Chapter 88 It's no use compromising, accepting fate, having no other options...
“You…you look in that direction…the direction that person went, it seems…it seems to be the Jade Shadow Pavilion…that place stores the most precious treasures of our magic cultivation world, she…she wouldn’t happen to have a grudge against the magic cultivation world, so she’s deliberately coming to ruin our artifact cultivation world?”
"Huh? No, really?"
"It's over... The Sword God once turned against us because we were close to the magic cultivation world. Now, has the magic cultivation world offended some powerful figure, and that figure is also holding a grudge against our weapon cultivation world?"
"It's over..."
"It's over..."
"It's over..."
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A chorus of sighs and cries of "It's all over!" rose and fell, never ceasing, and quickly spread in all directions.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, this important place in the world of artifact cultivation had been thrown into chaos, with chickens and dogs running wild and people and ghosts restless.
The patrolling disciples followed Li Chenjin from a distance, but after a short while, Li Chenjin disappeared. The disciples were then left running around like headless flies.
During this time, at the slightest sound, they would swarm to the scene, frightening the disciples who knew nothing about the outside world and causing chaos among everyone there.
This so-called strategic location in the weapon-cultivation world was rumored to be "heavily guarded and filled with killing formations," but when someone came, it was as if they were entering an empty place.
However, one cannot blame the weapon cultivators for exaggerating. After all, killing formations do exist. Since the magic cultivators are on good terms with the weapon cultivators, they would naturally set up various killing formations for the weapon cultivators.
After all, the arrays surrounding the cultivation world in the past were all set up by Shen Zhengyuan himself. After suffering several losses and almost losing her life, she quickly learned from her experience and was able to enter and leave the cultivation world as if it were empty. She was even able to assassinate Shen Zhengyuan in public.
The array formation here is far inferior to Shen Zhengyuan's, so it was naturally a piece of cake for her.
As the core of this place, the Jade Shadow Pavilion is where almost all important magical artifacts originate. Only the most outstanding talents selected through rigorous processes within the artifact cultivation world are qualified to enter.
From a distance, the Biying Tower is nearly thirty stories high, shaped like an ancient pagoda. On each floor, disciples dressed in tight-fitting clothes patrol back and forth.
These disciples who were sent to patrol and guard Biying Tower were mostly at the Nascent Soul stage, which means they were the most outstanding disciples in the weapon cultivation world. They stood tall and straight, their posture comparable to that of Mahayana stage cultivators.
Among the disciples patrolling the Jade Shadow Pavilion, someone noticed the afterimage in the distance first. In any case, by the time they realized it, the afterimage that was originally far away had already leaped close.
The figure stepped onto the wall of a pavilion, gracefully leaped onto the roof, and then soared from the top of the pavilion, passing over several pavilions in succession. Finally, under the watchful eyes of the patrolling disciples, it openly and legitimately jumped onto the Biying Pavilion.
She leaped more than ten stories high in an instant, grabbed the railing with one hand, and with a little leverage, flipped herself over the railing and stood on it. The disciples standing right in front of her were so frightened that they screamed and forgot to attack.
Before those people could react, she chuckled, waved her hand, bent her knees and exerted force. In the next second, she flew to the next level like a bird and disappeared from the disciples' sight.
This threw the Biying Tower into chaos, with shouts and screams filling the air.
Those disciples who were closely following Li Chenjin also jumped onto the roof of Biying Tower when they saw her fly up there.
But as soon as she reached the rooftop, before those people could even catch their breath and ask her questions, she lightly touched the ground with her toes and gracefully glided down to the lower level. The whole movement was fluid and crisp, and anyone who didn't know better would have thought she had gone home.
"Aaaaaah! Who is she? Who is she?!"
"They got away again! They got away again!! They got away again!!! How did you manage to catch them?!"
"What?! They ran away again?! I just climbed up here, and you're already saying they ran away again!!"
"Where is the sect leader? Quickly, fetch the sect leader! Go and fetch the sect leader!!"
"Didn't the cultivators set up a killing formation? Why didn't it work? Huh?! I knew those people couldn't be trusted!!"
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The shouts, discussions, and arguments had barely reached his ears before Li Chen had already left them far behind.
She flipped and leaped into the Biying Tower. The dozens of disciples who were busy inside turned their heads and were suddenly shocked to see an outsider barging in. They turned pale with fright.
Some people turned and ran away when they saw her, while others not only didn't run away but stayed where they were, tightly holding onto the ritual implements on the table, as if they were afraid she would snatch them away.
Fortunately, Li Chen had no intention of lingering. After glancing around, he went straight down to the next level.
When the patrolling disciples finally arrived, they found no Li Chenjin, only a group of shaken fellow disciples. They asked, "Did you see a strange person?"
A pale-faced disciple pointed shakily in a direction and said, "Just now, someone broke in and went that way..."
