146: Chapter 146 Departure

Wen Mo offered no comment regarding his clansman, Ge Xuan; he also understood what Lu Jun meant.

Wen Mo waved a hand at the Peak Revered Master below. "Dismissed. Proceed with the plan tomorrow."

"As you command."

As the Peak Revered Master departed, Wen Mo spoke up, "Ge Xuan intends to capture Li Yi. He wants Old Seven to use Li Yi's Physical Body."

Hearing this, Lu Jun snorted coldly. "Wait until the body is swapped before talking. Anyone can boast!"

Lu Jun was well aware of Old Seven's decaying body. It would be best to obtain the body of a Body Cultivator, but in today's cultivation world, Body Cultivators were rarer than ancient Spirit Treasures.

Just as the two were discussing their next plan to invade the humans, the Fire Cloud Sect's grand Formation was suddenly activated.

"What happened?" Wen Mo hurriedly walked out of his Immortal Cave.

"Reporting to the Grand Elder, someone is launching a sneak attack on our Fire Cloud Sect," a Disciple reported quickly.

Upon hearing this, Wen Mo immediately spread out his Divine Sense. He saw a figure fleeing toward the west after bombarding a building, and his expression turned into one of confusion.

"Is it the Qingyun Sect attacking?" Lu Jun asked via voice transmission.

"No, it's just a fly in the Core Formation Realm!" Wen Mo replied via voice transmission.

"Then send a few Peak Revered Masters out," Lu Jun said.

"I'm afraid this matter isn't that simple," Wen Mo said as his figure flickered, flying toward the west.

Sensing Wen Mo's sudden departure, Lu Jun also spread out his Divine Sense.

However, after observing for a while and seeing no losses, he didn't take the matter to heart.

To the northwest of the Fire Cloud Sect, Duan Tianhai was sprinting away with sparks and lightning in his wake.

He wasn't a fool. The Fire Cloud Sect was guarded by those in the Nascent Soul Realm. Not running after attacking would be the act of an idiot.

As he sprinted, a Spirit-transmitting Talisman buried to the west of the Fire Cloud Sect suddenly lit up.

Sensing the appearance of a Nascent Soul Realm expert, Duan Tianhai immediately increased his spiritual power output. The shoes on his feet seemed ready to strike sparks from the friction.

Wen Mo stood outside the Sect, his Divine Sense spread out. Finding that the Core Formation Realm figure was already gone, he shook his head in disappointment.

But just as he turned to return to the Sect, two burnt-out runes below caught his attention.

"Interesting. It seems they came prepared!"

In his view, the opponent was likely testing the Fire Cloud Sect's strength. After all, no one below the Foundation Establishment stage would have such audacity.

At the same time, a similar scene was playing out at Chilian Mountain, though Gu Chen did not possess Duan Tianhai's strength.

Fortunately, he was an alchemist and had plenty of all sorts of strange and eccentric Medicinal Pills.

As the pills went down his throat, his Aura vanished instantly. Even the Divine Sense of those old monsters could not lock onto him.

Watching two Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses fly over his head, Gu Chen hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"This mission really isn't simple," Gu Chen grumbled.

Next, he took out a pre-prepared Pill Furnace.

This kind of broken furnace loved to explode. Just by tossing in a Spirit Stone and some weeds, it would blow up.

Moreover, its power was no less than an explosive Talisman. It was definitely a must-have for his travels.

As a Spirit Stone was tossed into the furnace, he grabbed a handful of wild grass and threw it in as well.

"Rise!"

Gu Chen formed hand seals, and the earth-fire Formation beneath his feet instantly ignited.

Seeing the Pill Furnace in front of him begin to shake, Gu Chen grabbed the furnace's handles and threw it forcefully toward the Chilian Sect.

As the Pill Furnace wobbled through the air, a massive explosion rang out the moment it landed.

BOOM!

Several Chilian Mountain Disciples didn't even know what was happening before they were blown to pieces by the Pill Furnace falling from the sky.

"Who is it? Just who is it!" Zhuang Jianxiao, the Peak Revered Master of Lesser Yue Peak on Chilian Mountain, stood in mid-air waving tentacles as he shouted in fury.

He had originally been evolving Possession seeds of the Sea Race for his Disciples, but the Pill Furnace falling from the sky had blown him directly into his original form.

Seeing that disgusting body, Gu Chen almost threw up the pills he had just swallowed.

While he was hiding from the search above, the two Grand Elders of Chilian Mountain who had just been chasing him flew back over.

"What happened?" one of the Grand Elders asked.

"Reporting to the Elders, while your subordinate was evolving Possession seeds for the Disciples, another Pill Furnace fell from the sky. It instantly killed a large number of Disciples, and even my arm here was injured," Zhuang Jianxiao reported.

Hearing this, the two Grand Elders released their Divine Sense again, but they still found nothing.

"Wen Lin, do you think it could be someone from within the Sect?" the Grand Elder who had just spoken asked.

