Volume 2: Achieving the Nine Heavens and Breaking the Cage Chapter 263: The Return of the Sect Master
Between the sky and the earth, a sailboat was speeding along, on the sailboat stood a young man. He was handsome and looked very sunny, but his long gray hair ruined his temperament, making him look old and full of incongruity.
Especially the strand of white hair in the middle, which seems to be countless mottled years, reminding the young man that his life is running out.
In the young man's arms, there was a woman. The woman was extremely beautiful and charming. Whenever her eyes fell on the young man's face, the emotions in her eyes could not help but overflow.
Behind the young man stood a young girl. The girl was dressed in red and looked like a red elf. She looked at the young man with her big eyes blinking, and there was endless fantasy in her eyes.
These three people were none other than Gu Xiaoxing and his two companions who returned to the Soul-Devouring Sect.
Suddenly, Gu Xiaoxing frowned, and a sense of uneasiness inexplicably arose in his heart, making him feel uneasy and giving him a bad premonition.
Xu Qianxing was in Gu Xiaoxing's arms and clearly felt something was wrong with him. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know, it seems like something bad is going to happen..."
Ever since Gu Xiaoxing practiced the art of palmistry, he has become more and more sensitive to this kind of mysterious perception. He is convinced that he would never have such a feeling without any reason, and he can't help but deduce it by counting on his fingers.
There are not many people who can make Gu Xiaoxing feel this way. Gu Xiaoxing's deduction direction is also very clear. After a moment, his expression suddenly changed and he said, "Something has happened in the Soul Devouring Sect. We have to speed up and go back!"
As he spoke, Gu Xiaoxing flew up and put the sailboat, Xu Qianxing and Xiao Zhuhuo into the Seven Towers. Then he used all his strength to activate his Fang Cun magical power and rushed towards the Soul Devouring Sect at a terrifying speed of nearly 700 miles per step!
Soul-Devouring Sect, outside the mountain gate.
"Old Bai, an old friend has returned. Are you going to shut me out?" A vicissitudes of life voice was heard. A man stood outside the Soul-Devouring Sect's formation and spoke loudly to those inside.
In the formation, Master Bai stared at the Third Elder who had suddenly returned, as if he wanted to see through him, but no matter how he looked at him, he was no different from before. However, Master Bai still did not let down his guard.
The Third Elder disappeared for so long after being suppressed by Zhou Shoutai, and now he suddenly appears. What does this mean?
The more Master Bai thought about it, the more worried he became.
In addition to Master Bai, many people also heard the voice just now. When they rushed over and found the person coming, they immediately exclaimed: "Third Elder! The Third Elder is back!"
"Ah...! The Third Elder is still alive, that's great!"
"Master Bai, quickly let the Third Elder in !"
"Shut up!" Master Bai shouted, and everyone stopped talking.
Then, Master Bai looked straight at the Third Elder and asked, "Who... are you?"
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. Isn’t this the Third Elder?
But the next scene was beyond everyone's expectations.
The third elder outside the formation suddenly smiled strangely and said, "Old Bai, it seems that I can't hide it from you. Well, I came back just to see if Master is okay..."
When Master Bai heard this, his suspicions were confirmed. His expression changed drastically and he said, "You are... Zhou Shoutai!"
The "Third Elder" smiled more and more weirdly, and suddenly he raised his hand and made a gesture. Suddenly, six golden lights burst out from the Third Elder's body, and they were actually six... soul-eating insects!
Moreover, it is a soul-eating insect at the Jindan stage!
In fact, after the Third Elder was suppressed by Zhou Shoutai, he never died, but was used as a spiritual furnace for refining and breeding corpse worms!
The reason why Zhou Shoutai came to the Soul-Devouring Sect on the third day after breaking through the barrier was, on the one hand, that he was used to being cautious in everything he did and inquired about all the major events that had happened in the small wasteland in recent years; at the same time, it was also to completely refine these six Jindan corpse worms!
When the six soul-eating corpse worms broke out of the body, the third elder was left with only an empty shell, which turned into debris, and the six corpse worms soared into the sky.
Master Bai snorted coldly and slapped out with his palm, using his magical palm power. However, the six corpse worms were not afraid when facing the giant palm. They suddenly intertwined with each other to form a golden ring, and actually blocked the attack from the great perfection of the Jindan head-on !
The magic palm collapsed, and the six golden lights were no longer blocked, and rushed directly above the entire Soul-Devouring Sect. At a glance, they saw the great hall on the top of the sect's mountain. The hall was already empty!
Master Bai looked grim. He had not expected these six bugs to be so difficult to deal with. He had used almost all his strength in that palm strike just now, but it was easily blocked.
However, how could something be simple if it took Zhou Shoutai, who had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, time and effort to refine it!
The soul-eating insects were already extremely hard, and Zhou Shoutai used a special method to raise them to the Jindan stage, which achieved a qualitative change. After another round of refining, they became corpse insects, and their strength was further increased.
Finally, Zhou Shoutai even carved a set of combined attack formations in their bodies. Such powerful corpse worms are enough to easily deal with the great perfection of Jindan!
At this time, the other members of the Soul Devouring Sect also realized something was wrong. This was not the Third Elder at all. They looked at the six golden lights circling above their heads. It was obvious that someone was trying to attack their Soul Devouring Sect!
Then, they saw an even more shocking scene. Beside the six golden lights in the sky, the space suddenly twisted and a figure suddenly appeared. Many people recognized that figure.
"metropolitan……?"
"Zhou Shoutai...?"
The moment they saw this person, some people subconsciously called him the sect leader, while others called him by his name.
Zhou Shoutai looked down calmly, smiled slightly, and said, "It turns out that the master has left."
The moment Zhou Shoutai appeared, a powerful aura emanated from it, covering the entire Soul-Devouring Sect. At this moment, everyone felt oppressed!
In the sect protection formation, Master Bai stared at Zhou Shoutai. Although he had expected that Zhou Shoutai would return with the cultivation level of a Nascent Soul one day, when he truly felt the Nascent Soul aura on Zhou Shoutai, he couldn't help but feel a palpitation in his heart and couldn't muster the heart to resist.
But what they, the Soul-Devouring Sect, want is not confrontation, but to hold their ground and wait for Gu Xiaoxing to return!
Master Bai knew very well that this might be the only hope, so he shouted, "Set up the formation! All foundation-building cultivators, enter the formation!"
As the voice fell, Master Bai suddenly made a hand gesture, and suddenly, circular seven-pointed star formations appeared, surrounding the entire Soul-Devouring Sect. After hearing the words, all the foundation-building cultivators immediately flew towards the seven-pointed star formations.
Above the sky, Zhou Shoutai's eyes flashed, and he took a step down without any hesitation. The entire protective formation of the sect shook instantly, but that was all, the formation did not break!
