Chapter 263
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Chapter 263: Dark Cultivation Arts?
A cold glint flashed through the air at extreme speed.
Su Lengyun’s expression changed slightly beside him.
She hadn’t expected an hidden weapon to strike at this moment.
“Zing!”
At this moment, Fang Yu stretched out his right hand, easily catching the blade.
“Crack!”
With a grip of Fang Yu’s right hand, the razor-sharp flying knife was crushed and fell to the ground.
Fang Yu turned his head to look behind a large tree on the right.
Several figures walked out from behind the tree.
“Be on guard!” Su Lengyun instructed the disciples behind her, while releasing her aura, her beautiful face turning stern.
There were ten people in total, led by a middle-aged man with a beard, whose cultivation had reached the Martial Venerable realm.
Double Extreme Sect!?
After seeing their faces clearly, Su Lengyun frowned and said coldly: “Sect Leader Left, why did you attack us without reason?”
Left Tianhan glanced at the few corpses in front of Su Lengyun and said coldly: “Your Frost Cold Palace killed fellow cultivators from other sects. We of the Double Extreme Sect naturally cannot ignore such an atrocity!”
Su Lengyun was stunned, then understood their misunderstanding.
“Sect Leader Left, you misunderstand. These deaths have nothing to do with us. We also just discovered their sudden deaths…” Su Lengyun explained.
Left Tianhan squinted at Su Lengyun and said: “The people are already dead, you can say anything now.”
Su Lengyun’s expression remained calm as she briefly explained what had happened earlier.
Left Tianhan saw the corpse of the Blood Flower Leopard in the distance and finally believed Su Lengyun’s words.
“Why did they suddenly die?”
Left Tianhan asked in a deep voice, looking at the strangely dead corpses on the ground.
Su Lengyun shook her head.
Huang Daorong and the others had died right in front of so many of them.
Just ten seconds before their deaths, Huang Daorong had still been talking to her.
Such a sudden death was truly bizarre.
Fang Yu was also looking at the corpses on the ground.
After thinking for a moment, he crouched down, picked up a piece of the blade he had crushed, and made a cut on the corpse’s neck.
The skin on the neck was quickly cut open, but not a single drop of blood flowed out.
As expected, all the blood had been drained from their bodies.
This made Fang Yu even more curious.
He was certain that no special aura had appeared nearby earlier.
Huang Daorong and the others had just suddenly died and had their blood drained.
This situation was somewhat similar to what had happened at White River Mountain before.
The guardian will of White River Mountain had used a trace of annihilation power left by the ancestors to turn intruders into dried corpses.
This was different from the current situation of those who died in Fallen Immortal Valley.
These corpses were intact and had no wounds except for their blood being drained.
“Besides the blood being drained?”
A flash of inspiration struck Fang Yu’s mind as he suddenly noticed another point.
The souls of these corpses had dispersed instantly!
Usually, regardless of how a person dies, their soul would gradually fade away.
But the souls of Huang Daorong and the others had vanished without a trace in an instant, just like their blood.
This was definitely not normal.
“Souls, blood… this increasingly fits what evil cultivators need,” Fang Yu thought.
He could be certain that these sudden deaths were related to the faint formation power he had sensed after entering Fallen Immortal Valley.
While Fang Yu was thinking, Left Tianhan began conversing with Su Lengyun.
“Palace Master Su, did you enter the valley the last time Fallen Immortal Valley opened?” Left Tianhan asked.
“Yes, I came in with my master back then,” Su Lengyun answered.
“Is the current situation very different from back then?” Left Tianhan asked with furrowed brows.
Su Lengyun understood Left Tianhan’s meaning and answered: “Yes, this entry into Fallen Immortal Valley is completely different from last time.”
“Eighteen years ago, I also entered Fallen Immortal Valley. But last time, the surroundings weren’t so quiet – there were traces and sounds of martial artists fighting with beasts everywhere.”
“This time, not only is it quiet, but even ordinary beasts are rarely seen… yet you encountered such a powerful beast… and the deaths of the Crescent Moon Sect people are extremely strange.”
“I believe that in these eighteen years, Fallen Immortal Valley must have undergone huge changes,” Left Tianhan said in a deep voice.