The Grand Elder called Wen Lin shook his head. "Unlikely. After all, the Sect-protecting Formation wasn't triggered, which means this Pill Furnace was thrown in from outside the Sect."

Chilian Mountain's grand Formation could be said to be the sturdiest defensive Formation, but it specifically could not stop things like Pill Furnaces, which were Spiritual Artifacts that weren't quite Spiritual Artifacts.

After all, no one normally used a Pill Furnace as a weapon, so this was also part of Li Yi's plan for Gu Chen to obstruct Chilian Mountain.

Seeing that their discussion yielded no results, Wen Lin and the other Grand Elder were somewhat angry, but they did not leave. After all, they also wanted to know who exactly was messing with their Chilian Mountain.

Gu Chen, hiding below, immediately moved. In any case, he was currently in a 'walking corpse' state; as long as he wasn't seen, no Divine Sense probe could discover him.

Once Gu Chen reached the mountain gate of Chilian Mountain, he immediately ignited the Spirit Stone in a Pill Furnace, grabbed the furnace's handles to throw it with all his might, and then decisively switched locations.

Hearing the massive explosion from the mountain gate, the two Grand Elders were furious to the extreme and rushed toward the gate.

When the two saw that none of the gate-guarding Disciples had survived, they instantly let out shrieks that didn't sound human.

As the shrieks ended, Wen Lin shouted in rage, "Who is it?!"

After waiting a long while in dead silence, the two immediately ordered the Peak Revered Masters to defend various parts of Chilian Mountain. They didn't believe that under such circumstances, anyone would still dare to bomb them.

Seeing that he had successfully drawn out the Peak Revered Masters, Gu Chen quickly flew away from Chilian Mountain. After all, he didn't want to stay and keep them company.

And in the middle of the night, strange explosions occurred again at both the Fire Cloud Sect and Chilian Mountain.

This left the Grand Elders of both Sects beyond furious. They had kept watch all night but still couldn't find the culprit; they didn't even know what the thief looked like.

At dawn, the morning bell of the Qingyun Sect rang out.

Four flying boats slowly ascended and flew at high speed toward the Dao Yun Sect.

Ever since boarding the flying boat, Jiang Yan and Li Yi had not appeared in everyone's sight.

At this moment, the Revered Master and Disciple were desperately crafting Talismans.

After all, in the upcoming great battle, Jiang Yan was expected to continue displaying his 'art.'

Chen Yaofeng stood on the flying boat's deck leaning on a wooden sword. At this moment, he showed no trace of being near death; instead, he seemed like a sharp sword about to be unsheathed.

"Old partner, I hope you can fully display the Aura you had a hundred years ago," Chen Yaofeng said, stroking the wooden sword.

As for his sword, 'Hidden Edge,' it had never truly been used except to help Murong Xue withstand her Heavenly Tribulation. The sword intent nurtured within Hidden Edge was still complete.

Lü Yang glanced at Chen Yaofeng and then turned his gaze toward Murong Xue.

"Junior Sister, this might be the Grand Elder's final battle," Lü Yang reminded her.

Murong Xue nodded slightly. She was aware of all this, but since it was Chen Yaofeng's choice, she could only choose to respect it.

Lü Yang continued, "The Sword Peak will have to rely on you from now on."

"I haven't planned on taking over the Sword Peak," Murong Xue said.

Hmm?

Hua Yunlan, Tie Lizhen, and the others were shocked, followed by utter bewilderment.

Murong Xue did not explain. After all, she felt she was currently unworthy of taking over Spirit Sword Peak.

Setting aside Li Yi who was ahead of her, she couldn't even surpass his Disciple Jiang Yan. Does such a person still have the right to serve as the Spirit Sword Peak Revered Master?

Therefore, Murong Xue intended to re-temper her own sword path. She wanted to choose a Sword Dao Domain that belonged uniquely to her.

"If you don't take over, then who can?" Tie Lizhen asked.

Murong Xue spoke up, "My Revered Master can still serve for the time being. Let him continue to hold the position of Spirit Sword Peak Revered Master."

Hearing this, the few looked at each other. Although they didn't understand Murong Xue's thoughts, perhaps this was the best way.

While they were chatting, Zhuang Ruohuai shouted, "We are about to arrive at the Dao Yun Sect. All Disciples, prepare for descent!"

As Zhuang Ruohuai's voice fell, the flying boats slowly decelerated. Then, Disciples one after another stepped onto Flying Swords and flew toward the Dao Yun Sect.

And just as the Disciples were descending, Li Yi and Jiang Yan walked out of the cabin.

Li Yi tossed a Storage Pouch each to Murong Xue and Lü Yang. "You don't need to participate in the main battle. Paste all these Talismans outside the Dao Yun Sect's Formation."

"Yes."

Murong Xue and Lü Yang took their orders and departed on their Flying Swords.

"Everyone, move out!" Li Yi shouted loudly.