PNB Chapter 1853 A big gamble
Chapter 1853 A big gamble
“That’s exactly what I meant.” Mingchuan nodded. “This mission is primarily reconnaissance, and concealment is paramount. We must avoid alerting the enemy. Senior Lingxu is experienced and has the highest cultivation level, so he can lead the team. Crimson Flame Fox and Green-Faced Fox, you two can also go to assist us. In addition…”
He turned his gaze to Ye Yan: "Master, I would like to ask you to come along and provide overall support."
Ye Yan laughed heartily and patted his chest: "No problem! It's time for these old bones of mine to stretch their muscles!"
"Mingchuan, what about you?" Jinman couldn't help but ask, her eyes filled with worry.
He excluded himself from such an important operation.
Mingchuan looked at her, his gaze steady: "I will remain at Wanchuan Sect, overseeing the central command and coordinating the overall situation. With three lines of operations proceeding simultaneously, someone needs to coordinate and handle any unforeseen circumstances. Moreover..."
He paused, a sharp glint in his eyes: "I have a feeling that Yueyao won't just let this go. She'll definitely make a new move. Someone needs to be in charge within the Spirit Realm, waiting for her to make her move."
The thought of Yueyao's ruthless, decisive, and unscrupulous style sent a chill down everyone's spine.
“This arrangement is quite appropriate.” Master Lingxu nodded. “We should not delay. Let’s make some preparations and set off tonight.”
"Be careful!" Mingchuan said solemnly.
The meeting ended quickly, and everyone left to carry out their orders, leaving only Mingchuan in the large council hall.
He walked to the window, gazing at the surging sea of clouds outside the suspended palace and the distant, faintly visible mountains and rivers of the spiritual realm, his eyes deep and thoughtful.
The three lines are like three protruding daggers: one guards the home gate, one clears the inner courtyard, and one pierces straight into the enemy camp's heartland.
This is undoubtedly a gamble.
The journey through the chaotic airspace is especially risky.
But he had no choice.
Passive defense will only lead to being slowly eroded.
Only by taking the initiative and gathering more intelligence can we find a glimmer of hope in the storm to come.
“Yueyao…Jimie Zen Temple…Xingmen…” He murmured these names, clenching his fists.
Meanwhile, far away in the Sacred Domain Dragon Roar Temple, Yueyao was also launching her own operation.
Deep within the Lanyue Palace, in a completely secluded chamber, the inside and outside are completely isolated.
Dozens of jade slips, emitting a faint glow, floated in front of Yueyao. Each jade slip was marked with different names and information, including many famous genius cultivators in the Holy Domain, heirs of ancient families, and even some high-ranking members of medium-sized sects.
These are all valuable target files that the Dark Moon Organization has initially screened out based on her requirements.
Her fingers tapped in the air, and jade slips lit up and dimmed one by one, their information flowing into her mind like water.
"The young master of the Nanli family possesses a trace of the ancient Vermilion Bird bloodline. He is at the mid-Nascent Soul stage and is currently in seclusion in Yan Valley..."
"The most outstanding female disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion in this generation is said to possess a refined Dao Heart and extraordinary talent in formations and deductions, reaching the peak of the Core Formation stage..."
"Blood Blade, a rogue cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, is extremely bloodthirsty, with refined baleful energy, and is suspected of practicing some kind of ancient demonic technique incomplete..."
Yueyao's gaze was cold and efficient, as if she were examining a series of goods waiting to be sold.
"Vermilion Bird bloodline, exquisite Dao heart, condensed evil soul... Not bad, all are top-quality materials." The corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
At this moment, Yue Hanying's voice came: "Fairy, these targets are either from powerful backgrounds, have unpredictable whereabouts, or are quite strong. We must be extremely careful when taking action."
“That’s precisely why it’s so valuable,” Yueyao said calmly.
"A powerful background indicates a precious bloodline or lineage. Unpredictable whereabouts mean that one's disappearance is not easily detected. Strong capabilities suggest that the quality of one's soul and blood essence is even higher."
She selected a few jade slips, and with a gentle push, the jade slips flew towards Yue Hanying.
"Start with these few. Create an accident, or frame the Silent Zen Monastery. Remember, be clean and efficient, extract everything completely, especially the special bloodline and the origin of the Dao heart, there is no room for loss."
"Yes."
Yue Hanying took the jade slip, and her figure disappeared into the shadows as if melting away.
Yueyao then looked at several other jade slips labeled with information about the Spirit Realm. One of them contained a portrait of Mingchuan and a brief summary of his information.
Her fingertips lingered on Mingchuan's image for a moment, her eyes a mixture of murderous intent and apprehension.
"Mingchuan...this time, I won't give you another chance."
She withdrew her finger and turned her gaze to another jade slip, which read: "Spirit Realm, Heaven-Mending Holy Sect, Holy Maiden Mu Yaoyao, suspected of possessing the Pure Lotus Heart..."
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Northwest of the Sacred Realm, in the Chaotic Sky Sea.
As the name suggests, this is a territory shrouded in violence and chaos.
Looking down from the air, one cannot see the vast blue sea; only an endless expanse of grayish-brown mist, like solidified fog, slowly churning and writhing.
These are not real fog, but a mixture of dense, almost tangible spatial turbulence and fragmented laws.
The colors were dull and lifeless, yet occasionally burst forth with a dazzling, fleeting, and dangerous brilliance.
The land is not whole, but is covered with huge, bottomless cracks and suspended, broken landmasses.
Some landmasses bear the remains of broken walls and ruins, ancient and bizarre in style, telling the story of civilizations from countless millennia ago.
More often, there are bare, strange rocks, riddled with holes by chaotic energy.
There was no stable sky, only distorted light and shadow and the occasional black lightning that tore through space.
There is no spiritual energy at all, only a chaotic flow of energy that is violent, disordered, and prone to conflicting attributes, with the potential to cause an energy explosion at any moment.
Ordinary cultivators who step into this place will find it extremely difficult to maintain their protective aura, let alone fly. They may be swallowed up by the ubiquitous spatial rifts or torn apart by the raging energy turbulence at any time.
At this moment, on the edge of this death zone, in the shadow of a relatively calm, broken landmass, four extremely discreet figures quietly emerged.
It was none other than Lingxu Zhenren, Ye Yan, Chiyanhu, and Qingmianhu.
All four had changed into gray-black clothing to facilitate concealment, and their auras were almost completely suppressed, making them appear like four lifeless rocks.
"This is the Chaotic Sky Sea..." Ye Yan gasped, even with his extensive experience, he was shocked by the apocalyptic scene before him.
"No wonder it's called the Jedi. This place is so awful, you'd probably go crazy if you stayed here too long."
The blue-faced fox closed her eyes and sensed for a moment, then a solemn expression appeared on her gentle face: "The life force is extremely thin and distorted, mostly accompanied by madness and pain."
“I can sense that deep within this chaos, there are several relatively orderly energy nodes that emit fluctuations similar to those in the Fallen Star Wasteland, a mixture of Buddhist power and malevolent energy, but they are more subtle and ancient.”
"That must be the stronghold of the Silent Zen Temple." The Crimson Flame Fox squinted as it looked into the depths of the gray mist, a wisp of crimson-gold flame flickering at its fingertips, seemingly extremely disgusted by the chaotic energy.
"This smell is nauseating!"
"Ling Xuzi, what's the plan? Should we just sneak over there?"