Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Asking the Taoist Priest to Exorcise Demons
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom revealed a look of surprised delight amidst her despair: over a dozen cultivators had come flying on their swords—a rescue force from Mount Shu, without a doubt!
Leading them was an extraordinarily handsome man, followed by a girl around fifteen, with her hair piled up in a cloud-like bun and a red silk belt around her waist.
Apart from the mentor and disciple, there were over a dozen other sword cultivators, each with an air of saintliness and at least at the Golden Core Realm.
“To refine the populace with a Blood Formation and use this method to enhance one’s power is far too cruel, something the heavens and earth cannot tolerate.”
Lu Changsheng surveyed the Demon Sects’ members present; the elders and disciples of the Reincarnation Hall had eyes filled with a bloodthirsty glow, bordering on madness.
Though practicing heretic cultivations and demon techniques could rapidly increase one’s power, they came with endless troubles later, and even led some to madness, turning into frenzied killers.
“lam the Second Princess of the Xia Kingdom. I implore you, Daoist, to draw your sword and slay these demons. You will be handsomely rewarded.”
The Second Princess of the Xia Kingdom bowed respectfully.
With the Shu Mountain Sect dispatching such a team, the leading elder from the Shu Mountain Sect was very likely at the Dao Palace Realm.
Lu Changsheng’s Innate Taoist Body could conceal his power level, presenting it as that of the second or third layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
“Shu Mountain? Hmph, your cultivation is not even on par with mine; all of you will become nourishment for my Blood Beads.”
The Blood Refining Elder, upon seeing the people from Mount Shu, had already prepared to flee.
But the apparent level of Lu Changsheng’s power was quite misleading.
Lu Changsheng outwardly displayed a power level of only the second or third layer of the Dao Palace Realm, beneath the fourth layer of the Dao Palace realm held by the Blood Refining Elder.
Lu Changsheng was fishing.
“Please be careful, Daoist. This Demon Chief has reached the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm. If we join forces to break his Blood Formation, that will suffice.”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom realized Lu Changsheng’s power level; with it, he might not be a match for the Blood Refining Elder.
She was at the first layer of the Dao Palace Realm, while Lu Changsheng was at the second or third layer.
Besides Lu Changsheng, there was another newly advanced elder of the Dao Palace Realm in his team from the Shu Mountain Sect.
This newly advanced Dao Palace Realm elder looked at Lu Changsheng with extreme fervor and adoration.
Three years ago, at the Six Paths Conference, Lu Changsheng became famous in a single battle by defeating Xia Ningxue from the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion— an exceptional maiden raised by the pavilion. At that time, Lu Changsheng was already at the fifth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
As a newly advanced elder, he naturally held immense respect for a “senior” like Lu Changsheng who had become famous in one battle.
“Leave this man to me; the rest of you take care of the other heretics.”
“Disciple, your opponent is him,” Lu Changsheng said, indicating another Reincarnation Hall elder, without any intention of joining forces with the Second Princess of the Xia Kingdom.
The opponent’s power was at the second layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Although Lian had just entered the Nascent Soul Realm, she had the Martial King Divine Physique; Lu Changsheng had used various precious Elixir Pills over the past eight years to create medicinal solutions for her Body Refinement. In her current realm, Lian was unbeatable, so it was fine to let her try fighting across different levels of power.
With Lu Changsheng watching over her, and the powerful Martial King Divine Physique, there was virtually no risk to her life.
“lean finally fight freely.”
Lian warmed up her limbs in the air, preparing to unleash her full strength.
All along, Lian’s sparring sessions with disciples from the Shu Mountain Sect had been restrained to the point of stopping at the first touch, so she never felt quite satisfied.
“Since when did you people from Shu Mountain become so arrogant? To think a young girl would be my opponent?”
The Nascent Soul Realm second layer elder from the Reincarnation Hall felt somewhat underestimated.
After all, he was an elder of the Reincarnation Hall.
“Since they are our enemies, we must eradicate them completely to prevent future troubles; show no mercy. Any mercy toward them is cruelty to the souls within this city.”
Lu Changsheng was only cordial with those who shared his path, but he showed no mercy to his enemies.
“Yes!”
Lian grew serious and drew the Wrathful Flame Spear that Lu Changsheng had rewarded her with.
“A Body Refiner? A low-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure?”
The Reincarnation Hall elder finally no longer dared to underestimate Lian.
Among cultivators refining their body, one gains an absolute advantage at the same power level.
Lian exerted her full strength to run the Purple Flame Primordial Art, and a hundred purple flames formed a blooming lotus. The Wrathful Flame Spear, infused with the spiritual energy of the fire attribute, turned a deep red all over.
