Chapter 542: Prey and Hunter

Hunting ground.

Lu Dong stood there in a daze as he looked at the four outer realm cultivators whose bodies exploded in an instant, without even their souls left.

This scene reminded him of the time when Senior Chu showed his power in the Star Sea Region.

As the bronze bell rang, the monks from the outer realm turned into blood flowers.

But the key point is, this is Zifu, and according to Zifu rules, people who have entered once cannot come in again.

Senior Chu has come in once.

If it wasn't Senior Chu, then who could it be? Could it be that these people triggered some kind of taboo in the hunting ground, or were there monsters around?

Thinking of the monster, Lu Dong's expression was shocked. He picked up one person in each hand and carried the two companions behind him. He did not even bother to heal his wounds. After swallowing a pill, he quickly left the place.

No matter what the situation is, it means that there is danger here, and it will not be wrong to leave here first.

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Watching Lu Dong leave in a hurry, Chu Ning did not show up to meet him. Normally, people who leave Zifu will forget what happened inside, but the current situation is unexpected.

The three Yin-Yang sects offered a bounty for the heads of the Northern Territory cultivators. They must have known the situation in the Purple Mansion. Otherwise, even if these cultivators from the outer realm killed Lu Dong and his men, their memories would be lost after they left the Purple Mansion. Wouldn't it be a waste of their lives? Recorded in the jade slip? Before he figured it out, he didn't intend to expose himself.

Each person can only enter the Purple Mansion once. If the outside world knows that you are still in the Purple Mansion, I am afraid that more people will target you.

Although there are many people staring at him now, as Yun Anlan said, he has only offended some strong people from the outside world. Most of them don't have a good impression of him, but they are not to the extent of wanting to kill him.

As a dying man, he is still alive today. The strong people from the outside world can think that he is the backup plan left by the Saint Master and his predecessors for the North Territory, and they paid a great price to prolong his life.

But if they knew that they could enter the Purple Mansion for the second time, then among these Dongxu powerhouses, the meaning would be completely different.

This means that he has mastered some secrets of Zifu.

For the sake of Zifu, these powerful outer realm Dongxu masters were willing to hold their noses in their hands and be blackmailed by themselves. It can be imagined how important Zifu is to these masters.

Half an hour later.

More than sixty monks from other borders have been killed by Chu Ning. All of them attacked monks from the Northern Border. Some of them had already killed monks from the Northern Border, and some, like Lu Dong, were being killed by Chu Ning in battle.

Deep in the hunting grounds.

Chu Ning was shrouded in a layer of yellow mist, and in front of him were two pale-faced outer-realm demigod monks.

"You guys broke the rules."

Chu Ning's cold voice sounded, and the expressions of the two outer realm gods changed. One of them asked curiously, "Senior, who are you?"

"The Purple Mansion Judge."

Hearing this, the two men looked at each other, and one of them said, "Senior, we did not violate the rules of the Purple Mansion. We entered the Purple Mansion by climbing the Heavenly Ladder."

"I don't care about the Heavenly Ladder. My responsibility is this hunting ground."

"Senior, we are not breaking any rules in the hunting grounds." Another man explained, "There are no rules in the hunting grounds that forbid killing people, right?"

Just when they were about to attack the Northern Monks, they were suddenly caught by a terrifying force and brought to this unknown place. After thinking about it, they could only think that it was because of the matter of dealing with the Northern Monks. However, before they came in, someone had told them that cannibalism was allowed in the hunting grounds of Zifu.

Chu Ning did not respond, but just pointed in the air, and the body of the foreign man on the left suddenly exploded into blood, and the blood splattered all over the man on the right.

"You only get one chance."

Chu Ning's cold voice sounded again. He didn't know what those powerful men from the outside world had done, but he could find out the truth from the mouths of these monks from outside the world who came in.

The man from the outside world was in a state of extreme tension at the moment. He did not question whether the identity of the man in the fog was fake.

Senior Dongxu from the outer realm had told him that if one wanted to enter the Purple Mansion, one could only enter from the Heavenly Luck Ladder, and each person could only enter once in their lifetime.

The other party was definitely not trying to stand up for the Northern cultivators, so it was really possible that he had violated the rules of the Purple Mansion.

