As the Universe Turns - Chapter 936
Chapter 936 Changes in the Hidden Cloud Sea
“Wei Yang …”
Xiao Chen suddenly had a bad premonition when he saw the pervasive killing intent. Without hesitation, he moved and flew into the layers of killing intent.
“Your Excellency!”
Bai Luan, Zi Yuan, and the others were worried that he would be corroded by the baleful energy if he barged in like this, so they immediately followed him and condensed a layer of true energy to protect him.
“Your Excellency, watch out for this baleful aura …”
“I’m fine. Be careful not to touch me.”
Xiao Chen quickened his pace and quickly arrived at the Heavenshine Cliff. On the Heavenshine Cliff, there were no traces of baleful Qi erosion. It seemed that Madam Xian Shu had already had someone set up a formation here to resist the baleful Qi erosion outside. However, the baleful Qi outside was getting denser and denser. Even if there was a formation, it wouldn’t be able to resist for long.
“Your Excellency …”
A lot of people also came out from inside. Yang Xiaoran was also inside. Xiao Chen immediately walked up to him and asked, “What happened? Why is the baleful aura outside so heavy?”
Yang Xiaoran was stunned for a moment. He looked at Bai Luan and Zi Yuan behind him. He turned around and looked at him with his brows furrowed. He said, “Hidden Cloud Sea …”
“Hidden Cloud Sea …”
Xiao Chen’s brows furrowed. Yang Xiaoran looked at him and continued, “Madam Xian Shu and Palace Master Wei Yang are in the hall discussing ways. Are you going over now?”
Xiao Chen didn’t say anything else. With a movement, he immediately headed towards the main hall. Bai Luan and Zi Yuan immediately followed behind him.
In the main hall, not only Madam Xian Shu and Wei Yang were present, but also the four valley masters, as well as the sects below Lustless Heaven, there were more than twenty elders with high cultivation bases.
Seeing him suddenly enter, everyone immediately stood up. Then, under his gesture, everyone sat back down.
“Hidden Cloud Sea, what’s the situation like now?”
Xiao Chen walked straight to the hall. He had already noticed that there was something wrong with the Hidden Cloud Sea, and it wasn’t just one or two strange movements that had been sent to Lustless Heaven.
Back then, when his cultivation was still low, he was unable to approach the other side. He always felt that there was an exceptionally powerful existence there. Originally, he thought that when his cultivation reached a higher level, he would be able to explore. However, he did not expect that once his cultivation reached his current level, he would still feel a suffocating feeling once he got slightly closer to the other side. In the end, he had no choice but to leave immediately.
Actually, he had already made preparations. Hidden Cloud Sea was definitely a hidden danger that could erupt at any time. However, he didn’t expect it to come so suddenly this time.
“Senior Monster is currently investigating over there.”
Hua Weiyang stood up from her seat and looked at him. Influenced by him, she now addressed Xiao Cangtian as Senior Monster.
Previously, Xiao Chen had gone to Spirit Ruins Realm and hadn’t returned. She was still worried. Fortunately, Night Shade had sent messages to her at any time. Now that she saw that he had returned safely, she was relieved. However, there was something wrong with Hidden Cloud Sea this time. She was afraid that it would be a bit troublesome.
“I blame Senior for going to the Hidden Cloud Sea …”
Xiao Chen’s eyebrows furrowed even deeper. I heard that Xiao Cangtian went to the Hidden Cloud Sea. On the contrary, he became even more worried. Although Xiao Cangtian’s cultivation was extremely high, after all, he had been heavily injured by Master’s Xuantian Finger and his brain had been injured. Sometimes, he would fall into a madness and disorder, especially after being stimulated. He was worried that Xiao Cangtian would go to Hidden Cloud Sea by himself and something would go wrong.
Seeing his worried expression, Madam Xian Shu said with a frown, “Senior Xiao insisted on going to Hidden Cloud Sea three days ago. We … were unable to stop him.”
The entire hall suddenly fell into silence. Everyone stared at Xiao Chen without saying a word. After a while, they saw him looking at Madam Xian Shu and said, “I will go to the Hidden Cloud Sea later. As for Lustless Heaven, no matter what, we can’t let the baleful aura seep in from outside.”
“I know.”
Madam Xian Shu nodded. The baleful aura outside surged. If this baleful aura seeped in, she knew how serious the consequences would be.
Not to mention the fact that disciples’ cultivation was damaged or even their lives were in danger after being corroded by the baleful aura. Just Lustless Heaven’s flower and tree, the enduring spiritual energy, once tainted by this baleful aura, would most likely endanger the entire Lustless Heaven.
After a while, Xiao Chen understood the situation in the Hidden Cloud Sea for the past few days. He did not hesitate any longer. After instructing everyone to reinforce the formation, he immediately went to the Hidden Cloud Sea.
The Hidden Cloud Sea was not far behind Lustless Heaven. It had been regarded as a forbidden area by Xiao Chen all these years. No one in Lustless Heaven was allowed to go there.
Along the way, the baleful aura was extremely heavy. Originally, the thin clouds had been permeated by strands of black gas. It looked like dark clouds were gathering together, causing people to feel suffocated.
In order to avoid any accidents, Xiao Chen slowed down. After a long time, he arrived at the mysterious and unfathomable sea of hidden clouds. However, seeing the clouds rise and fall, layers of baleful energy enveloped it, causing the mysterious and unfathomable sea of clouds to become even more sinister and dangerous.
The baleful aura inside was too heavy. Ordinary people would find it extremely difficult to get close to it. Even if Xiao Chen had the Three Corpse Demon in his body, he would still need to condense a layer of True Qi to protect his body before he could enter.
