LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 423 Star Lord's Visit
"You are a Level 4 Immortal Array Master?" Kulu looked at Ding Huan in shock.
Level 4 Immortal Array Masters were not rare; there were many in the Immortal Court.
But weren't all those Level 4 Immortal Array Masters cultivated by the Immortal Court with a huge investment of resources and time?
Take Ting Lan, for example, who was at Wu Jian's side. Wu Jian had cultivated her for three thousand four hundred years to make her a Level 4 Immortal Array Master.
During that period, they piled the best materials on her and rushed her to famous masters for guidance as soon as they found one.
Wasn't this Zhang San a Loose Cultivator? How had he also become a Level 4 Immortal Array Master?
No, if Zhang San were a Level 4 Immortal Array Master, then having flown around in the Demise of Immortals for five months, could Zhang San not sense the situation outside of the Iron Cloud Immortal Ship and subsequently attract the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast?
Before, Kulu thought this idea of his was paranoid, but now the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"What's so unusual about that? It took me seven thousand three hundred years to become a Level 4 Immortal Array Master," Ding Huan stated indifferently.
Kulu felt that Ding Huan was not old in age, but cultivating to the Golden Immortal stage, it wouldn't be strange even if it took seventy thousand three hundred years, let alone seven thousand three hundred years.
A Golden Immortal, if their base wasn't damaged, could easily live for over a hundred thousand years.
As for their appearance, there were too many treasures that could preserve one's looks.
But becoming a Level 4 Immortal Array Master wasn't about living long; if longevity were enough to become an Immortal Array Master, then everyone would be one.
Immortal Sects wouldn't be precious then.
The reason Immortal Sects were so precious was that they provided opportunities to reach heights not possible for Loose Cultivators.
Ding Huan had already taken advantage of Kulu's lack of attention to bind the Level 5 Killing Array Array Plate and taken the Array Plate into his possession.
"I truly hadn't considered that," Kulu sighed deeply.
If he hadn't acquired the soul token, his life would have been lost to Ding Huan.
He was almost certain that the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast was related to Ding Huan.
Now, he naturally pretended not to know.
Staying by Wu Jian's side meant being a dog that could die at any moment, but now Kulu was a free Loose Cultivator, and comparing the two, he obviously felt more at ease now.
As Kulu didn't bring up the matter of Immortal Array Masters, Ding Huan naturally wouldn't mention it either.
His gaze fell on the light purple soil outside; the color of the soil around it was all gray or black.
He didn't know how many years had passed, yet this light purple soil had still not been tainted by the surrounding soil.
"That's where Treasure Split Cliff is kept; go ahead and do it, I'm not interested in that stuff," Kulu genuinely had no interest in the soil from Treasure Split Cliff.
Ding Huan didn't stand on ceremony any longer. He threw down a few Array Flags and with a wave of his hand, collected all of the light purple soil within a ten-yard radius, accumulating it in the Iron Pot Space.
"Let's leave quickly, I've got a bad feeling," Kulu rushed Ding Huan as soon as he saw the soil collected.
"I know, but I still have something to do." Even if Kulu hadn't spoken, Ding Huan would still have left quickly. It wasn't just Kulu; Ding Huan himself also felt uneasy.
Escape was escape, but he still needed to wrap things up.
Ding Huan pulled out a pile of Immortal Crystals and began to cultivate on the spot.
At least that's what it seemed like.
Kulu's mouth hung open; what did this mean? Shouldn't they be fleeing now, yet here he was cultivating?
Of course, Ding Huan was not actually cultivating; he was diligently working through the Great Universe Technique to establish the flow of the Daoist Rhythm Aura.
If he couldn't achieve it, then that would be that, but when cultivating the Great Universe Technique, he could manage to make it seem as though he had left to the west, while actually making others believe he had left to the east.
The aura of the space Law kept changing; Ding Huan carefully left behind one Law Aura after another, naturally pointing all of these Law Auras in the direction he would flee.
After more than half an hour, Ding Huan finally stopped cultivating. Then, he summoned the iron pot and once Kulu was aboard, the iron pot instantly left the area.
His method couldn't last for long, but three days were possible.
After three days, all the Law Auras he left in space would disperse or be assimilated.
That was enough; if they hadn't caught up in three days, he wouldn't have to worry anymore.
...
Even Kulu didn't expect that Du Yue Star Lord would come looking for them right now.
In fact, only a day after he and Ding Huan left, two individuals descended on the location of the Treasure Split Cliff ruins.
One of them wore the Star Lord Crown and a red robe with a face emanating a purple aura, if not Du Yue Star Lord Wu Wudu, then who?
The woman by the side of the Star Lord looked somewhat listless—it was the same female cultivator who had previously accompanied Wu Jian.
"Ting Lan, is the place you mentioned here?" Du Yue Star Lord looked at the newly dug ground before him, his voice somewhat cold.
"Replying to the Star Lord, it is indeed here. Young Master had me set up a Level 4 Killing Trap Array and a Concealing Array here. What's more, he even used a Level 5 Immortal Array Plate," Ting Lan cautiously responded.
