Chapter 274 - 267: Joining Hands, Speculation

Chapter 274: Chapter 267: Joining Hands, Speculation

"That’s not right. We were supposed to appear much deeper inside."

"It’s because of you lot..."

Bai Ling frowned as she stepped out of the Light Gate and surveyed her surroundings.

She had spent a long time preparing to teleport in, just waiting for an opportunity to open the Teleportation Gate.

Just moments ago, the Array had detected a window for teleportation. Bai Ling immediately activated the Array, leading the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable through.

But the location she ended up in was completely different from what she had anticipated.

When she glanced around, her eyes lit up. She instantly understood why the Array’s detection had been off.

"Cyan Ape Venerable, grab that little girl!"

Bai Ling shouted urgently.

The Cyan Ape Demon Venerable had received instructions from the Nine Nether Demon Venerable before arriving. Without a second thought, it stepped forward and charged the golden giant wolf.

"Sect Leader Mo, stop that Cyan Ape! Don’t let it take her, no matter what!"

Gu Wei shouted in a panic.

The moment he saw Bai Ling, he knew her identity.

However, the more pressing matter was to stop the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable.

The Cyan Ape Demon Venerable was a Demon Beast Venerable. Inside the Beast God Tree Forbidden Land, its Cultivation wouldn’t be suppressed—it would be enhanced.

The golden giant wolf was only a fifth-tier Demon Emperor; it was no match for the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable.

If Mo Yunzhen didn’t intervene, the golden giant wolf would be swiftly defeated.

Mo Yunzhen knew that if he continued his attack on the golden giant wolf, the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable would be able to snatch the little girl in the black dress with little to no effort.

He immediately spun around, sending his Flying Sword slashing toward the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable.

"Gu! Let’s team up. We’ll grab the little girl first and sort everything else out later!"

"If she escapes, it will be bad for both of us and only benefit the Sang Family!"

Bai Ling had also sensed a familiar aura from Gu Wei, so she immediately called out.

"Fine! Bai, I’ll listen to you for now!"

Gu Wei also knew that a fight between Mo Yunzhen and the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable would only allow the little girl to escape.

That wouldn’t do either of them any good.

Both of them sent telepathic messages to their respective Venerables. Mo Yunzhen and the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable had already been on the verge of clashing.

At Bai Ling and Gu Wei’s telepathic command, the two Venerables changed course once more, both charging toward the golden giant wolf.

"Another Venerable, and a Demon Race Venerable at that!"

"What on earth is going on? Venerables are a rare sight in the Forbidden Land, so why are they appearing one after another?"

The faces of Qu Chengyuan and the others paled once more.

The one who appeared this time wasn’t a human Venerable, but a Demon Race Venerable!

A human Venerable might not make things difficult for them, but a Demon Race Venerable... that was a different story.

"Junior Sister, we can’t linger any longer. We have to leave right now!"

Jie Qiu couldn’t hold back any longer and sent a telepathic message to Xie Xiuyue.

"No! No! Senior Sister, I can’t leave!"

"Those two, and that little girl... they all have unimaginable Cause and Effect Lines on them!"

"Their Cause and Effect Lines connect to the endless sky of this world!"

But Xie Xiuyue replied excitedly.

"They’re Venerables. It’s perfectly normal for their Cause and Effect Lines to be out of the ordinary!"

"Listen to me, leave with me right now!"

Jie Qiu continued to persuade her.

The situation wasn’t so dire that they had to leave just yet, and she didn’t want to drag Xie Xiuyue away by force.

"No! Senior Sister, the two people I’m talking about aren’t the two Venerables!"

"It’s that Wolf-eared Demoness, and that handsome young man!"

"The Cause and Effect Lines on them are even more unusual than the two Venerables’!"

"I have never seen anyone with Cause and Effect Lines like theirs!"

"Senior Sister, we can’t leave!"

"After they appeared, a faint, never-before-seen Cause and Effect Line also appeared on us."

"If we follow them, we’ll very likely encounter an unprecedented opportunity!"

Xie Xiuyue insisted.

Xie Xiuyue’s words made Jie Qiu hesitate.

What Cultivator didn’t yearn for a fateful opportunity?

Especially when the scenes unfolding before them were so unprecedented and hard to fathom.

To know there might be a huge opportunity and just give it up...

If she hit a bottleneck in her Cultivation later on, she would regret this immensely. It might even give rise to a Heart Demon.

After a moment of internal struggle, Jie Qiu was persuaded by Xie Xiuyue and decided to wait and see.

