Chapter 243: I'm Defecting to the Saint Sect!

Lu Yang was in no hurry to find Ye Guyue.

After all, Ye Guyue’s strength was not weak. He had been able to wound and repel her before mainly because there was Sui Ying involved, and he had succeeded with a sneak attack amidst the chaos.

Now, without Sui Ying to pin her down, and with the Divine Ability of [Hidden Stellar Radiance] known to Ye Guyue, she would definitely be on guard. It would be difficult to achieve further success. Therefore, rather than looking for Ye Guyue, Lu Yang focused his attention on this Blessed Land fragment, planning to wait for the rabbit to crash into the tree stump.

The result was as he expected.

“This Blessed Land fragment is actually gradually collapsing too. It’s just that Perfected One Chong Guang used great spiritual power to condense it, making it much more stable than other Blessed Land fragments.”

Its nature was the same as the previous Blessed Land.

As time passed, it would start collapsing from the periphery, finally collapsing step by step toward the center, forcing everyone to head to the central area.

“The exit is also at the center.”

Since that was the case, what needed to be done was simple.

Lu Yang directly summoned [Embrace and Guard Mountain] and firmly suppressed the exit of the Blessed Land fragment. Then, he began to set up formations around it.

This way, Ye Guyue only had two options if she wanted to leave the Blessed Land fragment— either forcibly charge out of the Blessed Land fragment, but that would inevitably trigger a backlash from the fragment, causing more loss than gain. Or engage in a frontal dao art battle with Lu Yang, kill him, and leave safely through the exit.

Lu Yang actually preferred her to choose the former.

Because as long as she chose to forcibly charge out of the Blessed Land fragment, she would inevitably suffer heavy injuries afterward. Then Lu Yang could chase her down, and there would be a hundred percent hope of capturing her alive.

However, Ye Guyue had also calculated this point.

“…Forcibly leaving is not advisable. The urgent task is to break the formation!”

Ye Guyue’s beautiful eyes were stern, staring straight at Lu Yang on the mountain. She felt her Sword Heart and Sword Intent issuing warnings, making her delicate body tremble slightly.

If it were anyone else, she might have already driven her sword to slash them. However, facing Lu Yang, Ye Guyue maintained her calm. Moreover, formations were a means of borrowing the power of heaven and earth to allow the weak to defeat the strong. Lu Yang’s cultivation base was similar to hers; the risk of rashly charging into the formation was simply too great.

With this thought, Ye Guyue immediately turned her gaze. “Fellow Daoist Treasure-Laden, I’ll have to trouble you to make a trip.”

Hearing this, the Treasure-Laden Youth was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head. “With my meager cultivation, if I enter the formation, wouldn’t it be certain death?”

“This is precisely your karmic affinity.”

Ye Guyue nodded and said as a matter of course, “Dying to break the formation for us is a great merit. After you reincarnate, I promise you a position as a true disciple.”

“…”

The Treasure-Laden Youth was furious. What the fuck do I need your position as a true disciple for? My Great Dao is already set; I can’t possibly use the Sword Pavilion’s methods for Foundation Establishment!

To truly integrate into the Sword Pavilion, become a direct disciple, and use that for Foundation Establishment, he would probably have to wait until five lifetimes later, when his soul and true spirit were washed clean by the power of reincarnation. But by then, he would no longer be himself! It would be a new consciousness. What meaning would that have for him?

Thinking of this, the Treasure-Laden Youth immediately spoke up—

“I can go charge the formation, but please return the [Ageless Chun Tree] to me. If I have this spiritual material for protection, I’ll have some confidence in protecting myself within the formation.”

“What a joke!”

Hearing this, Yun Zhiqiu was immediately unhappy and hurriedly said, “Spiritual materials are one thing, this is another. How can Fellow Daoist lump them together?”

“You are now a member of our righteous path; naturally, you must shoulder the heavy responsibility of eliminating demons and defending the Dao!”

The Treasure-Laden Youth immediately retorted, “Then why don’t you go, Fellow Daoist?”

Are you kidding me? How can I go!

Yun Zhiqiu knew perfectly well. Lu Yang’s reputation was absolutely thunderous to him because his own ancestor had died at Lu Yang’s hands!

Thinking back to those years, first his ancestor risked his life in a gamble but was killed by Lu Yang. Then his family’s prodigy, Yun Miaozhen, died in the Battle for the Dao. The Yun family was swaying in the midst of a storm… If not for him hitting a stroke of heavenly fortune, obtaining a great opportunity, and unexpectedly breaking through to Foundation Establishment, the current Yun family would have long since vanished like smoke.

