The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 147 - 146: The Master Has a Surprise Oh

Chapter 147: Chapter 146: The Master Has a Surprise Oh

Xie Jiuniang tried her best to follow the path of her previous life, all in order to find the cultivation technique.

The Fire Realm Sea was as bizarre as the Mist Array, both having eighty-one exits.

As Xie Jiuniang hesitated over whether to trick someone first or to find an exit, there came a faint scream from behind.

Was that sound Wu Shuangshuang’s?

Jian Lingyan came to share more gossip, "My lord, there is a surprise for you, it’s so funny. It was that Wu Shuangshuang getting angry and demanding those people to turn around and not look at her. She was just about to change into a new vestment robe, and guess what happened?"

"What happened?"

"Someone else came at the entrance, cried out ’What on earth is that!’ and with a wave of their hand, cast a spell. Wu Shuangshuang got smacked right back into the Fire Realm Sea, hahaha... My lord, it’s too hilarious, you didn’t see it with your own eyes. That was the entrance, where new disciples constantly enter. Wu Shuangshuang actually stayed there to change clothes!"

Jian Lingyan animatedly described the situation at that time.

Wu Shuangshuang, aware only of her own disgrace, had wanted to change into a vestment robe quickly, thereby neglecting to consider her location.

It just so happened that at the moment she was changing, someone walked in.

The person, as if suddenly encountering a monstrous figure stripping, reacted reflexively with fear and struck, sending her back into the Fire Realm Sea.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t laugh, thinking of Wu Shuangshuang’s malice, and frowned, "Can that person survive after offending Wu Shuangshuang?"

"No worries, those few can’t beat her," Jian Lingyan began to withhold details, aiming to pique her master’s curiosity, "Hehe, my lord, would you like to know who that person is?"

There weren’t many in the Sect who could make Wu Shuangshuang feel apprehensive.

The first person Xie Jiuniang thought of was Mo Chuan.

However, Mo Chuan had disguised himself, assuming the appearance of a passerby.

Before entering the Mist Array, Wu Shuangshuang dared to declare she would kill him.

There are several at Foundation Establishment among Wu Shuangshuang’s group... it hadn’t been long before Mo Chuan had suppressed several of them. Was Mo Chuan that formidable?

Indeed, Jian Lingyan confirmed her guess, "It’s Mo Chuan indeed."

"A dog biting another dog will get hair in its mouth," Xie Jiuniang raised an eyebrow.

All from major aristocratic families, weren’t they supposed to get along very well?

Mo Chuan first opposed Lin Wangchen, and now he has made an enemy of Wu Shuangshuang?

If that person really was Mo Chuan, Xie Jiuniang wouldn’t believe that he accidentally knocked Wu Shuangshuang away. It was likely that Wu Shuangshuang had done something else to outrage everyone, irritating Mo Chuan to come after her.

Jian Lingyan said excitedly, "They’re fighting, they’re fighting!"

Xie Jiuniang was itching to go watch the commotion but forced herself to hold back.

The distance wasn’t far, and looking back could take only a moment. Before she could get close, she heard distinct screams, more than one person wailing, so miserable it was like they’d lost their parents.

Did Mo Chuan throw each one of them into the Fire Realm Sea?

This sent a chill down Xie Jiuniang’s spine. She decided not to watch and turned to run.

Some spectacles are not to be idly observed, as one might get mistaken for an accomplice and meet with misfortune.

Xie Jiuniang ran a distance before stopping again, her peach-blossom eyes narrowing slightly. Was this not an opportunity?

She brushed off the powder from her body, collected it in a small bottle, and sealed it to block the scent.

Making use of the Hiding Talisman and Invisibility Talisman, she lurked stealthily and approached again, hiding in the illusory flames of the Fire Realm Sea.

There she indeed saw Mo Chuan wearing the calm face of a beautiful man, standing indifferently at the edge of the Fire Realm Sea, holding a long whip in his hand. As soon as Wu Shuangshuang and the others dared to step out of the Fire Realm Sea, he whipped it at them.

Xie Jiuniang found it strange that Wu Shuangshuang and the others were so frightened and trembling, with not one daring to fight back?

Were they not able to just bear the burning in the Fire Realm Sea and directly leave the trial by fire?

