Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Laying an Ambush in Advance

Yu Qing Cheng’s brows knitted as she said worriedly, “Senior Brother Liu’s worry isn’t unreasonable. We all forgot that even though Yun Xi is a Golden Core cultivator, she’s only fifteen. She’s the youngest among the four of us.

“But we definitely need support. We just can’t make a big fuss. That would easily alert the evil cultivators lying low, and then all our efforts will be wasted.”

Liu Hao Tian nodded in agreement. He then took out the Hundred Flowers Pavilion identity jade token and sent a message to his master. Raising his head, he said to the other two, “I’ve already sent a message to my master. Master should arrive soon. Before then, we have to keep a close eye on these evil cultivators.”

When Yu Qing Cheng heard that he had even alerted their master, she immediately said, “In that case, we’ll follow Senior Brother’s arrangements.”

The three of them gathered together to plan for a while, then split up and went in three different directions.

Yun Xi continued sleeping steadily in the carriage, quietly crossing the barrier with the other flower queens and returning to the Cultivation World.

The instant she crossed the barrier, Yun Xi felt every pore in her body open. The feeling of spiritual energy entering her body was wonderfully satisfying, and the spiritual energy seemed to have a will of its own as it gathered toward Yun Xi.

The spiritual energy fluctuations around Yun Xi drew the evil cultivator’s attention. He also hadn’t expected this batch of “goods” to be so good. Before cultivation even started, they could already attract spiritual energy. Once cultivation began, they would definitely be first-rate furnaces. He felt this mission was stable.

Because of the spiritual energy fluctuations around her, Yun Xi couldn’t keep pretending to be unconscious. So she acted as if she were slowly waking under the influence of the spiritual energy.

After opening her eyes, Yun Xi first looked around, as if she had noticed they were in a different place. The other flower queens in the same carriage were still unconscious. She pretended to pat the person beside her. Of course, they didn’t wake up, so she raised her voice. “Stop the carriage. Someone fainted here.”

The evil cultivator continued driving the carriage forward. His voice was cold as he said, “You woke up early. Looks like your talent is pretty good.”

Yun Xi continued acting to distract him. “You’re not Boss Zhao! Who are you? Where are you taking us?”

“Somewhere good.”

“What kind of good place needs to knock us out and bring us there in secret?”

“Tch. I didn’t expect you to be this sharp. How did you know you were drugged?”

The evil cultivator asked leisurely. Because he was facing mortals, and women with no power to bind a chicken, he was extremely relaxed. He spoke casually, not afraid Yun Xi could do anything.

Yun Xi’s eyes turned as she asked, seeming to accept her fate, “I can’t wake them up, so you must have used a drug. Where are you selling us?”

“Hahaha! I’m giving you a path to immortality. In the future, you’ll thank me.”

The evil cultivator replied arrogantly.

“What path to immortality? You mean we can become immortals?” Yun Xi continued to probe.

“You talk too much. You’ll find out when the time comes.”

After speaking, the evil cultivator flicked his sleeve and made Yun Xi faint, as if he had lost interest in talking.

Yun Xi clenched her teeth in secret, but she cooperated and “fainted” again.

The carriage continued forward for about an hour, then stopped in a dense forest.

A quarter of an hour later, a group arrived to meet up with the evil cultivator driving the carriage.

Through the Fei Xia Butterfly’s eyes, Yun Xi saw that five people had come—three men and two women. The men wore black robes with white edging, while the women wore red robes with black edging. At their waists hung yin-yang jade pendants, the symbol of the Cultivation World’s Yin-Yang Sect.

Yun Xi immediately grumbled inwardly, [These evil cultivators actually have ties with a sect. This Yin-Yang Sect doesn’t look clean either!]

As far as Yun Xi knew, the Yin-Yang Sect was a third-rate sect. Like the Joyous Union Sect, it used dual cultivation to raise cultivation levels. Because it had been established relatively late, its development was also relatively slow.

Their standards for accepting disciples definitely weren’t as high as the Joyous Union Sect’s, so they mostly picked up disciples that the Joyous Union Sect didn’t want. Their reputation was average, and there hadn’t been any news that they were involved with evil cultivators.

[Could it be evil cultivators pretending to be them?] Yun Xi couldn’t be sure for a moment. If they were evil cultivators, to hide their tracks, it was very possible they would do this.

Right then, the conversation between the two sides reached Yun Xi’s ears.

“Did this trip go smoothly?”

“Smoothly. And there was an unexpected surprise this time. Among these people, there’s a special-physique woman. She can attract spiritual energy without even starting cultivation. You should focus on training her.”

“Good. When the time comes, I’ll remind Master to take her under his wing and personally train her. We won’t ruin the master’s plans.”

“There’s one more thing I want to ask. Recently, has any Divine Transformation expert gone to the mortal world?”

At this question, the Yin-Yang Sect people clearly hesitated before answering, “As far as I know, no. Why?”

“Not long ago, we felt the pressure of someone at the Divine Transformation Stage in the mortal world. We were afraid of drawing the Cultivation World’s attention, so we stopped many actions.

“This time, picking out people with special physiques was done through a Flower Queen Contest in the mortal world, using it to take people away. It was all to avoid attention.”

“If that’s the case, then I can’t be sure. Ever since that transfer station at Xia Fei Valley went wrong, cultivators in the Vast Cosmos Realm have been very cautious. They might arrange for great experts to patrol the mortal world.”

At that, Yun Xi understood why the evil cultivator asked. It was because of her Golden Core breakthrough.

Back then, she had taken nine extra bolts of Thunder Tribulation and risked drawing the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder to temper her body. Not only did she destroy the Golden Core evil cultivator’s hidden methods, she also raised her body’s strength another level. She had temporarily released her suppressed divine sense, creating the illusion that a Divine Transformation cultivator had arrived, making the evil cultivators in the mortal world think a great expert was personally present.

Now she also understood why City Lord Li had run. The man probably thought a Divine Transformation cultivator had discovered the corpse-nurturing ground, so he fled without even caring about his son.

After a brief exchange, the two sides completed the handover. The evil cultivator who had escorted them back to the Cultivation World prepared to return along the original route.

Yun Xi felt it was time to act. She had the Fei Xia Butterfly notify Liu Hao Tian and the others to get ready. She herself sat up, lifted the carriage curtain, and said, “Hey, little brother, wait a moment.”

Yun Xi’s words startled everyone, especially the evil cultivator who had briefly spoken with her before. He released his divine sense and sized Yun Xi up from head to toe. “How did you wake up again?”

Yun Xi had already jumped down from the carriage. She acted clueless and said, “I woke up while you were talking. I heard you treat us like goods for a trade. You’re definitely a bad person!”

The evil cultivator flashed to her side and grabbed her wrist. Coldly, he said, “I advise you to be smarter. The more you know, the faster you die!”

Yun Xi pretended to struggle, trying to pull her wrist back, while she kept yelling, “Let me go!”

As she shouted, she took the chance to grab the evil cultivator’s wrist.

In the next instant, the evil cultivator’s whole body twitched. A trace of terror flashed through his eyes, and in the next instant, he lost consciousness and toppled to the ground.

The five people from the Yin-Yang Sect who had been watching the show sensed something was wrong and flashed toward Yun Xi, but in the next instant, golden array patterns rose from the ground and covered everyone. The five people instantly lost track of Yun Xi.

“This is bad. We walked into an ambush!”