Chapter 454 - Chapter 454: Chapter 151: Qi Yuanshu and Jian Yunxiang Die (2/2)
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after taking care of the yellow pine cultivator, lin jing removed his disguise and reverted to his original appearance, riding his flying sword towards the sea of blood beach.
from the memory of the yellow pine cultivator, lin jing had learned that the leader of the puppet guild was extremely cautious and devious.
even facing lin jing, his brother’s killer, he did not plan to deal with him in an open and aboveboard manner.
instead, he wanted to use the puppet guild’s advantage at night, in conjunction with blood corpses to eliminate lin jing.
and his idea coincided with lin jing’s own plans.
of course, lin jing did not wish to openly conflict with the puppet guild either, considering its numerous members—if a conflict really broke out, lin jing was not necessarily going to have the upper hand.
lin jing also planned to take advantage of the night when the members of the puppet guild were scattered and dared not venture out freely. he could then find their caves and defeat them one by one.
therefore,
lin jing had revealed his true identity and came to the sea of blood beach for this purpose.
after making a round, lin jing immediately noticed that several cultivators had taken notice of him.
presumably, they all were from the puppet guild.
as soon as lin jing appeared on the sea of blood beach, someone immediately reported this news to the puppet guild leader.
after receiving this message, the puppet guild leader thought for a moment and then asked the subordinate who had reported it:
“are you sure, it’s only him by himself this time?”
that cultivator responded:
“yes, guild leader…”
“just him alone, should we take action and eliminate this person?”
after hearing this, the puppet guild leader pondered for a moment, then his gaze sharpened, and he said:
“you go secretly follow him and find his cave. we’ll move tonight…”
“yes…” replied the cultivator, before he withdrew.
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after circling the sea of blood beach, lin jing figured that the puppet guild leader must have received the news.
therefore, lin jing quickly left the area.
this time, lin jing did not return to the previous mountain peak.
instead, he found an inconspicuous mountain peak not far from the sea of blood beach in the desolate mountain range and carved a cave to reside in.
beforehand, lin jing’s divine sense had been observing the surroundings.
under the cover of lin jing’s divine sense, a cultivator was found to have been following him ever since he left the sea of blood beach.
up to now, this person was still carefully hiding and following behind him.
although the person tried to conceal himself thoroughly, he could not evade the exploration of lin jing’s divine sense. however, lin jing did not pay him any heed and entered the newly carved cave directly.
after lin jing entered the cave, that cultivator following him then left…
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only when dusk was about to fall did the cultivator return.
this time, besides him, he brought three others.
together, four cultivators found a mountain peak not far from the one lin jing had occupied, and they, too, carved out a cave.
lin jing then sent out his divine sense, sweeping toward the caves of those four cultivators…
after some investigation, he discovered that the puppet guild leader was not among them.
lin jing couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed…
given the guild leader’s cautious nature, this was to be expected.
however…
lin jing had already prepared a countermeasure for this.
so, he was not in a rush but retracted his divine sense, sat cross-legged inside the cave, and waited for nightfall.
soon, night fell, and once again the world was bathed in silence.
lin jing held a black jade stone in hand and waited quietly.
before long, rustling noises came from the outside.
soon, a voice came from outside:
“brother lin jing, are you there?”
“i want to see you, can i come in, please…”
this voice belonged to li qingqing.
since li qingqing had not come to the devouring spirit blood realm, it naturally goes without saying that the voice belonged to that soul-devouring yin spirit.
at this moment, the black jade stone in lin jing’s hand showed no reaction.
clearly, those puppet cultivators had not yet made their move.
in the face of the noise outside, lin jing did not react at all.
after some time, the noise outside disappeared as well.
and lin jing continued to meditate inside the cave.
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after the noise had disappeared and some time had passed, there was new activity outside.
this time…
footsteps were heard approaching the entrance of lin jing’s cave, then stopping just outside; followed by a series of loud bangs, accompanied by the sound of falling rocks.
this sound, along with the actions outside, truly seemed as if someone was damaging the entrance’s black boulders.
if it were not for the lack of response from the black jade stone in lin jing’s hand, he might have thought that those puppet cultivators had made their move.
the noise did not last long and soon ceased.
after the noises stopped, some time passed.
the same sounds arose again.
however, this time the difference was
that the black jade stone in lin jing’s hand had become hot and was emitting a red glow.
it was obvious…
the puppet cultivators had already taken action, and at this moment, the puppets were already at the entrance of his cave.