Chapter 00264: Destroying Once More
# Destroying Once More
Chapter 264
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 264: Destroying Once More
May 6, 2022
Lan Xiaobu didn’t care whether the blame for Ju Xiuruo’s escape would fall on him.
Ju Xiuruo wasn’t some big shot, and even if the blame was pinned on him, it would at most result in a minor punishment.
He decided to head to the medicinal garden belonging to the King of Jing first.
Just as Lan Xiaobu was about to activate his flying vessel, he suddenly felt something was off.
While Ju Xiuruo might be a small figure, the fact that someone could escape from the Forbidden Immortal Bureau’s prison was no small matter.
If the Forbidden Immortal Bureau pinned the blame on him, claiming he was the one who let Ju Xiuruo escape, he might not survive the fallout.
As for whether his rank allowed him to release prisoners, no one would care about that.
He needed to escape immediately.
He couldn’t return to the Forbidden Immortal Bureau.
However, as soon as this thought crossed his mind, Lan Xiaobu dismissed it.
If he fled, it would be a small matter for him, but Guang Li, Guang Jie, and Jian Xuanming would likely become scapegoats in his place.
“Truly, without strength, one has no rights,” Lan Xiaobu sighed.
As he made his way to the King of Jing’s medicinal garden, he pondered how he could extricate himself from this mess.
He had acted too hastily.
If he hadn’t been in such a rush, he could have told Ju Xiuruo to wait a dozen or so days before escaping.
Lan Xiaobu knew that even if Ju Xiuruo had escaped after a dozen days, others would still be implicated.
Whoever was the last to inspect the prison before Ju Xiuruo’s escape would be the scapegoat.
Moreover, after a dozen days, Ju Xiuruo might not have been able to escape at all.
The reason Ju Xiuruo had managed to escape was not only because Lan Xiaobu had told him how to get out but also because there were no powerful experts in the Forbidden Immortal Bureau at the time.
The woman on the fifth floor probably wouldn’t care even if all the prisoners in the Forbidden Immortal Bureau’s prison escaped.
She only cared about the archives on the fifth floor.
The high-grade immortal vessel was fast, and within two days, Lan Xiaobu arrived outside the King of Jing’s medicinal garden.
He didn’t dare get too close.
A third-grade defensive immortal array surrounded the area within a hundred miles of the garden.
In addition to the defensive array, there was also a trigger array.
The trigger array was of a higher grade than the defensive array, being a concealed fourth-grade trigger array.
However, in terms of effectiveness, Lan Xiaobu was certain that this trigger array was inferior to the first-grade void trigger array of the Bai Duan family.
These two arrays, both below the fourth grade, posed no obstacle to Lan Xiaobu.
He easily slipped into the array.
Once inside the defensive array, Lan Xiaobu discovered another defensive array, this one a fifth-grade array.
Inside this array was a massive wall made of glass.
This glass wall was likely the one built by Shangguan Qian’s partner.
There was no gate at the base of the wall; instead, there was a void gate at the top.
This gate wasn’t an array gate but a direct entrance to the medicinal garden.
However, a concealed trigger restriction was placed at the gate, ensuring that anyone who entered the garden would be detected.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t enter the garden.
Instead, he transformed into a rock outside the wall and carefully observed the medicinal garden.
He wasn’t planning to enter the garden.
He wanted to find a gardener who worked in the garden and ask about Liu Li.
Almost as soon as Lan Xiaobu concealed himself, two people approached.
One appeared quite young, with only True Immortal cultivation, while the other was a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
“Young Master Yi, I’ll wait for you outside,” said the late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
The True Immortal cultivator, addressed as Young Master Yi, nodded. “It’s safe here. I’ll go in and check the situation. I’ll be out soon.”
After speaking, Young Master Yi walked to the glass wall, stepped through the gate with the trigger restriction, and entered the garden.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal stood like a statue outside the wall, which made Lan Xiaobu regret his decision.
He should have entered the medicinal garden first.
The fourth-grade trigger restriction was nothing to him.
However, Lan Xiaobu quickly came up with a plan.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal’s divine sense didn’t dare sweep toward the medicinal garden.
Instead, it was focused on the area outside the defensive array.
Lan Xiaobu stood up, activated his shape-shifting technique, and transformed into the appearance of Young Master Yi.
“I need to take care of some things here. Wait for me at the entrance of the outer defensive array,” Lan Xiaobu, now in the guise of Young Master Yi, said nonchalantly to the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal didn’t think much of it.
The King of Jing’s Young Master Yi was known for his lecherous nature.
He must have spotted a beautiful gardener inside and wanted to have some fun.
This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened.
In fact, Young Master Yi had once gone too far and had his physical body destroyed by a powerful enemy.
Although his body had been restored, his cultivation had dropped from Great Yi Immortal to True Immortal.
So when the young master told him to wait at the outer defensive array, the Great Luo Golden Immortal didn’t hesitate.
He bowed and left.
As long as he didn’t leave the defensive array, the area was absolutely safe.
The hundred-mile radius was entirely within his divine sense’s range, except for the medicinal garden, which was blocked by restrictions.
After sending the Great Luo Golden Immortal away, Lan Xiaobu stepped through the void gate with the trigger restriction and landed in a lush medicinal garden.
The first thing that struck Lan Xiaobu was how beautiful the immortal spirit grass was.
