Chapter 422 - 389: Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea

Chapter 422: Chapter 389: Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Guardian Array over the Deep Sea Base remained firmly sealed, allowing entry but no exit.

The gloom of being trapped had dissipated. Now slightly more at ease, Chu Mu had settled into a leisurely routine, occasionally pondering the Forbidden God Seal and studying the Heavenly Deceit Pill.

He was quite interested in the miraculous effects of the Forbidden God Seal and the Heavenly Deceit Pill.

This leisurely existence came to an abrupt end on the sixth day.

In his room, Chu Mu held the Ninth True Inheritance Order. A transmission from the Sword Dao Nascent Soul caused the Token to flash, and a calm, even voice echoed in his ear.

Slightly puzzled but not daring to delay, he pushed open his door and headed for the central grand hall.

"Greetings, Elder!"

Upon entering the hall, Chu Mu bowed.

"Alliance Leader Fu, you should be familiar with my sect’s Ninth True Inheritor."

Xu Lingtian said, glancing at Chu Mu.

True Master Yun Xiao sized up Chu Mu, a look of surprise on his face. "Young Friend Chu, you’re the Ninth True Inheritor of Longevity?"

Chu Mu glanced cautiously at the middle-aged man before slowly replying, "It is only because of Elder Xu’s high regard that I have the honor of being a True Inheritor."

True Master Yun Xiao nodded, casting an imperceptible glance toward the middle-aged man, apparently lost in thought.

"You were the one who refined the Heavenly Deceit Pill, so you are the most familiar with its effects."

"Alliance Leader Fu is about to take the Heavenly Deceit Pill. You will remain here with me and act as his Protector."

Xu Lingtian didn’t say much else. After a glance at True Master Yun Xiao, he began to instruct Chu Mu.

Chu Mu froze, confused.

’True Master Yun Xiao is a Middle Stage of Golden Core cultivator, and I’m merely at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment. Even if I understand the elixir’s effects perfectly, with such a massive gap in our Cultivation, what role could I possibly play in this process?’

’Just watch?’

His confusion lasted only an instant. Seeing the focus in Xu Lingtian’s gaze, Chu Mu immediately understood and bowed respectfully. "As you command!"

"Alliance Leader Fu, if you please."

Xu Lingtian gestured with his hand. True Master Yun Xiao forced a smile, not daring to speak further. Following Xu Lingtian’s direction, he sat cross-legged in the center of the grand hall.

A crimson light flashed. The scarlet Heavenly Deceit Pill spun rapidly as it hovered in front of True Master Yun Xiao.

After about ten breaths, True Master Yun Xiao abruptly opened his eyes, opened his mouth, and swallowed the scarlet object.

An ordinary Elixir always requires a period of time, whether long or short, for its effects to activate after being consumed.

The Heavenly Deceit Pill, however, completely defied this logic. The instant the Elixir entered his stomach, Chu Mu could clearly sense a surging, chaotic lust, even from more than ten meters away.

True Master Yun Xiao, still sitting cross-legged, seemed to have suddenly transformed from an enlightened True Cultivator into a lust-crazed Evil Cultivator.

His face was nearly twisted beyond recognition. As wisps of blood-red mist swirled around him, a bizarre face like that of an Outer Heaven Demon flickered and contorted within the haze. Even his very body seemed to be twisting and deforming.

Watching this bizarre scene, Chu Mu remained emotionally detached. The main ingredient of the Heavenly Deceit Pill guaranteed its corrupting side effects would be utterly terrifying!

Having refined the Pill with his own hands, he was perfectly aware of its terrifying nature.

Such negative corruption was only the first ordeal.

Once the Heavenly Deceit Pill’s effects fully activated, this terrifying corruption would spread completely through him.

True Master Yun Xiao would have to face this terrifying corruption for as long as the effects lasted.

If his Heart Spirit were to break during this process, then the man known as True Master Yun Xiao would... likely cease to exist in this world.

Even if the entire process went off without a hitch, True Master Yun Xiao’s Primordial Energy would be severely depleted once the Elixir’s effects wore off. Without proper Spiritual Objects to nourish his recovery, he would need at least a decade of rest.

Chu Mu watched for a long time. Only when the coiling blood mist became more distorted, its scarlet color now tinged with a faint white light, did he turn to look at Xu Lingtian beside him.

Seeing Xu Lingtian’s slight nod, Chu Mu understood. He took a single step and was instantly before True Master Yun Xiao. Raising his hand, a surge of Magical Power imbued with Supreme Yang and Firmness tentatively probed into the True Master’s body.

As his Magical Power entered, the instinctive reaction of a Golden Core True Master erupted. In an instant, his probing Divine Sense Magical Power was like a small boat in a raging tempest, moments from being overturned.

But then, as if sensing Chu Mu’s presence, the tempest instantly subsided, allowing his Magical Power of Supreme Yang and Firmness to surge in and help suppress the severe backlash from the Heavenly Deceit Pill.

If you’re going to put on an act, you have to commit to it.

He knew full well what Xu Lingtian intended.

The Spiritual Radiance Blessing descended. Under its influence, his transcendent intellect manipulated his Divine Sense Magical Power, meticulously resisting the corrosive, rampaging negative emotions as if unraveling a silkworm’s cocoon.

However, amidst this meticulous process, the Forbidden God Seal—already hidden within the chaos—was buried even deeper, becoming increasingly difficult to perceive.

At the same time, the Divine Soul Aura that had belonged to True Master Yun Xiao slowly receded and vanished, transforming into a Divine Soul Aura with which Chu Mu was now extremely familiar.

It was as if Chixia’s Celestial Cloud True Master... had returned to the world.

Chu Mu withdrew his Magical Power, his face slightly pale.

Even though he knew the effects of the Heavenly Deceit Pill like the back of his hand, to witness this grand deception—this complete transformation of a Divine Soul Aura—with his own eyes...

...he still found it hard to believe.

If he hadn’t personally refined Celestial Cloud True Master into the Pill, he too would have believed the person before him was the very same Celestial Cloud True Master who had guarded Chixia for decades and was only a step away from the Nascent Soul Realm.

Just then, True Master Yun Xiao slowly opened his eyes. In the blink of an eye, his face and form shifted, transforming into the very likeness of Celestial Cloud True Master.

His Divine Soul Aura, face, and form were all... identical to Celestial Cloud True Master’s. Not the slightest difference could be found.

Even Celestial Cloud True Master’s closest kin would likely fail to notice anything amiss upon seeing this "Celestial Cloud True Master"!

"Excellent!"

Xu Lingtian roared with laughter. In a single step, he appeared before True Master Yun Xiao, looking him up and down, the smile on his face impossible to contain.

"How do you feel?" Xu Lingtian asked.

True Master Yun Xiao’s brow furrowed as he seemed to sense his own condition. After a moment, he cupped his hands toward Xu Lingtian. "The balance is fragile. If I expend too much power, I might not be able to suppress the Elixir’s corrupting backlash."

"No matter. You only need to perform the final step."

Xu Lingtian waved his hand dismissively. "I have already pinpointed the Young Master Profound Snake’s location."

"Once I have severely wounded and captured him, you need only deliver the killing blow."

"Rest assured, Alliance Leader Fu. Once this is over, my sect will give you everything we promised!"

"I will not disappoint you, Elder!"

Overjoyed, True Master Yun Xiao hurriedly bowed, the very picture of loyal servitude...

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