Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 233 - 233 221 Grand Elder Huang Quan_1

233: Chapter 221 Grand Elder Huang Quan_1 233: Chapter 221 Grand Elder Huang Quan_1 In the Kishimoto family residence.

Lu Chuan finished tidying up the room and stepped into the courtyard, just in time to see Kishimoto Haruko, who had changed into a new set of clothes.

At this moment, her makeup was delicate, her figure graceful, and her charm captivating.

The first thought that came to Lu Chuan when he saw her was the phrase “peerless elegance.”

When Kishimoto Haruko saw Lu Chuan come out, she bowed to him and called out shyly, “Lu Chuan.”

Lu Chuan, feeling a bit embarrassed, scratched his head, “Haru…Haruko.”

It was then that Zhong Ling’er also came out of her room.

She had changed into a schoolgirl uniform with a white shirt matched with a plaid tie above and a pleated skirt below, her legs covered with over-the-knee black stockings.

Her smooth hair cascaded down, pairing with her somewhat unripe face to exude a sense of unblemished purity.

Even Lu Chuan couldn’t help but take a few extra glances at her in this outfit.

Seeing Lu Chuan staring at her, Zhong Ling’er immediately glared at him and said, “What are you staring at, haven’t you seen a beauty before?

Keep looking and I’ll gouge out your eyeballs!”

Lu Chuan sighed, remarking, “She would be perfect if her temper were slightly better.”

Zhong Ling’er turned to Kishimoto Haruko, her eyes lighting up.

She quickly ran over and wrapped her arms around her waist, “Sister Haruko, you look so beautiful.”

Kishimoto Haruko said with a smile, “Miss Ling’er is also very pretty, quite refreshing to behold.”

To the side, Lu Chuan mumbled to himself, “This girl likes women, hugging and cuddling as soon as she approaches.

Is this considered hooliganism?”

“Lu Chuan, Miss Ling’er, since it’s your first time in the Island Country, let me take you out for a tour,” Kishimoto Haruko offered.

Zhong Ling’er exclaimed with excitement, “Yes, yes, it would be even better if it’s just the two of us without this stinky man.”

After speaking, she even took Kishimoto Haruko’s hand.

Lu Chuan commented from the side, “You claim to only have eyes for Qingci, but when you see another pretty girl, you can’t help but drool.

What’s the difference between you and this stinky man?”

Zhong Ling’er stiffened, then shamelessly retorted, “I…I’m just admiring Sister Haruko’s beauty, nothing like your lecherous self, hmph!”

Kishimoto Haruko, not quite understanding, led the two towards the outside.

Right at that moment, a sinister presence emerged.

Soon after, a figure wrapped in black cloth appeared in the courtyard—it was the Darkness Agent who had come to capture Zhong Ling’er.

Upon seeing this unwelcome visitor, with the evil aura emanating from them, Lu Chuan instantly furrowed his brows.

The evil aura on this person shared the same source as the sinister power he had felt when he first got off the plane, although not as potent.

Darkness Agent glanced at Zhong Ling’er, confirmed that she was the one the Grand Elder had ordered him to capture, and immediately prepared to make a move.

Noticing Kishimoto Haruko by the side, he said with surprise, “Huh?

This woman is quite beautiful, I should capture her as well to serve as nourishment for the Grand Elder.”

He released a cloud of black mist, wrapping both Zhong Ling’er and Kishimoto Haruko in it, and turned to leave.

The black mist whisked Zhong Ling’er and Kishimoto Haruko away, following after the Darkness Agent as they sped off.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan shouted at once, “Stop right there!”

He unleashed a stream of spiritual power, launching an attack toward the Darkness Agent.

The Darkness Agent spared him a glance and blocked the flow of spiritual power with a sweep of his hand, a trace of surprise showing on his face, “A cultivator?”

Lu Chuan was equally astonished; from the way the Darkness Agent had just neutralized his attack, it was clear that the other was also a cultivator, but clearly, this one had taken the path of an Evil Cultivator.

“Who would have thought there are Evil Cultivators in the Island Country?

This guy’s power should also be at the Advanced Foundation Building level.

Could this be Zhong Ling’er’s ninth death trial?”

Without hesitation, recognizing Lu Chuan as a cultivator, the Darkness Agent promptly took Zhong Ling’er and Kishimoto Haruko and beat a hasty retreat without further entanglement.

