"Jiang Chuan! I never thought I'd run into you here!"
An angry roar rang out on the sixth level of the Underground Abyss.
Following the sound, Jiang Chuan saw a hook-nosed cultivator in blue striding toward him.
"Benefactor Qu, it has been a long time since we parted at Bodhi Temple."
The newcomer was Qu Changhe, the Maha Hall disciple whom Jiang Chuan had once had his senior brothers beat senseless at Bodhi Temple.
Qu Changhe glared at Jiang Chuan with venom in his eyes.
"Jiang Chuan, at Bodhi Temple that day, you bullied the few with the many and beat me into a serious injury. Today, I will kill you and ease the hatred in my heart!"
"Bodhi Temple? This little monk is a disciple of Bodhi Temple?" the red-robed female cultivator spoke again.
"Fairy Yu Yang, is your Dan Ding Sect also going to interfere in the affairs between my Maha Hall and Bodhi Temple?"
As Qu Changhe spoke, a blurry figure emerged behind him.
Its features were indistinct, yet it radiated majesty and holiness, as though an ancient deity had crossed the river of time to arrive here.
"So this is the Divine Law Body condensed from the power of faith?"
Jiang Chuan examined it with great interest.
"Little monk, his Divine Law Body has already taken shape. Fighting him is equivalent to facing two enemies alone. Your best choice is to run," Yu Yang warned.
"Run? Where do you think you can run?"
Before Qu Changhe's words had faded, the Divine Law Body behind him charged straight at Jiang Chuan.
The Divine Law Body curled its five fingers, and dazzling light burst from its fists.
Golden Crow World-Shaking Fist!
This was a fist technique created by Maha Hall's predecessors after the Golden Crow spreading its wings and illuminating heaven and earth.
"Damn ghost, you really were bound to die sooner or later."
Jiang Chuan's voice turned icy. He unleashed the Treasured Mountain Seal, and the phantom of a towering mountain appeared above his fist.
Ever since returning from the treasured mountain, that heaven-propping, earth-pulling mountain had been branded deep into Jiang Chuan's heart.
As Jiang Chuan threw his punch, a vast and majestic aura surged forth, like an unbroken mountain range smashing down the void and crossing realms to meet the Divine Law Body's fist.
Bang!
The two fists collided. The Divine Law Body's arm exploded outright, turning into milky-white power of faith, while its body staggered back several steps beyond its control.
Whoosh!
At the same time, a crimson flying sword tore through the air, shooting directly for Jiang Chuan's head.
The one controlling the flying sword was Qu Changhe.
With a thought from Jiang Chuan, the thumb-thick Flame Sun Needle flew from his Storage Bag and began expanding without stop.
In the blink of an eye, the Flame Sun Needle had grown as thick as a bowl's mouth.
Clang!
The crimson flying sword was sent flying by the Flame Sun Needle.
"How did this bastard become so strong?!"
Qu Changhe's expression changed drastically as he watched his flying sword get knocked away.
He had never imagined that Jiang Chuan, who had not even dared to gamble-fight him a year ago, would now possess such terrifying strength!
"Go ask Dragon Transformation Venerable."
Gripping the Jadeite Saber, Jiang Chuan slashed fiercely at Qu Changhe.
The blood-colored blade light resembled a flood dragon roaming the void as it rushed straight toward Qu Changhe.
"Damn it!"
Every hair on Qu Changhe's body stood on end. He hurriedly controlled the Divine Law Body to block the strike.
Splurt!
The Divine Law Body was cleaved in two by Jiang Chuan's slash.
At the same time, the bowl-thick Flame Sun Needle came smashing heavily down at Qu Changhe.
Bang!
With no time to dodge, Qu Changhe's head was blown apart.
"I underestimated you."
A trace of surprise appeared between Yu Yang's brows.
"If you can kill Qu Changhe, who stood at the peak of the third realm, then your strength barely qualifies you to join this struggle for the opportunity."
"I did not come to compete with you for the opportunity."