Inside, the clouds slowly surged, and countless islands floated. However, unlike Lustless Heaven’s immortal energy, it looked as lifeless as the Devil Realm, emitting a devil’s aura everywhere.
In the past, Xiao Chen had never entered this place before, but he knew that the entire Hidden Cloud Sea was actually very large, almost boundless. If one were to say how big it was, there would probably be a lot of Lustless Heaven added together, which was less than one-tenth or two times the size of the entire Hidden Cloud Sea.
As for what was happening here, he had never known that the closer he got to it, the more oppressive the feeling that made him suffocate became.
After walking for a long time, there was still no trace of Xiao Cangtian. Madam Xian Shu said that he had come here three days ago, so he must still be inside.
However, Xiao Chen’s divine sense was unable to reach too far. He could only send a divine sense inside, “Senior Monster, are you inside?”
Facing the increasingly heavy baleful aura, Xiao Chen’s expression gradually became solemn. He tried to stay as far away from the islands as possible. After an unknown amount of time, there was still no response from Xiao Cangtian in the Hidden Cloud Sea.
The oppressive atmosphere gradually made him frown deeply. At this moment, something strange suddenly came from about ten miles away from him. With a sweep of his divine sense, he seemed to discover the figure of Xiao Cangtian in a dark cloud.
At this moment, he did not hesitate and immediately flew over. The closer he got, the heavier the murderous aura became, and the rolling black clouds became denser and denser.
Within the black clouds, a figure’s shawl was emitted, but it was precisely Xiao Cangtian. Black Qi seeped out from his body. Obviously, he had already been corroded by this murderous aura in the Hidden Cloud Sea for the past three days.
At this moment, a few more strands of baleful energy suddenly corroded towards him. However, a figure from afar suddenly arrived at this moment. As a green-colored true energy shot out, the baleful energy was immediately dispersed. It was Xiao Chen who had rushed over.
“Senior, blame me!”
Xiao Chen quickly flew to Xiao Cangtian’s side. Seeing that he was already infected by the baleful aura, he didn’t say anything else. Genuine energy’s palm condensed and pressed down on his shoulder. With an extremely pure Profound Sect True Qi, the baleful aura in his body scattered a little.
“Kid … when did you come back?”
Xiao Cangtian turned his head, but seeing that his eyes were bloodshot, it seemed that he had been deeply corroded by the baleful aura, so he should not stay here any longer.
Xiao Chen looked into the depths of the Hidden Cloud Sea and said, “The dangers inside are unknown. Senior, it’s not appropriate for you to continue staying inside. Let’s go!”
“Wait …”
Xiao Cangtian stretched out his hand to hold him down and looked into the depths of the Hidden Cloud Sea, saying, “When I first came to Lustless Heaven, I noticed something strange about this place. However, I didn’t tell you at that time. In the past three days, I’ve already discovered it … Uh!”
Before he could finish speaking, his eyes turned bloody red. He covered his head with both hands, and veins burst out on his face. His expression was painful.
“Senior!” Xiao Chen’s expression changed slightly and he immediately pressed down on him. At this moment, another figure suddenly flew over from outside. However, Hua Weiyang was worried about him and followed him.
“Wei Yang, why are you here? Get out of here!”
When Xiao Chen saw that she had also followed him in, he was worried that she would be infected by this murderous aura. His expression immediately became even more nervous.
However, he didn’t know that Hua Weiyang had half of the Demon God bloodline in his body, so he wasn’t afraid of this baleful aura. He shook his head and said, “I’m fine. Don’t worry, I blame Senior for what happened to him.”
At this point, she was just about to reach out to touch Xiao Cangtian when an extremely powerful force suddenly erupted from her body, causing the surrounding sea of clouds to tremble violently.
“Wei Yang, be careful!”
Xiao Chen protected her and flew backwards in an instant. Now, the power of Xiao Cangtian was terrifying. He covered his head with both hands, and his expression seemed to have fallen into some kind of madness. “Demon? What can I do with Mo Nai? What can I do with Xian Nai? Kill! Ling Yin, you can’t kill me, ah-”
Looking at Xiao Cangtian’s insane appearance, Hua Weiyang’s face flashed with shock, “Senior, what’s wrong with him?”
Xiao Chen’s brows furrowed as he looked at Xiao Cangtian, who had fallen into a madness. He said, “Back then, he was heavily injured by my master’s finger, and the Nine Yin Nine Yang Profound Technique’s backlash caused his consciousness to be damaged. Now, most likely, it was the evil energy here that invaded his soul that caused his mind to be temporarily confused.”
“Is that so …”
There was a flash of doubt on Hua Weiyang’s face before he flew towards Xiao Cangtian. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and said, “Wei Yang … watch out!”
However, Hua Weiyang did not stop and flew straight behind Xiao Cangtian. With a wave of his jade hand, a mist of flowers instantly enveloped Xiao Cangtian’s entire body, quickly restoring him to his senses.
At this moment, Xiao Cangtian finally regained consciousness. The bloodline in his eyes gradually faded away. He looked at Hua Weiyang and said, “Little girl, you and the kid go out first. I’m afraid that I’ll go crazy and hurt you guys later. As for me … Don’t worry, I’ll go inside and take a look. I’ll be back soon.”
Hua Weiyang frowned and said, “Senior has been corroded by this baleful aura. We must not continue to go inside. Hearing Wei Yang’s words, immediately go out and ask Miss Shen to help you remove the baleful aura from your body.”