Chapter 417: 416: Lord Shuang: The Curse is Invalid to Me _1
Chapter 417: Chapter 416: Lord Shuang: The Curse is Invalid to Me _1
The title of “Ninth Son of Seek Dao Sect” Lu Yang had heard it before, and this title meant that the identity of a Seek Dao Sect disciple was a double-edged sword. When encountering relatively weak individuals, such as those in the Spirit Transformation Stage or the Refining the Void Stage, it could intimidate them.
But if the other party was a high-level lord of the Unification stage with a position in a major power, it could almost be confirmed that he had a causal entanglement with the Ninth Son of the Seek Dao Sect, and there was an eighty percent chance that they held a grudge against him.
If he were to go to the Imperial City, that 80% likelihood would probably turn into 100%.
Returning to the Imperial City would be safe for Meng Jingzhou, at least he would have the Meng Family’s support.
As for himself, his master was Daoist Buyu, and his good friend is Meng Jingzhou. With these two identities, what difference does it make whether he goes to the Imperial City or to the gates of hell?
The Imperial City, as the center of Central Continent, has been the place of accumulation for the Great Xia Dynasty for hundreds of thousands of years. It is the strongest city of cultivation in the current world. Not only do people from Central Continent want to go to the Imperial City to admire the sights, but also those from the Demon Territory, Golden Buddha Kingdom, and the Sea Clan wish to go to the Imperial City.
Only Lu Yang does not want to go.
Lu Yang seemed to have remembered something, and he started counting on his fingers, “Why do I feel like I have so many enemies? The Four Immortals of the Ancients know my shameful past and are sure not to let me off. In today’s era, my master has made enemies everywhere, and now they are all held against me. This way, wouldn’t all the great powers from ancient to modern times have a grudge against me?!”
“It’s strange, I have entered the strongest sect of the present time and become the youngest disciple of the Sect Leader. I have within me the strongest immortals of ancient times. In theory, I should be the kind to kill gods when I come upon them, and kill Buddhas when I encounter them. I should be loved by many and enjoying blessings that are supposed to be enjoyed by many others. In the end, why has it only brought me negative consequences?”
Lu Yang felt thankful that he had a rigid enough destiny to withstand so many dangers.
“After being shut in confinement, Master suppressed the spiritual essence of me and the Mountain Man, and locked us in two separate cells. We could only see each other through a small iron window on the wall.”
“We sat in the confinement room and discussed the Dao. I explained the principles of the curse arts and he explained the sayings of the saints, and we mutually promoted each another while improving ourselves.”
Lu Yang wondered in his heart, were these two really not talking nonsense?
Lord Shuang’s tone was gentle, and Lu Yang, knowing that troubles come from one’s mouth, did not cause trouble for himself.
Finally, Lord Shuang sighed slowly, “In the end, the Mountain Man still didn’t accept my love. After I entered the Unification stage, I secluded myself and researched on a curse that would make the Mountain Man fall head over heels in love with me. It’s a pity that the Mountain Man never came to see me.”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Lu Yang shivered, he had long heard that reading too many books of the saints could help avoid trouble and seek benefits. This saying was indeed true.
“Never mind, I am anyway connected to your Seek Dao Sect, so let me help you.”
Lu Yang hadn’t even gotten the chance to be happy for Meng Jingzhou, when he heard Lord Shuang continue, “However, looking at the situation described in the Mountain Man’s letter, the level of your companion’s curse is very high and exceeds my range of treatment. Moreover, it belongs to the retribution of causality and does not completely count as a curse art.”
“Can’t we look for other people to help us?”
“Not really necessary, since you are already here in Seven Emotions Valley, we can’t just let you leave without doing anything. If word were to get out, how can we maintain our claim of being proficient in curse arts? Although I can’t remove the curse, I can alleviate some part of it.”
“For example?”
“For example, I can change your companion’s curse from not being able to touch women, to women feeling disgusted whenever they touch him.”
Lu Yang: “…”
Why does it feel worse?
“So what do you think, should we proceed with this?”
“Let me ask him what he thinks first.” said Lu Yang. He wasn’t Meng Jingzhou, he couldn’t make the decision for him.
“That sounds reasonable, then I will go ask him myself.”
Lu Yang put on a hesitant expression, which caused Lord Shuang to ask, “What’s the matter?”
“Old Meng’s curse is that he cannot approach any female, and you, Valley Master, are…”
Lord Shuang smiled, “What do you take me for? Even though he is cursed, I am the top curse artist and am immune to all curses. His curse can’t possibly affect me, so let’s go together.”
Lord Shuang told Luo Yu and Zhao Po to stay put, she and Lu Yang would go and come back.
Lord Shuang led Lu Yang out of Seven Emotions Valley, following the direction mentioned by Lu Yang to find Meng Jingzhou.
When the two of them reached Meng Jingzhou’s location, they found that only a circle remained where Meng Jingzhou and Old Horse had disappeared.
“What is this circle?” asked Lord Shuang, puzzled.
“I drew it. I was afraid that Old Meng would wander off, so I made a circle right here and asked him not to leave this area. I have no idea where he went now.”
Lord Shuang understood a little about causality art. She calculated quickly and pointed in a direction, “He should be in that direction, let’s go look.”
The two went to search for Meng Jingzhou again. They flew for quite a long time following the calculated direction but did not find even a trace of Meng Jingzhou.
“It’s strange. With my flying speed, I should have caught up with him very quickly.”
Lord Shuang calculated again and came to a different conclusion, “So that’s how it is. He changed his direction halfway, he’s over there.”
“Let’s go.”
The two continued to fly quickly according to the calculated location. They repeatedly tried to locate Meng Jingzhou, but were unsuccessful.
Just when Lord Shuang was about to recalculate the whereabouts of Meng Jingzhou, Lu Yang said with an understanding look, “How about you give me a location, and I’ll go look for Old Meng myself?”
If they continued on, they would leave the Wild State.
Lord Shuang was a little embarrassed: “That sounds good, he’s in the west.”
Lu Yang headed west alone and found Meng Jingzhou collapsed on the ground in a desolate forest, and Old Horse leisurely drinking spring water on the side.
“Are you okay?”
With a feeble voice, Meng Jingzhou said, “Do I look like I am okay?”
He angrily said, “Just now, I don’t know what happened, but a tornado appeared and I was right in the middle of it. The tornado lifted me up and off I went flying, with Old Horse following leisurely behind!”
“When the tornado subsided, an out-of-control living corpse appeared and started chasing me. Seeing the high cultivation level of the living corpse in life, I knew I couldn’t beat it, so I ran as fast as I could. I was nearly exhausted to death. Luckily my spiritual essence was abundant and I exhausted all the energy of the living corpse. Old Horse was just watching, not helping at all!”
“I had no time to catch my breath, nor take a Great Recovery Pill, when I saw that there were two individuals at the Spirit Transformation stage fighting in the sky. Their fight covered a large area and could have easily affected me. Fortunately, I’m a body cultivator, so without using any spiritual essence, I am very fast. I continued to run west until I got here and finally had the chance to catch my breath. Then you came.”
“What a streak of bad luck… By the way, I’ve run so far, how did you find me?”
Lu Yang was embarrassed to mention that it was because of Lord Shuang who flew with him all the way from behind, chasing after Meng Jingzhou.
“I found some help at Seven Emotions Valley who can alleviate your curse to a certain degree.”
“How so?”
“Do you like women looking at you with a face full of disgust?”
“?”