Chapter 361: Chapter 360: Narrow Escape, Luck Worsens (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All around the cave mansion, the array was shaking violently, the killing array began to operate as if a huge millstone was suppressing it, disturbing, trapping, attacking, exterminating, and so on, continuously unfolding.
Like the surging waves, like the sweeping tides, it swept forward.
Especially a blood-colored long river, suppressing down, its power as strong as that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Open for me!"
Lu Xuanji urged the Seven-Colored Long Saber, with Yin Yang Qi flowing, Five Elements Qi living and dying, Elemental Magnetic Power transforming into destruction, various forces intertwined, their power continuously stacking, slicing open the blood-colored river with one slash.
But the next moment, the blood-colored river condensed again, transforming into blood-colored droplets that corroded everything, annihilating the Divine Soul, wave after wave.
Drawing a knife to cut water, the water flows more!
The tides became more violent.
"One slash to break the Blood River!"
Lu Xuanji swung out again, this slash striking the void, hitting the array’s node in the void.
The array showed damage.
Another slash struck out, shattering the Blood River Array.
The long saber struck again, shattering the Geng Metal Array, the Earth Array, the Extinguish Array, one grand array after another shattered.
As the arrays shattered, the cave mansion shattered as well, the mountains shook violently, collapsing into a ruin.
The long saber slashed, like a demolition team, forcibly collapsing a mountain range.
Seeing this scene, the woman in red’s face displayed panic, a trace of astonishment flashed by.
Her steps shimmered, transforming into blood-colored escape light and disappeared.
However, the Seven-Colored Divine Saber flashed, slashing eighteen times in succession, instantly turning the Blood Demoness’s body into fragments, her vitality gradually dissipating.
"Rest in peace!"
Lu Xuanji said, the long saber flashed, causing a mountain peak to collapse, burying her body underneath.
At this moment, feeling a powerful presence approaching, his figure flickered and he disappeared.
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A moment later, a Nascent Soul cultivator sensed the news here, only observed for a moment, then disappeared.
Unknown how much time had passed, under the mountain peak, a white jade hand stretched out, continuously exploring the void.
Soon, another hand appeared.
Then, half a body appeared.
Finally, a complete body appeared.
This was a woman like white jade, wearing a red dress, though the dress was somewhat tattered, revealing skin as beautiful as jade, her body soft and charming, emitting an enchanting aura, seemingly possessing a captivating charm.
But her face was pale, as if she had lost too much blood.
"Xuanji True Master, this enmity will not be let go, I swear not to rest!"
The Blood Demoness said, madness flashing in her eyes, along with dense evil Qi.
Just moments ago, she was nearly killed by Lu Xuanji, for some inexplicable sense of justice, he came directly to kill her.
The feeling of the blade tearing through her body almost plunged her spirit into darkness, in that moment she thought she was going to die.
Fortunately, she had condensed the [Undying Demon Body], rebirthing from a drop of blood, immortal and undying, she forcibly survived.
The Undying Demon Body, a top-level physique of the Blood Demon lineage, even if the flesh was shattered into fragments, the body turned into flesh paste, as long as a single drop of blood existed, the body could be re-condensed, resurrecting again, truly a top-level physique.
However, it was not without flaws.
If Pure Yang True Flame was used to burn all the blood, she would inevitably die.
"Is he my life tribulation?"
The Blood Demoness frowned, feeling the tribulation Qi above her head dissipating, the bottleneck to the Nascent Soul Realm disappearing.
The aura on her body was gradually increasing, soon stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.
...
In a flash of movement, Lu Xuanji disappeared, in an instant vanished thousands of miles away.
Just a few flickers and he erased his tracks, becoming invisible.
"No, I seem to have forgotten something?"
Walking on the road, Lu Xuanji suddenly felt a sense of unease.
"Let me think... I seem to have forgotten to destroy the body!"
"I seem to have forgotten to loot the body, to collect the storage bag!"
At this moment, Lu Xuanji slightly frowned, carefully counting, yet discovered something was wrong, something was improper.
After killing the enemy, the normal procedure should be to directly go forward to collect the storage bag, then use Pure Yang True Flame to burn, turning it to ashes.
But just now, he actually forgot to loot the body, like someone withdrawing money from an ATM but forgetting to retrieve the card.
So be it,
the key was forgetting to turn the body into ashes.
In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, there are special physiques, capable of blood rebirth, being shattered into a dozen pieces, yet able to reorganize together again.
For safety, it’s best to use Pure Yang True Flame to turn to ashes, completely exterminating.
"Why is it so, my brain seems to have frozen..."
Lu Xuanji reflected on his mistakes.
Though a Nascent Soul Cultivator was approaching, making him panic and leave, he could have taken the Storage Bag before departing; it wouldn’t have taken much time.
"Could it be that my Destiny is declining, and Tribulation Qi is clouding my mind?"
Lu Xuanji gazed at the sky, seemingly trying to understand something.
There are no fools in the Cultivation Immortality Realm, especially those who have reached the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, every single Great Cultivator is exceptionally shrewd.
