Chapter 716: Chapter 715: The World of Hundred Flowers
Shi Xiaole, in a slim chance of hope, secretly returned with Yun Chuoxi to the battlefield of the two sects, only to find it deserted, with broken walls and traces of blood scattered all over the mountain.
Left with no choice, he had to act alone with Yun Chuoxi.
After traversing dozens of miles in the mountains, Shi Xiaole’s heart grew colder.
This was because, under his spiritual search, he found no less than five equally powerful spiritual forces, apparently from Terrestrial Immortals.
Luckily, his spiritual quality was different from ordinary people, and his search range was larger, which allowed him to discover the others in advance and avoid them in time.
Among these five people, there might be Earth Immortals from the Left Sect, and some might be weaker than him, but Shi Xiaole did not dare to take the gamble. After all, if a fight broke out and produced waves of energy, it would definitely attract others, which was not a wise move.
Yun Chuoxi’s injuries were more serious than he had imagined. To speed up their pace, Shi Xiaole, despite her objections, held her slender waist and snuck through the forest.
About a day later, the two of them managed to navigate through the forest without any mishaps and arrived at a small town.
"That place is to the east of the town."
They dared not enter, so they had to go around the town. Everything went smoothly, and they quickly arrived at a huge canyon east of the town.
The canyon was so long that it couldn’t be seen to the end. There was a small stream flowing through it, and as the terrain rose, the space on both sides also increased, forming a rough inverted triangle.
Shi Xiaole could see that the inside of the canyon had large cracks, full of cliffs and valleys. In theory, it was a good place to hide. However, the moment his feet stepped in, an intense sense of danger suddenly enveloped his whole body.
"Retreat quickly!"
Grabbing Yun Chuoxi, who was oblivious to the danger, Shi Xiaole quickly flew back, landing thousands of meters away in a blink of an eye.
With a bang!
Where they originally stood, a deep hole that was dozens of feet deep had appeared, and an iron claw flew out, caught by a man with eagle eyes.
"Boy, you run quite quickly, but unfortunately, you can’t escape my pursuit."
The eagle-eyed man let out a chilling, bone-piercing laugh.
"Eagle Eye Broken Sky Path, Ge Qilong!"
Yun Chuoxi took a deep breath.
In order to understand the Right Sect, she had investigated every Terrestrial Immortal in the Right Sect. Ge Qilong had piercing eagle eyes, and he practiced a strange technique that was best known for tracking enemies.
What was even more frightening was that he was a top-tier fourth-class Earth Immortal.
Shi Xiaole’s combat power should be between a medium fourth-tier Earth Immortal and a high fourth-tier Earth Immortal. Although the gap seems small, a single tier difference represents ten to twenty years of cultivation, which are two entirely different levels.
The opponent was already a bit stronger, and with Yun Chuoxi’s serious injuries, could Shi Xiaole still cope?
Little did she know, at this moment, Shi Xiaole was feeling something very strange.
Why was it conveniently a top-tier fourth-tier Earth Immortal?
With the shadow of the Seventh Elder and Yao Mie Sheng, the young master of the Right Sect, flashing through his mind, Shi Xiaole’s eyes grew deeper.
Swoosh!
In the midst of his thoughts, the iron claw swooped in, leaving five chilling vertical marks in the air.
"Illusory Ripple Fist!"
Shi Xiaole punched out without avoiding or retreating. Waves of intersecting circles materialized, and the punch hit the iron claw. Unfortunately, the iron claw had greater power, and after a brief pause, it swooped in again, leaving five inch-deep wounds on Shi Xiaole’s right arm.
If he hadn’t dodged quickly, his entire arm would have been ripped off.
"Eagle Shatters the Sky!"
Taking advantage of the situation, Ge Qilong swung his right hand wildly. The iron claw connected by iron chains danced back and forth, tearing out crisscrossing beams of light filled with terrifying force of tearing.
The opponent’s murderous intent cannot be faked, which made Shi Xiaole overturn his initial judgement. Was he not here to send a helping hand?
Grasping Yun Chuoxi with his left hand, as Ge Qilong attacked again, Shi Xiaole used the Mountain Character Scripture to its fullest. The cracks in the void twisted, and he and Yun Chuoxi passed through the void in the cracks.