Jiang Chuan was now eighty percent certain that the opportunity about to emerge was absolutely related to the Ruyi Heart Sutra.
Su Wanwan had most likely learned during this opportunity that the Ruyi Heart Sutra concealed the Void Devouring Scripture.
But considering his own strength.
An opportunity?
He, Jiang, did not need one!
"Then what are you doing on the sixth level of the Underground Abyss? Training?" Yu Yang asked.
Jiang Chuan answered, "This little monk came looking for the Seven Kill Demoness, Lu Chenling. Does Fairy Yu Yang know her whereabouts?"
Yu Yang raised a hand and pointed behind her.
"Yesterday, I saw her in the Bloodwood Mountain Range five hundred li away. At the time, she was using an Asura stationed there to practice her swordsmanship. I do not know whether she has left."
"As expected of the number one prodigy of the Seven Kill Demonic Sect!" Jiang Chuan was shaken.
Asuras were royalty among Asura Demons. Any Asura possessed third-realm cultivation upon reaching adulthood, and their combat strength far surpassed that of Asura Demons at the same realm.
Ordinary third-realm cultivators could only stretch out their necks and await death when facing an Asura.
Yet Lu Chenling was using an Asura to practice her sword.
"After all, she is the greatest prodigy the Seven Kill Demonic Sect has seen in sixty years!" A hint of admiration also colored Yu Yang's voice.
Because cultivators lived far longer than ordinary people, the concept of cultivators of the same generation was not measured in one or two years.
For example, Bodhi Temple treated twenty years as one generation.
Anyone who entered the temple within those twenty years belonged to the Jing Generation.
The Seven Kill Demonic Sect, meanwhile, treated sixty years as one generation.
After learning Lu Chenling's whereabouts, you bade Yu Yang farewell and headed for the Bloodwood Mountain Range.
The moment you arrived at the Bloodwood Mountain Range, you smelled a dense scent of blood.
Following the bloody smell, you soon arrived at an Asura Demon military camp.
"Human! Didn't we agree? We found you an Asura, and you would spare us! Why did you go back on your word and come to slaughter us again?!"
Seeing Jiang Chuan arrive, the Asura Demon guarding the gate let out an angry roar.
Jiang Chuan: "."
So, to save your own lives, you set up an Asura?
"Are you muddled in the head? Yesterday's killing god was a woman. This one is a man, not yesterday's killing god," another Asura Demon reminded his companion.
"Do humans come in male and female too? They all look about the same to me—no wings, no scales, ugly as hell." This Asura Demon spread his wings, seemingly showing off his handsome wings to Jiang Chuan.
"You survived beneath Lu Chenling's sword. You really do have a huge life," Jiang Chuan said faintly.
Men across the world were not alike, but women were all alike.
Loving beauty was common to all women!
If someone said you were ugly to your face, putting himself in her shoes, Jiang Chuan knew that if he were Lu Chenling, he would definitely have chopped all these Asura Demons apart with a single sword strike.
"My mother said the same thing about me. She said she threw me off a cliff, but I still didn't die. I really do have a huge life."
Jiang Chuan: "."
For a moment, he did not know whether he should pity this Asura Demon or praise his good fortune.
He had not died even after his own mother threw him off a cliff. That was no ordinary amount of luck!
It was just that his brain seemed to have been damaged by the fall. No matter how Jiang Chuan looked at him, he did not seem quite normal.
"I have no intention of becoming enemies with you. I only want to know Lu Chenling's whereabouts."
After Jiang Chuan stated his purpose, the Asura Demons immediately told him that Lu Chenling had headed south after killing the Asura.
Following the direction indicated by the not-quite-right-in-the-head Asura Demon, you traveled south all the way.
Along the way, you saw many Earth Demon Tribe corpses. From the sword marks on their bodies, you determined that Lu Chenling should have gone in this direction.
You continued onward, and a strange fragrance drifted into your nose.
When you saw the source of that strange fragrance clearly, you froze slightly.
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