novelraw Chapter 788: Divine Being Kneels at a Word!
Chapter 788: Divine Being Kneels at a Word!
The howling gale gradually subsided. On the streets, only heavy panting could be heard.
Lin Mu had slain five Foundation Building Immortals!
The seven Foundation Building Immortals of the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion had been full of vigor just moments before, fiercely battling their enemies from the Four Seas Gate. Yet, Lin Mu had effortlessly crushed them.
Only Dong Ji and Lingji survived. The two stood petrified, their gazes blank, unable to react for a long time.
In front of Lin Mu, Foundation Building Immortals were as fragile as clay chickens and pottery dogs, unable to withstand a single blow.
The deity summoned by the Invocation of the Gods is actually kneeling at Lin Mu’s feet! Could this man be a god from the Upper Realm who has descended to the mortal world?
"Let’s go."
After slaying the five men, Lin Mu turned and left. Shangguan Shiming hurried to follow.
It wasn’t until their figures were about to disappear around the street corner that Dongji Immortal finally snapped out of his shock.
"Lin Wudi! Why didn’t you kill me!" Dongji Immortal was so enraged his eyes felt like they would burst, and blood trickled from the corners of his mouth.
Lin Mu had killed five of the seven Foundation Building Immortals, leaving only him and Lingji alive.
What is the meaning of this?! It couldn’t be mercy, nor was it because he was unable to kill them! Is this humiliation? Did he intentionally let the two of us live just so we could feel the shame of being crushed?
Dongji Immortal was in such agony he wanted to die, and he charged toward Lin Mu in a frenzy. He was going to use his own blood to wash away this disgrace!
"Dong Ji Senior Brother! Don’t be impulsive!"
Spirit Mechanism Immortal suddenly grabbed the furious Dongji Immortal. His grip was so strong that Dong Ji, despite being a realm higher, could not break free. The backlash of force caused Spirit Mechanism Immortal to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Lingji! I never knew you were such a coward, so afraid of death! I completely misjudged you! Let go of me! I, Dong Ji, would rather die than suffer such humiliation!"
Dongji Immortal suppressed his rage, restraining himself from smacking Spirit Mechanism Immortal to death.
Ling Xuan and Lingji were his closest friends. The three often bickered, but they shared a bond that had been tested by life and death. On the battlefield, they were the kind of comrades who could entrust their backs to one another. Now, Lingji’s actions left Dong Ji bitterly disappointed.
Lingji said with a sigh of regret, "Dong Ji Senior Brother, I have something to say. If you still wish to die after hearing me out, I will not stop you!"
"Hah! Speak! I’d like to see what excuse you have for being such a coward!" Dongji Immortal’s face was full of scorn, not believing a word Lingji said.
Lingji remained calm and stated coldly, "Do you know how the feud between Lin Wudi and our Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion began?"
Upon hearing this, Dongji Immortal’s expression turned unnatural. The matter was no secret within the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion. The incident started because that scoundrel Ao Guang, seeing no hope for his own breakthrough, set his sights on Lin Wudi’s dao companion. Using the Seven-Star Darkening Scatter, he attempted to turn her into a Cauldron!
"Lingji, what are you trying to say!" Dongji Immortal clearly did not want to discuss such a disgraceful matter.
Turning another’s dao companion into a Cauldron was a taboo, even among the Ancient Land Sects. Lin Wudi’s attack on the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion was perfectly justified. Putting himself in Lin Wudi’s shoes, if someone were to turn his own dao companion into a Cauldron, he would probably have done the same thing—storming the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion, heedless of the consequences.
Lingji sighed and pointed at the corpse of a Foundation Building Immortal from their Sect, one of those slain by Lin Mu on the street.
"Dong Cha. Thirty years ago, his cultivation level hit a bottleneck. He used the Dual Cultivation Cauldron Method to advance to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage!"
Hearing this, a terrible premonition arose in Dong Ji’s heart, but he dared not believe it.
"Ling Yu, Ling Qu... all of them used the Dual Cultivation Cauldron Method at one point."
