NOVEL NEXT Chapter 66 - 66: Leaving the Sect to Pursue the Enemy
Chapter 66: Leaving the Sect to Pursue the Enemy
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The tiger demon did not roar or attack. It just stared fixedly at Zhang Chen. As the saying goes, a biting dog doesn’t bark, and a tiger doesn’t roar when it hunts.
Zhang Chen infused his mana into the formation plate, and one by one, the blood chains bound the tiger demon tightly, not even letting it open its mouth.
But as Zhang Chen entered the stone chamber, dozens of ghosts crawled out of the tiger demon’s body and pounced towards Zhang Chen.
These were the vengeful spirits of people eaten by the tiger demon. Among them, three of the vengeful spirits emitted a qi cultivation strength of the seventh level.
Zhang Chen’s eyes turned cold, and he slashed out with his sword.
As blood light flashed, all the vengeful spirits let out a mournful scream, and their souls scattered.
The annihilation of the vengeful spirits also affected the tiger demon, as if it had been drained of its vitality and lost its previous momentum and luster.
Zhang Chen slashed through the tiger skin and continued to draw blood.
Every Foundation Establishment demon beast had its own innate abilities, so he couldn’t be careless and let his guard down.
Without spending too much time, he filled up five blood storage bottles.
After handing the blood storage bottle to a disciple of the Beast Garden, Zhang Chen returned to the cave abode at the center of the array formation and meditated.
Since taking over the affairs of the third senior brother’s Beast Garden, he had obtained a large amount of demon blood, enough for him to devour.
However, the deal with the Alchemy House had not been cut off. Who knows if the split of the Beast Garden’s profits will disappear when Third Senior Brother returns? I should stock up on more demon blood while I can.
“Senior Brother Zhang, a demon beast at the ninth level of Qi Refinement killed a disciple who was collecting blood and ran out of the stone chamber!” Zhang Chen had not cultivated for long when a disciple of the Beast Garden
rushed over.
“Which cave?” Zhang Chen used the Blood Burst Technique and instantly arrived outside the cave abode.
“Cave 43.”
Zhang Chen immediately transformed into a blood light and flew towards cave 43.
“Roar!”
“Don’t go forward and fight it head-on. Just surround and harass it, and keep it from running away!”
Zhang Chen hadn’t arrived yet, but he could already hear the roar of the demon beast and the anxious cries of the disciples of the Beast Garden.
“That’s great, our senior brother is here!”
When they saw the blood light flying towards them, the crowd breathed a sigh of relief and cheered.
Zhang Chen stood in the air and observed the situation below.
Five sixth-level Qi Refinement Beast Garden disciples surrounded a lion demon at the ninth-level Qi Refinement stage and kept using long-range blood consumption to drain its energy.
If the lion demon hadn’t been extremely weak, the five of them might not have been able to stop it.
Zhang Chen struck out in the void, and a huge palm condensed from blood killing qi landed on the lion demon.
“Roar! ”
Sensing danger, the lion demon let out a deafening roar. Waves of sound spread out , trying to shake off the giant hand. But the gap between the two sides was simply too great.
“Boom!”
The roar stopped abruptly as a huge palm print appeared on the ground. The lion demon was covered in blood, its breath hanging by a thread.
“You guys did well. Lock the lion demon up again,” Zhang Chen ordered before turning and disappearing in a flash of blood.
“Yes, Senior Brother.” A few Beast Garden disciples hurried forward and dragged the lion demon back into the cave.
After that, Zhang Chen did not encounter any trouble. Every day, he meditated in the cave abode at the center of the array formation, using demon blood to build his Foundation Establishment demon blood.
The affairs of the Beast Garden were generally handled by one person for a month, and the senior brothers took turns to handle them.
But on the 20th day, Wang Zhengang arrived at the Beast Garden.
“Senior Brother Zhang, Xu Yixian, the one you asked me to keep an eye on, has just accepted an inner sect mission,” he reported.
“Finally willing to leave the sect!” Zhang Chen smiled coldly.
Back then, there were three people who had secretly investigated him: Zhou Wenting, Jiang Xianghong, and Xu Yixian.
Among them, Zhou Wenting and Jiang Xianghong had already died at his hands, leaving only Xu Yixian.
