Chapter 246: Chapter 189: Returning to the Holy Sect

Ten Divine Son Arenas.

And now, one of them was occupied by Qin Xuan.

A faint ripple of Divine Sense washed over the area. Countless Demon Cultivators roared in anger. Some Cultivators, overcome with rage, wanted to go up and challenge Qin Xuan, only to be held back by their companions.

"Are you crazy? Even the Haoyang Divine Son was no match for him. Do you really think you’re stronger?"

The Cultivator froze, finally coming to his senses.

However, some foolhardy Demon Cultivators still tried their luck. Qin Xuan beheaded them with a single sword strike, their blood staining the arena and filling the air with a metallic stench.

Qin Xuan’s point total grew higher and higher.

’If I can successfully challenge one more Divine Son, I’ll be able to get the Dirt and Filth!’ Qin Xuan’s eyes lit up.

Just then, the sphere of light in his mind suddenly began to flicker.

A jolt went through Qin Xuan, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

’My Divine Sense was just being controlled!’

A powerful sense of crisis washed over him, as if someone was spying on him from the shadows.

High in the dome of the sky, two brilliant Life Stars suddenly appeared.

One was a blazing sun, hot as fire; the other was cool and gentle. Black and white energies intertwined between them.

The Taiyin Fate Star and the Sun Fate Star!

Wei Qingyi’s face lit up with joy. "We can go back now!" he exclaimed excitedly.

Qin Xuan felt the world spin. Brilliant starlight flared, and the scene around him changed in an instant.

The view before him shattered like a mirror, piece by piece!

Just before his consciousness faded, Qin Xuan seemed to see Zhu Minghe’s lips move.

"Little friend, I’m counting on you..."

BOOM!

When Qin Xuan opened his eyes again, he was already back in the Holy Sect!

Beneath him was a cold rush cushion, and all around was a simple stone chamber. He looked down and saw an earthy-yellow halo of light resting in his arms, pulsing with a heavy, ancient aura. He had no idea when it had appeared.

"The Dirt and Filth?" Qin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then his heart filled with joy.

’When did I get this?’

Before he could do anything, the earthy-yellow halo of light flew into his sea of consciousness, transforming into a patch of land a hundred zhang square. It sat across a metaphorical sea from his Divine Soul’s Spirit Platform.

Qin Xuan walked out of the stone chamber. The unique, sinisterly cold wind of the Blood Demon Sword Sect howled past, chilling him with a familiar cold.

"Haaaah... The air of the Holy Sect is still the sweetest!"

Qin Xuan closed his eyes and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Just then, ripples spread through the void behind him as black and white energies began to churn.

The figures of Hou Qi, Wei Qingyi, and the others appeared, stumbling out of the void.

Qin Xuan smiled and asked, "You two, how did the Vermilion Bird Grand Competition go?"

Wei Qingyi, his Lifebound Longsword at his waist, looked disheveled and bewildered. "What Vermilion Bird Grand Competition? When did we ever participate in that? Junior Brother Qin, what are you talking about?"

"???"

Qin Xuan’s brow furrowed, his face a mask of confusion.

Ji Boying scratched his head in confusion. "Junior Brother Qin, what are you on about? Did you have a fit of madness or something? Weren’t we just climbing the Star Inquiry Stage after entering the Star Ruins?"

Qin Xuan’s pupils contracted.

A terrifying thought began to form in his mind.

’They... seem to have forgotten everything that happened in the Vermilion Bird Star Domain. I’m the only one who remembers!’

Qin Xuan asked tentatively, "Then I must have remembered it wrong. Do you still recall who came in first in the Star Inquiry Stage competition?"

"Of course I remember! It was Senior Brother Liu!" Wei Qingyi slapped his forehead. "Right, where is Senior Brother Liu? He’s the number one prodigy of the Star Ruins for all eternity, with three Star Palaces and three Positional Divine Techniques!"

"I’ll have to ask him for some pointers..."

Ji Boying gave a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. "Heh, that’s right. Senior Brother Liu certainly hides his secrets well. He’s the one who schemed to steal my elder brother’s Sun Fate Star, and he’s all tangled up with that Shen Fairy from Daqian... If his true colors hadn’t been exposed during this Star Ruins trial, my brother and I would have been deceived by him for a lifetime!"

There was another sentence Ji Boying left unsaid.

’Just let me get my hands on him. I’ll make him wish he could die!’

Inside the Star Ruins, Ji Boying lacked the power to deal with Liu Mobai. But outside? Under the terrifying might of the Nascent Soul Demon Monarch, Ji Boyan, Ji Boying refused to believe Liu Mobai could defy the heavens!

"Ahem..."

Qin Xuan cleared his throat and nonchalantly looked away, as if it had nothing to do with him.

After Qin Xuan, the figures of Wang Qianru and Gan Tang also appeared one after another.

Qin Xuan’s eyes widened in shock.

’Didn’t the two of them die? They were killed by the Ghost Star Cultivators, so how could they be back alive?!’

If it weren’t for the red marks still visible on Wang Qianru’s and Gan Tang’s necks from their passionate encounters with him, Qin Xuan would have truly suspected he was trapped in an illusion...

’Something’s wrong. Something is definitely wrong.’

Qin Xuan gently caressed the half of the Black Jade Sunfish Pendant hidden in his sleeve. He squinted his eyes, looked up at the sky, and instantly understood.

’Some Venerable must have intervened, not wanting them to spread news of what happened in the Vermilion Bird Star Domain.’

’After all, there was a Returning Void Dao Venerable in the Vermilion Bird Star Domain!’

"Greetings, Senior Brother Qin, Senior Brother Wei..."

The two of them trembled as they bowed to Qin Xuan and the others one by one.

Their eyes were empty and lifeless, as if a large piece of their Divine Souls had been torn away, leaving them gravely injured. Yet they seemed completely unaware of it, acting as if this was their natural state.

Gan Tang, however, felt a baseless sense of intimacy toward Qin Xuan and an inexplicable desire to be closer to him.

Everyone stood outside the Divine Sword Pavilion, waiting until all the Cultivators had been teleported out, but they never saw any sign of Liu Mobai.

"Hmph. So much for the reserve Demon Child. He knew he’d incurred the public’s wrath and was afraid of being targeted, so he ran away long ago!" Ji Boying said coldly.

Wei Qingyi nodded. "Most likely he teleported to Daqian with that lover of his, Shen Xiyue..."

For the group, however, finding out Liu Mobai’s whereabouts wouldn’t be difficult.

They just had to wait a few days after he appeared in Daqian, then spend a few Spirit Stones at the Holy Sect’s Contribution Hall to inquire about him.

But who would have thought that Ji Boying wouldn’t even wait? He directly took out his Identity Jade Order and used a Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission to issue a Pursuit Notice.