Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 208 - 2 Breaking the Shell [Seeking monthly ticket!]_1

Chapter 208: Chapter 2 Breaking the Shell [Seeking monthly ticket!]_1

At this moment, all the Shu Mountain disciples outside saw the colossal shadow of the Mountain God on Red Cotton Peak.

"What is that?" "Looks like the statue of the Shu Mountain God?" "Could it be a clue to the Mountain God Sacrifice?" "Let’s go check it out quickly!"

The design of this clue was such that even if no one could solve the riddle, they would still be able to see the appearance of this phantom and discover the first clue.

However, those who solved the riddle were prepared and naturally had a head start.

Among the elite disciples on Red Cotton Peak, at least half of them realized that the next clue might be hidden in the direction pointed by the statue of the Mountain God.

A burst of sword light shot into the sky immediately!

More than a dozen streams of sword light brightened up one after another, tearing up the night sky. But very soon, three sword auras pulled ahead of the rest.

Xu Ziyang, with his Fifth Stage cultivation, explosively unleashed his full strength. His speed was astonishing, and he almost flew out of Red Cotton Peak with the first step of his Sword Control Technique.

Jiang Yuebai, proficient in the magic of the Immortal Spirit Body, could perform even the simplest Sword Control Technique more powerfully than others. She was closely trailing Xu Ziyang, not letting him outpace her.

Chu Liang’s performance was the most surprising. To others, he had just advanced to the Fourth Realm. Even with a Top Grade Golden Core, he should have some distance from the other two.

But only he knew that he was powered by a Dual Golden Core, two Top Grade Golden Cores were spinning wildly! His Qi Sea was a Yin Yang dual vortex!

When operating at full capacity, his internal Qi Sea roared!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh——

The three sword lights trailing the long rainbow instantly arrived over Sword Sheath Peak.

This was the hiding place of the Purple Green Double Swords. Sword Qi sporadically shot out from the peak. Normally, Shu Mountain disciples knew not to approach this place.

But they naturally didn’t care about that right now.

With a sweep of their Divine Sense, all three of them discovered something unusual.

At the four directions of Sword Sheath Peak, a flag was planted in each direction, bringing the total to four flags.

Without any hesitation, Xu Ziyang flew towards the eastern flag nearest to him. Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai made a turn and flew towards the western flag. Chu Liang, too, didn’t dispute with them and directly flew towards the southern flag.

Thunk.

He yanked out the flag. It seemed there was a map on it, but it wasn’t complete... it seems that it will only be complete when the four maps are pieced together.

Chu Liang had no time to think further. He stowed away his flag and rushed towards the remaining northern flag.

The three of them each successfully obtained a flag without inflicting injuries on each other. Now, facing the last flag, it seemed inevitable that they would fight over it.

Whizz whizz whizz——

The three figures simultaneously swooped down, the difference in distance between them was very small, it’s likely they would all arrive at the fourth flag at the same time.

However, when they were still tens of yards away, Jiang Yuebai suddenly made a gesture.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After two rapid teleportations, each crossing a space of more than ten feet, she arrived in front of the flag within the blink of an eye.

Shrinkage!

Using Immortal Law at this point is too cheeky!

Chu Liang cried out in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Senior Sister Jiang had told him about the formula for Shrinkage a few days ago, but he had not yet grasped the elusive Dao of Infinity.

Not only he was in a rush, Xu Ziyang’s eyes also narrowed.

Just as Jiang Yuebai was about to take her second flag with her advantage in Immortal Law, Xu Ziyang raised his hand and sent a sword aura flying!

Fighting during the pursuit of the Mountain God Sacrifice was inevitable, as it was part of the competition of the Shu Mountain Peak Conference. The purpose of his thrust was not to harm Jiang Yuebai, but to distract her.

Sure enough.

With surging sword light behind her, Jiang Yuebai had no choice but to draw her sword to defend. The sword auras collided, light splashed, and she was momentarily delayed in her pursuit of the flag.

However, in just an instance, Xu Ziyang managed to catch up from the sideways and reached out to pull the flag!

But how could Chu Liang let him succeed?

Drumming up the power of his Dual Golden Core, he unleashed a Jue Yun Sword Qi with the Dustless Sword, creating a loud gust!

