Chapter 0: 146. Eight-Armed Rakshasa
Three days passed.
All trial participants were arranged to meet with Saint Spirit Chu Xian, undergoing direct embodiment and unification to determine compatibility. Liang Tiantian was chosen under the watchful eyes of many.
This clearly did not align with ancestral tradition, and some voices of opposition arose within the Hidden Immortal Tower. However, surprisingly, the ancestral spirit, which had always been unyielding, sided with Chu Xian this time, overriding the objections.
Only a few high-ranking elders of the Hidden Immortal Tower knew that Miss Chudi was indeed a suitable candidate to “temporarily” take the position of Flower Mistress.
“Mother, aren’t you going to stay a few more days?”
Liang Tiantian, currently transformed into Miss Chudi and accompanied by Qin Gou, reluctantly bid farewell to Shen Xuan and Liang Guiyun.
“Good Chudi, even after becoming the Mistress of Ten Thousand Flowers, you haven’t forgotten your mother. I truly knew I wasn’t mistaken about you, you wench.” Shen Xuan smiled, teasingly.
Liang Tiantian could only chuckle helplessly. How could he possibly forget? Even if he became a Grand Immortal, he wouldn’t dare forget his own mother!
“And Sister Guiyun, are you returning to the Lang Chen Escort Agency with Mother? If Chudi has time in the future, will I still be able to see you, Sister Guiyun?” Liang Tiantian asked again, though this time it was purely out of courtesy. He really couldn’t go home anytime soon.
They called it returning home in glory, but now, even if Liang Tiantian borrowed a hundred times his courage, he wouldn’t dare reveal the truth to the public.
However, a conversation between the Liang siblings that followed left Qin Gou, who felt like an outsider, utterly stunned.
“There’s no rush to go back. To be honest, Chudi, I didn’t have much hope for myself coming to the Hidden Immortal Tower this time. So, the main purpose of this trip is to keep my appointment with Sister Qiu on Dragon God Island!” Liang Guiyun shrugged and smiled gently.
“Sister Qiu? Is she the confidante and friend you mentioned before, the one you went through hardships with? How could she invite you, Sister Guiyun, to Dragon God Island, which is known as a forbidden land for the Sea Race? This Sister Qiu is truly extraordinary.” Liang Tiantian’s expression was surprised.
Liang Guiyun beamed with pride as she chuckled, “I don’t know when Sister Qiu became so powerful!”
“Miss Guiyun!”
Instantly, Qin Gou’s eyes widened, and he eagerly pressed, “What is the full name of the Sister Qiu you mentioned?”
Seeing this, a hint of wariness suddenly surfaced on Liang Guiyun’s face, and she asked with confusion, “Why is Referee Qin suddenly so flustered?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Qin Gou forced a stiff smile. In truth, he already knew very clearly, even without Liang Guiyun explicitly stating it. The Sister Qiu of Dragon God Island… besides the fourth disciple of the Celestial Master Pavilion, the notorious Perfume Stealing Demoness ‘Qiu Qianyue’, who else could it be!
The truth was now revealed.
It was said that the Liang family had never noticed any inclination for Liang Guiyun to associate with such people. Well, it was unlikely that an entire family would consist of individuals who diverged from the norm. However, if an expert appeared, offering guidance and teaching, things could change drastically!
For a moment, Qin Gou’s eyes were filled with complex emotions as he gritted his teeth and grumbled internally: “Ten Great Sects, one for each, and now Liang Guiyun is added to the list… On some level, Debt Girl is truly a good teacher.”
“Ding. Please answer! Host, do you know which sect currently has the highest frequency of producing extraordinary individuals?”
“Shut up!” Old Qin immediately became exasperated.
…
A moment later.
Watching Liang Tiantian bid a reluctant farewell to Shen Xuan and Liang Guiyun, Qin Gou couldn’t help but recall scenes of parting with his own disciples. They caused trouble when together, and missed each other when apart – it was all the same.
But just as Qin Gou was about to offer words of comfort to everyone, a strong scent of blood suddenly assailed him.
Raising his eyes, he saw that the entire sky was being rapidly eroded and covered by a viscous, sinister blood-red curtain.
“Isn’t this the sacred artifact used by Qi Qing and those Demonic Human Race members in the secret realm before?”
