Chapter 310

Chapter 310: Going to the Flying Cloud Sect to Kill Bai Mu Mu

Immortal Maiden Azure Luan hated herself for being too strong; she felt her power had brought ruin to her whole clan, so when those two Devil Cultivators demanded things, she handed them over. When she left, she spoke to the two Devil Cultivators in a cold voice: “One day, I will kill you both.”

After that, Immortal Maiden Azure Luan went to the Wind-Moon Spirit Ruins and carved out a domain for herself. From then on, she shut her door and saw no one. She also sealed away her remaining cultivation and kept her level suppressed at Early Divine Transformation.

Nearly ten thousand years passed before the waves in her heart slowly grew calm. After years of nightmares, her mood finally returned to something like a normal person’s. Yet Shen Sang Ruo and Immortal Lord Chang Li both understood how helpless she had been, and how much collapse and torment she had endured to climb out of that pain alone. With no one to comfort her, she could only heal in the Wind-Moon Spirit Ruins by herself.

The two looked at Immortal Maiden Azure Luan with deep ache in their chests, feeling sore and miserable for her. Immortal Lord Chang Li only learned today what had happened to her clan; back then he had been too busy fighting the Heretic Cultivators to care for anything else. [If he had known…] His face sank and he sighed, but even if he had known he still could not have helped. At that time he was in terrible shape. In the battle, he alone blocked the fiercest strike. His body had been pushed beyond its limit and later died; only his soul, which Daoist Wu Wei forced to remain, survived and fell into a long sleep. With Shen Sang Ruo’s help to Reforge the Flesh, he finally returned to life.

Meeting their eyes, Immortal Maiden Azure Luan gave a steady look and said: “For me, it is all in the past.” Her expression was calm. By now she could talk about those events without her voice shaking, though it still changed a little when she spoke of her people. Her hatred for Devil Cultivators, however, had sunk into her bones. She had never let go of the thought of wiping out their nest. She was waiting for the right time.

From Shen Sang Ruo she learned what had happened in the Cultivation World during this period. Besides clearing up her tie to Shadowmist Ravine, she had another goal. She said: “Those two old relics were Devil Cultivators of the Radical Faction ten thousand years ago. They did not take much part in the conquest of the Cultivation World, but they should still know a few things.” By their original strength, they should not have lived this long; they stayed alive only by drinking her blood. They had even climbed to elder status in the Radical Faction. Now, at least, they might be useful.

“Maybe we can learn something about the Heretic Cultivators’ plot,” Immortal Maiden Azure Luan said. “After we deal with Bai Mu Mu, I will take you to Shadowmist Ravine. Those two old relics want me to return. If I bring a few more people, they will not object.”

Shen Sang Ruo nodded and smiled. She said: “I wanted to go to Shadowmist Ravine for clues as soon as I left Starfield Plain, but that area belongs to Devil Cultivators, so it was hard for me to enter. With Immortal Maiden Azure Luan leading the way now, it could not be better.”

Shen Sang Ruo then said with warmth: “It is late. Immortal Maiden, rest early and heal your wounds first.” Immortal Maiden Azure Luan nodded and lay down again. She turned her head as a thought came to her: [I still owe that girl her apprentice gift.] Seeing the two already leave the room, she let it go. Tomorrow would be fine.

Elsewhere, master and disciple were planning their trip to the Flying Cloud Sect the next day to kill Bai Mu Mu. Bai Mu Mu had clearly used a Malevolent Spirit to learn Immortal Maiden Azure Luan’s past, then targeted her on purpose, making her lose control to rub salt into her deepest wound. Because of that, they could not forgive her.

The next day, Shen Sang Ruo put on light, easy clothing, said goodbye to the people of Ninghua Sect, and headed for the Flying Cloud Sect. Bringing Immortal Lord Chang Li with her would be too eye catching; at a glance, people would know they had come to make trouble. So he turned into his former form, a Fire Phoenix, shrank to the size of a palm, and hid inside her sleeve. In this way, she could bring him into the Flying Cloud Sect without anyone noticing.

With everything ready, she stood at the sect gate. The gate disciples thought they were seeing things, and their eyes went round like copper bells. Wasn’t that Shen Sang Ruo? Why was she here?

Keeping a straight face, she gave the prepared reason: “I heard Master Ling Xiao has broken through to Void Refinement, so I came to offer my congratulations.” It was a reason that showed nothing amiss.

Hearing this, one gate disciple’s expression turned a bit scornful. He curled his lip and muttered to the others: “Didn’t she swear she’d never come back? She vowed in front of everyone that she’d never return to the Flying Cloud Sect, said it like it meant something.” Another snickered: “Now she hears our Master Ling Xiao reached Void Refinement and she runs right back.” A third added: “When Master Ling Xiao faced danger during Tribulation Crossing, where was she? Wasn’t it Junior Sister Bai who risked her life to save him?”

At Nascent Soul Early Stage peak, Shen Sang Ruo heard them clearly. She raised a brow. So Master Ling Xiao’s Heart Devil Tribulation had indeed been solved by Bai Mu Mu. But she did not believe that the Bai Mu Mu who wanted to kill them to Attain the Dao would be so kind. That had nothing to do with her right now. She looked at the gate disciples. She had come burning with anger to kill someone; how could she endure their faces?

She said at once: “It seems the Flying Cloud Sect does not welcome me, so there is no need for me to pay my respects or give congratulations. If Sect Master Shen and Master Ling Xiao ask later, it was you who turned me away.” After all, both those men wanted her to return to the Flying Cloud Sect.

She turned as if to leave, and the gate disciples rushed to stop her, changing their tone at once. They had all seen how Sect Master Shen and Master Ling Xiao treated her. If they truly angered her into leaving, they could not bear those two men’s fury.

One said quickly: “How could we not welcome you? We hope every day that Senior Sister Shen will come back.” Another chimed in: “Yes, Senior Sister Shen is the number one among the young generation in the Cultivation World. We are all waiting for you to return so we can learn from you.” A third said: “We will notify the Sect Master and Master Ling Xiao right away. Senior Sister Shen, please come in.”

Satisfied, Shen Sang Ruo walked straight into the Flying Cloud Sect. Back here again, her pressure could not be hidden; she was no longer the person she had once been. With the gate disciples sending word, Shen Dao Chen and Master Ling Xiao would soon know she had returned. She did not go to Thunder-Scale Peak, but headed first to the main peak where Shen Dao Chen stayed. If Bai Mu Mu was still recovering, she would be on the main peak.

When Shen Dao Chen heard she was back, he leapt to his feet, dropped sect affairs, and hurried to greet her. He made a show of being angry to hide how excited he was. He said with bluster: “This unfilial girl still knows how to come home! I must teach her a lesson!” But since she had come to pay respects to her father first, he would let it pass this time.

Shen Sang Ruo cupped her hands and said calmly: “Sect Master Shen.” Shen Dao Chen could not remember the last time he had seen her this even. He looked her over from head to toe and sent out his Divine Sense. The Immortal Lord Chang Li hidden in her sleeve dodged easily. Once he was sure she was fine, he said only: “It is good you are back. It is good you are back.”