The man's mind raced, thinking about how he and his companions had violated the rules of the Purple Mansion. After a few breaths, he suddenly thought of a possibility and immediately asked, "Senior, are you referring to memory?"

Chu Ning was silent. The man knew that he had guessed correctly, and he quickly explained, "Senior, we did not violate the rules of the Purple Mansion. We just carried a specially refined jade slip with us for recording. It will not reveal any information about the Purple Mansion."

In order to protect himself, the man told the truth all at once, and only then did Chu Ning know what the powerful man from the outside world had done.

The three Yin-Yang Sects gave each of these foreign cultivators who were willing to cooperate a specially refined jade slip. As long as they killed a Northern cultivator and stained the jade slip with a drop of his blood, after leaving the Purple Mansion, the Shao family could judge how many Northern cultivators they had killed based on the blood left on the jade slip.

All those who enter the Purple Mansion will automatically erase their memories of the Purple Mansion after leaving it. This is also known to the strong people in the outside world, and the three Yin-Yang Sects can only use this method.

The reason why they didn't use the photo stone was because they were afraid of taboos, so they used this jade slip that could only record the people they killed.

This is also one of the reasons why these cultivators from outside the realm are willing to cooperate. In their opinion, this should not violate the rules of the Purple Mansion, and for killing a cultivator from the Northern Territory, the three Yin-Yang Sects have promised them benefits that even they are tempted by.

After saying this, the man took the jade slip out of his storage bag.

A hand stretched out from the mist and took the jade slip away. When the man saw the skinny hand, his pupils shrank.

Judging from this hand, this senior judge must have a lifespan of several thousand years.

Chu Ning took the jade slip and felt the forbidden energy on it. It was obvious that there should be a special formation set up inside the jade slip.

"Senior, I shouldn't be like this..."

Bang! Before the man could finish his words, his body exploded like a blood flower.

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In the entire hunting ground, not all monks from outside the border attacked monks from the northern border.

A mountain peak on the periphery.

Two women and four men were besieging two monsters. Among these five people, two were from the northern border.

The six people fought with the two monsters for an hour, and after paying a lot of price, they finally beheaded the two monsters.

"We are making quite a noise here. I am afraid it will attract other monsters. Let's leave here first."

The six people were about to leave, but the next moment they all stopped and looked forward.

In front of the six people, five figures appeared, especially the appearance of a man, which made the expressions of the six people change. This man was in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation, while the six of them were in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation.

"Cheng Xuefei from Limeng Sect in Zhongtian Realm greets all the fellow Taoists."

The leading man among the six people was the first to report his identity. The man in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm wearing a gray robe opposite him glanced at the six people and said indifferently: "Fellow Daoists from the Limeng Sect can leave on their own. We are here to find the cultivators from the Northern Territory."

After these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on the two men on the far right.

Lan Wensu and his companions looked at each other. They were here to cause trouble for them. Could it be that these five people were related to the Yin Yang Sect, the Pure Yang Sect, and the Shao Family? But Senior Chu had already screened out all the outsiders who came in. It was impossible for people from these three families to sneak in.

"Everyone, we are working together with Fellow Daoist Lan to kill the monsters. We have already formed an alliance. In this hunting ground, everyone's target should be the monsters. There is no need to kill each other and waste strength."

A female cultivator in a yellow skirt from the Limeng Sect spoke up. When she first entered the hunting ground, she was separated from her fellow practitioners and was chased by monsters. It was Lan Wensu and another person who rescued her.

It was also for this reason that she invited Lan Wensu and the other two to travel together, and finally meet with her senior brothers and others to form an alliance to kill the monster together.

For Bian Ruyan, Lan Wensu is not only her savior, but also her cooperation in hunting monsters has made her fall in love with him.

Even though she was a Divine Transformation cultivator, she had never had such thoughts about any male cultivator before.

"Everyone, why don't we just call it quits? I owe you a favor."

Cheng Xuefei spoke up. He could see that his junior sister had feelings for Lan Wensu, and he was happy to see it happen.

There is no grudge between them and the Limeng Palace and the Northern Territory. As the only daughter of the Third Elder, the elder has been worried about her marriage over the years.

The Third Elder was very kind to him and if Junior Sister and Lan Wensu could succeed, it would relieve the Third Elder's worries that had plagued him for many years.

