Chapter 93

Lu Dan looked around at the scenery, hesitated for a moment, and then asked Lu Yaoxiang, “Why are we taking this route?”

Clearly, he had been forced out, and Lu Yaoxiang was just there to see him off, but somehow she had taken the lead. He had no idea where she was taking him, only that they were veering further and further away from the main road, heading towards a desolate area.

“Do you already have a destination in mind?” Lu Yaoxiang stopped and looked at him, asking.

“No, I just feel that walking like this seems a bit wasteful. You don’t need to see me off anymore; I can just fly away using my sword.” The route was strange enough, but she refused to fly, and they had been walking for a long time, which left Lu Dan puzzled.

If he wasn’t sure that Lu Yaoxiang wouldn’t harm him, he wouldn’t have followed her to such a desolate place. But not saying a word was too domineering; she should at least tell him where they were going.

Hearing his words, Lu Yaoxiang sneered, “Fool, your behavior makes me suspicious. I can collect your corpse tomorrow.”

“What do you mean by that?” Lu Dan asked, puzzled.

“Do you think the Void Sect people followed us back just to let you off? They want to kill you or use you to make things difficult for our sect. Now that you’ve been expelled from the sect, the Void Sect, who already had a grudge against you, wouldn’t let you off so easily. They suddenly said they would leave yesterday, probably to intercept and kill you.” Lu Yaoxiang glanced at him. With such thoughts, he still wanted to become a wandering cultivator; he would either die or end up penniless.

Lu Dan frowned and said, “They have the nerve to kill outside the Yunjian Sect’s gate, that’s quite bold.”

“What do you think?” Lu Yaoxiang sneered. “Since we left, someone has been following us, most likely from the Void Sect. To eliminate any future trouble, we need to lead them to a desolate place and deal with them.”

“You want to kill righteous cultivators?” Lu Dan’s eyes widened in surprise. They were allies; suddenly turning on them wasn’t good.

Lu Yaoxiang almost slapped him but held back, turning to walk while saying, “Do as you please. I’m willing to see you off this far because Xiao Ding saved your life, offending Ming Men’s Lin Jilu. At the time, the response was that the Void Sect would not cause you any more trouble. If they break their word, it will make Xiao Ding unhappy. Xiao Ding said that if they come after you again, she will kill them. If she is unhappy, I will make them pay.”

Lu Dan had heard about this incident but didn’t know all the details. He heard that Xiao Ding had a bet with the young master of Ming Men and won. He said, “It’s not certain that they are from the Void Sect; it could be someone else.”

“Then just watch. When we reach the next clearing, if they follow, I will kill them.” Lu Yaoxiang said coldly, not just for Lu Dan but for Xiao Ding. Anyone who dared to deceive them was asking for death.

“Your injuries haven’t fully healed; you can’t fight. Since this is my fault, I will handle it myself.” To have his junior sister protect him would make him no man, Lu Dan said with a frown.

Lu Yaoxiang ignored him and continued walking. The next clearing would be their end.

Teng Tai, who had already received reports from his disciples, was very pleased. He had sped up the spirit boat to wait ahead. “I won’t do it myself. When Lu Dan arrives, I will use you to threaten him. If he chooses to let you live, he must sever his spirit meridians and die. I can’t wait to see what choice he will make.”

“Maybe he will choose to live and run away frantically, and I will kill him. But you will be pitiful, left behind by Lu Dan, and I will take you back to the Void Sect to make you reveal all the pill formulas you know.”

Lu Xiaodi looked at him and asked, “Do you remember what I said? If you keep harassing Lu Dan, I will make you die.”

“I said it, but can you do it? I am a Golden Core cultivator; can a mere mortal kill me? If you have the ability, come and kill me. Otherwise, you will watch Lu Dan die.” Teng Tai laughed heartily. After sending the message back to the sect, the sect leader ordered him to bring Lu Xiaodi back. Although he didn’t know if she was the one who refined the pills, having so many pills meant she must know some formulas.

This time, not only could he kill Lu Dan to avenge the nephew of Zhang Zhenjun, but he could also kill the Lu Yaoxiang who had humiliated him and bring back this mortal. The merit would be significant. He might even get a Spirit Luck Cave, where the dense spiritual energy would greatly enhance his cultivation.

Lu Xiaodi was very angry. She had saved Lu Dan’s life with her pills, and now he was reneging and planning to kill. He even wanted to use her to force Lu Dan to commit suicide. To laugh so happily at such a situation, he couldn’t be let off.

Her anger stirred the soul power in her sleeve, which had been leisurely floating. Now it began to churn. When it reached its limit, the soul power suddenly broke free from the sleeve and surged out of her body.

