Urban Undying Lord
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266: Chapter 265: Heavenly Court Pursuit (4th update, please subscribe) 266: Chapter 265: Heavenly Court Pursuit (4th update, please subscribe) Sunrise and moonset, the constellations shift and rotate.

Days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had flown by.

Ye Xuan’s injuries had been healing day by day, and his cultivation had recovered to the realm of a Heavenly Immortal.

However, he was still far from reaching the state of a Taiyin Mystic Immortal.

According to his estimation, he needed at least another two years.

Over the past six months, Ye Xuan had been living reclusively in the stone house of the young protégé Li Jiangliu.

One could truly say he did not set foot outside.

Aside from ingesting Immortal Pills and meditating daily, there were no other affairs on his mind.

Li Jiangliu was deeply afraid that someone might detect Ye Xuan’s presence, and he was rather disoriented every day, to the extent that his own cultivation could not progress with full concentration.

Fortunately, the place where Li Jiangliu stayed was known as Chores Peak.

Though there were many people, they were all at the lowest level within the Jiuhua Immortal Sect.

Apart from completing exhausting chores daily, everyone went back to their own dwellings for cultivation, so naturally nobody would bother coming to inspect Li Jiangliu’s abode out of curiosity.

One day, as Ye Xuan awoke from his cultivation, he saw Li Jiangliu dejectedly pushing open the stone door, his face not only bruised but also streaked with tears—clear signs that he had been aggrieved.

Regrettably, Ye Xuan did not ask him about it.

His expression remained calm and unrippled as he continued ingesting an elixir and began cultivating once again, while the young man simply ignored Ye Xuan, wiped away the tear marks at the corners of his eyes, and sat down on a meditation mat, also entering into a state of cultivation.

At first, the young man had curiously inquired about Ye Xuan’s origins, but as time went by, he realized that Ye Xuan was an extremely indifferent person.

Aside from a few words exchanged after waking up, he had henceforth no longer paid attention to him.

Li Jiangliu was not foolish; on the contrary, he was rather intelligent.

He knew that Ye Xuan was a cultivator and that his cultivation was undoubtedly admirable.

He had wanted to seek guidance on cultivation difficulties from Ye Xuan, but since the other party paid him no heed, the young man could only sigh in resignation and refrain from disturbing Ye Xuan any further.

Clang—clang—clang!

Suddenly,

Eighteen bell tones came in succession from outside, instantly throwing the entire Haoxuan Mountain into chaos.

In the midst of cultivating, Li Jiangliu swiftly opened his eyes, his face filled with alarm.

He hurriedly left his dwelling and, mounting his Magic Sword, flew toward Jiuhua Hall.

Inside the stone house,

Ye Xuan’s brow slightly furrowed, and in the rotation of his eyes, he had already seen a troop of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals approaching the Jiuhua Immortal Sect in the sky, led by none other than Gold Star Taibai.

“This old Gold Star Taibai actually came to the Jiuhua Immortal Sect, a rather insignificant place.

Could it be that he has detected my presence here, lying low to recover from my injuries?” Ye Xuan’s brow creased as he spoke in a slightly deep voice.

“No, if he truly knew of my whereabouts, he would have reported directly to the Jade Emperor and not revealed himself to these cultivators,” Ye Xuan firmly stated, dismissing his previous assumption.

…

Atop Jiuhua Peak, the crowd surged tumultuously.

With the Jiuhua Mystic Immortal at its head, numerous Elders stood to the side, followed by tens of thousands of disciples all bowing on Jiuhua Peak, as if awaiting the arrival of some significant personage.

The Jiuhua Mystic Immortal was a black-clothed old man.

His cultivation level was at the Mystic Immortal Realm.

Although he was not ranked among the Immortal Class, he was still considered one of the Independent Immortals of the Earth Immortal Realm—and thus lived a free and unconstrained life, not subject to the dictates of the Heavenly Court.

Today, the Mystic Immortal of Jiuhua felt an immense weight on his spirit, with his eyes seeming somewhat unfocused.

He just couldn’t understand why Gold Star Taibai of Heaven would come here on his Magic Chariot!

The Jiuhua Immortal Sect he had established in the Earth Immortal Realm was, after all, hardly worth mentioning.

