My Cultivation Techniques Upgrade Automatically

Chapter 152: Chapter 151: Still Coming to Rob?

”Come on, let’s head over.”

Wu Chen looked at Xue Hongling behind him.

At that moment, she was holding a bag of meat jerky and eating nonstop.

They had only been in the mystic realm for about ten days. Perhaps it was the nourishment from the adult yellow-scaled fish and the cold pond, or maybe it was the several pounds of meat jerky she had eaten over the past few days.

Now, the color in Xue Hongling’s cheeks had visibly returned, making her look much healthier.

”Mm-hmm.”

Hearing Wu Chen’s words, she hurriedly swallowed the jerky, wiped the crumbs from the corner of her mouth, and her cold, somewhat murderous expression returned.

”Do I need to put on a disguise?”

As she followed Wu Chen down the mountain, Xue Hongling looked at the figures in dark red robes below and felt a pang of unease.

The people from the four sects might not recognize her, but at least half of the people from the Blood Slaughter Sect had seen her before.

’What if Wu Chen goes to meet with the four sects and I get recognized? What if I drag him into trouble?’

”No need.”

Wu Chen replied coolly, ”Just walk over there openly. The four sects are quite reasonable. They’re righteous sects, after all. They believe in settling things with reason.”

Xue Hongling still felt it was a bad idea. ”But what if they don’t want to settle things with reason?”

Wu Chen chuckled. ”Then I can convince them with force.”

Xue Hongling: ”...Alright.”

Over the past few days of rushing to the border between the Blood Slaughter Sect and the four sects, she had naturally witnessed another scene of Wu Chen easily slaying elite Direct Disciples.

He had single-handedly fought against three of them, and the entire encounter took no more than a dozen breaths.

Most of that time wasn’t even spent on killing, but on chasing them down.

Therefore, Xue Hongling was certain of one thing: within this mystic realm, as long as Wu Chen wasn’t ambushed by a large group of elite Direct Disciples, he was absolutely invincible.

’And later,’ she thought, ’Wu Chen can leave safely through the four sects’ exit. He won’t have to go to the Blood Slaughter Sect’s side and face all those Elders.’

Her heart, which had been lodged in her throat ever since meeting Wu Chen, finally began to settle. Even her steps grew much lighter.

The two of them made their way to the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, groups of three to five Blood Slaughter Sect members, all of them with considerable cultivation, were gathered every few dozen yards, stretching out for an unknown distance.

The Blood Slaughter Sect cultivators below watched the pair emerge from the forest. Noticing that their robes weren’t from the sect, they grew wary.

After a suspicious glance at Wu Chen, their gazes fell on Xue Hongling, and the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated.

They just assumed Wu Chen was one of their own sect’s disciples who rarely showed his face.

”To have Xue Hongling following him, this kid must have some real power.”

”He must be at the Perfection stage of the Jade Bone Realm, at least. Otherwise, how could just the two of them have crossed such treacherous terrain to get here?”

”...”

Watching their backs, the Blood Slaughter Sect members just muttered a few words. Wary of Wu Chen’s strength, no one dared to step forward and cause trouble.

Even though there were many at the Perfection stage of the Jade Bone Realm among them, none were so overcome by their lust for Xue Hongling that they lost their heads and stepped forward to start something.

They didn’t know why, but just looking at Wu Chen’s figure made their hearts pound and their eyes sting.

It was as if this person had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

It felt as if they stepped up to provoke him, they would certainly die.

”...”

Wu Chen led Xue Hongling along the foot of the mountain, ignoring the Blood Slaughter Sect members and not going directly to the four sects’ side.

He didn’t recognize the people stationed on the other side.

Wu Chen planned to look for someone he knew among these people.

For example, Zhuang Bo, who often stood guard at the entrance of Refining Valley and had helped him redeem his rewards a few times, or Zhuang Yan, who had helped forge a weapon for him.

This way, among acquaintances, it would be easier to explain his purpose without wasting too many words.

After about an hour, Wu Chen stopped and gazed into the distance.

He saw a much more important figure.

The son of Refining Valley’s Sect Leader, Pang Weifeng...

Pang Lei.

’No wonder there are so few Blood Slaughter Sect members around here.’

Wu Chen stroked his chin, looking at the distant figure who was as sturdy as a Bear, a black chain wrapped around his arm.

Next to him was Zhuang Bo; Wu Chen didn’t recognize the other disciple.

He murmured to himself:

’With that guy blocking the way, probably not many from the Blood Slaughter Sect can get past. That must be why they’re looking for another route.’

’Unless a Blood Slaughter Sect Elder at the Organ Refining Realm dares to risk entering the mystic realm, they might be able to push Pang Lei back.’

’But if a Blood Slaughter Sect Elder enters the mystic realm, they’d probably be ambushed by their own sect members first...’

