Chapter 429: 428. Chapter 423: The Star Lord Arrives

428. Chapter 423: The Star Lord Arrives

"You're a Level Four Immortal Array Master?" Hearing Ku Lu stared at Ding Huan in shock.

Level Four Immortal Array Masters aren't rare—they're plentiful in the Immortal Court.

But which of those Level Four Immortal Array Masters wasn't built up over countless resources and years by the Immortal Court?

Take Lan Ting, who served Wu Jian—Wu Jian spent a full 3,400 years cultivating her into a Level Four Immortal Array Master.

During that time, he piled every fine material upon her, and whenever she encountered a renowned master, he immediately sent her off for guidance.

This Zhang San is just a lone cultivator, isn't he? How did he become a Level Four Immortal Array Master?

Wait—if Zhang San is a Level Four Immortal Array Master, then after flying through the Immortal Abandonment Lands for five months, couldn't he have sensed the conditions outside the Iron Cloud Immortal Ship and lured the Corpse-Eating Golden Beast?

Hearing Ku Lu had previously thought this idea of his was paranoid, but now the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

"What's so surprising? I took 7,300 years to become a Level Four Immortal Array Master," Ding Huan said calmly.

Hearing Ku Lu felt Ding Huan looked young, but reaching the Jin Xian realm—even if it took 73,000 years, it was perfectly normal.

A Jin Xian whose foundation wasn't damaged could easily live over a hundred thousand years.

As for appearance, there are countless treasures to preserve one's youth.

But becoming a Level Four Immortal Array Master isn't just about living long—if longevity alone could make one an Array Master, everyone would be one.

Then Immortal Arrays wouldn't be precious at all.

Immortal Arrays are precious precisely because lone cultivators can't reach that height—only within sects is such achievement possible.

Ding Huan had already, while Hearing Ku Lu wasn't paying attention, bound the Level Five Killing Array's array disc and secreted it away.

"I truly didn't expect this," Hearing Ku Lu sighed deeply.

Before obtaining the Soul Tablet, his life was effectively ended by Ding Huan's doing.

He was almost certain the Corpse-Eating Golden Beast was connected to Ding Huan.

Now, of course, he'd pretend he knew nothing.

Staying by Wu Jian's side meant being a dog that could die at any moment—now he was a free lone cultivator; compared to that, this was far more comfortable.

Hearing Ku Lu didn't mention the Level Four Immortal Array Master matter, so Ding Huan naturally wouldn't either.

His gaze fell on the pale purple soil outside—the surrounding soil was all gray or black.

No matter how many eons had passed, the pale purple soil had remained untouched by contamination from the surrounding earth.

"That's where the Fen Bao Cliff is stored. Go ahead— I have no interest in this soil," Hearing Ku Lu truly had no interest in the soil of the Fen Bao Cliff.

Ding Huan no longer held back—he tossed down several array flags, then lifted his hand, and all the pale purple soil within a ten-zhang radius was swept away and piled into the Iron Pot's space.

"Let's go quickly—I feel uneasy," Hearing Ku Lu said anxiously as Ding Huan finished collecting the soil.

"I know. But I still have something to do." Even if Hearing Ku Lu hadn't spoken, Ding Huan would have left immediately—he too felt unease, not just Hearing Ku Lu.

Fleeing is one thing, but cleanup must still be done.

Ding Huan pulled out a pile of Immortal Crystals and began cultivating on the spot.

At least, it looked like he was cultivating.

Hearing Ku Lu's mouth hung open—what was this supposed to mean? We're not running now, and you're cultivating here?

Ding Huan wasn't cultivating at all—he was using the Great Cosmos Art to construct the directional flow of Dao resonance.

If he couldn't manage it, fine—but since he cultivated the Great Cosmos Art, he could walk westward while making others believe he'd fled eastward.

The spatial law qi constantly shifted as Ding Huan carefully left behind one trail after another of law qi, each one naturally pointing toward the direction he'd fled.

After more than half an hour, Ding Huan finally stopped cultivating. He then summoned the Iron Pot; once Hearing Ku Lu climbed aboard, the Iron Pot activated and vanished instantly from the spot.

His trick wouldn't last long—three days at most.

After three days, all the law qi he'd left in the space would dissipate or be assimilated.

That was enough—if the enemy hadn't come after him in three days, he wouldn't need to worry further.

…

Even Hearing Ku Lu hadn't expected it—he'd assumed Star Lord Du Yue could never possibly come here now.

In fact, only one day after he and Ding Huan had left, two figures descended upon the site of the Fen Bao Cliff ruins.

One wore a Star Lord's crown and a red robe, his face suffused with purple aura—it was none other than Star Lord Wu Wudu.

The woman beside Star Lord Du Yue had a weary aura—it was the same female cultivator who had previously accompanied Wu Jian.

"Lan Ting, is this the place you mentioned?" Star Lord Du Yue looked at the freshly dug pit, his voice cold.

"My lord, yes. The young master had me set up a Level Four Binding-Killing Array and a Concealment Array here, and he also used a Level Five Immortal Array disc," Lan Ting answered carefully.

Star Lord Du Yue landed in the newly dug pit, scooped up some soil, sniffed it, then sneered: "That disobedient son—he dares conceal even this!"

