Chapter 518
by fanqienovelChapter 518: New Path
When fellow sect members are in trouble, turning a blind eye is considered a punishable offense in the West Sea Sect.
The severity of the punishment depends on the situation and the consequences.
In serious cases, one could lose their cultivation level and be expelled from the sect!
If Shan Yu Xin wanted Wang Chen to rescue the Wei Hall of Wu Liu Si, Wang Chen could confidently refuse—he could ignore requests that exceeded his abilities.
However, if the other person merely sought refuge, Wang Chen could not turn him away for reasons of kindness and logic.
Otherwise, if the matter leaked out, setting aside the punishment for violating sect rules, his reputation in the sect would be tarnished.
Thus, Wang Chen hurried back to the Wei Hall on the surface.
As he operated the protective formations, he opened the hall’s doors.
The moment the door opened, a figure swiftly dashed inside.
Wang Chen immediately closed the door again.
Even so, an extreme chill flowed into the hall, causing ripples in the protective formations.
Wang Chen did not meet this fellow disciple directly but used the formations to send a message: “Brother Shan, I need to check something first, please bear with me.”
Shan Yu Xin looked to be around thirty years old, with a slender appearance and bright eyes, along with a long beard. Though he appeared somewhat disheveled, he still maintained the demeanor of a Purple Palace cultivator.
He nodded appreciatively and said, "Of course."
Wang Chen immediately activated the formation’s ability to detect Evil Spirits to check this visitor seeking help.
A light gently swept over Shan Yu Xin’s body.
The other man appeared calm, showing no signs of guilt.
After the formation confirmed the check, Wang Chen descended from the upper floor and respectfully bowed to Shan Yu Xin: “Please don’t mind, I am Wang Chen. Let’s talk while seated.”
Shan Yu Xin chuckled, "Brother Wang, you are too courteous."
Once seated, Wang Chen instructed his puppet servant to brew some spiritual tea and then curiously asked, “Brother Shan, what exactly happened?”
“Alas—”
Shan Yu Xin sighed deeply, his face expressing shame as he said, “It’s all my fault for being too careless!”
He entered the Underworld Realm shortly before Wang Chen, but not by much longer, and it was his first encounter with a negative energy surge.
Although Shan Yu Xin had prepared, the location he chose for his Wei Hall was not well-selected, and after several days of being hit hard by the negative winds, his protective formations struggled to hold up.
Seeing that his refuge was at risk of collapse, Shan Yu Xin had no choice but to hastily leave his belongings behind and venture out to seek help.
Though he had the cartographer map from the Jade Slip for guidance, the negative energy surge was too powerful, and he found it very difficult to resist. He had consumed two spirit tools and multiple spiritual symbols before managing to reach the vicinity of Wu Jiu Wu.
Wang Chen was his last hope.
“Brother Wang,”
Shan Yu Xin stood up and gave a deep bow, “I cannot express my gratitude enough. Once I return to the sect, I will repay you generously.”
“Generously?”
Wang Chen’s expression turned strange. “Your way of repaying others is to poison them?”
Shan Yu Xin abruptly straightened up, a sharp glint flashing in his previously gentle eyes.
He took a step back and forced a smile, “Why do you say that, junior brother?”
Wang Chen replied with a grin, “Brother, you must be quite curious as to why I remain unscathed until now?”
From the moment this fellow disciple entered the Wei Hall, he had been continuously applying poison.
His skills in poison manipulation were extremely advanced; if Wang Chen hadn’t been prepared, he probably wouldn’t have detected the tricks being employed.
Daring to use poison against a Purple Palace cultivator, the toxins Shan Yu Xin wielded must have been extraordinary.
The problem was that he had mistaken his target!
Wang Chen, with his Invulnerable Vajra body, was immune to all poisons, possessing complete immunity to toxins.
While there may exist peak poisons in the world of cultivation that could harm him, they would not fall into the hands of someone like Shan Yu Xin!
Thus, everything Shan Yu Xin did appeared to Wang Chen as nothing more than a clown’s performance—laughable and despicable!
Hearing Wang Chen’s mockery, Shan Yu Xin’s gaze suddenly turned vicious, and his face became shrouded in black energy.
He let out a low growl as sharp claws emerged from his fingers.
Before Shan Yu Xin could strike again, a large net suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping him entirely.
Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil!
The Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil was a supreme weapon against evil spirits, but it had little effect on fights between cultivators—unless they were evil cultivators!
In fact, from the moment Shan Yu Xin called out using the Jade Slip, Wang Chen had activated the Global Mode on his Cultivation Panel to scan and investigate.
In Wang Chen’s vision, Shan Yu Xin appeared shrouded in dark red hues!
From this, he deduced that the other was most likely possessed by an evil spirit.
The problem was that the Wei Hall’s protective formations failed to detect anything and didn’t reveal what methods he had used.
But Wang Chen believed that no wronged souls could escape the Exorcising Net!
Indeed, upon falling into the net, Shan Yu Xin’s true form revealed itself, displaying a grotesque appearance in the blink of an eye.
His body rapidly swelled, muscles bulging, and the robe he wore shattered into countless pieces, exposing skin covered with dark, tattoo-like patterns.
Bone spikes erupted from his flesh!
However, the Exorcising Net specialized in dealing with all manner of evil, and the magical spirit’s resistance lasted barely a breath before the tightening net constricted, causing black smoke to billow and a heart-wrenching wail to escape.
Its innate dark force was mercilessly absorbed and devoured by the Exorcising Net!
This absorption was irreversible and beyond the capacity of an evil spirit of its level to contest.
In mere moments, its size returned to normal and began to rapidly deflate.
“Ah!”
At that moment, a face suddenly appeared on the chest of the evil spirit.
It was unmistakably Shan Yu Xin’s visage.
He opened his mouth, attempting to speak to Wang Chen from behind the Exorcising Net, his eyes filled with pleading emotion.
But Wang Chen remained unmoved, continuing to pour his power into the Exorcising Net.
Regardless of whether this was Shan Yu Xin’s true form making a last stand or simply a trick of the evil spirit, Wang Chen ignored it completely.
Until the evil spirit’s form shrank down to the size of a raccoon, gasping for breath with no capacity for further resistance, Wang Chen suddenly released the Exorcising Net, setting it free.
At the same time, he thrust his left hand, summoning a bolt of Sky Thunder to strike down!
The evil spirit was already at its last gasp, and the Sky Thunder, a nemesis to evil, instantly vaporized it into nothing.
【Virtue +1790】
The information that flashed in his vision stunned Wang Chen.
He had only wanted to test it, never expecting such an outcome.
This amount of Virtue was quite substantial!
But Wang Chen was not one to reject abundance; he had previously worried about lacking sources of Virtue, fearing that once his stored specific number ran out, he would no longer be able to use the Global Mode.
Now, he had evidently discovered a new path.
Could it be that only by slaying cultivators possessed by evil spirits could one gain Virtue?
Wang Chen pondered, stroking his chin.
If that’s the case, having a few more individuals like Shan Yu Xin would be excellent.
Wang Chen remained stationed at the Wei Hall, ready with his net as Virtue flowed in continuously, which was quite a good thing!