After glancing at Pang Lei and the two Refining Valley disciples around him, Wu Chen’s gaze fell on the three other figures in front of them.

From their attire, Wu Chen recognized that these three were from the Blood Slaughter Sect.

Surprisingly, the two sides weren’t fighting.

’What are these Blood Slaughter Sect members doing?’

Wu Chen watched the Blood Slaughter Sect members bowing and scraping, seemingly saying something to Pang Lei, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes.

’Are these guys from the Blood Slaughter Sect trying to make some kind of deal with the son of a righteous Sect Leader?’

’They’ve probably picked the wrong guy. Would Pang Lei, a Sect Leader’s son, even care about whatever they’re offering?’

Wu Chen couldn’t be bothered to care what these people were discussing.

Having seen an acquaintance, he simply led Xue Hongling and walked towards Pang Lei.

He planned to ask about the mystic realm.

...

Pang Lei’s dark face was scrunched in a frown. His massive frame towered over the three men before him, who were fawning and groveling.

He spoke in a confused tone:

”So, from what you’re saying, you want to turn over a new leaf and leave the Blood Slaughter Sect?”

”Yes, yes, yes!”

Facing this mountain of a man, their robes already soaked with sweat, they hurriedly said:

”We three brothers have wanted to leave the Blood Slaughter Sect for a long time, but there are too many spies in the sect, making it difficult to escape.”

”Fortunately, we finally got the chance when the mystic realm opened. On the day it opened, we rushed here without stopping to find you heroes!”

As they spoke, they presented the cloth bags from their waists, revealing the medicinal herbs inside—each batch worth ten to twenty Contribution Points—as payment to spare their lives.

These three Blood Slaughter Sect members were precisely the same three who, after being repeatedly robbed of their medicinal herbs by Wu Chen and Xue Hongling in the poisonous woods, had finally broken down and decided to seek out the four sects, intending to leave the Blood Slaughter Sect for good.

They were just ordinary disciples. They didn’t have any tracking marks on them, nor were they constantly monitored by Stewards.

So even if they escaped, they would only be presumed dead in the mystic realm. It wouldn’t arouse suspicion, and no one would come to investigate and hunt them down.

Looking at their sincere faces and the medicinal herbs they offered...

Pang Lei naturally had no interest in such things, but as a member of the righteous path, he couldn’t just kill them without asking for their story.

After all, he might not be a match for Wu Chen, but facing three Meridian Passage Realm disciples, he was confident he could handle them, even if they launched a surprise attack.

”You want to turn over a new leaf, but how do I know this isn’t a trick from your Blood Slaughter Sect?”

Pang Lei felt that sparing their lives was simple, and letting them leave through his sect’s mystic realm entrance was also simple.

When the time came, the Elders from the sect’s Law Enforcement Hall would step in. They had more than enough methods to make the three recall every sin they’d ever committed.

But he was worried that if he gave them a chance, they might have some other scheme.

After all, they were from the Blood Slaughter Sect. The way the Blood Evil cultivators operated made him wary.

But killing them on the spot was indeed not the way of a righteous sect.

So conflicted!

”Sir, if you don’t trust us, you can cripple our hands and feet right now!”

The three of them just wanted to leave the Blood Slaughter Sect and live. They had no other ambitions, but they understood the worry their identities caused.

The three immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically, with such force that blood soon seeped from their foreheads.

Seeing the three of them adopting a posture of leaving themselves to his mercy...

This made things difficult for Pang Lei.

After all, if they had come to attack, things would have been easier. They could just have a good, clean fight.

But since they had maintained such a low posture from beginning to end, he, the Sect Leader’s son, was in a bind.

He couldn’t help but be caught in his dilemma.

However, just as he was hesitating, he felt someone nudge his elbow.

Then came Zhuang Bo’s confused voice:

”Third Senior Brother, I think I see Wu Chen?!”

Hearing this, Pang Lei said irritably, ”You must be hallucinating!”

Speaking of Wu Chen, Pang Lei felt a pang of regret that he hadn’t been able to secure a chance for him to enter the mystic realm.

It would have been a great opportunity for both their sect and Wu Chen himself.

Though he didn’t believe it, he still followed Zhuang Bo’s gaze. He rubbed his eyes, froze for a moment, and then blurted out:

”Damn! This guy really looks like Brother Wu!”

”...”

Faced with the surprised cries of the two righteous sect members, the three Blood Slaughter Sect men kowtowing on the ground didn’t know what was happening, but they knew someone must have arrived behind them.

They stopped kowtowing and looked back in confusion.

When they got a clear look at the newcomer’s face, their eyes and mouths went wide:

”No way! Dude!”

”I ran all the way here, and you still chased me down to rob me?!”

”Are there no other Blood Slaughter Sect members in this entire mystic realm?!”