As for Lan Wensu coming from the northern border, if other sects really want to attack the northern border, they will be able to protect Lan Wensu and his family in Limeng Palace.

As for the memory being erased, that is not a problem. The junior sister can give Lan Wensu a token of love when she leaves.

The grey-robed man sneered and said, "For the sake of your senior brother from the Limeng Sect, I'm giving you a piece of advice. Don't interfere in the affairs of the Northern Territory cultivators, or you'll only get yourself into trouble. This time, it's not just us who are targeting the Northern Territory cultivators. Others who come in will also attack the Northern Territory cultivators. You can't protect these two people, not to mention that this is the Purple Mansion."

At the end, the man did not hide the threat in his words.

Cheng Xuefei, Bian Ruyan and other disciples from Li Meng Palace all looked grim at the same time. They understood what the other party meant.

They were killed in Zifu, and even if the sect wanted to avenge them, they couldn't find their murderers.

“Fellow Daoist Cheng, Fellow Daoist Bian, since this is a grudge between our northern borders, your sect should not interfere.”

Lan Wensu spoke up. He understood that these monks from other realms had already agreed before coming in that they would collectively attack the monks from the northern realm.

Hundreds of monks from outside the realm came in. Even if these people did not attack them because they were afraid of Li Meng Palace, there would be others who would attack them.

Li Meng Palace can protect you once, but not many times.

What's more, the opponent's strength is even higher than that of Li Meng Palace. He doesn't want to implicate Li Meng Palace or Fellow Daoist Bian.

"It's quite courageous."

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When the gray-robed man from the outer realm heard what Lan Wensu said, he showed approval in his eyes: "In that case, I'll give you a quick death. Commit suicide to avoid being tortured."

Cheng Xuefei looked at his junior sister, but Bian Ruyan's pretty face showed determination. Seeing his junior sister's expression, Cheng Xuefei knew what was going on.

Junior sister, you will never give up Lan Wensu.

"Fellow Daoist Lan, the four of us will stop the enemy in a moment, and the two of you leave this place immediately."

Cheng Xuefei sent a message to Lan Wensu, and Lan Wensu's pupils shrank: "Not right, this will implicate you."

"Don't worry, as long as you leave, these people will not fight to the death with us. Although the memories in the Purple Mansion will be erased, each sect has some means to trace the disciples' deaths. These people will not take this risk."

Because of the special nature of Zifu in erasing memories, over the years, various sects have resorted to various means to protect their talented disciples from being killed there.

The most common one is to plant a special mark on the body. If someone is killed, the mark will fall on the murderer. The sect's strong men can rely on the perception of the mark to find the murderer who killed the sect's disciples.

Of course, it is difficult to plant a special mark in the Purple Mansion, but there have been precedents and no one dares to take the risk.

Due to this fear, people generally will not kill when there is no conflict of interest and no hatred between the two parties.

"Get started!"

The gray-robed man's eyes narrowed, as if he had noticed that Cheng Xuefei and Lan Wensu were communicating with each other. He shouted softly and at the same time locked his aura on Lan Wensu and the other northern man.

Being locked by the aura of a mid-stage Spirit Transformation expert, Lan Wensu and his companions showed no fear on their faces. They looked at each other and did not choose to escape. Instead, they rushed towards the gray-robed man.

In Lan Wensu's heart, he couldn't leave the danger to the people of Limeng Palace.

There are five people on the opposite side, and Cheng Xuefei and the others just need to help him hold back the other four, while the two of them can deal with the man in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

In this way, Cheng Xuefei and the others would not have too much pressure, because the four people on the opposite side would definitely not fight with Cheng Xuefei and the others. In their opinion, this middle-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator was enough to deal with the two of them.

When Cheng Xuefei saw Lan Wensu and the other man heading towards the man in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm opposite him, he instantly understood what Lan Wensu was thinking. Without hesitation, he took his fellow disciples to stop the other four.

Just as Lan Wensu expected, the four people on the opposite side had no intention of fighting them to the death. Instead, Junior Sister Bian did not hold back in every move, making it difficult for the other side to resist.

"Well, they can only rely on themselves."

Cheng Xuefei sighed lightly. In this situation, even if he tried his best, it would be impossible for him to defeat his opponent in a short time. Instead, the best option was to hold each other back.

