First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1518 - Betrayal at the Drop of a Hat

Su Yi furrowed his brow. Could it be that it isn’t just the Church of the Pure One, and that some of the other prominent factions have realized that I’m Wang Ye’s reincarnation? If so, this is going to be troublesome.

A long, long time ago, the Immortal Realm knew Wang Ye as “the Tyrant!”

The reason was simple: he’d killed far, far too many of his enemies. It would have been no exaggeration to say he’d killed until the rivers of blood were deep enough to float in, or that the bones of his enemies were more numerous than the trees in a forest.

That was, naturally, because he’d had no small number of enemies.

And not just ordinary enemies, either. None of the unrivaled experts who opposed him were random shrimp.

The old-timer behind the Church of the Pure One, the Blood Firmament Immortal Sovereign, was one of them!

No, that can’t be it. If my identity was leaked, all the living fossils of the Immortal Realm would have set their sights on the Ascension Ground. There’s no way they would have sent a tiny group of experts like that, thought Su Yi.

He knew that unless they were already dead, top experts like Blood Firmament would be sure to come in person upon learning that Wang Ye’s reincarnation was headed to the Immortal Realm. There was no way they’d send a pack of small fries in their place.

As Su Yi pondered, the man in Confucian robes transmitted to him once more, “Whatever you do, don’t fall for it. Liu Yunjing might say he’s bringing you to the Falling Cloud Immortal Sect to seek refuge, but in truth, he plans to hand all of you over to the Church of the Pure One!”

He paused, then continued, “However, if you’re willing, I can lead you away and help you avoid this calamity!’

Su Yi couldn’t help but be surprised. The old-timer still hasn’t given up?

Meanwhile, Liu Yunjing fixed his gaze on Su Yi. “Have you thought it over?”

Su Yi’s heart stirred, and he suddenly raised his finger and pointed at the man in Confucian robes. “He sent me a transmission saying he could take me away and avoid an impending catastrophe!”

The man in Confucian robes was completely flabbergasted. “???”

Whoosh!

All eyes were instantly upon him. Liu Yunjing’s expression was decidedly unfriendly.

Chills coursed down the Confucian-robed man’s spine, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead. His face was ashen.

He would never have imagined that Su Yi would sell him out at the drop of a hat!

“Hu Hai, is that true?” said Liu Yunjing, his eyes glinting like cold steel.

The man in Confucian robes, the one he called Hu Hai, hurriedly explained, “It isn’t true! I never said anything of the sort. Don’t listen to his nonsense. He’s slandering me!”

Su Yi laughed. “I recorded everything you secretly transmitted to me in a jade slip. How about I take it out now for everyone to listen?”

As he spoke, he slipped a jade slip from his sleeves.

It was as if Hu Hai had been struck by lightning. His eyes bulged, and he pointed at Su Yi, “Wonderful! I tried to help you out of the goodness of my heart, yet here you are, selling me out, you ungrateful whelp!”

Su Yi disregarded this.

Liu Yunjing’s expression was overcast. He suddenly disappeared into thin air. A moment later, he appeared beside Hu Hai and seized him by the throat.

But against all expectations, he missed!

Right in the nick of time, Hu Hai transformed into a puff of smoke and disappeared, dodging Liu Yunjing’s hand.

A moment later, he reappeared beneath the distant dome of heaven. His expression was overcast, and he pointed at Liu Yunjing. “Old bastard, you ruined my plans. Another day, I’ll be sure to destroy your entire clan!”

Deathly silence followed. Everyone was flabbergasted. None of them had anticipated that the man in Confucian robes would dodge Liu Yunjing’s attack, much less that he’d turn around and threaten him!

“And you!” The man in Confucian robes turned his attention toward Su Yi. “You’ll fall into my hands sooner or later!”

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, he disappeared.

The crowd exchanged glances. This development had caught them entirely off guard.

“The Misty Rain Cloud Apparatus Talisman!” Su Yi sank into thought. He suddenly realized that the man in Confucian robes wasn’t from some ordinary immortal faction. No, he was from Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor!

Prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor had been a prominent Immortal King faction!

The Misty Rain Cloud Apparatus Talisman was one of this ancient orthodoxy’s secret legacies.

No wonder he dared say he wasn’t afraid of the Church of the Pure One. It turns out he had ample reason for confidence. But how did he pick me out of the crowd? And why did he repeatedly try to lure me away?

Su Yi realized that there had to be other mysteries behind this.

But the man in Confucian robes had fled too quickly. There’d been no opportunity to stop him.

“There’s no way that was Hu Hai!” Luo Yunzhong said suddenly. “There’s no way Hu Hai would have been capable of that. That was a spy who slipped into our ranks!”

The Emissaries of Welcoming all had unsightly looks on their faces. How could they have failed to realize that there was a problem with “Hu Hai”?

“He really was no ordinary person. He’s from Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor,” Su Yi said casually.

Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor!

Liu Yunjing and the other immortal experts were visibly stricken.

Despite taking massive damage during the Age of Fallen Immortals, Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor was still a powerhouse of the modern Immortal Realm! They still had Immortal Lords to oversee things!

“You know who he is?” Liu Yunjing exclaimed. Even he and the other immortals present had failed to see through the fake “Hu Hai’s” identity.

Yet someone who’d only just arrived in the Immortal Realm had managed it. How could he not be surprised?

The others came to their senses as well. Now, when they looked at Su Yi, their eyes shone with strange light.

Su Yi shook his head. “I didn’t know who he was before either, but when he fled, he used a Misty Rain Cloud Apparatus Talisman. That’s what let the cat out of the bag.”