When Xie Jiuniang asked this, Jian Lingyan immediately said excitedly, "I know this, I know this. Mo Chuan used Seal Spirit Powder on them. They couldn’t even activate their Wooden Tokens to teleport out."

Seal Spirit Powder was a concoction that could lock away Spiritual Power.

Those affected by Seal Spirit Powder temporarily couldn’t access their Spiritual Power, and it wasn’t necessary to have an antidote—their power would return after some time had passed. How long the Spiritual Power would be locked depended on the severity of the Seal Spirit Powder’s effect.

Xie Jiuniang understood.

As a genius Alchemist of the Tianxu Sect, Mo Chuan was not short of valuable items.

It was clear that Mo Chuan didn’t intend to kill Wu Shuangshuang and the others; he just wanted to torment them, making them feel worse than dead. Those who couldn’t endure the Fire Realm Sea, he would whip out, then stuff them with an Elixir to recover.

And then, continue to roast in the fire?

This is a ruthless person!

A very quiet ruthless person...

Xie Jiuniang shivered inexplicably.

"When it comes to ruthlessness, I’m nothing compared to him," Xie Jiuniang and Jian Lingyan grumbled about Mo Chuan.

"Yes, master is not as ruthless as him, master only wants to kill one or two people at most,"

"..." Xie Jiuniang choked.

She acted as if she hadn’t heard it, not picking up on that topic.

Unexpectedly, Jian Lingyan didn’t seem to realize anything was wrong with what it said and kept chattering away.

After a long while, Jian Lingyan realized that its master was too quiet, "Dog master, why aren’t you talking?"

Xie Jiuniang coldly said, "We don’t see eye to eye, not even half a sentence."

Mo Chuan tortured these people for half an hour, until they were almost at their last gasp, and seeing that the effect of the Seal Spirit Powder was about to wear off, he then lackadaisically retracted his whip and turned to enter an illusory sea of fire.

It was just the one Xie Jiuniang was hiding in!

Then, he and she... brushed past each other?!

In the moment he passed by her, Mo Chuan seemed to slow down for an instant.

His gaze swept around, but detecting nothing, he continued walking forward.

Xie Jiuniang broke out in a cold sweat, "Little Jianjian, did we almost get discovered just now? That shouldn’t be possible, I used both my Hiding Talisman and Invisibility Talisman, even a Divinity Transformation might not be able to spot us."

"Perhaps... he has a special talent? Or maybe it was just because we were too close just now?"

Jian Lingyan had also been badly startled just a moment ago.

It wasn’t until Mo Chuan had left that both the person and the sword let out a sigh of relief.

"Shuangshuang?"

A female cultivator, still in shock, unintentionally caught sight of Wu Shuangshuang motionless, "Is Shuangshuang dead?"

"What? No way."

There was a male cultivator who was barely hanging on.

Upon hearing this, he suddenly sat up with a start.

Xie Jiuniang was taken aback, huh, this is...?

Jian Lingyan was equally surprised, "These few just now seemed to be on their last breath, turns out they weren’t... Could it really be as the master said, that this fire has the ability to temper the body?"

"The torture was real, so the body tempering should be real as well,"

Xie Jiuniang thought carefully and figured out the key to the issue.

Mo Chuan wouldn’t kill a few people, he tormented them but didn’t want to leave any evidence. Now they don’t have proof even if they want to complain.

Claiming they were maliciously tortured?

Who would believe that?

Others would only see the benefits they received from the Fire Realm Sea.

Not to mention that Mo Chuan was in disguise; even if Mo Chuan’s identity were revealed, he could argue that he saw them as too weak and simply lent them a hand. Besides, who said exercising the body’s strength was easy?

But...

What if one or two really died?

Xie Jiuniang’s gaze discreetly watched over the unconscious Wu Shuangshuang before a male cultivator decided to activate the Wooden Token to leave.

An invisible Soul Needle, suddenly stabbed into Wu Shuangshuang’s Spiritual Soul.

Wu Shuangshuang had not yet opened her Sea of Consciousness; her soul was very fragile and was shattered by the Soul Needle in an instant.

Then, at the moment the Wooden Token was activated, Wu Shuangshuang breathed her last.