Chapter 145 Yin-Yang White Bones (Fifteen)
The powerful array completely enveloped the surroundings, and more than twenty purple-robed cultivators hung high in the sky, casting a huge shadow over Jiang Gu and the others.
“Their cultivation is all at the True Immortal Realm.” Bai Yi supported herself and struggled to her feet. Countless white bones beneath her skirt lay like countless roots on the ground. “Bai Luan’s cultivation is even more unfathomable. We are no match for her.”
The faces of everyone present were grim. Yao Li, the highest-ranking among them, was already a Golden Immortal, yet he couldn't even withstand a single move from Bai Luan. Not to mention the vast difference in combat power between Pingze cultivators and Wangyue cultivators of the same level. Furthermore, Xiao Qingyan and Bai Yi, the Wangyue cultivators among them, were only at the Mahayana stage.
They were almost powerless to resist.
Jiang Gu carefully observed the surrounding situation and secretly activated the black jade bracelet hidden in his wrist bone. The disparity between him and his enemy was too great, and he had no intention of fighting to the death. As long as he and Wei Feng could survive, the lives of others were none of his concern.
To everyone's surprise, Bai Luan grinned from high in the sky, her gaze fixed intently on Jiang Gu. "So you're that Jiang Gu—"
Jiang Gu frowned. He didn't think he had the ability to impress a genius like Bai Luan.
Suddenly, a strong wind arose, and Bai Luan's bone whip swept towards Jiang Gu. Even faster than Jiang Gu was Xiao Qingyan beside him. He summoned a talisman and blocked Jiang Gu's path, saying coldly, "Bai Luan, you'd better stop now."
Bai Luan's smile deepened. "Young master, you're really getting impatient. Could this person truly be the one destined for you in the rumors?"
Xiao Qingyan's eyes turned cold. He formed a hand seal to block the bone whip and suddenly twisted it, showing no fear as he fought against him. "You won't be able to hurt him in the slightest."
Xiao Qingyan's cultivation was far inferior to Bai Luan's, but he was surrounded by a dazzling array of powerful elders and pavilion masters who had blessed him with magical veins and life-saving formations. He could also pull out top-grade heavenly magic treasures as if they were free, and he didn't even blink when they were broken. He managed to hold back most of the battle force with his own strength and did not fall behind, and he did not let anyone hurt him in the slightest.
Not only Bai Luan, but the other purple-robed cultivators were also seething with hatred. Most of these precious magic treasures were obtained by the disciples of the Eight Pavilions through a perilous journey to the secret realm, but in the end, they were given to these useless young masters. No one could swallow this insult.
"Capture Jiang Gu first!" While fighting with Xiao Qingyan, Bai Luan extended his bone claws toward Bai Yi, who was trying to escape from the edge of the magic array.
Jiang Gu sensed something was wrong and grabbed Wei Feng, who was still unaware of the situation, and directly entered the teleportation array of the black jade bracelet. This caused the purple-robed cultivators who rushed up to miss their target, while Jiang Xiangyun and Yao Li, who had been behind them, were exposed to everyone's sight.
"These two have the Misty Rain Token!" a voice rang out. "We can take the Misty Rain Token first!"
Upon hearing this, most of the purple-robed cultivators who were originally using their divine sense to track Jiang Gu's whereabouts rushed towards Jiang Xiangyun. Clearly, for them, seizing the Misty Rain Token was a more realistic goal.
Jiang Xiangyun grabbed the heavily injured Yao Li, summoned the Xuan Yang Halberd to defend himself, and said through gritted teeth, "Seventh Brother, you're really not a fair player."
Others might not recognize the voice, but he knew it belonged to Jiang Gu!
Jiang Gu, who was hiding in the black jade bracelet, twitched the corner of his mouth, his gaze fell on Wei Feng, and he said in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, I'll borrow your body for now."
