This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 394 - 22: Conspiracy

Chapter 394: Chapter 22: Conspiracy

In the vast and empty great hall, a circle of wooden chairs was arranged.

The cultivators seated on the wooden chairs all had extremely unfamiliar and chilly faces.

“Jiuyou Hall Master,” Hei Luo respectfully reported, “According to our undercover information, disciples of the Sword Sect arrived at Burial Ridge today and entered the Qiu Family to inquire information, just as we expected.”

“How many came, and do you have their specific identities?” the Jiuyou Hall Master asked in a hoarse voice.

“This time, two people from the Sword Sect came. One has an ordinary appearance and restrained cultivation; we don’t know his capabilities, and he’s not present in our intelligence database. He likely is just a regular disciple of the Sword Sect.

The other cultivator, however, has a renowned reputation.” Hei Luo’s pale face cracked a sinister smile.

“How so?” The Jiuyou Hall Master became somewhat more interested upon hearing this.

“The other cultivator is the top ranked of the Yellow List, Ji Chuan of the Vast Righteousness Sword,” announced Hei Luo.

“Ji Chuan,” the Jiuyou Hall Master repeated the name, suddenly emitting a chilly laugh, “in that case, this is rather an unexpected gain.

This Ji Chuan has been at the top of the bounty list for Nascent Soul cultivators in the Underworld for some time now, so let’s take him down as well along the way,” he added.

They had long since desired to eliminate Ji Chuan as quickly as possible.

Even though Ji Chuan, as the top ranked Fourth Realm cultivator, could not ordinarily be matched by mere Fifth Realm cultivators.

If they were to dispatch strong Void Refining cultivators to ambush Ji Chuan, although he would be no match, everyone knew that the speed of a Sword Cultivator’s Sword Control Technique was unmatched among the six cultivations.

Moreover, given the unpredictable methods of disciples of the Sword Sect, it was very likely there would be no issue for Ji Chuan to escape if he decided to.

If they attacked and failed to quickly eliminate Ji Chuan without leaving traces, once the reinforcements of the Human Race responded and arrived, it would be the Underworld cultivators who would end up dead.

If they were unlucky, and their actions led to further investigation unraveling more information, it could potentially implicate an entire sect of Underworld cultivators.

In such situations, unless there was a guaranteed kill, the Underworld would not easily strike at Ji Chuan.

Guaranteed assassination of Ji Chuan would require dispatching a Sixth Realm, that is, a Divinity Transformation cultivator, to be completely confident.

But after all, this is the territory of the Human Race, where Underworld cultivators face numerous restrictions.

Divinity Transformation cultivators, even among those in the Underworld, hold highly esteemed positions, similar to those of the State Level Hall Masters, who are of the Rank of Void Refining.

The cost and time needed to station a Divinity Transformation Underworld cultivator, given their identity, are undoubtedly very high.

Moreover, the higher the realm of the cultivator, the fewer there are, and their methods are more transparent, which increases the likelihood of their identity being exposed once they act. That’s one side of it.

On the other hand, such a high-profile existence impacts various aspects; moving one part could affect the whole, and such figures are not expendable.

Has your Underworld planned an ambush against a Human genius, but are you sure that the Human genius isn’t intentionally revealing flaws to bait the Underworld into acting?

The Underworld has suffered such losses before.

Several instances had occurred in the past where they acted rashly without careful consideration against Human race genius cultivators.

The outcomes were ambushed counterattacks that led to several State Level branches being wiped clean, incurring massive losses and undoing preparations that took centuries.

With such lessons learned from previous experiences, Underworld cultivators, whenever they act, are either extremely cautious with adequate preparation, or they start from the idea of making an immediate exchange.

An exchange, after all, must have a return on investment.

For an existence like Ji Chuan, sending a Divinity Transformation cultivator to trouble him, if it turned into an ambush, would be an outright gift; would the Underworld really afford to gamble with a Divinity Transformation cultivator’s life?

Gamble with the life of a Divinity Transformation cultivator just to deal with a Nascent Soul cultivator?

The Underworld cultivators aren’t crazy.

Thus, even though the Underworld cultivators harbor endless killing intent towards Ji Chuan, due to the delicate situation, in most scenarios, they could only let Ji Chuan go his way.

Actually, the situation of genius Human cultivators is generally similar to that of Ji Chuan, to a great extent; they continue to be free and act openly.

After all, it cannot be that within the territories of the Human Race, Human cultivators should be frightened by a lurking Underworld and dare not leave their sect, can it?

…

“It’s nearly time to reach the critical point; prepare to act, let’s have a quick and decisive battle, and solidify everything before the next batch of Sword Sect people arrives!

