Chapter 824: Say and Do
Zhu Bufan's move, masterfully reversed by San Shishu's Shifting Flower and Transplanting Wood technique and mixed with the heavy strikes of Beidou Seven Stars Sword Qi, instantly engulfed him.
"Not good! If this brat dies, that old scoundrel will flay and dismember me!" Seeing Zhu Bufan overwhelmed, San Shishu panicked instantly, without a second thought, he shot towards Zhu Bufan like a cannonball.
"Break!!"
With a sweep of the Qi Sword in his hand, the Sword Qi directed at Zhu Bufan was instantly cleared away, but just as San Shishu was about to rush in and rescue Zhu Bufan, a blood-red light engulfed his vision.
"Evil Technique Blood-colored Reincarnation!! Phoenix Soaring!!"
Boom!!
"Damn it!" Just as San Shishu plunged into the Sword Qi, he was immediately struck head-on by a blood-colored phoenix, his clothes shred to ribbons in an instant, and San Shishu was flung against the cave wall like a broken doll.
"You, you cunning little brat," spurting a mouthful of bile, San Shishu furiously stared at Zhu Bufan, a trail of blood dribbling from the corner of his mouth, while Zhu Bufan took this opportunity to leap out of the encirclement of Sword Qi. With a loud bang, the returned move smashed into the cave wall behind Zhu Bufan, causing the whole cave to tremble.
"What cunning, I was just about to break out when you suddenly appeared before me!" Coldly staring at this disrespectful old rogue, Zhu Bufan spoke chillingly, noting that the previous move was indeed very sneaky. Had it not been for Zhu Bufan immediately invoking Emperor's Hatred to transform into a blood-colored phoenix, he might have been reduced to tatters by now.
"What just happened?"
As Zhu Bufan and San Shishu faced each other, Zhu Zizhen and others looked on perplexed. All they saw was San Shishu suddenly rushing forward, creating a gap within the sword energy, followed by a burst of red light, and then San Shishu was blasted aside. They had no clue what transpired in between.
"Come on!" Seeing San Shishu take a hit from Phoenix Soaring and only sustaining minor injuries, Zhu Bufan felt a surge of shock, but his morale soared even more. Just as Zhu Bufan was about to launch another full-energy attack, San Shishu immediately raised his hand and said, "Forget it, let's not fight anymore. You, you sly brat have an endless array of moves, and your Primordial Qi is like an unfathomable abyss. The most damn thing is that I can't kill you! If we keep fighting, I'll be drained to death by you eventually!"
Hearing San Shishu say this, Zhu Bufan also gradually withdrew his momentum, realizing that although he had many advanced Martial Arts and the support of the Martial King Pattern, truly battling a cultivator in the Soul Refining Realm was still a long way off.
"Challenging the Soul Refining Realm at the peak of the first level of Bone Forging is indeed too forced. Without being at least on the fourth level, I probably couldn't make them fight seriously." Staring intently at San Shishu, Zhu Bufan then put away Emperor Yan's mighty artifact.
"What are you staring at? I want to stare at you too! I meant to pull you out, but you sneak attacked me like that, and my stomach is still in pain!" Glaring fiercely at Zhu Bufan, San Shishu's figure rapidly flashed to the side of the trembling little creatures, immediately reaching out to grab them.
"Don't!!!" Seeing San Shishu turn around to lay hands on the little creatures, Zhu Bufan instantly became furious and shouted, but soon, Zhu Bufan's next words stuck, looking as if someone had choked him.
Because Zhu Bufan saw, San Shishu grabbed the little creatures but did not kill them, merely sealing their movements with Primordial Qi. At this moment, other disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect also came over. After hesitating for a while, Lan Ruoxing still approached Zhu Bufan and softly said, "Actually, senior brother, you misunderstood from the start. Those little creatures were not going to be killed, just captured and kept within the confines of the Heavenly Sword Sect, so..."
Lan Ruoxing's words caused Zhu Bufan's face to twitch violently, and the little fox on Zhu Bufan's shoulder just rolled its eyes and feigned fainting, while the looks from others were weird, as if seeing someone completely lacking common sense.
"Old man, are you playing me?" Seeing the expressions of the people around, Zhu Bufan immediately realized that he was being thoroughly fooled, while San Shishu turned around, staring at Zhu Bufan and said, "How did I play you? Which of your ears heard me say I was going to kill them? Such excellent demon beasts, only a fool would kill them, right?"
"Then, you old man, what did you mean by make it quick?" After being told this, Zhu Bufan's eyes widened even more.
"Make it quick, of course make it quick! Don't struggle, just let this old man catch you! And, don't call this old man a dead old man! Call me Third Uncle! Remember that!! Otherwise, even if your rogue master comes, I'm still going to hit you!" Hearing Zhu Bufan calling him a dead old man twice, Third Uncle's eyebrows began to twitch.
