Chapter 474 - 265: So You Were Waiting for Me Here?

Chapter 474: Chapter 265: So You Were Waiting for Me Here?

A bustling city.

In a first-class room.

Tantai Xue sighed. "The progress is still mediocre, and I can’t even get a meeting with the Ling Hua Envoy. I’ve never seen an Immortal Spirit Envoy like this. Isn’t he worried the Immortal Spirit will blame him when she wakes up? Wasting so much time."

The Ling Hua Immortal Spirit’s subordinates had worn her patience thin.

No matter what she did, they remained unhurried, completely lacking the joy one would expect from people about to awaken their Immortal Spirit.

If you wanted to see them happy, you were better off just giving them more Spiritual Source.

It was like their eyes were glued to Spiritual Source.

So desperate for it.

"Something’s happened," a voice suddenly said from the Spiritual Tablet.

"What is it?" Tantai Xue asked, curious.

"Something must have happened at the Immortal Sect Grand Competition. A rift actually appeared there—it was forced open. The very fabric of space has become unstable. Even some of my power can attempt to return to me," the deep voice from the Spiritual Tablet said, a hint of surprise in its tone.

As a defeated Evil God, most of his power was suppressed by the Immortal Sects, and the same was true for his Physical Body and consciousness.

Take the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit, for example.

Whether awake or asleep.

She was constantly suppressed by the grand order of the Immortal Sects, unable to accumulate much power, let alone escape.

Therefore, to the Immortal Sects, this type of Evil God posed the lowest threat.

The control over an Evil God’s subordinates wasn’t as extreme, either.

But for some, only their power was suppressed. Now that space was in turmoil, they could even communicate with their power and call it back.

"Doesn’t that mean many Evil Gods will try to recall their power?" Tantai Xue asked.

The voice from the Spiritual Tablet remained deep. "No. For now, even though the gate is open, no one dares to make a move. They fear the Immortal Sects did this on purpose to find out which Evil God is responsible."

"But if the instability continues to grow, then it’s hard to say."

"It will depend on whether the situation inside the Immortal Sect Grand Competition worsens."

"But we can’t be sure what exactly is happening in there. We can only keep an eye on the rift for now."

Tantai Xue frowned. "Then isn’t everything about to descend into chaos?"

The Spiritual Tablet was silent for a moment. "Not necessarily. No one dares to push the Immortal Sects too hard right now."

Tantai Xue was puzzled. "Why?"

The Spiritual Tablet remained silent for a long time, not offering an answer.

——

In the ancient well area.

Inside the Fox Demon’s prison cell.

Facing her interrogator, she remained calm. "I’ve already told you everything. You won’t get anything else out of me no matter how many times you ask."

"We’ve already found Shangguan Yang, and Zhou Qing as well," the middle-aged man said, watching the Fox Demon calmly. "The item you mentioned is also under our control. What do you think about that?"

"It just means the Immortal Sects are as formidable as they say, to get things under control so quickly," the Fox Demon said with a shrug.

"What’s your backup plan?" the middle-aged man asked.

"You guess," the Fox Demon said with a smile.

The middle-aged man frowned.

In reality, they hadn’t found the people, nor did they have any leads on the item.

They hadn’t found Shangguan Yang or Zhou Qing.

Finding two people within the Immortal Sect Grand Competition was no easy task.

As for the great rock, progress there was also mediocre.

Unless they widened the fissure.

But they weren’t too concerned about these things. After all, since the information came from her, they would find them sooner or later.

What he was concerned about was what would happen *after* they found them.

’It can’t just be a game they’re playing, can it?’

Besides, whether her words were true or false was still debatable.

Opening the rift was a huge gamble.

If it was all a bluff, the consequences would be difficult for even the Zhenyue Bureau to bear.

After all, the spatial turmoil had given too many Evil Gods an opportunity.

————

After leaving the Enlightenment Tree, Jiang Man made his way to a foggy corner.

He planned to hide here for the long term.

It was the only way to avoid being found by the people from the Sun and Moon Immortal Path.

For now, he was most likely safe.

But if he wasn’t careful, it would be easy to capsize in a gutter.

Especially in a place like this where Primordial Spirit cultivators were everywhere. He had just advanced and didn’t even have a Cultivation Skill for this realm.

He was no match for them.

His victory over Shangguan Yang was entirely thanks to the Evil God’s Technique.

But this technique couldn’t be seen by others, or he’d have a lot of explaining to do.

Right now, waiting for Ting Fengyin to arrive was the safest course of action.

But he couldn’t just waste time either.

He looked at Monk Zhen Kong and the others. "How much do you guys know about the Celestial Essence Skill?"

"The Celestial Essence Skill is a Primordial Spirit technique. We know very little about it," Monk Zhen Kong said.

"If I wanted to try and learn it, how would you suggest I go about it?" Jiang Man asked again.

He had looked at the Celestial Essence Skill and could understand most of it, but the remaining small part involved foundational issues.

’This is a problem.’

He had never studied systematically.

But as long as he kept studying, he would eventually cover the basics.

Then he wouldn’t need to spend a huge amount of time learning from scratch.

’A perfect transition.’

’The current trouble is just a temporary growing pain.’

’It’s nothing.’

"Senior Brother Ye has studied it," Ling Dang spoke up.

"He doesn’t seem to have arrived yet," Jiang Man said.

"Then we’ll just have to find someone who has studied it and have them explain it," Ling Dang said after a moment of thought. "The price should be around four thousand Spiritual Source. I heard it’s not very difficult, and once you get back to the Sect, you can immediately find an Instructor to explain it."

"Four thousand is practically throwing money away."

Hearing this, Jiang Man felt a bit wistful. He didn’t know anyone like that.

’Just go to the junction and find someone random?’

’Four thousand is really expensive.’

"There are three of us. If we each pitch in thirteen or fourteen hundred, we should have enough," Monk Zhen Kong suddenly said.

Ling Dang immediately nodded. "Yes."

Jiang Man felt they were truly good people.

And so, they headed to the junction once more.

But as soon as they arrived, they saw a man holding a Long Sword standing mid-air. His aura was immense, and he seemed to be looking for someone.

When Jiang Man saw this person, he realized it was one of the experts from under the Enlightenment Tree.

He had sensed they were powerful back then, but he never expected them to be *this* powerful.

A single glance from him was enough to make one want to retreat.

"Who is that great power looking for?" Jiang Man casually asked someone nearby.