The situation happened too quickly for Teng Tai to react. He was hit by the soul power and slammed into the wall. The two Foundation Establishment disciples were directly hit, their bones breaking, and they spat blood.

The Immortal Binding Rope was also broken. Lu Xiaodi walked over and looked at them, saying, “I said before, if you keep harassing Lu Dan, I will make you die. Did you think I was just talking?”

“You are not a mortal,” Teng Tai shouted, falling from the wall. The power that had burst from Lu Xiaodi was very strong, but it didn’t feel like spiritual power, and he couldn’t determine her cultivation level.

Now, using his divine sense, he couldn’t detect her at all. If he hadn’t been looking at her, he would have thought there was only a cauldron and no one inside.

Lu Xiaodi laughed, “When did I say I was a mortal? It doesn’t matter if I tell you, since you are going to die. I am the spirit of this cauldron, so I can’t be a mortal.”

“A spirit of a cauldron?” Teng Tai was shocked. No wonder she had so many pills; she was a spirit of a refining cauldron. This was a big catch.

He turned and, without a word, raised his hand and struck the heads of the two Foundation Establishment disciples. With a crack, their heads burst open, and they died instantly. Teng Tai didn’t stop there; he immediately spat out a ball of spirit fire, burning their escaping spirit cores.

The two disciples of the Void Sect were now dead.

Lu Xiaodi looked at him in surprise, not just because he had cultivated a spirit fire of a pill master, but also because he had killed his own sect members.

“After subduing you, I will kill all the disciples who know you are on the boat. Then no one will know you exist. Although your body is poor, with a spirit, I will help you refine it into a magical treasure,” Teng Tai said excitedly. After cultivating for so many years, he had finally achieved a dark red spirit fire, entering the realm of a pill master. With this cauldron, his pill-making skills would be famous throughout the world.

The dark red spirit fire wanted to subdue her, but Lu Xiaodi wasn’t looking down on him; this level of spirit fire was too low. Even Yu Xiudan, who had mediocre talent, had a spirit fire that was orange after reaching the Golden Core stage, and just one more step would make it pure orange. She didn’t even care for this level of fire, let alone dark red.

“You can’t get me by killing disciples to cover up. I have a physical body, not a regular spirit. Someone who kills their own sect members for a cauldron is truly despicable,” Lu Xiaodi said, shaking her head. How could someone be so greedy?

Teng Tai’s hands flicked, and he put on a pair of spiky claws, laughing madly. “I know how to subdue a spirit. Just beat them until they can’t resist. You are naturally weak; once you realize my strength, you will obey. Let me show you my power and submit.”

“That won’t work; I’m not interested in you.” Lu Xiaodi raised her hand, and a black pill appeared between her fingers. She crushed it, and the small black pill, upon contact with the air, released thick smoke. The room was instantly filled with black smoke, making it impossible to see.

The moment the black smoke appeared, Teng Tai used his spiritual power to protect himself. The smoke clearly wasn’t good. He attacked with his spiky claws, but they hit something hard. The sensation made him curse; it seemed Lu Xiaodi had dodged, and he had hit the cauldron.

Lu Xiaodi couldn’t see Teng Tai in the darkness, but she could feel the spiky claws that had pierced her chest. If she hadn’t been leaning against the cauldron, she would have been knocked off balance and fallen.

Her body, as strong as the cauldron, came in handy. The claws had only made a small wound, and blood trickled out. But because it was so dark, Teng Tai thought he had hit the cauldron and immediately retracted his hand, using his divine sense to check the surroundings. Even if he couldn’t see Lu Xiaodi, he wouldn’t run into the cauldron or the wall.

The black smoke was actually non-toxic, just a way to hide and waste his spiritual power. Sensing that Teng Tai was cautious about the black smoke and hadn’t moved, Lu Xiaodi silently moved her tongue, and a gray pill larger than a longan appeared between her teeth.

She gently applied pressure, and the pill cracked, releasing a yellow smoke. This was the black water she had collected a few days ago when she met Kong Xincai. She had swallowed a few drops, refined the water into smoke, and then used the dregs to form the pill shell.

Now, taking advantage of the darkness, Lu Xiaodi bit the pill, and the yellow smoke, which could corrode spiritual power, mixed with the black smoke.

She had considered using a beast transformation pill, but after recalling all her pills, she found that they were all made from poor-quality demon cores. Good demon cores were rare. These pills were effective against Foundation Establishment cultivators but not against Golden Core cultivators.

Lu Xiaodi was troubled, finding it difficult to deal with cultivators who used spiritual power to protect themselves. How could she make them inhale the poison?