NOVEL WEB Chapter 203: Old Grudge
In the chat group, the message from Xinxu Lu left Li Muyang astonished.
This guy is such a coward?
He used to stir things up and be very active in the group; but when Li Muyang casually bluffed, it scared her off.
She even guessed that Li Muyang was a disciple of the Mysterious Sword Sect, reacting so intensely...
This Heart Moon Fox, is she really that afraid of being found out offline?
Li Muyang was pondering how to continue bluffing Heart Moon Fox when a message from Ghost Lodging Seven appeared in the chat group.
[Ghost Lodging Seven: Heart Moon Fox, are you stupid? There are only two Ancient Immortal Artifacts in Tianyuan Continent, one in your hand and the other in the hands of Mysterious Sword Sect's female disciple, sealed by Real Person Qingye]
[Ghost Lodging Seven: Cang Su Three is the Master of Immortal Sword in Demon Sword City, and Demon Sword City is on my continent, separated from you by the entire Misty Sea. How could he possibly be a disciple of Mysterious Sword Sect?]
The message from Ghost Lodging Seven, along with his words, clearly provided a much-needed reassurance to the panicked Xinxu Lu.
The originally panicked Xinxu Lu finally calmed down and began to question.
[Xinxu Lu: ...Cang Su Three, you're across the Misty Sea, how do you know about the Blood Demon Path and the Tianyuan Dynasty?]
[Xinxu Lu: We shouldn't have told you about the Tianyuan Dynasty, right?]
Ghost Lodging Seven was also curious and asked.
[Ghost Lodging Seven: Yeah, Cang Su Three, how do you know about the Tianyuan Dynasty and the Blood Demon Path?]
[Ghost Lodging Seven: The Misty Sea divides the world, the lands across from us know nothing of each other; how could you be aware... don't tell me you can cross the Misty Sea!]
The words of Li Muyang directly stirred up everyone in the group.
Other participants' avatars all lit up, and this even included the long-offline Zi Weiheng, as well as Jing Muan, who always lurked and never spoke.
[Zi Weiheng: Cang Su Three, you haven't spoken in a long time, have you encountered any troubles recently?]
Usually, when Li Muyang had nothing better to do, he would say a few words in the group every couple of days to attract the attention of the group members.
But having been running around busy lately, Li Muyang hadn't bubbled up in the group for more than ten days.
After half a month without a word, Li Muyang's new activity suddenly drew others' curiosity.
The friendliest towards Li Muyang in the group was this Zi Weiheng.
Looking down at the monsters of the Blood Lotus Sect lining up in formation and about to attack, Li Muyang knew time was urgent.
Yet the words he used in the group were very calm; he never exposed his situation.
[Cang Su Three: I've recently been traveling around the Refinement Demon Sect and came across something interesting. The Blood Lotus Sect is starting trouble on Refinement Demon Sect's turf and they actually have an Immortal Artifact... I wonder which one of you is the Blood Lotus Sect Leader?]
[Cang Su Three: If you're free, how about we meet in person? I'm actually very friendly, not as scary as you think]
Li Muyang's tone was very sincere.
The helmsman under the Blood Lotus Sect had used the Cultivation Technique of the Blood Demon Path from the Tianyuan Dynasty.
Li Muyang suspected it was this Heart Moon Fox who had passed the technique on to the other.
He tried to goad the Blood Lotus Sect Leader into revealing themselves, preferably to get more information from him.
However, after Li Muyang finished speaking, suddenly the group fell into silence.
Everyone was quiet, unsure what the problem was.
Just as Li Muyang was wondering if he might have touched on a sensitive issue, Jing Muan, who always stayed in the background and had never spoken before, suddenly spoke up.
This was the first time this longstanding lurker addressed Li Muyang.
[Jing Muan: The Blood Lotus Sect Leader is not here; we joined forces to expel him.]
