The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 103 : The Suona Sounds, All Sounds Submit

Tantai Ming kicked him. "Stop beating around the bush. If you're going to speak, do it quickly, or I'll end you!"

The man didn't dare to conceal anything and spoke meekly and honestly, "To be honest, we brothers aren't very clear on the specific details either. It's all hearsay."

"The Fire Cloud Secret Realm is divided into three layers: outer, middle, and inner. Ordinary cultivators without a pass token can only stay in the outer layer and cannot enter the middle or inner layers."

"Spiritual treasures and herbs are all in the inner layer of the secret realm, but to pass inwards, one needs a pass token."

"The Fire Cloud Token is the pass token for the Fire Realm Secret Realm."

"However, the number of Fire Cloud Tokens is limited. They're hidden in various secluded corners of the Fire Cloud Secret Realm where people rarely go. Cultivators need to find them themselves, which greatly depends on luck and fate. Only a very few cultivators have the chance to obtain a token."

The male cultivator glanced tremblingly at the three of them, swallowed, and lowered his voice, "We brothers have been unable to find a token. Just now, by chance, we saw you three obtain a Fire Cloud Token. Since you're not disciples of an immortal sect, we became greedy for a moment, so... so we tried to rob you..."

After gathering enough information, Tantai Ming gave each of them a punch, knocking them all unconscious. He dusted off his hands, "These guys probably don't have the guts to lie. So one needs to obtain a Fire Cloud Token to continue deeper inside. No wonder we haven't seen any entrances on our way here."

To enter the middle layer of the secret realm from the outer layer, each person needs to hold one Fire Cloud Token.

But on their side, there were three people, yet only one token.

They needed to find two more tokens to enter the next layer.

Chu Sang took the Fire Cloud Token from Mu Chihuai's hand and let Xiao Bai out to sniff it.

Xiao Bai immediately ran into the forest, with the three people following closely behind.

Half an hour later, the three arrived at a huge green pond. Not far away was an enormous dark green toad, half of its body submerged in the pond, with half a human leg hanging from its mouth. It seemed to be the remains of an unfortunate cultivator who failed to obtain the token and lost their life.

This toad was as big as a small hill, with a semicircle of black spikes around its mouth. Most eye-catching were the numerous pitted poison glands covering its body, like dense, round poison sacs about to burst through the skin. It seemed that with a light touch, they would explode.

"...Don't tell me the token is inside this beast?" Tantai Ming rubbed his arms, disgusted.

Mu Chihuai's eyes brightened slightly. "A Void Poison Toad, one of the top three poisonous creatures among demon beasts. Its skin and hide are excellent ingredients for medicine... Especially its venom, which is extremely potent. It can be used to make colorless and odorless Toad Water poison, which people can drink without knowing..."

"Damn, you twisted freak! At a time like this, you're still thinking about these things??" Tantai Ming scratched his head, looking terrified and keeping his distance to avoid being used as an experimental subject.

Chu Sang remained relatively calm, quickly considering countermeasures. Xiao Bai said the token was inside the beast's body.

It seemed they had to kill this demon beast to retrieve the token.

However, this beast looked quite troublesome. Not because it was particularly strong, but because its body was covered with poison glands of various sizes, making it difficult to handle. They couldn't touch it directly, and even if they attacked with sword intent, the poison glands would instantly explode, affecting everything within a hundred meters. Even detoxification pills would struggle to counteract this poison. If it accidentally touched the skin, that area of flesh would be completely ruined.

The arrival of the three also attracted the attention of the Void Poison Toad.

"Whoosh—"

Its soft, long tongue lashed out at the three with lightning speed.

Chu Sang casually threw out several explosive talismans, causing the toad to retract its tongue in pain. It leaped high into the air, rushing down at them with incredible speed.

Tantai Ming couldn't resist and made the first move. His sharp golden sword intent struck the toad like a sun wheel, indeed dealing a heavy blow to the beast. However, the poison glands on the toad's back also burst open in an instant.

Dark green venom sprayed towards them like scattered flowers from heaven, covering a vast area.

The Golden Armor Talisman couldn't withstand such a large-scale poison attack.

Chu Sang pulled out a golden magical treasure shaped like a bell cauldron from her storage ring and tossed it into the air.

The golden cauldron grew with the wind, reaching three meters in height, firmly enclosing the three of them within.

The poison evaporated and disappeared the moment it touched the golden cauldron.

Yet the golden cauldron remained solid, without any damage.

"The Vajra Bell, worthy of being a quasi-immortal artifact, truly effective!" After returning to the sect, Immortal Chanyu had given her youngest disciple a storage ring full of good items, including many magical tools and spiritual devices, and even quasi-immortal artifacts!

Quasi-immortal artifacts are equivalent to half-step immortal artifacts, ranking even higher than ordinary spiritual devices.

Indeed, one shouldn't make comparisons. Previously, Chu Sang had always felt that Chang Yu was stingy towards his least favored junior disciple in the original story, keeping all the good things for the female protagonist.

