Chapter 714 - 301: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment

Chapter 714: Chapter 301: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment

BZZZZ!

The Spiritual Positions in the ancestral hall began to tremble.

"This kid’s a bit strange."

"His power seems to have jumped up quite a bit."

"I noticed that too, but I can’t quite put my finger on what’s different."

"Since fate has brought him to us, let’s just let him be."

"We’ve been here for so many years, and he’s the only one who has ever cleaned our tablets."

The Nascent Soul Ghosts discussed amongst themselves.

Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui both felt a gust of frigid wind sweep in, rattling the Spiritual Positions in the room.

"Let’s go, quickly!"

A chill ran down Li Qiushui’s spine.

The owners of these Spiritual Positions were all Great Powers. They might have left some terrifying techniques set up in the room. That sudden gust of cold wind felt like a warning for her and Chu Lingguang to leave immediately.

Although Chu Lingguang had the help of his Favor Points...

...he couldn’t hear the discussion of the powerful Nascent Soul Ghosts.

He could only tell from the feedback from his Favor Points that he had done something very right.

He had already obtained not only the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique but also a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique, and he had received over two million Favor Points in total.

It was everything he could have wished for.

Lingering would just be greedy. To avoid things backfiring, he bowed once more to the Spiritual Positions before leaving with Li Qiushui.

"AHH!"

Just then, the group of experts from the Cyan Cloud Sect who had entered the square seemed to have triggered a Restriction Array. The stone statues facing the exit suddenly came to life, trapping them in the square and beginning a massacre.

"How can this be?"

"Quick, check the Eight Array Map!"

"It’s an Undead Restriction."

"We have to break through immediately."

"Quick, this way!"

Though the faces of the Cyan Cloud Sect experts changed drastically, they seemed to have come prepared. They found a breakthrough point, and after leaving a dozen corpses behind, they charged out of the square and rushed toward the palace complex to the northwest.

They were heading straight for Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui’s position.

Li Qiushui hastily pulled Chu Lingguang into hiding again.

Chu Lingguang watched the commotion in the square with a calm expression. After killing a dozen people, the stone statues returned to their original positions as if they had never moved.

And now, they were all facing the palace.

’An Undead Restriction... Could it really be the work of those Nascent Soul Ghosts?’

Having received a boon from the Nascent Soul Ghosts, Chu Lingguang suddenly lost all fear of the word "undead." He even found it strangely comforting.

Watching the members of the Cyan Cloud Sect charge across the square toward the palace, he felt an unexpected sense of anticipation, as if waiting to reap a harvest.

BOOM!

Just then, the stone statues at the palace entrance—the pixiu, the eagles, and even the carved animalistic Demon Beasts on the palace walls—seemed to spring to life, detaching themselves from the structure.

Like a beast tide, they swarmed toward the people from the Cyan Cloud Sect.

Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui saw several stone pillars in the palace where they were hiding. Giant serpents coiled around the pillars began to slither down, darting swiftly toward the Cyan Cloud Sect members.

They were standing right nearby, but the giant serpents slithering down from the pillars seemed to ignore them completely. It was the same with the monkey-like statues leaping down from the rooftops.

"This..."

The bizarre scene left Li Qiushui dumbfounded. As a cultivator at the twelfth layer of the Qi Refining realm, she was stronger than Chu Lingguang, yet right now she was terrified, her hands clutching his arm as she pressed herself tightly against him.

"Senior Sister, don’t worry. We paid our respects to the Guardians here, and we stumbled in by accident. The Guardians won’t harm us," Chu Lingguang reminded her.

"Just get me out of here," Li Qiushui said, her face pale.

She didn’t know why she was asking Chu Lingguang to lead her away. She only felt that, at this moment, he seemed to know more about the Immortal King’s Tomb than she did. If she just followed him, she would be able to leave this place safely.

"Okay."

Chu Lingguang let Li Qiushui hold onto his arm.

The two of them followed the palace walls, hugging the corners as they made their way toward the exit.

"How can this be?"

"Big Brother, something’s not right!"

"Stop talking! The manual left by the Ancestor says we’ll be safe as long as we get inside the palace. Find a way in, now!"

The Cyan Cloud Sect members were in a complete panic.