She gripped the Teleportation Talisman in her palm, ready to activate it at a moment’s notice.

As long as they didn’t run into an absolutely hopeless situation, she was confident she could get Xie Xiuyue out.

’That Demoness broke through to the Dao Fruit Realm in just thirty short years!’

After recognizing Bai Ling, Jiang Zuo silently blended into the crowd.

He was especially worried about Great Black and was tempted to put him away.

However, it was probably thanks to his Puppet Body. Both Mo Yunzhen and Bai Ling glanced at Great Black, but neither seemed to suspect his identity.

In the sky, the two Venerables attacked the golden giant wolf in unison.

The golden giant wolf was no match for even one of them, let alone both.

Facing two Venerables at once was a certain death sentence.

But the golden giant wolf wasn’t about to surrender. Its Inner Core, which had been hovering in the sky, suddenly plummeted.

The Inner Core landed before the two Venerables and exploded with a deafening BOOM.

Faced with such immense power, both Mo Yunzhen and the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable were forced to evade the blast.

The golden giant wolf seized the opportunity, using the shockwave from the explosion to turn and flee with the little girl in the black dress.

The Cyan Ape Demon Venerable and Mo Yunzhen both wanted to give chase.

But the golden giant wolf didn’t get far before it suddenly vanished from their sight.

It had entered the Chaotic Space.

Both Mo Yunzhen and the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable froze, abandoning the chase.

Even for them—a human Venerable and a Demon Race Venerable—entering the Chaotic Space meant getting lost deeper and deeper within, until they eventually perished in the Forbidden Land.

"Bai Family, Bai Ling."

"Gu Family, Gu Wei."

"This is the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable."

"This is Sect Leader Mo."

The two Venerables returned to Bai Ling’s and Gu Wei’s sides. The two then briefly introduced themselves and their companions.

"Sect Leader Mo? The famous Sect Leader of the Celestial Eye Black Pupil organization? I didn’t expect you to be so young."

Bai Ling looked at Mo Yunzhen.

She had seen his Dragon Transformation Technique with her own eyes.

’The Sect Leader of the Celestial Eye Black Pupil organization?’

Hearing their conversation, Qu Chengyuan and the others, who stood not far away, turned even paler.

’We’re done for! We’re really done for!’

’We thought that with a human Venerable around, the Demon Race Venerable wouldn’t dare to cause trouble.’

’Who would have thought this human Venerable would be the one who cares least about the lives of other Cultivators.’

"How should we deal with these Cultivators? Are they your people?"

Bai Ling looked toward Qu Chengyuan, Jiang Zuo, and their group.

"No."

Gu Wei shook his head.

"Venerables, we know that a mysterious-looking group entered the Forbidden Land over a year ago."

"The strange phenomena in the Forbidden Land only began after they entered."

"We followed them for quite a distance at that time, but were finally intercepted by a group of Demon Beasts."

"If you need a guide, we can lead the way!"

Qu Chengyuan had thought fast on his feet.

’Venerables appearing one after another can’t be a coincidence.’

’It’s most likely related to that mysterious group we were trying to track.’

"Oh? Excellent. In that case, you can stay and lead the way."

"Hmm, and on the way, you can tell us about that group."

Gu Wei had been about to eliminate the group to prevent any information from leaking.

But Qu Chengyuan’s quick thinking had undoubtedly saved them.

"Yes, Elder Gu!"

Qu Chengyuan said respectfully.

The eight of them led the way, and Qu Chengyuan began to describe the group.

Qu Chengyuan spoke at length, but he clearly didn’t know much.

He only knew that the group consisted of eight people.

All eight of them looked extremely pale and somewhat gaunt.

This gave them a furtive, ghost-like appearance.

Jiang Zuo listened silently from the side.

Bai Ling and Gu Wei didn’t say much.

Perhaps the two of them already considered Qu Chengyuan, Jiang Zuo, and the others to be dead men walking, so they spoke without much restraint.

Jiang Zuo listened for a while and pieced things together. The two of them came from two great families: Bai Ling from the Bai Family, and Gu Wei from the Gu Family.

The eight furtive people Qu Chengyuan mentioned were from the Sang Family.

’Are there really great families in the Cultivation Realm that match these names?’

Jiang Zuo wasn’t sure. He had never paid much attention to such matters.

However, the more Bai Ling and Gu Wei spoke, the more certain Jiang Zuo became of one thing.

’These two, and the Sang Family... they most likely came from the Upper Realm!’