Chapter 939: Potent Effects (3)

Just as the few of them were talking, the Restriction at the mouth of the valley suddenly began to fluctuate.

Seeing this scene, everyone immediately shifted their gazes from Chu Ning to the mouth of the valley.

Yet their expressions were not joyful, instead all revealing a trace of vigilance.

At this moment, Chu Ning, who was cultivating beneath the Tree of Myriad Laws, also sensed the fluctuation of that valley entrance Restriction.

He immediately stopped cultivating.

Then, directly braving the pressure of the Tree of Myriad Laws, he cast an Escape Technique, and in just a few blinks of an eye, had already flown over to the others’ side.

Seeing Chu Ning arrive, the expressions on everyone’s faces finally improved a little.

With Chu Ning here, they felt much more at ease.

But in the next instant, everyone’s expressions all relaxed.

They saw that after the Restriction at the valley mouth opened and revealed a passage, the figures of Lu Yuezhang and the other two flew in.

At once, everyone went forward to greet them.

Lu Yuezhang’s gaze swept over Chu Ning and the others, then glanced again at the distant Tree of Myriad Laws.

With a hint of surprise in his tone, he asked:

“You’ve already taken the Myriad Laws Fruit Spirit Fruits?”

At this moment Jiang Cheng responded, “Junior Martial Uncle Lu, Fellow Daoist Chu helped everyone pick the Tree of Myriad Laws Spirit Fruits, and we’ve all already taken and refined them.”

Hearing Jiang Cheng’s words, Lu Yuezhang immediately nodded and said:

“That’s good. We were truly worried we might delay matters here.”

As he spoke, Lu Yuezhang’s gaze fell on Chu Ning and he said:

“Fellow Daoist Chu, this time we owe you a great deal. Not only did you seriously injure that Demon, you also picked the Myriad Laws Fruits for everyone.”

“Elder Lu, you’re too polite. I also took one of those Myriad Laws Fruits myself.” Chu Ning said this, then turned and asked the question everyone was concerned about.

“Elder Lu, how is that Outer Celestial Demon?”

“It took some effort, but fortunately we still managed to kill it!” A hint of a smile appeared on Lu Yuezhang’s face at this moment.

But his expression did not relax in the slightest; instead, with some emotion he said:

“This Demon was truly ferocious. After you severed its two hands, even when facing the joint assault of the five of us outside the valley, it still used a Secret Technique to escape. We pursued it all the way, and also sent a message back to the Alliance. The Alliance Leader personally took action, and together with several other Nascent Soul fellow Daoists joined forces to encircle it before we finally managed to truly kill this Demon.”

Hearing Lu Yuezhang say that even Qin Changkong had personally acted, everyone couldn’t help but click their tongues in amazement.

Only now did Lu Yuezhang turn to look at Chu Ning, clasp his fists, and say:

“Fellow Daoist Chu, earlier we once suspected that you too had been possessed by that Outer Celestial Demon, so we struck at you. I must ask Fellow Daoist not to take offense.”

Chu Ning had actually later sensed that although Lu Yuezhang had struck at him, he had not gone all out.

It should still have been with the intention of forcing him.

Thinking again of the methods he had revealed, they indeed were not those of an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator, so he clasped his fists in return and said:

“Elder Lu, you’re too polite. In an urgent situation one has to adapt as needed; this junior can understand.”

“Since Fellow Daoist Chu is so magnanimous, I can be at ease.” Lu Yuezhang said, then his expression turned solemn as he continued:

“When Fellow Daoist previously fought that Demon, there is still one matter I did not understand, and I would like to consult Fellow Daoist about it.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning’s eyes flickered slightly as he asked:

“What Elder Lu refers to, is it perhaps the matter of Mr. Chu severing that Demon’s limbs?”

“Exactly!” Lu Yuezhang nodded, a strange look on his face.

“Fellow Daoist Chu’s Divine Techniques being so powerful was indeed beyond our expectations, but Mr. Lu dares say that the power of his own Magical Treasures and Spells should not be inferior to Fellow Daoist’s. Yet when I and two other fellow Daoists fought this Celestial Demon outside the valley, although we could also use Magical Treasures to wound that Demon, we were never able to seriously injure it as you did. On the contrary, after our Magical Treasures were entangled by its Demonic Qi, their Spirit Charm suffered considerable damage. If that Demon had not been intent solely on escaping, I fear our Magical Treasures would have met the same fate as Fellow Daoist Cen’s Lifebound Magical Treasure.”

As he spoke, Lu Yuezhang pointed at the two demonic hands still nailed to the ground not far away.

With curiosity, he asked Chu Ning:

“I don’t know if Fellow Daoist would be willing to tell us how you managed to seriously injure this Demon.”

“In fact, the few of you should already have heard it earlier.” Chu Ning did not conceal anything at this point.

“The main reason is that Mr. Chu’s Magical Treasure has Black Profound Gold mixed into it. Black Profound Gold has a certain restraining effect on these Outer Celestial Demons. I discovered this by chance back then in the Golden Spirit Species Spirit Realm.”

“Fellow Daoist Chu once fought another Celestial Demon in the Golden Spirit Species Spirit Realm?” Lu Yuejian asked somewhat in surprise.

Chu Ning nodded slightly. “We only crossed paths once. Back then Mr. Chu had just completed Core Formation not long before, and his Magical Treasure had not yet been fully refined and cultivated. But after I drove the Magical Treasure forth, the Demon became somewhat fearful the moment it came into contact with it, and even called out the name Black Profound Gold. So Mr. Chu remembered it.”

At this point, Chu Ning paused slightly before speaking again:

“A few days ago, when this Demon attacked here, this junior knew that his speed was no match for that Demon. So I thought to see if I could seriously injure it while it was unprepared.”

“It really is Black Profound Gold!” Lu Yuezhang nodded slightly upon hearing this.

“We indeed heard this before, but still wanted to confirm it with Fellow Daoist Chu. I truly did not expect that Fellow Daoist would actually be able to find such a material and mix it into a Magical Treasure during Refining.”

“It was also an unexpected gain for this junior.” Chu Ning answered calmly.

As for how to counter Celestial Demons, he did not conceal anything.

But as for how he obtained this Black Profound Gold, and that in the Golden Spirit Species Spirit Realm he had also wounded that Celestial Demon, Chu Ning had no intention of speaking so clearly.

After all, in that battle in the Spirit Realm back then, You Jing and Ao Langtian both died.

And afterwards that Tie Shi also died at his own hands.

Once he talked about it, it would be hard to avoid letting something slip, so he simply chose not to speak of it.

After hearing this, Lu Yuezhang’s gaze flickered slightly, as if he still wanted to say something, yet in the end he did not speak.

At this moment Chu Ning instead pointed at the two demonic hands nailed to the ground and asked Lu Yuezhang:

“Elder Lu, how should these be dealt with?”

“Leave them to us.” Lu Yuezhang replied.

“I will take them back to the Sect and seal them together with that Demon’s body.”

Hearing Lu Yuezhang say this, Chu Ning immediately made a gesture and recalled the two Flying Swords into his hands.

He then removed the half forearm and half palm of the Demon from them and handed them to Lu Yuezhang.

With a cautious expression, Lu Yuezhang took them, placed them separately into two different boxes, and at the same time took out several Talismans to paste on them.

After examining them repeatedly, he put one box into his own Storage Bag.

The other he handed to that Middle Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Taihe Institute.

And at this moment, Chu Ning also casually voiced the doubt in his heart.

“Elder Lu, why would that Outer Celestial Demon suddenly possess Fellow Daoist Zhuang’s body, and then enter this forbidden land?”