Chapter 295: Schemers (1/2)
”Why is this happening? Isn't this supposed to be a tournament?”
Ding Yuan's face darkened as he watched how Hua Xiong's men and Lu Fengxian's allies fought each other in the arena. Fortunately, none of the troublemakers had attacked the spectators yet.
The crowd was taken aback and were panicked at first. But when they had realized that Miaomiao's party only attacked Hua Xiong's people, they began cheering.
”KILL! KILL! KILL!”
”KILL THEM ALL!”
”THAT'S RIGHT! KILL!!”
No one but Ding Yuan had realized that the crisis would soon extend to them once Miaomiao and Lu Fengxian were done with the soldiers.
”This won't do.”
Ding Yuan took out his phone to inform Dong Zhongying about the uprising and the chaos.
…
Hua Xiong glared at Miaomiao and Lu Fengxian inside the pillar barrier in resentment. He spread his Qi sense to check his subordinates and soldiers.
The men didn't perform well even though they outnumbered this party. They had a few 6th-stage and several 5th-stage cultivators, but none of them mastered an advanced element Qi. Facing Ju Shoufen's poison flame and the fox's mysterious summoned spirits, they faltered and were pushed back.
Yet, the most dangerous fighter was not the two 6th-stage experts.
”HE'S OVER THERE!”
”NO!! HE DISAPPEARS AGAIN!”
An invisible assassin had been maiming the royal guards. Whenever he appeared, one or two of the 5th-stage soldiers fell. Even three 6th-stage commanders were helpless against the invisible man.
Even Lu Fengxian didn't kill many soldiers! The highest score belonged to Ma Moxi!
”Ma Chao, Cao Mao, Ding Bu! I'll remember this!” Hua Xiong swallowed a healing pill and bellowed, ”RETREAT! STOP FIGHTING!”
The soldiers also glared at Miaomiao's party before they turned tail and ran away, exiting the stadium in order.
Ju Shoufen, Ku'er, and Ma Moxi didn't pursue. They gathered around Lu Fengxian and Miaomiao, protecting them from the crowd.
Lu Fengxian raised his eyebrows and looked at the people around him. He didn't expect anyone to help him since they had nothing to gain from offending the imperial clan and the Dong Clan.
”Do you even realize what you've done?”
The light pillar barrier disappeared, and Miaomiao turned around to look at the troublesome protagonist, ”As a junior, I can't allow those hypocrites to bully a weakened senior, especially if that senior is my grandfather-in-law's mentor.”
”… Bootlicking and flattering will only corrupt your nature. Do you want to become a politician or a cultivator?”
”Is it wrong that we protected our colleagues and our families?”
”Colleagues and families? I haven't heard those words for a long time,” The corner of Lu Fengxian's mouth slightly curved up, ”I owe you one. I'll be sure to return this favor a hundredfold in the future.”
Ma Moxi, Ju Shoufen, and Ku'er ignored Lu Fengxian's words since they didn't expect anything from an unknown insane youth, who had claimed to be Ma Ping's old friend.
Little did they knew, Lu Fengxian meant exactly what he said. Only Miaomiao was aware of the underlying promise.
'Hook, Line, and Sinker! I won't fail like the last time when I scammed Xie Tian!'
Miaomiao planned to let Lu Fengxian grow, so the latter could become a domesticated plot armor to protect him from future protagonists, including Liu Bian and the Yuan Clan.
Using what he had learned from the past, Miaomiao was determined that his scheme would be flawless this time around.
As Miaomiao's party and Luo Cheng's group were awkwardly loitering and chatting on the stage, the corpses of royal guards and Li Wenyou suddenly sunk into the ground.
Sensing an evil art's power, Lu Fengxian shoved Miaomiao to the side and rushed toward the nearest corpse, which had not been stolen yet.
But he was too late, the corpse sank into the ground as if it was a stone sinking into an ocean.
Lu Fengxian squinted his eyes and looked around, searching for the culprit.
”WHO WAS IT!?”
Miaomiao, his gang, and Luo Cheng's group didn't know why this protagonist was alarmed, ”What's wrong, senior?”
”The corpses,” Lu Fengxian pointed at the bloodstain on the stage, but all corpses had disappeared.
”Corpse…?” Miaomiao looked around for a moment. Then, he realized the anomaly.
All dead bodies had disappeared!
Miaomiao asked himself – Who would want all these dead bodies? What abilities required corpses as a medium or an ingredient?
Could it be necromancy?
Miaomiao turned toward the spectators in shock. His bounty target might be somewhere among the crowd.
'Is Liu Bian here, too!? There's only one necromancer in this world, right!?'
Lu Fengxian also stared at the crowd, who was booing and throwing objects at them. Then, he muttered to himself, ”Either another heretic or a necromancer is on the loose. This won't do…”
…
Wang Diaochan, aka Liu Bian, couldn't stop smiling as he managed to secure a few dozen corpses of 5th-stage and 6th-stage cultivators. Although they were weak and didn't possess advanced element crystals in their dantians, the corpses were still valuable ingredients for his skill and system.
Ding
[You have collected enough corpses of core pillar cultivator to create a death knight.]
[Will you exchanged 10 core pillar cultivator corpses into a death knight?]
This was Liu Bian's system perk. As long as he had obtained enough fresh corpses of a certain tier, he could exchange it into a strong undead soldier instead of using his necromancy to awaken one. However, he could only use this perk once a year.
'Finally, I can get a brand new death knight. If I can have three or four more, I should be able to assassinate those pesky nascent soul cultivators and get their element crystals and dead bodies.'
Miaomiao wasn't the only hunter on this continent. Liu Bian also planned to rebuild his army and hunt all experts to get more resources.
Still, Liu Bian's underdeveloped body hindered his advancement. He needed to wait years before his physique could handle yin and yang essence, so he could break through to the 4th-stage.