Chapter 302 - 277: The Defeat of Shengxuan Sect_1

"Yinuo, where do you plan to go next?"

Lu Yan asked.

"I will wander around without any destination. Wherever there’s special Martial Food, that’s where I’ll go in pursuit of my Martial Chef God Doctrine. But I’ve noticed you’re doing well in the Mansion of King Ming. There’s also plenty of unique Martial Food there, so I plan to stay with you for a while. I hope you don’t mind?"

Shen Yinuo said.

"You’re more than welcome. I’m willing to give you all the help you need."

Lu Yan replied with a smile.

After that, the two of them left the barren mountain and headed towards Mingzhou.

Boom!

Not long after they had left the mountain, they saw a group of warriors, whom were throwing away their helmets and armor and bolting from somewhere not too far away. They were in an utterly pathetic state, appearing as if they were running for their lives.

"These uniforms... they belong to the warriors of the Shengxuan Sect. What’s happening? Did the Shengxuan Sect lose?"

Lu Yan was taken aback.

Not long ago, the Shengxuan Sect just occupied all of Xuan Zhou, and together with the Tianque Sect, they attacked the Mansion of King Ming to the point where they could only defend passively and barely counterattack.

What had happened during this time? The warriors of the Shengxuan Sect had all vanished without a trace in an instant.

"There’re Alien Beasts in the sky."

Lu Yan lifted his head towards the sky and noticed a huge swarm of Alien Beasts flying over them from a distance. There must have been hundreds of them at first glance.

There were several figures standing on each of the Flying Alien Beasts.

Clearly, the people on the Alien Beasts had also spotted Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

A dozen spears suddenly came hurtling down from the air above, aimed straight at them.

The two of them quickly dodged the spear attacks. Shen Yinuo’s eyes flashed dangerously, readying himself to strike back.

"Hold on, they’re people from the Mansion of King Ming."

Lu Yan noticed the uniforms of the people on the Alien Beasts and stopped Shen Yinuo.

"Hold off, they’re our own people."

Then, with a soft shout, the Token of the Bodyguard of King Ming appeared in his hand.

"The Bodyguard of King Ming."

The people on the Alien Beasts saw the Token in Lu Yan’s hand. With a wave of his hand, the man ordered everyone to stop their attack.

"May I ask, what’s your name and which Bodyguard unit of King Ming do you belong to?"

A man on one of the Alien Beasts asked.

It was only then that Lu Yan remembered he was still in disguise. With a thought, his facial muscles wriggled and returned to his original appearance. He replied, "I am Lu Yan, from the Hidden Dragon Camp."

"Lu Yan, it’s you, ha ha."

A burst of laughter echoed in the air as a figure fell from the sky to the ground.

"Brother Chu Feng."

Lu Yan was overjoyed.

He had originally thought that Chu Feng had also fallen when they were attacked in Xuanhuo City. He hadn’t expected him to be alive.

"Lu Yan, I thought you had already died. It’s great to find out that you’re still alive."

Chu Feng laughed and coming over, he patted Lu Yan’s shoulder.

"We were attacked that day, both of us were injured and had to escape into the woods to heal. By the way, what happened to the others?"

Lu Yan asked.

Chu Feng was silent for a moment, then finally sighed. "That day, I can only say that we were lucky to escape. Many have died, and now seems to be the time for the Shengxuan Sect to pay with blood for blood."

"Let’s go. Leader Chu Long is leading the army behind us. I’ll take you to meet him."

Lu Yan nodded, momentarily pushing his questions aside and went with Chu Feng towards the back.

Soon, the ground began to rumble, and from far away, a terrible murderous intent was felt.

An endless line of iron horsemen was coming towards them, forming an iron flood that seemed to be able to destroy everything.

Even though Lu Yan’s power had significantly increased, he still felt his heart pounding at the sight of such an imposing army.

Soon, the army was close enough and Lu Yan immediately spotted Chu Long, riding on a huge alien beast in the middle of the army.

