Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Playing Mind Games with My Stain Sect?

”You’re not even trying to run?”

Duo Bao Child dismissed his flying light and stared at Lü Yang, who stood with his hands clasped behind his back. The child’s face was ashen as he subconsciously swept his Divine Sense across the area.

’That’s not right... There’s no ambush.’

Duo Bao Child looked puzzled.

Frankly, when he saw that Lü Yang had no intention of fleeing, he had assumed he was the one being baited into an ambush. But that didn’t seem to be the case.

Meanwhile, Lü Yang frowned. ”Why are you the only one?”

’Wasn’t the Dragon-Fishing Elder with you?’

’Didn’t they come together? Weren’t they accomplices?’

’Or maybe... ’

A second later, Lü Yang’s brow unfurrowed. ’If they really do have connections to the Dao Court, they must have gone south to Qing Country to find reinforcements.’

’Does that mean there’s a bigger fish?’

At this thought, Lü Yang’s expression grew even more composed. ”A country bumpkin of a Loose Cultivator, through and through. Utterly without morals. The moment our transaction was finished, you came to rob and kill me.”

These words instantly struck a nerve, aggravating Duo Bao Child’s Heart Demon. His expression turned hideous. ”A Demon Sect Zhenren like you dares to lecture me about morals? It’s you Demon Sect Zhenren who are famous for making deals only to rob and kill your partners, gathering countless rare and exotic treasures without paying a single coin!”

”You can recognize me?”

Lü Yang deliberately furrowed his brow, his expression turning grave. ”You’ve got some nerve. You know I’m from the Stain Sect, yet you still dare to chase me down and try to kill me?”

”It’s the Demon Sect I’ve come to kill!”

Upon hearing this, Duo Bao Child let out a sudden roar. A Round Mirror materialized behind his head, casting down a beam of light that revealed a streak of a Fei Xin’s Spirit Light.

”Hahaha!”

In the next moment, Duo Bao Child waved a hand, intercepting the streak of light. He swept it with his Divine Sense and immediately burst out laughing. ”So it was all just a bluff!”

The Fei Xin was a distress signal. To Duo Bao Child, it was obvious that the Demon Sect Zhenren before him was just pretending to be calm. In reality, he was stalling for time while secretly calling for help, never expecting that his own methods were so brilliant that he would intercept the plea for aid!

With this, all of Duo Bao Child’s suspicions vanished.

”You’re not leaving here today!”

As his voice faded, a dazzling Mythical Light flared up behind him. The light gathered like a tide, its waves churning until they instantly formed a great river.

The Ten Thousand Treasures River!

This river was formed entirely from Mythical Light. Countless artifacts bobbed within its current—sabers, spears, swords, halberds, pagodas, bells, cauldrons, and furnaces—a seemingly endless collection.

The great river then swept down toward Lü Yang. He instantly felt an overwhelming force descend upon him, and for a moment, he lost control of his posture. He staggered and fell into the river, where the artifacts within immediately swarmed and began to bombard him.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The bombardment from the numerous Artifacts only produced a shower of brilliant sparks against Lü Yang’s body. He remained completely motionless, like a reef pounded by ocean waves.

’What a Ten Thousand Treasures River...’

A curious light entered Lü Yang’s eyes as he surveyed the several hundred Artifacts in the river. They weren’t just a random assortment; each one had been meticulously crafted.

Individually, none of the Artifacts were particularly remarkable.

However, they complemented each other. When combined and activated with a Secret Technique, they could actually draw upon the Qi of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to produce an Upper-Grade Divine Effect!

Unfortunately, this little workshop’s design was far too conservative.

’The Ten Thousand Treasures River... By its name, it should contain ten thousand Artifacts to truly be a river. A mere five hundred can only be called a creek...’

Of course, this couldn’t be helped.

After all, Duo Bao Child was merely the Sect Leader of a small sect in the North. It was impressive enough that he had five hundred Artifacts; expecting him to have ten thousand was asking too much.

The Stain Sect, however, was a different story!

The Stain Sect had a dedicated Artifact Refining department, brimming with talent, that worked around the clock without rest. They could easily meet the requirements for a true Ten Thousand Treasures River!

’Besides, with only a few hundred pieces, the flaws are too glaring.’

Lü Yang shook his head, then took out his Centipede Bee Bag. He pulled open the bag, and in an instant, a dense, black cloud of Qi-eating Insects swarmed out.

Lü Yang had always kept Progenitor Tingyou’s legends about the Qi-eating Insects in mind and had never stopped cultivating them. Now, released all at once, the hundreds of millions of insects were like starving tigers pouncing on prey. They completely disregarded their own losses, advancing wave after wave to gnaw at the Mythical Light emanating from the Ten Thousand Treasures River.

Seeing this, Duo Bao Child’s expression changed drastically.

”What are these Demon Insects?”

Although his Ten Thousand Treasures River could merge numerous Artifacts into a single Superior Sentient Artifact, at its core, it was still a composite of several hundred individual Artifacts.

Therefore, gaps and flaws still existed between the Artifacts.

The Qi-eating Insects seeped into every crack and crevice, exploiting these flaws to burrow in and devour the river’s Mythical Light. While the damage caused by a single insect was minuscule...

...there were just too many of them!

At this thought, Duo Bao Child hurriedly formed a hand seal. The Ten Thousand Treasures River shuddered violently. Countless Dharma Artifacts clashed within it, their ringing tones instantly triggering a Divine Effect.

