Chapter 355: Succeeding in the Scheme

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and the hazy moonlight spilled onto Adili's curled-up body, exposing his unease and fear to the night.

"Get out! Get out, get out!!!"

Adili clutched his head, slamming it against the ground again and again; even as his head broke and bled, he had to drive the demon's whispers out of his mind.

Yet, those words were like maggots clinging to bone, having long since merged with his will, and no matter what, he could not find release.

"Leiji, good child, you have finally remembered everything..."

"Those elders of yours really shouldn't have sent you to go undercover. You are lucky, yet also unfortunate... You truly found me, but you also lost yourself..."

"Stop talking, stop talking!"

Adili tossed and turned on the ground, his hands covering his face, his ten fingers like hooks sinking into his skin, almost tearing his entire face off. "I am Adili, not Leiji! I am not!"

"My child, it doesn't matter who you are. The reason I kept you was precisely to wait for this day."

"It was you who let me know the location of the other half of the Heavenly Book. If not for the sake of the Heavenly Book, I would have already made you take me back to the Taiyi Sect."

"I now know that the only person who could have posed a threat to me is also dead, but I didn't expect that the old Sect Master's disciple would actually be Chen Che... that little white mouse who defeated me..."

"However, it doesn't matter. Even if he is gifted, the Post-Heaven Heavenly Master realm is no match for me. Even if the entire Taiyi Sect were added, I would not take it to heart."

"Leiji, my child, do one thing for me now. Help me find the Saintess. You only need to help me find her, and leave the rest to me..."

"Impossible! Impossible!"

Adili's eyes were split, his face covered in tears and blood. "I will never be at your beck and call again! I am Adili, not Leiji! I must hold onto my original heart; I cannot let Master, let the Sect Master down!!!"

Adili roared wildly at the sky, his cry piercing the heavens and earth, startling the entire Taiyi Sect.

Chai Jing flashed over, and seeing Adili's strange behavior, he immediately stepped forward to check, asking with concern: "Adili, what has happened to you?"

Adili lowered his head and met Chai Jing's gaze; his ferocious expression became calm and rigid in that moment, his eyes flashing with a cold, sinister light.

"Adili, speak! What on earth is—"

"Puchi!"

Chai Jing's words came to an abrupt halt. He widened his eyes in astonishment and looked down in disbelief; Adili's palm had pierced through his lower abdomen, extending out from his back.

"I... am Leiji."

The emotionless, cold words entered his ears. Chai Jing's body and mind were shaken, and he struck a palm toward Leiji's chest.

However, Leiji retreated and withdrew his palm first, his figure flashing and disappearing into the night.

Chai Jing stumbled and pushed open the door to Second Elder Shi Ning's room. Seeing Chai Jing's dying state, the Second Elder was greatly shocked and immediately supported his head disciple: "Chai Jing, what happened?!"

Chai Jing's lips were pale, and he gripped his master's clothes tightly, saying: "Master... Adili... Adili, he..."

"What about Adili again?!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Chai Jing plunged into Second Elder Shi Ning's arms and passed out.

The Second Elder could not spare a thought for anything else and immediately channeled True Qi to help Chai Jing heal his wounds, but his heart suddenly trembled, and he looked up toward the mountain gate: "The Mountain Protection Array is actually..."

………

Leiji's figure flashed rapidly under the moonlight, finally stopping outside the Lotus Cave.

The cave was quiet, with only the sound of water dripping from the stalactites.

Chen Che and Li Qingyan were silently confronting each other. Chen Che kept looking down at Li Qingyan from a high position without doing anything, and Li Qingyan had no intention of backing down, even though Chen Che had already seen through her bluff.

Great Elder Lv Hong observed the two silently, countless countermeasures flashing through his mind, only to be dismissed.

At this moment, Chen Che seemed to finally be losing patience and slowly raised his right hand.

Li Qingyan's brows trembled, her heart pounding wildly.

Great Elder Lv Hong suddenly shouted: "Who is there?!"

In an instant, Chen Che and Li Qingyan turned their heads to look at the same time.

Leiji walked in slowly, his gaze scanning the three of them quickly.

"Adili? Why did you come here?"

Great Elder Lv Hong frowned. "Did your master tell you? Forget it, this is not a place for you; get out quickly!"

Chen Che silently observed Adili; it was the same feeling as when they were in Ansili.