Yet at certain moments, they often exhibit foolish behavior,
doing things that resemble a complete idiot, unreasonable and incomprehensible.
Perhaps decades later, when they recall those moments, they’ll be surprised by how foolish they were, how their intelligence decreased.
Those high-level cultivators are originally extremely smart, doing things in a steady and proper manner, but they often end up showing unintelligent behavior due to Tribulation Qi clouding their minds.
When Tribulation Qi entwines the spirit, it clouds the mind, causing negative emotions to magnify, making actions increasingly irrational, absurd, and laughably chaotic, leading to countless mistakes in handling matters.
And so eventually, they die in the calamity.
"Is the Blood Witch still alive?"
Lu Xuanji thought of something, opened the [Hundred Maps], and saw the distant scenes magnifying and sharpening.
A White Jade beauty appeared, her body graceful, charming, and delicate.
The aura on her body was rising, stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.
The Blood Witch is still alive!
Not only is she alive, but her Cultivation has also greatly increased, stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.
"I have inadvertently become her Life Tribulation, hindering her path to Dao... but she passed the tribulation without danger, becoming a Nascent Soul!" Lu Xuanji’s heart surged with killing intent. Since this time she couldn’t be killed, then kill her again next time.
The Vertical Earth Golden Light beneath his feet flickered, ready to go forth to annihilate her.
Yet in an instant, his brow lightly twitched, issuing a warning.
The phone also started buzzing, as if reminding him of something.
"This isn’t right, not right, after cultivating the Tree of Time to the Eighth Grade, I’ve expended too much of my own Destiny, and my Destiny somewhat struggles to suppress the Tribulation Qi on my body, causing the phenomenon of Tribulation Qi clouding my mind. At this moment, she’s passed the tribulation, the Tribulation Qi on her body dissipates, and this is exactly when her Destiny is thriving!"
"With one decreasing and the other increasing in Destiny, if I make a move, I may not be able to kill her!"
"Moreover, if I kill my way to Yue Country, losing the suppression of Chu Country’s national fortune, I might encounter calamity, even a death tribulation!"
Lu Xuanji several times wanted to make a move but forcefully suppressed it.
He suppressed this impulse.
True Monarch Xi Yue’s warning to him was, not to leave Chu Country within a hundred years.
Within Chu Country, there is the protection of Chu Country’s Destiny, even a Divinity Transformation cannot kill him.
When Divinity Transformation takes action, they are always delayed by various matters, or at crucial moments, accidents happen, opportunity for strong ones arises.
Though Divinity Transformation is strong, it cannot contend against Chu Country’s national fortune.
Yet leaving the borders of Chu Country, losing the protection of national fortune, all kinds of accidents would occur.
"That mountain range located between Chu Country and Yue Country, just a moment ago, I almost left Chu Country, entered Yue Country, and almost encountered an accident! Recently, I’ve become somewhat confused. Could it be that nurturing the Tree of Time to the Eighth Grade consumed too much of my Destiny, and my Destiny plummeted drastically!"
Lu Xuanji was drenched in sweat, feeling uneasy.
He could sense something was wrong, realizing the Tribulation Qi clouding his mind wasn’t the worst; what’s truly fearful is getting caught in a calamity, being unknowingly misled by Tribulation Qi, falling into madness, and ultimately turning to ashes.
Lately, his Destiny has plummeted drastically!
During times of strong Destiny, walking outside, there will be beauties favoring you, influential people aiding you, magical treasures falling into your hands, turning peril into safety, showcasing good luck.
But getting fortuitous encounters and treasures also wears down one’s Destiny.
Subsequently, Destiny declines, dropping to its lowest point.
At this time, it’s best to stay home, recuperate Destiny, and only act outside when Destiny recovers.
After reaching Nascent Soul, many True Monarchs are mostly reclusive, rarely moving. Besides having extensive connections, where every move has a significant impact, it’s also because they need to nurture their own Destiny, keeping it abundant to prevent falling.
If one’s Destiny is already at a low, clearly inadequate, and still wandering outside carelessly, they might fall amid some accidents.
...
In just a flicker, Lu Xuanji vanished.
The outside is unsafe, it’s safer to go home.
Half a day later, he returned to Purple Sun Mountain.
True Monarch Xi Yue still hadn’t returned, it was still True Monarch Qing Lian who was overseeing.
True Monarch Qing Lian said, "Why have you returned? Men all have a wandering heart, I thought you’d stay outside a bit longer!"
"Recently, luck is bad, it’s not suitable to be wandering outside, home is safer!"
Lu Xuanji replied with a smile.
"That’s fine, at home is just right to keep me company for a while!" True Monarch Qing Lian said.
"This time when I went out, I ran into demon cultivators, and again met the Blood Witch, but unfortunately, she escaped again!" Lu Xuanji remarked, recounting the event.
The Blood Witch should now be called True Monarch Blood Change.
"Some trouble, but not much. If she stays put in Yue Country, there’s not much issue, but if she tries to stir something up, I don’t mind killing her again!" True Monarch Qing Lian said indifferently. Concerning this former enemy, not a bit was given importance.
The Realm is different, so the perspective changes, even seeing past enemies differently.
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