Chapter 319
Chapter 319
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Number]
Chapter Title: Ambush in Secret Pavilion Street
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As soon as Lu Yang finished speaking, all sounds fell deathly silent in an instant.
Inside the shop, True Person Qi He—who had been fiddling with the array disc in his hands—suddenly halted his movements. He slowly raised his head and cast a deep glance at Lu Yang.
"Worthy of being a True Person of our Primal Saint Sect."
Lu Yang accepted the praise with calm composure.
To judge a person's true nature, one shouldn't listen to what they think or say, but watch what they do. In that case, many things become clear on their own.
True Person Qi He had said so much, acting as if he had Lu Yang's best interests at heart. But what were his actions? He had sealed the entire shop with a formation. Sure, he gave a fine excuse—trapping the loose cultivator True Persons on Secret Pavilion Street—but wasn't that the same as trapping Lu Yang?
If True Person Qi He truly had good intentions,
he wouldn't have set up the formation alone. He should have invited Lu Yang to do it together. Since he hadn't, in Lu Yang's eyes, that meant ill intent!
"What a pity."
At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out from outside the shop. Then, a burly giant of a man strode in, his body radiating thick, brilliant blood qi.
"If you've seen through it, why spell it out?"
The burly man boomed with laughter.
"If you'd fled without a word just now, we might not have stopped you caught off guard."
"Kui Gang, don't get careless."
A soft, seductive voice drifted in on a wave of fragrant breeze. A woman in palace robes sauntered into the shop.
"This is a True Person of the Primal Saint Sect, after all."
"No need for you, Gou Yue, to remind me."
The burly man sneered coldly. Together with the woman in palace robes, they sealed off Lu Yang's escape routes. At the same time, the formation's glow around them grew even brighter.
'Two at early Foundation Establishment.'
Lu Yang's gaze swept over them before turning to True Person Qi He. He suddenly grinned.
"Since you're bold enough to ambush me, it seems you've broken through to mid-stage, Dao Friend?"
"Ai, your eyes don't deceive you, Dao Friend."
True Person Qi He sighed. His hunched body slowly straightened, and a brilliant divine ability radiance erupted around him.
As Lu Yang expected—mid Foundation Establishment!
Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head.
"Dao Friend, your breakthrough to mid Foundation Establishment must be thanks to this Secret Pavilion Street. What a shame to ruin such a fine place."
He didn't even ask why True Person Qi He had betrayed him.
After all, this was the Primal Saint Sect. Betrayals were commonplace. Nothing surprising about it. He didn't care about the reasons—in fact, he saw it as a pleasant surprise.
'I was even planning to pay for them.'
'But now, it looks like not only do I not have to pay for those spirit items I just bought, I might even make a profit. Generous donors, indeed.'
With that thought, Lu Yang grew even more nonchalant.
On the other side, True Person Qi He didn't grow arrogant just because Lu Yang had fallen into his trap. Instead, his wariness deepened.
'Deep in desperation, yet utterly unflustered. Does he have some trump card? Right—he was sent by Chongguang Sect. It's normal for him to have tricks up his sleeve.'
Truth be told, he hadn't wanted to act against Lu Yang.
As a True Person of the Primal Saint Sect, no one knew better than him how troublesome a legitimate Primal Saint Sect True Person could be—how vicious their grudges ran.
But some things were beyond his control.
'What a shame. If I'd had more time, I could have pulled in the other Foundation Establishment cultivators from Secret Pavilion Street. Now I only have these two reliable ones.'
That said, with the arrow nocked and string drawn, he had no choice but to loose it.
With resolve hardened, True Person Qi He wasted no more time. He bellowed,
"Attack!"
Before the words left his mouth, the burly man Kui Gang and the woman in palace robes Gou Yue pinched incantation gestures and chanted curses in unison. Both unleashed their natal divine abilities.
"Behold my fist!"
Kui Gang clenched his fist. Divine ability radiance settled on his arms, flowing with his motion. He struck out from afar at Lu Yang.