Chu Long was dressed in battle armor, with a majestic demeanor. Holding a long spear, he looked like a mighty general who had been through many battles.

"Lu Yan, come here."

Chu Long saw Lu Yan as well and waved his hand.

Lu Yan and the others, rushed towards the army. Several sturdy warhorses immediately charged out from the army. Lu Yan and the others leaped onto those horses and advanced with the army.

Several hours later, a large city appeared ahead.

But the warriors in the city had already fled. The Mansion of King Ming had captured this city without shedding blood, and was temporarily resting in it.

In a courtyard.

Whew!

Suddenly, a palm strike came towards Lu Yan from Chu Long.

Lu Yan was initially startled, but quickly understood what was going on. He used Cold Magic Palm, launching a counter-strike.

With a loud thud, Lu Yan was thrown back several meters.

"Well done, lad! You’ve indeed breached the True Body, reaching the Ture Body First Refinement. In just a few months, you’ve accomplished such an improvement! How did you cultivate?"

Chu Long praised him, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Lu Yan had already thought about how he would explain. He said, "That day in Xuanhuo City, Yinuo and I were assassinated and seriously injured."

Having said this, Lu Yan pointed at Shen Yinuo and continued, "Later, we were lucky to escape and ran into the barren mountains. We were healing ourselves in the wilderness. When we healed our wounds and came out, we found that everything had changed. The whole Xuan Zhou was occupied by the Shengxuan Sect. We also heard a piece of news that the ancient treasure of the Dagu Dynasty had appeared."

"Both of us couldn’t resist our curiosity and went undercover to check it out, wondering if we could take advantage of the situation. After the intense battle among many top-level martial arts practitioners, we happened to get a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag. Inside were many Martial Pills, quite a few Solidifying Reality Pills, and even other treasures. It was with these treasures that we were able to break through consecutively and step into the True Body Realm."

Lu Yan didn’t mention that they were the ones who found the treasure of the Dagu Dynasty and spread the news.

The treasure of the Dagu Dynasty had connections to Yinuo everywhere.

However, Yinuo’s identity was shrouded in mystery. Presumably, he had unspoken difficulties in telling him about it. If he mentioned this, the Mansion of King Ming would probably target Yinuo. That’s not something Lu Yan wanted to see.

"You all are quite brave. That was a battle of primordial spirits, and you dared to swoop in for scraps. It’s mere luck that nothing bad happened, but you can’t take such risks next time."

Chu Long admonished sternly.

He also suspected that Lu Yan was hiding something. How could just some resources enable such rapid advancement?

Refining the Martial Pill doesn’t require time?

But these were all minor details that he wouldn’t query further.

All that mattered was that Lu Yan’s loyalties lay with the Mansion of King Ming.

"By the way, Leader, wasn’t Xuan Zhou previously occupied by the Shengxuan Sect? Now that we’ve counterattacked and repossessed it, has the battleground situation changed?"

Lu Yan asked curiously.

"Hmm."

Chu Long nodded, and said, "King Ming has returned. The experts of the Shengxuan sect, who were at the Primordial Spirit Realm, have almost been wiped out. Their Sect Master, Huang Xuan, has also fallen. Moreover, the Sect Master of the Tianque Sect, Zhuo Kunsheng, was seriously injured and has only his Primordial Spirit left to run back to his sect. With the Tianque Sect retreating, we naturally have the strength to counterattack the Shengxuan Sect."

Lu Yan was left dumbstruck.

He didn’t expect so many significant events to have occurred in just the span of a month.

"Has King Ming’s cultivation level broke through?"

Lu Yan tentatively asked.

"No, it was my elder brother, Chu Tianjiao who returned."

Chu Long said.

"What?"

Lu Yan couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

He had long heard of Chu Tianjiao’s reputation. Inside the Hidden Dragon Camp, Chu Tianjiao’s legends were everywhere.

The reason why Wang Tianyu was known as the number one prodigy in three hundred years was because three hundred years ago there was a Chu Tianjiao.

Everyone thought that Chu Tianjiao was already dead. Unexpectedly, he is still alive.

