IOAFD - 1139. Stealing Disciples

After the excitement of the dragon horn, the gathered disciples dug with all of their might, fully embracing the life of a miner. They hoped for a miracle with each shovel full of rocks. They imagined a divine treasure that lay just beyond their fingertips. It was addicting but also maddening.

Three days passed. In these three days, the Huang Family managed to dig up an intact dragon tooth that could be used to create a Spirit King Realm treasure. Since the Huang Family was the senior Immortal Association sect from the east, nobody fought them for the dragon tooth.

Instead, various smaller sects fought a bloody battle over another cache of dragon scales. Many disciples were forced to use the protective talismans provided by the Immortal Association. Two unlucky disciples even died despite the talismans.

They were fast approaching the time limit of one month. In the blink of an eye, only two days were left in the one-month time limit.

Today, it was finally the Limitless Sword Hall’s turn to experience the joys of mining. Using various methods they had developed over twenty years, they had picked out the areas most likely to contain the other half of the dragon claw they were looking for. After mining nonstop for almost a whole month, they had finally found it.

Bang!

Luo Xuan slammed his fist against the table, almost breaking the tough stone it was made of, “Good! Good!”

He said good a few more times, “Did others notice?”

“No, elder brother,” Luo Ping said, “We did as you instructed, covering the mining tunnel with a suppression array. I personally placed the dragon claw inside the treasure box so that no spiritual aura would leak out, even inside my spatial bag.”

“Good! Tell everyone, we will set out for the surface,” He glanced at Luo Ping’s expectant face and smiled, “Of course, I haven’t forgotten about your matter. Your matter also relates to the future of our sect. Get Butler Wei and Luo Mu. I will come with my butler as well. You stay here and get the others ready. Once we have Peng Lingxi, we leave immediately!”

“Yes!” Luo Ping replied, brimming with excitement.

As the Limitless Sword Hall carried out their schemes, they acted lowkey and didn’t attract any attention. The hundreds of disciples from other sects didn’t pay them any extra attention. The only one who knew something was happening was Chen Wentian through Chen Mo’s shadow anchors.

He was curious about the dragon claw and also what the Limitless Sword Hall wanted with Peng Lingxi. He warned his disciples but made his intentions clear to only put up a token fight. Peng Lingxi would go with the Limitless Sword Hall. As long as they didn’t do anything to hurt her, he would wait and see.

Soon, the expected ambush arrived. Luo Ping led a small group of experts and rushed into Ten Thousand Flower Valley’s camp. There was Butler Wei who was Luo Ping’s attendant, Luo Mu who was a low-ranking elder and distant relative, as well as Butler Chu who was Luo Xuan’s attendant.

They were all at the lesser realm of Spiritual Ascendance, the peak of the mortal realms. Their combined might and sword aura was overpowering. They pierced through the protective array around Ten Thousand Flower Valley’s camp as if it was nothing. They arrived at Peng Lingxi’s tent in an instant.

Woosh!

As they sliced her tent to pieces, Peng Lingxi activated the protective talisman provided by the Immortal Association. A pale while orb surrounded her, blocking the dangerous sword energy flying around her.

“They are after Sister Lingxi!” Xu Lanyi’s shout rang out like thunder.

“Despicable!”

“Kill them!”

Li Yuechan’s bone-chilling cold descended, covering the entire camp. A dense volley of ice arrows flew through the air, only to be met by an array of sword techniques from the four experts.

A lion roared in fury. An eagle let out a mighty cry. Amidst a myriad of shouts, the disciples of Ten Thousand Flower Valley and the Beast God Sanctum besieged the four invaders. Peng Lingxi's protective array would only last ten breaths. They had to get to her within those ten breaths.

However, the Limitless Sword Hall had come prepared. Luo Xuan and his three helpers formed a single array, each facing one of the cardinal directions.

“Four Directions Sword Formation!”

Their swords gained a mysterious strength. As one, they deflected all incoming attacks. From He Xingping’s powerful lion paw to Qu Jing’s eagle claw, from Li Yuechan’s blizzard to Wu Qianyu’s Sorrowful Sword, they resisted it all.

Ten breaths passed and Peng Lingxi’s protective array fell. Before she could fight back, Luo Xuan gripped her right arm, securing her with his fearsome sword energy.

“Miss Peng, I apologize on behalf of the Limitless Sword Hall. Please, come with us!”

With that, they rushed out of the encirclement like lightning.

“Stop them!”

“After them!”

The Limitless Sword Hall disciples ran. Ten Thousand Flower Valley and the Beast God Sanctum gave chase. Everyone else watched in shock, witnessing the spectacular scene of one sect kidnapping the disciple of another.

“Did the Limitless Sword Hall go crazy?”

“They are stealing disciples like this?”

Chen Wentian had to admit that it was a good plan, disguising the discovery of the dragon claw by staging a kidnapping, distracting everyone from something far more important.

The Limitless Sword Hall had planned everything thoroughly. As soon as they started to flee, they sent out message talismans in the form of flying swords. These messages shot towards the surface, no doubt informing the sect elders of the next stage of the plan.

Ten Thousand Flower Valley and the Beast God Sanctum also launched message talismans but these were blocked by the disciples of the Limitless Sword Hall. Since the Limitless Sword Hall had fled first, they were in front, blocking the path of these messages.

One group fled and the other chased. They raced up the complicated tunnels and underground passages, retracing the route they had come from. They passed by groups of wild beasts and human cultivators. All gave way to this charging mob.

A journey that had taken many days to descend to the deepest parts only took a few hours in reverse. During that time, Wu Qianyu’s sword managed to incapacitate three Limitless Sword Hall disciples who were in charge of bringing up the rear. Despite this, the Limitless Sword Hall seemed to have gone crazy and didn’t slow down at all.

Finally, the Limitless Sword Hall disciples reached the surface and poured out of the entrance, charging into the bright sunlight. Above their heads, their sect's flying boat arrived at the same time. Without a moment’s pause, two Spirit Lords descended and grabbed Peng Lingxi, controlling her with their immortal auras.

“Miss Peng, please take a trip with us to the Limitless Sword Hall,” One of the elders said.

“I promise, you will not be harmed,” The other added.

“Damn geezers, let go of my disciple!” Chen Wentian’s shout echoed across the valley.

He streaked across the sky like a blue meteor and charged towards the two immortals. He had purposefully delayed his arrival to play along with their schemes. And to finish the play, he would have to give them a good fight, kill an elder or two and massacre some disciples to vent his anger.

“Limitless Sword Hall, I’ll kill you all!” He shouted and threw out a fiery punch.

An enormous fireball erupted and shot towards the two immortals holding Peng Lingxi. However, before the attack had crossed half the distance, it was intercepted by a sword light that erupted from the flying boat like a beam of divine light. This sword strike was so powerful that it instantly vaporized the ball of flames.

Chen Wentian paused his flight and a deep frown crossed his face, “A Spirit King?”

“Hahaha, good! Good! An immortal who calls himself blue dragon, his flames are really not simple!” An energetic voice came from the flying boat.

“That’s right, elder brother. One has to wonder, is there some truth to his moniker?” Another voice replied.

"Then, why don't we see for ourselves?"

Two equally powerful storms of sword energy erupted.

Two Spirit Kings flew out from the flying boat.

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