SWNOVELXO Chapter 231
“Boom——!”
The bell of the Ghost Controlling Sect rang loudly.
Upon hearing the sound, all the elders and disciples rushed towards the spirit boats that had been prepared and took to the air.
Then, the Old Ancestor of the Ghost Controlling Sect, accompanied by a group of Supreme Elders, appeared.
“Depart!!” The Old Ancestor of the Ghost Controlling Sect waved her hand grandly.
The next moment, the sect’s grand formation was withdrawn, and hundreds of spirit boats followed the Old Ancestor and others, quickly departing to meet with the myriad of ghosts at the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss.
…….
Inside a certain room, Jiang Chen blinked in a daze.
The elder before him blinked as well.
The two of them stared at each other, both remaining silent.“…what does the bell ringing mean?” Jiang Chen asked.
“It’s just a routine bell tolling,” the elder replied.
Glancing out the window at the sky, Jiang Chen asked again: “And these spirit boats as well as the Old Ancestor and the others…. where are they going?”
“Just a routine outing, not targeting anyone,” the elder replied again.
“…”
Jiang Chen was speechless, feeling that the other party was treating him like a fool.
Such a big commotion was obviously the start of a major sect war!
A routine outing?
At this moment, he really wanted to ask.
Does your sect have nothing better to do than to mobilize its entire force for a routine outing?
The elder before him was the last-ranked Supreme Elder of the Ghost Controlling Sect, surnamed Li.
Since the day when Sect Master Tu Zheng led a hundred people in rebellion, Jiang Chen had been under close surveillance by the people of the Ghost Controlling Sect, with a Supreme Elder following him wherever he went.
This made Jiang Chen very uncomfortable.
What did Tu Zheng’s rebellion have to do with him?
What did the madness of hundreds of disciples have to do with him?
He was innocent!
Lately, being followed by a bunch of old geezers every day, he couldn’t even properly claim his system rewards.
“Elder Li, aren’t you going?” Jiang Chen asked again.
“No, my task is to monitor… accompany you,” Elder Li almost slipped up.
“…”
Jiang Chen was speechless again.
He couldn’t stay in the Ghost Controlling Sect any longer.
They had agreed to be one family, yet they closely monitored him and guarded against him everywhere!
It was too disheartening!
Lately, the Ghost Controlling Sect had been extremely quiet, just like the calm before the storm.
He had already asked Xiao Hongyi to help find out what was happening and was waiting for news.
Such a small matter, and he had to ask his master to take action because he had no choice.
After all, Lin Mubai and Zhang Hu were also under strict surveillance.
Half an hour later, a figure in red arrived.
Xiao Hongyi came to Jiang Chen’s side, looked at Elder Li, and lightly said, “Scram.”
“…I’ll take my leave.”
Without hesitation, Elder Li promptly got up and left.
He knew he was no match for Xiao Hongyi and naturally saw no need to confront her head-on.
Besides, even if he left the room, he could still monitor from nearby.
After he left, Xiao Hongyi stated directly.
“Although the people of the Ghost Controlling Sect are tight-lipped, I still managed to find out some information. It seems that the Ghost Controlling Sect is joining forces with the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss and is preparing to make a move against the Jiuyan Sect.”
“I see,” Jiang Chen realized.
This made sense.
He had anticipated that the Jiuyan Sect’s repeated raids on the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss to snatch the Nine Abyss Soul Embryo would sooner or later provoke retaliation from that female ghost.
He just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly, and now, the Jiuyan Sect might indeed be in trouble.
Thinking of that female ghost, Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on.
This ghost is not benevolent at all!
Specifically, Su E was not the heroine but a typical female ghost villain.
In the original story, the protagonist Lin Feng also went to the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss multiple times to help Old Man Tianji replenish his soul power and to seize the Nine Abyss Soul Embryo.
At first, Su E tolerated it because she was wary of the Jiuyan Old Ancestor, but after the Jiuyan Old Ancestor fell, Su E joined forces with the Demonic Sect to strike against the Jiuyan Sect.
In the end, she was killed by the divine soul left behind by the Jiuyan Old Ancestor before his death.
Nine cycles of reincarnation. Jiang Chen went to the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss in every cycle, aiming to prevent the protagonist from obtaining the Nine Abyss Soul Embryo.
But in every cycle, he encountered Su E, who toyed with him like a cat cornering a mouse, chasing him to hide everywhere.
To be honest, that female ghost was indeed powerful, and her beauty was no less than that of the heroines, but Jiang Chen really couldn’t be moved.
In the previous nine cycles, it was because he didn’t want to get involved with this female ghost villain. And in this cycle, it was because he didn’t want to be taken away to become an Abyssal Consort!
Being an Abyssal Consort meant having to stay in the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss for a lifetime.
He had many things to do and he didn’t have time to stay with Su E in the abyss.
Originally, Jiang Chen had decided not to approach the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss in this cycle, but he didn’t expect that Su E would still appear nearby.
After a brief moment of contemplation, he decided… to leave!
To leave the Ghost Controlling Sect and stay as far away from that female ghost as possible!
It was naturally impossible to return to the Jiuyan Sect, because once Su E and the Ghost Sect joined forces, they would go to war with the Jiuyan Sect.
So there was only one destination left… The Ancient Pill Tower!
It had been several months since Lin Feng joined the Ancient Pill Tower.
There had been rumors recently that Lin Feng had gained the trust of the Ancient Pill Tower and had become the number one true disciple of the Ancient Pill Tower.
As the great villain, he definitely had to visit this Son of Destiny.
And after hearing his plan, Xiao Hongyi seemed somewhat hesitant.
“Are you worried about the Old Ancestor and the Supreme Great Elder?” Jiang Chen asked.
“Yes…” Xiao Hongyi nodded.
Although she was mad, she was not without humanity.
These two were her relatives, and naturally, she couldn’t just ignore them.
“Don’t worry, master,” Jiang Chen reassured.
“Nothing will happen to the Jiuyan Sect. Everyone underestimates the strength of the Jiuyan Old Ancestor.”
To put it bluntly, the cultivators of the Central Domain vision were still too narrow.
They had no idea what it meant to surpass the upper four realms. They didn’t know that even if the Jiuyan Old Ancestor became a divine soul, his strength was still far beyond what the cultivators of the Central Domain could handle.
In the nine cycles of reincarnation, the Jiuyan Old Ancestor, with only the divine soul left before his death, was able to kill several demonic Old Ancestors, which showed his might.
“Of course, if you’re really worried, we can go back and check,” Jiang Chen added.
Xiao Hongyi thought about it and shook her head, “No need, I’ll listen to you.”
After setting their goal, the two began to ponder another issue.
The person who was monitoring them, Elder Li.
Jiang Chen also guessed that the Ghost Controlling Sect kept him behind because they feared harming the mouse while trying to break the vase.
Therefore, before the sect war was completely concluded, the Ghost Controlling Sect would not let him leave easily.
If he wanted to leave, he had to take a tough approach, but taking a tough approach was not simple either.
After all, although Elder Li was no match for Xiao Hongyi, he could still contend with the help of the Ghost Sect’s grand formation.
If the situation escalated and attracted the return of the Ghost Ancestor, along with the female ghost, then they really wouldn’t be able to escape.
“I’ll hold him off, you go first,” Xiao Hongyi suggested.
“How can that be?” Jiang Chen refused.
“We, master and disciple, are united in heart and will never abandon each other.”
Hearing this, Xiao Hongyi smiled sweetly: “If you’re worried about me, just let Chen Sheng assist me.”
“…Alright.”
In the end, Jiang Chen still agreed.