Chapter 636: Chapter 633: Taoist Master News (Vote for Monthly Ticket)_1
Qin Longzi felt a tinge of regret but immediately turned into a streak of firelight, and in an instant, he was a hundred miles away.
After flying out for thousands of miles, his brow furrowed tightly, as if he had remembered something difficult to decide.
Suddenly!
A huge net suddenly appeared in the void, this net was entirely silver in color, and it instantly expanded to a thousand zhang wide, pouncing from above!
A jolt went through Qin Longzi’s heart, just as he was about to cast a spell to dodge, chains suddenly emerged around him.
These chains were like venomous snakes extending from the void, piercing directly into his limbs and body.
As the net fell, Qin Longzi’s expression stiffened, and he suddenly transformed into a mass of Essence Blood.
Thousands of zhang away, Qin Longzi’s figure flashed out of the void, his expression drastically changed, "Who exactly is it that wants to trouble my Dragon Controlling Sect?"
As he shouted loudly, he plucked the Spirit Beast Bag from his waist and leaped into mid-air.
The Spirit Beast Bag opened, and a red light burst forth, suddenly transforming into a thousand-zhang long Red Blood Flood Dragon!
This Flood Dragon had dual horns on its head, a body of bright red, brandishing claws and baring teeth, its cultivation astonishingly had also reached the level of a fifth-order lower grade.
The Transcendent God cultivators of the Dragon Controlling Sect mostly each had a fifth-order Dragon Beast; although Qin Longzi was just an early stage Transcendent God, he believed that he wouldn’t fear even mid-stage Transcendent God cultivators.
Even late-stage Transcendent God cultivators might not be able to capture him, with a great chance of escaping successfully.
But at this moment, Qin Longzi’s heart was sinking.
After all, he hadn’t even seen the face of his enemy and had been forced to use a life-saving Secret Skill, knowing that this time’s enemy was definitely extraordinary.
At this moment, he pinched his fingers together and spat out a small fiery red sword from his mouth.
Whoosh!
Within a thousand-mile radius between heaven and earth, countless tiny spots of fiery red light appeared, converging like fireflies, forming beams of Fire Formation Divine Light!
"Hehe... Such a minor skill, yet you dare to show it off."
A light laugh sounded, and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy within ten thousand miles suddenly became turbulent, those countless beams of Fire Formation Divine Light trembled in the void and then disappeared without a trace.
"Controlling the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, a Returning to Emptiness cultivator?!"
Qin Longzi finally ascertained the enemy’s cultivation level, his heart sinking even further, and a Purple Jade talisman appeared in his hand as he jumped onto the Red Blood Flood Dragon, "Let’s go!"
The Red Blood Flood Dragon swung its head and tail, turning into a thousand-zhang red rainbow, attempting to break through the encirclement.
Crack!
A several hundred-zhang-long golden giant blade appeared in mid-air, descending fiercely with a slash.
The Red Blood Flood Dragon seemed to sense something was wrong, opened its dragon mouth, and spouted out a huge reddish Inner Core.
This Inner Core was bright red all over, and the moment it appeared, it automatically drew in the surrounding Fire Spiritual Power, turning into countless beams of Fire Formation Divine Light.
Thousands of tiny fire needles exploded outwards, shooting in all directions.
Clank clank!
The beams of Fire Formation Divine Light struck the golden giant blade, yet not a single mark was left on it.
With a flash of the blade, the Inner Core of the Red Blood Flood Dragon was even split in two!
Not only that, on the back of the giant blade, a golden jiao dragon emerged, bound and wailing mournfully, shedding tears of blood from its dragon eyes.
"Dragon Slaying Blade?!"
Qin Longzi’s mind went blank, recognizing the infamous dragon-slaying treasured sword, and he threw the Purple Jade talisman, igniting a sky full of spiritual light and exploding, turning each rune into a purple giant bee, hoping to delay for a moment.
Unfortunately, the golden giant blade seemed to disregard everything, its surface flashing with golden light, and the purple giant bees simply dissipated.
