Chapter 354: Group Friends Meet
In the swamp shrouded with a faint white mist, the putrid stench of decay permeated the air.
A man lay sleeping in the muck, propped against the enormous corpse of a flood dragon in the swamp, his head tilted back in slumber.
Through the gaping wound in his chest, the faint beating of his heart was visible.
This severe injury was enough to claim his life. Read latest chapters at NovelBin.Côm
Yet his breathing still existed, though it had become incredibly faint.
In a certain moment, as if sensing something, the sleeping man slowly opened his eyes in the mire.
"Hmm... is someone calling me?"
Narrowing his eyes and cocking his ears to listen for a while, the man said, "Mother, please lend me your senses..."
After speaking, the mysterious man gently rose from the muck, countless black sludge sliding off his body.
The mud seemed to have merged with him.
However, he reached out his hand, without a care, and lightly pressed it against the massive corpse of the flood dragon beside him.
The near ten-thousand-meter-long carcass of the flood dragon coiled deep within the Black Mud Swamp under the flashing blood clouds, resembling a deformed black island.
As the man’s palm rested on the flood dragon’s remains, a glimmer of divine light suddenly flashed through his hollow eyes.
The next second, the man’s figure vanished.
With a single step, he stood at the edge of the Black Mud Swamp.
At the swamp ahead, the familiar, simple young man was kowtowing forcefully, shouting loudly.
"Senior, please save me! Senior, please save me!"
The youth kowtowed with such vigor that his forehead had turned red.
Each bow was solidly executed, and had he not been a cultivator, his head would have burst open by now.
The man stood with his hands behind his back, curiously observing the scene of the youth kowtowing for a while before revealing himself in the mist.
"What are you doing?"
Curiosity filled the man’s eyes.
He did not understand why the sincere youth was doing this.
It hadn’t been long since he had promised to impart the mysteries of cultivation to him and had even initiated him into its threshold.
But after the youth had gone home to ponder over his cultivation for a few days and returned, he exhibited such bizarre behavior.
The man was baffled.
He saw the youth say in a panicked and anxious tone, "Senior! I no longer seek to learn your mystic arts."
"I only ask that you intervene and save my fellow sect member, Brother Li."
"It’s the very Brother Li who befriended me and gifted me top-quality Spirit Rice."
"On his journey home, he attracted the attention of Old Deadleaf from the Green Sheep Society, and now Old Deadleaf has led a group of demon cultivators in pursuit to kill him."
"Brother Li is now cornered, his life hanging by a thread."
"I beg you, Senior, to stop Old Deadleaf and rescue Brother Li. I am willing to forgo the chance to follow you and cultivate!"
The youth continued, and with every word, he knocked his forehead harder.
15 minutes ago, after listening to the rough details from Li Muyang, he had rushed back to the mountains to seek the intervention of the enigmatic senior in Black Swamp City.
Now, seeing the senior, he rapidly recounted the entire ordeal like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
But the situation was urgent, so Guan Xiaoshun’s explanation was somewhat brief.
The mysterious man listened with some confusion.
"Green Sheep Society... Brother Li... Hmm..."
Squinting his eyes in thought, the mysterious man said, "Why would the Green Sheep Society bother your Brother Li without good reason?"
"Could it be that this Brother Li of yours is somehow connected to the ancient Corpse Immortal?"
The man was quite puzzled.
Guan Xiaoshun was slightly startled, "Ancient Corpse Immortal?"
The youth hesitated briefly before saying, "It seems Brother Li mentioned that the people of the Green Sheep Society suspect him to be a descendant of some ancient power, which is why they are hunting him down... But Brother Li was in a hurry when he spoke, and I didn’t listen carefully."
With a hesitant expression, the youth said, "Senior, if you were to intervene, that Old Deadleaf of the Green Sheep Society surely wouldn’t be a match, right?"
Previously, when the mysterious man was about to transmit his mystical techniques to him, he claimed to be the first cultivator in this world to have transcended the Purple Mansion and reached the Eternal Heaven Realm.
The Eternal Heaven Realm, surpassing the Spirit Travel Realm by a full two major realms.
If the senior really were in the Eternal Heaven Realm, then crushing the old man Kuye would be as simple as crushing an ant.
But in the face of the young Guan Xiaoshun’s cautious flattery, the mysterious man just smiled and shook his head.
He didn’t pay attention to the flattery; instead, he was more concerned about something else the young man mentioned. @@novelbin@@
"A supposed descendant of the ancient great powers? Then there is no mistake."
"From its establishment, the Green Sheep Society has been tracking the trails of the Corpse Immortal."
"Probably it’s because your Brother Li’s cultivation advanced too quickly, attracting the Green Sheep Society’s suspicions, right?"
The mysterious man smiled and shook his head, saying, "Indeed, old man Kuye is no match for me, but unfortunately, I am unable to lend you my help."
"I cannot leave this swamp for the time being."
The day he leaves the swamp will be the day he marches into the gates of the Refinement Demon Sect.
But for now, the time is not yet right.
Seeing the young man’s anxious and frightened expression, the mysterious man sighed softly and said.
"Fine, I’ll ask around for you..."
After speaking, the mysterious man closed his eyes slightly and stood rigid, seemingly lifeless.
Meanwhile, as Li Muyang waited outside the mountains for messages from Guan Xiaoshun, he suddenly had a premonition.
They were three people intercepted by Guan Xiaoshun, waiting at this place for his news.
Unexpectedly, this simple-border-town youth also had a fortuitous encounter and met a powerful and mysterious senior.
If they could persuade the stranger to make a move and repel old man Kuye, it would save them a lot of trouble.
But as they waited, Li Muyang suddenly heard the "drip drip drip" notification sound of the chat group.
The group that had been silent for so long suddenly bubbled with activity.
Li Muyang instinctively clicked to check and saw messages from Zi Weiheng, who was the most friendly to him.
[Zi Weiheng: Is anyone near Black Swamp City, under the domain of the Refinement Demon Sect?]
[Zi Weiheng: Urgent, need help!]
With just these two lines, Zi Weiheng sent the messages several times, effectively flooding the screen.
The chat group’s notification sounds kept ringing without stopping.
Soon, others also came online.
Seeing that it was Zi Weiheng who was speaking, people in the chat group began to respond one after another.
[Perilous Lodging One: What’s the urgent matter?]
[Ghost Lodging Seven: Zi Weiheng, did you venture into the Refinement Demon Sect’s territory? Are you really planning to attack the Refinement Demon Sect?!]
[Heart Moon Fox: Zi Weiheng, don’t act rashly...]
The crowd started to counsel in a flurry, thinking that Zi Weiheng was going to attack the Refinement Demon Sect.
But Zi Weiheng’s reply refuted everyone’s speculation.
[Zi Weiheng: No, it’s just that a little friend I know is in trouble on the Refinement Demon Sect’s territory, a minor trouble]
[Zi Weiheng: Any fellow Daoists near Black Swamp City? Please assist]
[Zi Weiheng: The enemy is only old man Kuye of the Green Sheep Society, merely in the Spirit Travel Realm, can be suppressed with a flip of the hand]
Zi Weiheng’s indifferent tone overflowed with tremendous self-assured confidence.
But Li Muyang’s eyes instantly widened.
What the heck...
With this timing, and the words from Zi Weiheng...
Could the mysterious senior that Guan Xiaoshun encountered be Zi Weiheng?
Holy shit!
Did Zi Weiheng really plan to annihilate the entire Refinement Demon Sect?
Had he already silently infiltrated the territory of the Refinement Demon Sect?
What do you think?
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