SWNOVELXO Chapter 683: Alliance Leader Pei
"After Mr. Li entered the Futu Tower, could it be he has also ventured into that perilous secret realm world?"
Under the kind smile of the Hidden Immortal Alliance Hierarch, there was a look filled with concern.
Li Muyang fell into a brief silence, and then his speculation was confirmed.
As the controllers of the Ark, the Hidden Immortal Alliance must have explored the world within the secret realm.
Though they were not Ascendants and did not possess the Ark Token, it wasn't possible for them to easily enter the inner world.
But this group of cultivators from the Hidden Immortal Alliance, having lived here for thousands of years, undoubtedly had more than a slight understanding of that world.
Looking at the benevolent elder before him, Li Muyang said, "I accidentally wandered in and witnessed terrifying scenes and encountered extremely dangerous monsters."
"I saw a horizon filled with endless bloodthirsty zombies surging forward and glimpsed a terror that pierced the heavens and the earth, overlooking everything with cold indifference."
"That secret realm world, teeming with danger and death, harbors a terrible crisis."
"And those monsters are desperately trying to bore their way out, attempting to leave the secret realm and enter our Mortal World."
"I believe everyone aboard the Ark should evacuate as soon as possible; otherwise, the consequences are unthinkable."
Li Muyang issued his warning with a grave expression.
These words, half made-up, and half-true.
The smile on the face of the Hidden Immortal Alliance Hierarch who had listened to these alarmist words stiffened.
This kind and elderly man also had a certain reputation in the Cultivation World.
He was once a Great Cultivator of the Guardian White domain, well-known as Alliance Leader Pei, who in his youth was a prodigy among his peers, reaching the Purple Mansion Realm at just thirty. With a character both staunch and fierce, abhorring evil fervently, he had slain countless devils, instilling fear in the hearts of those on the Demon Path.
Yet, he was envied by a female junior of his sect. At a critical moment of his breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, this junior lured Demon Path cultivators into his home, causing the death of his family, his wife and children, while Alliance Leader Pei himself suffered grave injuries and lost all his cultivation.
Stricken by this tragedy, Alliance Leader Pei's hair turned white overnight in his despair. Unexpectedly, he comprehended the ultimate technique of the Guardian White domain.
He vanquished all demons with his unparalleled Sword Intent, then alone entered the Guardian White domain and, ignoring the pleas and obstructions of his fellow sect members, he forcefully killed that female junior.
Finally, after laughing tragically three times, Alliance Leader Pei abandoned his sword and left the Guardian White domain, retreating from the world and disappearing from sight.
It was only two hundred years later that he reappeared outside the world in the Ark, becoming the Hierarch of the Hidden Immortal Alliance.
The pamphlets of the Refinement Demon Sect contained detailed records of the deeds of this Hierarch of the Hidden Immortal Alliance and held him in high regard—with a warning not to provoke him.
Although he appeared to be a kind and amiable hermit on most days, if anyone touched his bottom line, the Guardian White Sword Intent he grasped was powerful enough to sweep away most of the strong beings of his time.
It was precisely because he understood Alliance Leader Pei's earnest goodness that Li Muyang felt compelled to give a warning, not wishing to see the secluded cultivators on the Ark come to any harm.
In this murky underworld of the Cultivation World, the detached cultivators of the Ark who cared little for fame or gain were exceedingly precious.
After a long silence, the Hierarch of the Hidden Immortal Alliance finally sighed and said, "Has that day finally come..."
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for the advice; I will arrange for the evacuation of everyone on the Ark immediately."
He bowed deeply to Li Muyang, taking his words at face value in a very uncomplicated manner.
Li Muyang watched as Alliance Leader Pei left, making no attempt to detain him.
Instead, it was Ms. Three, appearing out of nowhere like a wraith, frowning at him as if she had seen a ghost.