If this operation runs smoothly, even the Sword Sect might have to face a significant weakening,” the Jiuyou Hall Master got up and coldly gave the order.

His tone was tinged with a bit of pride, “For a small state branch like ours, if we really pull this off, even the Main Palace will have to regard us with new eyes!”

No wonder he felt proud.

An existence like the Sword Sect, full of lethal potential, even the main Underworld Palace wouldn’t dare to face them head-on.

If they could succeed in what they planned, it would surely be a heavy blow for the Sword Sect.

This would be a monumental achievement, and also a great plot to overthrow superiors!

The other high-ranking Demonic Cultivators also began to stand up, just like the “Jiuyou Hall Master,” placing their hands over their chest, their voices solemn and fervent:

“Heavenly Demon Formless, all wondrous and myriad, joy and sorrow, all return to dust!”

…..

Before a small vein of Primordial Stone Orchid Mine, the figures of Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan slowly descended.

The hundreds of Cultivating families in Burial Ridge were largely established around these Primordial Stone Orchid Mines.

Of course, the mine occupied by the Qiu Family was the largest and had the highest yield.

This time, the mine Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan had come to belonged to the Luo Family.

The Luo Family was one of the smaller families at the bottom of the hierarchy in Burial Ridge, with the highest cultivation among them only being in the Golden Core Early Stage.

Naturally, the mine they possessed was only a minor one.

In such a small mine, the Origins Demons residing were weak and few in number.

“According to the head of the Qiu Family, as soon as these Origin Demons are wiped out, a new batch will immediately emerge from the ground and make a resurgence,” Ji Chuan said gravely.

“The problem is, how do these resurgent Origin Demons know that the previous batch has been completely eradicated?”

There must be some hidden machination here that we don’t know about.

“If we can find this hidden hand, perhaps we could understand the whole by seeing a part of it and trace the root of this matter,” Lu Qingshan said coldly.

Ji Chuan nodded, “Let’s get to it then.”

The two figures streaked into the mine without hesitation.

In the Qiu Family’s mine, the Origin Demons were relatively powerful; there were even more than one Fifth Realm Origin Demons, so they naturally had to be somewhat cautious.

But in this small mine, the strongest were merely Third Realm demons, so slaughtering them was akin to cutting through vegetables for them, removing much of their concern.

To be efficient, the two even deliberately made a great commotion upon entering the mine to attract the Origin Demons to appear.

“If all the Origin Demons invading Burial Ridge are affected by Demonic Qi like those in the Qiu Family’s mine, even knowing the great disparity in strength, they would aggressively attack us fearlessly,” Lu Qingshan said.

Ji Chuan slowly nodded his head.

Moments later, several crimson eyes appeared around them, recklessly pouncing towards Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan took a deep breath, “Just as I thought… the Origin Demons invading Burial Ridge are all corroded by Demonic Qi.”

Whoosh!

In the next instant, at the thought of his mind, sword Qi filaments emitted from his body, flashing like flying swords.

An Origin Demon that pounced towards Lu Qingshan flew midair, about to roar, but a flash of sword light left a gigantic gash on its neck, blood splattering.

Blood rained down.

To deal with these Origin Demons, Lu Qingshan didn’t even need to use his flying sword, merely relying on the filaments of sword Qi to easily conclude the battle.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three more filaments of sword Qi shot out, ruthlessly reaping the fragile lives of the Origin Demons.

A moment later, the group of Origin Demons that had just gathered was wiped out.

Unsatisfied, Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan continued deeper into the mine, constantly clearing out the Origin Demons occupying it.

Until the bottom of the mine, a giant Third Realm late-stage serpentine Origin Demon, coiled in the richest part of the mine, appeared before them.

The serpentine Demon, like what they had seen in the Qiu Family’s mine, was continuously consuming the Netherworld Death Qi from the mine, hissing with crimson tongue at Lu Qingshan.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan just scoffed.

“Out!”

A streak of lightning flashed, and the Peach Blossom Sword emerged from its sheath.

Annihilation Penetrating Sword Intent was condensed in the sword, and the Peach Blossom Sword instantly shot towards the serpentine Demon.

The serpentine Demon’s body was covered in a layer of greyish-yellow scales, seemingly extremely tough.

But they were of no use.

As the flying sword collided with the tough scaled body of the demon, a flash of cold light passed over the Peach Blossom Sword.

A chilling intent of annihilation burst forth in an instant.

Annihilating everything.

The tough scales protecting the body, didn’t even spark, instead, they directly disintegrated into nothingness.

Following this trajectory, the flying sword pierced right through the vitals of the serpentine demon.

Blood poured down, killing it with one strike!

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