Adili, no, now it was Leiji.

He did not listen to Great Elder Lv Hong's words, but instead finally let his gaze fall upon Li Qingyan.

"Saintess..."

Leiji whispered, revealing a wicked, charming smile.

"Adili, why don't you leave yet!"

Seeing Leiji unmoved, Great Elder Lv Hong roared in annoyance and was about to step forward to drive him away.

Unexpectedly, Leiji's figure flashed, and he shot straight toward Li Qingyan.

Li Qingyan was terrified, and before she could react, a large hand grabbed her shoulder, lifting her out of the lotus pond; the splashed pond water sprayed onto the cave walls, washing the stalactites until they were spotless.

Leiji lunged toward the lotus pond but stabilized his figure in time, his toes tapping the water surface, and he made a sharp turn to charge at the Saintess again.

Chen Che shielded Li Qingyan, retreating again and again. When there was nowhere left to retreat, Chen Che struck out with a palm.

Leiji's figure, leaping in mid-air, paused, and with a 'boom', he was sent flying backward, crashing into the wall and becoming embedded in it.

"Adili, have you gone mad?!"

Great Elder Lv Hong roared.

Chen Che blocked the Great Elder, squinting as he stared at Leiji: "He is not Adili!"

Leiji jumped down from the cave wall, clapped his hands, and praised: "Sect Master has a sharp eye."

"You really do have a problem. It seems that the Du'e Cult Leader is not dead either; oh no, I should call him... Zanpu Dunzhu."

Chen Che stared at Leiji with sharp eyes.

Great Elder Lv Hong was suddenly stunned, looking at Leiji in disbelief.

"I am curious, how did he manage to do it?" Chen Che said, taking a silent step forward.

Leiji gave a cackle: "The Heavenly Book is profound and mysterious; the Supernatural Power comprehended by the Cult Leader is naturally beyond anyone's understanding. The Sect Master has also read half a scroll of the Heavenly Book, so it should not be hard to understand."

"Naturally, I understand."

Chen Che's figure flashed, and he effortlessly gripped Leiji's throat, but at this moment, Leiji gave a ferocious grin as a giant hand of True Qi extended from within his body, reaching out to grab Chen Che.

"Boom!!"

A loud explosion erupted, the cave trembled, and stalactites fell sparsely, shattering into pieces.

Leiji had already passed out, so Chen Che set him down and used the Ghost Gate Needle to Seal his Baihui Acupoint:

"This way, for a short time, he should not be controlled again."

"Sect Master, what exactly is going on here?" Great Elder Lv Hong asked hurriedly.

"When I was in Ansili, I accidentally killed the Du'e Cult Leader, but his death was very suspicious, so I specifically verified whether he was truly dead..."

Chen Che recounted the matter simply, "Now it seems that the Due Sect is the outer shell of the former Six Harmonies Divine Sect, and the Du'e Cult Leader is Zanpu Dunzhu.

He perhaps recognized me long ago, and in Ansili, I inadvertently exposed the Taiyi Sect Token, which led to everything that followed."

"This is also why I previously had to test Adili, it is just a pity that Zanpu Dunzhu's Artisan Technique was still a cut above," Chen Che said with a grave expression.

"Zanpu Dunzhu's intentions are sinister, but fortunately Leiji has been controlled, so the Sect Master need not worry too much."

Great Elder Lv Hong said.

Chen Che shook his head: "Adili is only at the Grandmaster Realm; he came here not to kill, but to scout the path.

Zanpu Dunzhu's goal has always been the Heavenly Book. He must have used Adili to find the location of the Heavenly Book, and then ordered Leiji to come here, all to further confirm who the Saintess is."

Great Elder Lv Hong's brows locked in a frown: "Doesn't that mean he has already succeeded?! Sect Master, what should we do next?"

Chen Che pondered for a moment, then raised his head: "If I am not mistaken, Zanpu Dunzhu's next step will be to attack the Taiyi Sect..."

He then turned his head to look at Yang Simin, "And to seize the Saintess."

………

Zanpu Dunzhu stood at the foot of Luoxia Mountain, and everything Leiji had seen entered his mind. He let out a sinister, ghoul-like laugh, spread his arms wide, and shouted: "Children, follow me and slaughter your way up!"

Roars resounded through heaven and earth as the horde of death warriors surged toward the peak of Luoxia Mountain like a tidal wave.