Chapter 873
Disguise
The Huangtian Mountains are located on the edge of Shenzhou. Crossing the Huangtian Mountains leads to Hengzhou.
The Huangtian Mountain Range is most famous for its various rare and precious natural treasures and ancient secret realms.
Therefore, every year, people from other states in the Xuanhuang Realm come to the Huangtian Mountains in search of opportunities.
The Three Saints Sect received information that the Blood Demon Palace had sent young disciples to the Desolate Sky Mountains for training.
Normally, the Three Saints Sect wouldn't care about such a thing at all.
However, with the incident at Haotian Secret Realm, and the fact that the Three Saints Sect suspected the Blood Demon Palace, they sent people to investigate.
Considering that the Blood Demon Palace disciples who came to the Desolate Sky Mountains were not highly skilled, only newly promoted true disciples such as Jiang Huan were sent to investigate.
Upon arriving at the Desolate Sky Mountains, the group split into several small teams and began exploring the mountains.
Chen Feng and Jiang Ming were assigned to work under the command of the woman surnamed Qin.
This woman is one of the three newly promoted True Disciples who are at the Refinement stage.
"Junior brothers, we'll just scout around here. Don't stray too far. If you encounter any danger, notify me immediately," Qin Yan instructed Chen Feng and the others.
The group nodded in agreement; everyone knew that this investigation was just a formality.
There may indeed be disciples of the Blood Demon Palace in this Desolate Sky Mountain Range, but their cultivation levels are relatively low, and they would not be able to participate in the affairs of the sect's Haotian Secret Realm.
Jiang Ming looked at Chen Feng and said:
"Junior brother, would you like to come with me for a stroll? The scenery in the Desolate Sky Mountains is quite nice."
There are no rare and precious natural treasures on the outskirts of the Desolate Sky Mountains, only some materials used by low-level cultivators, which Jiang Ming naturally didn't care for. He just wanted to take a stroll.
"No need, I'm going to meditate and cultivate." Chen Feng shook his head and refused.
Jiang Ming immediately showed a look of surprise:
"Junior brother, you've changed your ways lately, you're actually working so hard."
"My family is pressuring me a lot. If I don't work harder, I'm afraid my status as heir will be taken away," Chen Feng said helplessly.
"Alright, then you go cultivate, I'll go find someone else."
Jiang Ming didn't say much, and then turned and left.
Soon, only Chen Feng remained in the room; everyone else had gone to find a place to meditate and cultivate.
Chen Feng sensed the location and quickly pinpointed the location of Jiang Huan and the others.
When the group separated, he had already left his mark on Jiang Huan.
Finding Jiang Huan in this desolate mountain range is not a problem.
His plan was simple: to make a move against Jiang Huan, thereby luring Zhao Ban there.
At the speed at which a Dao-Merging cultivator travels through the Void Realm, it wouldn't take them long to reach the Desolate Sky Mountain Range.
Jiang Huan is the most talented among this group of newly recruited disciples, so using him to lure out Zhao Ban is undoubtedly the safest option.
Chen Feng thought for a moment, then took out a black robe from his mustard seed space and covered himself with it, while also changing his aura.
A faint demonic aura quickly emanated from him.
This demonic energy was naturally the wisp of pure demonic energy within his body.
He didn't know what the cultivators of the Blood Demon Palace were like, but since the word "demon" was in their name, they must be demonic cultivators.
He surrounds himself with demonic energy, so he should be similar to the cultivators of the Blood Demon Palace.
With a flash, Chen Feng quickly disappeared from the spot.
Deep within the desolate Tianshan Mountains.
Two streaks of blood-red light were fleeing at high speed.
These two streaks of light dared not fly too high, but only flew close to the forest. The reason for this was naturally to avoid attracting the attention of the monsters in the Desolate Sky Mountain Range.
After all, this is deep within the Desolate Sky Mountains, where many powerful demonic beasts reside.
The figures in the escaping light were a man and a woman, both dressed in blood-red robes.
"Qiao'er, you go first, I'll hold those people off." The man said decisively.
The woman shook her head: "Brother, let's go together!"
The woman showed no fear on her face, and her tone was resolute.
The man's voice was filled with anger:
"If you don't leave, who will go and tell someone to come and rescue me?"
The woman fell silent upon hearing this.
Both of them were young geniuses from the Blood Demon Palace, and they had come to the Desolate Sky Mountains for training.
But not long ago, they encountered people from the Three Saints Sect.
Without a word, the other party attacked them, attempting to capture the two of them.
If they were at the same level, they could probably put up a fight.
However, one of the people in that group was a Void Refinement cultivator, and the two of them were naturally no match for him, so they had no choice but to flee.
"What the hell is wrong with the Three Saints Sect? Why are they attacking us?" The woman's face was full of anger.
Although the Three Saints Sect and the Blood Demon Palace have conflicts, they usually restrain themselves when they meet.
After all, no one wants to provoke two major wars.
But this time, the people from the Three Saints Sect acted like madmen, disregarding the consequences and trying to capture the two of them.
