Chapter 453 Roar!!!

ther the deaf old lady understands her words or not, after saying everything in her heart, Xie Yujia feels much better."Old Lady, my mood has been terrible lately. I’ve talked at length; hope you won’...Chapter 453: Roar!!!

A bit of white light drifted out from Hao Ren's body and slowly floated to every corner of the Scripture Pavilion.

This was a new divine technique that Hao Ren had reached through comprehending the Split Light Sword Shadows Technique; it involved attaching his divine thoughts to these tiny sword lights to explore the surroundings.

Seeing Hao Ren release hundreds of light spots akin to fireflies, Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 widened their eyes. Soon after, however, they felt something was amiss—they were fond of sticking with Hao Ren, but that didn't mean they were dumb.

Hao Ren sat cross-legged on the floor, concentrating intensely while blushing furiously.

"Young Master..." Lu L琳琳's slightly lower-pitched voice had a strange tone in it already.

Back when they were playing around in their room at the third-floor inn of the Dragon God Temple, one light spot entered their room. They still remembered this very clearly.

Hao Ren was hard-pressed to explain; on that day, he had first comprehended this divine technique and couldn't resist trying it out. He hadn't intended to spy on Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 either.

If not for the fact that finding the secret manual was very important, he wouldn't have dared to use this divine thought search technique in front of them.

"I thought it was some rascal; turns out it's Young Master..." Lu 莉莉 said softly.

Hao Ren wiped his brow with a towel and quickly corrected himself, scattering the tiny sword lights to all corners of the Scripture Pavilion.

The Scripture Pavilion had strong arrays set up that prevented sword flight, but they couldn't stop divine thoughts from spreading. Ordinary divine thoughts were like waves expanding outward, only able to sense surrounding spiritual energy and check for cultivators nearby, without being able to truly see scenes as an eye would.

By concentrating his divine thoughts in the sword lights, Hao Ren was achieving this effect.

The white light falling on the secret manual allowed Hao Ren to vaguely feel the characters inscribed upon it.

"Intermediate Beast Taming Technique," "Turtle-Waterfall Art," "Hundred Herbs Theory," "Purple Emperor Art," "Nine Palaces Formation Technique," and "Seventy-Two Methods of Alchemy"...

Hao Ren circulated the Split Light Sword Shadows Technique, focusing intently as he received more and more information.

"Ninth-Rank Planting Lotus Art..."

A thread of information suddenly reached Hao Ren's divine thoughts.

Several hundred sword lights rushed over there at once.

"Snow Lotus Nine Methods," "Five-Colored Snow Lotus Doctrine," "Five Elements Nourishing Lotus Art," "Lotus Mirror," "Ninth-Rank Planting Lotus Art"... Secret Technique—"Seven-Heart Five-Colored Lotus"...

Amidst a pile of lotus cultivation secret manuals, Hao Ren was startled to discover the one related to the "Seven-Heart Five-Colored Lotus." The Heaven Mountain Sect truly deserved its reputation as a master sect in cultivating lotuses.

All the white lights converged on that Seven-Heart Five-Colored Lotus manual.

"It's over there," Hao Ren stood up, his back and chest already drenched with sweat. Using divine thoughts to search for items was quite draining of spiritual energy and physical strength.

The Five Elements Sword Qi could manipulate ordinary objects but couldn't lift the secret manual bound by arrays.

Zhen Cōngrui looked down at the floor's patterns, calculated with his fingers, then took a step forward.

He turned slightly and took another half-step.

"Who is it"

Suddenly, outside the Scripture Pavilion came shouts.

Hao Ren sensed something amiss; Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 reacted even faster, instantly turning into two streaks of white light that shot out through a roof hole.

With two muffled thuds, those two Heaven Mountain Sect disciples patrolling nearby were knocked unconscious by the Lu sisters' hands.

This also meant that Hao Ren and company couldn't stay in the Scripture Pavilion for much longer. With the first round of patrols arriving, a second would follow soon after. When other disciples found out that the ones patrolling behind the Scripture Pavilion hadn't returned, they'd start suspecting something was amiss.

"Smart, hurry up," urged Hao Ren.

No matter where or when, there would always be a large number of cultivators rushing out from the tens of thousands of rooms not far from the Treasure Scripture Pavilion. With their strength, even if Lu Linlin and Lu Lili had already reached the Core Formation stage, they wouldn't be able to escape — with the mountain-protecting grand array fully activated, tens of thousands of cultivators would continue pouring in, and all Core Formation ancestors would mobilize together; unless they fought until dark, there was no way out.

"Sh*t, what's the rush" Smart stepped across twice and approached the scripture surrounded by white light.

The degree of strictness with which Heavenly Mountain Sect guarded the Treasure Scripture Pavilion even exceeded Smart’s imagination. Every single tile on the floor had a mechanism set up; if one stepped wrongly, it would trigger the array formation of the pavilion.

"Young master, hurry up!" The voices of the Lu sisters softly sounded from outside.

Ping ping

Two more Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples were knocked unconscious by them.

