Chapter 136: and translation of chapter title

The mountain road was rugged and steep, the carriage's wheels pressed against the cliff beside the road; a moment's inattention could send it plunging over the edge, shattering to pieces.

A few chunks of rock fell down the mountainside, and Yan Buji sat in the carriage, eyes closed, regulating his breath.

He was no longer a novice just entering the cultivation world; even if his strength wasn't great, he at least had some means of escape.

The Lightning Flash arcane art he had previously obtained had just been completed in this period; as he had expected, after acquiring a counterfeit Bright Body Jade Bone, it indeed became simple.

Unfortunately, Yan Buji is not a true mortal body; he merely achieved a counterfeit level through the extremely high compatibility of the Bright King Suppress-Prison Technique, the Ancient Bright King Scripture, and the Bright Body Jade Bone.

That said, obtaining a mortal body is actually not difficult for cultivators. Like Yan Buji's counterfeit Bright Body Jade Bone, aside from possibly absorbing spiritual qi a bit slower than the genuine article, he possesses all the other traits it should have.

Thus, the cultivation world is not without hope; one still needs a plan.

Yan Buji pondered for a long time and felt the arcane art was still quite good; although it consumes mana, the Lightning Flash's high burst speed lacks only a bit of agility and otherwise has almost no fatal weakness.

If one cannot outrun, it's surely due to insufficient cultivation, not the fault of the arcane art.

Thus Yan Buji also has confidence; the arcane art, pupil technique, and Martial Dao Profound Skill are all the result of his painstaking cultivation, and none of them were acquired instantly or out of thin air.

After winding along the mountain road and arriving at a slightly wider stretch, the Wang family's convoy came to a halt.

"Everyone, the horses are startled; let them rest a while, then we'll continue after an hour," Wang Wen's voice called out, and the few people inside the carriage echoed in agreement.

"No problem."

Several people stepped out of the carriage and breathed in the fresh air.

Yan Buji looked around and saw the black-robed person also alight from the carriage, which struck him as odd.

This guy hadn't left the carriage since the journey began, yet now he's come out?

Li Wang looked at Yan Buji and asked, "Daoist Ji, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing much; this mountain is so steep that aside from us cultivators, probably no one could climb it," Yan Buji replied with a smile.

"Hahaha."

Chatting intermittently, Yan Buji's left eye twitched, and he suddenly sensed that the Wang family cultivators were covertly gathering their mana!

What's going on?

Are they really going to attack us?

No!

It's not me; I have no grudge with the Wang family, and they surely wouldn't go to such trouble just over a second-layer Lianqi Phase cultivator, would they?

Yan Buji glanced at Li Wang, then immediately pulled him back a few steps: "Brother Li, be careful!"

"What?!"

In an instant, the Wang family cultivators surged forward, encircling the black-robed person; Zhu Yu and Zheng Xian were startled and immediately withdrew a few steps.

Seeing Yan Buji and Li Wang also retreat, they thought these two weren't slow to react either.

"Wang Jie, you thief, you can't escape!!"

The Wang family cultivators gazed solemnly at the black-robed person, who let out a light sigh: "I have no feud with the Wang family; why must you insist on troubling me? Know that life is but one—do you truly wish to make things difficult for me?"

The black-clad man named Wang Jie faced the Wang family's three late-stage Lianqi Phase cultivators and several mid-stage Lianqi Phase skirmishers, showing no fear and instead an airy, carefree demeanor, which struck everyone as odd.

Li Wang looked at Wang Jie doubtfully: "I feel like I've heard that name somewhere...."

Zhu Yu on the side suddenly shouted: "Wang Jie?! You're the one who killed his father and defiled his mother, carried out a blood sacrifice to slaughter a city, and was finally issued an eight-point arrest order by the Xuan Gen Dao as a Foundation Establishment Stage demonic cultivator?!"

"Hehehe, little lady, you have good insight; I've been eyeing you for a long time, previously restraining myself from acting, but if you want to run now, it's still possible," Wang Jie gave a sinister laugh and glanced at Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu's face turned pale; he had long heard that Wang Jie committed every conceivable evil, and he never imagined he'd been sharing a carriage with such a person for so long.

Zheng Xian also raised his eyebrows, and without a word took off running.

Yan Buji looked toward the direction Zheng Xian had fled and drew a deep breath.

Indeed a master; upon seeing the situation turn bad, he ran faster than I could.

"Want to run? Too late!!!"

"What? Ahhh!"

Zheng Xian hadn't run far when he heard the earth tremble; suddenly, from beneath the ground burst forth a five-meter-long, hulking White Worm!

This White Worm's mouth bore hundreds of sharp teeth, its body pitch-black; its terrifying maw gulped down the fleeing Zheng Xian in one bite.

Crack—crack!

Hearing the horrifying chewing sound, everyone present turned ashen.

"A Wuxiang worm? Good, you scoundrel, you actually keep such a vicious beast; today I will bury you here!"

Li Wang's face turned green, and he swallowed his saliva.

Yan Buji drew a deep breath, feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Wang Jie far surpass his own by an unknown margin, yet seeing that the Wang family cultivators didn't even have a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator among them, he couldn't help but find it strange.

Even if the Wang family were utterly foolish, they wouldn't send a bunch of Lianqi Phase cultivators to deal with a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, would they?

Zhu Yu stepped forward; at present, whether it's the Wang family or the Foundation Establishment Stage demonic cultivator Wang Jie, neither is someone to be provoked lightly.

As loose cultivators, they had suffered an unjust calamity and didn't know if they'd survive what came next, so they naturally chose to band together.

Li Wang's face darkened: "Daoist Zhu, the Wang family wouldn't be doing this on purpose, would they?"

"Need you ask? The Wang family surely already knew Wang Jie's identity; otherwise how could they have moved against him at this time and place?" Zhu Yu's expression shifted, then quickly returned to normal.

Yan Buji wondered: "In other words, the Wang family must also have Foundation Establishment Stage experts coming?"

"Of course!"

Seeing the stalemate, Li Wang also grew a bit worried: "No, does the Wang family really have Lianqi Phase reinforcements? Are we going to fight or not?"

Wang Jie in the field glanced at those Wang family people, knowing they couldn't possibly have truly sent these Lianqi Phase cultivators to die; he kept watching the shadows, fearing that if he acted he'd be ambushed.

The Wang family people made no move, yet their faces were extremely relaxed, which only strengthened the belief that the Wang family had certainly sent experts.

After a while, Wang Jie could no longer hold back: "What exactly do you Wang people want? Fight or not, if not I'm leaving."

"You think you can leave? Impossible! Hold him down, wait for the three Elders to arrive!" The Wang family cultivators rushed forward, each gripping an Accumulation Device, and charged at Wang Jie.

Wang Jie's face darkened, anger flashing in his eyes: "Fine, fine, fine—since you're seeking death yourselves, don't blame me!"

As the two sides began to fight, Yan Buji's unease grew more intense.

It wasn't the Wang family scheming against Wang Jie; rather, the flow of spiritual energy on this mountain peak had grown even stranger.

Logically, even if the battle ahead could affect spiritual energy fluctuations, why did it instead head toward the mountain summit?

No, no, no.

How could the Wang family's experts still not have arrived after all this time?

What exactly is up on the mountain summit?

Yan Buji's heart lurched, and he suddenly looked up toward the mountain summit.

Boom—

Shi Potian was startled, and a terrifying aura like the Heavenly River pouring back, like a mountain-shouting sea-tsunami, swept over!