94: Chapter 94 The Azure Lotus Secret Realm, the Dragon Vein Appears!

Xia Jin's figure followed behind those two figures, heading all the way to the northwest, sweeping past high mountains and deep valleys, finally arriving before a vast, boundless bamboo forest.

Xia Jin landed on the middle branches of an exceptionally tall bamboo stalk, gazing at the endless sea of bamboo in the distance, as well as the two figures who had stopped in the Void Realm, and couldn't help but frown. "These two, running to this bamboo sea... what are they trying to do?"

Seeing this, Immortal Master Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming exchanged a glance, then, without another word, simultaneously raised their palms and struck the Void Realm in front of them in unison!

Hum~!

The Void Realm in front of the two figures actually twisted, and after a few breaths, a vortex about a zhang high appeared out of thin air.

If one looked closely, a strange Sword Intent could be faintly felt emanating from within that vortex.

Xia Jin's eyes narrowed, his gaze locked tightly onto that vortex. "This aura... is it Green Lotus Sword Intent?! Could this place be the Green Lotus Secret Realm!?"

Although the Sword Intent emanating from the vortex was extremely faint, Xia Jin had once condensed a strand of Green Lotus Sword Intent in the Great Xia Grand Ancestor's Mausoleum, so he was intimately familiar with it. He recognized it at a glance.

"I'm afraid this is the entrance to the 'Green Lotus Secret Realm'? But what are these two old Daoists trying to do by suddenly coming here?"

Just as Xia Jin was pondering this in his heart, another aura, violent, wild, and resembling a primal Vicious Beast, tore through the air from afar! It landed before Immortal Master Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming.

The newcomer was a middle-aged man with a burly physique, draped in a simple animal hide robe, yet he gave off the feeling of a king of all beasts.

"Another Earthly Immortal realm expert... who is this?" Xia Jin frowned, his gaze scanning the suddenly appeared middle-aged man up and down.

However, as he observed the other side from the shadows, he was not worried that those people would detect his presence. After all, with the Nine Turns Creation Sutra masking his aura, no one in the same realm could possibly detect his existence.

"Wolf Lord, you are punctual." Immortal Master Ziyang looked at the wild-looking middle-aged man and spoke indifferently.

Wolf Lord?! The Earthly Immortal behind the Three Northern Frontier Kingdoms, the Wolf Lord! So it was him.

Yet a flash of doubt crossed Xia Jin's eyes. The Three Northern Frontier Kingdoms were allied with the Great Qian Dynasty to attack the Lieyang Dynasty, so why were the two Old Ancestors of the Lieyang Dynasty secretly meeting with the Wolf Lord of the Northern Frontier here?

"Interesting..." Xia Jin seemed to have realized something, his lips curling slightly upward. "First it was the Great Qian Dynasty, and now it's the Lieyang Dynasty; is this Wolf Lord hedging his bets on both sides?"

"When have I ever delayed anything I promised!" A cold glint that was difficult to detect flashed in the Wolf Lord's eyes. "There is still half an hour until the appointed time with the Black and White Ghosts; proceed according to the plan."

Immortal Master Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming exchanged a glance and nodded, then the three of them entered the vortex simultaneously.

"It seems those two old ghosts from the Great Qian Dynasty will also be coming here later! Is it going to be dogs biting dogs? Or a backstab! I'm truly looking forward to it!" A trace of a smile couldn't help but appear on Xia Jin's face.

He found another, thicker bamboo stalk, sat below it, and waited quietly.

Sure enough, not long after, the figure of the Wolf Lord reappeared from the vortex, a look of triumph on his face.

A quarter of an hour later, two subtle ripples appeared in the space simultaneously.

Two figures, one black and one white, appeared before the Wolf Lord at the same time.

It was precisely the two remaining Earthly Immortal realm existences from the Great Qian Dynasty, the brothers known as the 'Black and White Ghosts', Lu Lingfeng and Lu Lingxiao!

Xia Jin's gaze changed, and a hint of killing intent even seeped into his eyes.

One of the tasks issued by the System was to slay these two brothers; he hadn't expected to run into the targets right here.

"It seems that today, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I... am the fisherman who will reap the final profit." Xia Jin sneered in his heart, the chill in his eyes growing even more intense.

"Those two Daoist priests have already gone in." The Wolf Lord looked at Lu Lingfeng, who was dressed in black robes. "When the time is right later, we will strike simultaneously, ensuring we severely injure them in one blow!"