But in the past few years, Xu Yixian had been staying in the sect and never went out, and Zhang Chen could not find an opportunity to take action.
So he could only have Wang Zhengang keep an eye on him. Once Xu Yi received the sect mission and wanted to leave the sect, he would immediately inform him.
“Has he left the sect yet?” Zhang Chen asked.
“Xu Yixian left as soon as he accepted the mission.”
The inner sect disciples’ sect missions were to capture demons and beasts. Even if Xu Yixian had left the sect, it didn’t matter as long as he waited on the must-pass road back to the sect.
Under Wang Zhengang’s horrified gaze, two blood shadows flew out of Zhang
Chen’s bodv and landed on the ground. turning into Blood Gods without skin
and covered in blood.
Zhang Chen continued, “I need to leave the sect for a while. Help me deal with matters in the Beast Garden during this period of time. These two Blood Gods will help you.”
“Senior… Senior Brother, don’t worry. I will definitely do a good job.” Wang Zhengang looked at the two Blood Gods in fear.
He could sense that these two Blood Gods were at the ninth level of Qi Refinement and were even stronger than him.
Without further ado, Zhang Chen turned into a blood light and flew towards the Internal Affairs Hall.
Direct disciples could leave the sect for a year when they did not have a mission, but they had to report it and leave a wisp of divine sense. If they did not return within the specified time, the sect would send someone to look for them.
When Zhang Chen arrived at the Internal Affairs Hall, he didn’t need to wait in line. Inner and outer sect disciples were wise enough to step aside and let him pass.
“Thank you, junior brothers.” Zhang Chen cupped his hands and thanked them.
“Senior Brother, you’re too polite.” Everyone was flattered.
“Senior Brother, do you have any orders?” The Internal Affairs disciple respectfully asked.
“I have some matters to attend to and need to leave the sect for three months.
Junior Brother, please register me.” Zhang Chen handed over his identity token.
“Senior Brother, please wait a moment. I’ll register it for you now.” After a while, the Internal Affairs disciple handed over another pearl. “This is the God-fearing Pearl. I need Senior Brother to leave a strand of spiritual will behind.”
“Okay.” Zhang Chen took it and left a strand of divine consciousness.
Seeing a phantom black line appearing in the Sending Spirit Bead, the internal affairs disciple handed him another item. “This is Senior Brother’s proof of leaving the sect. If you encounter danger, infuse your mana into the token, and the sect will be informed.” “Thanks a lot.”
“Take care, Senior Brother.”
Using the privilege of being a direct disciple, Zhang Chen quickly registered and turned into blood light, flying towards the mountain gate.
The blood light landed under the sect plaque.
Guarding the exit was a ninth-level Foundation Building direct disciple. When he saw Zhang Chen, he asked, “Junior Brother, are you leaving the sect?” “Yes, Senior Brother.” Zhang Chen cupped his hands in response.
“Have you registered?”
“I have registered, and this is my proof of leaving the sect.” Zhang Chen took out the token.
The personal disciple nodded. “Please go ahead, Junior Brother.”
“Thank you, Senior Brother.”
Zhang Chen cupped his hands and walked out. This was the first time he had left the sect as a Foundation Establishment disciple.
On the other side, Xu Yixian had already left the sect two hours ago.
The reason why he dared to leave the sect was because he had found out that Li Mumin had been assigned a sect mission a few days ago and had left the sect.
He had also heard that Zhang Chen was handling affairs in the Beast Garden.
This time, his main goal was not to capture demon beasts and complete the sect mission, but to attack his fellow disciples, obtain their blood essence, and then reach the Foundation Establishment realm.
He couldn’t rely on others, and only by reaching the Foundation Establishment realm and becoming a direct disciple could he survive.
He had begged direct disciple Wen Xiaosu to shelter him before, but he didn’t know if he really did. All he knew was that he was greedy and had been exploiting him all this time.
If he continued to be exploited, he wouldn’t even maintain his current cultivation level, let alone reach the Foundation Establishment realm.
This was also the reason why he was desperate to reach the Foundation Establishment realm and took the risk of leaving the sect.
Only by hunting fellow disciples and obtaining their blood essence could there be hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment realm..