LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 389: 303
The Rakshasa Sect and the Sky Evil Sect are both one of the six great demon sects under the Six Union God Sect.
Now, after the battle in Yan State, the Holy Shadows Sect and the Great Dark Sky Sect were almost completely annihilated, and due to the rebellion led by the crown prince, the leader of the Red Flame Demon Sect died. As a result, the Red Flame Demon Sect was practically disabled, losing more than half of its power.
Thus, of the six great demon sects under the Six Union God Sect, only three remained: the Refining Moon Demon Sect, the Sky Evil Sect, and the Rakshasa Sect.
The overall strength of these three demon sects exceeded that of the Red Flame Demon Sect, Holy Shadows Sect, and the Great Dark Sky Sect by a large margin, especially the Refining Moon Demon Sect, which boasted as many as three Innate Realm experts.
Moreover, with the assistance of the leader of the Six Union God Sect, Dugu Yun, the leader of the Refining Moon Demon Sect had merged with a Disaster Level demon spirit and was currently secluded, attempting to break through to the Divine Realm.
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Once successful, the Six Union God Sect would gain yet another Law King.
Of course, the strength of the Rakshasa Sect and the Sky Evil Sect should not be underestimated either. Each possessed a great Wushu Grandmaster of Innate Realm Full Circle as their sect leader. In addition to that, each sect had an Innate Realm elder, who, despite not reaching Full Circle, was not to be taken lightly.
Master Xing showed a slight smile and said, "To answer the young master, everything is progressing smoothly and in an orderly manner over there."
"That's good," Lin Bai nodded.
Master Xing flattered, "It's mainly due to the young master's brilliant and quick-thinking, to have come up with such a plan. Searching for warriors and commoners in the remote regions of East Province, then harvesting their essence and blood, makes it difficult for the Jing Tian Department of Da Xia to detect us."
"A mere trifle," Lin Bai said with a faint smile.
"Young master, rest assured, our methods this time are very covert. We haven't leaked any information, and there's a top force in East Province aiding us in our protection. The Rakshasa Sect and the Sky Evil Sect have each dispatched two Innates to stand guard there; we can say it's foolproof."
At that moment, Lin Bai's lips curved into a cold smile as he said, "No, there's no need to hide it. Let the news leak out."
Upon hearing this, Master Xing was taken aback and asked, "Young master, I do not understand your intentions?"
To this, Lin Bai only said four words, "Set a trap; lure the snakes out of their holes."
Realizing the plan, Master Xing said with sudden understanding, "Young master, are you aiming to lure out the people from Jing Tian Department?"
"That's correct, but not just them," Lin Bai spoke with supreme confidence.
With an air of certainty, Lin Bai said, "Not only to lure the Jing Tian Department, but also to bait Gu Chen."
Lin Bai glanced at him and asked, "Do you know that an Innate Realm expert from the Arsenal has gone missing?"
Master Xing was shocked; understanding Lin Bai's implications, he said with some disbelief, "Are you suggesting that the disappearance of the Arsenal's Innate Realm expert is related to that young man, Gu Chen?"
Lin Bai explained, "Of course, they are related. Xu Qing is narrow-minded, and since Gu Chen had provoked him at Mirror Lake Mountain, Xu Qing certainly wouldn't let it go. It is quite normal for him to dispatch an Innate to hunt down Gu Chen."
Master Xing looked at Lin Bai and said, "So you mean to say that since there has been no word from Gu Chen, he hasn't returned to Yan State but is dead? The Innate from the Arsenal took the opportunity Gu Chen had and ran off with it?"
"No."
Lin Bai shook his head and revealed a shocking piece of information that took Master Xing by surprise; he said, "It was Gu Chen who killed the Innate from the Arsenal!"
"What?! Impossible!"
These words changed Master Xing's expression instantly; he kept repeating 'impossible,' finding it incredibly hard to believe.
