Chapter 424: Kind-Eyed and Benevolent
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The sword qi screeched as the blade slashed forth. By the time regret washed over him, it was already too late!
The sword light swept through in an instant. Though the demonic powerhouse strained every muscle to flee, he was ultimately swallowed by the crimson blade's glow…
Gazing at the graceful silhouette drifting in the sky, Su Muchan executed a beautiful sword flourish with her blade before tossing the Red Dust Sword skyward~
Before it could fall, crimson threads emerged from the scabbard, binding the sword mid-air and drawing it back inside.
【Kind of cool…】
【What's up with these guys? The moment they step outside Lingxian Hall, they all turn so cool…】
【Qinghan seemed so docile inside the Lingxian Hall too…】
【Could it be that Lingxian Hall has bad feng shui?】
"Master, I did not take his life."
From a distance, Su Muchan reached out her hand as if through thin air, grabbing the collar and yanking him toward her!
The demonic powerhouse was tossed like a dead dog before Guo Ce and his master's wife, leaving them utterly dumbfounded!
"Now, shall we talk?"
Su Cheng sat on a stone, fanning himself with a folding fan. His brown, slightly faded coarse cotton robe looked a bit worn, but Ye Qinghan had washed it spotlessly clean.
Su Muchan sat beside Dongfang Jue, pulling out some snacks from her jade pendant to share with him.
"Who exactly are you people! Why suppress your cultivation to come to our Mother-Son Mountain? What exactly…"
Su Cheng waved away the dried meat Su Muchan offered: "I told you, my name is Su Cheng. These two are my disciples."
With a look of regret, he surveyed the dead dog-like powerhouse sprawled on the ground. Su Cheng couldn't care less about how he addressed people—some preferred crawling, others kneeling. It was all fair game; existence justified itself.
"I came to reclaim what belongs to me. I hope you appreciate my rare patience."
"Senior, I never took anything from you! This guy framed me!"
Guo Ce was stunned. Firstly, he hadn't expected this fellow to be no match for Su Muchan.
Second, if even his disciples possessed such strength, it seemed unlikely that the two of them combined could stand against Su Cheng.
Su Cheng's icy gaze swept over Guo Ce. All sense of fellow cultivator camaraderie vanished instantly—his legs went weak!
Kneeling on the ground, Guo Ce hastily defended himself: "It was that stone tablet I showed you half a month ago!"
Seeing Guo Ce had provoked a formidable foe, his wife obediently knelt beside him. Just as she attempted to exchange meaningful glances with Su Cheng to signal her allegiance, Su Muchan's fierce glare snapped her back into submission!
Only then did Qiao Qier realize Su Muchan was a succubus…
Su Muchan wore a revealing black bodysuit, paired with the same style of black stockings with suspenders as Ye Qinghan. Her eyes were utterly mesmerizing—even disregarding her bloodline, she was a pure-blooded succubus!
Beside her, General Dongfang wore black iron soft armor and had his hair tied back with a red cord, presenting a distinctly different style.
"Master, perhaps we should hand them over to Muchan. She has ways to make them talk."
"I did not come here to slaughter indiscriminately. I merely wish to reclaim what rightfully belongs to me."
"Then would you like some jerky, Master?"
Su Cheng looked utterly helpless and could only accept it for now: "I still have words to exchange with him. I'll take it for now and eat it later."
After some questioning, Su Cheng had a general understanding. Guo Ce, to be honest, hadn't exactly deceived him.
The Void Blueprint had indeed been in the possession of this demonic powerhouse earlier. However, such a treasure naturally attracted many covetous eyes. Moreover, most of these demonic cultivators were solitary practitioners…
Most dared not attempt to seize it. Those who did come were invariably powerful figures, and they came prepared!
Stealing a treasure from someone's hands was undoubtedly difficult, often requiring a bitter struggle. Similarly, defending such a hard-won treasure was even harder.
