The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 458 - 448: Master, Why Not Hire Another Maid?
As Lin Yun led his people away from the Three Sacred Mountain Range, the mountains themselves were engulfed in chaos.
The stench of death grew thicker, filling the hearts of everyone present with unease.
Yuquan looked at Yuxuan with a complex expression. By now, it was crystal clear what Yuxuan was plotting.
Yuquan had never imagined Yuxuan would be so bold as to do something so preposterous.
But at this point, questioning it was meaningless.
"Did you anticipate today’s events long ago?"
Yuquan asked with a complicated look on his face.
"I suppose so, there are things one does and does not do."
"Then what exactly are you doing this for, Senior Brother? For your own selfish desires, or for the good of the world?"
Yuquan didn’t understand; he had never been able to see through his senior brother, not knowing what he really wanted. His senior brother had always been righteous, but now, Yuquan found it hard to distinguish between his good and evil, righteousness and wickedness.
"For the Great Dao."
Yuxuan’s answer was sincere.
He was not acting out of selfish desire, nor was he scheming for the sake of the world.
He merely sought enlightenment.
The Heavenly Dao, he had come to understand, represented destiny.
And the Netherland held the true essence of life.
Strictly speaking, this endeavor could also be considered a selfish desire.
The desire for knowledge is a kind of selfishness, too.
Yuxuan, under the alias Mr. Yuewei, had been researching methods of longevity, and as mentioned in his miscellaneous notes, there were two methods for achieving immortality. The first was to slow the descent, which required raising one’s cultivation level.
The second method was to find something in the heavens to cling to, to prevent falling.
In fact, Yuxuan had found just such a thing.
It was the Netherworld Realm.
After death, the Earthly Soul returns to the Underworld but is still considered alive, existing in the Netherworld Realm.
Interestingly enough, these souls could live because someone still remembered them. As long as there was remembrance, they could live indefinitely.
Wasn’t this just like a pebble being dangled? As long as there was a point to hang from, one could keep living.
The method for longevity had been found, but how to achieve eternal life?
Yuxuan felt that everything had to be taken step by step. Since the Netherland held the secrets to longevity, a deeper understanding might provide insight into this aspect of the universal Great Dao.
So, Yuxuan set his sights on the Earth Scripture.
He made a bet with the Heavenly Book and won.
By winning over the Heavenly Book, he had also won over destiny.
But only by relying on Lin Yun could he claim victory. For now, the Heavenly Book remained masterless.
The Earth Scripture, however, was different.
The Earth Scripture was in the hands of Divine Spirits; to covet the Earth Scripture was to walk a path to one’s demise.
But for Yuxuan, to hear the Great Dao in the morning, and to die in the evening was enough.
Thus, he still inquired with the Book Immortal on how to seize the Earth Scripture.
To snatch the actual Earth Scripture was impossible, but seizing the Phantom of the Earth Scripture was doable, although its effects were vastly inferior to the real Earth Scripture and would incur the grudges of the Divine Spirits. Landing in the Netherworld Realm later would mean suffering, but for the sake of enlightenment, Yuxuan didn’t care about these complications anymore.
Opening a Netherworld channel in a safe place was just the first step.
Conveniently, there was a spatial node between Yuqing Mountain and Shangqing Mountain that connected directly to the Netherland.
Even with Yuxuan’s cultivation level surpassing the Defiant Heavenly Realm, breaking this node was challenging.
That was why Yuxuan staged this whole Gathering of Heroes event, to trick Wu Xin into striking that palm.
With the power of two Heavenly Demon Instruments and the full effort of a Great Demon, Yuxuan was able to accomplish this task smoothly.
The passage to the Netherworld Realm was about to open.
"You all should go, the farther, the better."
With that, Yuxuan waved his hand, and the Demon Race members, who had not yet managed to escape or died in the Star Net, burst into pieces, while the numerous Human Cultivators were swept away by a light breeze, floating down to the foot of Yuqing Mountain.
"Palace Master, we should not stay here too long, let’s hurry and leave!"
Yue Ningshuang grabbed Jiang Chenyu’s hand, instantly causing panic in Jiang Chenyu’s heart.
Damn it! This is bad!
Being taken back by Yue Ningshuang meant she might not last long before perishing.
It was a pity that during the initial chaos, Fang Yu had not taken her along while he was busy protecting Zhao Lingyu.
And now, having regained some of her strength and being very adept at avoiding enemies – the result of years of skiving – the fight continued, Fang Yu left, and though she was safe, she was now in Yue Ningshuang’s clutches.
Yue Ningshuang had long wanted to take Jiang Chenyu back, and her wish was finally fulfilled.
Many elders of Guanghan Palace, not thinking in a negative direction, felt Yue Ningshuang was truly a good elder. They wondered if their usual vigilance against her had been overdone.
"Elder Yue, no need for formalities, I can walk on my own."
At this time, Jiang Chenyu had no choice but to seek refuge with her disciple whom she had unfavourably paired before.
Her cultivation level now was not as high as Gu Qingmeng’s.
"Master, don’t worry. When you return to Guanghan Palace, you’ll still be the Palace Master. This is the token of the Palace Master."
Gu Qingmeng handed over her most important possession to Jiang Chenyu; she could finally relinquish this heavy burden.
Jiang Chenyu had long since lost any desire to be the Palace Master; she wished she could just give the token to Yue Ningshuang.
You love being the Palace Master so much, take it and just let it be, why kill?
The mentality of a resigned salted fish had completely overtaken her.
