293: How could it be...?

Sitting on Luo Shuo's back, Chen Heng and the others vanished into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Liu Qi glanced at the heavy spear in front of him, clutching the Hegemon Spear Technique tightly in his hand.

"Is the martial Dao not also a Dao? It's just a different direction."

With that, Liu Qi grabbed the qi and blood fruit Chen Heng left behind and stuffed it into his mouth... Meanwhile, in Danqing Valley of the Chengtian Empire.

"Senior Brother! That Devil Head is doing things that harm heaven and reason, yet the Sect Head is still associating with him!"

A young man looked at the disheveled middle-aged man in front of him with extreme disappointment.

"Junior Brother, we don't get to decide who the Sect Head cooperates with; that's his business."

The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders, took down the wine gourd from his waist, and took a swig.

"If you ask me, going with the flow is the Righteous Path. Haven't you seen what happened to the True Immortal Sect, who refused to cooperate?"

"You!" The young man's face flushed red, wishing he could draw his sword right now and cut down this useless Senior Brother in front of him.

"Besides, the Valley Master of Danqing Valley is willing to share the Way of Reaching Heaven, so what reason is there not to try it?"

"Haven't you seen that his 'Draw Mountains and Seas' can already create things out of thin air?"

"That's what you call profound methods. Our True Sword Sect only knows how to wield a sword; what kind of profound method is that?"

The more the young man listened, the angrier he became; a little more and his cerebral blood vessels would burst.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm even thinking of abandoning this sword Dao to learn the Valley Master of Danqing Valley's Draw Mountains and Seas~"

The middle-aged man patted the young man's head and turned to leave.

"I, Yan Penglang, am ashamed to be associated with you!"

Yan Penglang, embarrassed and enraged, flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.

"I will go find the remaining disciples of the True Immortal Sect! I will absolutely not allow that Devil Head to act recklessly!"

"If such methods can be called the Way of Reaching Heaven, then what if I don't reach this heaven!"

...Shortly after Yan Penglang left, the middle-aged man reappeared from the shadows.

"Sigh, I don't know what the Sect Head is thinking, insisting that I use this method to drive young Yan away."

"Isn't it just about fighting the Danqing Valley and others to the death? Why not just say it directly?"

"Tsk, and I won't even leave a good impression."

"My reputation, Senior Brother, is completely ruined."

"Anyway, it doesn't matter. I'm just like this, so let it be."

Shaking his head, the middle-aged man took down the wine gourd from his waist and took a drink.

"Hehe, my sword pellet finally has a use."

"Slaying demons and devils, being a hero for once feels pretty good."

"Although the outcome might not be great..."

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Wuwu Mountain, at the Seal behind the mountain.

This distance was nothing for Luo Shuo; in a short while, the group stood before the shattered Seal.

"Do you need my help?"

Chen Heng glanced at Bai Jun; the boy was staring intently at that place he had previously overlooked.

"No, this is something I must face myself."

Bai Jun shook his head, touching the Five Elements Eight Trigrams pendant on his chest.

"Alright, then we'll wait for you here." Chen Heng nodded, respecting Bai Jun's choice.

They had all originally thought that whatever was inside this Seal had already been dealt with.

But when they truly stood here, they could still feel an extremely evil and chaotic aura.

"But Bai Jun, you must remember, never act recklessly."

Just as Bai Jun was about to step into the Seal, Chen Heng grabbed his shoulder.

"If you can't handle it yourself, just shout, and Luo Shuo and I will go in to help you."

"Don't worry, Big Brother Chen, I value my life very much."

Bai Jun smiled, revealing the pocket at his waist containing at least a thousand death-substitution talismans.

"Good, as long as you know what you're doing." Chen Heng didn't say much more, because he saw something called determination in Bai Jun's eyes.

Chen Heng and Luo Shuo found a relatively clean stone and sat down, watching Bai Jun's retreating figure.

"I'm going!"

With that, Bai Jun raised the pendant in his hand.

The pendant instantly glowed with golden light, and a distorted crack actually appeared in the originally abandoned Seal.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely bring back the Thirty-Three Heavens Life Transformation Art!"

The next moment, Bai Jun disappeared from Chen Heng and Luo Shuo's sight.

"Big Brother Chen, do you think that kid Bai Jun can do it?"

Luo Shuo was a little worried; after all, even he felt a chill down his spine from the aura inside.

"What if he succeeds?"

"What if he doesn't?"

Chen Heng raised an eyebrow, clenching his fist.

"With me here, are you still worried that kid Bai Jun will get into trouble?"

"That's true, oh."

...After Bai Jun stepped through that distorted crack, boundless darkness enveloped him.

Buzz~

A crisp buzzing sound rang out, and the pendant Bai Jun had always worn slowly floated up, guiding him through the boundless darkness.

The golden light emitted by the pendant could only barely tear through two meters of darkness, and Bai Jun was completely unable to predict what would happen ahead.

With a creak, Bai Jun looked down at his feet.

Beneath the dust were countless broken swords and innumerable skeletal remains.

These bones and broken swords all emitted an aura that Bai Jun was incredibly familiar with.

They were all disciples of their True Immortal Sect!

"What was it all for, to have so many people die?"

Bai Jun walked forward, his brows tightly furrowed as he looked at the bones scattered across the ground.

However, the entire death zone was unusually quiet, as if whatever was sealed within had truly been dealt with.

"Still, caution is best." Bai Jun circulated the profound art within his body, and blood-red lightning completely replaced the Five Elements Divine Thunder from before.

"Let's call you Blood Fiend Thunder."

Bai Jun raised one hand, looking at the blood-red lightning flickering on his fingertip.

Ever since he absorbed the qi and blood fruit that grew on Big Brother Chen, his Spiritual Qi and lightning techniques had undergone tremendous changes.

The light blue lightning was stained blood-red by qi and blood, and a terrifying aura of slaughter fluctuated within it.

Although it didn't affect the use of the Five Elements Divine Thunder, in terms of destructive power, the Blood Fiend Thunder was several times stronger than the Five Elements Divine Thunder.

Ding-a-ling~!

The pendant emitted a crisp sound, and Bai Jun immediately collected himself, preparing to face an enemy.

"You are..."

But when Bai Jun saw the person in front of him, he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Oh, so you are the most outstanding Junior of the True Immortal Sect now?"

The naked man stood up, holding a rusty broken sword in his hand.

"First Sect Leader!?"

A portrait flashed in Bai Jun's mind; it was the person he would bow to every day after joining the True Immortal Sect.

"I didn't expect anyone to still remember me, huh."

The man chuckled, pointing the rusty broken sword directly at Bai Jun.

"Come, let me see how much potential my descendant truly has."

"Kill me, and the Thirty-Three Heavens Life Transformation Art will be yours, and this Seal that has trapped the True Immortal Sect for thousands of years will completely dissipate!"