Chapter 73: Female Prisoner

After settling the matter of the Chaos Heaven Banner, he returned to the cave entrance.

At this moment, Qin Yan's spirit beast had finished handling the corpse of the Wind Wing Demon, and Xiangxiang and Xiaoxiao had pretty much finished chatting.

Seeing that things were settled, he led the group of women onto Wang Cai and fled swiftly toward the direction of Heaven Continent.

On the way to Heaven Continent, Gu Xiangxiang also marked several Demonic Path Sects.

Besides some minor sects, there was also a very familiar Seven Demons Sect.

Along the way, because of Wang Cai's presence, several of them were repeatedly eyed by passing cultivators.

If it were based on Lu Chen's Core Formation stage, he might have been interrogated by these people.

After all, being near the border, the Six Great Demonic Sects had long demanded that no one could enter or leave without permission.

But with Qin Yan, a Cave Heaven Cultivator, present, almost everyone merely watched from afar, and no one dared to approach.

After passing through the territory of the Seven Demons Sect, there was a vast grassland.

As long as they crossed this great grassland, they could truly reach Heaven Continent, which is the Orthodox Territory.

Upon reaching the border of Perfection Continent, the faint murderous qi permeating the air gradually dissipated.

Everyone first learned what it felt like for the air to be completely occupied by spiritual qi.

"Once there, try to keep your murderous qi from showing too much."

"Unless absolutely necessary, otherwise leave it all to me."

On Wang Cai, Lu Chen said to the five women.

"Hmm."

"Yes, Master."

The reason he dared to bring people into Heaven Continent was mainly because he possessed Vast Righteous Qi as a trump card.

No matter which ordinary Orthodox person sees him with such Vast Righteous Qi, they could not possibly think he is a Demonic Cultivator, right?

Moreover, he had objectives in going to Heaven Continent.

For example, avenging Gu Xiangxiang, and also the matter concerning Mo Xuan.

Upon reaching the border line, Lu Chen vaguely saw a team below heading from Heaven Continent to Perfection Continent territory.

Looking at how many storage bags they carried, they were probably smugglers.

He glanced at them and paid no attention.

He immediately planned to leave and truly enter the Orthodox Territory.

But at that moment, he suddenly noticed an incongruous aura within the team.

Amid the strong murderous qi of several Core Formation cultivators, a faint righteous qi subtly leaked out.

"Huh?! An Immortal Cultivator?"

Extending his divine sense, he quickly noticed the owner of that righteous qi.

"A woman?"

Only see, at the rear of the team, a woman dressed like a servant wore handcuffs and shackles, her face ashen.

"An Orthodox person?"

Gu Xiangxiang's map had few records of Heaven Continent, so after entering Heaven Continent, he happened to need someone familiar with the vicinity.

Why not rescue her along the way?

Saying it, he did it; Lu Chen patted Wang Cai's back to make it stop.

Immediately afterward, he had the women stay put while he alone descended to the ground.

Seeing someone appear, the leading Demonic Cultivator instantly became alert.

He had long been smuggling various goods between the two continents' borders; those who came knocking at this time were almost never good people.

Immediately, murderous qi surged around him, and his eyes locked firmly on Lu Chen.

"Punk! Which sect are you from?! A mere early Core Formation cultivator dares to block our path?!"

The Demonic Cultivators behind him, seeing this, also drew weapons and assumed a stance ready to attack at any moment.

Lu Chen remained calm and composed, his expression tranquil as he stared at the group.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the woman at the rear.

"Gentlemen, I have no interest in you; I only want to take that woman to ask for directions."

Hearing his words, the leading Demonic Cultivator first froze, then burst into loud laughter: "Hahaha! Where do you come from, a rogue cultivator? Do you think we're pushovers? You can't just take what you want!"

"I tell you! This woman is of great use to my Seven Demons Sect; if you don't want to die, then......"

These words, Lu Chen found them somewhat tiresome.

He wasn't unable to beat them; he simply didn't want to take the initiative to strike.

Because in his heart there remained a hurdle called conscience that he could not get past.

"Nothing to negotiate?" He asked again at the end.

"Hmph! If you don't want to die, then......"

Before the leading Demonic Cultivator finished speaking, Lu Chen had already summoned the Chaos Heaven Banner.

A violent black qi instantly swept out, accompanied by endless howls, instantly covering several Demonic Cultivators.

He had already tried to reason kindly; since the other side refused, his conscience could only be set aside temporarily.

As the black qi dissipated, several Demonic Cultivators had turned into desiccated bones.

Above, Su Qian, Qin Yan, and several others watched this scene, their hearts involuntarily shocked.

"It hasn't been long since then, and Master has become stronger again."

"As expected of a reincarnated great being......"

Lu Chen took back the Chaos Heaven Banner into his hand, seeing several additional souls within, his expression slightly changed.

He also didn't know when he had become somewhat heartless.

Perhaps it was because his soul had been affected by the Empress's influence, or perhaps it was because of what happened with Mei Qianxue earlier.

"Forget it."

He shook his head, stopped thinking about it, then put away the Chaos Heaven Banner and went to where that woman was.

The woman stared wide-eyed, seeming not to have come to her senses yet.

The next moment, she looked at Lu Chen as he looked at her, noticed the murderous aura emanating from him, and the woman actually fainted dead away on the spot.

"This... am I really that scary?"

Lu Chen gave a bitter smile, had no choice but to restrain his murderous aura and let his righteous aura show.

He came before the woman and fed her a restorative medicinal pill.

"What is this..."

The woman slowly came to.

"Princess, I just seemed to have dreamed that a great demonic cultivator wanted to kill me..."

The woman said, and finally her sight cleared enough to see Lu Chen's appearance.

This time, noticing the righteous aura on Lu Chen, the woman did not faint again.

"Senior... Senior, did I just missee? You seem to have murderous aura on you."

"You didn't missee; I am a member of the Demonic Sect." Lu Chen confessed.

The next second, the woman fainted again.

Lu Chen, helpless, had to feed her another medicinal pill.

This time, he tried not to appear frightening, and had the other party tell him as much as possible of what she knew.

As the woman woke, he quickly learned her background.

She came from a mortal kingdom called the Great Xuan Dynasty in the Heaven Continent.

The Great Xuan Dynasty bordered the Heaven Continent and these years had constantly suffered harassment from demonic cultivators.

Over the years, thanks to the protection of several major immortal cultivation sects, the dynasty was able to survive in such an environment.

But a few days ago, those several major sects suddenly vanished from the world, all their disciples disappearing without a trace, as if they had never existed.

This sudden change without warning caused the Great Xuan Dynasty to lose its protective umbrella, instantly plunging it into a helpless, isolated situation.

Afterwards, demonic cultivators, upon hearing the news, swarmed in and carried out a massive slaughter of the dynasty's populace.

Afterwards, she was entrusted by the Empress to escort the princess out of the dynasty's territory with a few generals.

But for various reasons, the party of over ten people ended up with only her and the princess left.

Moreover, just yesterday, they even encountered a powerful band of demonic cultivators.

To protect the princess, she had the princess hide in a ruin, while she herself took the initiative to lure away the demonic cultivators.