Under these circumstances, how would he dare to fight Lu Yang?

“My cultivation is still low!”

Yun Zhiqiu said in a deep voice, “If I enter the formation, even if I die, it will be hard to test the power of this formation. But it’s different if Fellow Daoist goes.”

Hearing this, the Treasure-Laden Youth fell completely silent.

He had no choice but to turn his head and look at Ye Guyue. “Does Fellow Daoist really want me to go break the formation empty-handed?”

Ye Guyue thought for a moment upon hearing this, then shook her head and said, “If I lend the [Ageless Chun Tree] to Fellow Daoist and you die, wouldn’t the spiritual material be lost?”

“In that case, instead of breaking the formation, we’d be supplying the enemy.”

With this thought, Ye Guyue made her decision. “Fellow Daoist, it is better for you to go empty-handed. It doesn’t matter if you die; I will naturally guide your return in the future.”

“…Fine.”

The Treasure-Laden Youth said no more. Turning around, he activated a streak of escape light and flew into [Embrace and Guard Mountain]. After finding the formation gate, he charged in without another word.

Seeing this, Lu Yang instantly laughed. “Isn’t this Fellow Daoist Treasure-Laden? It’s been a long time.”

“Yuan Tu…” The Treasure-Laden Youth had an equally complex expression.

As his voice fell, the Myriad Spirits Banner appeared in Lu Yang’s hand. He shook it vigorously, instantly stirring up spiritual light in all directions. Countless Banner Spirits surged out to occupy the formation eyes.

“[Heavenly Sea Massacre Sword Formation Diagram]!”

In the next second, the sky was filled with interwoven blood light, transforming into ocean waves. Wave upon wave layered upon each other, filling the sky and covering the earth, shockingly forming a monstrous sea of blood!

Once this formation was spread out, there were no mysterious changes. It simply used quantity to crush people, using boundless blood waves to vividly crush and extinguish the spiritual power of anyone entering the formation. If it were powered by Lu Yang’s own spiritual power, there might be a limit. But he was using the formation to intercept part of the Blessed Land fragment’s power.

This way, the spiritual power for the formation’s operation was supplied by the Blessed Land fragment.

The result was that his spiritual power didn’t suffer the slightest loss, while the entrant had to fight him against a monstrous sea of blood. With one side ebbing and the other flowing, how could they be his opponent?

Not to mention he was also using [Embrace and Guard Mountain] to boost the formation.

Therefore, every blood wave, appearing no more than a thin layer, actually possessed the weight of mountains and rivers. It pinned down spiritual Qi, making escape impossible without depleting spiritual power.

Besides, he had other means.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang took down the [Three-Nine Soul-Dissolving Gourd] from his waist, circulated spiritual power in his palm to activate it, and then deployed it in the center of the formation.

In the next second, rolling smoke poured out of the gourd.

[Soul-Dissolving Spirit-Scattering Mind-Seizing Smoke]!

With the boost of this smoke, the blood waves in the formation gained additional means to shake the soul, making things even worse for anyone entering the formation.

Seeing this scene, the Treasure-Laden Youth hesitated no longer.

Without hesitation, the Treasure-Laden Youth knelt directly on the ground, raised his hands high, withdrew his spiritual power, and shouted loudly, “This lowly one, Treasure-Laden, is willing to surrender to the Saint Sect!”

“I ask the Great Lord for mercy, spare this lowly one’s life!”

Who was the Treasure-Laden Youth? Because he had been robbed by a Saint Sect Perfected One back then, he had held a grudge for most of his life. The thing he hated most in his life was being robbed.

Now, having been robbed by the Sword Pavilion again, he was already filled with resentment and unable to control himself. Furthermore, his merit and fate had been scraped clean by Chong Guang earlier, and he hadn’t had time to re-accumulate and recover. If he died like this, he wouldn’t be able to be reborn as a human for three to five lifetimes.

Then why fight? I’m defecting to the Saint Sect!

Such a decisive surrender was unexpected even to Lu Yang, but he was happy to see it happen. He immediately laughed loudly. “Fellow Daoist is willing to submit; this is a great goodness.”

Outside the formation, seeing this scene, Ye Guyue’s pretty face instantly sank.

She completely couldn’t understand why the Treasure-Laden Youth would betray them. She had clearly promised him the Sword Pavilion’s karmic affinity, a good thing countless people couldn’t even beg for.

Thus, in the end, she could only snort coldly—

“…He is a Jiangbei demon after all; his evil nature is hard to change!”

(End of this chapter)

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