Chapter 1881: Chapter 1881

With the benefits he received from the Moon Wheel Sect, Zhou Chun lived comfortably within the Zhou Family, without needing to take on risky missions to earn merit points like many clan members without a background had to.

Originally, he thought the Moon Wheel Sect just wanted to use him as a spy to gather internal information about the Zhou Family. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fıre·net

He even fantasized about the possibility of gaining enough support from the Moon Wheel Sect to open the Purple Mansion, or even form a Golden Core!

After all, if they wanted him to gather real secret intel about the Zhou Family, they would surely have to elevate him to a high position within the family.

However, he never imagined that not even fifty years after successfully achieving Foundation Establishment, and shortly after turning a hundred years old, he would be discarded, forced to repay the benefits he had received over these years with his own life!

Today, during his inspection of the Mountain Protection Array, he met with a Rat Demon arranged by the Moon Wheel Sect in the array’s outer region, originally intending only to pass some information he had gathered over the past few months.

To his surprise, as soon as he met the Rat Demon, he was possessed by the soul division of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, and his life was no longer his own!

With the Nascent Soul Stage’s soul division now possessing him, his every movement was under surveillance, making it impossible for him to report anything even if he wanted to.

Previously, to warn him, they demonstrated their ability to directly control his body, and he had no resistance whatsoever.

If it weren’t for the fact that directly replacing him in controlling the body would appear somewhat uncoordinated, easily exposing flaws to higher-level cultivators, he might have had his consciousness erased already!

"Senior, you must keep your word. If I do what you ask, you must ensure the lifelong wealth and safety of my parents and children!"

After an indeterminate amount of time, Zhou Baisheng seemed to come to terms with everything, sat up slowly from the ground, and numbly voiced his demand in a low voice.

Upon hearing his words, Yinyue True Person’s soul division inside him immediately responded in a deep voice, "Rest assured, our sect has never been one to neglect its own. If, even after you achieve such a significant feat for us, we fail to treat your family well, how can we expect other disciples to serve the sect with unwavering loyalty in the future?"

At this point, Zhou Baisheng clearly had no choice but to believe him.

Over the next half a month, Zhou Baisheng adjusted his mental state and cooperated with Yinyue True Person’s soul division in controlling his body.

Even though he was an elite clan member of the Zhou Family, during this special period, he couldn’t easily go up to Green Lotus Peak, which was guarded by late Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion Phase cultivators.

So when the time came, he would need to force his way onto Green Lotus Peak and, before being subdued, detonate the Earth Fiend Flame Thunder Bead on the peak.

Yinyue True Person, wary of unforeseen complications, immediately had Zhou Baisheng approach Green Lotus Peak on his way back from completing a task.

But he seemed to underestimate Zhou Chun’s vigilance concerning Green Lotus Peak.

Even before Zhou Baisheng came within a few miles of Green Lotus Peak, Lin Hongyu, stationed on the mountain, locked onto him with her Divine Sense and commanded, "Stop right there, junior. This is not a place you are allowed to approach!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Baisheng’s heart raced, unsure of how to respond.

Yinyue True Person’s soul division realized the situation was bad.

Without hesitation, it forcibly took over his body, igniting blood-red spiritual light all over, transforming into a streak of blood-red escape light, and rushed toward the peak of Green Lotus Peak.

In that instant, the speed Zhou Baisheng exhibited, as an initial Foundation Establishment cultivator, was even faster than that of many Golden Elixir Early Phase cultivators!

Lin Hongyu had already sensed something was amiss when Zhou Baisheng’s heartbeat became irregular.

As soon as she detected another presence within him, she immediately launched her Dharma Treasure at him without hesitation.

However, she hadn’t expected Zhou Baisheng, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to suddenly burst forth with such speed, causing her first attack to miss.

Zhou Baisheng, initially less than ten miles from Green Lotus Peak, reached the mountainside in an instant after the speed burst.

This was still because Green Lotus Peak’s summit was enveloped in an array prohibition that he couldn’t break through.

Upon realizing this, he quickly altered his plan and, with a wave, threw the Earth Fiend Flame Thunder Bead toward the lower peak!

This Earth Fiend Flame Thunder Bead was something left behind by a sitting and transforming Nascent Soul Stage True Person of the Moon Wheel Sect, exchanged years ago with another Nascent Soul Stage True Person as a treasure.

This item was a one-time use secret treasure, refined using toxic fire evil qi harvested by a Nascent Soul Stage True Person from underground, and a special method.

Once detonated, the toxic fire evil qi produced would corrode even the physical body of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, potentially harming their nascent souls.

If detonated upon a Spirit Mountain Blessed Land like Green Lotus Peak, even if it couldn’t outright destroy the Spirit Mountain and its Spirit Veins, it would disturb the Spirit Veins and Earth Veins below, causing a massive tremor.

More insidiously, the scattered toxic fire evil qi would merge into nature’s spiritual energy and be absorbed by Luo Qingni, who was secluded in nascent soul formation.

It’s crucial to understand that during the Infant Transformation stage, Luo Qingni is almost in an unconscious state, relying only on her body’s instincts to operate cultivation techniques and absorb the external spiritual energy to nurture her nascent soul embryo form.

Thus, she would find it difficult to discern the toxic fire evil qi mixed within nature’s spiritual energy.