Gu Chen's ability to kill three Hundred Orifices Stage warriors of the Six Union God Sect had already made Master Xing somewhat skeptical. Now Lin Bai was saying that Gu Chen could also slay an Innate, and Master Xing could not believe it no matter what.
Lin Bai shook his head and said, "This is but a guess of mine, it may not be true. It's more likely that an Innate of the Arsenal tracked down Gu Chen, but there was a Grandmaster from Jing Tian Department secretly protecting Gu Chen, and they killed the Innate from the Arsenal. Gu Chen then silently returned to the Jing Tian Department."
Hearing this, Master Xing let out a sigh of relief, feeling that this guess was more reasonable.
Without reaching the Innate Level, one remains a mere ant. This saying still holds true today. There is a vast chasm between the Houtian and Innate levels.
Even with a prodigious talent like Lin Bai, or the six prodigies from the six holy lands walking the world, even if they reached the peak of the Hundred Orifices Stage, or even half a step into Innate, they would never be a match for an early-stage Innate Realm Wushu Grandmaster.
If Gu Chen, only in the Rebirth Stage, managed to kill an Innate Realm Wushu Grandmaster, then what would be the point of his painstaking cultivation to reach Innate Level? Master Xing couldn't accept that possibility.
Then, Lin Bai said, "There must be a secret hidden within Gu Chen. If not for the imminent opening of the Spirit Realm, I would have personally captured him. This time, by releasing the news, I want to draw him here."
Master Xing immediately said, "Young master, you are wise. I'll take care of it right away."
Lin Bai instructed, "Remember to have the forces in East Province cooperate, without revealing too much. Just leak enough information, so that as long as Jing Tian Department's Innate Realm Wushu Grandmasters do not make a move, no matter how many people they send, they are just delivering themselves to us."
"If Gu Chen dares to come over, just take him down directly. In front of two Innate Realm Grandmasters, he won't be able to make any significant ripple, and it's not possible for Jing Tian Department's Innate expert to always be guarding him."
"Young master, rest assured," Master Xing said with a sinister smile before turning to leave the place.
After Master Xing left, Lin Bai turned around, his cold eyes overlooking the distance, his facial expression grim as he said, "A heaven-born martial body? In this world, having me as the only one with a heaven-born martial body is enough. Your essence, I will gladly accept!"
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Meanwhile, in East Province, within a secluded village.
"Ah..."
"No… no… beg you, please spare me..."
"You beasts…"
"My child, my child…"
A mother, her face smeared with blood, was crawling on the ground, inching toward her child lying in a pool of blood.
At that moment, a Rakshasa Sect martial artist with a bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes appeared. With a single swing of his blade, he chopped off the mother's feet, severing them while she was still alive.
With a splatter, blood gushed out. Despite the excruciating pain, she kept crawling, inch by inch, leaving a trail of bright red blood on the ground as she moved.
Thump!
Another burst of blood flew through the air as one of the mother's arms was hacked off. She turned pale with pain, almost biting through her own teeth, but still, she did not give up.
"Boring."
The Rakshasa Sect martial artist spat, expelling a mouthful of thick phlegm onto the young mother's face, then ferociously chopped down his blade one more time. Blood spurted out, splashing three feet high, as a head with eyes wide open slowly rolled forward, coming to stop beside the body of her long-dead child.
"Child… Mommy's here with you now…"
At this moment, high above in the heavens, two elders stood, their expressions cold as they overlooked the massacre happening below, witnessing the deaths of hundreds of commoners without a flicker of emotion in their eyes.
These two were transcendent martial arts masters from the Rakshasa Sect and the Sky Evil Sect.
"This speed is simply too slow. When will we have gathered enough refined blood?" The Rakshasa Sect's innately powerful martial artist said impatiently.
The Sky Evil Sect's transcendent martial arts master replied in a unhurried manner, "What's the rush? It's only been a few days. We've also killed nearly ten thousand beings and collected quite a bit of refined blood. This is a method thought up by the young lord, valued for being covert.
