Chapter 414: The Villain

Zhang Nuo found a secluded spot and rested briefly before circling back through other paths to the place where Zhou Huizheng and Su Mubai had been waiting!

But upon returning there, Zhang Nuo was immediately dumbfounded; the place was completely empty, and there was no sign of Zhou Huizheng and the others! After lowering his head to ponder for a moment, an ominous feeling rose in Zhang Nuo's heart!

Zhou Huizheng and the others would absolutely not abandon him; could they have encountered people from the Great Underworld Mansion? But then he thought again, such a thing was unlikely! That group of cultivators from the Great Underworld Mansion had clearly concentrated all their strength on breaking the Cave Abode's Restrictions; they hadn't even pursued him when he fled, let alone come here to deal with Zhou Huizheng and the others!

With no other choice, Zhang Nuo had to carefully head toward the summit of the First Immortal Mountain. Along the way, he was even more cautious. Without Su Mubai's Array Disk as a guide, the hidden spatial rifts became Zhang Nuo's greatest enemy! If he were to be careless and get sucked into one, he would fall into a state of eternal damnation!

Just as Zhang Nuo was bumping around the First Immortal Mountain like a headless fly, in a certain part of the Immortal Mountain, an old man was coldly staring at a huge spatial rift not far in front of him!

This rift was over twenty zhang long and about two zhang wide. Inside the rift, it was pitch black, and occasionally, hair-raising, strange sounds would drift out! This old man was Wei Shang, the Palace Master of the Taixu Palace who had once attacked Yulong Immortal Mountain!

And the spatial rift he was looking at had just swallowed Wu Jian of the Heaven Sword Sect a moment ago! This rift had been hidden; when he and Wu Jian were moving forward, they hadn't noticed it at all. Once the spatial rift was triggered, he had escaped at the first opportunity, but Wu Jian had not been so lucky—he hadn't even let out a scream!

Sucked directly into the spatial rift, the complex and immense forces inside tore his entire body to shreds, and even the fragments of the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Treasure, the Heavenly Dao Spirit Sword, within his body did not escape unscathed!

Wei Shang sighed for a while. He wasn't feeling sorry for Wu Jian, but rather for the fragments of the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Treasure inside Wu Jian! Back then, the Heaven Sword Sect had been able to dominate for so many years with a mere fragment of a Mysterious Treasure; now that it had been destroyed by the spatial rift just like that, it was truly a pity!

Sighing lightly, Wei Shang released his escape light, turning into a long rainbow as he continued to fly toward the summit of the Immortal Mountain. The Taixu Palace had first had many precious materials destroyed by Zhang Nuo, then had its Immortal Mountain seized by the Great Underworld Mansion, and later, in a battle against the Giant Spirit Pavilion, had lost another Nascent Soul Stage cultivator; it could be said that its vitality had been greatly damaged.

To restore the former glory of the Taixu Palace, Wei Shang had no choice but to take a risk and come to this First Immortal Mountain to try his luck. But things did not go as one wished; Wei Shang seemed to have been particularly unlucky lately. Just after entering the First Immortal Mountain, he had encountered an old rival, and the two had immediately started fighting, which had completely scattered his group.

Now he didn't know where the others were in the Immortal Mountain, and he was left as a lone Palace Master! Now that Wu Jian had fallen into a spatial rift, it was truly a case of "misfortunes never come singly"! This made the distressed Wei Shang's situation even worse.

While flying forward, a burst of spirit light suddenly erupted from a small hill not far away. Wei Shang immediately stopped his movement and cast his gaze toward that spot! A moment later, that spirit light flashed out again! With a turn of his mind, he flew toward the place where the spirit light was emitted.

Upon arriving at the location, he discovered that a cultivator was attacking a Restriction with all his might, and behind the Restriction was actually a pitch-black entrance! The cultivator who was forcibly breaking the Restriction also discovered Wei Shang's figure at this time. The man was first startled, then roared angrily:

"Who is it? Daring to interfere with my, Lu Yuhou's, plans! Come out!"

That voice was extremely piercing. Wei Shang, in mid-air, felt his heart tighten, but soon he smiled faintly and landed on the ground!

"Fellow Daoist Lu! Do not be angry! Wei is here!"

Lu Yuhou had been infuriated by the Restriction before him. Suddenly discovering someone spying on him, he vented all his anger. Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Wei Shang, Lu Yuhou suddenly let out a soft laugh, a hard-to-detect strange look flashed in his eyes, and he immediately said:

"So it is Fellow Daoist Wei who has come! Excellent, with the cultivation of the two of us, breaking the Restriction of this Cave Abode should not be a problem!"

Lu Yuhou did not understand the method of breaking arrays at all, so he could only use brute force to break the Restriction. Although the Restriction on this First Immortal Mountain had passed tens of thousands of years and was no longer what it once was, the remaining power was still not something he could withstand alone! Now that a powerful expert with not-weak cultivation had suddenly appeared, how could Lu Yuhou let him go?

"Oh! Was this discovered by you, Fellow Daoist?"

Wei Shang scanned his surroundings and saw that a few dozen zhang away from the Cave Abode, the corpse of a cultivator was lying on the ground, seemingly still clutching a Magic Treasure in his hand! Although this person was dead, judging from the residual Spirit Power fluctuations, his cultivation should have been around the Nascent Soul Stage as well!