Upon hearing her words, instead of immediately giving chase, those people appeared utterly distraught, clutching their heads and wailing in anguish, "Why did they run away again? They ran away again!!"
"Someone help me! I'm going to throw up from running! I can't run anymore!!"
"Where did this person come from? How can they run so fast! Where's the sect leader? Where's the sect leader?! Haven't they been summoned yet?!"
"The sect leader is here! The sect leader is here!"
Just as everyone was on the verge of collapse, that shout was like a savior descending from the sky, and the people immediately rushed towards the disciple holding the communication device.
A phantom image of a middle-aged man appeared on the magical artifact.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the middle-aged man showed no sign of panic. Instead, he stroked his beard and smiled kindly at everyone, saying, "Children, don't panic, don't panic."
Upon hearing this, a disciple, covered in sweat, cried out anxiously, "Sect Leader! Someone has trespassed into the Jade Shadow Pavilion. Their cultivation level seems quite high; they're probably after the rare and precious treasures inside!"
As soon as that person spoke, the others immediately echoed in agreement. However, to their surprise, the sect leader still showed no sign of anxiety and continued to slowly stroke his beard, saying, "But... children, you can't even catch up with him, so naturally you can't be his match."
"To save my life, so be it, so be it..."
The disciple hesitated and said, "But Sect Leader, are we just going to let that person do whatever he wants in the weapon-cultivating world?"
The sect leader nodded and sighed, "Alas... even if we don't want to let that person do whatever they want, there's nothing we can do, isn't there? Just pretend we never saw it, children, turn a blind eye and it will pass."
The people present: "..."
Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of those around him, the sect leader could only continue to appease them, saying, "Think about it, when the Sword God came here to smash up the building back then, I rushed over, but in the end, I could only stand by and applaud, didn't I? So let it go, let it all go, sigh..."
"So let that person do as they please. Take whatever they want, tear down whatever they want, even if they demolish Biying Tower, it doesn't matter. Afterwards, I will go to find Elder Shen. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter at all."
"Even if Elder Shen can't get justice for us in the end, the cultivation world is rich and powerful. If I go and cry a bit, the money to rebuild Biying Tower will come, right? So it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter at all, hahaha..."
"Children, don't worry, don't worry at all. Let's go out and avoid this place for a while. Consider this Biying Tower a temporary gift. Ah... it's always better to take things easy. Back then, when I personally witnessed the Sword God demolishing the tower, my heart was breaking, but in the end, didn't I let it go? It's alright, it's all alright, hahaha..."
The disciples: "..."
After watching the sect leader stroke his beard and laugh heartily before cutting off the communication, everyone fell silent once again.
To be honest, they didn't think the sect leader was indifferent; on the contrary, it seemed like... he had gone mad.
Perhaps it was when the Sword God came to demolish the building back then that the sect leader was driven crazy by clapping and cheering while enduring the pain. His mental state had just improved a bit in recent years, but he never expected that another person would come now.
Considering his repeated mentions of the Sword God demolishing the building, it can be inferred that he doesn't seem truly "unconcerned," but rather that he has compromised, resigned himself to his fate, and has run out of options...
The communication was cut off so quickly, I'm afraid he's gone somewhere to bury his head and cry...
After an eerie and prolonged silence, one person spoke up weakly: "Elder, what should we do now?"
The elder who had been extremely anxious and jumping around with Li Chen earlier had now completely calmed down and showed no sign of anxiety.
Hearing the disciple's words, the elder glanced helplessly at the disciple who had asked the question, then looked around at the disciples around him, and sighed, "Alas... well, let's do as the sect leader says..."
"So...so should we go outside now, or...or go cheer?"
The elder remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Let's go out first... that way, if the building collapses, it won't crush us..."
After a moment of silence, the disciples said in unison, "...The elder is wise..."
Li Chen had no idea what those people who had been chasing her were talking about. Instead, they stopped chasing her and ran away, seemingly no longer caring about her at all.
Something is definitely amiss here. Could it be that there's some secret mechanism in this building that will automatically activate after all the disciples of the weapon-cultivation world leave, dragging the intruders down with them?
After thinking for a moment, she ran to the fence and looked down.
The open space outside Biying Tower was now filled with disciples from the weapon-cultivating world who had previously been inside the tower.
Meanwhile, the disciples were looking up. Upon seeing her, they not only showed no intention of arresting her, but instead raised their hands to applaud and praise her for her bravery, which frightened Li Chen so much that he shrank back into the building.
This bizarre scene reminded her of some long-forgotten memories.
She vaguely remembered that she had been to the weapon-cultivating world before, and for some reason, she had smashed a building there.
At that moment, the leader of the weapon-crafting world seemed to be standing not far away, just like those people from before, clapping and cheering, praising her for dismantling it well, like a madman...
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