The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 68 - 55 Minor Disturbance_1
Chapter 68: Chapter 55 Minor Disturbance_1
Chapter 68 -55 Minor Disturbance_1
“Ning, is this why you fell for him?”
Su Meng knelt beside her father’s corpse, looking at family servants sprawled everywhere, most without their heads, and said sorrowfully, “What must I do to become like Pang Jian, to be able to stab a few holes in Dong Tianze?”
When Dong Tianze flew away from that well, she held back her sorrow to watch; she wanted to see Dong Tianze die.
She saw Dong Tianze emerge with several horrifying bloodied holes and noticed the Dragon Pattern Spear in his buttocks.
So, Su Meng knew that within that strange pit, Pang Jian had managed to severely wound Dong Tianze.
Actually, she also knew that if Pang Jian hadn’t suddenly jumped into the pit, she would have ended up dead just like her father.
The incredible feats Pang Jian exhibited shocked her deeply, so when Luo Hongyan spoke those words, she had no doubt they were not an exaggeration.
She just wanted to become like Pang Jian, to have the power to severely hurt Dong Tianze, to have the power to kill Dong Tianze.
“Some things are innate, not something you can have just by putting in effort. Don’t take him as your role model.”
Luo Hongyan responded indifferently, her thoughts involuntarily drifting back to the calm meticulousness of Pang Jian setting his trap while peering down the well as ‘Spirit Evil’ Roman, to his tirelessly precise positioning, and the patience before his final strike.
She furrowed her brows in contemplation, “Is it innate, or was he taught? If these qualities were instilled, then the person who taught him…”
After a moment of distraction, she looked back at the heartbroken Su Meng and spoke again, “When you walk out of your grief, I can teach you how to pick the truly valuable herbs on the island.”
“Tsk tsk, the things your father and He Rong dabbled with couldn’t fetch a few coins in the Upper Realm. Remember, if you want to become powerful, you will need those herbs.”
Leaving Su Meng with that thought to ponder, Luo Hongyan drifted into the White Tower, searching for the Mysterious Yin Stone she needed.
…
At the foot of the mountain.
“She’s still dead.”
Han Duping glanced at Shangguan Qin, whose neck had been twisted and snapped, and lamented, “In the end, she couldn’t wait for Ouyang Duanhai.”
He actually felt grateful towards the Ouyang Duanhai who had his heart devoured by Phoenix Marrow, rendering him neither human nor ghost.
Without Ouyang Duanhai’s interference, Han would have fallen into the hands of Dark Ghost Dong Qianfeng and wouldn’t have been able to leave alive.
He also held some admiration for Ouyang Duanhai, who willingly obliterated his own Spiritual Intelligence for Shangguan Qin, but it was a pity that this ill-fated pair couldn’t achieve their love and died one after another beside different Phoenix Bones.
“During the battle, she didn’t contribute much, but she was very active when picking the fruits.”
Zhou Qingchen watched Luo Hongyan enter the White Tower and snorted coldly, saying to Pang Jian, “Dong Tianze was severely injured all thanks to your efforts, the most precious thing on the island rightly belongs to you.”
“I actually got it,” Pang Jian replied.
“You got it?”
Both were slightly startled.
“The Spirit Jade beneath the White Tower, and a portion of the Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood from the bottom of the well,” Pang Jian explained, then added, “Of course, I also lost that net.”
“That net isn’t worth much,” Zhou Qingchen replied, stunned. He didn’t inquire about the whereabouts of the Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood but patted Pang Jian on the shoulder and said, “You should rest a bit, I and old Han will look around and see if we can find any trace of the Demon Girl.”
Then he and Han Duping began searching the island.
They remained uneasy, always feeling that the Demon Girl who had killed the Zhou Family men amid the rocks could be lurking somewhere, biding her time.
They also wanted to see if they could find any escape routes used by Dong Tianze in other areas.
After they left, Pang Jian, just like Dong Tianze, jumped into the freezing waters of Wulan Lake to wash the bloodstains off his body.
He dove a bit and indeed saw four thick stone pillars wrapped in black rock, supporting Lake Heart Island.
Lake Heart Island was indeed on the back of the Mysterious Turtle.
He also swam towards the “head” of Lake Heart Island and found that it was empty, the mini-island of rock that had protruded from this central lake island had disappeared.
He clearly remembered that there used to be a mini-island heaped with rocks, probably a disguise for the Mysterious Turtle’s head, now it was gone.
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Thinking Dong Tianze might come here but discovering nothing, he returned and took out the Spirit Stones from his bamboo basket to continue replenishing his Spiritual Sea.
It’s easy to go from frugality to extravagance but difficult in reverse. After experiencing the marvel of Spirit Jade, absorbing Spiritual Power with Spirit Stones from the Upper Realm felt unbearably slow.
His Vast Spiritual Sea could only be replenished so quickly, thanks to the Spirit Jade which had been the source of energy for the White Tower’s flight.
“What a pity I have no Spirit Jade left.”
With a sigh, he entered a meditative state and immediately felt the pure nature’s spiritual energy of the island, which was indeed slowly diminishing.
The Mysterious Turtle was dead, and the Beast Soul had flown to the other end of the mountain range; Lake Heart Island, once forbidden and extraordinary, became ordinary.
