Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 618 - 280. Master Lei Bestows Opportunities, a Lingering Fragrance on the Hand (Two in One Chapter)_4
After half a day of trying, they made no progress.
Master Longjia was both shocked and helpless. Facing Zhang Luo, who looked on with an inquisitive gaze, he could only tell the truth.
Zhang Luo’s face did not betray any emotion. After consoling Master Longjia, he suggested they head to the Chaotic River Valley to investigate the situation.
Master Longjia was uneasy but had no choice but to agree.
Yuan Mobai kept a low profile and followed the crowd, also making no refusal.
However, once the group arrived at the Chaotic River Valley, what met their eyes was a scene of complete devastation.
They saw the river cut off and the mountains collapsed, the ground everywhere marred by gullies and fissures.
What made Master Longjia’s heart pound was the pervasive Demonic Qi Evil Miasma.
So pure, so violent, it didn’t belong to a faction of the Witchcraft Sect, nor was it the Jiuli People.
It was indeed a Great Demon.
With such destructive power, even though Master Longjia seldom visited the Southern Wilderness, two names leapt into his mind immediately:
The Four-eyed Python Emperor.
The Evil Dragon Banyon.
The top two Great Demons of the Southern Wilderness, both equivalent in strength to a Nine Heavens’ Cultivator of the Human Race.
The Evil Dragon Banyon was somewhat stable; it usually remained in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, with a vast area of influence yet seldom moving.
Otherwise, these years would have seen much more bloodshed and calamity in the Southern Wilderness.
The Four-eyed Python Emperor, on the other hand, had a much wider range of activity. Ferocious and cruel, it dominated other demons and also exerted tremendous pressure on the Southern Wilderness and the southern frontier of the Great Tang.
Fortunately, in previous years, the Four-eyed Python Emperor had fierce disputes with the Snowfield Divine Eagle, a Ninefold Sky Great Demon from the Snowy Plateau. Both parties were locked in a stalemate in the Southwest, where the Southern Wilderness and the Snowy Plains bordered, which had only recently come to an end.
For this reason, although the Surge of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi occurred and Demon Qi increased, leading to a proliferation of Great Demons, the Southern Wilderness had been relatively more stable than the eastern, western, and northern parts of the Great Tang.
However, the Southern Wilderness had always seen fierce conflicts and bloodshed amongst its own people.
And now, with the arrival of the Four-eyed Python Emperor in the Southern Wilderness, the land had become even more dangerous.
Although the Great Demon was powerful, Sang Jie’s cultivation was not low. He would likely have been cautious. Even if he couldn’t defeat the Four-eyed Python Emperor, escaping should have been possible. But the scene before them now...
"Is this the work of the Demon Race of this world? But it seems there’s only one Great Demon equivalent to the Nine Heavens Realm."
Hearing a voice coming from afar, Master Longjia’s anxiety turned to relief. He turned his head to look and saw a middle-aged monk in red robes accompanied by a group of monks, floating towards them.
It was clearly Jiasheng Upper Master, a high-ranking monk of the Vajra Division from Western Region Buddhism, who was at the Nine Heavens Realm.
Earlier, Sang Jie and Master Longjia had tried to contact the sects in the Western Regions, briefly informing them of the situation here and inviting fellow sect members to provide support.
But Master Longjia had not expected Jiasheng Upper Master himself to come. "Senior Brother Jiasheng, with you personally coming, won’t the sect be left vulnerable?"
The middle-aged monk in red replied, "Don’t worry, the division has made arrangements."
He then paid respects to Zhang Luo and Yuan Mobai, looked around and asked, "Did Junior Brother Sang Jie come here alone?"
In the presence of Yuan Mobai and Zhang Luo, Master Longjia did not mention the matter of the Avici Buddha Treasure, just that Sang Jie had separated from him to investigate the area.
Jiasheng Upper Master’s brow furrowed slightly, but it soon relaxed. "Regardless, we must first find Junior Brother Sang Jie as quickly as possible."
With Jiasheng Upper Master, who was at the Nine Heavens Realm, present, everyone made it safely through what still seemed like a dangerous world.
Then, they saw Master Sangjie, his skin pale as if drained of all his blood. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
This high-ranking monk from the Vajra Division of Sumi had met his end.
Indeed, he had not fallen to the fangs of the Four-eyed Python Emperor, but had been killed by a person.
Someone from the Blood River Sect.
Like the Four-eyed Python Emperor and Jiasheng Upper Master, Wei Ancheng, the Blood River Sect Leader, also at the Ninth Heavenly Layer, happened to be nearby.
Master Sangjie first encountered the Four-eyed Python Emperor in the valley.
This Great Demon was ferocious and did not discriminate whether its victims were monks or Taoists, equally deeming all Human Cultivators weaker than itself as potential prey.
And as Master Sangjie was being pursued and fleeing for his life from the Great Demon, he happened to run into another non-picky individual.
In the end, he was suddenly assassinated by Wei Ancheng.
This action also enraged the Four-eyed Python Emperor, who fought frantically against Wei Ancheng, which temporarily spared Master Sangjie’s body.
But Master Sangjie had ultimately perished.
"It is truly unfortunate that Master Sangjie has passed," lamented Zhang Luo. "Both the Four-eyed Python Emperor and Blood River are too rampant."
Jiasheng Upper Master was silent for a moment, then nodded. "Prince Zhang is right..."
Lei Jun was not in the Chaotic River Valley. He had not intended to personally confirm the outcome.
However, later, when he heard his Master Yuan Mobai recount the situation at the time, Master Lei could easily imagine Jiasheng Upper Master’s helplessness.
The policy of Western Region Buddhism was likely to fan the flames for others while they themselves waited to be the oriole stalking from behind. Sang Jie’s death occurred under dire circumstances. If there had been no other witnesses, it might have been overlooked; perhaps they would have had to let Master Sangjie suffer this grievance temporarily. But how disheartening would that be?
Lei Jun felt a surge of righteous indignation.
Fortunately, with individuals like Zhang Luo and Yuan Mobai present, it would be somewhat hard for Western Region Buddhism not to make some gesture. Mm, this was very good. Even Buddhas have their fire. Monks also need some righteous ardor. Although it was a pity the adversary wasn’t the Jiuli People, it was still good for Western Region Buddhism to have opponents like the Four-eyed Python Emperor and Wei Ancheng of the Blood River Sect. Those two didn’t care; seeing an opportunity to kill Sang Jie, they just went for it. Masters, this humble Taoist is not one to stir up trouble, but if it were me, I truly couldn’t stomach this...
Lei Jun remained outwardly composed.