Before he finished speaking, he placed his thumb on Wei Feng's forehead. Before Wei Feng could react, a large ball of bright golden primordial spirit entered his body and enveloped his primordial spirit. He then placed a thick layer of spiritual energy between the two primordial spirits. After that, Wei Feng felt his body begin to lose some control.
"Relax, this is not possession." Jiang Gu's voice came from all directions, as if it had become one with him. "I will take you away."
Although Wei Feng knew that being possessed by a primordial spirit was extremely dangerous, Jiang Gu's voice was very convincing and made him believe in it for no reason. Before he could respond, Jiang Gu had already manipulated his body into a wet white mist, which emerged from the black jade bracelet like a ghost.
"Jiang Gu can't get out! Forget about the Misty Rain Token, find Jiang Gu!" Bai Luan had already captured Bai Yi, and he was furious at the chaos his men were in. "He's a Jade Rank, worth ten thousand Misty Rain Tokens!"
Those in purple robes were shocked upon hearing this.
"Jade steps?!"
"The legendary jade steps have appeared?"
"What about the jade steps we found five years ago?"
“But those with jade-like talent and primordial spirit are one in ten thousand, and their appearance is like that of gods and immortals. He is just an ordinary person with mediocre cultivation…”
"Never mind, let's catch them first!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yi suddenly realized something and frowned as he looked at Bai Luan. "Bai Luan, don't make the same mistake again. You are going against the will of Heaven. If you continue like this, how will you be any different from Yan Yutai!"
Bai Luan grabbed her by the neck with one hand, revealing a sinister smile. "Sister, stop with the hypocrisy. Open your eyes and look at this world. Your tricks won't let me survive here—"
Before he could finish speaking, the scattered white mist behind him suddenly gathered, and a powerful and refined magic array suddenly entered his body from behind his neck.
Bai Luan was startled, his killing move halting abruptly. Jiang Gu, gripping Bai Luan, whirled around, but the mist had already dissipated, and Jiang Gu appeared behind him. His Crimson Snow Sword slashed at the arm holding Bai Yi, sending snowflakes flying. However, before the sword could strike, Bai Luan reacted, releasing Bai Yi and grabbing Jiang Gu's neck, twisting it violently. Instantly, the man before him turned to dust and vanished.
"A puppet?" Bai Luan frowned, annoyed that he had been tricked by such a petty trick.
Jiang Gu had already manipulated Wei Feng's body into white mist. His cultivation level was superimposed on Wei Feng's body, and the two Mahayana stage cultivation levels were fused together, which was barely equivalent to a True Immortal. He quickly formed a hand seal and started an array with one hand, leaving afterimages, while a small god statue appeared in his other hand.
This was a small magical artifact he had crafted from the broken fragments of the goddess statue. Although he had fed it to Wei Feng, he had just discovered that the statue had not been digested. In desperation, he brought it out to prepare for its second use.
There was a very faint trace of divine power remaining on the statue, almost negligible. He forcibly poured most of his cultivation into the small statue, and the statue suddenly transformed into a huge Dharma form, carrying a dense divine power as it raised its palm and smashed towards Bai Luan.
The surging, boundless divine power swooped down, causing not only Bai Luan but all the cultivators present to change their expressions and instinctively form formations to defend themselves.
At the same time, countless top-grade Heaven-rank magic treasures emerged from Xiao Qingyan, Jiang Xiangyun, Yao Li, and Bai Yi, simultaneously attacking a point within the encircling magic formation.
Unseen by the crowd, a cloud of white mist carrying several figures emerged ghost-like from the crack.
However, a few breaths later, the expected attack did not occur.
Bai Luan cautiously and slowly lowered the seal array pressed against his brow, his solemn expression turning into extreme anger. "We've been tricked! This isn't a Dharma image at all, but a bewitching technique of the fox clan!"
