Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Chapter 833: Chapter 326: As Long as I Live, You Will Always Be the Loser! (Double-Length Chapter)

There was no sound transmitted, but information was directly passed to Ji Dongquan himself.

He looked grim, staring at "Chen Donglou" and He Dongxing, and quickly said:

"Zhang has sent word; our sect’s ancestral courtyard is under attack!

The void gateway leading to the Netherworld beneath the Summit has opened. Those claiming to be descendants from the Inner Mount Shu Sect, practicing our sect’s schools, have strayed into heretical paths!

Their Taoist Laws have now become akin to the Witchcraft Ghost Path, sacrificing ten thousand Spiritual Souls to refine Magical Treasures and Magic Artifacts, extremely bloody!

They are now emerging from the underground, attacking the Summit, Zhang has already rushed back!"

He Dongxing was equally shocked: "The Inner Mount Shu in the Netherworld?! Sacrificing Spiritual Souls to refine Magical Treasures and Magic Artifacts?!"

The incarnation of Lei Jun, as Chen Donglou, was also quite surprised.

He knew that under the Summit of the Mount Shu Sect’s gate, the Netherworld had once surged upward, but at that time, it had been suppressed by the Mount Shu Sect.

But he never expected that there was a so-called Inner Mount Shu existing within the Netherworld.

Heretical practitioners from a Taoist Sect akin to the Witchcraft Ghost Path? freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Moreover, it seemed they had already become a force to be reckoned with in terms of influence and power.

While Lei Jun pondered this, a glowing sphere in his mind unexpectedly began to flicker, and words appeared:

[The Netherworld surges back, Nine Abyss and Nine Springs condense over millennia, Heaven and Earth in harmony, one coming and going gather double brilliance.]

Then two predictions followed:

[Moderately good lot, venture to the underground of the Shu Mountain Summit, with a chance to gain a Second Rank opportunity to expand, no current risk, but subsequent entanglement with fate requires utmost caution, auspicious.]

[Perfectly neutral lot, do not go to Shu Mountain Summit underground, stay away from turmoil, avoid entanglement with fate, no gain but no loss, peaceful.]

A Second Rank opportunity to expand is rather rare... Lei Jun was a bit surprised.

According to the prediction’s literal meaning, the location is beneath the Shu Mountain Summit, without needing to enter the Netherworld. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

But the entanglement with fate likely relates to the Netherworld and the so-called Inner Mount Shu within it?

As these thoughts quickly crossed Lei Jun’s mind, his face remained as Chen Donglou’s, with an expression that seemed to smile: "Inner Mount Shu? Where did this Inner Mount Shu come from? If Zhang Dongyuan’s words aren’t fake, those are merely our sect’s rogue disciples who’ve gone heretical, right?"

As his mana gradually recovered, he led the way out of the earth veins, "These days, does everyone think they can treat our sect like a soft tomato? Outrageous!"

He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan, seeing this, were invigorated and hurriedly followed.

...

At the moment, the situation at Shu Mountain Summit was indeed critical.

Since the faction split battle when the Taiyi Primordial Tower and Qingxiao Manor left, the ancestral courtyard summit of the Mount Shu Sect had faced another catastrophe.

The opening of the Netherworld was initially a calamity.

Yet within, another branch of Mount Shu, in some ways, could be considered a pleasant surprise.

Zhang Taigang, Xu Duan, Ye Dongming, and others, while still wary, overall welcomed the appearance of these fellow sect members.

They entertained An Zhiyu and his disciple Cao Heng.

Later, Ye Dongming, representing the Mount Shu Sect in the Great Tang Realm, even expressed a willingness to personally visit the Netherworld.

But upon arriving, Ye Dongming found something amiss.

In the Yin energy of the Netherworld, some variation in the Inner Mount Shu’s heritage was understandable.

However, Ye Dongming discovered that the practitioners of the Daoist Artifact Refining Sect there were practically like demonic heretics.

The various Magical Treasures and Magic Artifacts commonly seen were shockingly all bone swords and soul-gathering banners.

When interacting with others, citizens fleeing into the Netherworld to avoid wars were "protected" by the Inner Mount Shu, only to end up as resources and materials for refining heretical Magic Artifacts, truly escaping the tiger’s mouth only to fall into the wolf’s den.

When the truth came to light, the people of the Netherworld turned hostile, and Ye Dongming almost died in the Netherworld.

Luckily, due to his constant vigilance and the support of Zhang Taigang and Xu Duan, he managed to escape back to the Great Tang Realm injured.

Inner Mount Shu then turned hostile, the Netherworld surged back, passed through the void gateway into the Mortal World, and attacked the Summit.

The Supreme Elder of the Great Tang Mount Shu, Xu Duan, had a face like iron, commanding twelve Vermilion Flame Flying Forks to fly wildly.

But a net that seemed like both cloud and water spread wide, obstructing the numerous flying forks swirling in flight.

Though Xu Duan’s Vermilion Flame Flying Forks were formidable, the enemy’s Magical Treasure radiated a mist like the waters of Lethe from the Netherworld, capable of neutralizing the vermilion flames, even dissipating the mana on the forks.

This treasure was known as the Mist Garment of Lethe, and its owner was the Inner Mount Shu Elder An Zhiyu.

The Inner Mount Shu came with few people, but all were experts.

Including An Zhiyu, there were four in total.

"Collect as many Spiritual Souls and Magical Treasures, Magic Artifacts as possible."

The leader was a middle-aged Taoist named Zhou Zheng, who looked every bit the part of an immortal, unlike most Inner Mount Shu Cultivators, whose appearances were not shrouded in sinister energy, much like an ordinary enlightened Taoist:

"Although the Mount Shu of this Mortal Realm is not effective, other cultivators might come to aid, and Sect Leader Master is currently in seclusion refining treasures, we must not delay too long."

An Zhiyu and the other two Inner Mount Shu Elders nodded.

An Zhiyu faced off against Xu Duan, while the other two Inner Mount Shu Elders, Li Yuanyuan and Mu Sheng, acted unrestrainedly.

One of Li Yuanyuan’s two life-bound Magical Treasures was called the Soul-Attracting Bell.

When the bell rang, it affected all directions, suppressing the Spiritual Souls and thoughts of many, could even directly reap lives on a large scale, creating slaughter.

His other life-bound Magical Treasure, the Jade Bone Armor, was mainly for defense.

At this moment, it blocked the oncoming assault of several Black Divine Needles like a storm.

Ye Dongming, who wielded the Wind Rain Yi Wood Divine Needle, looked serious, his complexion pale.

Surviving the Netherworld was no easy feat for him. One of his two life-bound Magical Treasures, the Snow Peak Umbrella, used for protective defense, was completely destroyed, affecting his Immortal Soul, leaving his injuries compounded.