Chapter 9

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Little brother, why are you in my master’s cave abode?”

The old figure was the oldest among the three and also the first to recover. He raised the black flag in his hand and asked with a frown.

When Chen Mobai heard this, he cursed in his heart and looked embarrassed.

After all, in the immortal sect, one was not allowed to check the other party’s cultivation level without the permission of the owner. Thus, he did not know their cultivation levels. However, he could sense that their spiritual power fluctuations were not much different from his.

Furthermore, from the way the old figure and the young man had entered the cave, it was obvious that they had the correct key.

Although he had entered the water mansion by accident, he had, after all, occupied this treasured land and cultivated for a few days. Now that he had been seen by the master’s disciple, he felt a little embarrassed.

“Senior, please don’t take it to heart. I entered by accident and will leave immediately.”

Just as Chen Mobai was about to leave, he suddenly saw that the two figures who had entered the water mansion were strangers to each other. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind and he stopped.

“So that’s how it is. There are no signs of the Jade Water Array being damaged. Little brother said that it was an accident, so it should be true.”

The old man waved the black flag in his hand and checked the formation protecting the entire cave abode. He also confirmed that the restrictions on the three side halls were intact. Then, he heaved a sigh of relief and nodded at Chen Mobai.

“I’ll release the array formation now. Little brother, you can leave.”

As he spoke, Chen Mobai saw that a two-meter-diameter hole had appeared in the light shield that covered the entrance of the front hall. However, the water outside did not rush in, as if it was blocked by an invisible force.

Under the gaze of the old man and the young figure, who were obviously sending him off, Chen Mobai nodded slightly even though he was suspicious. He walked between the two of them to the entrance of the cave.

Buzz!

Just as Chen Mobai was about to step through the opening of the light shield, a ray of green light shot out of his tightly clenched palm like a jet of ink. It turned into a wooden armor that covered his entire body.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Three long, yellowish-brown needles appeared out of nowhere. The tips of the needles carried a dark yellow glow as they pierced the wooden armor covering of Chen Mobai.

“Isn’t it just trespassing? How could he do such a thing? Where’s the law?!”

Chen Mobai turned around and saw the ordinary-looking young man holding a needle case in one hand and making hand seals with the other with a cold gaze. Chen Mobai couldn’t help but be furious.

Planet Earth, which was ruled by the immortal sect, adhered to the law of the previous civilization.

Murder was a serious crime.

If it hadn’t been for the fact that Chen Mobai had activated the “Wooden Armor Talisman” beforehand and activated it automatically, he would have died on the spot.

“Why aren’t you attacking yet?!”

When the young man in brown saw that his magic weapon had been blocked and that Chen Mobai had a murderous look on his face, he was afraid that both sides would suffer. Although he was already at Qi Refinement Level-6, he didn’t want to waste too much spiritual power before breaking the restriction.

Hence, he drew out three long needles from the box as he shouted at the old man.

“Fine, look at my divine lightning!”

When the old man heard this, he shouted and his eyes flashed sharply. He waved the black flag in his hand and waved it at Chen Mobai. Then, with his other hand, he took out a blue talisman from his sleeve.

However, this talisman was pointing at the young man in brown.

There was a thunderous sound. Then, the brown-clothed young man shouted angrily and then forcefully reversed his spiritual power. He turned the flying needles that he was about to shoot at Chen Mobai and stabbed the old man.

As Chen Mobai was still trying to figure out what was going on, the young man in brown was hit by the old man’s divine lightning and fell down unwillingly.

Meanwhile, his flying needles had been blocked by the power of the old man’s water mansion array formation that was controlled by the black flag.

“Ding, ding, ding.” The flying needles fell on the floor tiles and the tip of the needles stabbed the ground. The sharpness of the needles was obvious.

“Hahaha, you’re just a third-rate successor of the Flying Needle Sect and you think you can share the gains of this secret realm with me? This is the lawless Eastern Wilderness.”

As the old man laughed, he waved the black flag in his hand again. He controlled the Jade Water Array in an attempt to kill Chen Mobai. However, the power of Chen Mobai’s “Wooden Armor Talisman” had not been exhausted and blocked the water waves that came at him.

“Where exactly is this place? The Eastern Wastelands? The 36 Grotto-Heavens and the 72 Blessed Lands don’t include a place with this name.”

Initially, Chen Mobai had still been immersed in the huge impact of the old man and the young man turning hostile and killing each other. However, the Wooden Armor Talisman in his palm had exhausted its spiritual power and started to burn, causing him to wake up instantly.

He didn’t know the old man’s cultivation level, but the black flag in his hand was the core of this great array in the water mansion and could control the power of the entire array.

Although the Jade Water Array was harmless, once Chen Mobai was trapped and struck by a lightning talisman like the brown-clothed youth, the outcome would be the same. He would die.

At the critical moment of life and death, Chen Mobai did not hesitate and threw out a Green Arrow Talisman that he had prepared beforehand.

Tsk tsk tsk…

Five long green arrows appeared in the air like vines and rapidly covered the area where the old man was.

“Hmph, if we were outside the water mansion, I would definitely avoid you.”

The old man laughed and confidently waved the black flag in his hand. The power of the Jade Water Array was activated and turned into invisible ripples, freezing the four long green arrows that had fallen in front of him in mid-air.

“Little child, how did you manage to cultivate to Qi Refinement Level-5? Your aim is so bad.”

Just as the old man was about to seal the entrance with a smile and trap Chen Mobai to death, his expression suddenly froze.

This was because he realized that the Jade Water Array was no longer under his control. Following this, he saw that the entrance of the light shield, which was about to be sealed, had stopped. However, Chen Mobai, who could have used this opportunity to escape from the water mansion array, stopped at the entrance of the cave. Instead, he took out two Green Arrow Talismans and looked at the old man coldly.

“This kid… How did he know that the array flag was for protection?”

The old man looked around and couldn’t help but shudder.

It turned out that Chen Mobai’s Green Arrow Talisman and the four spiritual energy arrows that had been shot at him were just a decoy to attract his attention.

Another arrow that looked like it had been shot out of alignment happened to fall on an array base not far from him, breaking an array flag that was stuck in it.

Although the Jade Water Array was a Rank-2 array, it was completely defenseless against attacks from within the array.

Chen Mobai, who had already figured out the layout of the water mansion, had used this point to break one of the array flags, causing the array that had been running smoothly to be stuck.

The old man’s face was ashen. He looked at the three side halls behind the water mansion, but when he felt that the talisman in Chen Mobai’s hand was about to be activated, he gritted his teeth and tried to retreat.

After all, he was only at Qi Refinement Level-3.

If it weren’t for the fact that the black flag in his hand was the core of the Jade Water Array, he wouldn’t have dared to attack the brown-clothed youth and Chen Mobai.

However, at this point, a green light flashed across the sky. The two arrows in Chen Mobai’s hands had been activated. Ten spiritual energy arrows appeared in the air and were aimed at the old man.

“Little brother, no, Senior, please have mercy…”