Chapter 19: Heaven Demon Sect Envoy

Heaven Demon Sect Envoy?

Su Qian heard the voice transmission, her brows slightly furrowed as if thinking about something.

What's wrong?

Lu Chen noticed her expression and also heard the recent voice transmission.

Hearing his question, Su Qian quickly answered his doubts.

Under normal circumstances, the Heaven Demon Sect sends an envoy to oversee the competition before the Grand Contest.

But for many years, no elder has ever been summoned to the council hall.

I fear something has changed.

That's how it is. After the atmosphere was ruined, Lu Chen lost interest.

Moreover, the voice transmission sounded urgent, so the two quickly ended their dual cultivation.

Although it lasted only half an hour, the progress surpassed a full day and night of effort with Mei Qianxue.

Senior Sister Mei, we should keep in touch less from now on.

Lu Chen muttered a sarcastic remark inwardly, then glanced at Su Qian.

Wipe it yourself.

The sect leader is in a hurry over there, go quickly. If anything special happens, tell me right away.

He put on his clothes and was about to leave immediately.

Compared to his relaxed demeanor, Su Qian seemed more anxious and hesitant.

As expected, men are all the same...

Returning to his quarters, Lu Chen immediately took out the Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique and the demon beast essence blood.

Low‑rank demon beasts hardly condense essence blood, so this blood was just taken from Su Qian.

Manifesting the ancient heavenly demon dharma form greatly boosts combat power...

When cultivated to perfection, one can even transform the physical body into a tangible heavenly demon dharma form...

Reading the complete description of the Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Without hesitation, he sat cross‑legged and began cultivating.

Fourth‑rank Black Feather Flood Dragon.

He took a drop of Black Feather Flood Dragon essence blood, waited for the technique to reach a critical stage, inhaled deeply, and guided the blood into his mouth.

In an instant, a violent demonic power erupted wildly inside his body.

It felt as if countless Black Feather Flood Dragons were attacking him all at once.

Fortunately, after the system's optimization, the demonic power's aggressiveness was greatly weakened.

Roar——

With a faint roar echoing inside him, he felt his bones and flesh being torn apart and rebuilt.

As time passed, faint black‑scale markings began to appear on the surface of his arms.

Although he could only glimpse a faint image of the ancient heavenly demon, the terrifying aura it contained already made Lu Chen break out in a cold sweat.

As expected of an ancient demon clan, merely projecting a phantom pair of arms wields such terrifying pressure.

If cultivated to great accomplishment or even perfection, its power would be unimaginable.

Lu Chen tested it; just the first circulation multiplied his strength several times over in a short period.

Moreover, thanks to the system's reversal, he also felt his soul gradually growing stronger.

He had originally planned to cultivate another soul‑forging technique.

Seeing how powerful the Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique was, he resolutely decided to continue cultivating it.

Because the system, while reversing, also optimized the technique to suit his cultivation method better.

Thus, his cultivation speed became extremely fast.

In just a few hours, he had cycled the Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique several times.

Although still insufficient to fully manifest the heavenly demon phantom, he could at least manifest half of his body.

Seeing the sky darken outside the window, he had still wanted to continue cultivating.

Who knew that outside suddenly came a clamor of discussion.

How come so many elders have suddenly appeared at our Inner Sect Disciple Peak?

Grand Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder... have all the elders come?

What's the situation?

No way!! The sect leader is also here!!!

I've been in the sect ten years and never saw the sect leader—today I actually see him?

Wow... the sect leader is actually a woman? And the Third Elder looks so domineering... I wish she'd step on me with her feet!

Isn't the one standing beside the Second Elder Senior Brother Wang Lan?

And beside the Grand Elder seems to be Senior Senior Brother Bloodless Shadow?!

No, no, I'm even more curious—what exactly happened?

Listening to the chatter outside, Lu Chen's eyes turned cold and his brows furrowed sharply.

For a moment, he even suspected these people had come for him.

After all, Su Qian knows his true situation.

But thinking it over, his original demands should have been comprehensive; unless the other party could dispel the pulling technique, there should be no problem.

Thinking of this, he relaxed a little, ended his cultivation, came to the windowsill, and opened the window a crack.

Through the gap, he saw the elders standing in the sky outside, the sect leader, and... that Heaven Demon Sect envoy.

The leading man and woman, the man stood as if in darkness, his whole body enveloped in a large black robe, even his face hidden beneath the hood.

The woman wore a neat green outfit, her waist tied with a conspicuous silver sash that outlined her slender figure.

Her features were extremely cold and beautiful, her brows bearing a hint of sternness; the green blade in her hand flashed with a cold light, making people avert their eyes.

These two, the black-clad man is the envoy of the Heaven Demon Sect.

And the green-clad woman is the sect leader of the Nine Abyss Sect, Qi Luo.

Behind them were the sect's elders.

Specifically, the Grand Elder Mu Yun, the Second Elder Du Gu Ming, the Third Elder Su Qian, etc.

"Disciple Chen Mo greets the sect leader, the envoy, and the elders."

"Disciple..."

Upon seeing the sect leader and others appear, many inner-sect disciples stepped forward to curry favor.

However, their actions did not draw the gaze of Qi Luo and the others.

Seeing that the disciples had mostly arrived, Sect Leader Qi Luo took the initiative to speak.

"Envoy, about ninety percent of the Foundation Establishment disciples inside the sect are present; the sect's registered Foundation Establishment disciples number over six hundred, of whom more than a hundred have reached perfection. A mere ancient tomb is absolutely not worth mentioning."

"Hmm, not bad, but the opening time for this ancient tomb is short; the disciples must be sufficiently streamlined."

Saying this, the envoy turned his gaze toward the elders behind him.

"Many of these should be your disciples, right? You know your disciples' strengths well; let you choose the strongest few Foundation Establishment disciples each to accompany me to the Burial Ground."

The elders, including Su Qian, hearing the envoy's words, each had a remarkably expressive look.

After learning in the council hall earlier, they all clearly knew how many treasures this ancient tomb actually held.

Thus, each elder wanted a share.

However, the expressions of Wang Lan and Bloodless Shadow standing beside the Grand and Second Elders turned somewhat gloomy.

These two, one had his mind elsewhere.

One was frantically searching for someone among the inner-sect disciples.

Needless to say, it was Lu Chen hiding in his own room.

At that moment, Lu Chen also happened to notice him.

However, their lines of sight did not meet.