Chapter 744: Eradicating All Future Threats

Can you find out where Yunhua is now?

It is said that it was to cover the retreat of other members of the Grand Trade Association; he cut off the rear and consequently lost contact. But Hall Master Yan, you need not worry, the place where they are escorting the goods is not far from our side, and I will soon be able to…

"Stop!" Yan Buji immediately refused: "You don't move; I will go find him myself!"

"What if this is a trap…?"

"Hmph, I know this is a trap, so why not turn the plan against it? Wait for my word, and then we'll launch a counter‑encirclement!" Yan Buji sneered.

Since the other side is so sincere, leaving Yunhua alone, isn't it just to lure me over to slay him?

And now Yan Buji is acting openly, but secretly has Ye Lin's support; earlier he deliberately released the only substitute puppet talisman, precisely to confuse Yunhua and the others while covertly contacting Ye Lin.

Otherwise, if Yan Buji were to openly communicate with Ye Lin, wouldn't Li Wan Hua learn of this?

"Perfect, I'll first return to the sect."

Yan Buji squinted.

After returning to the sect, Yan Buji found Wu Yuan near the smelting area and said:

"Wu Elder, I need to leave the mining area for a while."

"Oh? Where are you going?"

"I heard many people have arrived in the southern Dinglong Mountains; I plan to go there to see if there are suitable channels."

Wu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Is it for… the ore?"

"Indeed." Yan Buji smiled.

"Alright, you're going alone?"

"The mining area still needs the elders to guard it; I can go alone." Yan Buji said with a smile.

Wu Yuan thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, the beasts have been restless lately; it's rather dangerous for you to go alone. In that case, I'll assign two Transformation God Stage elders to accompany you."

"If that's so, then thank you, Wu Elder." Yan Buji smiled.

This series of conversations was overheard by Li Wan Hua, who then secretly sent a message to Zhang Wang.

After Yan Buji set out, Zhang Wang's side was the first to receive the news.

"It really has arrived!" Zhang Wang squinted, looking at the information in the Grand Trade Association's Luohuang Zhou base, and took a deep breath.

This is an opportunity!

Yunhua, in order to attract Yan Buji, went as far as staging a fake drama and sustaining serious injuries, and also split from the Grand Trade Association's people, just so that anyone secretly probing for Yan Buji might learn of it!

Zhang Wang originally disagreed with this approach, because expecting a meticulous person like Yan Buji to act on his own is clearly unlikely.

But Zhang Wang also admitted that he had no good way to deal with Yan Buji.

After all, he is either inside the Great Sinful Sect's mining area or in the capital city; setting an ambush midway would not allow him to subdue Yan Buji in an instant!

This matter, after all, cannot be escalated to a conflict between the Grand Trade Association and the Great Sinful Sect; it belongs to the grudges of these minor figures, so it must be handled covertly.

After learning that Yan Buji possesses the Instant Movement Technique, Zhang Wang understood why Yan Buji was so confident: he knows that even when he knows nothing, he still has an escape skill.

And someone like him would never fail to gather intelligence; if news of their setting up the Forbidden Sky Immortal Formation leaked, it would be a wasted effort.

"Yunhua, it's up to you to see if you can lure Yan Buji into the trap!" Zhang Wang said gravely.

"I heard Yan Buji is coming?"

A man in black suddenly appeared before Zhang Wang, his eyes flashing with blood‑thirsty excitement.

"Hmph, why are you still dressed like that in broad daylight?" Zhang Wang looked at him and couldn't help laughing.

"So you want me to take off the mask?" The man slowly raised his hand, reaching toward his face. As his fingers moved, the mask that had tightly adhered to his face began to loosen bit by bit. Finally, when the last strand of restraint was released, the face hidden beneath the mask was laid bare before everyone.

The face before them was terrifying beyond imagination! His mouth and nose seemed ripped apart by some extremely cruel force, forming a grotesquely twisted shape. The ragged edges of the gash glimmered with faint dark‑red blood, as if the wound had just formed.

Looking at his cheek, large sections of muscle were missing, making the whole facial contour extremely bizarre and discordant. In some places one could even see stark white bone, sending chills down the spine. Even more horrifying, he had only one eye; the other eye socket was empty, like a deep dark void, evoking endless dread.

The surviving eye was veined with blood, its gaze fierce yet vacant, like a demon from the depths of hell. Coupled with his mutilated, corpse‑like visage, the whole figure resembled a monster risen from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, enough to make anyone lose the will to resist in an instant.

Zhang Wang frowned: "Daoist Friend Song, you should keep the veil on."

"Hmph!"

The person was none other than Song Xing, who vanished years ago in the Penglai Pavilion of the Dongxing Sea Region!

At that time, although they were ravaged by sudden aberrant mist, Song Xing luckily escaped using a treasure obtained from the Ask Void Palace. Just after reaching the first floor of the Demon‑Suppression Tower, he saw Yan Buji slip through the restriction and flee.

It was then that Song Xing realized everything had been orchestrated by Yan Buji!

Adding new and old grudges, after escaping Penglai Pavilion with the treasure, Song Xing hid beneath the sea for centuries, paying a great price before finally resolving his own aberration.

He intended to avenge Yan Buji, but couldn't find him; coupled with a desire to restore his appearance and body, he came to Zhong Tian Zhi Yu.

Upon arrival, he happened to meet Zhang Wang of the Grand Trade Association.

They then united, preparing to scheme against Yan Buji's next moves!

In the end, Song Xing had thought that even if Yan Buji escaped their siege back then, he was certain to die; he didn't expect Penglai Pavilion to spot him again, instantly realizing that Yan Buji, knowing his existence, had deliberately set a trap, causing those he led to mutate into Abnormal Beasts, forcing Song Xing to ruthlessly eradicate his own kin!

At the same time, he knew Yan Buji had become his life‑and‑death nemesis; if he didn't kill him, neither the deceased cousin nor past grudges would ever fade.

And this time, with assistance, Song Xing was determined to kill Yan Buji!

Most importantly, Yan Buji somehow survived a dire situation and even cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. Song Xing, for years, had been stalled in cultivation due to aberrant mist erosion, and only recently just broke through to Nascent Soul.

If Yan Buji continues cultivating for a few more years, once he learns that he is still alive, he will strike to eliminate any future trouble forever!

Zhang Wang, aware of the hatred between Song Xing and Yan Buji, could naturally trust him: "Yan Buji has survived numerous life‑and‑death crises and turned misfortune into fortune; this shows he is bold yet meticulous, certainly not a brute. This time, to ambush him, we will need Daoist Friend Song's help."

"You mean, have me meet Yan Buji?"

"As long as Daoist Friend Song pretends he can't defeat him, he will naturally be drawn over. Moreover, with Yunhua present as bait, we only need to lure Yan Buji into the trap, and his death is certain!" Zhang Wang said confidently with a smile.

Song Xing fell silent for a moment, then nodded.