Xu Ziyang, despite being formidable, dared not stand directly in the path of this strike. He swung his sword to break the sword aura, but he also recoiled two steps.

Now Chu Liang was the one closest to the flag. According to the cycle among the three of them, it should be Jiang Yuebai’s turn to stop him from taking the flag.

However, even after he stretched out his hand and took the flag, Senior Sister Jiang made no move.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Liang had no time to think about anything else. It was only after he successfully pulled out the flag that he looked at Jiang Yuebai somewhat surprised.

"These four maps must be combined to be complete, whether you get one or two doesn’t make a difference," Jiang Yuebai said with a smile, "There is no need to fight to the death over it."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Jiang, for your generous offer. This fourth map is ours together. I wouldn’t hide it from you." Chu Liang immediately replied.

"That’s reassuring. We can now exchange the remaining map." Jiang Yuebai replied.

"Why don’t our two teams simply form an alliance?" Chu Liang further suggested.

"Eh?" Xu Ziyang found this suggestion rather strange.

Between the two of them, their conversation had somehow become bizarre. Was he not still here?

Am I being ignored?

Xu Ziyang stepped forward, looking at Jiang Yuebai, asking: "Are you truly willing to form an alliance with him?"

Jiang Yuebai retorted: "Why not?"

Xu Ziyang paused before suddenly saying, "Actually, I can also form an alliance with you. The strength of our two teams is the strongest among all this time. We can first combine to exclude all other teams before competing."

"Eh?" Now it was Chu Liang who felt something was off.

With the three of them present, who do you mean by "others"?

The situation suddenly turned into a competition between two men vying for Jiang Yuebai’s alliance. Unable to help herself, she laughed, asking, "Why can’t you two form an alliance?"

Chu Liang and Xu Ziyang looked at each other, suddenly exclaiming in unison, "Fair point" and "Not a bad idea".

In a three-team contest, if everyone forms an alliance, it’s almost as if no one does.

Jiang Yuebai then added, "Regardless of who wants to form an alliance with me, I only accept an exchange when all four maps are present."

Chu Liang and Xu Ziyang nodded in agreement.

Her mind turned quickly.

Because under the current circumstances, with each of the three parties owning a map and information not overlapping, all three are indispensable under normal circumstances.

However, if two of them exchange their maps, it would result in their information overlapping. As long as one party finds the third, they can piece together the complete information.

The second party to complete the exchange would then be kicked aside.

To avoid this, either become the first party to avoid this risk or absolutely insist on being the third party. But everyone would refuse to be the fool, so an exchange can’t be made.

The best way to avoid harm is to conduct a three-party transaction. Completing the information overlap at the same time is the only way everyone won’t be short-changed.

During their conversation, several sword lights had landed.

Teammates who had pursued them from Red Cotton Peak arrived, as did disciples from other parts of Shu Mountain.

Chu Liang suggested, "There are too many people here, we should return first and study the maps we have at hand. We can then set a time to discuss this further tomorrow."

"Sounds good."

Jiang Yuebai and Xu Ziyang both agreed with this proposal.

...

After returning to Silver Sword Peak, Chu Liang had initially planned to study the two maps.

But before he could retrieve them, he suddenly felt a faint shift in the White Pagoda’s space.

The egg?

Understanding this, he took out the mysterious beast egg from the Pagoda.

Throughout these days, he had never let up on incubating the egg. In his idle time each day, he always held the egg, incubating it with his True Qi. After so many days, there was finally a similarly faint sound coming from within this egg.

It seemed like something was about to come out!

Chu Liang quickly urged his True Qi, gently pouring it into the egg. The reaction within the egg became stronger, making the egg slightly shake. There was clearly a life inside wanting to break out hurriedly!

But at this point, Chu Liang couldn’t help. All he could do was be a silent guardian. After waiting for about an hour, a small crack finally appeared.

Crack.

A tiny damage had appeared on the outer shell, looking as if it had been poked with a needle. Then this tiny damage began to extend, turning into a crack.

A white and green fluid began to emerge, quickly forming a puddle. After the fluid emerged, a very tiny form appeared on the table.

Chu Liang gasped.

Such a large egg had given birth to such a small thing? And this thing...

On the table was a small creature of sorts, about half the length of a finger joint, slightly thicker than a needle, and pure white, slightly transparent, squirming slightly.

It is clearly a...

Larva?