Chapter 122: The Blind Man in the Radiance

“Just now it was the seventh floor, and now it is the eighth? This is unbelievable!”

“Could it be that the Great Demon of the seventh floor was killed by someone?”

“Exactly which expert could achieve such a feat? It must be an elite disciple from the Inner Sect, right?”

“What exactly is on the eighth floor? It must be even more terrifying than that Great Demon on the seventh!”

“I am so looking forward to this. I want to see exactly who has such audacity!”

“Eh? That is… the Outer Sect Elders are all coming over!”

While the crowd was reeling in shock, several figures suddenly surged through the void from the distance. These Elder-level figures were rarely seen on ordinary days, yet four had appeared together today, descending upon the grounds of the Sanctuary Tower. Among them was the unmistakable silhouette of Elder Chi Yu.

Seeing the arrival of these four Elders, the disciple who had led Lu Jin to the Sanctuary Tower immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

“This disciple greets the Elders! Elder Ding! That disciple has already entered the Sanctuary Tower!”

The disciple spoke, his eyes filled with confusion. ”However, we cannot be certain if the person on the eighth floor is that disciple named Lu Jin!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the several Elders shifted. They looked up at the eighth floor of the Sanctuary Tower and indeed saw a profound radiance emerging. Even in the daylight, this light was clearly discernible. A faint, ethereal fluctuation permeated the surroundings, a phenomenon that only occurred when someone entered the eighth floor.

“The eighth floor? Someone has actually entered the eighth floor?”

The eyes of the four Elders were filled with astonishment. Even for them, attempting to enter the eighth floor would be quite a challenge.

“Lu Jin? It is him again?”

Hearing the name from the disciple’s mouth, Elder Chi Yu’s expression was even more surprised than the others. Clearly, she had not expected that Lu Jin would remain so troublesome even after arriving at the Blood Moon Holy Land.

However, as she looked at the Sanctuary Tower, she let out a secret smile.

At this moment, her disciple Liu Ruyan should also be inside. She had a vague understanding of the secrets Liu Ruyan carried. After a moment of reflection, she even began to wonder if the person who had entered the eighth floor might be her own disciple.

Of course, this was merely her speculation. If it were her disciple, all the better; if not, she would not force it. But with Liu Ruyan’s current strength, combined with the array secret key for the fifth floor she had provided, the possibility of slaying Lu Jin inside was very high.

At that moment, Elder Ding spoke.

“A new disciple entering the eighth floor of the Sanctuary Tower? This Elder absolutely does not believe such a thing could happen. This must be an Inner Sect powerhouse cultivating within the tower.”

“As for that new disciple, he should be practicing in the lower levels. You all continue to wait here. If that disciple can pass the fifth floor, notify this Elder immediately. This Elder will personally lead him into the Inner Sect!”

After Elder Ding finished speaking, he looked up at the eighth floor again, a faint glimmer of envy appearing in his eyes.

“Elder Ding, I shall stay and keep watch here. If anything happens, I will notify you in a timely manner,” Elder Chi Yu said.

Elder Ding nodded, then quickly flew away with the other two Elders.

Seeing Elder Chi Yu stay behind, a look of worry immediately surfaced in the eyes of Yan Mo and Tang Liu. They knew her identity and her relationship with Liu Ruyan, and by extension, Lu Jin. Her staying behind certainly boded no good for Lu Jin; she might even be secretly plotting against him.

Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Elder Chi Yu walked toward the Sanctuary Tower step by step and soon disappeared inside.

The moment she vanished, Yan Mo leaned toward Tang Liu and whispered, ”Elder Chi Yu and Liu Ruyan, master and disciple, are both inside! They clearly know Senior Brother Lu Jin is in there!”

Tang Liu’s expression was also complex. He looked at the disciples nearby and said in a heavy voice, ”They must have been the ones who called her over! What should we do? I am afraid we cannot help at all!”

“That might not necessarily be the case…” Yan Mo looked around, trying to detect the presence of her Guardian Dragon Guards, but she saw nothing.

This left her somewhat speechless. Ever since she left the imperial palace of the Tianxuan Empire, she had been protected—or rather, followed. Originally, she had found it very annoying, but now she seemed to understand her father’s painstaking intentions.

However, she still could not let go of the matter regarding the political marriage.

Thinking of this, she muttered to herself, Senior Brother Lu Jin, you cannot let anything happen to you. You promised to find me a Demon King. You cannot go back on your word!

After Elder Ding and the other two left, they descended upon a certain location within the Holy Land. All three of them looked helpless.

“I wonder where those few Elders died? There isn’t even a trace of their Qi!”

“The Soul Lamps of all five have been extinguished. Even Elder Zheng’s Soul Lamp went out long ago. With such cultivation, how could they just die like that?”

That Elder Zheng was precisely the Lord Zheng who had been sought out by the powerhouses of the great families, the Wu family and the Mo family, to deal with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

However, his Soul Lamp had long since been extinguished.

Now that the Soul Lamps of five other Outer Sect Elders had also gone out, Elder Ding Huang, as the First Elder of the Outer Sect, was wearing a face full of sorrow.

The Outer Sect Sect Master had already issued a strict order. If this matter was not cleared up, he would have to step down from his position as the First Elder of the Outer Sect.

“Could it be, as Elder Chi Yu said, that they were killed by that disciple named Lu Jin?”

“Absolutely impossible! Besides, Elder Chi Yu herself cannot be certain; it is merely a guess!”

“Even this Elder cannot enter that eighth floor. Therefore, it is even more impossible for a new disciple to get in!”

“Continue the investigation into the deaths of the Elders. This Elder will certainly get to the bottom of this!”

Inside the eighth floor of the Sanctuary Tower.

Lu Jin’s vision was filled with a dazzling white light.

This was a space where light and shadow intertwined, seemingly a different dimension entirely from the other floors. Before Lu Jin’s eyes, everything was submerged in a radiant white glow. That white light was vast and misty, appearing infinite.

Yet within it, there was a heart-palpitating fluctuation that flickered in and out of existence.

Lu Jin’s Spiritual Force permeated the surroundings, but within such intense radiance, even his Spiritual Force encountered resistance. The radiant energy surged, blocking his Spiritual Force layer by layer.

“The energy is not weak. It seems I will have to devour it greedily once again!”

Facing this world of radiance, Lu Jin’s first thought was not to find the secret within it, but to manifest the Heaven Burial Coffin and devour the majestic Spiritual Energy here.

Weng!

The Heaven Burial Coffin released a beam of black light that charged directly into the radiance.

Immediately, the black luster and the white radiance intertwined and clashed. A shrill scream echoed through the space. That hair-raising shriek caused Lu Jin’s expression to change.

Soon, a figure wearing a white robe flashed into view. With disheveled hair, the figure looked like nothing more than a ghost.

Xiu!

The ghost-like shadow was incredibly fast. Its entire body was bathed in the pale radiance, and a grayish-white glow seemed to permeate its form.

By the time Lu Jin saw him, he was already charging madly toward him.

Boom!

A punch was thrown, causing the space to vibrate. The cultivation at the 4th Transformation of the Purple Mansion Realm made Lu Jin’s eyes narrow.

But as he saw the person charging at him, he was even more stunned.

This person… is a blind man?

Footnotes: 

TN1: Soul Lamp (魂灯): A lamp tied to a cultivator’s life force; if the lamp goes out, it means the cultivator has died.