99: Unexpected incident

It had been half a year since he arrived in Heishan City. For the past six months, he had barely left his home, quietly dedicating himself to Cultivating and focusing on the developments within the Reincarnation World.

He only occasionally heard Xie Wanling mention things happening in the Jianghu once or twice, so he didn't actually know much.

As for the situation on Qingling Mountain, he was completely unaware, as there were no other Cultivators around him.

Fortunately, he had finally achieved a Breakthrough to Qi Refining Fourth Realm, and even Xie Wanling was about to Breakthrough to the Innate Realm.

For Gu Chang, his purpose in coming to the mortal world had basically been achieved. It was time to find another spiritual land for good Cultivation.

“Gulp~”

He quietly took a sip of the clear, fiery wine, gazing at the tranquil small town, and Gu Chang's thoughts drifted into the distance.

Time passed bit by bit, and the sky turned from bright to dark. Snowflakes continued to fall, and the New Year's air was filled with chill and 肅殺.

However, despite this, the other members of the Divine Image Sect still guarded the surroundings of the secret room, vigilantly watching for any disturbances.

“Bang bang bang!”

However, what one feared most often came to pass. Suddenly, a series of urgent and heavy footsteps came from outside the White Cloud Martial Hall.

This made the hearts of everyone in the Divine Image Sect pound, and they all gripped the weapons in their hands.

“Bang bang bang!”

“Open the door! Officers on official business!”

Soon, the courtyard gate was knocked, causing the expressions of the Divine Image Sect members inside to change drastically. Such a commotion was undoubtedly aimed at them!

“How can it be such a coincidence!”

“Could someone have leaked information?”

“Who! Who! Why betray us!”

“We absolutely cannot let them disturb Junior Sister's Breakthrough!!”

“The success or failure of our Divine Image Sect rests on this one move!”

“…”

But what truly sent shivers down their spines was not merely being found, but the timing, which was too coincidental. This situation could only mean there was an internal spy among them!

Immediately, the few remaining Divine Image Sect members became wary of each other, their weapons drawn, each suspecting the other of being the hidden traitor.

“All Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters! I’m sorry!”

Suddenly, a young Divine Image Sect Disciple rushed towards the main door.

The others were about to stop him, but then officers from the imperial court immediately jumped in from outside, instantly surrounding everyone.

“Zhao Wenlin, you traitor!”

“I never thought it would be you!”

“What benefits did the imperial court give you?!”

“…”

Faced with this situation, the remaining Divine Image Sect members were so enraged they almost vomited blood, glaring at the traitor as if they wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood!

If they had only endured these last few days, if they had only waited for Xie Wanling to Breakthrough, their Divine Image Sect would have returned to its Peak!

But now everything was over, all because of this traitor in front of them!

“Why? Just because Master was biased and didn't care about us at all!”

“He only cared about Junior Sister! He even gave the sect's most precious treasure to someone else!”

“What did we get? Hiding, changing our identities, unable to return home!”

“Heh heh, you probably don't know, that hussy even kept another man!”

“No wonder she refused to marry me! Since I can't have her, then I want that pair of dogs to die!!!”

“…”

Upon hearing the others' accusations, the Divine Image Sect Disciple's face twisted, and he began to curse wildly in a deranged manner.

However, when the others heard his reasons, they were all stunned into silence.

Because the reasons were simply too ridiculous, too absurd!

Just because of these romantic entanglements, because of jealousy and dissatisfaction, he directly defected to the imperial court and betrayed those with whom he had shared life and death?

“You! You! You traitor!”

“Kill him! He must be killed!”

“Wuwuwu~ The sect is unfortunate!”

“Heaven wants to destroy my Divine Image Sect!”

“…”

The other Divine Image Sect members, having regained their senses, were so enraged they almost vomited blood. Some could no longer hold back and wanted to charge forward to execute the traitor.

They only wanted to see the Divine Image Sect flourish again, and they never expected that at the most crucial moment, it would be ruined by such a person!

How could they not feel despair and grief in their hearts?

From the rooftop in the distance, Gu Chang naturally heard their conversation and felt a wave of speechlessness.

Ultimately, he just wanted to hide his identity, so how did it turn into this situation?

However, those imperial court officers would not concern themselves with the internal affairs of the Divine Image Sect. Their current goal was only one: to capture all these wanted criminals!

“Swish swish swish!”

“Move! Capture them all!”

“These are all major criminals wanted by the imperial court, don't let a single one escape!”

“Kill! Swish swish!”

Following their shouts, a large number of officers directly drew their weapons and surrounded the Divine Image Sect members.

Just as the two sides were about to engage in battle, a calm voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

“If you retreat tonight and pretend nothing happened, how about it?”

Gu Chang's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it clearly, instantly drawing the attention of everyone present. They all looked up towards the rooftop.

Those who dared to show up at this time were either peerless Masters or true fools. Clearly, Gu Chang was not a fool.

But faced with the current situation, how could these imperial court officers simply retreat?

“Who are you? The imperial court is on official business. Unrelated individuals, retreat immediately! Otherwise, you will be suppressed along with them!”

So, upon seeing him appear, an ill-tempered officer immediately spoke up to warn him.

“Forget it, more words are useless! It will still come down to bloodshed!”

Faced with this situation, Gu Chang couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. Then he slowly took out a Magical Artifact Flying Sword and said softly to them.

“Go! Capture him as well!”

“If he resists, kill him directly!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Swish swish! Move!”

“…”

At this moment, the imperial court officers didn't care about him. The leading official directly gave the order, and the other officers immediately began to act.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

“Ah!”

However, the next moment, a silver sword light instantly streaked across the sky, illuminating the night, and the chilling air was filled with a despair-inducing sword light!

“Flying Sword! It's a Flying Sword!”

“Run!”

“It's an Immortal!”

“We are guilty!”

“We should not offend the Immortal!”

“…”

Only to see streaks of sharp sword light weaving back and forth among these officers, passing through them as if entering an uninhabited land. No one could withstand such a terrifying Flying Sword attack.

Although the Magical Artifact Flying Sword seemed to lack power when facing Gu Chang, it was definitely a Divine Sharp Weapon when facing these officers or ordinary Martial Forest experts.

In just one encounter, more than a dozen officers were killed, and the remaining living ones were instantly terrified.

They dared to act against a group of Martial Forest experts, but they absolutely dared not resist a Cultivator.