His mission was to bring Zhong Ling’er to the Grand Elder without complications.

Seeing the other party wasn’t interested in a fight, Lu Chuan turned and ran, cursing under his breath as he quickly gave chase.

The two chased each other and soon covered a distance of over a hundred kilometers, arriving at the base of a volcano.

The Darkness Agent turned to look at Lu Chuan and said coldly, “Kid, I advise you to beat it.

If you keep following, you won’t have a grave to be buried in!”

Lu Chuan snorted coldly and yelled, “You think I’m easily scared?

Give them back to me right now!

Or I’ll take your life this instant!”

Worried about bringing back a burden and facing blame from the Grand Elder, the Darkness Agent used the black mist to trap Zhong Ling’er and Kishimoto Haruko on the side, then turned around and looked icily at Lu Chuan saying, “If that’s the case, I guess I’ll have to deal with you first!”

No sooner had he spoken than he launched himself at Lu Chuan with explosive speed, the black mist around him billowing as it twined towards Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan didn’t dare to be negligent and let spiritual power surge forth from within, grappling with the black mist.

As the two engaged in combat, the dispersing energy exploded around them, creating one pit after another on the ground.

This was the first time Lu Chuan was fighting a cultivator of the same level, and he felt exhilarated.

He used all means at his disposal; various talismans, seal techniques, martial arts skills, and Divine Skills, all hurled at the Darkness Agent.

As they fought, the Darkness Agent’s complexion turned exceedingly ugly.

He couldn’t understand how this person who had suddenly shown up possessed so many techniques.

In the Cultivation World, advanced techniques were a matter of inheritance, not something one could just learn if they wished.

He had followed the Grand Elder for many years and had mastered only a few powerful techniques.

Yet this person before him was using seal techniques and Divine Skills like they were free, one after another—a feat that, in the Cultivation World, likely only those geniuses nurtured by top-tier powers could achieve.

“Didn’t the Grand Elder say that the earth was nearly devoid of cultivators?

How could such a formidable individual still exist?

I’m no match for him; I must call upon the Grand Elder to deal with him.”

The Darkness Agent inwardly cursed and then planned to make a getaway, to ask the Grand Elder to handle Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan, upon seeing this, promptly said, “Don’t run, I’m not done fighting you yet!”

The Darkness Agent snorted coldly and said, “Kid, you’ve entered the elder’s territory.

No matter how many tricks you have up your sleeve, you’re just at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The elder could annihilate you with just a flick of his hand!”

A sense of foreboding rose within Lu Chuan’s heart.

Without hesitation, he immediately released three flying swords from his Sword Nourishing Gourd, shooting them straight toward the Darkness Agent.

The complexion of the Darkness Agent changed, as he could only watch, with his eyes wide open, the three flying swords pierce through his body without any ability to counter.

In the blink of an eye, the three flying swords had penetrated the Darkness Agent’s body, with one of them destroying his Dantian, ensuring he had no chance of survival.

However, before his death, the Darkness Agent still managed to bellow, “Grand Elder!!!”

Lu Chuan retracted his flying swords and furrowed his brows.

“Grand Elder?

Was this guy merely a lackey?”

Not daring to hesitate, he quickly rushed to Zhong Ling’er and Kishimoto Haruko’s side, intending to help them escape from this place as soon as possible.

But the next second, all three of them were enveloped by an invisible force and found themselves irresistibly flying toward the middle of the volcano.

Zhong Ling’er, with a face full of fear and a crying tone, said, “What…

what kind of place is this?

I want to go home.”

Kishimoto Haruko’s face was pale as well, she had not expected to encounter such an ordeal when she had just thought of going out.

Lu Chuan struggled against the force but found that his spiritual power was completely ineffective.

“The strength of this elder must be fiercer than I expected.

Is this really Ling’er’s final tribulation?

It’s terrifying!”

Soon, the three of them arrived in a cave halfway up the mountain.

Lu Chuan glanced at the figure sitting cross-legged inside the cave, and his pupils abruptly constricted.

He could feel that the individual before him was certainly at the Nascent Soul stage!

Wasn’t it said that the strongest person in the Island Country was only at Transcendent Realm Level 9?

What did this suddenly emerging Nascent Soul stage powerhouse mean?

