Met with their gazes, Huang Liang shouted, “Run! Those from Heavenly Gully Cult are coming!”
“Senior Huang Liang?” Zhuang Bufan was basking in the Sun when Huang Liang suddenly fell to the ground. He was shocked to see that the Sect Master of the Imperial Sect looked so battered at that moment.
[The Sect Master of the Imperial Sect is being hunted down! What’s going on?]
Moreover, according to what Huang Liang had said, those who were running after him were from the Heavenly Gully Cult.
“Are you here to look into the matter after receiving the news, Senior?” Zhuang Bufan asked.
He had asked several friends to send a message to the three major Sects to tell them what was going on in Xue Zhou. However, he had no idea how they would handle this matter.
When he saw Huang Liang here, he naturally associated the two incidents together.
However, he didn’t know that the reason Huang Liang was here had nothing to do with his message. Moreover, what was going on in Xue Zhou was more severe than he thought.
Huang Liang didn’t have time to explain anything. He covered his chest and staggered forward while saying, “Let’s go right now before it’s too late.”
“Don’t even think about running away!” Many figures hovered in mid-air at the entrance of the valley. A burly man with a Spirit Artifact that looked like a wolf-tooth club sneered. “No one can leave this place.”
Zhuang Bufan was rooted to the spot upon recognising who the person was. “Yun Haitian!”
The person was none other than the Sixth Elder of the Heavenly Gully Cult. Zhuang Bufan wondered why Yun Haitian was even there. It wasn’t until this moment that he realised the people racing after Huang Liang were all Ninth-Order Masters, including Wu Xie, who had suffered a setback because of Lu Ye previously.
[Did Huang Liang attack the headquarters of the Heavenly Gully Cult or something? Why are so many Ninth-Order Masters trying to kill him?]
There were more than ten Elders from the Cult, and they were all famous figures. Also, they were followed by a lot of cultivators from the Cult. Even if Huang Liang was at the peak of his power, he still wouldn’t be a match for them, not to mention that he was badly injured.
“Wu Xie, I heard that you suffered a setback in the Valley of Medicine because of a young man. Where is he?” someone said after a laugh. There was a hint of mockery on his face as he swept a glance over Lu Ye and the others, but he didn’t pay much attention to them.
Although he wasn’t on good terms with Wu Xie, the latter was undeniably powerful. Lu Ye and the others obviously weren’t capable of defeating him.
However, there was something off about Wu Xie’s expression. He stared fixedly at Lu Ye as his gaze was filled with hatred.
“That’s him?” The person who had spoken earlier was shocked. “No way! Did he hurt you? You’re our Ninth Elder, after all. Why are you so weak?”
Wu Xie snorted without explaining anything.
He had retreated that day because Lu Ye was indeed shockingly powerful. Also, he was poisoned at that time. Since he had no idea what kind of poison that was, he couldn’t stay there any longer.
At a later time, he confirmed that it wasn’t some lethal poison. Just as he wanted to get revenge, it was too late. The Heavenly Sage had ordered all Elders to hide within the blood river to launch a sneak attack on Fa Hua and Liu Tianyi.
He didn’t expect that he would eventually return to the Valley of Medicine.
At that instant, he was determined to get his revenge with his own hands by killing that brat.
“No one else should have a hand in this!” Wu Xie said and stepped forward. It seemed that he had decided to have a one-on-one fight with Lu Ye.
“Alright, don’t waste any time to avoid unexpected events. No one can bear the Cult Master’s wrath if we hold him back. Get more people to go over,” said the burly Sixth Elder, Yun Haitian.
After the epic battle under the Heavenly Gully, both Fa Hua and Liu Tianyi were killed, but several Elders also lost their lives, and a lot of people were injured. The people outside the valley were lucky as they weren’t injured. As such, they were responsible for running after Huang Liang.
Fa Hua and Liu Tianyi, coupled with Huang Liang, were able to make Heavenly Gully Cult suffer a huge loss even though they were ambushed, which went to show how formidable they were.
The two of them were the bearers of the world’s luck, so they could even be considered to be as powerful as Real Lake Realm Masters.
Although Wu Xie was displeased with Yun Haitian’s order, he had no choice but to oblige.
Several people then stepped forward and charged towards Lu Ye and the others.
“Damn it!” Huang Liang said through clenched teeth. He didn’t expect to drag the Valley of Medicine into this mess before his death. It was too late to let them run away, and given his condition, he couldn’t possibly fend off the Elders from the Cult.
His only hope was that they wouldn’t kill everyone. At the very least, he hoped the Divine Healer would survive.
Anyway, he had to kill one of them before his death.
While he was in his thoughts, the ordinary young man, who had been standing beside him, stepped forward all of a sudden. As that happened, everything seemed to have changed.
Everyone’s vision became weird at that instant.
Even though Lu Ye and the others didn’t seem far away, the Elders who were dashing towards them had an illusion that the distance between them was infinitely stretched.
Regardless of how hard they tried, they were unable to approach Lu Ye and the others.
Lu Ye then stomped his feet on the ground, after which the view around them changed again. A fog appeared out of nowhere, and they started seeing illusions. At that moment, those who had entered the valley were separated, and they felt dizzy.
“Huh?” A shocked Huang Liang turned to look at Lu Ye.
[What kind of move is that?] Even though he was the Sect Master of the Imperial Sect, he had never seen or heard of such a move before.
“It’s a ward!” Yun Haitian’s expression changed as he hovered outside the valley. Even though he appeared to be a rough person, he was sensitive and detail-oriented. That was why he was ranked sixth among the Elders.
The transformation in the Valley of Medicine made him realise the source of the problem. Someone had built an abstruse Grand Ward in this place.
The huts and those people in the valley were out of sight. Even the Elders who had entered the valley had gone missing. The entire place was engulfed in countless clouds.