Chapter 423 - 291: Sect Treasure, Seize!

Cha Rong seized the moment, bolting out like a runaway rabbit.

But in the next instant.

A lance radiance thrust fiercely from outside the hall.

Bang!

Cha Rong was forcibly blasted back into the hall.

Looking intently, three figures emerged from outside the hall: Tang Run, a cavalry captain of the Huang Forbidden Army clad in golden armor, Liu Bingmu, Inspector from the Regent’s Mansion, and Cao Jin, an elder of the Purple Cloud Sect.

Tang Run walked into the hall with a cold expression, holding a golden spear.

"Cha Rong, you conspired with Tang Xuan, disregarded the law, embezzled national silver, and harmed the loyal. With me, Tang Run, here today, don’t think you can escape!"

"..."

The aura of slaughter enveloped the hall with frigid wind and snow. Cha Rong lay on the ground, only despair on his face.

Tang Run, a cavalry captain of the Huang Forbidden Army, had reached the realm of Seven Lower Meridian Unlocking, and also being from the Tang Family, had countless methods at his disposal. Escaping today seemed impossible for him.

While the main hall of the Purple Cloud Sect played out this drama of righteousness against kin, a figure floated down from high in the back of the sect.

Chu Ming sensed the strong auras in the front hall and a smile appeared on his face.

His figure flickered as he approached the hall on the left side.

With a palm strike, the high door of the hall blasted open.

Sword Gourd Spirit detection revealed that this hall stored a large number of treasures, ores, materials, elixirs, weapons, etc. It appeared to be the treasure house of the Purple Cloud Sect.

Inside the hall, jewels sparkled brilliantly.

Chu Ming waved his hand and collected them one by one.

The Golden Plate Storage Space was six feet wide and high, bigger than the hall, enough to collect all the treasures.

The treasures varied in grade but were abundant in number.

After clearing the front half of the hall, he moved past a high door, entering the inner hall.

The inner hall had fewer treasures, but of higher quality.

In the center was a high platform, radiating purple light, on which lay a long purple ruler.

"That ruler..."

Chu Ming looked at the purple ruler, recalling the one he obtained after killing the Purple Cloud Sect elder, Cha Xiu.

The two looked similar, but quite different.

Chu Ming took out the short purple ruler he had obtained, sensing a connection between the two.

It was a connection of primary and secondary, almost as if the short ruler in his hand originated from the long purple ruler in the hall.

Without pausing, he swept out golden light, retrieving all the treasures, including the purple long ruler.

At the instant he collected the purple ruler, the elder in the front hall of the Purple Cloud Sect, Purple Cloud, suddenly looked stricken.

"Sect Leader?" Elder Cao Jin looked at Purple Cloud.

Purple Cloud’s expression was frantic, hastily clasping his hands towards Tang Run, cavalry captain of the Huang Forbidden Army, and Liu Bingmu, Inspector from the Regent’s Mansion: "I’ll leave Cha Rong to the two of you!"

With that, he rushed out of the front hall, heading to the back of the sect.

Tang Run and Liu Bingmu looked somewhat grim, glancing towards the four elders including Cao Jin.

"Um, Lord Tang, Lord Liu, we don’t know what happened either," Cao Jin clasped his hands and said.

With Cha Rong, the current Great Elder caught, the second most powerful Cao Jin would most likely become the next Great Elder.

"Liu Jianji, shall we take a look?" Tang Run sensed something had happened at the Purple Cloud Sect.

"Okay." Liu Bingmu nodded.

Tang Run took out a golden rope, binding Cha Rong, and then they, along with the four elders of the Purple Cloud Sect, headed quickly towards the depths of the sect.

Deep within.

"Thief! Where do you think you’re going!"

The elder Purple Cloud, wielding a longsword in his right hand and a short purple ruler in his left, furiously struck at a black figure.

That short purple ruler was exactly like the one Chu Ming obtained.

Chu Ming’s figure flickered, leaping onto the hall, easily avoiding elder Purple Cloud’s blow.

As heavy snow fell, he stood atop the hall, gazing down.

"Thief, you dare to steal the Sect Treasure of our Purple Cloud Sect!" Elder Purple Cloud, as if maddened, attacked the black-clothed youth again.

The purple long ruler in the hall was the Sect Treasure of the Purple Cloud Sect, the Purple Cloud Forbidden Ruler, the source of power for all purple short rulers.

If the Purple Cloud Forbidden Ruler were taken, it would be akin to pulling out the backbone of the Purple Cloud Sect!

Chu Ming once again leaped lightly, avoiding the blow.

Bang! Bang!

The spot where he had just stood was shattered by elder Purple Cloud’s strike.

The shattered bricks pierced through the heavy snow, scattering in all directions.

Yet elder Purple Cloud hardly paused, swinging again after the missed attack.

Chu Ming, holding the Purple Cloud Forbidden Ruler, dodged at leisure.

After more than a dozen exchanges, his eyes suddenly brightened, raising the hand holding the Purple Cloud Forbidden Ruler slightly.

The Qi Blood connected successfully; he now knew how to wield the Purple Cloud Forbidden Ruler.

With a slight mind’s motion, Qi Blood was infused into the Forbidden Ruler.

Buzz!

The other short ruler in his hand shone with a brilliant purple light, while the short ruler in elder Purple Cloud’s hand instantly went dim.