But then he noticed something strange: the garden contained only one type of immortal spirit grass, and he recognized it.
Thousand-Colored Vine.
It was a third-grade immortal spirit grass.
This vine changed colors with the light, displaying a variety of hues along with its emerald-green vines, making it exceptionally beautiful.
However, the Thousand-Colored Vine was highly toxic and had only one use: refining Life-Erosion Incense.
Life-Erosion Incense was odorless and tasteless, and its effects were even more insidious than his Spirit-Locking and Essence-Suppressing Strangling Array.
While the array only affected those within its bounds, Life-Erosion Incense permanently corroded a cultivator’s primordial spirit and immortal essence.
Once exposed, one’s life was half gone.
The fact that this medicinal garden was growing so much Life-Erosion Incense indicated that the King of Jing was up to no good.
Additionally, Lan Xiaobu discovered a destruction array beneath the garden.
While the outer defensive array was only a fifth-grade array, the destruction array beneath the garden was also a fifth-grade array.
It seemed that even if Liu Li hadn’t encountered any trouble, once she entered this medicinal garden, she wouldn’t have been able to leave.
Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense swept out, and he quickly spotted Young Master Yi.
The man was currently engaged in intimate activities with a beautiful gardener.
There was indeed only one gardener in the garden.
It seemed this beautiful female cultivator had replaced Liu Li after she left.
Lan Xiaobu transformed into the appearance of Bai Duanfu and approached.
With a wave of his hand, he sent a Soul Thorn into the gardener, knocking her unconscious.
Startled, Young Master Yi turned and saw Lan Xiaobu standing behind him.
“Who are you? I’m Teng Yi from the King of Jing’s estate. If you harm me, you won’t escape. There’s a fifth-grade array outside…”
Having been killed once and with his strength diminished, the once-arrogant Young Master Yi was now filled with fear.
But he wasn’t a fool.
He stopped mid-sentence, realizing that the fifth-grade array outside hadn’t been triggered, meaning it had no effect on the person before him.
Teng Yi? Lan Xiaobu understood.
This guy was Teng Yi, the third son of the King of Jing, whom Shangguan Qian had mentioned as having been killed.
Indeed, it was easy to thrive under the shade of a big tree.
Even after having his physical body destroyed, he was alive and well just a few months later.
At most, his cultivation had dropped from Great Yi Immortal to True Immortal.
Lan Xiaobu’s own luck wasn’t bad.
After arriving in the Five Realms Immortal World, he had established the Great Desolate Immortal Sect and become its leader.
He was also the Immortal Court King of the Lingwei Immortal Court.
Yet, even with all that, he couldn’t bring back a Great Yi Immortal whose physical body had been destroyed, let alone within a few months.
“Where did you find Liu Li?” Lan Xiaobu asked, though his mind was already thinking about how many treasures the King of Jing’s ring might contain if he ever managed to kill him.
“I really don’t know. When the steward recruited her, it was because she was skilled in cultivating immortal spirit grass and her cultivation wasn’t high…” Teng Yi’s voice trembled with fear.
He hoped the guard outside would come in, but he knew that was impossible.
Without his command, the guard entering the medicinal garden would be seeking death.
Lan Xiaobu knew the guy likely didn’t know anything.
Fortunately, Liu Li had probably escaped by now.
He pointed to a large patch of Thousand-Colored Vine and asked, “What are these immortal spirit grasses for?”
“I don’t know, I…”
Lan Xiaobu snorted coldly. “You don’t know this, you don’t know that. What use are you?”
Feeling the killing intent emanating from Lan Xiaobu, Teng Yi hurriedly said, “My father probably wants to seize control of the Immortal Court, so he’s cultivating these Thousand-Colored Vines…”
Seize control of the Immortal Court? Lan Xiaobu stopped recording with his crystal ball.
This had nothing to do with him, so there was no need to continue recording.
“I hope your father has the means to restore you once more.” With a single slap, Teng Yi, once a Great Yi Immortal, couldn’t withstand Lan Xiaobu’s strike and was killed for the second time.
The only silver lining was that Lan Xiaobu didn’t shatter Teng Yi’s body into pieces this time.
After storing Teng Yi’s corpse in his ring, Lan Xiaobu transformed into Teng Yi’s appearance and stepped out of the medicinal garden.
He hoped Teng Yi had left a trace of his soul in the King of Jing’s estate; otherwise, even with treasures, he wouldn’t be able to revive.
In fact, Lan Xiaobu hoped Teng Yi had left a trace of his soul behind so the King of Jing would know who had killed his son.
“Young Master Yi, shall we return now?” The Great Luo Golden Immortal waiting outside saw Teng Yi emerge and immediately asked respectfully.
Lan Xiaobu waved his hand. “I just received a message from my second brother. He’s waiting for me nearby. You return to the King of Jing’s estate first. I’ll come back with my second brother later.”
The Great Luo Golden Immortal was taken aback but then looked troubled.
While Teng Yi could do as he pleased inside the medicinal garden, now that he was outside, the guard didn’t dare leave him alone.
If something happened, he would be the first to be punished.
“That’s it,” Lan Xiaobu said, not waiting for the Great Luo Golden Immortal to respond.
He turned and quickly left.
The Great Luo Golden Immortal could only sigh and return to the King of Jing’s estate.
(End of Chapter)