Smart stepped twice and approached in front of the scripture, stretched out his hand, then suddenly hesitated: "Heavens’ Lock Immortal Formation, damn it, when will this Heavenly Mountain Sect end"

The Heavenly Mountain Sect had been setting up layer upon layer of array formations inside and outside the Treasure Scripture Pavilion with great diligence, which made Smart, who was a “thief,” somewhat annoyed.

He wished he could take out that world-shattering conch shell and directly flatten this Treasure Scripture Pavilion.

"Young master! Young master!" The Lu sisters called out urgently from outside the Treasure Scripture Pavilion with lowered voices.

Dong

Zhao Yanzi knocked another Heavenly Mountain Sect disciple unconscious.

Those disciples guarding the Treasure Scripture Pavilion were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, while Zhao Yanzi had just reached this realm. However, the Purple-Blue Treasure Sword and North Star Sword Technique she used were not something these disciples could possess.

Especially with the first level of the North Star Sword Technique—Tian Shu Sword Style, which was mainly fierce and powerful—it was most suitable for knocking people unconscious.

As for Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, they were standing on the roof, assisting. Those Foundation Establishment cultivators didn’t even see their figures before being knocked unconscious by Zhao Yanzi’s flying sword hilt.

"YES" Smart finally solved the last array formation in the top floor of the Treasure Scripture Pavilion.

He took out the scripture from its rack and then, from his jie zi space (a storage dimension), retrieved a similar-bound book. He peeled off the cover of the scripture, pasted it onto this one, and put it back in place.

Hao Ren watched as Smart did these things and thought to himself that this guy was indeed very smart. From just looking at surface, there wouldn’t be any abnormalities with the newly placed scripture.

There were at least a thousand scriptures inside the Treasure Scripture Pavilion; if no changes occurred in the array formation, Heavenly Mountain Sect would not individually check each one of them.

Pap pap pap…

Smart walked back to Hao Ren along his original steps.

"Let’s go."

Hao Ren pulled him and leaped onto the roof outside.

The put the tiles back in place, seeing five Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples lying on the flat ground behind the Treasure Scripture Pavilion. Zhao Yanzi stood at the center of the flat ground with her sword held up, breathing heavily.

"Got what we wanted, let’s go," Hao Ren stepped out a beam of light and rushed out through the gap in the array formation, while Smart sucked into his hands one by one those black-and-white chess pieces placed at the back of the pavilion.

The small gap disappeared immediately.

Hao Ren saw that Zhao Yanzi was still standing there dumbfounded. With his right hand hooking her back, he picked her up as if she were a little animal and then dashed into the forest with both feet moving.

Smart also quickly fled while stepping on his black round plate.

The Lu sisters naturally wouldn’t lag behind either, flying to Hao Ren’s sides respectively.

They sped past Heavenly Mountain Sect's rear mountain and returned via the same route they had taken before.

Grr...

The Sixth-Rank Snow Lion, Jitian, which had been stationed at the rear mountain, suddenly woke up.

This roar caused both the rear and front mountains as well as tens of thousands of houses to shake.

Yunshan Sect’s cultivators who were in meditation all showed great surprise.

Jitian was a guardian beast that also belonged to Yunshan’s Grand Ancestor, an old master at the peak of the Core Formation stage. Over these hundred years, while the old master had been in seclusion and attempting to enter the Soul Formation realm, this spiritual beast had quietly guarded the rear mountain.

Yunshan Sect had never disturbed its guardian beasts before, but now Jitian suddenly became enraged.

A thick black light shot up from the rear mountain. A giant black lion as big as a small hill lifted its head and blocked He Ren’s group in front of them.

“Get lost.”

Zhen Cunming released a powerful aura.

The Sixth-Rank Snow Lion suddenly became quiet.

Zhen Cunming led He Ren and his team past it, heading straight for the gap in the mountain defense array with ease.

By this time, Yunshan Sect was already chaotic. From the sect chief to elders and disciples, everyone inside the inner sect was on edge.

This night would be a sleepless one for Yunshan Sect.

He Ren’s group passed through the unidirectional barriers between Layers Five and Six of Heaven.

Racing at top speed, they smoothly returned to Mysterious Peak.

Xie Yujia, who was cultivating with a restless heart in her cave residence, sensed their return and immediately rushed out from it. She looked up at He Ren landing majestically from the sky and watched him place a thick manuscript into her hand.

"This is…" Xie Yujia seemed puzzled.

The book had no cover or title, only densely packed ancient script.

“The cultivation methods of Seven-Hearted Five-Colored Lotus.” He Ren said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xie Yujia’s expression brightened. "You actually got it."

"Yes…" He Ren took three lotus seeds from his spatial ring and placed them into her delicate hands. "This is yours now."

“Okay.” Xie Yujia nodded.

As long as He Ren was safe back in Layer Five, she could rest easy.

Zhao Yanzi put away the Purple-Green Treasure Sword and felt her waist. She suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Oh!"

"What happened" He Ren asked hurriedly.

“Never mind.” Zhao Yanzi shook her head and then quickly darted towards her cave residence. Through today’s experience, she knew that the North Dipper Sword Technique was indeed powerful; even the same-level disciples of Yunshan Sect couldn’t withstand a single move from her.

