Chapter 82: The Tianyin Sect Elder's Apprehension

Beijing Tianyin Sect branch.

An old man with a white beard looked at Elder Zhong, who was lying on the bed, his brows tightly furrowed. Beside him was Song Jie, her face full of anxiety.

"Elder Chen, how is Elder Zhong's condition?" Song Jie asked.

"This, it is hard to say." Elder Chen shook his head. "My junior brother's injuries are very strange; all the bones in his body are dislocated, and the Inner Strength within his meridians has been completely scattered. Yet, these injuries, which would normally be fatal one hundred percent of the time, have only left my junior brother unconscious. It is truly bizarre."

"How could this happen?" Song Jie's face was deathly pale. Elder Zhong had ended up in this state because he had followed her to find Luo Yexi. Thinking of the punishments within the Tianyin Sect, Song Jie felt as if her heart had already fallen into a bottomless abyss.

Elder Chen took his hand off Elder Zhong's pulse and said coldly to Song Jie: "Give me an honest account of why my junior brother became like this after going out with you. If you dare to conceal even a shred of the truth, I do not mind letting you taste the Soul-Snatching Sound."

Hearing Elder Chen's words, Song Jie's body couldn't help but shiver. The Soul-Snatching Sound was used in the Tianyin Sect to punish disciples who violated sect rules. After having been punished by it once, Song Jie would tremble involuntarily every time she heard the words "Soul-Snatching Sound"; the pain that penetrated deep into her soul remained fresh in her memory to this day. Immediately, she dared not conceal anything and told Elder Chen everything that had happened after arriving at Luo Yexi's home.

"You say my junior brother was beaten into this state by a force that appeared out of thin air?" Elder Chen's brows furrowed tightly.

"That is correct, it is indeed so." Song Jie nodded with a look of fear. "Elder Chen, can you deal with the person who acted from the shadows?"

In Song Jie's memory, although Elder Zhong and Elder Chen were fellow disciples, Elder Chen's strength was undoubtedly much greater than Elder Zhong's. Perhaps Elder Chen could deal with the so-called master that Luo Yexi spoke of.

Elder Chen waved his hand: "You may go down first; I will handle this matter myself."

Hearing that Elder Chen no longer mentioned punishing her, Song Jie was overjoyed and immediately left the place as fast as she could. In front of this eccentric Elder Chen, she always felt an inexplicable pressure, as if she were about to step into an abyss at any moment.

After Song Jie left, Elder Chen's expression sank instantly. As Elder Zhong's senior brother, his strength had already entered the Earth Tier, and he had a greater understanding of the secrets within the Dark World. The ability to injure someone out of thin air was a skill that only an Innate Expert could perform. Moreover, judging by his junior brother's injuries, the person who acted had already reached a state of perfection in this technique; even the Heavenly Elder and the Venerables in the sect had not reached this level.

Furthermore, according to what Song Jie said, the girl named Luo Yexi was only fifteen or sixteen years old, yet she could repel Elder Zhong with a single palm, which meant her strength was at least at the Mysterious Tier Late Stage. In this Age of Dharma Decline where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was so thin, to cultivate a girl into such an expert, besides the girl herself being a prodigy, one would absolutely have to pour in massive amounts of resources—and the scale of these resources was likely beyond his imagination.

Perhaps behind this girl was a hidden behemoth, and she absolutely held a pivotal position within that force. Now that the Tianyin Sect was gradually showing signs of decline, if they were to provoke such a person of unknown origin at this time, they might disappear from the world entirely. If that were truly the case, he would inevitably become a sinner of the Tianyin Sect for all eternity; he could not afford to take this risk.

With a long sigh, no matter what, he and his junior brother would have to swallow this bitterness. However, since such a powerful person of unknown origin had suddenly appeared in Beijing, he still had to notify his sect so the Sect Master could make a decision early.

Thinking of this, Elder Chen quickly stood up, went to the desk, wrote down the matter, and marked the envelope with the words "Urgent."

"Where are the Sound Guards?" Elder Chen said in a deep voice.

A man in black appeared silently before him. Elder Chen handed the letter to the man in black: "Deliver this letter to the Sect Master with the fastest speed."

The man in black took the letter and vanished into the shadows in a flash.

In the rental apartment, Luo Yexi looked at Lingyun, who had appeared before her, and asked softly: "Master, did something happen over at Ruoxi's side?"

"No, it's just that something happened in another world, and this matter has a certain connection to me, so I will have to go and resolve it eventually." Lingyun waved his hand. "Don't worry about this for now. By the way, what about those Ninjas outside?"

"After Song Jie took that Tianyin Sect Elder out just now, they disappeared; I assume they left." Luo Yexi spread her hands. "I originally wanted to keep them all here, but these guys were so alert that they retreated in such a short time."

"Retreating is normal. After all, not long after a Tianyin Sect Elder entered this room, he was carried out unconscious. It would be strange if they didn't become vigilant," Lingyun said. "You all should prepare yourselves well during this time. We might stay in that world for a long time this trip."

"Oh my, is Lingyun going to abandon us and go to another world?" Busujima Saeko suddenly appeared behind Lingyun, saying with a hint of teasing in her tone.

Behind Busujima Saeko was Alice, who was looking at Lingyun with a pair of watery eyes, as if she would cry if Lingyun said he wouldn't take her along.

"Saeko, what kind of joke is that? How could I abandon you?" Lingyun said helplessly.

One must know that for a Semi-plane modeled after Sword Art Online, the primary weapons should be swords; this world was undoubtedly the most suitable world for Busujima Saeko. How could Lingyun leave behind such a powerful combat force? More importantly, this world was a good place for Alice to improve her strength. Although it was impossible to raise her strength to a very high level, as long as he was careful during the process, the danger would be extremely low. He might experience dangerous worlds in the future, and it would be absolutely dangerous for Alice to have no ability to protect herself.

"Did you all forget about me?" A somewhat weak voice sounded from behind everyone.

Lingyun's brows twitched. He turned his head to look, and Lingqi, whose face was still somewhat pale, had appeared by the door at some point. Lingyun was secretly startled. Although he hadn't released his Divine Sense because he was at home, he still maintained necessary vigilance. That Lingqi could arrive so close to him without a sound, and was only discovered when she spoke—from this point alone, one could tell that Lingqi was not simple.

"What exactly is Lingqi's background?" Lingyun muttered to himself, but he did not show it on the surface. After all, Ruoxi had asked him to look after Lingqi. Although she had said before that Lingqi's personality was somewhat dangerous, she hadn't said Lingqi would be detrimental to him; from this, it could be seen that Lingqi was still safe for him.

"Taking you along is fine, but can your body handle it?" Lingyun asked.

Although Lingqi's face was very pale, Lingyun could feel that some kind of terrifying power within her body was showing signs of awakening. She shook her head gently: "Rest assured, I can hold on, and I won't hold you back."

Looking at the boy before her who was not much older than herself, a strange light flashed in Lingqi's eyes. Before he returned, she had been plagued by inexplicable nightmares. But after he returned, she found that the fear the nightmares brought her had lessened significantly.

Having heard from Luo Yexi that these nightmares seemed to be related to her lost memories, this made her care even more. After all, no one wanted to be a person without a past, and her subconscious had been reminding her that her memories were important and must be recalled, as they concerned countless lives.

"That's fine too. When we set off, I will take you with me!" Lingyun finally made his decision. On one hand, it was because of the dangerous personality of Lingqi that Ruoxi had mentioned; on the other hand, he truly could not rest easy leaving a girl who had lost her memory and was extremely weak at home alone, not to mention that there were still people eyeing this place.