"Good!" Murderous intent was fully revealed in the eyes of Lu Lingxiao, who was dressed in white robes. "After today, there will no longer be those two meddlesome fellows, Ziyang and Xuanming, in this world!"

The three of them said no more, exchanged a glance, and then their figures flashed, entering the vortex almost simultaneously.

Xia Jin did not move, but patiently continued to wait, because he knew that these people would come out very soon.

Sure enough, after only the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, "Wolf Lord!!! You treacherous bastard!!!" Suddenly, a furious roar came from within the vortex!

The next moment, two somewhat disheveled figures stepped out from the vortex; they were none other than Immortal Master Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming!

Immortal Master Ziyang's face was pale, his Daoist robe stained with blood, and there was even a piercing wound on his abdomen that was bubbling with fresh blood. Daoist Xuanming was in slightly better condition, but his hair was disheveled and his breath was unstable.

"It seems that in the end, it was these two old Daoists who were double-crossed!!" Xia Jin watched the two of them with some schadenfreude.

Immediately after, the figures of the Wolf Lord and the Black and White Ghosts also stepped out from the vortex, forming a triangular formation and surrounding Ziyang and Xuanming. On the faces of all three was a smile of certain victory.

"Old Daoist Ziyang," the Wolf Lord said with a smile, his tone tinged with a hint of mockery, "Don't blame me. After all, cooperating with the two of you is no different from seeking skin from a tiger. Once the matter is done, I fear I would be gnawed to the bone by you two. By comparison, cooperating with Brother Lu and the others makes me feel much more at ease."

"Wolf Lord, the two of us, Senior Brother and Junior Brother, will remember this grudge!" Daoist Xuanming glanced at the wound on Immortal Master Ziyang's abdomen, then glared at the Wolf Lord, "But don't get cocky too soon! This place is, after all, the territory of my Lieyang Dynasty!"

"So what if it's the territory of the Lieyang Dynasty?" Lu Lingxiao, dressed in white robes, spoke indifferently. "The Lieyang Dynasty now only has the two of you Earthly Immortals left. Now that Old Daoist Ziyang is injured, his combat power is compromised. Two against three, you have no chance of winning!"

"Today, prepare to stay here forever!"

"Junior Brother!" A flash of ruthlessness crossed Daoist Xuanming's eyes. Immortal Master Ziyang nodded, a look of ruthlessness appearing on his face as well: "Senior Brother! Let's strike together!"

As soon as his words fell, the two simultaneously raised their hands, and half a bronze compass appeared in each of their palms. "Combine!"

The two shouted in unison and slammed the halves of the compass in their hands together! The complete compass suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light, and an ancient, vast aura swept outward! Immortal Master Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming simultaneously poured their internal spiritual power into the compass without reservation, slamming their palms heavily onto the back of the compass!

"Rumble~!" In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains swayed! With the bamboo forest as the center, the mountains and land for hundreds of miles around trembled violently! It was as if some colossal entity that had been sleeping for a long time had been forcibly awakened!

"Roar~!!!" A dragon's roar that shook the heavens suddenly sounded from deep underground!

Immediately following, with the Wolf Lord and the Black and White Ghosts' faces turning as gloomy as water, a colossal Dragon soul, incomparably thick and formed entirely of golden energy, crashed through the surface of the earth and spiraled upward!

Wherever the Dragon soul passed, space distorted, and all things bowed down!

"Dragon Vein?! You can actually mobilize the power of the Lieyang Dynasty's Dragon Vein?!" The smile on the Wolf Lord's face completely vanished, and a trace of panic even appeared.

He never imagined that Ziyang and Xuanming were hiding such a terrifying trump card! This time, if he didn't fight for his life, he would very likely be left here.

"You're crazy! You two madmen!" Lu Lingfeng, dressed in black robes, gritted his teeth. "Run! With this Dragon Vein here, we cannot fight them head-on!!"

"Hahahaha! Want to leave? It's too late!!" Blood overflowed from the corner of Daoist Xuanming's mouth; it was clear that activating the compass and invoking the Dragon Vein had cost him a great price, but his eyes were filled with a cold intent: "Today, none of you are leaving! Junior Brother, Dragon Soul, purge the evil!"

The golden Dragon soul spiraling in the high sky suddenly shot out ten thousand zhang of golden light from its dragon eyes, which fell upon the Wolf Lord and the Black and White Ghosts below.