They tried every method they could think of to break through the siege and get into the palace.

Unfortunately, the animated stone statues, seemingly controlled by the Nascent Soul Ghosts, appeared to have no weak spots. No matter how they were attacked, the statues continued their relentless advance.

"Use your Telekinesis!" an elder shouted.

He had discovered that the animated statues were powered partly by the Array and partly by the Undead Restriction.

To stop the statues from approaching and immobilize them, they had to use Telekinesis to attack and disperse the Undead Power covering them.

Once that power was scattered, even if the statues could still move, they would be as good as blind, and the danger they posed would be greatly reduced.

Li Qiushui looked over at the group.

She saw that among the Cyan Cloud Sect members were indeed a few powerful experts. They managed to shatter the animated serpents, and their Telekinesis levels were even stronger than Chu Lingguang’s.

There were twelve ranks of Telekinesis.

Not only did the expert possess eighth-rank Telekinesis, but he had also mastered Telekinetic Magical Techniques and Divine Abilities, giving him a huge advantage when fighting the stone statues.

"Does our Profound Celestial Sect have Magic Techniques like that?" Chu Lingguang asked.

He had fifth-rank Telekinesis but felt it was useless. Other than for simple confrontations, without the support of Magic Techniques, he was completely unable to unleash its true power.

In contrast, the expert from the Cyan Cloud Sect...

...bolstered by Magic Techniques, unleashed his Telekinesis with the force of a landslide, preventing a group of statues from even getting close. He could even shatter them with a wave of his hand.

That raging storm of Telekinesis was like Spiritual Power, surging forth naturally and effortlessly. It was not only vivid and life-like but also possessed terrifying offensive and defensive capabilities.

There was simply no comparison.

Chu Lingguang felt as if he were back in Yang Rong’s cavern residence. He remembered the scene of Zhou Changqing being sent flying by Yang Rong’s storm of Telekinesis. This Cyan Cloud Sect expert’s Telekinesis cultivation seemed to be on par with hers.

The terrifying power made Chu Lingguang’s mind race with the possibilities of Telekinesis.

He couldn’t help but wonder if Yang Rong’s Telekinesis would be stronger than this Cyan Cloud Sect elder’s if she were here.

"Venerable Changxu."

"He’s a Golden Core cultivator."

"We have to go!"

Li Qiushui stared intently and recognized the elder’s identity and power level.

As an elite of the Profound Celestial Sect with the strength of the twelfth layer of Qi Refining, Li Qiushui held a certain status within the sect.

She knew far more about the identities of the Cyan Cloud Sect’s experts than Chu Lingguang did.

’A Golden Core cultivator.’

’Does that mean Elder Yang is a Golden Core expert, too?’

Chu Lingguang thought of Yang Rong again.

He was only at the tenth layer of Qi Refining. Even if he became a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, and even with a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, he would still be no match for a Golden Core expert.

Thinking about how powerful Yang Rong’s cultivation base was, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe.

"Who’s there?!"

Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui’s continued staring alerted Venerable Changxu of the Cyan Cloud Sect.

His Spiritual Sense swept over instantly.

Unfortunately, the palace was surrounded by restrictions. Despite his Golden Core cultivation, he couldn’t make his Spiritual Sense penetrate them.

However, Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui were in a hurry to leave.

Coupled with the fact that Venerable Changxu and his group were charging in their direction, Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui were clearly visible as they moved along the palace wall toward the outside.

His Spiritual Sense couldn’t get in...

...but his naked eye could see the figures of Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui.

"Disciples of the Profound Celestial Sect? Impossible!"

Venerable Changxu was stunned.

He never imagined he would run into other people inside the Immortal King’s Tomb, and disciples of the Profound Celestial Sect at that. ’Could it be that the Profound Celestial Sect also has a correct map to enter the Immortal King’s Tomb?’

’Hasn’t the map always been in the possession of the Cyan Cloud Sect?’

’Did a traitor from the Cyan Cloud Sect leak it?’

A flood of thoughts rushed through Venerable Changxu’s mind.

’I can’t let them get away.’

A final wave of killing intent emanated from him. He would not allow anyone to lay a claim on the Immortal King’s Tomb before him, especially not right under his nose.