No, although the effect was similar, the might and speed emanating from it now far surpassed what they had before. Did those guys have another plan?
However, with him, the Zhenyu Demon Lord, present, this artifact, apart from targeting the ancestral spirit and trapping it momentarily, would have its destructive power rendered useless. If Qin Gou could find the artifact’s core, even its last function would be nullified.
“No.”
In the next instant, Qin Gou seemed to realize something, and his eyes sharpened. “Madam Shen, Miss Liang Guiyun, please take refuge first. Chudi, you immediately come with me to find Chu Xian!”
Without further ado, Qin Gou grabbed Liang Tiantian’s arm, and the two ascended into the sky, heading straight for Chu Xian’s location.
During this process, tall figures began to appear in the sky one after another. Rolling demonic flames raged from the heavens, fiercely bombarding the Mountain Guarding Array of the Hidden Immortal Tower.
The previously calm main altar of the Hidden Immortal Tower was instantly plunged into disaster, with the sky seeming to collapse and the earth to split.
Spiritual light filled the air as Chu Xian and the elders of the Hidden Immortal Tower instantly became vigilant, converging with Qin Gou and Liang Tiantian.
“Just as I expected!”
Looking at the menacing figures charging towards them, Qin Gou suddenly realized. The mission of Qi Qing and the other Demonic Human Race members was clearly more tragic than they themselves knew or Qin Gou had speculated.
assassinating the female cultivators and causing the Hidden Immortal Tower to offend their respective sects were merely feints, mere distractions! Even if successful, it would be a pleasant surprise at best.
Their true and sole value was to test whether that so-called sacred artifact could truly take effect on the ancestral spirit.
Only with a hundred percent certainty of being able to immobilize the ancestral spirit, which could temporarily create a large number of pseudo Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators and place the Hidden Immortal Tower in an invincible defensive position, would they reveal their true intentions now!
“I believe the marvelous treasures they are now using truly deserve the name ‘sacred artifact,’ unlike the defective one before, which even I could not help the ancestral spirit to immediately break free from,” Chu Xian said, looking up at the tall figures in the sky. “But I should have realized that behind Qi Qing and the others, it was this ‘Eight-Armed Rakshasa’ clan!”
The approaching attackers, even without closely examining their demonic markings, could discern their undisguised true origin from the signature four pairs of pitch-black arms.
“Eight-Armed Rakshasa?” This familiar name made Qin Gou ask in surprise, “Why would the Hidden Immortal Tower have enmity with this clan of the Abyssal Ancient Race?”
Chu Xian grinned. “Brother Qin, you may not know… although I myself have no memory of it, according to the ancient records, the reason why the former clan leader of the Eight-Armed Rakshasa, who was a Ten Pillar Demon Lord, died of severe injuries in recent years, leaving the position of Abyssal Demon Lord unusually vacant, was precisely due to my actions!”
“Well done!” Qin Gou blurted out, full of praise.
“What do you mean, Brother Qin?”
“Saint Spirit, the grievances between my sect and the Eight-Armed Rakshasa clan cannot be explained in three days and three nights! But seeing that the Mountain Guarding Array is about to be broken, the urgent matter is for the Saint Spirit to immediately embody with the current Flower Mistress and lead us to resist the enemy.” Lan Surou said anxiously, looking worriedly at Liang Tiantian, the acting Mistress of Ten Thousand Flowers beside her.
“Leave it to me!”
Chu Xian nodded vigorously, her figure instantly transforming into a ball of bright white spirit flame, her voice becoming extremely reliable.
“Let these demons have a good taste of how extraordinary the strongest generation of the Mistress of Ten Thousand Flowers in our Hidden Immortal Tower is now!”
However, every time Chu Xian revealed her true form, the flashing white light would cause pain to the eyes of bystanders, and even those present with profound cultivation could not escape it.
Fortunately, the white light was fleeting. When everyone could see clearly again, they saw Liang Tiantian standing there, looking bewildered and not noticing any change in his cultivation compared to before.
On the other hand, Qin Gou, who was also looking at Tiantian with curiosity and a hint of schadenfreude, waiting for his dramatic transformation, suddenly sprouted a pair of snow-white cat ears on top of his head.
And the expressions of every elder of the Hidden Immortal Tower were filled with trust and a sense of inevitability!
