163: Chapter 163 Purple Dragon Immortal

After a while, the light released by the dao bead grew weaker and weaker.

Chen Changqing felt that the strength of his Divine Soul stopped increasing, but for him, this was a pleasant surprise; such a Divine Soul had raised his Divine Soul cultivation by a layer.

Bai Yuqing's Divine Soul had also recovered quite a bit. Although it was still far from her Peak period, it had at least restored her Divine Soul to around the strength of the Purple Mansion Seventh Layer just now.

After all, as the spirit of a Tier 5 Magic Treasure, her Divine Soul strength would not be lower than the Nascent Soul Stage.

Chen Changqing and Bai Yuqing nodded, returning to reality. He hurriedly took out a healing Medicinal Pill to consume while recovering through meditation.

In just a short while, a trace of color returned to his face.

Cough, cough!

After coughing up a few clots of blood stuck in his throat, he finally got up from the ground.

Extending his Divine Sense, the scenery within a radius of a hundred miles was completely reflected in his eyes.

Within a hundred miles, several Tier 2 Monster Beasts were heading in this direction, some of which had been frightened away by the commotion of their battle earlier.

"It seems we need to hurry and leave. Staying here any longer is not a good thing," Chen Changqing said.

Meanwhile,

inside a magnificent grand hall somewhere in Yan Country, a cry of astonishment rang out.

"Fellow Daoist Xuesha actually died? Wasn't he staying in that remote place called Qinghe? How was he suddenly killed?"

An old man wearing a purple python robe was shocked.

He looked at the soul lamp belonging to Master Xuesha. That lamp, which had burned year-round, suddenly went out. Even during that incident decades ago, this had never happened.

As a veteran within the Anti-Immortal Alliance, Master Xuesha had been a Pseudo-Core Realm Expert even before performing Possession on Zhao Tiangang. Originally, their Anti-Immortal Alliance had six Pseudo-Core Realm Experts.

However, during a journey decades ago, Master Xuesha was heavily injured by someone, nearly resulting in his death. Afterwards, he somehow performed Possession on Zhao Tiangang and returned with Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.

And now, not knowing who he had offended, he was actually slain.

The old man in the purple python robe was speechless in his heart and could only first inquire with Master Qianyu, who happened to have just returned.

The old man in the purple python robe walked out of the grand hall, closed the door, and gave an order that no one was allowed to approach this place privately. The two guards stationed here cupped their fists in acknowledgment.

The old man in the purple python robe nodded in satisfaction before leaving.

After a short while, he arrived at the palace belonging to Master Qianyu.

"Senior Zijiao, what brings you here?" The palace doors abruptly opened, and a scorching aura surged out.

Master Qianyu was comfortably seated on an exquisite and gorgeous bed, his robes half-undone, exposing his robust chest. Beside him, several stunning women were lying on the bed with flushed faces, panting heavily.

Master Zijiao waved his hand, isolating this aura.

"Qianyu, before you came back, what happened to Fellow Daoist Xuesha?"

"Hm? Senior, what do you mean by that?" Qianyu stood up and casually waved his hand, instantly engulfing the bodies of several stunning women in scorching flames.

Screaming and begging for mercy, the few of them completely turned to ashes shortly after.

"Fellow Daoist Xuesha is dead," Master Zijiao sighed.

"What? Senior Xuesha is dead? How is that possible? Before I left, he was still cultivating in Baiyun Mountain, and at that time, there was a Tier 3 Formation protecting him. Unless the Cultivators of the Yuxu Sect discovered something unusual about Baiyun Mountain, nothing would ever go wrong!" Master Qianyu said in shock.

Master Zijiao frowned. If that were really the case, he feared that the Yuxu Sect might trace their location through Master Xuesha's corpse.

"Qianyu, trouble yourself to make a trip and see what is going on. If Fellow Daoist Xuesha was truly eliminated by the Cultivators of the Yuxu Sect, then we cannot stay here any longer," Master Zijiao instructed after pondering for a moment.

"Understood, Senior. I will go right now." Facing Master Zijiao before him, Master Qianyu did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.

This was not only because the strength of a Pseudo-Core Realm Expert far surpassed Purple Mansion Stage Cultivators, but also because of the person before him.

This Master Zijiao had exchanged blows with a Golden Core Master several times and had managed to return alive every single time.

Therefore, even a Golden Core Master facing Master Zijiao would never dare claim they could slay him without paying a price.

Coupled with the fact that he was the strongest combat power on the surface of the Anti-Immortal Alliance.

Master Zijiao watched Master Qianyu's retreating figure with some worry.

Ever since its establishment, the Anti-Immortal Alliance had existed for several hundred years. During this period, they hid behind the scenes and never made a move, waiting for the day when a major upheaval occurred within Yan Country, coupled with the help of other neighboring countries—that would be the time for the Anti-Immortal Alliance to strike.

It was just that none of the Golden Core factions in Yan Country were simple. Last time, Fellow Daoists Lü and Wei went to exterminate the Taisu Mountain Zhao Family; if not for their thorough preparations, they truly wouldn't have been able to take down the Zhao Family, and might even have been killed in reverse.

Now these two people were hiding somewhere in Yan Country, and even he didn't know where.

However, if even their own people didn't know, how much less so their enemies?

Thinking of this, the old man smiled and strolled leisurely around the courtyard.

Several days later, somewhere in the Wanshou Mountain Range, Chen Changqing walked out of the Immortal Cave.

These past few days he had been healing his injuries. Fortunately, he was a Tier 2 Body Refining Cultivator, so his recovery was much faster than other Cultivators.

"It is time to leave," he murmured.

Ever since finishing off Zhao Tiangang, he had gained a slight Epiphany regarding everything that had happened before.

Because of this, after these few days of recuperation, although his Realm still lingered at the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer Perfection, he could sense that something seemed different about himself.

It felt as though his state of mind was heading towards Perfection.

Thinking no more about it, he immediately soared into the air and flew toward Qingyang Mountain.

After a few more days, he finally returned to Qingyang Mountain.

As soon as he reached the ancestral hall, he saw Chen Yuanwen standing inside, looking flustered and uneasy.

"Tenth Uncle, I am back," Chen Changqing called out.

"Ah! Changqing, you're finally back. Where have you been running off to all this time?" Chen Yuanwen said anxiously.

"Allow me to explain slowly," Chen Changqing recounted his experiences during this period.

"You are saying that Zhao Tiangang sacrificed all the Zhao Family Cultivators?! This? How is that possible?

Although this Zhao Tiangang acts extremely arrogantly, he is not the kind of person who would completely disregard his clansmen," Chen Yuanwen's face showed doubt.

"Perhaps this Zhao Tiangang is not the same Zhao Tiangang," Chen Changqing said thoughtfully.

At the time, he hadn't thought much of it, but the further it went, the more he felt that the previous Zhao Tiangang was not the Zhao Family's Zhao Tiangang, but someone who had undergone Possession. This was because Zhao Tiangang had only cultivated for two hundred and fifty years to date, yet his Divine Soul strength far exceeded the Purple Mansion Seventh Layer.

Although he didn't know how strong a Purple Mansion Seventh Layer Divine Soul was, Bai Yuqing did!

At that time, she deduced that Zhao Tiangang's Divine Soul strength had already reached the Purple Mansion Ninth Layer Perfection, which was why it was still very difficult for the two of them to fight him together.

"You mean? That Zhao Tiangang was possessed long ago?" Chen Yuanwen was startled.

Chen Changqing nodded.

"Wait, how do you know Zhao Tiangang was possessed?"

"Because Zhao Tiangang was killed by me," Chen Changqing said calmly.