Cultivation: the Rise of a Live-In Son-In-Law-Chapter 235 - 233: Red Cloud Fairy Stays True to Herself, the Person Imprisoned Deep Within the City Lord’s Mansion, and One of the Ten Supreme Heavenly Treasures!
As the Red Cloud Sect Leader, there were numerous contacts in the Communication Jade Token, and many messages came through daily.
However, the Red Cloud Fairy truly attended to very few, only responding to the more important ones in her spare time.
It was the dead of night.
Ordinarily, the Red Cloud Fairy wouldn’t bother to check who sent the message. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
But ever since that notification, the Red Cloud Sect Leader, who remained calm during cultivation, felt somewhat unsettled in meditation.
Furrowing her brows slightly, since she was restless, the Red Cloud Fairy decisively stopped her cultivation after circulating the energy.
With a wave of her slender hand, she retrieved the Communication Jade Token.
Upon seeing who sent the message, the Red Cloud Fairy’s brows knitted sharply, and she stood up directly.
"It’s him!"
"He actually... sent a message to me?"
Could it be that in these past two days, he finally figured it out?
At this thought, the Red Cloud Sect Leader’s mood instantly turned a bit delightful.
Figuring it out is good! Figuring it out is very good!
However, after receiving the content of the message, the Red Cloud Sect Leader’s expression changed slightly.
Not only did he not figure it out, but he also reminded her of something that even gave her a headache!
An infiltrator has penetrated!
No matter the force, such incidents are unavoidable.
After all, what makes people human is having emotions and weaknesses.
Being lured, turned, and acting as spies to transmit information was not uncommon throughout the Red Cloud Sect’s history.
After pondering for a moment, the Red Cloud Fairy sent back a message.
[I understand, thank you for the reminder... If you change your mind, you can come to the Red Cloud Sect to find me, the promise still stands.]
Even at this moment, the Red Cloud Fairy did not forget the most important thing.
...
Looking at the message sent back by the Red Cloud Fairy, Lu Ye maintained a calm expression, does she not know what it means to give up?
How did he not notice before that she was so persistent?
But thinking about it, what was his status at that time? He couldn’t even interact with the Red Cloud Sect Leader.
He only met her once, and the next day, he was rushed to Cloud Leaf City with utmost speed.
Retrieving the Jade Token, Lu Ye pondered for a moment and looked in the direction of the City Lord’s Mansion shrouded in night before his figure flashed.
The City Lord’s Mansion’s guards were far stronger than those of the Tian Family.
The patrol captains were all at least at the Postnatal Seventh Layer.
However, such cultivation was still far from enough for Lu Ye.
After easily entering the City Lord’s Mansion, he didn’t know where Wang Xingluo lived.
After a brief thought, Lu Ye headed straight to the still illuminated areas of the mansion.
Where there was light, it meant someone was still awake, perhaps cultivating or... discussing something; nothing was certain.
Moments later, Lu Ye entered the mansion’s inner courtyard.
The patrol team here was not much different in strength from the outer courtyard’s.
But Lu Ye’s brows furrowed lightly, sensing that within the inner courtyard... there were two Innate Realm practitioners secretly alternating their guard!
On the surface, Wang Xingluo, who was supposedly only at the Innate Third Layer, had two Innate Realm Dark Guards in the mansion!
Moreover, the inner courtyard had well-hidden protective arrays!
If inadvertently triggered, an alarm would immediately sound.
This level of defense would detect even a common Innate Realm intruder within a few steps.
"This City Lord’s Mansion, indeed, is a bit odd."
At this moment, even without meeting Wang Xingluo yet, Lu Ye had already sensed that this Cloud Leaf City Lord...
Is suspicious!
Lu Ye’s array skills could not compare to those who set up these warning arrays, but after discovering them, it was easy for someone of his strength to bypass them.
Two minutes later, bypassing the Innate Dark Guard’s watch, Lu Ye entered a side courtyard.
Here, even the patrol guards were absent, suggesting it was a Forbidden Land within the mansion.
Lu Ye’s expression suddenly turned more serious.
In this side courtyard... there were actually two Innate Realm auras.
One was the Innate First Layer, seemingly very weak, and the other... was astonishingly the Innate Seventh Layer!
For Cloud Leaf City, unless something happened to him, this person would be the strongest in the city!
Just then, a gloomy voice came from inside the house.
"Meng Lei, I advise you to come clean."
"Such a rare treasure is not something the Meng Family can possess, furthermore, you wouldn’t dare bring it out."
This sudden voice was familiar to Lu Ye.
It was indeed the voice of Wang Xingluo, City Lord Wang, whom he had previously met at his wedding and at the auction.
As for Meng Lei... Lu Ye found this name somewhat familiar.
Seriously pondering, he recalled that a steward of the Cloud Leaf City Lord’s Mansion was called Meng Lei.
However, long before he arrived at Cloud Leaf City, Steward Meng had disappeared without a trace.
Previously, Wang Xingluo had even made a big fuss looking for him, not expecting... the man was actually confined deep within his own mansion.
This information was once mentioned by that girl Jiang Lingyue during a conversation.
"Bah! Wang Xingluo, you hypocrite, if it weren’t for my momentary lapse, how would I fall for your treacherous scheme!" A severely scarred man inside cursed loudly.
Nine years ago, he accidentally met Wang Xingluo.
Meng Lei was blinded by Wang Xingluo’s seemingly benevolent demeanor, and mistook him for a true friend.
For the next two years, with Wang Xingluo’s generous help, he successfully broke through to the Innate Realm.
He was also invited to Cloud Leaf City and became a steward in Wang Xingluo’s mansion.
Over the years of friendship, Meng Lei completely believed Wang Xingluo was a rare good person, someone he could truly confide in.
So, four years ago, after a drinking session, Meng Lei revealed a deeply buried secret to Wang Xingluo.
The Meng Family had a secret passed down through generations, the most important secret of the family...
They knew of a forbidden Secret Realm, a location where earthly treasures grew!
However, fortunately, Meng Lei only mentioned the secret but did not disclose the most crucial location.
Otherwise, the day after revealing the entire secret, he would have completely fallen into the hands of this hypocrite Wang Xingluo!
"You’re mistaken, Wang truly considers Brother Meng one of us."
Wang Xingluo said lightly, "If you’ve told me earlier, I could send you to a peaceful place to enjoy your twilight years, why endure such torture?"
"You hypocrite, give up! Meng would rather die than let you learn about the Spiritual Ancient Tree from me!"
Upon hearing the words "Spiritual Ancient Tree," an intense glint shone in Wang Xingluo’s eyes.
One of the top ten earthly treasures... the Spiritual Ancient Tree!
It’s rumored that obtaining the Spiritual Ancient Tree not only greatly accelerates one’s cultivation progress.
But also offers a small chance... to comprehend Dao Rhyme from the tree!
Throughout history, any artifact that could trigger enlightenment was always an exceptional treasure!
Outside the small courtyard, Lu Ye’s eyes also narrowed.
The Spiritual Ancient Tree... though he hadn’t heard of this name.
But evidently, it was an extraordinary treasure, several levels above Xiao Ling’s kind of innate reishi enlightenment!