Hence, she had renewed enthusiasm to practice it.

"Young Master, we should also get some rest." Lu L琳琳拉著陸莉莉飛向她們的洞府。從陸琳琳有些不冷不熱的表情來看，她對於郝仁放出劍光來刺探她們的房間，還是有點耿耿於懷的。

Translation for the last part: "Master, we should also get some rest." Lu L琳琳 pulled Lu 莉莉 towards their cave residence. From her somewhat lukewarm expression, she still had some lingering resentment over He Ren using sword light to probe their room.

Hao Ren could only苦笑, wondering why he would need to go through all this trouble if his intentions were not sincere...

"Smart, I have to thank you for your help this time." Seeing them leave, Hao Ren said to Zhen Ciming.

“Hmph, I’m only helping you out because of Granny.” Suddenly, Zhen Ciming became arrogant again and turned around, entering the alchemy room that was connected to Xie Yujia’s cave abode.

Hao Ren didn’t mind hitting a wall.

Zhen Ciming’s temper indeed made it hard for people to approach him. However, he genuinely wanted to be Hao Ren’s grandma’s godson and had some sort of brotherly bond with Hao Ren. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess.

After Zhen Ciming retreated to the alchemy room behind them, only Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were left in the cave abode. Under the moonlight, they stood opposite each other awkwardly but also a bit曖昧。

"Did you finish reading the cultivation technique Granny gave you" Hao Ren opened the conversation.

“Yes, I’ve read it through and have some understanding,” Xie Yujia nodded slightly. She placed the secret manual and lotus seeds on the stone table and slowly spread her arms out.

The golden and silver life-and-death talismans appeared in the empty space beside her, floating near her gradually.

Hao Ren counted them and found there were exactly 16 of them.

Although these talismans were only as big as one’s pinky finger tip, their complex patterns could still be clearly seen.

Xie Yujia gritted her teeth and channeled her spiritual energy. The 16 talismans floated slowly out of the cave abode.

The evening breeze blew them away.

Xie Yujia’s face flushed, “I’m not very skilled at this yet…”

At this moment in the private courtyard of Heaven Mountain Sect’s sect master, Duan Yao stood before her father with a hand pressed to her head.

"That damn thing is getting bolder and bolder," said the middle-aged man wearing gray robes. His face was red like thick hot sauce.

“Father, I’m telling you the truth,” Duan Yao held her still slightly aching head with both hands and spoke earnestly, “There were five of them, three female cultivators, one of whom I’ve seen before, the one who impersonated me to rob in the fifth level sky. Another was a boy servant, and another used sword light; he’s from Sand Beach Sect that entered the fifth level sky. Oh, there was also a black snow lion.”

"Impersonating you A black snow lion Last time it was a white snow lion that impersonated you. Now it’s a black one," said the middle-aged man in rage as he suddenly got up from his chair.

“Maybe… It was dark out, and I didn’t see clearly…” Duan Yao responded softly.

The middle-aged man slapped the red wooden tea table beside him with a bang. “This is your jade pendant,” he said.

Duan Yao focused her gaze to find it indeed belonged to her. She quickly touched her waist and found that two auxiliary cultivation jade pendants were missing.

"There’s irrefutable evidence here, in the back of the library where Senior Elder Liu’s disciple picked up your pendant. You injured five disciples and now you’re denying it" The middle-aged man glared at Duan Yao with innocent face, trembling with anger.

“Father… I didn’t…” Duan Yao shook her head hurriedly before suddenly thinking of something else, “Those rascals wouldn’t have stolen our secret manuals from the library”

"You dare spread such nonsense The six senior elders inspected the library and found no abnormalities in either the formation or the secret manuals. How can you still make up these false stories to deceive me Our Heaven Mountain Sect’s formations are not so easily breached," said the middle-aged man, stomping his feet with force as a stone cracked into five pieces.

Duan Yao’s eyes lit up, “Didn’t Father say our sect was robbed of medicine years ago There was also a boy servant among them this time.”

"Damn it! That medicine-thief boy always acted alone. This time the medicinal herbs in the back mountain were not missing at all. How long are you going to keep making up stories" shouted the middle-aged man, "Senior Elder Liu’s disciples who were knocked out said that the other side used a Purple and Green Treasure Sword and the Big Dipper Sword Technique in the darkness. Who else but you could it be"

"Moreover, this time your nonsense has woken up Uncle, the Six Rank Snow Lion Ji Tian. He did not take action because he recognized that you are one of Heaven Mountain Sect’s disciples. What do you have left to say at this point"

“I thought you would obediently face the wall in the back mountain without setting up a formation for you, but I didn’t expect your boldness and mischief. Your facing-the-wall time will be extended by one month, and you must not take even a single step out.”

The middle-aged man roared furiously before impatiently waving his hand to send Duan Yao flying out of the room.

Thanks to Cortech for another 50k coin donation~~~ It’s uplifting~~ This chapter has over 4,400 words, Xiao Long is quite considerate~~diently. They almost thought that Hao Ren wanted them to warm the bed.Hao Ren put on his clothes and walked out of the room, followed closely by Lulin and Lu Li in their peach-colored pajamas.Grandma...