But in comparison, it turns out Chang Yu wasn't that generous to Qin Xixue either. He hesitated for several years just to give her one spiritual device. Look at her new master, who gave her a pile of magical treasures, none below the level of spiritual devices, and even included defensive magical treasures at the quasi-immortal artifact level.

It was good that she had switched sects.

She should have packed up and run away long ago.

With the help of the Vajra Bell this time, the poison toad's most formidable weapon—its venom—no longer posed a threat. In just a few moves, it was slain by Tantai Ming's sword, and they retrieved the Fire Cloud Token from its belly.

"Who on earth put this in there? What a pervert!"

Ordinary naturally occurring secret realms wouldn't have these convoluted setups. The Fire Cloud Token also indirectly indicated that there must be other forces behind this secret realm, though their intentions remained unknown.

"Maybe it was accidentally eaten by this demon beast. Once we find all the tokens and enter the innermost layer, the truth will be revealed," Chu Sang said, tossing the token into her storage ring.

The three then hurried to a cliff, where they encountered a lion beast surrounded by flames. It took some effort to deal with, but they managed to obtain another Fire Cloud Token.

Each of the three now possessed one Fire Cloud Token.

The moment they infused spiritual power into the tokens, the surrounding scenery changed. When they opened their eyes again, they had entered the middle layer of the secret realm.

With their previous experience, they became quite adept at gathering information this time. They casually caught a few lucky bystanders and learned that to enter the inner layer of the secret realm from the middle layer, each person needed five Fire Cloud Tokens.

The three began another round of fighting and killing to find tokens.

On the fifth day, they encountered disciples from the Phantom Sound Sect, one of the Eight Great Immortal Sects. They were a group of haughty female cultivators as beautiful as celestial fairies.

The eight of them carried various musical instruments, including metal, stone, leather, silk, wood, gourd, and bamboo—a complete ensemble. Their clothes were colorful and vibrant. Looking at them in a row was like seeing eight fairies descending from heaven, truly a feast for the eyes.

Chu Sang stroked her chin, thinking with some regret that it was a pity Second Senior Sister hadn't come. She would surely have had many topics in common with them.

The three weren't wearing Daoist robes, so the Phantom Sound Sect disciples assumed they were just ordinary rogue cultivators and looked down on them even more. "Hand over the tokens," they demanded.

Well, well, not even a threat. The tone was a direct order.

The speaker was the lead Senior Sister, dressed in flowing white robes with a misty blue shawl draped over her shoulders, looking exceptionally elegant and aloof.

She deigned to look at the three properly, her tone indifferent, "Hand over the tokens, and we can exchange them for other things. You won't lose out."

The Phantom Sound Sect values beauty above all else. If it were others, they wouldn't even bother to acknowledge them, considering it a torment to their eyes to speak even one more word.

"A bunch of music cultivators, quite arrogant," Tantai Ming said. He had initially felt a bit captivated seeing so many beautiful Senior Sisters, but upon hearing they wanted to rob them, he immediately entered protective mode.

Music cultivators were among the weakest in combat-oriented cultivators, considered half support-type.

Although the eight of them outnumbered Chu Sang's group, in a real fight, Chu Sang's side wasn't afraid at all.

"These three look familiar..." the green-robed woman next to the Phantom Sound Sect's Senior Sister murmured. Suddenly, she raised her head and stared at the three, pointing at Chu Sang with undisguised excitement, "That's right, you! I remember now, I met you the first time I went to the Treasure Pavilion to buy things. You recommended so many useful magical tools and talismans to me!"

"You also let me join a... what was it called again? Oh! This!"

She pulled out a gold card engraved with the letters "VIP". "Sister, I'm a member!"

Chu Sang, who had been expecting a fierce battle, was momentarily speechless. Her small face instantly put on a trademark smile, and she returned the greeting, "Respected member, hello!"

"Treasure Pavilion?" The Senior Sister suddenly remembered something, her face immediately darkening. She frowned and turned her head, "Isn't this the shop where you angrily spent several hundred thousand spirit stones?!"

"I knew it, I said you were fooled by swindlers! When you ran out of money, you even borrowed spirit stones from me! And you said something about letting me get a discount. This is clearly a scam!"

"But the items from their shop are really useful..." Pu Lanze weakly tried to argue.

"Shut up, watch how Senior Sister helps you get your spirit stones back today!"

Yi Chi Mu was convinced that her pure and simple Junior Sister had definitely been deceived by these swindlers. Without another word, she picked up her pipa. Countless sharp wind blades shot out following the slender fingers of the woman, their attack power no weaker than ordinary blades.

Sound attacks differ from other attacks in that they cannot be blocked by external objects.

For example, swords and knives can be blocked by Golden Armor Talismans or defensive magical treasures, but sound attacks are similar to mental attacks—difficult to block and can only be endured.

Tantai Ming turned his wrist and raised his sword to strike, his youthful figure flashing like a rainbow, sword energy like a dragon.

Yi Chi Mu's hand movements were forcibly interrupted for a moment. Seeing this, the other music cultivators also joined in to help.