Su Lengyun nodded slightly, agreeing with Left Tianhan’s words.
“From what we’ve seen so far, Fallen Immortal Valley is no longer suitable for disciples to train,” Left Tianhan shook his head and said, “I’ve decided not to go deeper.”
“I suggest you all leave together. There’s no need to risk the disciples’ lives.”
Hearing this suggestion, Su Lengyun frowned deeply and looked toward Fang Yu.
Fang Yu, however, was pondering other matters at this moment.
Left Tianhan glanced at Fang Yu, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
The flying knife he had thrown was made of cold iron and extremely sharp.
The fact that Fang Yu had crushed it without injuring his hand was astonishing.
“Palace Master Su, please consider it carefully. We’ll take our leave now,” Left Tianhan didn’t want to stay any longer and cupped his hands to Su Lengyun before turning to leave.
Watching the Double Extreme Sect group leave, Su Lengyun looked at Fang Yu, about to speak.
At this moment, Liu Liansha and several female disciples came forward together.
“Master, what that uncle said is right, let’s leave too. This place is clearly not normal! It’s too dangerous!” Liu Liansha said with a pale face, obviously still shaken by what had happened earlier.
“Yes, Master, we have no training opportunities here at all… we might as well return to the sect to cultivate quietly.”
“Master…”
Many disciples felt afraid and didn’t want to go deeper.
Su Lengyun understood this clearly.
Just that Blood Flower Leopard from earlier was not an opponent these disciples could handle.
If Fang Yu hadn’t been present, she would have needed to spend considerable time and effort herself.
They had only just entered Fallen Immortal Valley and already encountered such a powerful beast.
Going deeper might lead to even more dangerous situations.
Just as Su Lengyun was weighing the options with a serious expression, Fang Yu spoke up.
“I think we probably can’t leave Fallen Immortal Valley now.”
“Although I haven’t figured out their purpose yet, these deaths are definitely not coincidental.”
Hearing these words, Su Lengyun didn’t react much, but Liu Liansha and the other disciples’ expressions changed.
“Fang Yu… do you mean someone wants to harm us? Not let us leave?” Liu Liansha asked.
Fang Yu nodded and made an affirmative sound.
“How is that possible? Isn’t Fallen Immortal Valley the sacred ground of that Tianxing Sect? If we can’t get out, we can ask Tianxing Sect people for help! We paid money!” Liu Liansha said loudly.
“Who do you think doesn’t want us to leave?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“You, you mean Tianxing Sect… how is that possible?” Liu Liansha’s expression changed as she said.
Su Lengyun also understood Fang Yu’s meaning and asked with a sharp gaze: “Brother Yu, what is Tianxing Sect’s purpose in doing this?”
“Not sure, but we might find out soon.”
“How about this – you all continue forward. I’ll wait here for a while, then catch up with you,” Fang Yu said.
“Who are you waiting for here?” Liu Liansha asked.
“You’ll know when the time comes,” Fang Yu smiled slightly and said.
…
Following Fang Yu’s instructions, Su Lengyun led the disciples forward.
Meanwhile, Fang Yu hid in the nearby forest, still able to see Huang Daorong and the others’ corpses within his field of vision.
If his guess wasn’t wrong, someone would appear soon.
Five minutes passed…
The surroundings were completely quiet, with only the rustling sound of wind through leaves.
At this point, still no one had appeared.
“Did I guess wrong?”
Fang Yu thought.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, two auras suddenly appeared.
They’re here!
Fang Yu’s eyes sharpened as he stared at those corpses.
A white glowing circle appeared on the ground beside the corpses.
“Whoosh!”
Two seconds later, two figures appeared within the circle.
A teleportation formation!
The two people who appeared in the light circle both wore black robes and had cultivation at the twelfth level of Qi Refinement, which was half-step Grandmaster.
These two walked to the corpses, crouched down, took the storage bags from their waists, and stuffed them into their own pockets.
“Sigh, collecting them one by one like this, how long will it take? There are over three hundred people in total.”
One of them complained.
“What can we do? Do you want to disobey the Sect Leader’s orders?” the other person said.
