Chapter 254

"May I ask, fellow Daoist, do you know those two bald men in the mud pit?" Tao Yaoye asked the hooked-nose leader politely.

At the same time, she was also a bit puzzled; she didn't remember Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou being bald.

What kind of accident could make someone go bald?

Tao Yaoye fell silent for a moment; it seemed that as long as these two were around, she wouldn't be surprised by any accident.

The Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain thought Tao Yaoye and Man Gu had come to seek revenge from a thousand miles away, so they quickly shook their heads and said they didn't know them.

"We just arrived too and don't know the two bald young heroes. We only heard that one of the young heroes is named Lu Yang, who is suspected to be a Buddhist practitioner proficient in Luo Han Fist. Anyone hit by his Luo Han Fist will lose their hair."

Tao Yaoye: "..."

Since when did Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou become Buddhist practitioners?

Which Buddhist sect is so blind that they would dare to take these two in?

As far as she knew, the Abbot of the Hanging Temple was shouting every day about suppressing that wicked beast, the Daoist Priest Who Does Not Speak.

Man Gu pondered for a moment and understood the deep meaning behind Lu Yang and his companion's actions: "When traveling abroad, one needs to hide their identity. Brother Lu and Brother Meng knew their actions were flashy and might implicate the Congwendao Sect, so they shaved their heads to show their determination and impersonated Buddhist practitioners!"

Man Gu felt that the Senior Sister was truly worthy of being the Senior Sister; when she told them to come to the Demon-Suppressing Pass to learn from Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, she must have already anticipated the current scene.

Look, they had already learned quite a few things just after meeting.

"Do you two know them?" The hooked-nose leader saw the strange expressions on Tao Yaoye and Man Gu's faces and suspected they knew each other.

"My name is Tao Yaoye, this is Man Gu, and as for Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou in the mud pit, the four of us are all disciples of the Congwendao Sect," Tao Yaoye explained.

"The Congwendao Sect?!" The Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain were shocked; they hadn't expected Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou's background to be so astonishing.

On second thought, it made sense; the two young heroes could easily defeat the descendants of a first-rate sect, so the power behind them must surely far exceed a first-rate sect.

But coming from the Congwendao Sect was truly a bit frightening.

What is the Congwendao Sect? It is one of the five great immortal sects, with a history of 120,000 years, longer than the existence of the Great Xia Dynasty, with unfathomable foundations. There are even rumors that the Congwendao Sect's strength is transcendent, making it the leader of the five great immortal sects!

The strongest sect!

The hooked-nose leader breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that they weren't enemies.

Only then did he explain that the five of them were guides hired by Meng Jingzhou, and that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had come here to snatch the Twin-Born Lotus.

"Core Formation, huh." Tao Yaoye nodded. She and Man Gu were only a hair's breadth away from the late Foundation Establishment stage and had also come to the dense forest to seek the opportunity for Core Formation.

"Could it be that Senior Brother Lu wants to seek the opportunity for Core Formation during battle, which is why he provoked public outrage and was deliberately besieged?" Tao Yaoye looked at Lu Yang suspiciously; this was the most likely possibility.

Lu Yang was under great pressure now.

He came here just to snatch the Twin-Born Lotus, and using the Luo Han Fist counted as legitimate self-defense.

He hadn't expected that after using a set of Luo Han Fist, he would have to face the wrath of nearly a hundred late Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and over a dozen Jin Dan stage cultivators.

Meng Jingzhou was deeply moved. Previously, he had asked Lu Yang to come and help, and Lu Yang had actually changed his usual style and taken the initiative to draw aggro; now, no one was paying attention to him anymore.

How righteous!

Lu Yang calmly explained: "Fellow Daoists, I think there might be some misunderstanding between us. I have a friend who is skilled in artifact refining, and refining wigs is no problem at all. After this is over, I can take you to find him..."

"Go to hell!" The crowd didn't listen to Lu Yang's explanation at all and swarmed toward him.

Lu Yang's combat power was superb, and he could even defeat late Jin Dan stage cultivators, but facing such a number of cultivators, he still felt his strength was somewhat limited.

