Chapter 143

Chapter 143: Dragon Ridge Palace Formations Fail

Rong Shu had not been sleeping; she was refining pills.

So she saw the notice on the identity token the moment it arrived, and she immediately told Lin Dao: “Senior brother, demonic cultivators are here.”

Lin Dao replied almost instantly: “Stay in your quarters and wait for me to come over; however, quarters aren’t absolutely safe, so be careful.”

“Okay, senior brother.”

After putting away the Nine Palace Mirror, Rong Shu went out to check the operation of the surrounding formations.

The quarters’ built-in formation could only withstand the assault of a Golden Core Stage cultivator. If a Nascent Soul Stage demonic cultivator struck directly, the formation would not be able to protect the disciples inside.

[Demonic cultivators will surely include Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.] She looked at the formations still running normally and could not help worrying.

Just then, a red light flared in the distant sky, as if fired from some formation, lancing up to pierce the firmament.

Under that red glow, the large and small defensive formations within Dragon Ridge Palace were like a fragile film, wiped away with a casual stroke.

The demonic cultivators who had been watching from outside surged at once toward the nearest quarters.

The disciples inside had yet to react before they were forced to face the encirclement of several demonic cultivators.

Cries rose from all sides: “How did the formation break…” and “D… don’t come any closer…” and “Audacious demonic cultivators, I’ll fight you to the death!”

Hearing the panic around her, Rong Shu’s expression tightened.

All the quarters’ formations had failed at once?

She thought of that red light a moment ago and figured it was very likely the work of the demonic cultivators.

With every quarters formation down, the disciples inside had lost their shield and become lambs to the slaughter.

Her own quarters still had the extra formation she had arranged herself, and for now it was operating normally.

That, however, was nothing to be happy about.

With every other quarters stripped bare, the fact that she alone still had a formation made her into an obvious target.

It was like a young lady suddenly performing a striptease amid a crowd of predatory men, waving a little kerchief as if to say: come on, good sir, have at it.

Demonic cultivators outside had already noticed: “Why is there still a formation here?” and “Something’s wrong. Whoever’s inside must be important!” and “Quick, report to the captain!”

Several waves of spells slammed into Rong Shu’s quarters. Thanks to the formation, she did not suffer so much as a scratch, but the failure to break in only convinced the demonic cultivators outside that something was off.

What had to come, came.

Her place was not hidden, and more than one group of demonic cultivators tried to storm it, only to be rebuffed by the formation.

Rong Shu could not stay inside any longer.

A formation was not omnipotent; if she attracted Nascent Soul Stage or even Divine Transformation Stage demonic cultivators and they joined forces to break the array, it might truly be shattered.

But with demonic cultivators guarding the door, if she wanted to leave, she would have to either deal with them or shake them off.

Sensing several Foundation Establishment auras outside, Rong Shu felt her heart sink. [How do I shake these Foundation Establishment cultivators and slip out to rendezvous with senior brother?]

Just then, Little Hamster tugged lightly at the hem of her robe with a tiny paw.

She lowered her gaze and asked: “What is it?”

Little Hamster stretched out its other paw and swiped in the air.

At once, a Spatial Rift opened before Rong Shu.

“Gu.” The little fellow pointed to the Spatial Rift, clearly urging her to go in.

“Through here… I can get out?” Rong Shu asked again, uncertain.

Little Hamster nodded emphatically.

Seeing this, Rong Shu decisively retrieved the Formation Discs she had placed throughout the quarters.

She had already stowed her other belongings in her Storage Pouch.

Once the Formation Discs were back in her hands, she took Little Hamster and slipped into the Spatial Rift.

In the blink of an eye, Rong Shu emerged at the base of a wall somewhere within Dragon Ridge Palace.

She was out.

The sounds of killing outside were even clearer now, punctuated by the clash of cultivators trading arts.

Pressing herself into the wall’s shadow, she melted into it and inched her way outward.

“This… doesn’t seem to be the same direction as my original quarters.” After slipping along for a while, she confirmed her position, then found a hidden nook, rose from the shadow, and used the Nine Palace Mirror to contact Lin Dao: “Senior brother, I’m out. I’m right…”

…

At that very moment, in front of Rong Shu’s quarters, Yun Wu Ya looked at the now-empty doorway and asked his subordinate: “Did you discover the identity of the disciple inside?”

The subordinate bowed his head and answered: “She’s Jun Xiu Ran’s newly accepted disciple, fourth layer of Qi Refining, not one of the competing disciples.”

Interest flickered in Yun Wu Ya’s eyes: “Since she’s a personal disciple, that makes her worth killing. But a mere Qi Refining disciple is not worth this young valley lord’s hand; take it as practice for you.”

“Remember, hunt down Golden Core Stage and Foundation Establishment disciples, especially those in the Top Hundred, and kill any you see.”

With that, he casually crooked his fingers, and a disciple who had just fled out of a nearby quarters suddenly halted mid-stride.

It was as if an invisible hand had clamped around that disciple’s throat; his face flushed a livid purple.

As Yun Wu Ya calmly withdrew his hand, the disciple’s body toppled to the ground, breath extinguished.