Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment, Armory

"Chen Guyu, go join your family in death!"

A cold gleam flashed in Tian Guihu's and Di Hualong's eyes. They drove their Source Power into two pillars of black and white light and blasted them toward Chen Guyu.

Boom!

The pillars' power intertwined. Grass, trees, and boulders around them turned to ash, as though the attack could swallow the sky and devour the sun. It was terrifying beyond measure, worthy of the Black-and-White Twin Tyrants' fearsome name!

At the sight, Chen Guyu forced his Source Power to its limit, gathered it into a bolt of lightning, and hurled it against the attack.

But he was only at the Qi Refinement Third Layer. How could he stand against Tian Guihu and Di Hualong? In an instant, the blast sent him flying a hundred zhang!

Whoosh!

He shot away like a meteor, leaving blood everywhere he passed!

Thud!

Chen Guyu slammed into the ground, his organs torn apart!

"Pfft!"

He struggled to his feet, coughing up blood, and staggered toward the Seeking Dao Mountains.

He had only one thought: escape. Escape with everything he had!

If he made it into the deserted Seeking Dao Mountains, he might still have a sliver of hope!

"Hualong, he's running again!"

Tian Guihu raised a brow.

"Hmph. Running? Where can a dead man run?"

Di Hualong smiled scornfully.

"After him!"

The two rode their long blades in pursuit.

Before long, the chase had carried all three of them three li.

Suddenly, the Heavenly Mist Sect came into view.

"Help..."

Chen Guyu froze, then brightened. Gravely wounded, he collapsed and lost consciousness.

"Huh? There's such a magnificent Sect here?"

"Heavenly Mist Sect? Why have I never heard of it?"

Tian Guihu gazed at the imposing Heavenly Mist Sect in puzzled amazement.

"Forget the Heavenly Mist Sect. Chen Guyu's unconscious. First take back the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment, then kill him!"

Di Hualong spoke coldly.

"Good!"

A vicious look filled Tian Guihu's eyes as he walked toward Chen Guyu.

Meanwhile, inside the Heavenly Mist Sect.

"Sect Master, Chen Guyu has collapsed. Should we save him?"

Mo Lingyuan withdrew his Divine Sense and asked.

He had sensed the three men as soon as they appeared.

[Ding! A person destined to meet you has fallen unconscious near the Seeking Dao Mountains. Host, please accept him as your direct disciple!]

You've got to be kidding. The system waited until Chen Guyu passed out to issue the task? It's got a mean streak, hasn't it? Li Moqing could only complain inwardly. He nodded to Mo Lingyuan. "Save him."

"Yes, Sect Master!"

Mo Lingyuan turned into a streak of light and flew off.

Seven li from the Heavenly Mist Sect.

"Die!"

Tian Guihu took the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment from Chen Guyu, stood, and struck at him with his palm.

Boom!

Just then, a crushing pressure descended and dissolved the force of Tian Guihu's strike.

Whoosh!

It hurled him into the air, and the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment slipped from his grasp.

"Who's there?!"

The sudden change made Di Hualong's heart jolt. He cried out in alarm.

Hiss!

No answer came. Tian Guihu crumbled to dust in midair!

"How?!"

Di Hualong's pupils contracted violently. A chill ran down his spine as fear and unease spread through him.

This is bad. Run!

In an instant, he snapped out of his terror, drove his Source Power, and fled!

Hiss!

But he had barely turned before he, too, vanished into ash.

"Who was it?"

His eyes remained wide until death. He never learned who had killed him.

In a heartbeat, the Black-and-White Twin Tyrants had become the Black-and-White Twin Ashes!

Whoosh!

A streak of blue light flashed past. Mo Lingyuan caught the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment as it fell, tucked it into the unconscious Chen Guyu's clothes, and took him back to the Sect.

The Heavenly Mist Sect.

Within the Sect.

The Sect Discussion Hall.

"Sect Master, I've brought Chen Guyu back."

Mo Lingyuan held Chen Guyu in his arms as he reported in.

"Good. Take him to the fourth pavilion in the first row on the west side to recover. I'll be there shortly."

Li Moqing frowned slightly.

Chen Guyu's condition made it clear that the Sect needed Healing Pills, but the Sect had no alchemist.

The Sect still has such a long way to go, Li Moqing sighed inwardly.

"Go cultivate. I'll check on Chen Guyu."

With that instruction, Li Moqing flew out of the hall.

Zhang Xingfeng and the other two remained behind, worried as well.

The Heavenly Mist Sect, the fourth pavilion in the first row on the west side.

"Elder Mo, how is he?"

Li Moqing flew into the pavilion and asked.

"I gave him a Healing Pill and treated him with Source Qi. He's out of danger."

"He'll wake before long, but his injuries are severe. He'll need some time to recover."

Mo Lingyuan answered.

"Thank you for the effort, Elder Mo. Once he wakes, we'll ask him what happened."

Li Moqing came to the bedside.

"Very well."

Mo Lingyuan nodded.

"The Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment... Father, Mother... No!"

A quarter of an hour later, the unconscious Chen Guyu broke into a heavy sweat. He shook his head in anguish and jolted awake.

"Huh?"

He looked at Li Moqing and Mo Lingyuan beside the bed, bewildered.

"Thank you both for saving me."

A moment later, he realized that people from the Heavenly Mist Sect—the Sect he had seen before collapsing—must have rescued him. He hurried to thank them.

"No need for thanks." Li Moqing smiled faintly. "Chen Guyu, tell us what happened."

"Yes, senior."

Chen Guyu struggled to sit up and slowly began to speak.

"Sixteen years ago, the Overlord Tiger Sect slaughtered my entire family to obtain the Chen Household's Cultivation Method, the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment. They took three-year-old me back to their Sect to 'raise' me."

"Unfortunately, I was too young to remember much of it. I was even proud to be an Overlord Tiger Sect disciple."

"Then, ten days ago, I uncovered the whole truth. I stole the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment and fled the Overlord Tiger Sect."

"They hunted me, and I ran all the way here..."

"I see..." Li Moqing fell into thought, then turned his head. "Elder Mo..."

"I understand!"

Mo Lingyuan bowed slightly, turned into a streak of light, and left.

"Chen Guyu, you have no Sect and no home to return to. Would you become my direct disciple?"

After Mo Lingyuan left, Li Moqing turned back and asked.

"Your direct disciple?"

Chen Guyu was surprised and deeply honored.

"I would!"

He nodded without a moment's hesitation.

"Rest here until you've recovered. Afterward, go to the Sect's Armory and choose a weapon."

"These are the Healing Pills Elder Mo left you. Take a few from time to time."

Li Moqing set down a bottle of Healing Pills and gave him the instructions.

"Thank you, Master!"

Chen Guyu lay back down.

Though he had woken, his severe injuries still left him groggy.

"Lü Liu will come to care for you and tell you about the Sect."

"Get some rest. I won't disturb you."

Seeing his condition, Li Moqing gave those brief instructions and flew out of the pavilion.

"Yes, Master..."

Chen Guyu's weary voice followed him.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Direct disciple Chen Guyu believed your fabricated claim. The Sect's Armory has become real!]

[It contains a large number of Spirit Weapons, but Host must first hang an "Armory" plaque on a pavilion!]

[Making this fabrication real has consumed one of the opportunities to make fabrications about Chen Guyu real, gained from accepting him as a disciple!]

[Host has two opportunities remaining to make fabrications about Chen Guyu real: gained from accepting Chen Guyu as a disciple.]

The system's voice sounded just as he flew out of the pavilion.