"Hehe! That is not the case! Although that brat discovered the Cave Abode, he refused to cooperate with this old man, so in a fit of anger, I wiped him out! I trust Fellow Daoist Wei will not be as blind as him?"

Once he saw that Wei Shang had discovered the reason, Lu Yuhou's old face stiffened. His sinister words seemed to be warning Wei Shang: if you do not agree to join hands with me, then the cultivator lying on the ground is your cautionary tale!

What kind of person was Wei Shang! Of course, he heard the subtext in his words. However, Lu Yuhou's reputation had always been poor, and he originally did not want to cooperate with him. But with no other helpers around, if he were to fight the other party, he believed there would definitely be no result in a short time!

Even if he could kill Lu Yuhou, he believed he would also be severely injured! With a slight roll of his eyes, Wei Shang suddenly burst into loud laughter!

"Haha! To be able to cooperate with Fellow Daoist Lu is something Wei could only wish for! It is just that once this Cave Abode is broken open, I wonder how the items inside will be distributed?"

After thinking it over, Wei Shang still decided to cooperate with Lu Yuhou. His own cultivation was not low, and as long as he was extra careful, he would definitely not give the other party any opportunity to take advantage of him!

"That is easy to handle! We two will just split them equally!"

Lu Yuhou was in need of manpower, so of course, he would not put forward too harsh demands at this moment! He would just break the Restriction at the entrance of the Cave Abode first, and then discuss things once they were inside!

"Good! Then let us begin!"

Wei Shang nodded in satisfaction. Without further ado, the two of them each activated their Magic Treasures and bombarded the light screen of the Restriction! Bursts of loud noises continued to spread out. Relying on their not-weak cultivation, the two were not afraid of other cultivators coming to snatch it, and they unscrupulously used brute force to break the array!

About two days later, with their combined efforts, the Restriction of this Cave Abode was finally broken. As the five-colored glow dissipated, a stale odor wafted from the entrance of the Cave Abode! It looked like the sealed Cave Abode had not been opened for many years!

"Fellow Daoist Wei, let us rest here for a while! We will go in after we have regained our energy!"

Although Lu Yuhou was very curious about the things inside the Cave Abode, the forceful attacks over these past two days had also made him feel exhausted; Wei Shang was no better off than him. So, he nodded in agreement.

The two sat at the entrance of the Cave Abode and rested for a full day before slowly standing up and walking into the Cave Abode! For the sake of mutual safety, the two walked almost side-by-side; this way, they didn't have to fear the other party stabbing them in the back.

The passage of this Cave Abode was extremely wide; even though the two walked side-by-side, there was still plenty of space. After walking for a period of time, they finally arrived at the main hall of the Cave Abode!

It was very spacious, a full several hundred zhang in size. Due to the long passage of time, the Night-Luminescing Pearls in the Cave Abode had lost their glow! Wei Shang slowly released his Divine Sense and scanned the pitch-black space in front of him. After confirming there was no danger, he gently flipped his palm, and a Night-Luminescing Pearl flashed out.

With a light flick of his two fingers, with a 'whoosh', the Night-Luminescing Pearl shot to the top of the Cave Abode's main hall. In an instant, ten thousand rays of soft white light fell in unison, illuminating the originally pitch-black hall as if it were broad daylight!

Lu Yuhou looked around and saw that this Cave Abode was extremely unique; there was only this one main hall, and no other Stone Chambers at all! Against the wall at the front of the hall stood a huge stone table!

This table was about three zhang long and over one zhang wide, with several items and several Jade Slips placed on top! Upon seeing that there were items on the table, Lu Yuhou's figure moved violently, and he rushed over rapidly!

Wei Shang did not show weakness either and followed closely behind Lu Yuhou. The feet of these two landed in front of the stone table almost at the same time, their greedy gazes all fixed on the few items on the table!

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Wei, it seems our harvest this time is not small!"

Lu Yuhou was just about to reach out and grab an item on the table when he was blocked by Wei Shang!

"Fellow Daoist Lu! Was it not agreed that we would split the things inside equally? You taking them first like this is a bit unfair!"

Seeing Lu Yuhou's overbearing attitude surface again, completely ignoring the promise he made when inviting him to break the Restriction, Wei Shang was greatly displeased!

"Oh! Hehe, look at me, I was so happy that I forgot about this!"

Laughing lightly, Lu Yuhou seemed to have just remembered the previous agreement, but at the same time he was speaking, his palm flipped violently, and a bright, inch-long Flying Sword was summoned by him. With a quick flick of his wrist, he slashed toward Wei Shang!

The distance between the two was very close, and coupled with the fact that Lu Yuhou's attack had not the slightest warning, even though Wei Shang had been on guard beforehand, he was still scared into a cold sweat!

"Lu Yuhou! You villain!"

The other party clearly wanted to "discard the millstone after the grain is ground." Seeing that there were no Restrictions on the treasures in the Cave Abode, Wei Shang was of no use at all!

Cursing loudly, Wei Shang retreated rapidly, while at the same time, his hands swept his sleeves repeatedly, and several streaks of green glow rolled out from within, quickly condensing into a barrier in front of him!

The bright Flying Sword struck the light-glow barrier with a 'swish'. Although it did not completely block it, it gave Wei Shang enough time to dodge!

With a turn of his body, Wei Shang hid under the wall on the other side of the hall, his eyes almost spitting fire! His teeth were grinding with a 'clack-clack' sound! It seemed his previous caution had been correct! Lu Yuhou was indeed a villain who did not keep his word!