Within the palace, the Array’s Spiritual Qi lingered like a veil, drifting slowly through the air. Dao resonance faintly flickered in the surroundings, while golden specks of light floated about the hall. True Master Tai Hua sat upon a high chair, resonating with the surrounding Dao resonance. His breathing was steady, each inhalation and exhalation guiding the flow of the hall’s Dao resonance.
An ordinary person wouldn’t even be able to approach, let alone resonate with it, as they’d be unable to withstand the radiance of the Dao resonance. Even powerful Cultivators would have to bow their heads here.
However, even with the Dao resonance swirling around him, True Master Tai Hua suddenly stood up. A sudden palpitation in his heart made him vaguely uneasy. He had experienced this feeling once before—back when he investigated the Bai Family Ancestor for Zui Fusheng. Back then, he had sensed that it was a hotbed of trouble. He never expected to feel this way again after being away for so long. It was baffling.
He wondered what on earth had happened and how he had been dragged into such a vortex. He raised his hand, intending to perform a divination to figure out the cause.
But before he could, an aura suddenly shot up into the sky from the direction of the Bai Family. The vast aura shook the surroundings. The Spiritual Qi within the hall instantly plunged into chaos, scattering the specks of Dao resonance in all directions. This aura blotted out the sky, pressing down like the heavens collapsing.
It locked onto him. Soon after, a figure stepped through the air. Although his pace seemed slow, he crossed thousands of miles in an instant, arriving in the sky above the Immortal Sect. His voice echoed throughout the entire Immortal Sect, rumbling like thunder rolling through the clouds.
"Tai Hua, come out and see me."
Such a commotion alarmed countless experts. Tai Hua felt a deep sense of unease as fine beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
He wondered how the man could arrive so quickly. He didn’t even know what had happened, but not daring to hesitate, he took a deep breath and stepped out, arriving high in the sky outside the Immortal Sect.
Before his eyes was a man in his early twenties. His expression was indifferent, and the Dao resonance around him shone like a blazing sun, enveloping the earth. Even the clouds in the sky were dyed golden by this Dao resonance. No joy or anger could be seen in his calm eyes, yet the power radiating from him could crush anything.
True Master Tai Hua cupped his hands and bowed deeply in a respectful salute. "Greetings, Senior Bai."
He paused, then looked up and asked cautiously, "May I ask what business brings Senior to find this junior?"
The Bai Family Ancestor looked calmly at the man before him, his voice devoid of any emotion. "You investigated me?"
True Master Tai Hua’s pupils constricted slightly. He realized things were bad; the man had truly come for this matter. Suppressing his unease, he forced a smile onto his face. "It’s a misunderstanding."
However, the Bai Family Ancestor simply asked calmly, "To whom did you give my information?"
True Master Tai Hua knew the other party was talking about the information regarding his clone. Cold sweat seeped down his back. He still couldn’t fathom what Zui Fusheng had done to provoke this man into marching across the sky in such an overbearing manner to demand an explanation.
Before he could speak, the Bai Family Ancestor said coldly, "Zui Fusheng, correct?"
True Master Tai Hua remained silent, his fingers clenching tightly within his sleeves.
The Bai Family Ancestor took a step forward, closing in on Tai Hua, and continued, "Is he your man? Did you order him to kill me?"
These words sent shockwaves through him. True Master Tai Hua’s face instantly turned pale in utter disbelief. He wondered if Zui Fusheng had actually tried to kill the Bai Family Ancestor. The man had to be crazy.
For a moment, he recalled the palpitation he had felt regarding the Wuyun Sect; now it all made sense. The price of trading with him was far too great. If the other party had directly stated his intent to kill someone at the time, he would never have agreed to the trade, no matter what.
Soon, a Dao resonance equal to that of the Bai Family Ancestor arrived from the east, like another Taiyang rising. A middle-aged man tore through space and appeared before the Bai Family Ancestor. Facing such Dao resonance, the Bai Family Ancestor showed no trace of fear; faintly, he even seemed to have the upper hand.
When the middle-aged man learned the sequence of events, he turned his head in shock and looked at Tai Hua.
True Master Tai Hua found it hard to express his bitter situation. His lips moved, but no words came out, because it was indeed he who had leaked the information to Zui Fusheng.
Taichu Island.
Below the mountain range was an endless forest. The trees were tall and dense, their branches and leaves blotting out the sky. Some parts of the forest were shrouded in a thick white mist, making it impossible to see anything within. In a corner where the mist was relatively thin, a massive tree stood tall. Its trunk was thick and sturdy, its roots intertwined, and its bark was covered in the marks of time.
At this moment, a halo of light flickered beneath the tree, exceptionally conspicuous in the darkness. The light did not pierce outward; it merely flashed briefly underneath before vanishing. Something had concealed it.
This was followed by the muffled thud of a heavy object falling.
THUD.
Inside a cave beneath the tree, Jiang Man crashed onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. His body was covered in blood, his robes were tattered, and his flesh was a mangled mess. The most severe injuries were to his arms. Both were somewhat deformed, with bones bulging beneath the skin at unnatural angles.
Jiang Man struggled to straighten his posture. Lying quietly on the ground, he looked up at the cave ceiling and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"I almost triggered the Magical Treasure given by the Ji Family," Jiang Man thought to himself.
He consumed a Healing Elixir and began treating his injuries. For his dislocated arm bones, he used his power to buffer the pain before snapping them back into place. His wounds also slowly began to mend bit by bit.
However, the residual enemy power lingering in his body continuously exacerbated his injuries. If his Nine-star Series had not reached Great Success, he wouldn’t even have been able to stop the bleeding.
He had to admit that the Bai Family Ancestor was incredibly insidious, possessing all sorts of tricks. The man’s power could inflict long-lasting corrosive Attacks, and even the surrounding aura could be turned into a lethal strike. The sheer variety of his methods was jaw-dropping.
Fortunately, the target was killed in the end.
"I wonder how Miss Ji Meng and the others are doing," he murmured.