Chapter 398 Falling apart
In the Black Stone Forest, there was a dazzling light in the calm Giant Stone Matrix, which lasted for a few moments before fading away quietly.
After the light recovered to the original extent, there were five more people in the Giant Stone Matrix, who were the survivors from the cave led by Su Li.
It was supposed to be six people, but Dongfang Yi wanted to be with Dongfang Wuxue. Su Li agreed. Anyhow, he couldn’t help temporarily with his cultivation.
“Let’s get out of here.”
Su Li looked at the deepest part of Black Stone Forest, with a hint of doubt flas.h.i.+ng across her eyebrows imperceptibly. Everyone nodded and left at once.
Because of the map provided by the disciple of Yuan, they didn’t get lost. It only took them two days to come out of the Black Stone Forest. The peripheral mountains of the dangerous Black Stone could be seen faintly through the thin black mist.
Su Li felt the signs which were made secretly by her before coming and whispered in her mind.
There was a ghostly green shadow galloping up at once. With their expressions changed slightly, Yan Ziye and others were about to be on the alert, but saw Su Li raise her hand and say, “Never mind. It’s one of us.”
In the blink of an eye, the green shadow came up to Su Li. He showed his real appearance after the light around him disappeared.
“Master, you’re finally out!”
When Lv You saw Su Li, the huge load on her mind suddenly disappeared. To her relief, he exclaimed hurriedly, “Things are not going well. Zihan Sect and Su Family are combined against Huajian Sect, and Headmaster Hua can hardly hold out!”
Against Huajian Sect?
With a cold expression in Su Li’s eyes, she said, “Return to Huajian Sect at once!”
Lv You took out the spiritual s.h.i.+p which was given by Immortal Hua Yan immediately, and let them board, flying to Huajian Sect hastily.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the inky Black Stone Forest, the black lotus fluttered gently in the iced pond.
Along the pond, a languid lady reclined on a soft couch, holding a gla.s.s of blood-red fruit wine. It seemed that there was blood rippling in her eyes that were crystal as amber. They were so breathtaking.
Her red lips sipped lightly across the brim, with the chuckle echoing all around.
“Haha, that eccentric cave seems to have found its inheritor. How interesting…”
…
On the spiritual s.h.i.+p, Su Li hunkered on the deck with her eyes slightly narrowed, “Lv You, tell me the whole story.”
At first, she had thought of exploring the deepest part of Black Stone Forest by herself. But now accidents happened suddenly. She dared not procrastinate, but left all her former thoughts behind.
“It was Yue Lin! Yue Lin’s grandfather is Yue Wutao, the elder of Waimen Branch of Zihan Sect. The matter about Su Zini has been tracked back to its source by Su Family. The two families joined hands together. Thanks to Beixiao Liang’s t.i.tle of the holy boy of Yuxu Sect, we barely resisted the first offensive. But in the second one, Yue Wutao and Su Zini’s parents got even with us. Beixiao Liang’s t.i.tle didn’t work anymore. Now they have been bombarding Star-stacked Tactical Matrix for three days, and the stock of spiritual stone in Huajian Sect is running out!”
Su Li leaned on the edge of the spiritual s.h.i.+p, tapping her knuckles on the spiritual wood, and her eyes were growing cold.
Soon, her left hand wiped the universe ring and threw a ball of white light at Lv You, “Use this to hurry on with our journey!”
Lv You caught it in haste and became dumbfounded after he fixed eyes on it.
It…was actually the celestial stone!
The celestial stone that one piece could be worth over ten thousands of top-grade spiritual stones?!
He even didn’t have one top-grade spiritual stone, but Su Li let him use the celestial stone to hurry on.
How extravagant!
“Don’t be stunned!”
Su Li frowned and Lv You came to his sense immediately. He dared not violate Su Li and put the celestial stone into the pivot of the spiritual s.h.i.+p reluctantly.
In the next moment—
Whoos.h.!.+
The spiritual s.h.i.+p immediately darted out, like a runaway wild horse, which was more than three times faster than before!
“When we arrived at Huajian Sect, the spiritual s.h.i.+p will be sc.r.a.pped.”
Yan Ziye stared at the s.h.i.+p which was creaking inside, lost in his thought for a second.
Although he did not fully understand the explanation from Lv You, he had a rough idea.
Firstly, Su Li was no longer in Yuxu Sect.
No wonder. No one would like to return to that prison, after surviving in such a miserable situation.
Secondly, it was obvious that this so-called “Huajian Sect” was of great importance for Su Li, because she even used this celestial stone to hurry on.
Thirdly, here came his opportunity to perform!
Yan Ziye felt refreshed and his eyes looked into the distance beamingly. Snow Child and Xuan Meiji were not fools. After realizing the cause, they all prayed in mind that the alleged enemy was strong enough, otherwise they could not show their determination to follow Su Li in a short time.
Old Lady Duhua was laughing all the time. Although she was not clear about the ident.i.ty of Su Li, it was unquestionable that the little master she served was an evildoer.
The evildoer represented the absolute luck!
Without natural law’s intervention, her rise was unstoppable.
Su Family and Zihan Sect were powerful, but they had no evildoers.
What’s more, it was the elder of Waimen Branch and one branch of Su Family who made the mess. They were inviting their own destruction!
Thinking about this, she struck her crutch heavily, and countless poisons appeared from the sole of her feet and attached to the surface of the s.h.i.+p. The s.h.i.+p was even slightly faster than before.
After all, the speed driven by the celestial stone had far exceeded that of Yuanying Realm. It was not so simple to accelerate again.
Su Li looked at Old Lady Duhua queerly, and the latter laughed, “I am incomparable to these young people on casting spell, so this is my pygmy effort.”