"...How did you do it?" Ms. Three's face was full of disbelief, "Just a few sentences made the Hierarch of the Hidden Immortal Alliance believe you, did you use an Illusion Technique to bewilder Alliance Leader Pei's mind?"
To Ms. Three, this matter seemed utterly ridiculous.
With just a few exaggerated and unfounded statements, Li Muyang had convinced the Hierarch of the Hidden Immortal Alliance to believe him and begin the dispatch of all the cultivators on the Ark.
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In any ordinary sect, this would be akin to a stranger walking into the sect's gate, exchanging a few words with the Sect Master, and the Sect Master immediately ordering the dissolution of the sect and for everyone to return to their hometowns.
It was full of bizarre absurdity.
Li Muyang cast a sideways glance at the Third Miss and said, "Who do you think Alliance Leader Pei is? He is among the top Sword Cultivators of this era, what kind of Illusion Technique could possibly confuse his mind?"
Sword Cultivators specialize greatly, focusing on slaughter, their Divine Souls and wills surpassing the fortitude of ordinary people.
Their powerful Sword Qi forms a protective shield around them, essentially providing a debuff against illusionary techniques.
Common Illusion Techniques are simply ineffective against top-tier Sword Cultivators like Alliance Leader Pei.
Without wanting to explain further to the Third Miss, Li Muyang walked into the house and continued his game.
But this time, the Third Miss lost her composure.
The usually indifferent and proud Third Miss followed him, unusually insistent, and stood outside the door asking,
"…If you say the Ark is doomed and disaster is imminent, then why are you still in Fuyun City?"
"You urge others to flee for their lives, yet you stay… Are you waiting here to die? Or are all the things you've said fabricated?"
The Third Miss pressed on relentlessly.
However, Li Muyang, already immersed in his game with eyes closed, completely ignored the Third Miss in the real world.
He focused intently on the corpse of the Yellow Robed Immortal in the celestial palace's grand hall and took a deep breath.
The Sword Qi of the Startling Swan Immortal Sword surged, slashing towards the corpse of the Yellow Robed Immortal…
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Inside Fuyun City, Cultivators began to evacuate.
The Hidden Immortal Alliance issued a warning that disaster might befall this Ark and requested all reclusive Cultivators to temporarily leave.
Before, a large number of Cultivators gathered in Fuyun City.
Cultivators who secluded themselves in this 'world away from the world' on the Ark gathered in Fuyun City under external pressures, wanting to preserve this sanctuary.
But as the news of Li Damu and his wife's kidnapping by Elder Yan Xiaoru of the Refinement Demon Sect spread and was confirmed, the Cultivators from both the Immortal and Demonic forces surrounding the Ark began to withdraw.
These sect Cultivators had gathered at the Ark precisely to exert pressure, hoping to force the Hidden Immortal Alliance to hand over Li Damu and his wife.
Now, although the Hidden Immortal Alliance did not surrender the couple, since they were abducted by the Elder of the Demon Sect, there was no reason for Cultivators from both Immortal and Demonic forces to stay any longer.
As the armies of Immortal and Demonic sects from outside the Ark gradually retreated and the threat dissipated, the reclusive Cultivators in Fuyun City also planned to return home one after another.
But at this moment, the Hidden Immortal Alliance issued a warning that a crisis and calamity would descend upon the Ark…
The reclusive Cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment, having trouble accepting this at first.
Yet, Cultivators of the Hidden Immortal Alliance had already evacuated in the shortest time, even forcibly moving out all the mortals in the city.
Even the mortals living within a hundred miles of the Ark had been completely evacuated.
Such a major operation was even more vigorous than the response when the armies of the Immortal and Demonic sects previously pressured the Ark.
The reclusive Cultivators remaining in Fuyun City had no choice but to believe it.
Reluctantly, they left Fuyun City one after another, returning to their secluded homes to pack their belongings.
Streaks of Tunneling Light left the Ark; the once spirit-energy-rich land, known as a hermit's paradise on the Ark, suddenly became desolate and quiet, devoid of human presence.
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