Chapter 333 - 299: Extracting the Spirit Vein, Meat Mountain Breaks the Formation

Chapter 333: Chapter 299: Extracting the Spirit Vein, Meat Mountain Breaks the Formation

"Sect Leader Tantai, you have business that requires you to return to the Cyan Simurgh Sect?"

"Yes. Please, Elder Ge, inform my husband for me."

"I will return once my husband’s injuries have healed."

"Very well. I will pass on the message for you, Sect Leader Tantai."

Tantai Feixue had come to find Ge Fangrong to discuss her departure.

Jiang Zuo had still not returned, and the whole affair had stemmed from the Divine Wood Sect in the first place.

In the two years since Jiang Zuo’s disappearance, Tantai Feixue’s behavior had shown nothing suspicious.

It was unknown when Jiang Zuo would awaken, and even if he did, his body would be possessed.

If Tantai Feixue continued to stay, she might eventually notice something was amiss.

Her voluntary departure actually saved the Divine Wood Sect some trouble.

Ge Fangrong had no suspicions. After a moment’s thought, he agreed to pass on her message.

As for Lingshan’s whereabouts, she was just a handmaiden. Since Tantai Feixue didn’t mention it, Ge Fangrong didn’t care.

And so, Tantai Feixue took Lingshan and quietly departed.

"Lingshan, you’ve worked hard these past few years."

"Once we’re back at the sect, go to Qingfeng Cave and enter seclusion to cultivate for a while."

On the road, Tantai Feixue said to Lingshan.

Qingfeng Cave was a sacred place for secluded Cultivation in the Cyan Simurgh Sect. Entry always required sect contribution points.

"Thank you, Sect Leader!"

Lingshan’s heart filled with joy. She hadn’t expected such a benefit.

...

Another year passed after Tantai Feixue’s departure.

Jiang Zuo still had not awoken.

Over the past year, He Daozhen had all but stopped visiting, only coming to see Jiang Zuo a single time.

"There’s news about a Spiritual Object I posted a bounty for in the sect. I need to take a trip outside."

"Keep a close eye on Changqing’s situation."

On this day, He Daozhen summoned Ge Fangrong and spoke to him.

"Rest assured, Sect Leader. I will keep an eye on him."

Ge Fangrong nodded.

Without letting anyone else know, He Daozhen quietly left the Divine Wood Sect.

’Looks like He Daozhen is gone.’

’The Heart of Jianmu isn’t that easy to find.’

’Still, even if he suspects it’s fake, news is so rare that He Daozhen would have to go take a look no matter what.’

Inside his Visualization World, Jiang Zuo thought with a sly chuckle.

He Daozhen’s departure from the sect was, of course, because he had his Puppet Body use some tricks to fabricate news of the Heart of Jianmu and send it back to the Divine Wood Sect.

He had set up the Array long ago, but he wouldn’t have dared to make a move while He Daozhen was still around.

The Divine Soul that had been lingering beside the Mysterious Stele suddenly stirred, floating away from it.

’This person’s Divine Soul... it’s come out?’

Dragon Star noticed this instantly and couldn’t help but be overjoyed.

He had been trying to refine this person’s physical body for nearly three years, and in those three years, he had made virtually no progress.

Without hesitation, Dragon Star’s figure flickered, circling around behind Jiang Zuo’s Divine Soul.

This Divine Soul of Jiang Zuo’s just kept walking forward foolishly.

Feeling he was close enough, Dragon Star moved like a thunderclap, flashing instantly behind the Divine Soul.

"Die!"

From behind the Divine Soul, Dragon Star brought his palm down in a vicious chop.

BANG!

The Divine Soul didn’t even react as it was scattered into nothingness.

"Hahaha! I did it! This body is mine!"

Dragon Star was ecstatic.

The Five Elements Spirit Body! The World Destruction Stele! The Heaven-defying Flesh Body!

But just as he was reveling in his joy, Jiang Zuo’s true Divine Soul silently appeared behind him.

An intense Divine Sense, like a thousand blades striking at once, pierced through Dragon Star’s body.

Dragon Star’s expression changed drastically, but just as he was about to be hit, his figure flashed, reappearing dozens of meters away as if he had teleported, dodging Jiang Zuo’s attack.

"Tsk. As expected of someone from the Descent Realm. Your methods are truly extraordinary."

Jiang Zuo hadn’t expected Dragon Star to be able to escape that.

"You... you’re the body’s true Divine Soul?"

"Impossible! How could your Divine Soul be so powerful?!"

Dragon Star’s face was a little pale. The technique he had just used to escape death had clearly taken a heavy toll on his Divine Sense.

Dragon Star looked at Jiang Zuo, finding it hard to believe.

’This is too heaven-defying!’

’Just how did this person cultivate?’

"That’s none of your concern."

"You seem to recognize that stele in my mind, don’t you?"

"Tell me what you know, and I might let you live."

Jiang Zuo said with a light chuckle.

From the very beginning, he had been hiding in his Visualization World.

He had seen every move Dragon Star made.

When he’d recognized the Mysterious Stele, there had been a clear fluctuation in Dragon Star’s Divine Sense.

"Hmph! Just a mere native from the Lower Realm! You think you can do anything to me just because your Divine Sense is a bit stronger?"

"This realm is barren of Spiritual Sense Techniques. The Spiritual Sense Techniques of the Upper Realm are beyond anything you can imagine!"

Dragon Star said with a cold sneer.

"Is that so? Then I’d like to see what else you’re capable of."

Jiang Zuo wasted no more words.

With a thought, a torrent of Magic manifested in his Sea of Consciousness and smashed down toward Dragon Star.

Seeing this, Dragon Star’s expression changed once again.

’Damn!’

’I almost forgot, this guy’s master seems to be from the Upper Realm.’

’That would explain why his Divine Sense attack methods are also so extraordinary.’

However, Dragon Star hadn’t been bluffing.

Faced with Jiang Zuo’s numerous attacks, even while fighting on enemy turf, he was able to unleash various kinds of Magic and trade blows.

And when he felt that this wasn’t a sustainable strategy, he began to evade.

Only when Jiang Zuo pursued him and launched an attack he couldn’t dodge would he choose to counter it head-on.

’The Spiritual Sense Techniques from the Upper Realm really are incredible. Inside my own Sea of Consciousness, this man’s movement speed is just as fast as mine, if not faster.’

’My attack methods are too limited. It seems I can only slowly wear him down.’

’But wearing him down will take a long time.’

’He Daozhen will be back before he’s dead.’

’Oh well. In for a penny, in for a pound.’

’Either way, I’m going to offend a Third Realm Venerable. It won’t make much difference if I end up on Venerable Red Fox’s radar as well.’