Everyone immediately realized that what they saw wasn't some vast, surging divine power or unparalleled Dharma image, but rather an illusion created with exquisite skill using bewitching techniques. Jiang Gu had somehow silently filled the entire array with the alluring fragrance of the fox clan, causing them to lower their guard without realizing it. Combined with this massive and intricately crafted false Dharma image, they were momentarily misled—
In the blink of an eye, a moment's hesitation can be a fatal flaw, giving Jiang Gu an opportunity to escape. If Jiang Gu's cultivation level were higher, they would probably all have died on the spot today.
Everyone was furious, and also felt a bit scared.
To be able to achieve such a level of skill with even the most basic charm technique shows that this person's mind and calculations are extremely meticulous!
Whether it was Xiao Qingyan, Jiang Xiangyun, Yao Li, or Bai Yi, they had already taken this opportunity to escape, leaving them with nothing.
Bai Luansheng was so angry that he laughed out loud: "Fine, fine! Fine, Jiang Gu! I really underestimated you!"
First, Jiang Gu used Wei Feng's original form to transform into mist and spread the fox clan's alluring fragrance. Then, he used Xiao Qingyan's affection for him to guide him with the alluring fragrance to smash all the top-grade magic treasures, break open the great formation, and obtain a passage. Finally, he took everyone away and successfully escaped. Jiang Gu himself was standing on the deck of the flying boat with a serious expression, looking at his trembling, tearful little disciple.
“It really wasn’t possession,” he explained, frowning.
Wei Feng sniffed, wishing he could be eight hundred feet away from him. Clearly, in his eyes, this master had become one of those evil cultivators who practiced crooked and unorthodox methods.
Jiang Gu suppressed his irritation and said coldly, "Come here."
Wei Feng shook his head in horror and kept moving closer to Bai Yi, who was healing his wounds.
Although Bai Yi's initial impression of Wei Feng was not good, Wei Feng's personality has changed drastically now, like a naive sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. And because of that cup of tea, Bai Yi couldn't help but be more lenient with him, and said with a dry laugh, "Brother Gu, he may just be a little scared. After all, he is still a child."
"..." Jiang Gu's expression immediately turned even colder.
Jiang Xiangyun leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed and said with a smile, "Yes, Seventh Brother, it's all thanks to you taking him away, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."
He deliberately emphasized the word "possession," clearly still resentful that Jiang Gu used him to draw attention away from the enemy. Moreover, everyone was eventually poisoned by the fox clan's alluring fragrance, and he inexplicably took out most of his top-grade magic treasures to join Xiao Qingyan in breaking the magic array. Now, he was in great pain.
Xiao Qingyan, who suffered the greatest loss, was green with rage when he escaped. Yet, he couldn't find fault with Jiang Gu's actions, since he had saved everyone. This genuine young master was still holed up in his room.
Jiang Gu's scheme had everyone involved, even Bai Yi lost most of her fortune, but being kind-hearted, she had no objections.
"You're welcome." Jiang Gu glanced at Jiang Xiangyun expressionlessly, walked up to Wei Feng, and stared down at him.
Wei Feng nervously swallowed, subconsciously reaching for his right earring, only to find it had an unfamiliar feel to it. However, he had already placed his unique communication talisman inside, and in the end, he activated the magic array and squeezed it down.
A flash of red light appeared, but the communication talisman in the earring did not emit any light, leaving only a long silence and stillness.
Wei Feng was stunned. This was a communication talisman created by him and Xuan Zhiyan, which only the two of them could activate. However, it was no longer effective. Undeterred, he activated it several more times.
Jiang Gu coldly watched his pleading gesture, and was about to speak when the communication talisman on his earring suddenly lit up with a faint red light.
Immediately afterwards, a warm and mature voice slowly rang out from the earring, carrying a hint of complexity and doubt: "...Wei Feng?"
Wei Feng was overjoyed and cried out in a sob, "Xuan Zhiyan, come and save me!"
The air pressure around Jiang Gu instantly froze.
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