novelraw Chapter 519 - 438: What I’m About to Say—Don’t Be Afraid!
Chapter 519 - 438: What I’m About to Say—Don’t Be Afraid!
[Using cunning methods to achieve great results with little effort, you easily subdued the Thousand-Faced Demon Monarch and the Saint Law Demon Monarch, significantly boosting the power of the Primordial Sect. Even at the Golden Core Stage, your dragon-like brilliance shines through!]
[As a power within the top ten of the Demon Sect, it’s time for you to conquer a Great World of your own, and this is also a necessary path for the Primordial Sect to become the top Demon Sect.]
[Demon task has been updated!]
[Task: Is the Master of the Primordial Sect coming? (In progress)]
[Please conquer a world with an area and civilization level above a Great World by any means necessary.]
[Task Progress: Conquer the world (0/1)]
[Reward One: Coordinates of a branch of the Primordial Dao]
[Reward Two: Demon Technique Level Upgrade (choose one) *1]
Seeing the new task on the system panel, Su Yuan wasn’t too surprised.
He had already guessed that the darn system would likely jump out and cause trouble.
However, seeing such generous rewards for this task, he grudgingly decided to forgive it this time.
There’s no need to mention the Demon Technique Upgrade Card; the previous uses have proven its value.
And the Primordial Dao is the foundation of Su Yuan’s path to enlightenment. Although the darn system only gave him a coordinate, with so many Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarchs backing him, it shouldn’t be too difficult to obtain it.
This task must be completed.
As for how to complete this task... Su Yuan already had a not-so-mature idea in mind.
But before that, it’s better to handle the current matters first.
Su Yuan snapped back to reality, took back the application forms from the hands of the two young women, and carefully put them away.
Then, he pulled up the Sect System and looked at the loyalty of these two Divinity Transformation ancestors of the Primordial Sect.
As Divinity Transformation Cultivators, they naturally wouldn’t be highly loyal to a sect founded by a junior.
For example, An Xingran only had a loyalty of a mere 40%.
But surprisingly, Gui Yuan’s loyalty was even higher than Junior Sister An’s, reaching 55%.
In any case, they didn’t seem like bad people.
Su Yuan cleared his throat and solemnly said:
"What I’m about to say, you must not be afraid."
An Xingran tightened her pretty face and said with feigned seriousness:
"Senior Su, rest assured, we are Divinity Transformation Cultivators, we won’t be afraid."
Su Yuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"Actually, I also know the Divine Technique, Abyssal Shadow."
Gui Yuan, An Xingran: "..."
...
In the Cold Plum World, at Shenghan Mansion, inside the Celestial Patrol Imperial Envoy’s Residence.
Chen Nuoyi stood by the door, gazing at the sky where crystal snowflakes were falling, with a hint of wistfulness in her pale golden eyes.
Behind the young woman, Qi Hanyan was wearing a large floral cotton-padded jacket, squatting beside a brazier to keep warm, with a plump orange tabby cat at her feet.
"Nuoyi, Su Yuan just left three days ago. We don’t know if he has even reached the Ascension Platform yet. He won’t be back so soon; come inside quickly and warm up by the fire, it’s cold outside."
Qi Hanyan turned her head, looking at the girl who stood motionless like a ’stone of waiting,’ and said helplessly.
Chen Nuoyi softly said:
"As far as I know, the process for Immortal Officials to meet with the Holy Law Governance Council is very quick, less than half an hour at the fastest, and at most two or three hours at the slowest."
"Perhaps, Su Yuan is already in the Immortal Realm now."
Qi Hanyan found a coat, walked to the door, and while draping the coat over the young woman, said:
"Even so, we should wait inside; his return will take another two or three days at least..."
Yet, before she could finish speaking, both her and Chen Nuoyi’s gazes simultaneously fixated on the figure appearing not far away.
It was Su Yuan, dressed in a Fourth Grade Official’s Robe.
"Su... Su Yuan? How did you return so quickly!"
Qi Hanyan’s light gray eyes widened slightly, first showing disbelief, then swiftly changing to a look of joy.
"It’s a long story, this trip to the Immortal Realm was anything but smooth."
Su Yuan spread his hands helplessly and said.
Chen Nuoyi stared at Su Yuan’s face and frowned:
"Why did you remove your disguise? Where are the Immortal Skin Mask and Senior Thousand-Face?"
Su Yuan rubbed his forehead, his eyes showing some confusion:
"I... I also don’t remember very well. I only remember we had a conflict with the Holy Law Governance Council, Junior Sister An did her utmost to bring me out, and she teleported me nearby."
"I don’t know where Junior Sister An is now, or if she’s in danger."
Qi Hanyan listened, her small face turning slightly pale:
"Senior An might be in trouble. I must quickly inform my mother and ask her to send reinforcements."
Saying so, the pink-haired girl was about to go inside to inform someone.
But before she could take a step, Chen Nuoyi grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her back.
"Nuoyi, what’s the matter?"
Qi Hanyan looked confused.
But Chen Nuoyi didn’t respond to her; instead, she intensely stared at Su Yuan and calmly asked:
"Spit out your Corruption Golden Core and let me see."
Hearing this question, both Qi Hanyan and Su Yuan were taken aback.
"Corruption Golden Core? What’s there to inspect?"
Su Yuan scratched his head in confusion, but still followed the advice and opened his mouth, seemingly trying to spit out the Corruption Golden Core.
Yet after a long time of attempting, he couldn’t spit anything out.