Treasure Chime Sound!

As the Divine Effect activated, a continuous chiming echoed between Heaven and Earth. The sound was generated by the hundreds of Artifacts within the Ten Thousand Treasures River striking one another, carrying a bizarre resonant power. Wherever the sound passed, the Qi-eating Insects lost control of their bodies and exploded from the inside out.

’Interesting...’

A look of curiosity crossed Lü Yang’s face. His Divine Sense told him that in addition to the artifact’s Divine Effect, his opponent had also used an Innate Divine Technique.

However, Duo Bao Child had deliberately concealed the exact nature of the technique.

’A pity. This affair concerns whether Perfected Chong Guang succeeds in Seeking Gold, so World Purger Fei Xue has personally intervened to obscure the Karma Links. Not even a Foundation-Stage Cultivator can divine the karmic threads...’

Lü Yang’s thoughts raced, but his hands didn’t slow in the slightest. With a flick of his wide sleeve, a purple-gold official seal appeared, hovering in the air. It was the Ziwei Official’s Supreme Golden Seal, an Artifact Ying Tongshou had given him while he was Overseas, which possessed a wondrous effect in suppressing objects made of metal.

”Halt!”

Lü Yang performed a finger technique and pointed. The Ziwei Official’s Supreme Golden Seal crashed down like a mountain, pressing directly upon the surging Ten Thousand Treasures River.

In the next instant, the Ten Thousand Treasures River froze solid.

Nearly all Artifacts are refined from metal, making them horribly vulnerable to the Ziwei Official’s Supreme Golden Seal. The moment the seal descended, the river lost its Divine Effect!

Seeing this, Duo Bao Child couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. ”The Demon Sect...”

Greed and hatred warred in his eyes, but they were quickly replaced by a look of joy. He looked up at the sky and burst out laughing. ”Hahaha! Your doom is here!”

As his voice fell, several more streaks of flying light tore through the sky!

When the streaks of light subsided, the Dragon-Fishing Elder, Five Elements Zhenren, and several others strode forward. There were six Foundation-Stage Cultivators in total, two of them at the Mid-phase of Foundation Establishment!

Including Duo Bao Child, that made three cultivators at the Mid-phase of Foundation Establishment!

In an instant, their immense auras locked down the surrounding space, pinning Lü Yang firmly in place. They ensured he had nowhere to run, unable to even use his escape techniques.

”Fellow Daoist Duobao, you’ve performed a great service this time,”

Five Elements Zhenren said with a loud laugh. Duo Bao Child also looked relaxed, and the other cultivators, even the ever-cautious Dragon-Fishing Elder, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, no matter how they looked at it, victory was assured.

Seven Foundation-Stage Cultivators—three at the mid-phase and four at the early stage—amounted to more than half of the entire Foundation Establishment fighting force of Qing Country, all to encircle and kill a single cultivator from the Stain Sect.

And that was even considering that cultivators from the Stain Sect were notoriously powerful in combat.

The odds were seven to one. The advantage was theirs!

However, just as everyone felt the outcome was decided, Lü Yang suddenly smiled. ”That’s right, Fellow Daoist Duobao. You have indeed performed a great service!”

Duo Bao Child froze. ”What?”

Before he could finish speaking, an even more immense aura erupted from outside the encirclement formed by the seven Foundation-Stage Cultivators, trapping them in a counter-encirclement!

”Ah!”

In the next instant, one of the four early-stage cultivators, the old ancestor of the Zhaoxia Clan, Xia Weiming, let out a blood-curdling scream. A large hand had savagely punched straight through his chest!

Xia Weiming reacted with incredible speed. His Dharma Body instantly disintegrated into a shower of light that flew to Five Elements Zhenren’s side and reformed. Even so, his expression was one of absolute terror. That single blow hadn’t just pierced his Dharma Body—it had shattered his Dao Foundation!

This had wiped out ninety percent of his combat power. He had been a hair’s breadth from death!

”...He’s a fast runner.”

Among the newcomers, Perfected Yin Shan’s expression was dark, his tone devoid of any emotion. He simply shook his hand. ”Forget it. Severely injuring one is enough.”

Meanwhile, Lü Yang laughed heartily. ”What took you so long, Brother?”

A smile finally touched the corners of Perfected Yin Shan’s mouth. ”It took some time to find everyone. But it looks like we’ve caught a big school of fish this time.”

As his voice faded, figures began to stride out, surrounding the seven Foundation-Stage Cultivators from Qing Country. Auras flared—it was the Foundation-Stage Cultivators who had just left the trade fair. Among them were Huanxiang, a Mid-phase of Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a valiant woman clad in armor and brandishing a weapon.

From the very beginning, Lü Yang and Perfected Yin Shan had sensed that something was amiss.

Or rather, they had only suspected something was wrong. But it was the Stain Sect’s style to shoot the arrow first and draw the target later—to take every precaution, just in case.

Thus, while Lü Yang acted as bait, Perfected Yin Shan had secretly gathered the cultivators of the North to lie in ambush, just waiting for the fish to bite!

”A pack of rats from the East dares to play mind games with our Stain Sect?”

”They don’t know their own limits!”

Seeing this, Five Elements Zhenren’s face turned ashen. He recalled Lü Yang’s earlier words, then spun around and glared viciously at Duo Bao Child.

”You betrayed us!?”