Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price-Chapter 289 - 94: Spirit Corpse Mountain and the Zhenyang Sect

Chapter 289: Chapter 94: Spirit Corpse Mountain and the Zhenyang Sect

Mountain peaks overlap, and verdant bamboo is lush.

The once serene and beautiful bamboo forest is now a scene of devastation.

The felled bamboo stretches for more than ten miles, and in the place where the bamboo once stood, there are thousands of spirit corpses densely packed.

They press down like a dark cloud descending from the sky, creating an oppressive feeling of an impending storm.

Before these thousands of spirit corpses stand five people.

Four men and one woman, all with ordinary appearances. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

But the spiritual power they naturally exude has already overshadowed these thousands of terrifying spirit corpses!

Five Golden Core cultivators.

This is also the majority of Spirit Corpse Mountain’s hidden trump cards.

When attacking Cloud Pattern Mountain, Spirit Corpse Mountain did not send a single Golden Core cultivator, but this time they have dispatched five!

It shows Spirit Corpse Mountain’s resolve to conquer Cloud Bamboo Mountain.

Behind the five Golden Core cultivators is a wooden cart pulled by two Black Cloud Tigers, surrounded by dozens of Spirit Corpse Kings.

The female Golden Core cultivator walks up to the wooden cart and cups her hands:

"Young Master, we have reached the southernmost part of the Northern Wilderness, but cannot find the location of Cloud Bamboo Mountain."

This is also why Cloud Bamboo Mountain has stood unchallenged for hundreds of years, as it has always been protected by a massive Concealment Array, preventing anyone from finding its exact location.

From the carriage comes Mo Sha’s lazy voice: "No matter, Ling knows."

The female Golden Core cultivator is startled, looking up at the carriage with disdain on her face.

No one knows where this person named Ling came from, but a few years ago, she appeared at Spirit Corpse Mountain and was placed at the Young Master’s side by the Mountain Master.

Many people were dissatisfied, privately gossiping that this woman was perhaps a plaything for the Young Master arranged by the Mountain Master, or just a dual cultivation tool.

Yet, this Ling is always wrapped in a black robe, her appearance unclear, her cultivation level unreadable, and with the Mountain Master’s strict orders, no one has dared to trouble her openly these years.

Upon hearing Ling claim she knows how to find Cloud Bamboo Mountain, the Golden Core cultivators are unimpressed.

The carriage curtain is lifted, Mo Sha and the black-robed woman called Ling step out.

Ling retrieves a bone chain from her bosom, resembling the one made from Xiao Wu’s mother’s hand bone.

"Cloud Bamboo Mountain is protected by a High Tier Concealment Array, difficult to find without a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator’s intervention to forcibly break it, unless you have the Spirit Key to open the array."

A Golden Core cultivator snorts: "So you claim this bone chain in your hand is the so-called Spirit Key?"

Ling’s voice is slightly hoarse, devoid of any emotional fluctuation: "Yun Chen always wanted to ally with the Zhenyang Sect. He once visited the Zhenyang Sect Leader Yu Qingtian and gifted a Spirit Key to him. Later, Yu Qingtian gave this Spirit Key to the Xiyue Peak Master Sang Yue. After Sang Yue’s death, the Spirit Key ended up with Ye Xiyue."

"You’ve said so much, yet you still don’t have the Spirit Key."

The Golden Core cultivators all glare coldly at Ling.

"I don’t have it, but I forged a replica."

Ling lifts the bone chain and says calmly:

"With this forged Spirit Key, you can enter Cloud Bamboo Mountain."

"Hehe, do you think you can forge a Spirit Key?" Someone sneers coldly.

Ling says: "You don’t know, I am an Artifact Refiner, a Fifth Tier Artifact Refiner."

The five Golden Core cultivators exchange glances.

A Fifth Tier Artifact Refiner?

This is already a level capable of crafting Upper Grade magical artifacts, even imitating Divine Artifacts!

Another Golden Core cultivator scoffs: "Even if you are a Fifth Tier Artifact Refiner, how could you obtain the Spirit Key from Zhenyang Sect to forge a replica? Can you freely enter and exit Zhenyang Sect, even casually access Ye Xiyue’s room?"

Ling falls silent, Mo Sha interrupts their doubts:

"Enough, my father says Ling will surely help me catch Yun Wu, I trust Ling, stop wasting words!"

"Yes." The five Golden Core cultivators can only lower their heads in agreement.