Person and spear became one.
In a flash, Lian appeared in front of the Reincarnation Hall Elder, the spear thrusting forward with a sonic boom, aiming straight for the Elder!
So fast!
The Reincarnation Hall Elder barely managed to wield a blood knife, but it was sent flying by the terrifying force contained in the long spear!
The next moment, the long spear penetrated the body of the Reincarnation Hall Elder!
Lian’s martial techniques were crisp and decisive, each stab lethal!
The Reincarnation Hall Elder’s eyes bulged, nearly popping out, and even until the moment of death, he could not believe it.
With just two moves, he had been killed by a Shu Mountain Sect Elder whose realm was lower than his own.
The other Reincarnation Hall Elders and disciples were all shocked.
The Martial King Divine Physique was terrifying!
Lu Changsheng watched Lian’s performance with satisfaction.
The disciple he had put so much effort into nurturing, each of them was an exceptional genius with monstrous talents, battling across realms in the Nascent Soul Realm was as common as eating and drinking for them.
The gap between the different stages of the Nascent Soul Realm wasn’t even as huge as the gaps between the stages within the Dao Palace Realm.
“This is not good, she is the daughter of the Huang Tribe! Could it be that you, this person, are Lu Changsheng of Mount Shu!”
The Blood Refining Elder looked at Lu Changsheng, his gaze shifting from contempt to panic.
The Reincarnation Hall had already received information that a Shu Mountain Sect Elder named Lu Changsheng had taken the daughter of the Huang Tribe as his disciple.
The leader of the Shu Mountain Sect group before him bore a seven to eight resemblance to the portrait of Lu Changsheng in the intelligence.
Three years ago, at the broken Daoist Temple battle, Lu Changsheng had slain the Evil Sword Elder of the Reincarnation Hall, gaining some notoriety in the Reincarnation Hall.
According to the Reincarnation Hall’s intelligence, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation was at the fifth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
The Blood Refining Elder who attacked Heyang City was merely at the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
“Lu Changsheng?!”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom’s delicate body trembled, her mouth wide open in surprise.
She too was a cultivator and had once cultivated at the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion. She had heard of Lu Changsheng’s reputation.
She had not expected that the Shu Mountain Sect Elder leading the group to support Heyang City would actually be this celebrity.
“Damn it, if I had successfully refined the millions of souls in Heyang City, my cultivation would have definitely surpassed his, but now, I am no match for him… Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is the best!”
The Blood Refining Elder’s face twisted as he desperately poured true qi into the Blood Bead, communicating with the other Reincarnation Hall Elders to flee.
The eight Reincarnation Hall Elders holding the Blood Banners gathered up their banners, and the Blood Formation covering the entire Heyang City disappeared.
“Chase!”
In these years, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation of the Heaven Rank lower-tier technique “Technique of Ten Thousand Li Tracking” had reached great accomplishment. These heretic cultivators, filled with the nauseating stench of blood, could not possibly escape the Technique of Ten Thousand Li Tracking.
“We should follow them!”
After finding out that Lu Changsheng was the Shu Mountain Sect Elder who had shone brilliantly at the Six Paths Conference three years ago, the Second Princess of Xia Kingdom became a little fan of Lu Changsheng. Riding a Flying Sword, she led the Great Confucians of the Xia Kingdom Literary Court and the Imperial Guards in pursuit.
If the Reincarnation Hall members scattered and fled, with her Dao Palace Realm first layer cultivation, as long as she didn’t face the Blood Refining Elder, she could still pursue and kill other Demon Sect Elders or disciples.
The Blood Refining Elder urged the treasured Blood Bead, turning into a streak of blood light in a desperate flight, but Lu Changsheng was in no hurry, always closely following behind.
“I’ll fight you to the death!”
The Blood Refining Elder knew that if he continued to flee, he would most likely be worn down to death by Lu Changsheng, so he might as well join the other eight Nascent Soul Realm Elders to form a Blood Formation and confront Lu Changsheng, even if it meant a fish-dies-and-the-net-splits situation.
“You are only one minor realm higher than me. I have the Blood Formation, and if I fight with all my might, my cultivation can temporarily reach the sixth layer of the Dao Palace Realm. I advise you to think carefully, and we should both retreat.”
The Blood Refining Elder’s eyes shone with a mad blood light as he threatened Lu Changsheng.
He would not consume his lifespan to increase his cultivation unless it was absolutely necessary.
He was gambling that Lu Changsheng wouldn’t dare fight to the death with him.
Unexpectedly, Lu Changsheng still appeared calm and unbothered, ignoring the threat, “It seems you have a slight misunderstanding about my cultivation level…”