However, Lu Chuan quickly noticed something odd about this Nascent Soul stage expert.

It seemed as though he was sealed in this place, which allowed him to release only a small portion of his power.

At the same time, a mysterious intuition arose in Lu Chuan’s mind, as if something in the depths was calling out to him.

He glanced around the cave and discovered that it was interconnected in many directions, very deep, diverging into numerous other caverns, making the interior of the entire mountain complex and intricate.

And that which was calling out to him was in the deepest part of this cave.

Lu Chuan looked at the individual seated there and asked, “Who are you?”

The person opened his eyes and said coldly, “You may address me as Grand Elder Huang Quan.”

Lu Chuan raised an eyebrow and thought to himself how imposing the name sounded.

But considering the other party was a Nascent Soul stage expert, such a name wasn’t inappropriate.

Grand Elder Huang Quan looked at Lu Chuan and said indifferently, “I didn’t expect that a cultivator could emerge in today’s Earth’s environment.

Quite rare indeed.”

Lu Chuan gave a bow and said, “Senior, since we are both cultivators, perhaps you could show some leniency.

We had no intention to offend, and we kindly ask you to let us go.”

Grand Elder Huang Quan sneered, “You Ming was a servant I painstakingly cultivated for many years.

I’ve been sealed here, unable to leave, and all tasks were carried out by him.

Yet you killed him.

Do you think I can let you go?”

Lu Chuan furrowed his brows and said, “He kidnapped my friend first, and I had no choice but to act.”

He glanced around and said, “How about this?

Whatever you need in the future, you can command me, and I’ll do it for you.

But first, please spare my friends.

How about that?”

Grand Elder Huang Quan laughed heartily and said, “Do you think you can fool me so easily?”

His gaze landed on Zhong Ling’er with a hint of excitement as he said, “Moreover, with this girl here, I will soon be able to break free from the seal.

Once I regain my freedom, why would I need to instruct anyone?”

Zhong Ling’er’s face was etched with fear.

Although she had already experienced eight life-and-death tribulations, none compared to the evil presence she was facing now.

The shock a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could have on the mind of an ordinary person was far more terrifying than a few brushes with death.

Seeing that Grand Elder Huang Quan was not fooled, Lu Chuan silently gritted his teeth.

Even though Grand Elder Huang Quan was sealed and could only use a fraction of his power, this was still beyond what Lu Chuan, merely at the Foundation Establishment stage, could contend with.

If he dared to make a move now, Grand Elder Huang Quan would definitely slap him to death with one hand.

Grand Elder Huang Quan sized up Kishimoto Haruko and nodded in satisfaction, saying, “She has a nice body.

It’s been decades since I’ve touched a woman; she can stay as an outlet for my release.”

Upon hearing this, Kishimoto Haruko couldn’t help but shudder.

Finally, Grand Elder Huang Quan’s eyes settled on Lu Chuan, and he spoke lightly, “For you to reach such a level in this End of Sects and Magic Era, it seems you’re no ordinary character.

Right after I break the seal, I will need to absorb the essence of cultivators to recover, so you might as well stay with the other two.”

He then turned to Zhong Ling’er and said, “I will now start preparing to break the seal.

In three days, I will harness the power in your body to strike at the seal.

Be prepared!”

After speaking, he waved his hand grandly.

Instantly, Lu Chuan and the others were caught in a force that whisked them away to the depths of the cave.

After several turns, they ended up in a dark and damp cavern.

Then the force formed a barrier, preventing any chance for the three of them to escape.

Zhong Ling’er couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into tears, “That guy is terrifying.

What does he mean by harnessing?

Lu Chuan, you’re my personal bodyguard, you have to protect me.

If you can get me out of this, I…

I’ll never loathe you again.”

Lu Chuan sighed helplessly, his face showing a trace of despair, as he said, “That guy’s power is like a dimensionally superior attack to us, no matter how many tricks I have, there’s no possibility of escape.”

“This time, the three of us might really die here.”

He turned to look at Kishimoto Haruko with an apologetic expression and said, “Haruko, I’m sorry, we’ve dragged you down with us.”

Kishimoto Haruko, pale-faced, came back to her senses and did not blame Lu Chuan and Zhong Ling’er; instead, she said, “We…

We might not be utterly without hope of escape, I have an idea…”