"Hey! I'm not a disciple from Kaiyang Peak, why should I call you Third Uncle?" With a cold smile, Zhu Bufan said.
"Hehe! You think I care about you calling me Third Uncle? Having you as my disciple nephew, this old man might vomit blood! My name is San Shishu! Others like to call me Third Uncle! Understand?"
"Your name is Shishu?" Looking at Third Uncle's thin figure and his long eyes that often flashed with malice, not only Zhu Bufan, but everyone else, except those from Kaiyang Peak who stood far away covering their faces, all had twitching corners of their mouths, even the always stoic Ye Gucheng was no exception!
"What? I can't be named Shishu? I've even seen people named Shuhua! And I like the name Shishu, do you have a problem with that?" Faced with the younger generation looking at him like this, Third Uncle immediately got angry, his eyes flaring with a predatory glare, and then Third Uncle said: "Enough! I'm not going to argue with you! Zhang Weiwei! Take them and follow me back! The rest of you disperse, don't stand in the way here!"
Watching Third Uncle leave with the people from Kaiyang, everyone was speechless, and Zhu Bufan realized, there really are many odd characters within the Heavenly Sword Sect, previously the big rogue Huo elder, now this peculiar and lecherous Third Uncle.
"Let's go back," shaking his head, Zhu Bufan stepped forward wanting to leave the cave, but just then, Lin Qingfeng suddenly stopped Zhu Bufan, "Stop! Zhu Bufan!"
"Is this Divine Sword Peak, the place where you and little brother Zhu Bufan's school is located? Indeed, it's impressive!" Looking at the distant Divine Sword Peak which looked like a towering heavenly sword, Wang Hui showed a look of admiration. Under the colorful glow of the clouds, Divine Sword Peak indeed looked very sacred.
"Yes, Master Wang, and to go up Divine Sword Peak, without reaching the Earth Rank standard or using a Flying Talisman, you can only go up using this Heavenly Ascension Chain." Looking at the huge black iron chain directly connected to Divine Sword Peak, Huo Ling nodded to Wang Hui. Although Huo Ling still wore a calm expression, Wang Hui, who had been with him for a while, could still see a trace of worry in Huo Ling's eyes.
"Don't worry, little brother Zhu Bufan will be okay. It seems he must have fallen somewhere in the Divine Moon Spiritual Realm, we just haven't found him yet. He should be inside the Divine Moon Spiritual Realm." With a slight smile, knowing where Huo Ling's worry came from, Wang Hui comforted Huo Ling.
Turns out, as soon as Huo Ling stepped out of the cracked space of the Demon Tower, he found himself on a small hillside about a thousand meters away from Divine Sword Peak, and Wang Hui was lying not far from Huo Ling, quickly found by him. However, they couldn't find Zhu Bufan's whereabouts no matter how hard they searched, and so far, they had been searching for over an hour.
"Divine Moon Spiritual Realm is vast, if he had fallen within the Heavenly Sword Sect's jurisdiction it would've been fine, but if it's in the territory dominated by Demon Beasts, it could be dangerous." Despite Wang Hui's consolation, Huo Ling was still somewhat worried, "No, we must hurry to Divine Sword Peak and then ask grandfather to find him!"
"Yes, rather than we two blindly searching, it's better to leverage the strength of Sect Master Huo, with his help, we will find little brother Zhu Bufan quickly." After nodding, Wang Hui quickly followed Huo Ling's steps, rushing onto the gigantic iron chain about three meters in thickness, streaking directly towards Divine Sword Peak.
"How audacious! Daring to intrude onto Divine Sword Peak? Don't you know that Divine Sword Peak is the territory of the Dark Sect?" Just as they covered less than a third of the distance, several figures swept down from Divine Sword Peak. Three disciples of the Dark Sect, stepping on Flying Talismans, blocked their path, both of them were about twenty years old, but their cultivation had already reached the eighth or ninth level of Body Refining.
"Move aside, I need to go find grandfather." With a cold glance at the three, Huo Ling said coldly.
"You—you're Miss Ling?" Among them, one recognized Huo Ling, and as soon as he spoke, the other two were startled.
"Nonsense! Miss Huo Ling was killed by that traitor Zhu Bufan during their fight! You even have the nerve to pretend to be Miss Ling? Once we capture you, we will let the Sect Master personally dismember you!" Quickly, one of them pointed at Huo Ling and shouted angrily, and the other two also showed furious expressions, launching an attack at Huo Ling.
"Seeking death!!"
With a cold shout, the Hanhai Spirit Pearl was suddenly summoned by Huo Ling, then, three water columns, like hammers, blasted towards the three, immediately knocking them back spitting blood!
"Ha-Hanhai Spirit Pearl, are you really Miss Ling?" Thankfully Huo Ling held back, and after being struck once the three only spit blood but didn't suffer severe injuries, seeing Huo Ling summon the Hanhai Spirit Pearl, they said in surprise.
"Of course!" With a cold glance at the three, Huo Ling said.