Its momentum unabated, it fell upon the Red Blood Flood Dragon.
Roar!
A painful Dragon Chant echoed through the void.
The Red Blood Flood Dragon was cleaved in two, with dragon blood spattering across the sky!
A flash of red!
Qin Longzi’s Escape Light appeared thousands of zhang away, just about to cast some Secret Skill when suddenly a purple tempest blew all around, carrying flying sand and rolling pebbles.
His Life-bound Spiritual Sword was sucked into this purple whirlwind, and then he lost the connection with his spiritual sense.
Seeing this scene, Qin Longzi’s face finally showed a look of despair...
A moment later...
Bang!
Qin Longzi was tied up tightly, his body plastered with talismans, collapsed on the ground with his eyes tightly shut, seemingly unconscious.
Along with the chanting of spells, a reddish Flood Dragon’s Soul Essence was pulled out from the body of the Red Blood Flood Dragon, flying into a dark green bottle.
An old, withered hand corked the bottle, a look of satisfaction on the face.
The owner of this palm was an elderly cultivator dressed in red, with a large head and three hair buns atop it.
Behind him were similarly placed three long swords, complementing his hair buns with a striking harmony.
Opposite the cultivator stood another person, donned in a silver robe and with an ordinary set of facial features - it was the well-known individual cultivator of the Star Domain, Master Zi Feng.
"I’ve seen Jiang Sir, I didn’t expect the Star Sect to dispatch you this time..."
Master Zi Feng said with a smile, clasping his fists in greeting.
"Heh heh... This old bag of bones isn’t much use anymore, the Cultivation World is for you young folks in the future. Just today, dealing with Qin Longzi nearly went south. In the end, it was thanks to Master Zi Feng’s effort to turn the tide and capture this man."
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator stroked his beard, smiling in a not-quite-smiling manner.
"With Sir’s cultivation at the late stage of Returning to Emptiness, how could Qin Longzi escape..."
Master Zi Feng waved his hands repeatedly, "I just happened to be there and made a move, that’s all..."
After a few rounds of modesty between the two, Master Zi Feng looked at Qin Longzi lying on the ground, his fate unknown, and his expression turned solemn, "So... have you finally decided to take action?"
"Of course... Based on your last message, the Dragon Controlling Sect has long turned into the Dragon Imperial Sect... The sect master ordered me to take care of this matter. The key is to have irrefutable evidence, so we can’t make the nearby sects feel threatened, yet also stabilize the region under our control... Isn’t that all dependent on your Profound Mystery Trade Association to mediate?"
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator chuckled.
"Alas... Who would have thought that the old dragon in its Returning to Emptiness would be so wild and unruly, and even after the founder of the Dragon Controlling Sect died, it obtained its freedom, yet it still forcibly endured and even made contact with the Monster Clan..."
Master Zi Feng sighed.
A loss of control of a Spiritual Beast in the Dragon Controlling Sect wasn’t much of an issue.
But once it involved the Monster Clan, that was a big problem.
This was also why the Star Sect had not acted sooner and had continued to send more people, one of the reasons.
"Humph... That founder of the Dragon Controlling Sect raised a tiger for trouble, and it’s even possible that he was unable to control that old dragon from the very start, turning it into his pet beast, intending to plant spies among our human race from the beginning," said the Jiang-surnamed cultivator with a cold huff, "Now, killing that old dragon is the easy part, but if we can pull out an intelligence thread of the Monster Clan according to its pattern of transmitting information... even passing false information to the Monster Clan and gaining an advantage for our race, that would be even better. That’s why I came here personally..."
With his late-stage Returning to Emptiness power, plus a Returning to Emptiness treasure that’s particularly restraining against Flood Dragons, that middle-stage Returning to Emptiness old dragon was not his match.
Master Zi Feng suddenly mused, "I’ve been dealing with many forces under the Dragon Controlling Sect through the Profound Mystery Trade Association for years... I somewhat know the details and have several suspects. The rest don’t have much suspicion, and once the Dragon Controlling Sect is destroyed, they may be drawn in as support to stabilize the situation here..."