She knew returning to Guanghan Palace was like entering a dragon’s den or a tiger’s cave; who could rescue her at this moment?
Lin Yun, will you appear out of nowhere?
Jiang Chenyu had already begun to fantasize optimistically. At this point, Lin Yun had also summoned Hu Yuling over.
As usual, taking advantage of Zhen Li’s distraction, Lin Yun grabbed her by the back of her neck and quickly knocked her unconscious.
Lin Yun was becoming increasingly adept at striking from behind.
Especially when it came to using Spiritual Energy to seal acupoints, Lin Yun’s experience had grown even richer.
It was then that Hu Yuling appeared, stopping dead in her tracks when she saw Wu Xin.
Wu Xin’s expression was almost the same.
Seeing Lin Yun suddenly make his move and knock out Zhen Li, she initially thought his bestial nature had come out again, but with Hu Yuling’s emergence, only two words flashed through Wu Xin’s mind:
It’s over.
She knew about the relationship between Hu Yuling and Lin Yun, but didn’t expect them to converge so quickly.
Hu Yuling could definitely recognize her!
As expected, feeling Hu Yuling’s fixed gaze on her, Wu Xin felt a heavy weight in her heart.
No!
I’ve barely managed to escape from numerous disasters, even fleeing from Yuxuan’s grasp. I absolutely cannot fall here!
Filled with a strong unwillingness to give in, Wu Xin decided to use the Heart Demon Evasion once more.
This time, her heart still full of resentment, she concentrated and sensed around, finding the heart filled with the strongest hatred right nearby.
To be precise, it was right beneath her.
Wu Xin felt like crying.
What in the hell, horse, why is your resentment so great!
Balance exists among all things, powerful spells often come with their own strange taboos.
Like the Dragon Concealment that Xiao Qing helped cast, which couldn’t be used in front of bare-bottomed women.
Wu Xin’s Heart Demon Evasion would transport her within a certain range to the heart filled with the strongest of a specific emotion.
The deciding factor for this emotion was Wu Xin’s own mood.
If she was happy, she would go to where happy people were; if she was sad, she would go to where sad people were.
Now she was angry, so...
Within a thousand miles, there was no heart with deeper resentment than Snowstep’s.
The reason it was so deep was because Snowstep believed she had inadvertently helped Lin Yun take advantage of Zhen Li, bringing their feelings a step closer.
Snowstep was so angry she could die, her mental state exploding, now with a resentment unmatched by anyone.
And so, Wu Xin teleported on the spot.
It was at this time that Lin Yun felt he couldn’t hide any longer and quickly completed the final rune engraving; a Demon-Sealing Array formed on Wu Xin’s body.
If it had been before, such a low-level Formation would break as soon as it was touched, but now she was like a tiger fallen to the plain, a dragon swimming in shallow water.
Wu Xin’s mental state collapsed; she was unable to adjust her mood.
Seeing Hu Yuling made her angry, and seeing Lin Yun complete the Formation so quickly, it was clear he was well-prepared, or perhaps he had recognized her identity from the start.
And there she was, calling him brother while Lin Yun held her and lifted her high, touching here and there. Thinking this was Lin Yun teasing her on purpose, Wu Xin’s mental state completely broke down.
"You’ve caught the Leader?"
Hu Yuling was shocked.
Is my master really this incredible?
"Just like you, she delivered herself to my door," Lin Yun said.
Hu Yuling: "..."
Can we not talk about these old matters?
Even now that she has recognized a master, recalling that story still makes Hu Yuling want to hit the wall.
If she hadn’t been so suspicious, she wouldn’t have become Lin Yun’s slave.
Well, what’s done is done, it shouldn’t just be me who’s unlucky.
"Is master planning to take another female slave?"
Hu Yuling made a very good suggestion, "The Leader has lived for who knows how many years, she must know many secrets. If you can make her your female slave, she can surely offer you much more help."
Wu Xin, upon hearing this, was immediately enraged.
"Hu Yuling, I have treated you generously, why do you deceive me like this!"
Human hearts are indeed complex, and so are the hearts of demons.
Pitiful that she, a Heart Demon herself, would be schemed against.
Strangely enough, the Heart Demon that can control human hearts couldn’t control the hearts of demons, thus even Wu Xin was unaware that Hu Yuling was an insider traitor.
What shocked her even more was that Hu Yuling actually called Lin Yun ’Master’.
How did this happen?
Could it be because of Lin Yun’s face?
Wu Xin couldn’t comprehend how Lin Yun, with an unimpressive cultivation level, could capture Hu Yuling.
During her shock, Lin Yun seriously started to contemplate the idea of taking a female servant.
"That, doesn’t seem appropriate, does it?"
This Demon Clan Leader has committed numerous evils; Flower Fairy’s fate largely resulted from Wu Xin’s meddling.
Allowing her to live, how would he explain it to Flower Fairy?
Lin Yun didn’t lack manpower, it wasn’t worth it to join hands with the Demon Race, and besides, with Hu Yuling, he could just as well gather the old Demon forces and then, those with me prosper, those against me perish.
Nonetheless, before killing her, he could extract some information; calling Hu Yuling over was meant to ensure the accuracy of the intelligence.
"Do you want to live? If so, answer a few of my questions," Lin Yun said.
Wu Xin, after hearing Hu Yuling’s suggestion to take her as a female slave, and then Lin Yun’s words, immediately misunderstood.
Thinking of how Lin Yun had previously touched her here and there, Wu Xin’s determination hardened.
"The Demon Race will never be enslaved!"