Night was falling.
He looked towards the Extreme North Land at the base of the Solitude Mountain Range, knowing that just beyond those few closely clustered peaks, he would face the “Mysterious Fog” that inspired awe in all cultivators of this world.
That place was another forbidden area of the Solitude Mountain Range he had never ventured into during his many years—more dangerous than Black Water Pool, Insect Valley, and Lake Heart Island beneath his feet, it represented greater unknowns and mysteries.
“Father forbade me from exploring, perhaps because I am not a cultivator and too weak on my own.”
He felt that since he had managed to survive the three great forbidden zones of Black Water Pool, Insect Valley, and Lake Heart Island beneath his feet, he should have no problems getting close to the “Mysterious Fog.”
The sky was growing darker and darker.
Once the power within the Spirit Stone in his hand was drained, he took out the clothes wrapped in beast skin from the very bottom of the bamboo basket, changed into them, and returned to the well.
He quickly saw Su Meng, sweaty-headed, digging one deep pit after another in that overgrown area.
Su Yuntian, He Rong, and the bodies of the two servants decapitated by Dong Tianze—all were thrown into the pits by Su Meng, who, despite her inner fear, placed each person’s head back in its original position.
In the end, Su Meng knelt before her father’s deep pit, murmuring something indecipherable.
Pang Jian watched for a moment, then descended toward that pit well with the Dragon Pattern Spear, picking up the Spirit Stones and the bamboo flute that had fallen to the ground once the silver net was torn down.
He carefully checked the “dry meat” grooves around the Phoenix Bone, found nothing Dong Tianze might have left behind, and climbed out of the well again.
He saw Su Meng immediately upon emergence.
The petite and delicate Su Meng looked at him timidly and pointed to Shangguan Qin’s corpse, saying, “Pang… Brother Pang, may I bury her?”
Pang Jian nodded.
Afterward, he saw the girl grab a Spirit Sword and start digging beside herself.
Naturally kind-hearted, her face was filled with sadness, not wanting to leave this woman exposed in the wilderness despite having no ties to Shangguan Qin.
Han Duping, who had once lusted after Shangguan Qin’s beauty, had not given her another glance after her collapse into nothingness.
Only the naive Su Meng, heart filled with kindness, bore through the grief of her father’s death to ensure that all the deceased had a proper burial.
…
As night truly fell,
when Lake Heart Island along with Wulan Lake was gradually engulfed by darkness, Pang Jian suddenly heard arguing coming from the Heavenly Spirit Tower.
The argument was between Luo Hongyan and Zhou Qingchen.
He frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then said to Su Meng, “Don’t stay here alone; if Dong Tianze returns, you won’t survive.”
After digging a small mound and burying Shangguan Qin, Su Meng’s delicate body trembled slightly.
She knew her own limitations.
With her current level of cultivation, if Dong Tianze truly returned, she would be instantly killed.
“Then I…”
Su Meng’s eyes flickered with panic.
“Let’s go see what they’re arguing about.”
Pang Jian led the way up the mountain.
Seeing the surrounding sky growing dark, Su Meng hurried to follow, afraid that he would disappear from her sight.
The two of them, one after the other, quickly arrived at the White Tower to discover light from a fire torch at the fifth floor.
They immediately made their way to the fifth floor.
“You’re just in time,”
Zhou Qingchen said, his face stern, pointing to the Mysterious Yin Stones scattered all over due to the collapse of the Skull Soul Array, “These Mysterious Yin Stones are perhaps the most valuable Spiritual Materials on the island, and they should belong to you.”
Pang Jian, who had just come up, was stunned. He hadn’t expected Zhou Qingchen and Luo Hongyan’s argument to be about fighting for benefits on his behalf.
Luo Hongyan’s face was cold as she said, “Pang Jian has already gotten what is most useful to him.”
She was quite upset because the Spirit Jade from the lowest level and the Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood from the bottom of the well had all been taken by Pang Jian.
She had sacrificed many “Spirit Evils,” contributing the most in the battle and also suffering the greatest loss.
Not only could the Mysterious Yin Stones be used as materials for constructing a Soul Array, but the “Mysterious Yin Power” extracted from them could also help her refine her Spiritual Body.
She was determined to have them!
And here was Zhou Qingchen, the simpleton, who knew nothing at all, insisting on snatching them from her, even willing to hand them over to Pang Jian.
The angrier she got, the more she thought about turning hostile, teaching this simpleton a lesson.
“For the Mysterious Yin Stones, eh…”
Pang Jian’s gaze wandered over the Mysterious Yin Stones, and he nodded thoughtfully before suddenly asking, “Do you need these stones?”
Luo Hongyan nodded: “Yes.”
“Mr. Zhou, then give them to her; I don’t need them for now,”
Pang Jian willingly relinquished them and turned to leave: “Let’s go down and talk about other things. For example, after we parted, what you and Han Duping went through.”
Zhou Qingchen stood there dumbfounded, not expecting Pang Jian to be so generous as to give up all the Mysterious Yin Stones.
As he was puzzled, he suddenly noticed Su Meng’s strange look and slapped his forehead in sudden realization: “Oh, I was being thoughtless. During our time apart, it seems you two have already…”
He didn’t continue, chuckled awkwardly, and then went downstairs with Han Duping.
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