[Jing Muan: The Four Corners Cauldron is an evil thing that should not have been awakened into this world; inviting it was a grave mistake on our part.]
The long-silent diver suddenly spoke, which slightly surprised Li Muyang.
Jing Muan's words carried a lot of information.
But it seemed to be a good thing for Li Muyang, had the Blood Lotus Sect Leader offended this mysterious organization?
[Azure Lodging Three: So did the Blood Lotus Sect Leader trick you all before? Is that why everyone is so cautious around me?]
Li Muyang portrayed himself as utterly innocent.
The friendliest in the group, Zi Weiheng, also spoke up to resolve Li Muyang's confusion.
[Zi Weiheng: Initially, the Blood Lotus Sect Leader arranged to meet Jing Muan and Perilous Lodging One, but he suddenly attacked during the meeting, unleashing the strange power of the Four Corners Cauldron, nearly killing them. To survive, Jing Muan lost an arm, and Perilous Lodging One lost a physical body]
Zi Weiheng outright exposed the dark past of his old teammates.
[Zi Weiheng: The Blood Lotus Sect Leader is cunning in mind, and although he is also a Master of Immortal Device, he follows a different path from us]
[Zi Weiheng: He believes in the doctrines of the Blood Refining Scripture, desiring to kill all cultivators in the world, eradicate all the Taoist lineages, and return all beings to ordinariness]
[Zi Weiheng: And this is fundamentally opposed to our path of salvation. Therefore, Azure Lodging Three, it's best not to seek him out and stay away from the Blood Lotus Sect. The Four Corners Cauldron is the most cunning and sinister among the Ancient Immortal Artifacts, and it should not be underestimated]
Zi Weiheng was indeed friendly, as he spilled the beans quite straightforwardly, sparing Li Muyang the trouble of prying.
This explanation silenced the others in the group instantly.
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[Heart Lodging Six: … Zi Weiheng, aren't you disclosing too much?]
[Perilous Lodging One: I suddenly want to follow precedent and expel Zi Weiheng as well…]
The candid disclosure by Zi Weiheng aroused substantial objections from the others.
Zi Weiheng, however, didn't mind.
[Zi Weiheng: I always trust my instincts that Azure Lodging Three is a good person]
[Zi Weiheng: He is different from the Blood Lotus Sect Leader]
Zi Weiheng defended himself.
Suddenly, the group became very noisy.
This was Li Muyang's first time seeing these mysterious group members so active.
But at that moment, he couldn't afford to enjoy the drama as the demon followers of the Blood Lotus Sect began their attack at the foot of the mountain.
Li Muyang quickly left a message and then went offline.
[Azure Lodging Three: Can't talk now, I'm going to scout the Blood Lotus Sect. If I find anything new, I'll share with you all later]
Having said that, Li Muyang closed the chat group interface, took a deep breath, and looked down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the weirdly-shaped half-demons were shrieking, howling at the demon cultivators on the mountain.
Then, the sound of drums began, and the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect started their assault.
Li Muyang took out the high-quality Spiritual Artifact Yan Xiaoru had given him and walked straight toward the defensive line midway up the mountain.
Knowing that the Blood Lotus Sect Leader wasn't in the group, Li Muyang felt relieved.
Seeing the group of demon-following cultivators at the foot of the mountain, his biggest worry had been that the Blood Lotus Sect Leader was also in the chat group and had invited other Masters of Immortal Devices to join in on this uprising.
Everyone in the chat group held an Immortal Device and possessed great strength.
If the Blood Lotus Sect Leader had managed to bring those people over to help, it would have been a catastrophe.
Fortunately, since the Blood Lotus Sect Leader was at odds with these people and not in the group, Li Muyang could rest easy.
Now, apart from the mysterious Four Corners Cauldron, only Li Muyang held an Immortal Device and could unleash its power within a fifteen-hundred-mile radius outside Tianjiao City.
This was his strongest trump card.