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Chapter 340: Someone is Seeking Gold!?
Chapter 340: Someone is Seeking Gold!?
For a heartbeat, Lv Yang’s main body in Jiangnan held its breath.
Previous events flashed through his mind, sharpening his realization: A trap! This is a scheme within schemes—Ang Xiao is deliberately setting a snare too!
Certainly, Chongguang was scheming.
Using himself as bait to lure Ang Xiao into Heaven’s South Gate was clearly a calculated move. Yet Ang Xiao wasn’t clueless. At the very least, from Ang Xiao’s reaction, he’d sensed something amiss and counter-laid a trap. Whatever plans Chongguang and True Monarch Qingcheng Feixue had, they’d likely walk straight into Ang Xiao’s net, ending in mutual doom.
These people are too devious!
Lv Yang felt that compared to them, he was practically harmless. Indeed, he mused, deep down I’m still a good person, unchanged.
But… Wait!
Suddenly, Lv Yang snapped back: Why did Ang Xiao tell me all this? Doesn’t he fear I’ll betray him and warn Chongguang?
Or perhaps… Revealing this to me was part of his plan all along?
If I truly believed him and warned Chongguang, wouldn’t that lead Chongguang and Qingcheng Feixue straight into Ang Xiao’s real trap?
How many layers deep are we now? Which level is he on?
Lv Yang’s mind churned until he finally asked, voice heavy: “So? What help does the cultivator seek from me? And how could I possibly assist?”
“A mere gesture.”
Ang Xiao smiled faintly. “If my guess holds, Xue Feihong will definitely head to the Cave Heaven Fragment beneath Gantang Port’s waters.”
“There, I’ll open the Underworld’s gate.”
“All I ask is for you to strike once at that moment, helping me cast Xue Feihong into the Underworld. After that, matters will unfold as I intend.”
At this declaration, Lv Yang fell silent.
Ang Xiao’s plan was brilliant, the offered reward enticing—methods to reverse Chen Earth cultivation, secrets leading directly to Golden Core Late. Yet one issue remained:
I’m not a True Monarch! I don’t even possess a single True Monarch-level technique. How can I assist him?
Wait… This is a test!
He’s probing my strength! If I agree, all is well. If I refuse, he’ll uncover my true limits.
Lv Yang hesitated only a moment.
But that fleeting pause confirmed Ang Xiao’s suspicion. A calm smile bloomed on his face:
“Interesting. It seems the young cultivator’s current strength is… lacking.”
“Cultivator” had become “young one.”
Lv Yang inhaled deeply, abandoning further speculation.
Undoubtedly, he couldn’t outmaneuver these seasoned schemers.
Resigning himself, he steadied his expression: “Perhaps, but isn’t the elder’s strength limited too?”
As the words fell, a profound fragrance rippled through the air.
Multifloral Marrow!
Faced with Ang Xiao’s pressure, Lv Yang stopped dissecting motives and focused on his own goal:
In the end, I never intended to survive. My original plan was to let this soul fragment reincarnate, then await the Sword Pavilion’s retrieval. Perhaps it’s fortunate Ang Xiao arrived early!
If Ang Xiao had appeared during his suicide-driven reincarnation, he’d have been utterly helpless. Before the soul fragment could reach the Underworld, Ang Xiao would’ve seized and incinerated it in an instant. Clearly, Ang Xiao wasn’t omnipotent—especially unaware of Lv Yang’s self-sacrifice plan.
Then… let’s fight!
If Ang Xiao can crush me, I’ll abandon all plans and detonate this fragment. If not, I’ll have my chance.
After all, his goal was merely suicide-driven reincarnation.
Though Ang Xiao resided in the Underworld, he couldn’t interfere with reincarnation—otherwise, he’d have already controlled the Underworld, no need for stealth.
With this thought, Lv Yang channeled the unfathomable power within the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner. Four Divine Abilities blazed in his Spirit Sea, elevating his status back to Great True Sovereign. Without hesitation, he lunged at Ang Xiao, aiming to end it in one strike.
He held nothing back!
Since he’d die anyway, he disregarded the backlash, temporarily boosting his wounded body to Great True Sovereign once more—deciding all in one move.
“Young one’s impatient.”
Seeing this, Ang Xiao’s smile remained untouched. He rose, retreating—his form vanishing instantly.
Lv Yang halted abruptly: Who was I even attacking?
Yet the next moment, clarity struck. His Golden String Puppet still linked to another’s vision.
Whose vision?
Lv Yang didn’t pause to recall. Using this stranger’s sight, he unleashed his Divine Ability without mercy.
Boom!
An invisible barrier shattered. Ang Xiao reappeared, his smile slightly dimmed.
Meanwhile, Lv Yang recovered his earlier awareness, exhaling sharply: Good thing I kept the Golden String Puppet active after discovering Ang Xiao’s possession of Xiao Hai True Man. Otherwise, I’d have lost him again!
Ang Xiao’s concealment had limits.
Previously, he’d overlooked Xiao Hai due to not activating the Golden String Puppet from the start. But since Ang Xiao’s appearance, the link never ceased—though Ang Xiao’s possession prevented control, he couldn’t ignore the existence anymore.
This clash proved Lv Yang’s deduction.
“It seems the cultivator’s strength is truly limited.”
Lv Yang’s Spiritual Body shattered, dispersing into a misty expanse to sense Ang Xiao’s emotions—but met stillness like a deep lake.
Ang Xiao stood motionless.
Then, in the next heartbeat, he smiled.
“Thank you for your cooperation.”
Before the words faded, countless cracks split his body. Lv Yang’s Great True Sovereign-strike had landed squarely—or rather, Ang Xiao never dodged.
Then, closing his eyes, Ang Xiao exploded. A soul drifted out, vanishing into an unfathomable realm.
Xiao Hai True Man perished.
The Underworld’s gate opened—soul reincarnated, consciousness departed!
In that instant, Lv Yang finally grasped this Golden Core Late cultivator’s intent: Wrong… This one didn’t emerge confidently.
He was bluffing!
Chongguang and Qingcheng Feixue truly ensnared him—his consciousness trapped in Heaven’s South Gate, oblivious to the Modern Realm!
Ang Xiao’s situation was unique.
His main body resided in the Underworld, his perception of this world severely limited. The clearest example was Chongguang Qiujin’s earlier actions—Ang Xiao reacted sluggishly, only sensing the threat when Chongguang neared completing the Lampfire of Restoration.
Thus, when his possessed Xiao Hai True Man became trapped in Heaven’s South Gate, unable to leave, he’d been utterly blind to the Modern Realm!
And during this blindness… what transpired outside?
In Jiangnan, the Hidden Sword Manor.
Lv Yang’s Immortal Spirit body opened its eyes, gazing toward the heavens. In the distance, Jiangbei blazed with a magnificent golden light.
Wherever it swept, radiance illuminated like a lantern’s glow.
Lampfire of Restoration!
Someone is seeking gold!
Who!?!
(End of Chapter)
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