Just as the man was about to answer, a loud laugh came from afar:
"Your Blood Escape Techniques are truly exquisite! I almost couldn't catch up!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the surrounding world immediately turned gray.
The two cultivators from the Blood Demon Palace slowed down rapidly, as if an invisible force was holding them back.
The man's expression changed, and he immediately forced out ten drops of his essence blood and began to rapidly form hand seals.
A dense, blood-red demonic aura emanated from his body.
But before the demon could spread, a phantom hand slammed down from the sky.
boom!
The two were instantly slapped down by the large hand and sent into the woods.
When the two got up, they immediately found two talismans stuck to their bodies.
Once the talisman was stuck to them, the two were completely unable to move.
"To have escaped from my grasp for so long, it seems that you two must at least be inner members of the Blood Demon Palace."
Jiang Huan landed from the sky with a smug look on her face.
Besides him, there were several other true disciples of the Three Saints Sect.
The group looked at the two from the Blood Demon Palace with mocking expressions.
The man from the Blood Demon Palace stared intently at Jiang Huan:
"How dare you, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, attack two Nascent Soul cultivators like us!"
Faced with questioning, Jiang Huan still wore a smile:
“Normally, I wouldn’t bother with you, but this time is different. You must come back to the sect with me for investigation. Don’t worry, as long as you’re okay, we won’t make things difficult for you.”
Jiang Huan would not kill these two people. At present, the Three Saints Sect only suspects that the Haotian Secret Realm is related to other forces.
His task was to capture the people from the Blood Demon Palace and interrogate them.
If they were to kill them outright, it could very likely ignite a major war between the two factions.
"As we said before, we were just training in the Desolate Sky Mountains, and we didn't do anything else!" the man explained again.
Jiang Huan shook his head:
"You should talk about these things after you come back to the sect with me."
The woman then said angrily:
"Your Three Saints Sect is supposed to be a major sect in the Xuanhuang Realm, yet you dare to bully the weak! You are utterly shameless!"
These words immediately made Jiang Huan's face turn ugly, and he slapped him across the face from a distance.
Bah!
The woman was immediately slapped away, her face covered in blood.
"Qiao'er!" The man's eyes turned red when he saw the woman's miserable state.
Jiang Huan sneered:
"You mere ants dare to talk to me like that? So what if I like to bully the weak? This isn't your Blood Demon Palace's territory!"
Just as Jiang Huan finished speaking.
A chilling voice suddenly rang out in the room.
"is it?"
As the sound faded, a man in black robes strolled leisurely over from a distance.
The man in black robes was surrounded by demonic energy. With each step he took, the surrounding world seemed to tremble.
Upon seeing the man in black robes, Jiang Huan's gaze sharpened.
He immediately scanned the area with his divine sense, but as soon as his divine sense touched the black-robed man, it was blocked by the man's demonic energy.
This immediately made Jiang Huan's expression turn serious.
The two from the Blood Demon Palace were also taken aback when they saw the black-robed man appear.
The demonic aura surrounding the other party, in particular, puzzled the two of them.
Their Blood Demon Palace cultivates Blood Demon Qi, but the demonic energy surrounding the person in front of them is not Blood Demon Qi at all.
However, one thing is certain: the demonic energy on the other party is of far superior quality to the blood demonic energy.
"Who are you?" Jiang Huan asked warily after taking out two protective treasures from his person.
The person in front of him gave him a very dangerous feeling.
The man in black robes said in a hoarse voice:
"Didn't you just say you like bullying the weak? Well, I like it too."
As the black-robed man's voice fell, the two protective magic treasures in front of Jiang Huan instantly shattered!
At the same time, Jiang Huan suddenly felt an invisible force pressing down on him.
Under this invisible force, the threads of law that had gathered around him shattered, and he knelt on the ground.
Click!
As soon as Jiang Huan knelt down, his physical body turned into a cloud of blood mist and dissipated, leaving only his primordial spirit in the arena.
The same happened to the other disciples of the Three Saints Sect; they all knelt on the ground, their bodies completely shattered.
Jiang Huan looked at his body, which consisted only of his primordial spirit, and his face was filled with fear:
"You...you're a half-step Dao-merging cultivator!"
The existence that could suppress him so easily is something even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Void Refinement stage couldn't do; it could only be a powerhouse at the Half-Step Dao Integration stage.
The other disciples of the Three Saints Sect also showed expressions of fear.
They never expected that they would encounter a half-step Dao Integration level expert in this desolate mountain range.
Moreover, it seems that the other party is from the Blood Demon Palace.
"Now that I'm bullying you because I'm stronger, what can you do about it?"
The man in black robes spoke in a playful tone.
Jiang Huan's face was extremely pale:
"Senior! This is the territory of our Three Saints Sect. You destroyed our physical bodies. Aren't you afraid that our sect elders will come?"
The man in black robes gave a cold laugh:
"Sect elders? You think I'm afraid? You dare to lay a hand on anyone from my Blood Demon Palace? None of you will leave here alive today!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Huan and the others turned pale.
