Chapter 300: Killing Intent
Heavenly Immortal Sect, the number one Demonic Sect in the martial world!
The inner Qi within the meridians of this Hundred Flowers Lane Master was as soft as water and as ethereal as clouds, which were precisely the characteristics of the Heavenly Immortal Sect’s cultivation techniques.
“No wonder Hundred Flowers Lane has so many formations guarding it. So it’s a branch of the Heavenly Immortal Sect.”
“We…”
The Hundred Flowers Lane Master’s expression changed drastically. She hadn’t expected Chu Liang to suddenly make a move.
Under Chu Liang’s control, she didn’t have the slightest chance to resist.
The expressions of the surrounding elders also changed. They were all tense, becoming nervous and uneasy, feeling the indescribable pressure emanating from Chu Liang.
Chu Liang snorted coldly, “What a Demonic Sect, to dare to openly operate within the prefectural city, using women to lure the nobles and powerful figures of the prefectural city!”
“Sect Leader Chu, this matter…”
“I’m not in the mood to listen to explanations. Where is Bai Lan?” Chu Liang’s expression was stern. “If I don’t see her, I’ll raze this place to the ground today!”
“Sect Leader Chu, calm your anger!”
The Hundred Flowers Lane Master hurriedly instructed the others, “Quickly bring Bai Lan out, quickly!”
“Yes!”
Several elders looked panicked and hurriedly left.
They could tell that Chu Liang’s words were not empty threats. If they didn’t see Bai Lan, he would really raze this place to the ground!
After all, he dared to shatter even the Treasure Pavilion with a single slash, let alone the small Hundred Flowers Lane?
Chu Liang scanned his surroundings, his gaze like lightning, and shouted coldly, “Who is Cang Lan?”
Hearing this, an old woman with gray hair walked out and replied, “Sect Leader Chu, please don’t be angry. This old woman is Cang Lan.”
“Senior Ge entrusted Bai Lan to you back then, asking you to take good care of her. How could you let her become someone else’s cultivation vessel?” Chu Liang questioned sternly.
“So it’s because of him…”
The old woman’s face was bitter, understanding the reason for Chu Liang’s arrival.
She sighed and said, “Sect Leader Chu, this old woman has no children. Over the years, I’ve watched Bai Lan grow up and have long regarded her as my own granddaughter. If it weren’t for the fact that I had no other choice, how could I send her away?”
“You speak so nicely!” Chu Liang’s face was cold. He didn’t believe a single word from these people of the Demonic Sect.
At this moment, he didn’t restrain his strength at all, and the pressure emanating from him far exceeded that of an ordinary Grandmaster.
The faces of everyone in the lane turned pale. None of them dared to make a rash move, and they were nervous to the extreme.
The Hundred Flowers Lane Master braced herself and explained, “Sect Leader Chu, this matter is not Granny Canglan’s fault. We also didn’t want to send Bai Lan away, but that senior is a Grand Elder of the sect, cruel and domineering. We really didn’t dare to disobey him. If we defied him, all of us here would die.”
“Who is it?”
“That senior’s title in the martial world is ‘Fire Stone Recluse’.”
“So it’s him, the old devil Fire Stone!”
Chu Liang snorted coldly. This person was notorious for his evil deeds. The cultivation technique he practiced was a notorious evil technique that required the essence of a woman’s Yuan Yin as a supplement.
It was unknown how many women had been harmed by him since he started cultivating.
He was an old Grandmaster with considerable strength. He had once been hunted by the imperial court and several righteous sects for his excessive killings, and he had narrowly escaped death many times, but he ultimately survived.
“Why did the old devil Fire Stone choose Bai Lan?” Chu Liang asked coldly.
“It’s only because Bai Lan has a special physique with an innate cold Yin energy. I previously reported this to the sect, hoping that the sect would cultivate Bai Lan well. I didn’t expect Elder Fire Stone to find out about it.” The Hundred Flowers Lane Master showed a look of shame. In the end, this matter was related to her.
“He will come to take Bai Lan away in two days?”
“Yes.”