Su Li smiled, “You are so modest.”
People who could live in the cultivation circle to this age must have somewhat unusual abilities.
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In Huajian Sect.
Immortal Hua Yan stood at the top of the main peak with her robe covered with blood. She gazed at the nothingness seriously. Behind her, First Elder, Li Guang, Yuan Shu, Beixiao Liang and others were still there.
Lv He, the elder of Yuxu Sect who was in charge of protecting Beixiao Liang, got injured apparently with an abnormal pallor on his face.
With three days of silence, seeing that Huajian Sect’s people were at wit’s end, he signed deeply and persuaded, “Lord Hua, the big tactical matrix for protecting the Sect was really strong. However, after the spiritual stone runs out, it is just a decoration. What are you insisting on till now? Give up, and return to Yuxu Sect with the holy boy. Then, there is a chance for living.”
Hua Yan shook her head without saying a word. This was the foundation she had struggled for thousands of years. How could she just give up so easily?
Moreover, it was not the time to give up.
She looked into the distance with her beaming eyes.
She had received the arraignment from Su Li.
Refused by Hua Yan, Lv He was so angry but didn’t dare to show on his face. He said helplessly, “Holy boy, talk to her. Now, it is meaningless to hold on. Will there be another miracle?!”
Beixiao Liang frowned in silence.
Three days ago, the seventh branch of Su Family came to make a mess. They were caught off guard to fight against them, and beat by four cultivators in Yuanying Realm. In a moment, all were injured seriously and stepped back.
Under this critical situation, Uncle Headmaster immediately opened the third Star-stacked Tactical Matrix, and saved time for them to recover.
But the third Star-stacked Tactical Matrix was terribly running out, and there had been attacks from outside. So the dissipation rate of spiritual stone increased exponentially.
In just three days, the stock of Huajian Sect was used up. Even Uncle Headmaster used his top-grade spiritual stone which he kept for his own practice.
Under such an impa.s.se, he really couldn’t figure out what Uncle Headmaster left to turn things around.
Was that Grand Elder?
There was a sarcasm in Beixiao Liang’s eyes. If this Grand Elder did not show up to resolve the crisis, it was apparent that he fled away.
“Well… what a cowardly person he is! If I have known this situation, I will bring junior fellow apprentice’s ancient sword. There may be a glimmer of hope.”
He hummed coldly and felt pity in heart. He had been studying the ancient sword together with Qi Chen, and they had been able to use part of its power.
But they also remembered what the mysterious female senior in Suiling Mysterious Realm said. Before the recasting of the ancient sword, it couldn’t be taken out to flaunt.
If it was divulged, not only their lives would be in danger, but also Master would be implicated. Therefore, they had kept the secret all the time and hid the ancient sword in Huajian Sect without even revealing it to Elder Mo Qin.
Clack!
A crack appeared in the sky which was covered by Star-stacked Tactical Matrix, and then stretched around like a spider web.
Hua Yan’s comely face changed slightly. She searched the universe ring but could not take any spiritual stone.
“We even don’t have any lowest-grade spiritual stone…”
A sense of bitterness rose up from her heart. Seeing this, Disciples of Huajian Sect all fl.u.s.tered and packed their stuff up to escape.
“Three days ago, 20 percent of the disciples fled, and now 30 or 40 percent of them also fled. Even if we can survive, the power we have is not half as before.
First Elder sighed helplessly, and his heart seemed to be bleeding.
The reality, however, was far worse than he claimed.
If Huajian Sect was demolished, no one could survive. Now it seemed that there was no hope, and n.o.body would wait to die stupidly. By the time the disciples of Waimen Branch had already gone, some of the disciples of Neimen Branch who hadn’t been there too long had also left quietly.
In the blink of an eye, 70 percent of the disciples of Huajian Sect had gone, leaving only 30 percent of old disciples with a strong sense of belonging to Huajian Sect.
“All is over!”
First Elder was dizzy. Even they could ride it out today, it would be difficult for them to survive with hundreds of disciples.
Beixiao Liang was also dejected. He didn’t expect that he could do anything but see the demise of Huajian Sect, when he came back this time.
Now it was too late to fetch Hanfeng Sword.
“Headmaster!”
Yuan Shu, who was standing in silence on the side for a long time, finally said a word. He bowed toward Hua Yan with a complex expression, “It is irretrievable for Huajian Sect to fall apart. You, Headmaster, are so obsessive. But I want to keep on my cultivation road. In this way, I can’t fight with you anymore!”
Once they heard that, First Elder became surprised and angry, and blurted out, “Yuan Shu, you’re trying to cop out at the last minute. Who saved you at risk at that time? You have been dead for hundreds of years without Headmaster.”
The complex expression on his face vanished suddenly when he heard these words. He smiled coldly, “The favor of saving my life is no more than a small effort for Headmaster. I have paid it off after hard working for so many years in Huajian Sect. Farewell!”
After finis.h.i.+ng speaking, he rushed out of the big tactical matrix for protecting the Sect without saying anything. He bowed to Su Family in a distance, then disappeared without a trace.
Seeing Huajian Sect falling apart, Yue Wutao felt so delightful. He could not help but laugh, “Immortal Hua Yan, even if you are a talent in those years, what can you do when facing with this situation?”
“You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”
First Elder’s eyes went red with anger and he rushed out on impulse. But Hua Yan stopped him.
“Let him go!”
Her lips tightened. She closed her eyes for a moment and then opened. Hua Yan looked at the disciples in Huajian Sect Square. After a moment of silence, she said, “I won’t pursue the responsibilities if you want to go.”