Chapter 355: Chapter 354: Mountain Protection Array

Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage, if their nascent soul exits the body, can truly achieve the kind of speed that allows them to travel from the North Sea in the morning to Cangwu by dusk.

The main body flying would indeed be somewhat slower, but still within limits.

In a blink of an eye, Steward Lai was already about to fly out of Wan Chong City.

However, Lv Bai had always allocated a part of his divine sense to keep an eye on the steward stationed at the top of the Immortal Gu Pavilion.

How could he let him leave so easily?

Without even glancing in the direction Steward Lai was fleeing, Lv Bai casually raised his hand as if absentmindedly.

A massive surge of mana suddenly erupted, with even just a small portion of it causing the present cultivators to struggle for breath.

As for Steward Lai, who had already flown beyond the boundaries of Wan Chong City, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he felt as if he was enveloped by boundless and tremendous mana.

The terrifying pulling force left him with no possibility of resistance.

No matter how much mana he mobilized, he couldn’t change the fact that he was being rapidly pulled back.

Bang!

The top of the Immortal Gu Pavilion building was once again breached as Steward Lai plunged straight down to land before Lv Bai like a meteor.

The whole person appeared extremely disheveled, without the slightest dignity befitting a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding cultivators were all aghast, instinctively retreating to give Lv Bai some space.

After all, he was a guest of the Immortal Gu Pavilion, and many among them knew Steward Lai, aware that he was an experienced Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse.

Yet, this experienced Nascent Soul Stage cultivator was no different from them, the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment ones, in front of Lv Bai.

Even after escaping so far, he was easily brought back.

Everyone knew what this meant.

Having witnessed a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator being so easily manipulated by Lv Bai, some of the more astute cultivators present began to look at Lv Bai with a more serious gaze.

In this light, it seemed necessary to reassess the credibility of those rumors.

Of course, this did not include Steward Lai.

With an Immortal Sect as his backing, he was well aware of how terrifying Lv Bai truly was.

The gap was so great that Steward Lai dared not harbor any resentment.

Scrambling up, he cupped his hands toward Lv Bai, forcing a strained smile. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Faced with the question of how to address Lv Bai, Steward Lai was briefly troubled.

After all, Lv Bai was a disciple of the younger generation of the Immortal Sect, not a loose cultivator, making it difficult to address him as Senior Lv Bai.

Calling him Fellow Daoist, given such a disparity in their cultivation levels, Steward Lai thought it would be excessive to think of himself as equal.

After some hesitation, he nervously inquired, "Lv... Lv Bai, may I ask what brings you here?"

Lv Bai did not threaten or do anything to him, his face still wore a harmlessly gentle smile.

"It’s nothing major, you should be able to contact your Valley Master directly, right? Could you trouble him to come over?"

Upon hearing this, Steward Lai felt a bit awkward.

Carefully choosing his words, he cautiously explained, "Lv Bai’s visit to the dominion of our Valley of Ten Thousand Insects, we of the valley naturally ought to treat it with the utmost solemnity, I hope Lv Bai does not mind.

I’ve already informed the Valley Master of this in advance, presumably, the Valley Master will soon come in person."

Lv Bai didn’t expose the fact, anyway, as long as the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects came over, the other details were minor and didn’t matter much.

Normally, as a leader of an Immortal Sect, one holds enough authority, and there also comes with it the obligations to develop and guard the Immortal Sect.

Discovering anyone intruding at his home for trouble, he would have to come to handle it no matter what, wouldn’t he?

Unfortunately, the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects didn’t act as Lv Bai had anticipated.

Perhaps because of the more sinister cultivation techniques of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects’ Immortal Sect, upon learning that Lv Bai appeared in the city.

Not only did he not hurriedly rush over to support, but instead, he made some random arrangements and then in the name of seclusion, turned and fled the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects.

His thinking was simple, a being who survived after provoking the Immortal Ascension Thunder Tribulation is not someone he could deal with.

At least the feat of killing over a hundred Divinity Transformation Great Powers with one strike was something the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects admitted he couldn’t achieve.

Such a terrifying person, whoever wants to face Lv Bai can go, but he certainly won’t.

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Immortal Gu Pavilion.

After waiting for half an hour, although Lv Bai’s patience had yet to be exhausted, he also noticeably sensed something wasn’t right.

After all, Wan Chong City was situated at the mouth of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects and in such time, even a junior cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage should have arrived by now.

He glanced at Steward Lai, "Are you sure you notified your Valley Master?"

"Yes, the Valley Master also replied saying he would be over soon..." Steward Lai was breaking out in a cold sweat, completely at a loss as to how to explain this situation.

The surrounding cultivators were equally baffled, originally thinking they would witness a contest between two great cultivators.

As it turned out, it seemed like the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects was too afraid to come.

Li Mu, acting as if nothing was amiss, wandered around the Immortal Gu Pavilion, looking here, inspecting there.

Discovering something interesting, he took it for himself, and borrowing Lv Bai’s influence, there wasn’t a cultivator from the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects who dared to challenge him.

It’s worth mentioning, maybe this Death Fighter was a bit nerve-dead.

Apart from being initially surprised for a moment, he quickly accepted the truth that Lv Bai was an expert.

Mainly because he didn’t understand the difficulties of the cultivation path, he merely assumed Lv Bai perhaps had a high talent value, even thinking if he got a cultivation technique, he might not be far behind.

Lv Bai naturally didn’t care what they were thinking.

Realizing it was pointless to wait any longer, he straightened up with a cheerful demeanor, "In that case, I think it’s best if we don’t wait any longer."

At the instant Lv Bai stood up, the perceptive cultivators quickly noticed the spiritual energy between heaven and earth becoming active.

The most terrifying thing was, though he was smiling, no one present felt any warmth, but rather, their hair stood on end.

It was like a lower life form encountering a higher life form, an instinctual fear akin to a food chain.

The aura was so overwhelming that even Steward Lai, who was closest to Lv Bai, felt an uncontrollable urge to prostrate in worship.

With a wave of Lv Bai’s hand, the Immortal Gu Tower seemed like a teacup being forcefully popped open.

The onlookers were astounded; this method seemed unable to end peacefully.

Such a big event isn’t often seen.

Watching Lv Bai rise and fly out, the cultivators within the Immortal Gu Pavilion, regardless of their reasons, almost all chose to follow, and along with the other cultivators in the city, they curiously flocked to join in.

In an instant, the sky above Wan Chong City was filled with a dense array of cultivator silhouettes.

The Valley of Ten Thousand Insects cultivators at the valley mouth had already received the message from the Immortal Gu Pavilion and, upon seeing this, they decisively activated the Mountain Protection Array.