Lu Yang felt his strength was limited, but the people besieging him felt his strength was unfathomable. He was clearly only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, yet he was dealing with sieges from the same level with ease. Even a Jin Dan stage cultivator couldn't do this, right?

"Shrink the ground!"

Lu Yang performed the "Shrink the Ground to an Inch" technique, making a move to run.

"He's using an Earth Escape technique!" Someone in the crowd who was proficient in earth-attribute Dao techniques pointed out Lu Yang's skill.

Without a word, the others attacked the ground, directly blasting Lu Yang out.

Lu Yang was struggling to deal with enemies from all directions when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Tao Yaoye and Man Gu standing by the lake, as if he had seen his saviors.

"Junior Brother Man, come save me quickly!" Lu Yang shouted loudly. "Junior Sister Tao, you stand on the shore and help!"

Seeing this, Man Gu jumped into the mud pit to rescue Lu Yang.

Meng Jingzhou also broke through layers of obstacles and arrived by Lu Yang's side.

At this moment, the trio of the Decayed Sect reunited, erupting with infinite combat power.

"You all know what to do, right?"

Lu Yang faced the enemy as if they were a great threat, and Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu nodded, as if they had a tacit understanding.

"Combine!"

The three shouted simultaneously, recreating the combined combat technique.

It was just that this time, Lu Yang was the main body, and he was carrying Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu.

Seeing this scene, the crowd hesitated for a moment.

They had never seen this kind of fighting style before?

Tao Yaoye on the shore paused for a moment.

She hadn't seen this posture before either.

And since Senior Brother Lu asked her to help from the shore, what was she supposed to do?

Lu Yang let out a cold snort, and a burst of sword Qi was infused into the bodies of Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu. The two of them suddenly became exceptionally sharp, like two keen swords.

"Let them see how powerful we are!" Lu Yang shouted.

As a sword spirit root cultivator, Lu Yang hadn't used a sword before because he was worried that the Azure Sharp Sword was too strong and would kill people. Now that he had Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu in his hands, he wasn't afraid.

These two were almost like blunt weapons; it was just that they had an extra layer of sword Qi, so they wouldn't kill anyone.

Lu Yang's dual-sword technique, which he had practiced bitterly for several months, finally had a place to be used. He swung Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu around like a small spinning top, turning in circles in the mud pit.

Anyone who was swept by them was sent flying horizontally, and even the Jin Dan stage cultivators hiding among them were no exception.

After the Decayed Sect was destroyed, the three returned to the Congwendao Sect and practiced how to spin. This time, the spinning time was much longer than when they were at the Decayed Sect!

"Stay away from them; this move can't be maintained for long!" Duan Hongchen, the Heaven-Questioning Blade, had rich combat experience and saw the flaw in this move at a glance.

Indeed, although the three had practiced hard, they couldn't support it for long once they started spinning.

"Senior Brother Lu, I'm about to vomit." Man Gu transmitted his voice to Lu Yang.

"Me too," Meng Jingzhou said.

"Trust Junior Sister Tao," Lu Yang responded calmly.

Seeing this, Tao Yaoye understood Lu Yang's meaning.

She opened her red paper umbrella, held two fingers to her lips, softly recited a spell, and opened an illusionary barrier.

An illusion that affected people's cognition enveloped this mud pit.

What she was best at was illusions.

But her target wasn't the enemy; it was the three of them.

The three, who had originally been dizzy, suddenly felt their bodies lighten, as if they couldn't feel the surrounding environment, and they weren't dizzy anymore.

Lu Yang deliberately didn't use the "Mind-Clearing and Nature-Seeing Technique" to keep himself in the illusion at all times.

In reality, the three were still fighting, but now it was Tao Yaoye using the illusion to control their bodies, while their consciousnesses were isolated from the outside world! They couldn't feel the changes in their bodies!

This way, there wouldn't be any dizziness problems!

With this, the combined combat technique had no more loopholes!

I've been saying the update would be late for the past two days and haven't managed to do it. I feel very guilty. Today's second update will definitely be late!

(End of chapter)