“The Great and Honorable Supreme Hao Tian Jade Emperor decrees!”

Gold Star Taibai was surrounded by dazzling Immortal Light, emanating the majesty of a Great Immortal of the Heavenly Court.

He unfolded a golden Dharma Decree in his hands and began to read it aloud.

The content of the decree was straightforward, simply announcing to various sects in the Earth Immortal Realm that whoever found Ye Xuan, dead or alive, would be handsomely rewarded for reporting to the Heavenly Court.

Immortal Pills, Spiritual Medicine, Secret Books Of Cultivation—the rewards included everything.

As long as someone could provide information on Ye Xuan’s whereabouts, the Heavenly Court’s reward would be extremely generous.

Gold Star Taibai was just going through the motions; the Jiuhua Immortal Sect was merely one of his many stops.

He didn’t know that Ye Xuan was actually hidden within the Jiuhua Immortal Sect.

“This is the likeness of the Demon-Subduing Visible Saint True Monarch.

If you encounter the True Monarch, you must report to the Heavenly Court immediately,” said Gold Star Taibai with authority, tossing down a Void Jade Scroll and rushing with the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to the next sect.

“We respectfully bid farewell to the Immortal Envoy.”

The Mystic Immortal of Jiuhua bowed deeply to Gold Star Taibai, keeping his posture extremely low.

At this moment, a great stone within his heart quietly settled to the ground.

With the departure of Gold Star Taibai, the Mystic Immortal of Jiuhua held the Jade Scroll, and a ripple of Immortal Light emerged, directly manifesting Ye Xuan’s likeness in the void.

He turned to look at his disciples and said, “This is the Demon-Subduing Visible Saint True Monarch.

Should you encounter this person down the mountain, you must immediately inform the sect.

Our sect will reward you generously.”

“Senior Brother, who is this Demon-Subduing Visible Saint True Monarch?

Why would the Jade Emperor issue a decree and Gold Star Taibai personally come to the Lower Realm in search of this person?”

“Heh, you don’t know?

Let me tell you.

This Demon-Subduing Visible Saint True Monarch, real name Ye Xuan, recently had a battle with the Three Realms War God, Yang Jian, and actually destroyed Yang Jian’s flesh and caused his True Spirit to flee to the Lower Realm.

But this Daoist Ye Xuan didn’t fare well either.

He was also heavily injured and now his whereabouts are unknown.”

“If you ask me, the Earth Immortal Realm is boundless.

Unless we accrued immense fortune in our past lives, how could we possibly encounter this Ye Xuan?”

“I’ve heard that in order to find this True Monarch Ye, the Heavenly Court even bestowed a Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.

In the Heavenly Court, such a pill is a treasured artifact, and if mortals consume it, they can ascend and become Immortals.

Who knows who will receive such a tremendous Creation!”

The disciples of the Jiuhua Immortal Sect were discussing loudly, creating an extremely noisy scene.

None of them noticed that the young Li Jiangliu was staring intently at Ye Xuan’s likeness in the void, becoming utterly transfixed.

At this moment, Li Jiangliu was greatly agitated, his complexion reddening to the extreme, for he was absolutely certain that the Daoist he had saved bore the exact likeness of the Demon-Subduing Visible Saint True Monarch.

No, not just the exact likeness—it was the same person.

The young Li Jiangliu now felt an immense impulse to step out from the crowd and reveal the news of Ye Xuan to the Mystic Immortal of Jiuhua.

But as he took a step forward, he sighed helplessly and refrained from taking action.

Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, Secret Books of Cultivation, and ascending to the Immortal Class were all dreams of Li Jiangliu.

Yet when he recalled Ye Xuan’s indifferent look, he could vividly sense that this Heavenly True Monarch did not wish for anyone to know he was hiding within the Jiuhua Immortal Sect.

Li Jiangliu, still a youth with a simple and innocent mind, decided not to act without Ye Xuan’s permission.

He chose not to make any decisions until he returned to his abode and consulted with Ye Xuan.

The youth did not know how fortunate he was for not being blinded by greed.

If he had truly leaked the information about Ye Xuan, his fate would have been nothing but death and the complete destruction of his cultivation path.