Right now the high-ranking combatants of our sects haven't exited their seclusions, and the Tower Supervisor of the Qintian Monitor is extraordinarily powerful. It isn't wise to be too aggressive with Da Xia at this time. This method is the safest bet."
The Rakshasa Sect's innately powerful martial artist snorted coldly, "I know the young lord is quick-witted, but this pace is indeed too slow. Besides, do we really need two of us to massacre these ordinary people?"
"The young lord has his intentions for doing so. What, are you planning to defy the young lord's will?"
Upon hearing this, the Rakshasa Sect's innately powerful martial artist's expression froze.
Even as an innate being, regarding Lin Bai, he dare not show the slightest negligence; after all, Dugu Yun, the leader of the Six Union God Sect, values Lin Bai highly, which is well known within the sect.
The transcendent elder from the Sky Evil Sect was aware that the Rakshasa Sect martial artists were heavily influenced by their cultivation practices and had a very severe killing instinct, so he consoled, "Rest assured, focus on serving the young lord well.
In a short while, when the lands of the nine provinces undergo great changes, and a large number of demons and ghosts emerge, if we do well in this task, perhaps we'll be rewarded with the fusion of a Disaster Level demon or ghost. By then, attaining Divinity would be within reach!"
Upon hearing this, the expression of the innate martial arts master from the Rakshasa Sect eased significantly, a look of yearning appearing on his face.
That is a Disaster Level demon or ghost, the hope for cultivators like them who see no further advancement in their martial path.
In the current nine provinces, Disaster Level demons and ghosts are quite rare, and even the number of demons and ghosts at lower levels is not that plentiful, which is why, within the demon cults, the proportion of warriors fused with demons and ghosts is not high.
This is also one of the reasons why the Six Union God Sect has not waged an all-out war with Da Xia.
They are waiting for the right moment, for the higher-ups of the sect to exit their seclusions, and for the massive arrival of demons and ghosts in the nine provinces.
At that time, if every warrior within the Six Union God Sect can fuse with a demon or ghost, the strength of the sect would become extremely terrifying.
This is the opportunity for which the Six Union God Sect has been waiting.
"Humph!"
Although the expression of the Rakshasa Sect's innate martial artist softened, when he looked down at the carnage below, he was still not satisfied, feeling it was not gratifying enough.
Thus, with a mere thought in his mind, in an instant, hundreds of villagers below, including the weak, the old, and children, had their bodies explode, turning into a mess of flesh on the ground.
The martial artists from the Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect quickly employed secret techniques to collect the refined blood.
Soon, the demon cultists left, leaving behind devastated scenery, limbs and fragments everywhere, the stench of blood overwhelmingly noxious.
And this was but a microcosm of a larger horror.
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In Yan State, Gu Chen received a letter from the Jing Tian Department of East Province, informing him that traces of demons and ghosts had been found in the remote areas of East Province.
Currently, the Jing Tian Department had located the whereabouts and strongholds of martial artists from both the Rakshasa Sect and the Sky Evil Sect. Furthermore, they were also tasked with suppressing the growing unrest in East Province due to the emergence of ancient secret realms.
As a result, they were stretched thin and couldn't spare many hands, hoping Gu Chen would take action to deal with these demons and ghosts.
However, the Jing Tian Department also advised Gu Chen in the letter to be extremely cautious, prioritize investigation, and if necessary, arrange to have an innately powerful martial arts master from the Jing Tian Department accompany him.
Gu Chen looked at the secret letter in his hand, with light flickering in his eyes, and murmured to himself, "I haven't made a move, yet you're already losing patience?"
Right away, although without any evidence, Gu Chen had an inkling through intuition that there was something amiss about the situation.
"Very well, since you've brought the meal right to my lips, it would be too much if I didn't partake," Gu Chen said, his gaze sharp and cold.
With that, he penned a letter and sent it back to the Jing Tian Department using the department's unique method of conveying information.