Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 832 - 54: Beware of Penglai [Combined Version]_3

Chapter 832: Chapter 54: Beware of Penglai [Combined Version]_3

This mysterious Taoist was indeed the person who had previously destroyed the Jiuli heritage site, and was also the figure manifested by Elder Tan.

Lu Cang.

"I knew you would come back, but I didn’t expect you to return so soon," Lu Cang said indifferently, "This time, you won’t have the chance to escape. Hand over the Array Technique that controls this fountain source."

If the Magic Artifact had been refined by someone else, Lu Cang, with his cultivation, wouldn’t have needed much effort to control it. However, this Underworld River Fountain Source was a Magic Artifact crafted by the Jiuli God, and without the Array Technique, no one could activate it unless their cultivation was higher than that of the Jiuli God.

Because of this, after Lu Cang destroyed this secret realm the last time, he was only able to seal it, unable to handle it any other way.

But he also knew that Elder Tan would definitely return, so he had left a sense of his Spiritual Sense on the seal early on. As long as he returned, Lu Cang would sense it even from the ends of the earth.

Elder Tan was certainly aware of this, but even if it was like a moth to a flame, this flame was one he had to charge into.

"You’re delusional." Elder Tan was already dead, now only awaiting closed eyes in silence. He no longer feared this immensely powerful Taoist.

Lu Cang glanced at him indifferently, his gaze quickly shifting to the nearby Iron Eating Beast and said, "If you don’t hand it over, I will slay it along with you."

"You..." Elder Tan choked up, fell silent for a long while, and then asked, "If I hand over the Array Technique, will you truly let it go?"

He looked toward the Iron Eating Beast, his eyes filled with sadness.

He completely disregarded his own life and death, but he cared deeply for the Iron Eating Beast, valuing it more than Mount Tai. It wasn’t just because it was a Jiuli Divine Beast, but also due to the affection that had developed from their constant companionship.

"Roar—" The Iron Eating Beast let out a muffled growl, struggling desperately. But having matured not long ago, how could it contend against a top entity in the Eighth Realm?

"I do what I say," Lu Cang stated without hesitation.

"Ah!" Elder Tan sighed deeply, a flash of light in his eyes, and a point of Spiritual Sense flew out from his forehead toward Lu Cang.

Lu Cang lightly tapped with his fingers, his eyes suddenly gleaming.

Whoosh—

All of Breath of Hades was gathered into the fountain source within an instant, no longer flowing outwards.

Elder Tan closed his eyes in despair.

He knew that the mission of his clan had completely failed, and henceforth the Jiuli God would never have the chance to revive.

The next instant, stars of Breath of Hades floated out from his body, his body losing its vitality and turning into a broken corpse.

"Howl!" Seeing this, the Iron Eating Beast’s eyes erupted with light, no longer able to restrain itself!

Boom—

In its sorrow and anger, it actually broke free from the suppression of Lu Cang’s Divine Skills!

The Iron Eating Beast leaped high, opened its massive mouth, and roared as it swung a paw at Lu Cang.

But Lu Cang was unfazed, merely pointing lightly, whoosh.

In a twinkle of light, the form of the Iron Eating Beast charging at him suddenly shrank, turning back into a small ball of flesh, closing its eyes, and falling to the ground.

It hit the ground with a thump, not lightly.

...

The two foes that had been so troublesome for Chu Liang and the two others were thus easily dealt with by Lu Cang.

The three of them just stood quietly on the side, not uttering a sound. Chu Liang held Jiang Yuebai’s hand tightly, feeling her palm trembling constantly despite her calm appearance.

This was the first time she had directly encountered someone from the Shenxu Temple after a long pursuit, and it was very likely that they would be her enemies in the future, making her thoughts inevitably fluctuate.

After dealing with Elder Tan and the Iron Eating Beast, Lu Cang suddenly turned his head, looked towards the three young members of the Shu Mountain Sect, and spoke indifferently, "Where is Wen Yuan? He should be waiting for me, right?"

Hearing his question, Chu Liang chuckled lightly and said, "You really can’t hide anything from the senior."

Indeed.

The ones who came to this secret realm were not only the three of them; there also was Master Wen Yuan. However, he had always been hidden deep within the primordial chaos, and no one knew his location.

The reason he had not intervened in the battle just now was that he was gambling that once Elder Tan was about to succeed, Lu Cang would surely appear.

Master Wen Yuan came here to wait for Lu Cang.

Of course, if Elder Tan were really about to successfully revive the Jiuli God with the Underworld River, Wen Yuan would definitely take action. How could the Shu Mountain Sect possibly be unprepared and allow him to return to his own secret realm without any kind of contingency?

So, from the beginning, Elder Tan’s journey was doomed to fail.

In fact, having guarded the tomb for countless years, how many of the Tan Clan truly believed they would succeed?

As Lu Cang spoke, a dark rift opened in midair, and Master Wen Yuan’s figure stepped out from it. He looked at Lu Cang, his expression slightly complex.

Over two hundred years ago, they were the most outstanding young men of Shu Mountain; one hundred fifty years ago, they were fierce rivals. Now, after many years apart, both stood at the peak of the Eighth Realm as supreme powerful beings.

Lu Cang’s expression, however, remained unmoved, as he simply asked first, "You probably have something you want to ask me, right?"

"Yes," Wen Yuan answered without hesitation.

After this, it was Chu who spoke first, "The two elders should talk first; we younger ones won’t disturb you."

As he spoke, he proceeded to support Xu Ziyang, wanting to quickly leave.

But before he could get away, he was stopped by a call from Lu Cang: "Stop!"

Chu Liang stiffened, showing a wry smile.

"How much of the Breath of Hades did you collect just now? Hand it over," Lu Cang said, his tone still devoid of emotion. "This thing should not exist in the world; holding on to it is courting death."

"Heh heh," Chu Liang laughed. "Thank you for the reminder, senior. I almost forgot."

He had wanted to flee precisely because he thought Lu Cang might not be aware of this. If he could take the Breath of Hades collected in the Bi Bozhan out with him, it would be a tremendous treasure.

Just a little of it had once been enough for the Underworld King Sect to mobilize in full force; the amount Chu Liang held was at least dozens of times more than that day!

Unfortunately, it looked like Lu Cang was resolute about reclaiming it.

He glanced at the Sect Leader, and it seemed that Master Wen Yuan had no intention to stop him either, only asking, "I wonder how Shenxu Temple intends to deal with the Breath of Hades?"

"The things of nature should naturally return to nature," Lu Cang answered. "This fountain source will be destroyed here and now, never again shall anyone in the world refine Breath of Hades."

Wen Yuan then fell silent.

Chu Liang had no choice but to take out the Bi Bozhan and pour all of the Breath of Hades into the fountain source, not leaving a single drop—it was not smart to play tricks at this point.

Seeing his cooperative demeanor, Lu Cang seemed quite pleased and nodded, saying, "You did a merit this time; I will also leave you with a piece of advice."

Chu Liang quickly looked up.

He saw Lu Cang looking at him, a hint of hesitation flickering in his eyes, but he finally spoke, "Be wary of Penglai."