Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 561 - 266. The third metamorphosis, Immortal Body! (Two-in-one Chapter)_4

Chapter 561: 266. The third metamorphosis, Immortal Body! (Two-in-one Chapter)_4

"Back when Mount Shu Sect had that inner conflict, there really was something fishy going on..." Chu Yu was a bit surprised, but she had successfully confirmed some of her own and the Tang Imperial Court’s earlier suspicions.

However, now she ended up with even more questions.

*At first, she had suspected the ones from the Daoist Alchemy Sect who aided the Celestial Master Mansion in attacking Jiangzhou and Jinzhou were these Mount Shu experts who had faked their deaths and gone into hiding.*

But now, Liu Dongzhuo was actually helping Zhou Peng, who was associated with the Yellow Sky Sect.

*Was Liu Dongzhuo acting on his own, or was this something they were doing as a group?*

Still, on the other hand, Zhou Peng and the other traitors from Pure Yang Palace had muscled into the Yellow Sky Sect, seizing the disciples’ bodies for their own use—it didn’t exactly seem like a harmonious arrangement.

"I’ll keep chasing Zhou Peng—please trouble you, Master, to notify General Shangguan and the Taoist of Celestial Master Mansion about what happened here." After calling out to Elder Miaoyi, Chu Yu continued to pursue Zhou Peng.

*Liu Dongzhuo’s involvement was definitely intriguing, but all things considered, Zhou Peng was the bigger fish.*

*Chu Yu knew when to let go and when to hold on. There was no need for her and Elder Miaoyi to split up and chase Zhou Peng and Liu Dongzhuo separately; if the other side had more experts waiting, Elder Miaoyi would be left all alone.*

"Amitabha Buddha, please be careful, benefactor." Elder Miaoyi also sensed the bizarreness and unpredictability of the whole thing, and quickly notified Shangguan Sheng and Lei Jun.

"Liu Dongzhuo..." When Lei Jun heard the news, he couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Back during that inner turmoil at Mount Shu, he had been in Bashu, but pulled himself out of it and stayed on the sidelines.

*Now, looking back, it seemed this matter went even deeper than he had imagined.* 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Shangguan Sheng was just as surprised, but he quickly composed himself and asked Elder Miaoyi to come join them as soon as possible.

Then he turned to Lei Jun and said slowly, "Master Lei, in this matter, let’s not jump to conclusions just yet—wouldn’t want to wrong a good man. After His Majesty gives the final verdict, then we can question the Mount Shu Taoists, what do you think?"

Lei Jun replied, "General Shangguan, your perspective is prudent and statesmanlike. I have no objection, but of course, I must report it clearly to the mansion."

Shangguan Sheng said, "Of course."

Elder Miaoyi soon arrived. The three met up and, watching the officers of the Divine Strategy Army, cleaned up the last remaining Yellow Sky Sect followers in this patch of ocean.

Once they finished with Green Stone Island, the group headed toward Jiu Fang Island.

When they neared Jiu Fang Island, to their shock the island was also gone, relegated to history. In the blink of an eye there were only vast blue waves, the sea raging, no island in sight anymore.

Only the remnants of some rocks below the water let anyone see that once, a rather large island had jutted up from the sea here.

At this point, Lei Jun was finally able to get in touch with Xu Yuanzhen.

"Liu Dongzhuo from Mount Shu, along with Zhou Peng and Wen Zhaoqian from Pure Yang Palace, and Gu Han too?" Xu Yuanzhen said, "But, Qi Shuo is still Qi Shuo?"

Lei Jun said, "Exactly."

Xu Yuanzhen said, "Taoist Taiping has also been replaced."

*Lei Jun had suspected as much, and now one of his guesses was confirmed,* "Looks like when they were healing, someone took advantage of them."

Xu Yuanzhen personally took action—even if the enemy stayed holed up in the Yellow Sky Altar, it was useless.

That "Taoist Taiping" was just as decisive. Whether or not he regretted barely missing out on seizing the Yellow Sky Sect, his actions showed no hesitation: he directly triggered the Yellow Sky Altar’s self-sacrifice and destruction, and at the same time, burned up his own Eightfold Heaven realm Taoist Taiping Magic Body in one shot.

Pulling this two-pronged move to buy time, "Taoist Taiping" ejected his Nascent Soul and escaped far away in a flash.

Xu Yuanzhen destroyed the Yellow Sky Altar and, at the same time, blew up the sacrificial Taoist Taiping Magic Body.

So, after two hundred years overseas, the Yellow Sky Altar that supported the Yellow Sky Sect’s separatist foundation became history as well.

As for her destruction of it, Xu Yuanzhen didn’t especially care and casually said,

"The affairs on land should be left to the Tang Imperial Court for now. I’ll look into that fake Taoist Taiping who did the possession."

"Since I’m already out at sea, I’ll swing by that so-called Changjie Island for a look. Do as you wish."

Lei Jun said, "I’ll go back to land and see if Kang Ming can still be of any further use."

"Alright." Xu Yuanzhen replied casually, "I picked up a few things on Jiu Fang Island, not bad, but I can’t use them myself. If you’re interested, I’ll leave them somewhere here in the sea for you to pick up."

Lei Jun was interested, "Oh? Thank you, senior sister."

*This must be the Third-Rank Opportunity mentioned in that second best lot, right?*

He followed the direction Xu Yuanzhen pointed out, heading southwest, going deeper into the open sea.

Soon he found a truly deserted, barren island.

Lei Jun searched the island thoroughly and found it even tougher than when he’d looked for Zhu Bo Cave Mansion. *He had to admit, Senior Sister really was an expert at both hiding and finding things.*

After he removed the magical power prohibition Xu Yuanzhen had left to conceal it, the first thing that happened was a faint dragon chant that seemed to ring by his ear.

What he saw was actually a clump of raincoat grass.

But, unlike ordinary wispy raincoat grass, the bunch left by Xu Yuanzhen had stalks thick as angry dragons.

Bunched together, they naturally gave rise to a hazy mist of rain above them.

Inside the mist, dragon-shaped lights and shadows seemed to dart about, with low, rumbling dragon chants, as if a true dragon lurked within.

[Dragon Form Raincoat]

Lei Jun looked at the extremely spiritual, dragon-like spiritual object and understood immediately.

It truly was a rare heavenly material and earthly treasure.

*Given the Yellow Sky Sect’s resources and reach, obtaining this much Dragon Form Raincoat wasn’t quite impossible, but it was incredibly difficult. Who’d been secretly backing them?*

Kept in the Ancestral Altar, it was safe and secret enough in theory—but now it had all been donated to Taoist Xu and Master Lei.