Lan Ting dared not speak.

She knew Star Lord Du Yue hadn't come here to avenge his son Wu Jian—if he had, he wouldn't have arrived so quickly.

He had come for the soil of the Fen Bao Cliff.

Lan Ting felt deep sorrow for Wu Jian—it was no wonder he'd gone mad searching for treasures to rebuild his body.

"Tell me about the ten people Wu Jian summoned—who's the most suspicious?" After venting, Star Lord Du Yue calmed down.

Lan Ting asked in confusion, "My lord, isn't it Hearing Ku Lu?"

Star Lord Du Yue sneered: "If Hearing Ku Lu could have reclaimed his Soul Tablet, would he have waited until today? He lacks the capability for such precise calculations."

Hearing Ku Lu's Soul Tablet was taken by someone else, who then used it to coerce Hearing Ku Lu into doing his bidding."

"So did that person take Hearing Ku Lu's Soul Tablet and force him to come here and dig up this soil?" Lan Ting murmured as she spoke.

She had advised Wu Jian not to bring people here to fuse with the soil beneath the Fen Bao Cliff—why not dig up the soil first, then fuse it elsewhere?

Wu Jian ignored her, saying the soil lost its spiritual essence once removed and could no longer be fused.

Wu Jian would either die—or become the strongest possessor of a body.

Now, just as he had wished, he was dead.

Du Yue Xingjun said, "It's very likely exactly so."

Ting Lan began to recall, and only after a while said, "At first I felt Luo Xipeng was the most suspicious, but he was killed by the Corpse-Eating Black Gold Beast.

"Among those who escaped, if we're talking about suspicious ones, there's still Ye Mei'er. She's very mysterious, skilled in concealment and enchantment arts."

"What about the other two?" Du Yue Xingjun asked.

Ye Mei'er replied, "Those two are one called Zhang San, one called Hu Bujiu. Zhang San can be ruled out—his strength is too low, only early-stage Jin Xian. But that Hu Bujiu, although he looks old in age, is actually a third-tier immortal array master."

"Since he was recruited to merge with the soil of the Treasure-Splitting Cliff, Zhang San must have some outstanding quality.

Ye Mei'er and Hu Bujiu each have their own advantages, so what exactly about Zhang San earned Hu Xiangyang's regard?"

"It should be that his divine sense is decent. I heard his divine sense is at the peak of fifth-tier immortal consciousness…"

Du Yue Xingjun let out a long sigh, looking at Ting Lan: "You think a Jin Xian early-stage divine sense can reach the peak of fifth-tier immortal consciousness? What level is your divine sense?"

Ting Lan replied, "This disciple is at early-stage fourth-tier immortal consciousness."

Du Yue Xingjun looked at Ting Lan: "You, a Grand Yi immortal, with the help of so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures, are only at fourth-tier immortal consciousness. On what grounds do you believe a Jin Xian's divine sense can reach the peak of fifth-tier immortal consciousness?"

Ting Lan was quite unconvinced in her heart. What heavenly materials and earthly treasures did she have? Following behind the young master, apart from spirit stones being plentiful, she really hadn't seen many other treasures.

Wu Jian is Wu Wudu's least-favored son—who doesn't know that? Following beside such a young master, how many treasures could she possibly have?

The only support Wu Jian ever gave her was putting in great effort when she was learning array dao.

That was only because Wu Jian needed someone skilled in array dao by his side.

What Du Yue Xingjun meant was that she had obtained many treasures, yet she herself didn't even know she had obtained many treasures.

Thinking this in her heart, she could only ask with her mouth: "Could it be that Zhang San has a problem?"

"It must be him. He couldn't have gone far after taking the soil from here. Heh heh, a mere Jin Xian, and he thinks he can escape from me, Wu Wudu." Du Yue Xingjun sneered.

He grabbed several array flags and tossed them down, and soon a directional indicator appeared before him.

"Let's go, we'll chase from here. I refuse to believe he can get away." After speaking, Du Yue Xingjun stepped onto the flying magic treasure parked to one side.

Ting Lan didn't dare delay, hurriedly following Du Yue Xingjun onto the flying magic treasure.

Du Yue Xingjun was in a rush to chase Ding Huan, and once the flying magic treasure was activated, its speed surged to the maximum.

Only, the direction they were tracking was exactly opposite to the direction Ding Huan had fled.

……

Two months later, the iron pot burst out of the Immortal Abandonment Land.

Even Hearing Ku Lu couldn't help but sigh—Zhang San's iron pot was really too fast. Back then, it had taken them over half a year to enter the Immortal Abandonment Land, and now they had come out in only two months.

"If we use your iron pot to fly to the Chaos Zone, I estimate it would take at most three or four months. My thought is, we'd better switch to a different flying magic treasure. I have a mid-grade flying immortal artifact…"

Before Hearing Ku Lu could finish speaking, Ding Huan waved his hand and said, "If my life is gone, why would I care about these things? A few months I can still accept, but if it's over a dozen years, forget it."

(Earlier I wrote Wu Chengxing Jun Chang Yi and Du Yue Xingjun Wu Wudu swapped—already corrected, apologies!)