Du Yue Star Lord landed in the freshly dug pit, stretched out his hand to swipe some soil and sniffed it, then snorted coldly, "This unfilial son, how dare he conceal such a matter."
Ting Lan dared not speak out.
She knew that Du Yue Star Lord did not come here for the sake of avenging his son, Wu Jian. If it were for revenge, he would not have come so quickly.
He came for the sacred earth of Treasure Split Cliff.
In her heart, Ting Lan felt deeply sad for Wu Jian, no wonder he frantically searched for treasures to reconstruct his physical body.
"Talk about the ten people whom Jian'er had summoned, who is the most suspicious?" After venting his anger, Du Yue Star Lord calmed down.
Ting Lan expressed her confusion, "Isn't it Kulu, Star Lord?"
Du Yue Star Lord snorted coldly, "If Kulu could retrieve his soul token, would he have waited until today? He doesn't have the ability to make such precise calculations.
Kulu's soul token was taken by someone who then blackmailed Kulu into working for him."
"Could it be that person who got Kulu's soul token and forced Kulu to come here to steal the earth?" As Ting Lan spoke, she also felt a sense of exclamation.
She had advised Wu Jian not to bring people here to merge with the earth beneath Treasure Split Cliff. Wouldn't it be better to dig away the earth and then merge it?
Wu Jian did not listen to her and said that once removed, the earth would lose its spirituality and could not be merged.
Either Wu Jian would die, or he would become the strongest possessor of a physical body.
Now, as he wished, he had indeed died.
Du Yue Star Lord said, "It is very likely so."
Ting Lan began to recall, and after a long while, she said, "At first, I suspected Luo Xipeng the most, but he was killed by the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast.
Among those who fled, if anyone is suspicious, there is also a Ye Meier, who is very secretive and skilled in concealment and charming techniques."
"The other two?" Du Yue Star Lord inquired.
Ye Meier answered, "The two individuals are named Zhang San and Hu Bujiu. Forget about Zhang San, his strength is too low, merely at the early stage of Golden Immortal. But that Hu Bujiu, despite his old age, is a third-level Immortal Array Master."
"Since they were brought in to merge with the earth of Treasure Split Cliff, Zhang San must have some outstanding skills.
Ye Meier and Hu Bujiu both have their own advantages, so what exactly about Zhang San attracted the attention of Hu Xiangyang?"
"It must be his Divine Will, I guess. I heard his Divine Will is at the peak of Level 5 Immortal Sense..."
Du Yue Star Lord sighed deeply, and then looked at Ting Lan, "Do you think the Divine Will of a Golden Immortal at the early stage could reach the peak of Level 5 Immortal Sense? What level is your Divine Will?"
Ting Lan replied, "Disciple is at the early stage of Level 4 Immortal Sense."
Du Yue Star Lord looked at Ting Lan, "You, a Da Yi Immortal, with the help of so many celestial treasures, have only reached Level 4 Immortal Sense. What makes you think a Divine Will of a Golden Immortal could reach the peak of Level 5 Immortal Sense?"
Ting Lan truly disagreed in her heart. What celestial treasures did she have? Following the Young Master, besides having enough Spirit Stones, she really hadn't seen many treasures.
Wu Jian was the least favored son of Wu Wudu; who didn't know that? How many treasures could she have while following such a Young Master?
The only support Wu Jian gave her was that he made a great effort when she was learning Array Dao.
That was only because Wu Jian needed someone proficient in Array Dao by his side.
What Du Yue Star Lord's words implied was that she had received many treasures, yet she herself didn't know how many she had obtained.
Thinking this way in her heart, she could only ask, "Could it be that Zhang San is the one with a problem?"
"It must be him. He couldn't have gone far with the earth he took from here. Hehe, a mere Golden Immortal thinking of escaping from my hands," Du Yue Star Lord sneered.
He grabbed several Array Flags and threw them down, quickly a directional indicator appeared before him.
"Let's go, chase from this direction. I refuse to believe he could have escaped," Du Yue Star Lord said, then stepped onto the Flying Treasure parked to the side.
Ting Lan didn't dare to delay and quickly followed Du Yue Star Lord onto the Flying Treasure.
Du Yue Star Lord, in a hurry to pursue Ding Huan, activated the Flying Treasure, which sped up to its maximum velocity.
It just so happened that the direction they tracked was the exact opposite of the direction in which Ding Huan had fled.
...
Two months later, the iron pot burst out of the land abandoned by immortals.
Even Kulu had to marvel at the speed of Zhang San's iron pot, which was incredibly fast. It had taken them more than half a year to enter the land abandoned by immortals originally, but now they had come out in just two months.
"If we use your iron pot to fly to the Chaos Zone, I reckon it'll take at most three or four months. My suggestion is, we'd better switch to another Flying Treasure. I have a mid-grade Flying Immortal Device..."
Before Kulu could finish speaking, Ding Huan waved her hand and said, "Life itself is at stake, what do these things matter? I can tolerate a few months. If it were ten or more years, then forget it."
(I had previously reversed the characters of Du Yue Star Lord Wu Wudu and Star Lord Chang Yi and have now corrected it. My apologies!)