A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 100 - 97: Fairy Nishang

After arriving at the Xianyou Sect in Ningzhou, Lu Qian further experienced the strength of this Fairy.

Originally, he planned to return Li Zhenru’s remains and the Array Insights, to see what benefits he could gain from the Xianyou Sect and then leave. However, he hadn’t expected the Xianyou Sect to be in decline, like a sunset over the western hills. Since Li Zhenru’s disappearance, the Xianyou Sect suffered several blows, its power constantly dwindling, and its cultivation seedlings often dying prematurely.

For more than a hundred years, no new Foundation Establishment had emerged. Now, the sect only had an aged Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Sect Leader, who was Li Zhenru’s junior brother, barely holding on with the wondrous arrays left by their predecessors.

When Lu Qian and his companion arrived at the Xianyou Sect, before they even warmed their seats, they encountered the sect’s mortal enemies, who gathered three Foundation Establishment Feather Scholars to attack. Seeing the sect about to be overturned, the Xianyou Sect Leader had no choice but to seek help from Lu Qian, offering the Xianyou Sect’s secret manual, the ’Wave Array Secret Manual’ from the Golden Core Perfection Array Cultivator, as reward for Guh Niqiang’s aid.

In truth, with Guh Niqiang’s personality, having a fight wouldn’t warrant a fee, and she might even pay out of pocket just to brawl.

Fortunately, Lu Qian quickly seized the opportunity, securing the deal before Guh Niqiang’s patience completely wore thin.

Next, Lu Qian witnessed the terrifying combat power of the Mad... no, the Mad Fairy...

At this moment, on Bichao Mountain, while Guh Niqiang was displaying her mighty prowess, with soaring flames lighting up half the mountain and attracting all the enemy’s attention, Lu Qian waved his hand. Among the seventy-eight escape lights, forty Cultivators quietly separated and descended into the pitch-black forest.

These forty were all elites, evenly divided between the Middle and Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.

They would gather at the location designated by Lu Qian, under Zhou Chao’s leadership.

With a resounding explosion, this time, the entire grand array’s light shield shattered instantly before it could repair itself. Just as Guh Niqiang was about to charge into the array, Lu Qian quickly stopped her.

"Elder Guh, my dear Elder Guh." Lu Qian smiled broadly, "This array only needs a couple of hits to signal our intent. Save some strength; there’s a big battle coming up."

Guh Niqiang then remembered Lu Qian’s repeatedly detailed plan.

Facing at most four Foundation Establishment enemies, in a life-and-death struggle?

Ah, that’s wonderful!

Guh Niqiang couldn’t help but lightly bite her red lips, her cheeks flushed under the blazing firelight, her eyes enchanting and captivating.

Lu Qian’s heart pounded, and he quickly turned his head to avoid staring. In his mind, he chanted "Red Powder Skull, Skull Red Powder" several times, once again lamenting this world-shaking beauty who, alas, was not quite right in the head, actually being a craz... Mad Fairy.

Lu Qian turned back to gaze at the Seven Stars Moon Closing Array, an array he had only heard of, knowing that its essence was not in directly blocking enemies, allowing Guh Niqiang to shatter the array barrier singlehandedly.

But to truly enter and break the array, success may not be likely. The Chaosheng Sect is a Foundation Establishment Sect; while they have no Foundation Establishment Array Cultivators, they should at least have Qi Cultivation Array Cultivators. Although they can’t unleash Foundation Establishment level changes, they can use the Foundation Establishment changes recorded in the Array Map, then connect with the Qi Cultivation changes.

As long as the array isn’t a Death Array, the difficulty of breaking it increases significantly. Originally, the newly obtained ’Wave Array Secret Manual’ was a wondrous method for Array Formation and Array Breaking, but unfortunately, he had only flipped through a few pages. Otherwise, he could have hoped to join forces with Guh Niqiang to break the array.

Judging the time, it seemed about right, so he gestured to Jiang Qingfeng, then quietly retreated from the encirclement with Guh Niqiang, concealing their escape light.

According to the plan, the Yunshan Sect members, led by Qingfeng, would continue to maintain their encirclement stance over Bichao Mountain with the remaining ninety Cultivators, still using seventy-eight escape lights. Unaware of the reality, Bichao Mountain’s enemies, further intimidated by the earlier display, would not dare to unravel the Grand Array under any circumstances.

In this way, his ambush plan was mostly successful.

Indeed, Lu Qian would lead Guh Niqiang, along with forty Qi Cultivation elites, to ambush the Chaosheng Sect’s two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and two original Foundation Establishment Honored Guest Elders whose allegiance was still unknown.

He had already found the location for the ambush: a valley a few peaks away. This valley lay on a direct line between Yuqing Mountain and the Chaosheng Sect, so the Chaosheng Sect’s Foundation Establishments, seeking to return swiftly to provide support, would pass through this valley.

Of course, even while trying to conceal themselves, a sweep of Divine Sense from a Foundation Establishment Feather Scholar might very well expose the ambush.

Therefore, he needed to prepare a bait for them, one that would seize all their attention at first glance. Even if they veered off course, they would be drawn into the valley by this lure.

This bait was none other than Guh Niqiang, now hovering in the sky above the valley, her body engulfed in golden-red raging flames.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chao, Qian Ruyi, and Wan An were rushing toward Bichao Mountain at full speed, their Spiritual Power maximized, making their three escape lights incredibly conspicuous in the night sky.

Faster, faster!

Zhou Chao urged himself, while also reassuring himself that his Seven Stars Moon Closing Array was very solid, with more than forty disciples stationed in the mountain. With just Lu Qian, a Qi Cultivation Array Cultivator, he couldn’t penetrate it. Even if he received help from Golden Core seniors, as long as a Golden Core Master didn’t personally intervene, holding out for an hour should certainly be no problem.

As he thought this, the scenery below suddenly changed. Numerous valleys among the mountains gave rise to the continuous breeze and the frequent rustling of trees that characterized Bichao Mountain.