Lingji’s next words shattered all of Dong Ji’s illusions. He staggered back a step, his face growing even paler.
Could it be...
He might accept that others had used the Dual Cultivation Cauldron Method to advance, but Ling Xuan was his dearest friend, an upright man. He couldn’t believe it; he wouldn’t believe it!
Lingji sighed. "Eighteen years ago, Ling Xuan felt his own breakthrough was hopeless. He captured a female Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Four Seas Gate on the battlefield, refined her into a Cauldron, and forcibly harvested her essence!"
Dong Ji’s face turned ashen.
Without Lingji needing to explain, he already understood why he and Lingji had been allowed to live. It wasn’t because Lin Wudi wanted to humiliate them. It was because they had not crossed Lin Wudi’s line!
Lin Wudi intended to eradicate every last person in the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion who had ever used the Dual Cultivation Cauldron Method!
For a moment, Dongji Immortal was at a complete loss. Did those people deserve to die? The Dual Cultivation Cauldron Method was, after all, excessively cruel; once a woman’s essence was harvested, it was nearly impossible for her to survive. Yet, the thought of how many people within the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion had practiced this method sent a chill down Dong Ji’s spine. If Lin Wudi killed them all, how many would be left in the Sect?
"No, that’s impossible! No matter how strong Lin Wudi is, he’s just a Qi Cultivation Genius!" Dong Ji muttered, unsure if he was trying to reassure himself or convince Lingji. "If the Sect just sends out a late-stage or peak Foundation Establishment expert, he will surely die!"
Lingji, however, was not as optimistic. He gazed at the divine phantom that was still kneeling on the ground, slowly dissipating, and his heart turned to ice.
Lin Wudi could make a deity kneel with a single word. If their sect members, unaware of the truth, rashly used the Invocation of the Gods, they would end up just like them—their strength plummeting, utterly powerless to fight back.
"Dong Ji, we must return to the Sect at once! We have to inform everyone that they must not, under any circumstances, use the Invocation of the Gods against Lin Wudi!" Lingji mounted his sword and flew toward the city outskirts.
I hope we make it in time!
Lin Mu and Shangguan Shiming were taking the Teleportation Array in Sky Mechanism City to the Astral Northern Dipper Pavilion Sect’s Gate, but they could only fly back on their swords. One method was fast, the other slow; there would be a difference of at least two hours.
So much could happen in two hours.
Dongji Immortal’s face changed drastically. He ignored his injuries, hastily mounted his sword, and sped toward the Sect.
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At the Astral Northern Dipper Pavilion Sect’s Gate.
The Teleportation Array flashed, and two figures, a man and a woman, appeared within it.
Shangguan Shiming grew vigilant, assuming a defensive stance, only to be stunned to find just four Qi Cultivation disciples guarding the Teleportation Array. The Foundation Building Immortals who should have been guarding the array were nowhere to be found.
"Who are you?! The main city’s Teleportation Array is closed! Where did you teleport from?" the four Qi Cultivation disciples demanded, blocking Lin Mu and Shangguan Shiming.
Shangguan Shiming glanced tentatively at Lin Mu, but he showed no reaction. She stepped forward, presented her Token, and announced, "I am Shangguan Shiming, a Roaming Disciple of this Sect. What happened here? Where are the elders guarding the Teleportation Array? I will certainly report their dereliction of duty to the Elders’ Council!"
Shangguan Shiming seized the initiative, immediately criticizing the Foundation Establishment Elders.
The four disciples exchanged glances, the wariness in their eyes fading somewhat.
"Oh, it’s Junior Sister Shangguan," one of the disciples explained. "We don’t know what happened either. We only know that all the Foundation Establishment Stage elders and deacons have left the Sect. They’ve vanished without a trace."
Shangguan Shiming’s anxious heart calmed slightly. It seemed that the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion, for secrecy’s sake, had not announced her betrayal or the suspicion that she was an exiled immortal to the ordinary disciples. Her identity as a Roaming Disciple could still be maintained.
"Even so, there should be at least three teams—twelve people—stationed here. Where are the other two teams?" Shangguan Shiming’s voice was cold.