Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 298 - 84 The Cabin in the Woods [Vote for Monthly Tickets!] _2

Chapter 298: Chapter 84 The Cabin in the Woods [Vote for Monthly Tickets!] _2

But once the general melee broke out, the demonic cultivators immediately noticed something was amiss.

The Shu Mountain disciples who were laying down a blinding display of sword lights all hit the ground, their waists all adorned with a black cloth strip. Many demonic cultivators mistook them for allies, only to be impaled by a single thrust of their swords.

The battle had barely started, and already the casualties were substantial.

Some of the elite Shu Mountain disciples fought alone, with a black cloth strip tied around their waist and "Eternal Underworld" on their lips. They approached the Underworld King Sect disciples and struck first with their swords.

That would have been bearable.

Then there were groups of Shu Mountain disciples, forming a massive sword array of forty-nine people, each donning a black strip and shouting "Eternal Underworld", trying to trick the Disciples of the Underworld King Sect to approach them.

But the worst of the lot was a tall woman engulfed in red-gold flames. Forming wings with the flames on her back, she darted through the crowd, incinerating any demonic disciple she came across. Those who had been observing the Shu Mountain Peak Conference for several days knew her to be Empress Feng. Even she was wearing a black strip around her waist. After she vanquished the demonic cultivators in one area, she immediately shouted loudly, "Eternal Underworld! Brothers of Underworld king Sect, rally towards me!"

It was not just terrifying but also infuriating.

Who exactly did Shu Mountain think they were fooling?

...

Meanwhile, in the neighboring Cloud Sea, Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai were experiencing a crisis of their own.

The Thirty-Six Peaks of Shu Mountain only encompassed the upper portions of the Cloud Sea, at most up to the mountains’ halfway point. The vast region below that was still home to wild beasts.

Below the Cloud Sea lay a vast primordial jungle.

The remnants of the man in the black robe transformed into a black gale, howling as it passed. His Divine Sense surged wherever he went, sweeping over every flower, grass, and tree, determined to find them.

From the wound on his shoulder and chest, congealed Qi lingered, preventing the wounds from healing. If it wasn’t for the Divine Sword’s Sword Qi continuously eroding his Divine Skills, such injuries would not be a serious blow for a disciple of the Beiming Palace.

But right now, the pain was tormenting him relentlessly.

He had been locking onto the location of their fall, which was undeniably within this area. The black gale was patrolling in loops, leaving no stone unturned.

However, he failed to notice a flat, unremarkable hillside. Within it, Jiang Yuebai, still holding Chu Liang, they both wedged tight in the rocky hillside, barely breathing.

Upon their crash landing, the man in the black robe had caught up in pursuit. Acting swiftly, Jiang Yuebai had thought on her feet and led Chu Liang in an escape technique into the hillside.

While casting an escape technique wasn’t difficult, doing so while pulling someone along was another matter, requiring profound skill. It proved just how advanced Jiang Yuebai had become in her use of techniques.

After waiting a while, Jiang Yuebai moved forward. She did not dare to return the way they came but continued tunneling through the hillside. After they had crossed a distance of tens of feet, they suddenly broke into open space.

A surprise was in store for them.

A wide open, lush, green valley lay hidden behind this hillside. Incredibly, there was even a wooden house in the open space!

"Who would have thought there would be a place like this behind the hillside?" Chu Liang marveled at the expanse before him.

Within a moment of tunneling through the hillside, the pair had passed through the rocky barrier and arrived at a concealed valley within the mountain belly. Nestled below the Cloud Sea and tucked away in such secrecy, they would probably never have discovered it if it wasn’t for their fortunate accident.

"Are there people living beneath Shu Mountain’s Cloud Sea?" Jiang Yuebai was equally astonished. "Let’s go in and take a look."

"We could go in..." Chu Liang began awkwardly, "But Senior Sister Jiang, could you put me down first?"

The experience of being held in her arms wasn’t unpleasant, but as a grown man, having a woman cradle him was somewhat embarrassing.

"Can you manage on your own?" Jiang Yuebai asked, a hint of concern in her tone.

"I’m much better now," Chu Liang quickly reassured her.

In reality, his weakness was due to having his True Qi depleted when he had used the Green Thread Sword.

His body had quickly recovered since the dual Top Grade Golden Cores replenished his depleted Qi, swiftly restoring him to normal.

In terms of recovery speed, Chu Liang was undoubtedly unrivaled at his level.

Assured that he was alright, Jiang Yuebai set him down, and they walked side by side towards the wooden house.

"It appears no one has been here in a long while," Chu Liang observed, noticing the thick layer of dust accumulated by the door.

With that, he gently pushed the door.

With just a light push, the wooden door creaked in protest. It was already showing signs of decay from the years, and the push caused half of it to fall off.

A puff of dust rushed towards them. Chu Liang swatted it away with a wave of his hand, and only then did they step inside.

The furnishings within the house were minimalistic, consisting of a small bed, a desk with ink and brush, and a yellowing, worn-out book that resembled the parchment used by Shu Mountain children for calligraphy practice.

Upon closer examination, Chu Liang found that it indeed was the familiar parchment, and out of curiosity, they began reading.

The first page seemed filled with a child’s messy handwriting.

"Ha ha, does the master want to punish me by making me face the wall in repentance? Dream on! Who would have thought there’d be a small valley beneath the Cloud Sea? From now on, this will be my secret territory, unknown to everyone in Shu Mountain!"

"The monkeys on this mountain are really annoying, they always come to fight me for territory."

"The people of Shu Mountain are even worse than these monkeys, at least they are willing to be friends with me."

"Oh no, it seems that Lu Wuqi has discovered my secret of using escape techniques to come down here during my repentance sessions, he’s too clever!"

"Huh?" Encountering this name made both of them exclaim simultaneously, "Was the junior disciple who recorded these things growing up with Master Wuqi? That means this was up to four or five hundred years ago... These must be the predecessors of Shu Mountain..."

Realizing that these coarsely made sheets of paper were able to cross such a lengthy passage of time, as they continued reading, they found intermittent accounts of childhood trivialities, gradually escalating to the concerns of a teenager. This window into the growth of a predecessor from hundreds of years ago was indeed an amusing experience.

"The peak conference on Shu Mountain is essentially for Lu Wuqi’s sake alone; there’s no point competing for the chief seat. It’s already great that I made it to the second place."

"The master said it’s unfortunate that his father is the Sect Leader, otherwise with his outstanding talent, he would undoubtedly be leading Shu Mountain. I feel that if his right to succeed is stripped away just because his father is the Sect Leader, would that be unfair?"

"So it turns out my mother is..."

"No wonder..."

"Why...why?!"

Something seemed to have happened during this period, and there was quite a gap before the next record. Chu Liang deduced the gap due to the handwriting in the next page being more mature and steady, indicating that some years must have passed.

"What should I do?"

"Turns out my mom was kept under the Demon Suppression Tower for all these years! All for me... Cai Yi says the only method to break the Demon Suppression Tower is to be found in... Shenxu Temple."