The final fate lies in the hands of Lan Wensu and the other person.

"It's a shame."

The gray-robed man looked at Lan Wensu and the other man with a disdainful sneer on his face. The gap between the early and middle stages of the Spirit Transformation cannot be made up by one person's head.

The gray-robed man flicked his right finger in the air, and Lan Wensu and his companions paused, and then the man slapped the air with his right hand.

Boom! A big hand slapped towards Lan Wensu and the other person.

This big hand directly knocked the two people to the ground.

This scene made Cheng Feixue and the other three people standing by change their expressions drastically. Although they knew that there would definitely be a gap between the middle stage and the early stage of the Spirit Transformation, they did not expect the gap to be so big.

Lan Wensu and the other person, especially Lan Wensu, had not just entered the early stage of the Spirit Transformation. As they hunted monsters along the way, the strength displayed by Lan Wensu was definitely the best among those in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation.

But even so, he was unable to take on the move from the man in front of him.

"Senior Brother Xia is not just an ordinary mid-stage Spiritualization Realm warrior. He is the direct disciple of our sect's Grand Elder. Even if he were placed in the Middle Heaven Realm, he would definitely be ranked in the top three among mid-stage Spiritualization Realm warriors. What can these two do to resist him?"

The huge hand disappeared, and Lan Wensu and his male companion were turned into bloody men.

But even so, the two of them slowly stood up from the ground.

"Kneel down."

The gray-robed man's expression remained unchanged. He pressed his palm downward, and an invisible pressure surged towards Lan Wensu and the other man.

Click!

There were instant sounds of bones breaking on Lan Wensu and the other man's bodies.

Bang! Lan Wensu's left knee bone was shattered, and half of his body bent, but at the last moment he used his right foot to steady himself and did not kneel down.

Next to him, Lan Wensu's companion also had a bloody hole on his left knee. However, unlike Lan Wensu, a look of determination flashed across the man's face. He suddenly inserted his left hand into his knee, grabbing the broken bone and preventing himself from kneeling down.

"Still two tough guys?"

There was a sarcastic look on the gray-robed man's face. He could have killed the two men directly, but he deliberately humiliated them. The reason was simple: he was hostile to Chu Ning.

It’s not that the two of them had a grudge, and Chu Ning had never killed anyone close to him, but during this period of time, in the entire Five Qi Realm, the one who was mentioned the most was Chu Ning.

You know, before the battle in the North, he was one of the three great geniuses in the Five Qi Realm, even though he was only in the middle stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm while the other two were in the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm.

But all the cultivators in the Five Qi Realm knew that with his talent and foundation, it was only a matter of time before he entered the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. And the reason why he had not entered the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm was just to hone himself and make each step more stable. His goal was the Void Realm.

He was jealous that Chu Ning had snatched away the glory that originally belonged to him.

"Fellow Daoist Lan!"

When Bian Ruyan saw this scene, her beautiful eyes were filled with anger and she was about to rush to rescue regardless of the opponent in front of her. However, Cheng Feixue also stopped her at this moment regardless of his opponent.

"Junior sister, calm down!"

If there was any possibility, he would save Lan Wensu's life, but it was obvious that the man in front of him was too powerful, and was definitely not an ordinary mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm. He was afraid that only the eldest brother in the sect could fight against him.

The eldest senior brother is a recognized genius who has reached the level of God Transformation in the Zhongtian Realm. The other party can mention the eldest senior brother and show the strength, so he must be one of the geniuses who have reached the level of God Transformation in the Wuqi Realm.

Even if these four people hadn't held them back, the four of them plus Lan Wensu would not be a match for the other side.

Although these genius-level powerful gods may be somewhat wary of the sect in their hearts, the prerequisite is not to anger them, otherwise they will definitely kill them.

"Kneel down and I'll give you a chance to live." The gray-robed man had a playful look on his face.

"dream!"

Lan Wensu spat out two words through broken teeth, while the other one simply gave a mocking expression.

"It seems the torture wasn't cruel enough!"

The gray-robed man's face turned cold and he snapped his middle finger and thumb.

Snap! The crisp sound of finger snaps rang out throughout the world.

The next moment, the scene fell into complete silence.

PS: Two chapters combined into one.

(End of this chapter)