Chapter 233: Chapter 240: Huayuemoon is Troubled! (First Update)
Translator: 549690339
Inside the Liuhe Killing Array, there were lamentations everywhere. The stronger the Practitioner, the harder it was for them to endure the pain caused by the endless world.
Yang Zhen and his despicable cat wandered around. When they saw ordinary Practitioners, they first took their storage rings, and then respectfully sent them out of the array. Their manners were extremely courteous.
All the Practitioners who had left the array were twitching at the corners of their eyes, wishing they could go back in and kick Yang Zhen and the cat.
It was so despicable, those two bastards had told a huge lie, deceiving all the Practitioners on the Coast of the East Sea. Excluding those who were conned by Yang Zhen and the cat into searching the East Sea for the so-called treasure of the pirate king, almost all had fallen for the deception.
Yet, after leading everyone into the array, Yang Zhen and the cat didn’t kill them all. Instead, they… stripped everyone naked, taking away their storage rings and the good things they wore. Still with a face of deference, they escorted everyone out.
As for those who refused to comply, Yang Zhen didn’t take matters into his own hands. Listening to the screams of ghosts and howling in the array told the story, spine-chillingly gruesome.
Everyone hated Yang Zhen, but there was no way to handle him. They couldn’t beat him nor break the array in a short time. Under such circumstances, a majority decided to avoid the disaster by losing wealth. Those who hadn’t brought all their belongings secretly felt lucky, and began to be glad at the misfortune of those who had become destitute.
In the vast world and among the multitude of beings, as long as one possessed wisdom, they couldn’ t rid themselves of the petty nature of being unable to tolerate others outdoing them.
The cat grinned from ear to ear, covered in storage rings. Eventually, he couldn’t hang any more rings on himself. He found a safe spot to pile a small collection, and seeming unsatisfied, he even dug a pit to bury the rings before contentedly heading off to rob more.
“Oh, lad, why do I hear fewer and fewer screams inside? Could it be that they’re almost all dead?” the cat questioned.
“I don’t know, hurry up and work. Time is running out, we have to go to the Spirit Road,” replied Yang Zhen.
In Shangyuan Sect, people like Lu Chenghui watched what occurred inside the array with strange expressions. Whether it was Yang Zhen’s intention or due to the array itself encompassing White Cloud Mountain, they were able to see everything clearly.
Fang Burning’s face darkened at first. After hearing the screams of the Ghost Elder, it started turning ugly, but he could only pace back and forth. Soon, his face turned so dark it was like the bottom of a pot, and his eyes filled with surges of irritability.
In the end, under Lu Chenghui’s watchful eyes, Fang Burning, driven nearly to madness, blasted everything around him into fine powder. Amidst a sea of blood, Fang Burning ended up choking himself to death.
“Such a horrific array!” Liu Ruoning’s face revealed her uncertainty and shock as she watched Yang Zhen, who was respectfully escorting out a Practitioner he had stripped naked.
When did the young Yang Zhen, who used to work hard on his Cultivation Method in order to defeat Duan Langcai for her, become a formidable figure that everyone feared?
Feeling the terrifying True Essence fluctuations radiating from Yang Zhen, Liu Ruoning bit her lip, lost in thought.
Obviously, she didn’t know that the Yang Zhen, who had once worked hard for her, was not the same person anymore.
Gou Shengtian suddenly exclaimed in alarm, “If Yang Zhen has setup such a horrifying array near the White Cloud Mountain, how are we going to leave?” Lu Chenghui smiled bitterly, “Haven’t you realized yet, it’s all deliberate by Yang Zhen. If I’m not mistaken, everything he’s done is for the Shangyuan Sect.”
“What?” Changyue Real Man exclaimed incredulously while glancing at Lu Chenghui, “For the Shangyuan Sect?”
“Why… why would he do that?” Gou Shengtian’s face flashed with disbelief. He then understood and his eyes reflected gratitude, “It’s such good fortune for Shangyuan Sect to have a disciple like Yang Zhen. If we could control this array in the future, who within the Nether State could destroy my Shangyuan Sect?” Upon hearing his words, the disciples of the Shangyuan Sect were all shocked, their expressions turning enthusiastic.
Liu Ruoning, stunned, her face revealing understanding.
It turned out that all this time, Yang Zhen hadn’t forgotten that he was still a disciple of the Shangyuan Sect. He was about to go overseas and yet, he left such a significant present for the Shangyuan Sect.
If he simply left such a terrifying killing array for the Shangyuan Sect, they would likely attract the covetousness of many forces. Yet from start to finish, Yang Zhen had not revealed his relationship with the Shangyuan Sect. Even if someone with insight guessed it, it would just be a speculation.
Lu Chenghui took a deep breath and said, “Have you noticed? This array isn’t just a killing array.”
“So… what else is its function?” Gou Shengtian asked with astonishment.
Lu Chenghui laughed heartily, saying, “With this array, the Shangyuan Sect will undoubtedly become stronger. Feel the Heaven and Earth Qi around you.”
“This…”
All their faces began to show shock. Then almost in unison, joyful cheering began to rise.
“The Heaven and Earth Qi is growing thicker and thicker. No wonder I feel the Cultivation Method within my body operating faster and faster.”
“Such a dense Heaven and Earth Qi, I hadn’t noticed earlier, let alone realized; at this rate, wouldn’t our cultivation speed drastically increase?”
“It’s more than ‘drastically’!”
There was a lively discussion among them, faces full of surprised delight.
Who could have imagined that Yang Zhen had unknowingly done so much for the Shangyuan Sect?
Lu Chenghui said solemnly, “When this matter is over, I will erect a statue of Yang Zhen in the Chapter House of the Shangyuan Sect. Henceforth, every disciple of the Shangyuan Sect, whether they are new or old, must pay their respects, as if seeing our ancestors.”
Hisss!
Every one of them let out a gasp, but no one objected, even Gou Shengtian, as principled as he was, just gasped, nodding his head solemnly.
At that moment, a loud call from the sky suddenly startled everyone.
“Yang Zhen, are you here?”
The voice was loud as thunder. In mid-air, a young man dressed in white stood on his sword; his grace and strength evident in the wind that billowed his robes.
“Who is this young man?” Changyue Real Man looked at the figure in the sky with uncertainty, breathing heavily.
While everyone was looking at him in surprise, Yang Zhen suddenly went forth to meet him.
“Is it time to depart?” Yang Zhen asked enthusiastically as he met the newcomer.
This youth was none other than Ye Zhiming, who had left earlier due to some matters.
Looking at the terrifying workings of the array beneath him and Yang Zhen, Ye Zhiming shookhis head, “I’m not here for that Spirit Road trip.”
“Then why?” Yang Zhen, with a puzzled look on his face, asked.
Ye Zhiming was silent for a moment, clearly wanting to speak but hesitating. Finally, he took a deep breath and said in a heavy voice, “Flower Spirit Girl seems to be in trouble.”
“What?” Yang Zhen stood still, staring at Ye Zhiming. He spoke slowly and clearly, “What kind of trouble has the little girl run into? Tell me everything; don’t leave out a single detail. Who dared to mess with her again?”
Ye Zhiming shookhis head, speaking to Yang Zhen stammeringly, “No.- Flower Spirit Girl is fine, she’s just… acting a bit odd. I can’t really explain – you will understand once you see her.”
After staring at Ye Zhiming for a while, Yang Zhen asked with a frown, “Where is she?”
“Evil Spirit Island!”
“What Island?” Yang Zhen jumped in surprise.