Thus, the Void Blueprint might be in this master's hands today, only to be snatched away tomorrow!
"So where is my artifact now?"
"If I tell you, will you spare me?"
Su Cheng appeared quite reasonable, with kind, benevolent features.
"What nonsense! I am, after all, the leader of a reputable sect. How could I possibly take my anger out on you over a mere artifact?"
"Besides, this whole situation arose because of my own carelessness in losing the artifact, which led to your scramble and caused this trouble."
"Just tell me. I won't hold the artifact's loss against you."
Hearing Su Cheng's words, the powerful cultivator felt a weight lift from his shoulders. Few cultivators possessed such a forgiving nature like Su Cheng's; most were known to hold grudges over the slightest offense.
"Senior, you are truly magnanimous. This junior is willing to lend a hand."
"I've heard that stone tablet ultimately fell into the hands of Phantom Mountain, though I don't know if it changed hands again since then."
Su Cheng frowned in confusion. "Huan Shan? Is that a person, a place, or a faction?"
"Both a person and a mountain. I do not know his given name, only that he calls himself the Half-Immortal of Illusion Mountain."
"Oh? A 'Half-Immortal'? Are there demon cultivators of such cultivation in the Western Regions?"
Su Muchan pursed her lips. As a princess of the Western Regions' demonic clan, she had never heard of any independent cultivator possessing the strength of a Half-Immortal.
"To my knowledge, only our demonic clan's ancient ancestor possesses the strength of a Half-Immortal."
"As for others, forget Half-Immortal—even Mahayana-stage demon cultivators? I've never heard of any, Mu Chan."
Su Cheng nodded in agreement. Su Muchan's reasoning was sound.
In this world, spiritual energy was sparse. What was routine for cultivators elsewhere—slaying ferocious beasts—proved exceedingly difficult for practitioners here.
To complete a beast-slaying mission, one needed at least a group of cultivators at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
In other worlds, such tasks were merely used to train newly initiated disciples.
"It matters not. Even if it were a True Immortal, so be it. At worst, I shall personally intervene to suppress it."
The Demon Clan's powerful figure's mouth twitched. A True Immortal… and it wouldn't matter either…
"Er… That person is likely just a self-proclaimed 'half-Immortal.' He snatched the stone token from the One-Eyed Demon Lord, who possesses the cultivation of a Transformation Spirit. His strength is probably above that of an Avatar."
"If it's a Spirit Transformation cultivator, it could serve as practice for Jue'er. How about I give her to you?"
"Jue'er will not fail in her mission!" Dongfang Jue looked utterly serious, as if receiving a command.
Su Cheng couldn't stand hearing this. He'd said it more than once: they were his direct disciples, not his soldiers or subordinates.
"This isn't an order. If Jue'er can't defeat him, she can use my treasure to take him out instantly. It's just practice—don't take it too seriously."
"Jue'er will remember."
Su Cheng chuckled. "No need to remember it. I was just speaking off the cuff."
"Understood."
General Dongfang had his own way of thinking and acting.
As for the Phantom Mountain Half-Immortal, Su Cheng found him rather intriguing. Stealing his things~
"Do you know where that man is?"
"Phantom Mountain. But that place seems to have once been a secret realm. Now that the realm is sealed, he's taken over the mountain as his domain."
"Being a secret realm, it possesses natural barriers for him to hide behind, no less formidable than the protective arrays of immortal sects."
"With Senior Su's divine prowess, that Phantom Mountain Half-Immortal is surely no match for you—just an empty title. But that secret realm barrier… we'll need a way to deal with it. Otherwise, if he hides inside or escapes, that'll be troublesome."
Su Cheng smiled. The expression on the demonic powerhouse's face alone told him the demonic powerhouse had a way to deal with that barrier.
However…
"Never mind. Just lead the way. A mere barrier from an ordinary secret realm won't hold back my disciple."
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