The Star Sect had prepared to take action after years of infiltration via the Profound Mystery Trade Association and Master Zi Feng.
And the Jiang-surnamed cultivator acted swiftly, capturing a Transcendent God elder of the Dragon Controlling Sect upon his arrival, ready to search his soul for relevant secrets.
"Hmm, a successful handling of this matter would largely owe to the efforts of the Profound Mystery Trade Association... The sect master will surely grant a generous reward."
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator said with a smiling expression.
Star Domain cultivators only knew of Master Zi Feng as an individual cultivator, unaware that he came from the Profound Mystery Trade Association, which was, in turn, supported behind the scenes by the Star Sect.
Otherwise, how could a mere individual cultivator break through the daunting barriers of Transcendent God, Returning to Emptiness, and more?
Lucky for many individual cultivators who saw Master Zi Feng as their goal, not knowing the deep intrigue behind it...
"It’s all for the sake of the sect..."
Master Zi Feng responded with a smile, "By the way... how is that ’Star Saint Body’ disciple within the sect doing now?"
"That Saint Body disciple is truly remarkable... Having achieved Foundation Establishment on his own accord after just a hundred days into beginner cultivation, and later advancing as if breaking through barriers, reaching Core Formation... The sect master was so astounded that he came out of seclusion to personally take him in as a disciple, and has been carefully nurturing him... Our sect’s ’Great Circulation Star Cultivation Qi-Refining Skills’ finally have a successor."
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator spoke highly of this Saint Body disciple.
He knew his own limits; reaching the late stage of Returning to Emptiness in this life had already drained his potential, and without extraordinary fortune, there was no hope of reaching the Integration realm.
Although the cultivation of this Saint Body disciple was still shallow, he had great prospects of transforming into a dragon with the rise of a storm, and even achieving Integration was highly likely; his status within the Star Sect would gradually surpass his, as he was implicitly seen as the young sect master and might even become a major figure renowned throughout the Earth Immortal Realm in the future!
"I see, with such talent joining the Star Sect, how can we fail to thrive?" said Master Zi Feng with a smile.
"The Earth Immortal Realm is full of talents like fish across the river, and that disciple, compared to the most outstanding among them, is still somewhat lacking..."
Despite his pride, the Jiang-surnamed cultivator spoke humbly: "For instance, the ’Sword Pavilion’ of the Sword Realm, it’s rumored that a new ’Sword Holder’ has arisen, making the treasure sword of the Immortal Mansion resonate upon entry, with the potential to one day wield this treasure."
"And the Flaming Jade Sect has also taken in a ’Great Sun Fire Body’ genius disciple recently..."
"Among the Ascending Immortals, there are many gifted individuals... You may not know, but recently the Three Realms Mountain has been quite lively."
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator suddenly smiled mysteriously.
"Oh? Has something happened on the side of the Demon Clan and Monster Clan?"
Curiosity gleamed in Master Zi Feng’s eyes.
"Hmm... It’s over in the Demon Clan’s domain; one of our Ascending Immortals has inexplicably ascended together with a Perfect Transcendent God Demon Lord..."
The Jiang-surnamed cultivator laughed, "Poor fellow, he was dragged into the Demon Clan’s territory during ascension and immediately faced an assassination attempt. He managed to fight his way out and escape alive. Roaming through the Demon Clan’s domain, his cultivation improved rapidly. It is said that a hundred years ago, he could battle Returning to Emptiness cultivators with his Transcendent God cultivation... In the last few decades, he broke through the Three Realms Mountain’s defenses and returned to the human race, even stealing a lot of ’good stuff’ from the Demon Clan, causing many Demon Lords to rage and even a Demon King has vowed to take his life..."
"Do we know the name of this hero? An Ascending Immortal who has fought his way out will surely shake the Earth Immortal Realm in the future," remarked Master Zi Feng.
"He calls himself... Fang Immortal Taoist Master!"