One music cultivator is easy to deal with, two are also manageable... but the most troublesome thing about this group of music cultivators is their teamwork.

Once their music forms a musical formation, its power is comparable to a sword formation. Illusion formations come one after another, and the continuous attacks leave one at a loss.

They can't fight back effectively, and there's no way to defend.

Tantai Ming hated these flashy things the most. He turned his head to look at Mu Chihuai and said gruffly, "Why don't you use some poison?"

"Poison isn't something you use openly. The key is to be stealthy for the best effect... Moreover, we're too far apart, and they're on guard. Even if we release poisonous insects, the insects would be affected by the sound attacks," Mu Chihuai summarized his thoughts, concluding it wasn't feasible.

"Since normal attacks don't work on them, why don't we try this?" Chu Sang said, pulling out a suona.

Fifth Senior Brother practiced all sorts of strange weapons. Besides ordinary swords, he also refined musical instruments. He had stockpiled too many, and some of the ugly ones couldn't be sold. This suona was one of them.

As the saying goes, fight fire with fire.

When the suona comes out, all sounds submit!

"To be frank, I, too, am a talented young lady," she said, taking a deep breath and blowing hard, demonstrating what it means to "the apes on both banks cry incessantly, their harsh cries difficult to bear."

The smooth, melodious, and majestic harmonies from the other side suddenly paused.

The entire Phantom Sound Sect was stunned for a moment.

Damn, what kind of sound is that?

Tantai Ming said, "Wait... Little Junior Sister, why does it seem like their attacks have become more intense??"

"Maybe they're afraid my musical achievements will surpass theirs, so they're furious out of shame," Chu Sang sighed inwardly. Indeed, being too excellent is also a kind of fault, easily inviting jealousy and hatred.

Having self-awareness is a good thing, but unfortunately, some people just don't have it.

Chu Sang also took out two more instruments and threw them to the two young men beside her.

That's right, not only was she creating noise pollution herself, but she also intended to drag her two Senior Brothers down with her.

Tantai Ming received an erhu, looking confused. "But Little Junior Sister, I don't know anything about these things."

"Just play randomly, play as you feel, however you want to play, whatever makes you happy and comfortable."

The more unpleasant to the ear, the better.

The goal was to interfere with the other side.

Tantai Ming suddenly remembered the disco that Little Junior Sister had organized before. Inspiration struck, and another earth-shattering masterpiece was born. For a moment, the ground shook and mountains trembled, and all the birds and beasts within a five-mile radius screamed and ran away.

Yi Chi Mu wore an expression as if she had been force-fed excrement. Enraged, she shouted, "You pests who corrupt the orthodox ways of music cultivation, I... I will kill you all!!"

They changed positions, trying to continue their musical formation, but the cacophony from the other side was simply devilish music piercing their ears. It made the Phantom Sound Sect members, who had been bathed in celestial music since childhood, want to die on the spot. Several strings on their instruments snapped, let alone launching sound attacks.

Only two or three of the most mentally resilient music cultivators could barely maintain their attacks.

Chu Sang took the opportunity to deliver another heavy blow. Yi Chi Mu almost coughed up blood.

Chu Sang admitted that her playing was a bit harsh on the ears, but the notes were accurate.

Having encountered those two Harmony Sect music cultivators before, Chu Sang was deeply aware of how annoying this could be. After returning to the sect, she had borrowed many music cultivation books from Second Senior Sister to study.

She made some rough deductions and could hear the flaws in their ensemble. She could even guess what their next note would be.

The suona's sound, though seemingly random, was actually systematically dismantling their sound attacks step by step.

Under normal circumstances, how could these personal disciples of the Phantom Sound Sect not see through this trick?

But now, with Tantai Ming and Mu Chihuai disrupting their judgment and distracting their attention, how could they notice Chu Sang's subtle moves?

With the final blast of the suona.

The sound formation... broke—

"Don't always focus on fighting. Pay more attention to what's behind you," Chu Sang said, quick-handedly applying a teleportation talisman. In an instant, she appeared behind the eight people. Before they could react, she swiftly snatched their eight storage rings and fled with her two Senior Brothers.

How could a group of delicate music cultivators raised in a greenhouse possibly outrun these three fugitives?

In the blink of an eye, the three had disappeared without a trace.

"Wow, are those the fairy-like ladies from the Phantom Sound Sect?"

There wasn't a young male cultivator in the cultivation world who didn't view the female cultivators of the Phantom Sound Sect as their dream lovers.

Nearby male cultivators saw the eight fairy-like ladies from the Phantom Sound Sect running at full speed, their faces flushed and hearts racing. They murmured, "They're truly as beautiful as the rumors say..."

"Beauty is their least noteworthy attribute. I've heard that the fairy-like ladies of the music cultivators are all intelligent and refined, transcendent and otherworldly, gentle and graceful..."

From ahead came a group of curses, almost breaking into screams—

"You three bastards in front, f***ing stop right there!"

"Aaah, I'm going to kill you all!"

"You sons of bitches, die! Die!!!"

"......"

The rumors... the rumors were mistaken.