Chapter 229: Fall of the celestial Sky Sect
"Three guests, please follow me." The young boy said and led the way.
As they made their way through a forest of plum trees, the errand boy introduced the inn and their services.
However, his audience was preoccupied and none of the three was listening.
Yu Nianzhen was still wondering about the mysterious man while Jiang Yue was caught up in a myriad of thoughts.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of a cave.
"Please check and see if you like it. If you don’t like it, I will take you to another cave." The errand boy spoke.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen entered the cave.
Unexpectedly, the cave not only had three training rooms, but also a sitting room, a bathroom, and a kitchen.
A qi gathering array was arranged in each room, and a cultivation mat was placed at the centre of the array.
In addition to the mat, there was only a stone bed in each training room.
However, a mat and stone bed were more than enough.
"Are all the caves like this?" Jiang Yue asked and looked at the errand boy.
The errand boy nodded and hurriedly answered, "they all have the same layout."
"In that case, we will take this cave."
"I understand." The errand boy said and bowed.
"If the guests need anything, please use these communication talismans." He said and handed over three talismans.
"Do the guests need anything else?"
"We will call if we need anything else."
Jiang Yue gave him twenty spirit stones and quickly sent him away.
When the young boy left, Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen and Hongzhu sat at the sitting room table.
"Are you hungry?"Yu Nianzhen asked and looked at Jiang Yue.
"How did you know?"
Yu Nianzhen smiled and didn’t answer the question. Instead, he removed a few plates of food from his storage ring.
He then removed three sets of utensils and placed them in front of the three.
"As I thought, my husband is the one who treats me best." Jiang Yue said and quickly served himself.
Although he didn’t need too much food at his cultivation level, he was used to eating.
His body was already conditioned and he didn’t like to endure when didn’t have to.
"Eat first. We will talk after eating." Yu Nianzhen looked at Hongzhu and said.
He knew she was eager to talk but they all needed a bit of rest before jumping to the deep end.
"Thank you, brother Yu."
Without another word, Hongzhu served a plate of spirit rice and spirit vegetables.
When Jiang Yue saw that, he frowned and paused his eating.
"You are still young, you should eat more meat." He said and pushed a plate of beast meat toward the girl.
Hongzhu looked at the meat but didn’t move her chopsticks.
Instead, she pushed the plate back much to the surprise of the two young men.
"I am sorry brother Yue, Hongzhu doesn’t eat meat." She said and both men couldn’t help but be shocked.
’Are there vegetarians in the Cangxing world?’ Jiang Yue wondered and looked at the girl carefully.
Although they hadn’t met too many people since they transmigrated, the two had a general idea about the world.
While most cultivators chose to bigu, the remaining liked to eat a lot of demonic beats meat.
After all, demonic beast meat had more vitality than ordinary spiritual vegetables.
’To each their own.’ Jiang Yue thought and no longer bothered about Hongzhu.
After that, the three ate quietly.
When all the food was gone, Yu Nianzhen put away the plates and the room fell into silence.
"What happened to brother Li?" Jiang Yue asked.
Hongzhu looked at the two and her hands shook a little.
"My name is Hongzhu and my master is Lu Futian." She repeated and the two did not interrupt her.
"One year ago, our Celestial Sky sect was attacked and taken over by the Death Flower Ascension Front." The girl started and the two men were immediately horrified.
If the Death Flower Ascension Front took over another sect, the damage could be contained within the specific region for the time being.
However, the Celestial Sky sect was different.
The titles and corresponding names of all cultivators in the Cangxing world were protected by the Celestial Sky sect.
More than that, cultivators from the Celestial Sky sect were masters of divination.
During his time in the Black Wind city, Jiang Yue heard that all the divinations made by Celestial Sky sect members were recorded and stored in a secret room.
If the sect was taken over, wouldn’t all those divinations fall into the hands of the Death Flower Ascension Front?
When he thought of that, Jiang Yue shuddered and his heart filled with trepidation.
He remembered that Li Futian once alluded to his and Yu Nianzhen’s importance to the Cangxing world.
At that time, they guessed the conclusion was due to divination made in the Celestial Sky sect.
Because they didn’t want trouble, they formed a brotherhood to ensure that Li Futian and Xuan Ke wouldn’t mention the matter to others.
However, if the Celestial Sky sect had really been taken over...
Jiang Yue was spiralling when he felt a cold hand cover his own.
[Don’t panic yet.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted and then looked at the girl.
"If it happened one year ago, how come we haven’t heard anything?" He asked.
Most of the past year was spent on the road, travelling from East River village to the Ice Palace city.
Along the way, they stayed in many inns and encountered many people.
After thinking about it, Yu Nianzhen found it hard to believe that no one had mentioned the matter.
The fall of a regional ruler was the kind of news that would spread faster than wildfire.
"Our Celestial Sky sect was betrayed." Hongzhu said and her red eyes glistened with anger.
After that, she told everything she knew about the situation.
According to her, the Celestial Sky sect had two opposing factions.
One faction was passive and the other was active.
The passive faction didn’t like to interfere with the world unless necessary while the active faction wanted to rule the world.
Those from the passive faction felt they were superior to other cultivators and wanted to control them.
Fortunately, both factions were equally powerful and a strained balance was formed.
However, the rise of the Death Flower Ascension Front upset the balance.
Over time, the passive faction was weakened until the sect was quietly taken over a year ago.
"The elders and disciples of the passive faction rarely interact with the world. Because of this, others haven’t realised the situation in the Celestial Sky sect."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen fell silent when they heard that.
They didn’t expect things had become so serious in the Celestial Sky sect without anyone’s notice.
However, it was still difficult to accept that no one realised what was going on.
"Are all the members of the passive faction dead?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Hongzhu shook her head and her eyes were filled with sadness.
"They have been imprisoned." She said.
"What about brother Li?" Jiang Yue asked and looked at the coffin placed next to the girl.
"My master is not dead yet." She said and then continued.
"My master’s master divined the catastrophe and made some preparations."
"Before the final struggle, my master told me what to do."
"If he knew what would happen to him, why didn’t he escape?" Jiang Yue asked.
His voice was raised and contaminated with a trace of impatience.
He didn’t understand why Li Futian and his faction didn’t escape if they knew their fate.
"Master didn’t say anything more. He only asked me to take his body and find his brothers."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other.
They both felt a little lost and didn’t understand what Li Futian expected them to do.
"How is his condition?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Since he couldn’t grasp the bigger picture, he at least wanted to understand Li Futian’s current situation.
If his injury was something that could be saved with the tree of life, he wouldn’t hesitate.
After all, the person was his sworn brother.
"My master has suffered a soul injury." Hongzhu said and her eyes dimmed.
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were also discouraged when they heard that.
The tree of life was good for origin and physical injuries. However, it had a limited effect on soul injuries.
"My master needs the nine-turn rebirth pill to heal his soul."
"Nine-turn rebirth pill? " Jiang Yue asked.
"It’s a legendary pill that can call back scattered pieces of the soul."
"Is his soul torn?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Hongzhu nodded and said, " eight pieces of my master’s soul have left the body. He only has one soul."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen felt like they were thrown into an ice cellar when they heard that.
There was a big difference between a damaged soul and a torn soul.