Given his caliber, after a three hundred year dormant period, it’s frightening to think about the progress of his cultivation.

Now everything made sense.

"Lu Yan, the Shengxuan Sect has already lost its top brass. It’s bound to be destroyed. I’ve received news that the people of the Shengxuan Sect are evacuating, preparing to retreat from Shengxuan Mountain."

"At this point, the Shengxuan Sect is a motley crew of leaderless people. Everyone is scheming, aiming to grab the greatest benefits for themselves. The able and influential ones are absconding with the resources accumulated by the Shengxuan Sect over its thousands of years."

"The resources the Shengxuan Sect has accumulated over thousands of years are countless, but the army moves slowly, we already have sent people to intercept them. Do you want to go? Now that you have broken through to the True Body Realm, you have enough strength to protect yourself and gain some experience."

Chu Long said.

"Alright, I’ll go."

Lu Yan nodded without hesitation.

A hint of worry appeared in his eyes, and an image of a beautiful woman surfaced in his mind.

It was Zhao Sirong.

During his last trip back to Lingdong, he went to the Zhao Clan residence in Lingwang City but did not see Zhao Sirong. From her old servant, he learned that Zhao Sirong had already left for the Shengxuan Sect.

Now that the Shengxuan Sect has been defeated, what would become of Zhao Sirong?

Her cultivation was still low. In this chaotic situation, could she protect herself?

"Alright, then you should set off immediately. However, on this journey, apart from the experts of the Shengxuan Sect, also be vigilant about people from other provinces. After all, the resources of the Shengxuan Sect is likely to evoke envy in the people from other provinces as well. They may seize the opportunity to send their experts to seize resources in Xuan Zhou. "

Chu Long reminded.

"Thank you, Leader. I’ll be careful."

Lu Yan nodded. He then bid Chu Long farewell, joined Shen Yinuo, and dashed toward the direction of Shengxuan Mountain.

The two were as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning. In less than two days, they were nearing the location of Shengxuan Mountain.

Standing atop the branch of a towering peak, both of them gazed into the distance.

They were not far from Shengxuan Mountain now.

But for the two of them to storm Shengxuan Mountain was impossible. It would be a suicidal act.

According to Chu Long, the Shengxuan Sect had a total of nine Primordial Spirits. Two had died in the scramble for the Dagu Dynasty’s treasure, then four were killed by Chu Tianjiao, leaving three. They had been hunted down by the Mansion of King Ming when they started counterattacking.

But, there were still many experts of the True Body Realm in the Shengxuan Sect. In particular, some older monsters that were guarding the Shengxuan Sect, quite a few of them had reached the True Body Seventh Refinement stage. Not to mention, there were also Wish Patterns and Refined Corpses.

Shengxuan Mountain should be left to Chu Long and his army to conquer.

Lu Yan’s objective was to find the fleeing people of the Shengxuan Sect.

A day later.

"There is one person, carrying a bundle, who is likely from the Shengxuan Sect."

Lu Yan’s eyes, sharp as an eagle, swept over a forest.

A figure was moving through the forest there, leaping around like a flying creature, at an extremely fast speed, obviously a True Body Realm expert.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Like two large birds, Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo leaped off the kilometer-high peak, stepping on air, chasing after that figure.

"No good..."

As Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo approached, the person’s face turned pale and he swiftly increased his speed.

"It seems to be a True Body Fifth Refinement expert."

Lu Yan thought.

However, he no longer considered such individuals a threat. He quickened his pace and quickly caught up.

"Kill!"

Knowing he couldn’t escape, the man drew his sword and swung it at Lu Yan.

The knife roared, seeming extremely sharp.

This man was a Mid-Grade True Body.

Lu Yan met the attack with his palm, bracing for the blow.

With a loud ’clang’, the man’s war knife vibrated violently, flew out of his grip and his sword arm was broken. His body was sent flying backward.

Thud!

Lu Yan stepped forward, and caught up with the man. His right foot landed on the man’s chest, pinning him to the ground. The man’s chest caved in and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.