“Good, I’ll just kill that old thing!”
Chu Liang’s voice was ice-cold, his killing intent was palpable.
If he had come two days later, it would have been too late.
Not long after, the several elders hurriedly ran back, followed by a woman in a white dress.
That woman was Bai Lan, one of the nine flowers of this generation of Hundred Flowers Lane!
Her dress fluttered, and she was pure and elegant, with delicate eyebrows, like a fairy from a painting. No wonder she could attract countless noble young masters from the prefectural city.
But now her face was a little pale, and there was a deep sense of sorrow between her eyebrows, like a flower about to wither. Presumably, she already knew her fate of being offered to a sect elder.
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“Granny.” She called out softly when she saw Granny Canglan, her lips also pale, and her eyes were dim.
Seeing her like this, Granny Canglan felt a pang of sorrow in her heart and called out, “Good child, come over quickly. You’re saved. Come and pay your respects to Sect Leader Chu.”
“Sect Leader Chu?”
Bai Lan’s beautiful eyes moved and saw Chu Liang.
During the battle of the Grandmasters that day, the sound resounded throughout the entire prefectural city. Of course, she had heard of Chu Liang, this young Grandmaster.
“Bai Lan greets Sect Leader Chu.” Her voice was soft as she bowed in greeting.
“Bai Lan, do you have a dark red jade pendant?” Chu Liang asked her.
“Yes, I do.”
Bai Lan replied softly and took out a jade pendant.
This jade pendant was exactly the same as the one Chu Liang had obtained in Ge Qiudao’s cave, they were a pair.
Chu Liang took out his own and activated it. The two jade pendants emitted light at the same time, resonating with each other, and finally fit together.
He casually tapped Bai Lan’s forehead, took a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the jade pendant.
After a while, a character appeared inside the jade pendant ━ Chen!
It was confirmed.
The old woman hadn’t switched her out. Bai Lan was indeed of the Chen family bloodline.
“Bai Lan, I came here today to inform you of your origins.” Chu Liang put away the jade pendant and said to her.
“My origins?” A trace of confusion flashed in Bai Lan’s eyes.
“Yes, come with me.”
Chu Liang beckoned, and a loud eagle cry sounded in the sky. Eagle One, who was already a Demon King, descended from the sky with an imposing aura and landed steadily in the courtyard.
He pulled Bai Lan up and leaped onto Eagle One’s back.
Eagle One then spread its wings, stirring up a gust of wind, and soared into the sky under the shocked gazes of the others.
“Bai Lan, you are from the Chen family of Jinhua Prefecture. Twenty years ago…”
Chu Liang slowly narrated, informing her of her origins.
He let Bai Lan choose for herself.
If she wanted revenge, he would take her as a disciple on behalf of Senior Ge Qiudao, provide her with resources, and cultivate her to become a Grandmaster.
If she just wanted a peaceful life, he could also arrange her future life.
After narrating all this, the Azure Netherworld Eagle had already arrived at Jinhua Prefectural City. It swooped down and landed on the ruins of the former Chen family.
“This place is where the Chen family used to be.”
Chu Liang stood on the back of the Azure Netherworld Eagle, and as far as his eyes could see, it was a desolate scene.
After the Chen family was exterminated, no one dared to take over the family’s residence. Everyone believed it to be an inauspicious place, so it gradually became desolate until now.
The courtyard was overgrown with withered and dry grass, and even the eaves and tiles were covered with weeds. It was dilapidated and desolate, with only the faint sound of sobbing drifting in the wind, as if the wandering souls of the past were still lingering here.
“This is my home…”
Looking at the desolation before her, Bai Lan remained silent for a long time.
She was only a baby when the Chen family was exterminated by Hundred Beasts Valley, so she didn’t have many memories of this place.
But perhaps it was the subtle connection of blood, she felt a dull pain in her heart, and the bloody and desperate scene of that rainy night seemed to flash before her eyes.
After a long time, she slowly clenched her delicate hands and pleaded, “Sect Leader Chu, I want to avenge my family. Please teach me the path of the Grandmaster.”
“Good!”
