Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms - Chapter 195

Chapter 195: Shamelessness

In an ordinary residence in Chillwater’s capital, Xu Ge was squatting on the ground, toying with the ants on the ground with a tree branch. Zhao Yan was staring blankly at the sky above. There were no words exchanged between the two of them.

But as soon as the door opened, the two of them turned their attention over.

“Young master.” The two of them bowed.

Fang Chen nodded with a fatigued smile.

He had the Greenwood Puppet disguise itself as him and enter the cavern, but his soul had to tag along as well. He was worried that his soul wouldn’t make it to Enlightenment Heaven Supreme’s abode, but to his surprise, not even the restriction art was able to block his path.

That being said, it was exhausting for him to astral project for such a long time. Furthermore, he had to control the Greenwood Puppet’s every move without the slightest delay, or else he would risk giving himself away.

“Have you been to temples here in recent days?” Fang Chen asked.

Zhao Yan and Xu Ge nodded. “Chillwater worships a number of deities, but Enlightenment Heaven Supreme isn’t one of them.”

Fang Chen nodded. It could be that Chillwater didn’t exist back when Enlightenment Heaven Supreme was still wandering the world, so he has no worshipers here.

“Has the Ji Clan made any move?” Fang Chen looked at Zhao Yan.

“Nothing particular of note. They know that Xu Ge and I are residing here, but they didn’t put any eyes on us,” Zhao Yan replied.

Fang Chen nodded. “Did you prepare the carriage I requested?”

“It’s all prepared,” Zhao Yan replied.

“Let’s set off.” Fang Chen smiled.

…

“Damn it! It’s actually a puppet?!” Enlightenment Heaven Supreme inspected the lifeless body on the ground, and his face slowly turned livid.

It had been many years since he was last taken for a ride, but to think that he would be fooled by a mere Ki Refinement cultivator?

“That fellow is a sly one. He must have received quite the fortuitous encounter, or else he wouldn’t have been so vigilant. There might be some truth in his words. There might be more Saint-tier spirit medicine there,” Enlightenment Heaven Supreme murmured under his breath.

Fang Chen’s soul watched him from the sky, curious to know what he was capable of.

Since the other party had lured him in here, it was likely there were some restrictions imposed on this place to prevent him from easily leaving this place. He would be able to prepare more contingency plans if he could gain a deeper understanding of this place.

Ideally, he wanted to save Li Daoye and the others and retrieve the treasures.

But of course, things might not go to plan either. Luck played a huge factor too. That was why people often said it was 30% human and 70% fate.

“Even if I fail to capture that brat, I can’t let him take my sword embryo away. It has been 200 years since the Empyrean Immortal Sword Sect lost the item, so the heat surrounding it should have mostly dispersed by now,” Enlightenment Heaven Supreme murmured.

He formed a hand seal with his hand, which manifested as a surge of dim light. Moments later, the bat fae and stone fae arrived outside the hill, awaiting his orders.

“Capture all of the humans who entered this place,” Enlightenment Heaven Supreme ordered.

The two faes turned around and left.

Enlightenment Heaven Supreme looked exhausted. He slowly returned to his palace, lightly patted the jade pedestal, and an opening appeared beneath. He lay in the opening, closed his eyes, and fell deeply asleep.

“Looks like he can’t use this body for too long. Perhaps his soul hasn’t fully fused with his body yet.” Fang Chen chuckled.

This simplified the matter. As long as Li Daoye could grit his teeth and hold on, he should be able to safely leave this place.

The next moment, Fang Chen’s soul appeared above Li Daoye and Chaoxianggong Nisheng.

The two of them were frantically rushing to the entrance. Every now and then, they would bump into a ferocious beast, but fortunately, these beasts were nowhere as powerful as the stone fae and the bat fae, so they were still able to cope.

“This won’t do. If that black-cloaked man manages to capture Daoist Fang, we’ll be next,” Chaoxianggong Nisheng said.

“What do you suggest?” Li Daoye rolled his eyes.

“We need to make haste. I haven’t fully recovered from my injury yet, but I should be able to barely fly with my sword. Let’s first escape as far as possible, then I need to find a safe spot where I can recuperate. I’ll need you to protect me then,” Chaoxianggong Nisheng said.

“Of course! Leave that to me.” Li Daoye nodded.

Chaoxianggong Nisheng took out her sword and rode on it together with Li Daoye. It was a tough flight—the sword wouldn’t stop shaking—but it was much faster than them traveling on foot.

A day later, the two of them finally returned to the entrance.

Chaoxianggong Nisheng sat down to recuperate. Li Daoye held the end of his promise and kept a lookout for her.

“Ey, I hope young master Fang is alive. He sacrificed himself to lure the black-cloaked man away, so that we could escape. I really owe him big this time,” Li Daoye remarked.

“Brother Li?” a shocked voice echoed.

Li Daoye looked over and broke out into a smile. “It’s the three of you! I thought you died in the hands of the stone fae.”

However, his smile immediately crumbled when he saw Li Xiuming following the three of them.

Li Xiuming also saw Li Daoye, followed by the recuperating Chaoxianggong Nisheng, and he immediately deduced that she must have consumed the 100-year-old Scarlet Fruit or the Blood Ginseng, or else there was no way she could have survived till now.

His face immediately darkened.

“Brother Xia, we have to kill my junior now. She’s severely injured now, but she’s in the midst of recuperating. I won’t be able to curb her in my current condition if she recovers from her injuries, and neither will the rest of you,” Li Xiuming urged.

Li Daoye was momentarily stunned before he angrily berated, “Screw you, Li Xiuming! How shameless can you get? You were the one who first assaulted Miss Nisheng so that you can take another cultivation companion! Tsk, you look like a decent human being, but who could have thought that you were actually a gigolo!”

Xia Yun and his two juniors were surprised to hear that. They quickly distanced themselves from Li Xiuming.

“Brother Li, what do they mean by that?” Xia Yun asked with a frown.

“Don’t believe them. Just search his body. The ki stones and sword embryo must be with him!” Li Xiuming calmly replied. “Otherwise, it must be with Fang Chen.”

“But Daoist Fang has been captured,” Liu Suifeng replied.

“What?!” Li Daoye leaped to his feet in shock. “Did you just say that young master Fang has been captured? Did you see it with your own eyes?!”

“We did.” Xia Yun sighed. “Daoist Fang has indeed been captured. Unfortunately, we weren’t strong enough to help him.”

“Damn it! Why is he so unlucky?!” Li Daoye was in distress.

“This… To verify Li Xiuming’s words, will you allow us to search your body?” Liu Suifeng asked.

“Search my body? How could you trust an outsider’s words? Look at how severely injured Miss Nisheng is! Do you think we’d be strong enough to steal anything from him?” Li Daoye sneered. “He is emaciated now, but that’s because a black-cloaked figure siphoned his blood essence. Even I, young master Fang, and Miss Nisheng combined weren’t a match for him before!

“…” Xia Yun was silent for a few seconds before sighing. “We don’t care about that. We received some injuries and lost quite a bit of our fortune coming in here. The last thing we want is to make a loss here. Let us search your body. We’ll admit our fate if you really don’t have any ki stones or Blood Ginseng.”