But this only made the crowd’s expressions stranger.

Liu Yunjing was inwardly solemn. He was a Void Realm True Immortal, and he’d failed to recognize the talisman, yet Su Yi had figured it out at a glance!

He was increasingly aware that this recent ascendant from the Human Realm wasn’t simple!

Don’t tell me that the Church of the Pure One and the other prominent immortal factions are dead set on acquiring this bunch of ascendants on his account?

Liu Yunjing was bewildered.

One palm strike, and Su Yi suppressed over a hundred Universe Realm Immortals.

Su Yi had even tried to duel him, a Void Realm True Immortal!

And now, he’d gone and seen through the fake “Hu Hai’s” origins!

All of this strangeness combined meant that Liu Yunjing couldn’t help but suspect that this new ascendant had extraordinary origins!

It even seemed likely that he was the one those top sects were after!

But as soon as this occurred to him, something else unexpected happened——

Boom!

The distant sky shattered like a broken mirror.

A mountain-sized Blood Spider, its eight legs as sharp as sabers, ripped through the air and approached.

A terrifying, monstrous aura permeated the surrounding area.

A tower built entirely out of white bone was on the spider’s back, A white-haired old man sat upright atop it.

He was dressed in black robes, and his eyes were an eerie shade of blue-green. Even just sitting there, he had an unsettling, unearthly presence.

“So it’s true. This time, the ascendants appeared in the Jing Province’s Ascension Ground!” The black-robed elder’s eerie blue-green eyes scanned the area. Countless people felt their hair stand on end, and their expressions shifted.

Liu Yunjing frowned as he realized that this didn’t bode well.

The Church of the Pure One had only just ordered him to flee. Who’d have thought someone would show up before he got the chance, much less that it’d be one of the most infamous old monsters of the Jing Province?

“Five Poisons Mountain Monarch, this Ascension Ground is under our Falling Cloud Immortal Sect’s jurisdiction, and we’re acting under the orders of the Church of the Pure One. I urge you not to get involved!” bellowed Liu Yunjing.

The Five Poisons Mountain Monarch!

The experts of the Falling Cloud Immortal Sect all looked at him with undisguisable dread.

The Jing Province was home to a group of utterly vicious fiends, and the Five Poisons Mountain Monarch was the greatest of them!

“The Church of the Pure One is strong, but I too am here on orders. My mission is to take those new ascendants with me.” The Five Poisons Mountain Monarch's tone was sinister and terrifying. “Liu Yunjing, if you know what’s good for you, hand them over. Refuse, and everyone from the Falling Cloud Immortal Sect is doomed!”

His voice boomed throughout the entire area.

Liu Yunjing and the other Falling Cloud Immortal Sect experts’ expressions darkened.

A burst of soft laughter rang out. “Ol’ Five Poisons, you don’t give orders here. If you want to take the ascendants away, you’ll have to see whether or not I agree first!”

The crowd looked over. Firelight flashed in the distant skies, and a man appeared out of nowhere.

He was dressed in red robes, and he stood atop a blue-green longsword. His long black hair hung loose, and his features were handsome. His entire body was shrouded in dragons of pure flame, and his aura shook both heaven and earth.

“Old Yao Liang Tu? I wouldn’t have thought you’d come too.” The Five Poisons Mountain Monarch furrowed his brow.

Liu Yunjing and the others’ expressions shifted once more, their hearts increasingly solemn.

The red-robed man was named Liang Tu. He too was a powerful expert of the Jing Province. Yao and demons called him Yao Immortal Liang Tu, and he was infamously ruthless.

But Liang Tu just sighed and said, “No, I’m not the only one who’s come this time. A few of my Fellow Daoists are on their way. In other words, we’ll just have to compare abilities to see who can take the ascendants away in the end.”

Others are coming too? When Liu Yunjing heard that, his expression turned incomparably solemn. He was now keenly aware that this didn’t bode well.

As for Yu Chen, Qin Suxin, Ren Changqing, and the other new ascendants? None of them were stupid. They naturally realized how precarious their situation was!

The most stifling, frustrating part was that they’d effectively become fish on the chopping block. It seemed just anyone could swoop in and slaughter them as they pleased!

“Fellow Daoist Su, it seems the situation is just getting worse and worse.” Sword Immortal Qingshi furrowed his brow and transmitted.

“Don’t panic. Let’s see just how big this storm gets.” Su Yi put his hands behind his back and stood there. His expression was calm, as if all of this were perfectly normal.

Indeed, a few moments later, more people showed up. This time, there were five of them!

Three men and two women.

All of them had monstrous, terrifying auras.

Liu Yunjing, a prominent Void Realm True Immortal, felt a chill course through his heart at the sight of them. It was as if he’d been plunged into an icy abyss!

All five were from the Jing Province. Three were every bit as infamous as the Five Poisons Mountain Monarch and Liang Tu. Respectively, they were Old Demon Redwater, Old Yao Purple Blood, and Madam Azure Flame.

The other two were elders of a first-rate faction of the Jing Province, Ancient Darkness Immortal Mountain. Their names were Ding Hanqiu and Zhou Bugui.

Ding Hanqiu had the strongest cultivation of anyone present. She’d reached the pinnacle of the Void Realm, and she was just one step away from reaching the Saint Realm and becoming an Immortal Lady!

Top powerhouses of the Jing Province were showing up, one after another. Who wouldn’t have been surprised?

Even worse, given the situation, no one would dare say with certainty that more experts wouldn’t show up!