Dragon Hibernating, Inchworm Bending!
Kui Gang's natal divine ability was peculiar. He normally accumulated mana, biding his power, then unleashed it all at once when needed—its might far exceeding the norm.
In an instant, Lu Yang felt a vast, surging force barreling toward him. If not contained in that single fist, unleashed freely, it could shatter an island overseas.
At the same moment, Gou Yue's natal divine ability landed on Kui Gang.
Augmenting Profundity and Benefiting Arts Talisman!
As the name implied, this natal divine ability wasn't suited for combat. Instead, it greatly amplified others' spells and divine abilities, boosting Kui Gang's punch several times over.
In all fairness, their combined divine ability was impressive. Yet Lu Yang remained unconcerned. Their natal divine abilities reminded him of that loose cultivator Wu Cang—focused solely on raw power, ignoring karma. Strong, yes, but lacking flexibility.
Of course, that wasn't a flaw in itself.
The problem was the limited inheritance of loose cultivators. They chased numbers, but ended up with middling results. What was the point?
"Dao Friend, to send these people after me? You underestimate me too much."
Lu Yang spoke a true word. Behind him, black mystic flames roared to life. A towering illusory form rose from the ground—the Grand All-Encompassing Law Body of Heaven and Earth Phenomena!
The next instant, Lu Yang didn't dodge.
Stubborn Gold Duke guarded his body, bolstered by the dharma body. He punched out as well. His seemingly slender fist collided head-on with Kui Gang's.
Boom!
The clash rang out like thunder. Lu Yang emerged unscathed, his golden light undimmed. Kui Gang, however, had his bones shatter and tendons snap on the spot. He exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
Seeing this, the woman in palace robes, Gou Yue, paled dramatically.
"Mid Foundation Establishment?"
The next moment, she gritted her teeth.
'That beast!'
The gap between early and mid Foundation Establishment was enormous. If Lu Yang had revealed his cultivation, she and Kui Gang wouldn't have dared act so arrogantly—they'd have fled at once.
But he hid it!
Hid it and refused to fight True Person Qi He, another mid-stage cultivator. Instead, he ambushed them early-stage ones. Shameless to the core!
Even True Person Qi He changed color.
He too had failed to discern Lu Yang's cultivation, assuming him early Foundation Establishment. Confident in his superior realm, he'd set the formation to encircle and kill.
He'd even been cautious enough.
Not only the formation, but he'd called two early Foundation Establishment to back him up.
Having them strike first was to probe for trump cards. Who knew the result would be this!
Worse still, one early-stage he could handle.
But mid-stage?
Even with the formation's aid, True Person Qi He had no confidence in killing him—maybe a heavy wound at best. His expression darkened.
"Dao Friend... can we make peace?"
True Person Qi He looked helpless.
"Kui Gang is dead. His assets will serve as apology. And the spirit items you wanted earlier—I'll throw those in too."
"If Dao Friend insists on mutual destruction..."
Here, a fierce glint flashed in True Person Qi He's eyes.
"I'm no pushover. How confident are you in keeping me here? My days are numbered anyway. If you can't kill me, I'll haunt you to the end!"
"Haunt me to the end?"
Lu Yang burst into laughter.
"Then tell me, Dao Friend—do you even know who I am?"
"..."
True Person Qi He's expression froze. Only then did he realize: Lu Yang had never revealed his origins. He'd never even seen his face before.
All he knew was that he was from the Primal Saint Sect, holding a token from Chongguang Sect.
Identity? Name?
"He doesn't know..."
In that instant, True Person Qi He's heart turned ice-cold.
Unable to divine his background or recognize his face—even if he couldn't kill him, he could just slap on a new identity and walk away. Why fear him?
Whereas True Person Qi He himself...
He didn't want to die!
With that, True Person Qi He hesitated no longer. He activated a talisman in his hand. His figure flashed, riding a beam of radiant light as he fled toward the shop's exit.
He was running!