Chapter 188: The Drill

Eldest Senior Sister recounted what she had witnessed in the secret chamber, which greatly infuriated Everlasting Fairy.

“Which bastard dares to impersonate me? Don’t they know that I was undefeated across the heavens in the ancient times, and everyone would avoid me on sight?”

Everlasting Fairy had the right to be proud. Any cultivator who mastered the art of ‘words into laws’ would be considered invincible among their peers, yet they still died by Everlasting Fairy’s hand.

“I feel a familiar aura on the cult leader. Could it be from that person who is impersonating me?”

The more Everlasting Fairy thought about it, the angrier she became, clamoring to confront the Everlasting Celestial and reveal his true identity!

Yun Zhi stopped Everlasting Fairy: “Senior, please don’t rush. That self-proclaimed Everlasting Celestial can appear freely within his statue, and since his statues are scattered across the entire continent, if we let him escape now, it will be difficult to catch him later.”

“So you mean...”

“When the cult leader spoke with the Everlasting Celestial, he mentioned a selection that was to take place. Officially, it’s a talent recruitment, but in reality, it’s for the Everlasting Celestial to choose a body to possess. If we make Lu Yang the target for possession, the Everlasting Celestial will walk into our trap, and then he won’t be able to escape.”

Everlasting Fairy, as if awakened from a dream: “Little girl, you have quite the mind!”

“Hmm?” Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow.

Seeing the fairy, who was not the sharpest, potentially annoying Eldest Senior Sister, Lu Yang quickly fled the scene.

Eldest Senior Sister, when disembodied, did not care about how she was addressed, but now with her spirit whole, it was a different story.

Fairy, you’re on your own.

“But what exactly is the situation with the Everlasting Celestial?”

Lu Yang never expected there to actually be an Everlasting Celestial. Was the ancient fifth celestial really the Everlasting Celestial, or was it Everlasting Fairy?

Emotionally, Lu Yang leaned towards the latter; in terms of prestige, towards the former.

“Or was there a sixth celestial in ancient times?”

Lu Yang opened his eyes, exiting his meditative state, and assessed his current realm.

“I should now be at the peak of the mid-Foundation Building stage, just half a step away from the late Foundation Building stage.”

“What are you even talking about?” Meng Jingzhou, who had also come out of his meditation, complained beside him.

Barbarian Bone thoughtfully commented, “Is dividing realms into such detailed stages also a reason for Brother Lu’s strength?”

Meng Jingzhou quickly stopped Barbarian Bone: “Don’t think too much, Lu Yang is just being neurotic, you shouldn’t follow in his footsteps.”

“You three, get ready for the drill!” A cult member at the door reminded them.

Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone were confused. Drill? What drill?

The loudspeaker arrays placed all around started announcing: “Attention all, the righteous path is about to attack, attention all, the righteous path is about to attack!”nÊw stories at no/vel/b/i/n(.)com

There were also cult followers outside screaming to add to the atmosphere: “The righteous path is here, we’re doomed!”

“Run for it!”

“We’d rather die than surrender!”

“Let’s fight the righteous path!”

That would indeed be a farce.

It was better to take the flying boat, disguising themselves as low-level cultivators on a rental boat trip, a common enough sight not likely to draw scrutiny.

Deputy Cult Leader Jin took an old-looking flying boat out of his storage ring, deliberately choosing one that wouldn’t attract official attention.

The others, all seasoned schemers, understood Deputy Cult Leader Jin’s thinking and sat on the flying boat, suppressing their cultivation levels and displaying only Qi Cultivation stage outwardly, making the three Foundation Building stage cultivators the highest in cultivation visible.

Deputy Cult Leader Jin reassured everyone on the flying boat: “Actually, it’s not a big problem. According to the speed of the flying boat, by the time we return, the talents from the branches, both Foundation Building and Qi Cultivating, will have almost arrived. The timing will be just right.”

...

The flying boat moved unhurriedly through the sky, blissfully unaware of the danger that was approaching.

Near the flying boat hovered three figures in gray robes.

“How about that flying boat?”

“It’s not one from the Land of Gold Commerce or the other major trading companies; it looks pretty old, probably rented.”

“Lots of people, but weak cultivation. Just three at the Foundation Building stage. Worth robbing, maybe someone’s hiding something good.”

“Hit this one?”

“Let’s do it!”

The three in gray robes transformed into streaks of light, rapidly approaching the flying boat and forming a formation that trapped it.

“Don’t move, this is a robbery!” One, his face fierce with two scars like slashes, clearly a desperado.

“You might have heard of the fearsome Hu Brothers; just hand over your valuables, and we promise not to kill!” Another extended his tongue, licking a sharp knife, looking somewhat deranged.

“If you don’t comply, don’t blame us for being ruthless!” The third issued a series of eerie cries, like the wailing of ghosts, extremely unnerving.

“Don’t think we won’t kill. We’ve killed more people than you’ve even seen!”

They released a terrifying aura, intimidating everyone present.

These three were at the early stage of Nascent Soul!

Normally, just releasing their aura would make the other party give up resistance, hand over their valuables, and beg for their lives.

Whether they spared anyone depended on their mood.

Then the Hu Brothers saw that the passengers on the flying boat weren’t scared but instead were all showing eerie smiles.

One by one, the passengers released their auras: Nascent Soul Stage, Spirit Transformation Stage, Void Refinement Stage...

The Hu Brothers, feeling auras far beyond their understanding, swallowed hard.

It seemed they had made a mistake.

Deputy Cult Leader Jin stood up, leisurely asking,

“I hear you’ve killed more people than we’ve seen?”

(End of the chapter)