Chapter 438 - Coup (1/2)

Everyone froze and looked at the buns in their hands. It smelled so good, how could it be tasteless? Qingluan was startled a little, then she grabbed the bun in Xiao Chen’s hand and took a bite. Her face seemed to become even more startled.

“Probably, probably I bought wrongly.” Qingluan’s tone was a bit far-fetched, and after she said it, she rubbed the buns into the paper bag and threw them into the grass.

Xiao Chen smiled weakly, had he begun to gradually lose his sense of taste? Would it be his smell, hearing, vision next…

A gust of wind blew and blew up the white hair behind his shoulders.

Qingluan coughed and said, “Okay, everyone gets ready to leave.” The rest of them stopped eating, and Qingluan turned to look at Xiao Chen, saying, “Lord, where do we go now?”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and asked, “Did you store the Corpse Puppet I asked you to pick up earlier properly?” Qingluan said, “Yes, it’s stored properly.”

Xiao Chen nodded. Even if he was going to die, Xiao Ning had to be rescued before he died. This was his promise to Su Xiaomei, but there were so many pros in the Wuyin Monastery. Putting aside the four Great Divine Monks; Tong, Gui, Ji, Le, even that old monk outside the Devil Repressed Tower was a pro. How was he going to deal with them?

“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast suddenly yelled and interrupted Xiao Chen’s thoughts. Xiao Chen looked at it with a smile, and said to the others, “We can’t stay here too long; let’s leave here first then talk about it.”

The group flew on their swords for more than 150 kilometers the northeastward. When they arrived in a crowded small town, it was seemingly livelier as compared to the desolate Robust Spirit Town. The 13 of them were rather eye-catching but Xiao Chen was not bothered. He was still thinking hard on a plan to rescue Xiao Ning.

At this moment, two middle-aged men walked towards them. The two men seemed to be discussing something. When they were neared, they only heard one of them whispering, “That great devil head is incredible. Which of the current Perfected Immortal Sect Leaders can beat him?”

Another person said, “Well, you don’t say. Recently, Wuyue Peak has been in an uproar, and the people are competing to be the first. That devil head seems to be looking for someone to fight. I’m afraid that there will be another carnage.”

Xiao Chen was deep in his thoughts initially, however upon overhearing their conversation, his heart sank as he thought, “It’s Great Devil Gu Feng!” Suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, and he asked Qingluan, “Have you heard someone who called himself Gu Feng awhile back then?”

Qingluan frowned, recalled for a moment and said, “This person is not a person of the Devils’ sects, however he’s full of Devil Qi and is insane. Earlier, he opened a Wind Floating Platform on the top of the Wuyue Peak in the Middle Continent, challenging cultivators from everywhere. What he had said was that he wanted to make a list of celestial honors, which led to a crowd of heroes gathering, and he also seemed to be finding someone who he would fight with him to death…”

Xiao Chen nodded and thought that it had to be Gu Feng. He was sealed by Xiao Ning for thousands of years in the Human World. When he broke out from the seal that day he mentioned that Xiao Ning had agreed to a duel, but had secretly joined forces with several major sects and ambushed him. Presumably, he now had a deep hatred for Xiao Ning.

However, Xiao Chen believed that with Xiao Ning’s character, if he had agreed to a duel then he would do it fairly and he would never join forces with others for an ambush. As for what had actually happened, Xiao Chen had some clues after what Patriarch Guanshan had said before, however, it would be difficult to trace and investigate for the time being. As for why Xiao Ning was besieged by the Five Major Sects later, it could only be known after Xiao Ning was rescued.

Xiao Chen frowned, but it was that he had thought of a plan. He smiled and said, “Very good, very good!”

Qingluan and Ziyun’er had never seen him smile since they met up with him in the Miasma Mountain Range. Now that they finally saw the gloominess on his face was cleared up, they were also happy. Ziyun’er chuckled and said, “What is very good? That devil head has no respect for anyone, what’s good about that? Or does the Lord want to go onto that celestial list?”

The thought that he could save Xiao Ning soon and also learn the truth of many things and the trace of Master, Xiao Chen temporarily set aside his troubled thoughts and smiled, saying, “Neither, nor. There’s a senior I want to save. Come with me.” Then he led the 12 people to an inn, and after closing the door, Xiao Chen told them about everything in the Devil Repressed Tower.

The twelve were a little stunned by what they heard, Xiao Chen nodded his head and said, “That’s about it. Now we will divide into two routes. You go to Wuyue Peak to find Gu Feng. I’ll go to Wuyin Monastery. Then we’ll meet in Huai Prefecture City, if you arrive first, crush the jade note.”

Qingluan frowned, and said softly, “Lord, I’m afraid of you being alone…” Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and said, “It’s okay, don’t worry about me, but you must keep in mind that you must not offend that person. After you meet him, you just need to tell him that you know where Xiao Ning is, and then take him to Huai Prefecture City, where I will wait for you.”

Qingluan contemplated for a moment before she finally nodded and said, “The Lord must be careful. The rest of us will now head to Wuyue Peak.” After that, she led the other 11 people out of the room.

After the aura of the 12 people could not be sensed, Xiao Chen suddenly leaned on side of the bed and coughed vigorously and his white hair fluttered on his back. From behind, he looked like an elderly person who was about to die…

“Koo-chee! Woo… Koo-chee…”

The Koo-chee beast kept going around him. After a while, Xiao Chen finally stopped coughing and slowly paced his breathing. He turned around and looked at the beast and said, “Brother Koo-chee, don’t worry, I’m fine. Let’s rest for a night and we’ll set foot tomorrow…”

“Woo… Koo-chee.” The Koo-chee beast nodded.

Xiao Chen chuckled and tried to exercise his skill, and found that his skill had regressed to the middle stage of Nascent Soul Realm. When he was in the valley with the chief envoy, he was still at the peak of Nascent Soul Realm. This feeling was not the Wisdom-forsaking Technique that Bai Ying taught him, it was a drainage of power, and life force…