Chapter 337 - 300: Helpless, Nowhere to be Found

Chapter 337: Chapter 300: Helpless, Nowhere to be Found

Ever since she learned that Lingshan had been replaced several years ago, she had a faint premonition that something would happen to the Divine Wood Sect.

But she hadn’t thought of running away.

If she fled, she might have ended up the scapegoat.

Most importantly, Jiang Zuo had never made any contact with her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been in such a bind.

With a flicker of her Divine Sense, Tantai Feixue willed herself to forget certain things.

"This humble one greets you, Venerable!"

He Daozhen descended from the sky above the Cyan Simurgh Sect, and Tantai Feixue immediately went forward to greet him.

"Sect Leader Tantai, do you have any idea why I’ve come?"

With a wave of his hand, He Daozhen set up a barrier.

Only the two of them could hear their conversation.

"Could it be about my husband? Has something happened to him?"

Tantai Feixue asked after a moment of thought.

"It is about your husband. However, you don’t seem particularly worried."

He Daozhen fixed Tantai Feixue with an electric gaze.

"Worried? To be honest with you, Venerable, my husband was only interested in my looks. There is no real affection between us."

"In fact, I was never with him by choice."

Tantai Feixue said with a wry smile.

"Oh? Could a mere Three Flowers Realm cultivator really force you to do things against your will all this time?"

He Daozhen found it hard to believe, yet he could also tell that Tantai Feixue wasn’t lying.

"To answer you, Venerable, I once practiced a Charm Technique called the Emotion Silk Heart-Locking Technique."

"When I first saw his extraordinary abilities, I tried to use this technique to control him and bend him to my will."

"But who could have known? His Divine Sense was far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator. He pretended to fall under my control, then suddenly struck and subdued me."

"To save my own life, I had no choice but to let him plant an Enslavement Mark in my Sea of Consciousness, leaving me completely at his mercy."

"If you don’t believe me, Venerable, you can enter my Sea of Consciousness and see for yourself."

Tantai Feixue explained with a tone of resignation.

First, she demonstrated the Emotion Silk Heart-Locking Technique she practiced, and then she opened her Sea of Consciousness to He Daozhen.

He Daozhen entered without hesitation, unafraid of any potential ambush.

Then, he saw the Enslavement Mark that Jiang Zuo had planted in Tantai Feixue’s Sea of Consciousness.

Upon seeing the mark, He Daozhen fell silent.

He had known that Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense might be powerful, but seeing proof that it was significantly stronger than his own left him shaken.

If the man had been a great cultivator at the Manifestation Realm, it would have been one thing. It wouldn’t be so strange for someone like that to have a stronger Divine Sense than his.

But this fellow was only in the Three Flowers Realm.

If he ever reached the Manifestation Realm, just how absurdly powerful would he become?

He Daozhen knew with a single glance that there was nothing he could do about the Enslavement Mark in Tantai Feixue’s Sea of Consciousness.

It wasn’t just him. Of all the great cultivators he knew, not one could remove this mark while keeping Tantai Feixue alive.

The slightest attempt to tamper with it would shatter Tantai Feixue’s Sea of Consciousness, rendering her a cripple.

"Venerable, is there any way to help me remove this Enslavement Mark?"

Tantai Feixue asked hopefully.

"There’s no way."

"You will return with me to the Divine Wood Sect. Once the investigation is complete and we confirm you’re not involved, I will allow you to come back."

He Daozhen said flatly.

Although Tantai Feixue did not seem suspicious, He Daozhen wasn’t about to let her off the hook that easily.

"I will do as the Venerable commands."

Tantai Feixue said with resignation.

She gave some instructions to her sect’s elders, then departed with He Daozhen.

「A few days later.」

A shocking piece of news exploded throughout the Cultivation Realm.

The Divine Wood Sect’s high-grade Spirit Vein on East Divine Mountain had been forcibly plundered by someone using a grand spirit-extraction array!

And the culprit, rumor had it, was none other than the Master Gu who had tamed a fifth-order Divine Beast!