Mo Sha laughs heartily: "Ling, hurry and show us the way, I can’t wait any longer!"

Ling says: "Young Master, tonight is Cloud Bamboo Mountain’s annual Cloud Bamboo Dance Festival, and they will undoubtedly be less vigilant. If we attack at night, they will be caught off guard."

The female Golden Core cultivator says coldly: "How do you know so much about Cloud Bamboo Mountain?"

Ling replies plainly: "A few years ago, when Yun Chen went to Zhenyang Sect to visit Yu Qingtian, I was present, and he mentioned the Cloud Bamboo Dance Festival himself."

"What?! You were there?!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

The five Golden Core cultivators immediately become alert, ready to act at any moment.

Mo Sha laughs heartily: "No need to get too tense, you’ll learn Ling’s identity soon enough, so let’s follow Ling’s plan and attack in the evening!"

"Yun Wu, my beauty, wait for me!"

...

"What?! Uncle Chen, you knew Spirit Corpse Mountain would come all along?"

Yun Zhen jumps up immediately: "Then what’s the wait, let’s quickly gather everyone and arrange our defenses!"

Yun Chen doesn’t move: "There’s no use, I’ve foreseen this moment long ago, Cloud Bamboo Mountain will inevitably face this day, and it cannot be avoided."

As he speaks, blood drips from the corner of his mouth, Yun Zhen hastily asks: "Uncle Chen, are you wounded?"

Yun Chen smiles bitterly: "Over the years, I’ve seen too many heavenly secrets, and the Heavenly Dao no longer tolerates me. I have no more than a month to live now."

Yun Zhen is stunned: "How can this be..."

Yun Chen continues: "Before I die, I must do something for Cloud Bamboo Mountain, and the most important thing is... to preserve the younger generation."

"I have arranged for Xiaowu and the children to learn the customs and lifestyles of Eastern Cultivator and West Imperial, so they can adapt to the environment there in advance. Even if Cloud Bamboo Mountain is no more, they can continue to live in the outside world."

"All these years, I’ve also sent people to investigate East Cultivation and West Imperial in various ways. The Emperor of West Imperial Dynasty has grown increasingly muddle-headed and tyrannical, even killing innocent meritorious ministers, making it no place of refuge."

Yun Zhen understands: "So Uncle Chen, you’ve chosen Zhenyang Sect of Eastern Cultivation for Xiaowu and the rest?"

Yun Chen nods: "Eastern Cultivation is prosperous and peaceful, Zhenyang Sect is the strongest among the three sects, and I planned to send Xiaowu over in advance to see if Zhenyang Sect would accept people."

"But unexpectedly, the Celestial Fall Sect suddenly intervened, disrupting my plans, and I was troubled about finding someone to send Xiaowu and the rest to Zhenyang Sect."

"Then you and Qin Gengyun came."

"It fits perfectly with the glimpse of fate I once saw, this must be destiny."

Yun Zhen widens his eyes: "So Uncle Chen, you want me and Qin Gengyun to send Xiaowu and the children to Zhenyang Sect?"

"The secret Xiaowu holds will soon spread across the world, only Zhenyang Sect can protect her, but the other children may not get into Zhenyang Sect, find them a peaceful town in Eastern Cultivation, to live well."

"So Uncle Chen, the moment we met you measured their fortune to make them owe you a favor, unable to refuse?"

Yun Zhen finally starts to understand.

Yun Chen smiles: "This favor is not enough, doesn’t Qin Gengyun face the problem of techniques surpassing his cultivation, exhausting spiritual energy quickly?"

Now Yun Zhen is completely stunned, murmuring: "Uncle Chen, are you planning for Yun Wu to..."

Yun Chen calmly states: "If this is the only way for Yun Wu to survive, then this is her fate."

Yun Zhen is dumbfounded for a long time, suddenly looking to Yun Chen: "What about you? Uncle Chen, won’t you come with us?"

Yun Chen smiles: "We old ones grew up on Cloud Bamboo Mountain since childhood, our roots are here, leaving is like dying. Xiaowu and Yun Xing are different, they long for the outside world and shouldn’t die with us here."

"Uncle Chen..."

Yun Zhen’s eyes redden.

At this moment, the leaves of the clouds bamboo above rustle violently, creating an urgent rustling sound.

Yun Zhen is startled: "This... have they intruded? Spirit Corpse Mountain?!"

Yun Chen puts down his teacup, slowly stands, and calmly smiles:

"The guests are finally all here."