chapter 176 - The Disappearance of Luo Wusheng
In an instant, Luo Wusheng’s body hair stood on end, and large beads of sweat appeared on his back.
What exactly happened?
Enduring the headache, Luo Wusheng looked towards the sky.
Perhaps due to an issue with his condition, the celestial phenomenon at this moment became somewhat surreal.
“What’s wrong with you?”
A voice transmission from the Empress echoed in Luo Wusheng’s mind, but this message was instantly dispersed by an incessant barrage of Buddhist chants, preventing his thoughts from gathering.
Vaguely, he seemed to hear the voice of Little Yuli directly resonating in his heart, but he could no longer discern the content of the girl’s words.
He tried to stabilize his current state, but the more he did so, the more dense the Buddhist chants in his mind became, exacerbating his deteriorating condition.
The Immortal Nation Empress, not far away, watched as the once vibrant youth turned into his current state, revealing a bewildered expression on her face, with a hint of worry and urgency in her eyes.
However, she couldn’t understand what had happened to Luo Wusheng and what she needed to do.
Originally, the situation of this Demon Sect Holy Saint tribulation lightning was already very peculiar and couldn’t be reasoned with common sense, and now it was even more so.
‘What exactly happened? Who tampered with it in the dark?’
Gripping the Human Emperor Sword, the young empress lightly bit her lower lip.
“Lord Luo? Demon Sect Holy Saint?”
“Luo Wusheng!”
The dark golden Human Emperor Sword was retracted by the Empress. Her right hand extended slightly towards the young man in front of her, but there was a slight hesitation.
At the next moment, Luo Wusheng’s condition finally weakened to a limit.
The celestial phenomenon instantly shattered, and the star lotus in his body, which had just shown some momentum, came to a halt at this moment.
Although he was only one step away from ascending to the Nascent Soul stage at this moment, this step was an insurmountable chasm.
At this point, everyone present could see that something abnormal had happened to this Demon Sect Holy Saint.
Seeing the dissipation of the celestial phenomenon and the disappearance of the divine might, the Empress, who was prepared in advance, immediately moved forward to investigate Luo Wusheng’s condition.
But there was a streak of green light faster than her.
A jade slip flew out from Luo Wusheng’s embrace and shattered in an instant.
Following that, the body of the Demon Sect Holy Saint disappeared completely.
……
“Senior Brother!”
Bai Xiaoyao was also one of the first to notice the unusual state of Luo Wusheng.
Upon realizing this, a thunderous sound echoed in her mind.
Disregarding the tribulation divine might and the [N O V E L I G H T] rules of the Immortal Nation, she took a light step forward with her gold-trimmed white boots and soared into the air.
A hundred feet was not considered far for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, as she exerted all her spiritual energy to reach the top of the Wandering Immortal Inn, she could only watch helplessly as her Senior Brother’s figure was enveloped in green light and disappeared in an instant.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
At this moment, Bai Xiaoyao felt her brain go blank.
This feeling was something the Demon Sect Holy Maiden experienced for the first time.
When she regained the sense of time flowing again, her face no longer maintained the calmness that a Holy Maiden should have.
What should she do? What happened to her Senior Brother? What should she do now?
What was that green light just now? Was it a spatial teleportation technique?
Bai Xiaoyao’s mind was in chaos.
But suddenly, a voice transmission sounded in her ear.
“Young Mas–Your Senior Brother should be fine.”
“The green light just now was caused by the jade slip he held in his embrace, and he has now been teleported elsewhere.”
Bai Xiaoyao’s mind shook.
Using her spiritual awareness, she looked in the direction of the voice transmission.
However, there was no silhouette of the person she expected to see.
Only a few broken strings of a qin lay on the ground, reflecting the daylight.
‘It’s her…’
After receiving the voice transmission, Bai Xiaoyao subconsciously followed the words in her mind and quickly realized the identity of the person who transmitted the message.
Red Blossom Pavilion’s number one courtesan, Yao Ji.
This was the first time the other party had revealed her cultivation side in front of her.
But now, Bai Xiaoyao had no intention to pay attention to that courtesan.
‘Indeed…. the jade slip emitting the green light flew out from my Senior Brother’s embrace…’
Forcing herself to regain composure, Bai Xiaoyao quickly recalled all the details she had just witnessed.
Since the jade slip flew out from her Senior Brother, it meant that the slip might be a prepared measure by him?
Was her Senior Brother not caught off guard by this anomaly?
Bai Xiaoyao tried to think positively, but her mind involuntarily replayed the painful expression her Senior Brother had shown earlier. Her hands unconsciously clenched the white skirt, trembling slightly.
The Empress had silently approached Bai Xiaoyao at some point, but she remained speechless for a long time. Finally, she sighed softly.
“Lord Luo has previously helped the Immortal Nation significantly. Although I’ve only met him today, the Immortal Nation has already established a friendship with him…”
The Empress paused in her words, but her gaze moved away from Bai Xiaoyao and looked towards the chaotic and bustling crowd outside the royal city.
After scanning the surroundings, she slowly turned around.
“…I will help find him.”
As her words fell, the Empress’s figure disappeared silently.
Outside the royal city.
Two figures emerged silently from the shade of the trees.
Yao Ji gently released Xiao Guai’s wrist, but her brows furrowed, revealing a contemplative expression.
‘Sure enough, It’s really that little hag Xuanji Technique’
As a close friend of Yue Xuanji, she immediately recognized the technique used to teleport Luo Wusheng away.
With this familiarity, she quickly traced the direction where Luo Wusheng had been teleported using the jade slip.
She instinctively chased after him from the royal city.
However, she soon realized that things were not as simple as she thought.
If it were just a normal teleportation technique, she could sense the traces of spatial movement and determine Luo Wusheng’s current location.
But she quickly discovered that what acted on Luo Wusheng was not a simple teleportation method.
The Xuanji Technique of the Heavenly Divination Tower not only transported but also concealed all traces of the person it teleported. If someone were not preparing some trace to be left behind prior, there is no way someone can find the whereabouts of the person that is being teleported.
Previously, when Yue Xuanji transported Luo Wusheng to the bottom of the Ascending Immortality Lake, she used this technique.
‘And now, this distance… What is that woman thinking?’
If it were the usual application of the Xuanji Technique, Yao Ji, who was familiar with her friend’s technique, would have had some insights as to where Luo Wusheng is.
Although it was complicated, she could still find the correct direction in a short time.
But this time, the range of the Xuanji Technique Yue Xuanji used exceeded the expectations of Yao Ji.
This would lead to a completely random destination for the teleportation, entirely dependent on fate…
Even if Yue Xuanji were present, unless she used the [Art of Divination], she wouldn’t be able to quickly determine Luo Wusheng’s current location.
Yao Ji was somewhat troubled.
In this way, if she wanted to find Luo Wusheng, it would also take a considerable amount of time.
“I wonder how Young Master is doing now…”