The two people from the Blood Demon Palace standing nearby immediately lit up.
The male cultivator from the Blood Demon Palace immediately approached Chen Feng and bowed respectfully.
"Junior Pei Lin greets Elder!"
Although Pei Lin did not know which elder of their Blood Demon Palace this senior was, anyone in the Blood Demon Palace who reached the half-step Dao Integration level was an elder.
The man in black robes looked at Pei Lin and said approvingly:
"You dare to be so tough in front of a cultivator who is a level higher than you. You're quite good. You haven't disgraced our Blood Demon Palace."
The man in black robes was none other than Chen Feng.
He originally planned to impersonate someone from the Blood Demon Palace and make a move, but he didn't expect to actually encounter someone from the Blood Demon Palace here.
That's good, it makes my identity more solid.
Pei Lin glanced at Jiang Huan in the distance and then said:
"Elder, let's leave first, since this place is very close to the Three Saints Sect."
Chen Feng waved his hand:
"It's alright. With me here, no one can hurt you. Let me treat her injuries first."
Chen Feng wouldn't just leave like that; he was certain that Jiang Huan had already notified Zhao Ban.
True disciples of the Three Saints Sect are all protected by divine talismans bestowed by the sect, which can be used to seek help within a certain range.
Although he suppressed Jiang Huan, he did not restrict him from using the divine talisman.
Chen Feng walked up to the female cultivator, who had only been slapped by Jiang Huan.
But that slap contained the power of laws that only cultivators at the Void Refinement stage possess.
Chen Feng touched the woman's brow with his finger, and in an instant, the power of law within her body was expelled.
The woman, her face covered in blood, immediately felt her pain disappear. She quickly bowed to Chen Feng.
"This junior, Pei Qiao'er, thanks the elder for saving me."
Chen Feng nodded: "Let's heal our wounds first."
Pei Qiao'er looked grateful and quickly took the medicine to heal her injuries.
Pei Lin, who was standing nearby, asked:
"Senior, what should we do with these people?"
Chen Feng was about to speak when he seemed to realize something and looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, a white vortex appeared in the sky.
Then a middle-aged man walked out of the white vortex.
Upon seeing the middle-aged man, Jiang Huan was overjoyed.
"Uncle-Master Zhao!"
The other disciples of the Three Saints Sect also showed joy.
Zhao Ban glanced at Jiang Huan and the others, who had lost their physical bodies, and his expression immediately darkened.
A terrifying aura emanated from him.
Sensing this aura, Pei Lin and Pei Qiao'er immediately trembled uncontrollably.
But compared to physical fear, the fear in their hearts was the greatest.
A Dao-Merging expert!
The Dao Integration expert from the Three Saints Sect has actually arrived!
This was something neither of them had ever considered.
Dao Integration Realm experts are the most elite beings in the Xuanhuang Realm. These experts usually cultivate in seclusion within the Void Realm, so how could they appear in the outside world?
Just as the two were panicking, Chen Feng's voice rang out from beside them:
"Don't be afraid!"
As Chen Feng's voice fell, the two immediately felt the pressure on their bodies disappear.
Upon realizing this, Pei Qiao'er immediately stared wide-eyed at Chen Feng.
Only someone who is also a Dao Integration cultivator could so easily dispel the oppressive aura of a Dao Integration cultivator.
Pei Lin, who was standing next to him, also noticed this and looked equally shocked.
The two siblings were just out for training, how did they end up encountering two Dao Integration Realm experts, one of whom was from their Blood Demon Palace?
"Are you from the Blood Demon Palace? Why are you hiding your face?" Zhao Ban's voice came from behind.
At this moment, Zhao Ban had clearly also realized that Chen Feng was no ordinary person.
The other party showed no reaction under his pressure, so he was most likely a Dao Integration cultivator.
The Dao Integration cultivators from the Blood Demon Palace have actually come to the Desolate Sky Mountains.
This made him realize that something was wrong; perhaps the events at Haotian Secret Realm really were related to the Blood Demon Palace.
He simply didn't recognize Chen Feng's identity. He knew almost everything about the Dao Integration Realm members of the Blood Demon Palace, but he didn't know anyone named Chen Feng.
"Do I need to tell you?" Chen Feng replied calmly.
Zhao Ban narrowed his eyes:
"Hmph, since that's the case, then let me experience your superior skills!"
After saying that, Zhao Ban disappeared from the spot.
Chen Feng also disappeared from the spot.
Beings at the Dao Integration level naturally cannot take action outside the realm of Dao.
One thing is very special about the Xuanhuang Realm: if a Dao Integration level expert makes a move in the outside world, it will immediately trigger the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm to take action against him.
Yes, there is a natural order in this world.
There was a time when a Dao-Merging expert acted recklessly in the outside world, which ultimately led to the Heavenly Dao sending down lightning punishment ahead of schedule.
The power of this lightning punishment is comparable to the lightning punishment of his own calamity.
Therefore, cultivators at the Dao Integration Realm in the Xuanhuang Realm generally only make their moves within the Void Realm. (End of Chapter)