novelraw Chapter 92: Shadows in the Cave, Greater Turmoil Lurks in the Dark
Chapter 92: Shadows in the Cave, Greater Turmoil Lurks in the Dark
Seeing Zhou Baiwei in such a state, Meng Qianyuan and Yang Mutong marveled all the more at the immense Divine Power of the man from before.
"Bai Wei, look."
To help Zhou Baiwei remember what had just happened, Yang Mutong cheekily took out her phone and played a video.
In the video, Zhou Baiwei stood before Yi Beidou, her body twitching uncontrollably, looking absolutely bizarre.
Meanwhile, Meng Qianyuan also pulled out his phone and played a video of his own.
In his video, Zhou Baiwei looked like a zombie, weakly pounding Yi Beidou’s chest with her little fists.
Zhou Baiwei’s mouth fell open. Seeing her own ridiculous appearance in the video, she couldn’t help but blush crimson.
She now understood what had happened. A chill went down her spine, but she was utterly helpless.
’What could she possibly do against someone like that?’
So, she could only redirect her shame and anger toward Meng Qianyuan and Yang Mutong.
’Those two! To think they’d take the chance to film me... How shameless.’
"Delete them all!!"
Zhou Baiwei shouted.
Yang Mutong made a face at Zhou Baiwei and quickly put her phone away.
"Too late. I’ve already sent it out. You could try contacting the communications department to delete the online backups, but I also sent a copy to my master. You probably won’t be able to delete that one."
A smile touched Meng Qianyuan’s lips as well.
"AHHHH!!"
Hearing this, Zhou Baiwei clutched her head, on the verge of a breakdown.
’Now they had something to hold over her. She could already picture those two whipping out this bizarre video in the future, forcing her to bow her head in submission.’
’One of them with his thick brows and honest eyes, the other so elegant and cold... who would have thought they were both so devious?’
’You really can’t judge a book by its cover!’
"Alright, focus and feel what’s happening in your body. You should notice some gains."
Just then, Yi Beidou spoke up.
Zhou Baiwei paused, taken aback by his words.
She tried to sense her own body and indeed discovered a distinct change.
The flow of her Qi and blood was stronger and more stable, her perception of her internal organs was clearer, and her body felt much more powerful.
Over her years of practicing Martial Arts, she had inevitably accumulated hidden injuries and chronic ailments that hampered her Physical Ability. Now, however, she felt as if all those deep-seated issues had vanished, leaving her feeling incredibly light. Even the bottleneck to the Realm of Mighty Spirit had loosened as her body grew stronger. After a period of secluded Cultivation, she would surely break through to the next realm.
This wasn’t Yi Beidou’s doing, but the work of Ding Huiyuan.
Although that man’s methods were unpredictable, he clearly valued cause and effect.
He had borrowed Zhou Baiwei’s body without reason to engage in Magical Combat with Yi Beidou, and that created a karmic debt.
Therefore, when the Magical Combat ended, he had helped Zhou Baiwei heal her hidden injuries and chronic ailments, thus settling that karmic debt.
’That man really was interesting.’
Zhou Baiwei took a deep breath, her frustration dissipating. To trade a moment of embarrassment for such a fortuitous opportunity was well worth it.
"Sir, shall we head to the next location?"
Meng Qianyuan asked.
Yi Beidou didn’t speak. Instead, he focused his senses. Within the city, there were only two distinct auras of Saints he had yet to meet.
One had the feel of mist woven into a celestial garment; the other, a sense of thunder sweeping away old sickness.
He had encountered both of these auras before.
Tao Zihong of Maoshan, and Southern Celestial King Yue Ming.
He had already crossed hands with them and had a mutual understanding of their techniques, but it was hard to say if they had other Divine Powers up their sleeves.
’Since I’m already here, I might as well go say hello.’
"Let’s go,"
Yi Beidou said.
Within the city, the clashes between the seven young Saints of Donghua’s new generation continued. Meanwhile, in an unknown location deep in the mountains surrounding Dragon Tiger Mountain, a figure appeared in the forest. He was dressed in ordinary casual clothes and carried a large hiking backpack, looking just like a middle-aged backpacker.
His gaze swept through the woods. He would periodically look up at the Sky, then bend down to inspect the ground, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, he stopped before a rock wall.
BUZZ!!
The plain-looking middle-aged man waved his arm. A layer of hazy, shimmering light seemed to envelop his palm.
He swiped his palm across the rock wall in front of him, and an astonishing scene unfolded.
The rock wall vanished into thin air, revealing a pitch-black cave.
The middle-aged man’s expression remained neutral, showing no surprise as he strode into the cave.
After his figure was completely swallowed by the darkness of the cave, a hazy mist swirled at the entrance, causing it to merge seamlessly with the surrounding rock wall once more.
This was a Blinding Technique—a manipulation of magnetic fields to create an illusion nearly indistinguishable from reality.
"Dong Xuanzi, you’ve finally arrived."
A voice echoed from within the cave. In the dim light, two figures could be faintly seen sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"It’s more or less confirmed that Zhang Daoming will reach the end of his lifespan within a few days. Everyone can start infiltrating the town. Once he dies, it will be time for us to make our move."
"With the transfer of the Celestial Master title, Dragon Tiger Mountain will be in a vulnerable state of transition. This is the perfect time for us to secretly seize control of the Dragon and Tiger Grotto Heaven."
The middle-aged man said flatly.
"It seems a lot of Saint Experts have come to Dragon Tiger Town recently. The town’s been quite lively these past two days,"
one of the figures said.
"They’re just some young people from Donghua who recently achieved Ascension. Zhang Daoming is holding a Transformation Dao Conference and invited these young Saints to attend. They’ll probably act as guardians for a while, but it doesn’t matter. They won’t stay for long, and we don’t need to confront them."
"The arrangements we’ve made within Dragon Tiger Mountain over the years are enough to secretly control the New Celestial Master during this unstable transition period. In the future, Dragon Tiger Mountain will serve our purposes."
Dong Xuanzi said, his expression calm.
"You were once a member of Dragon Tiger Mountain. Let’s hope your plan doesn’t go wrong,"
the other figure spoke.
"Neither of us has a choice. Our resources are exhausted. In this day and age, you either fight for what you want or resign yourself to being controlled by others. If we continue to hide away in our own little corner, I fear we won’t survive the tribulation of this life’s reincarnation,"
Dong Xuanzi said.
The path of Corpse Dissolution is not a smooth one. Some, with their supreme Cultivation, can evade death multiple times, be reborn, and remain unharmed.
But others are only successful by a fluke. They rely on external objects to live a second or third life, but cannot continue beyond that. They might very well perish completely during a subsequent Corpse Dissolution.
After Corpse Dissolution, although one’s consciousness is preserved, all Cultivation must be started again from scratch. No one knows what problems they might encounter in their new life’s Cultivation.
Some people only break through their barriers by sheer luck, a feat that is difficult to replicate.
In the current era, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to acquire vast resources while remaining hidden. If they continue to lurk in the shadows, they likely won’t be able to survive this life’s tribulation.
This is why more and more hidden Immortals are revealing themselves in this era.
Therefore, they plotted in secret, scheming to control Dragon Tiger Mountain and use its influence and resources to pave a path for them to overcome the tribulation of their current lives.