Chapter 575 - 675: Return and Preparations Begin
"Hey, where are the reinforcements and the city guard elder?" The Old Monkey asked, noticing that Elder Huo and the Old Wealthy Master had returned, but the two men who went with them had not, which he found very strange.
"Those two! They're already handling those demons. After I figured out the right method, they immediately started attacking those demons!" The Old Wealthy Master said.
Upon hearing this, the group nodded and then joined the action of killing the demons!
After figuring out how to deal with those demons, they easily killed all of them except for Guang Meili.
They did not rush to kill Guang Meili because Elder Huo, the Old Wealthy Master, and the Old Monkey had not yet had a proper conversation with Linghua.
Once Guang Meili recovered, she suddenly felt something was wrong as she could no longer sense her subordinates.
Guang Meili's subordinates were all made into immortal bodies through her blood, and it was also through this blood that she could sense their presence.
"I can't believe I failed. I thought I had grasped the true meaning of life. It seems it's not the real truth after all!" Guang Meili said with a smile.
At this moment, Guang Meili's smile unexpectedly bore a hint of her former innocence.
When Zhen Chu and the others saw Guang Meili's smile, they were momentarily stunned, recalling their happy times in the past, but there was no way around it; they were already different from the past.
"Linghua!" The Old Wealthy Master looked at Guang Meili with a complex expression, and so did Elder Huo.
"Failure is inevitable. After all, every technique in the world has its weaknesses; there's no immortal technique without flaws. So your failure is understandable. Even if you succeed now, someone will find a way to defeat you sooner or later." Zhen Chu spoke, casting a subtle glance at Ye Tianfan, implying that Ye Tianfan was the one who might eventually defeat her.
"Alright, I lost this time. But it's not over. I will come back." Guang Meili said with a smile.
"Come back? What do you mean?" Zhen Chu and the others were puzzled by Guang Meili's words. They had already won, so why did it not feel like a victory? And Guang Meili saying she would come back—did she intend to escape? With so many people around, escaping seemed unrealistic!
Then, everyone watched as Guang Meili self-destructed.
As Guang Meili turned herself into ashes, she said, "Let me give you some new intel! The monsters outside the wall are immortal. Even if eaten or killed by other monsters, they will still be reborn somewhere outside the wall and start a new round of slaughter after their rebirth. Although those monsters lose their memories when they die and are reborn because they lack consciousness, having only souls, I am different. I have consciousness, so my memories will transfer along with my consciousness to my reborn self! Moreover, I've already prepared a contingency plan. If I can't carve out my territory here, I'll have to return outside the wall to fight. But when I return, the entire central land will become my domain!"
After saying these final words, Guang Meili completely turned to ashes!
Zhen Chu and the others looked grim, realizing that their method to completely kill Guang Meili had only chased her to another place. With Guang Meili's intellect, she could easily plot and devour one monster after another outside the wall.
If Guang Meili really returns, it would be a disaster.
But then Zhen Chu thought, "If that time really comes, who knows how long it will be? Eventually, Nephew Tianfan should have already surpassed me by then!"
Thinking of this, Zhen Chu looked a bit more relaxed, his expression much better than the others!
But the matter had already reached this point; no matter how unhappy one's expression, it was useless. They could only resolve the present situation first before discussing other matters.
So after dealing with the demons, everyone flew out to inform others and announce to the world that there's no longer longevity in Heaven-Reaching Town!
Just as Zhen Chu and the others came out, they saw Zhen Chu and the others rushing over.
"Is Copper Gong Town resolved?" Although Zhen Chu phrased it as a question, he asserted it confidently.
"Yes, it's settled. The evil qi has been purified, and the root cause of the evil qi has also been found and dealt with!" True Beginning answered.
True Beginning then looked around and whispered to Zhen Chu, "Sect Leader, the source of the evil qi in Copper Gong Town is a finger. But it's not a human finger, and I can't find a similar demon beast's finger! I don't know what creature's finger it is!"
Upon hearing this, not only Zhen Chu quickly realized what the finger was, but even Ye Tianfan did!
"How did you deal with the finger?" Zhen Chu asked, frowning.
"It was sealed. Why, Sect Leader, is this finger very troublesome?" True Beginning didn't understand why Zhen Chu was suddenly so concerned about the finger but explained, "The finger continuously emits a massive amount of evil qi. Purification is ineffective, and destruction might cause the evil qi inside to explode, so we had to seal it."
"No worries, you did the right thing. Once we return to the sect, hand it to Junior Brother Zhen Chu. He will set up a purification array to cleanse the finger until there's no evil qi left!" Zhen Chu said with a frown, unable to think of a better solution!
True Beginning nodded.
Then Zhen Chu and Elder Huo returned to their respective sects, since their gathering was because of the demon incident, and now that it was resolved, they went back.
Furthermore, they had the more important task of properly nurturing the disciples, as no one knew when Guang Meili would return, and the City Guard Elder had an even more crucial task of taking charge of the first pass.
After this incident, the City Guard Elder decided that such matters must be handled firmly, and the pass must be under their control, not relying on those tribal people.