"Illusion technique is after all an illusion technique, failing to rise to the refined. "
His arm swelled, his iron claw suddenly doubled in speed, the distorted void shattered like a mirror, revealing Shi Xiaole’s real body.
Tearing through martial arts, the path taken is to overpower techniques with strength, restraining the Illusion Martial Way to a certain extent.
Seeing the iron claw make a wide curve, leading with a force capable of piercing anything, Shi Xiaole remained calm, casually tossing something forward.
Boom!
Flames surged to the sky, causing the iron claw to veer off its original trajectory. Ge Qilong was forced to withdraw, waiting for the aftereffects to dissipate. However, there was no sign of Shi Xiaole or Yun Chuoxi.
"Falling Flower Drifting Water of Tang Sect, hmph, you may evade it once, but you definitely won’t evade it a second time."
Ge Qilong was already over three hundred years old. For an Earth Immortal in the Divine Border Realm with a lifespan of five hundred years, he had already lived more than half of his life. His potential was diminishing. To further progress, he needed massive amounts of precious resources.
Whether it was Zong Yue or Yun Chuoxi, both were people the Sect Master had ordered to be caught. Especially Yun Chuoxi, she was extremely important. As long as she could be captured, there would be no concern about lacking the desired resources.
In fact, if it wasn’t for his specialty in tracking, an Elder wouldn’t have handed this once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity to him. He must seize it!
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Shi Xiaole fled through the gorge with Yun Chuoxi. He was fortunate that he had obtained Falling Flower Drifting Water from an Elder of Hell Gate during his last visit to the Qin Family, otherwise escaping would have been tough even after revealing all his hidden cards.
"We can’t linger any longer, we must leave this place!"
Yun Chuoxi was very anxious, somewhat confused about why Shi Xiaole was making loops in the area.
"There are many intersections here, safer than other places. "
A strange feeling made Shi Xiaole restless, as if something was vaguely guiding his path. As he made many turns, the feeling grew stronger.
Unexpectedly, a small pool of clear water appeared in front of a mountain wall at a bent corner, directly below a huge cliff-face.
"You, how did you know it was here?"
Shock was apparent on Yun Chuoxi’s beautiful face.
"So, is this the Hundred Flowers Cave that you guys suspected before but subsequently dismissed?"
Shi Xiaole feigned surprise, desperately suppressing the throbbing in his heart.
Without hesitating, Yun Chuoxi crouched down, raised a giant stone, revealing a bronze ring submerged in mud underneath, leaving only half of its eye visible. Despite deliberate observation, even Shi Xiaole would have missed it.
Pulling the bronze ring, the stone wall parted to the left and right, the giant stone dropped, both of them swiftly entered, and the stone wall promptly closed behind them.
"There’s a peculiar Array System here that can shield our presence, making it the best place to hide. Nevertheless, in order to claim it for our own, our Sect had set a mind-confusing Array System around it. I never expected that you would stumble upon it."
The mind-confusing Array System would even require a martial arts grandmaster who had set it up personally to spend some time finding it. Earlier, Yun Chuoxi had been worried about wasting time, so she urged Shi Xiaole to leave quickly.
The cave was only fifteen feet in size, aside from hiding it had no other use. This was one of the reasons the Left Sect had not paid much attention to it.
His heart was pounding as Shi Xiaole walked inside, a blinding light burst out from the inner wall all of a sudden, holding incredible compressive power.
Before she could even scream, Yun Chuoxi fainted.
Shi Xiaole’s Vigorous Air cracked open, and in a critical moment, a layer of hazy glow appeared in front of him. It was a broken bracelet, the bracelet held a single droplet of blood that flickered on and off inside.
This was the bracelet he had obtained from under Mingliu Villa, suspected to have been left by Shi Xuanzhong’s wife.
Boom!
As the strong light dissipated, the inner wall unexpectedly separated on its own, in front of Shi Xiaole appeared a transparent pool. Around the pool were bizarre flowers and multicoloured vines swaying in the wind, as if forming a myriad of rainbows.
Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven!
These four words inexplicably appeared in his mind. Shi Xiaole’s lips quivered, his heart surged with emotion as he stepped into this place that had been sealed for many years, unknown to anyone else.
To the right of the pool, a gentle, upright figure stood, embodying the peaceful beauty of the world, back facing him.