"Eh? Where did my Corruption Golden Core go?"
Su Yuan’s face showed a look of bewilderment.
Chen Nuoyi’s expression remained unchanged as she continued to ask:
"Where is your Profound Strange Sword? Take it out and let me see?"
And obviously, Su Yuan, who couldn’t bring out the Corruption Golden Core, also couldn’t bring out the Profound Strange Sword.
At this moment, even someone as clueless as Qi Hanyan saw that something was wrong.
This Su Yuan was not right.
Chen Nuoyi’s beautiful eyes carried a trace of coldness, with a hint of anger:
"Without a single decent Immortal Treasure on you, you dare pretend to be Su Yuan? You’ve got some nerve!"
"Imposter?"
Hearing this word, Su Yuan finally seemed to recall something, and suddenly realized:
"I remember now... I am not Su Yuan’s actual body, I am his shadow..."
"And my mission is to infiltrate the side of the person he loves and kill all of his beloved people before his real body returns."
As the words fell, Su Yuan’s shadow’s eyes suddenly took on a sinister look, and he pointed towards the ground.
The next moment, endless black mud gushed from the ground, rushing towards Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyan like a flood, as if about to engulf the two girls in the next second.
Chen Nuoyi’s eyes burned with even more anger:
"How dare you use the black mud that Su Yuan painstakingly corrupted with Corruption Spores, you bastard haven’t paid the tax yet!"
The girl raised her hand and pointed at the tsunami-like mud, and the next moment, it disappeared without a trace.
— It was forcibly taken away by the mandatory trade function of the Dragon Emperor’s Golden Core.
However, just after the black mud was dealt with, Su Yuan’s shadow charged over, holding a Nascent Soul Spirit Sword identical to the Chi Yuan Sword, slashing towards them.
Judging by the power of this Spirit Sword, it was indeed no less than the Chi Yuan Sword at the Nascent Soul Level.
This scene made Chen Nuoyi secretly alarmed, although this shadow couldn’t replicate Immortal Treasure level Magical Treasures, it could easily produce Nascent Soul level ones... Is this the handiwork of the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity?
Furthermore, the fact that the shadow created by the Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity could find this place indicates that something may have really happened to Su Yuan and Junior Sister An.
Something big!
Not only have they clashed with Divinity Transformation Cultivators from the Holy Law Governance Council, but they’ve also been targeted by the secretly lurking Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity.
The only fortunate thing is, judging by this shadow’s impoverished state, it hasn’t yet been able to replace Su Yuan’s real body.
It is precisely by relying on this conjecture that Chen Nuoyi did not lose her composure and was able to focus on solving the immediate threat.
And just as she was about to use the Dragon Emperor’s Golden Core to confiscate this fake Chi Yuan Sword and punch the shadow’s face, an unexpected change occurred again.
This shadow, identical in appearance to Su Yuan, suddenly twisted and exploded like a puddle of mud, disappearing rapidly without a trace or breath.
Chen Nuoyi was astonished by this scene:
"This shadow, is it dead?"
The first speculation that came to her mind was that Wu Luo True Monarch had stepped in to suppress the fake Su Yuan, but she couldn’t sense a bit of Wu Luo True Monarch’s aura on the scene, swiftly overturning this guess.
As the girl was pondering, suddenly, three more figures appeared in the courtyard.
Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyan, who was hiding behind her, looked closely and saw two familiar figures and an unfamiliar blonde girl.
"Su Yuan! Junior Sister An!"
The pink-haired girl brightened up and was eager to rush forward to greet them.
But as she raised her foot, she seemed to remember something and cautiously looked at Chen Nuoyi:
"This... this time it’s not a shadow, right?"
Chen Nuoyi nodded:
"This time it’s real."
Qi Hanyan immediately showed a curious look:
"But this Su Yuan didn’t show any Magical Treasure either, how can you be so sure?"
Chen Nuoyi: "Intuition."
Looking at the large hole that broke open in the courtyard, and the black mud still gushing from underground, Su Yuan’s expression changed.
"That old sly Venerable of Immeasurable Calamity, I made my shadow using the fastest method and had it personally killed by two Divinity Transformation seniors... yet an Abyssal Shadow used my identity to infiltrate the Imperial Envoy’s Residence first."
"Moreover, this shadow dared to use the black mud that I painstakingly prepared; has he not paid the tax, damn it!"
A chill surged in Su Yuan’s heart.
If he hadn’t mastered the Abyssal Shadow’s antidote, or if Chen Nuoyi had been slightly less vigilant, who knows, a tragedy might have occurred.
Su Yuan hastily used the Demon Cloud Divine Thunder to control the surrounding heavens and earth, confirming that none in the residence had been replaced, and no other shadows were lurking before he let out a sigh of relief.
"Su Yuan, you came back so quickly! You have no idea, in the days you were gone, Nuoyi has always... mmm mmm..."
Halfway through the sentence, the pink-haired girl’s mouth was covered by Chen Nuoyi’s hand.
After pushing the former back behind her, Chen Nuoyi looked at the blonde girl:
"Who is this?"
"Miss Gui Yuan."
Su Yuan introduced:
"But people prefer to call her ’Saint Law Celestial Monarch.’ It’s thanks to her help this time, otherwise, I and Junior Sister An might not have made it back alive."
After a pause, Su Yuan smiled proudly and said:
"Now, Miss Gui Yuan is already a member of our Primordial Sect!"