Chapter 472: Causing Trouble
After collecting all the golden rocks in the cave, Zhen Yuan led the way out, and the two returned to the surface.
"What next?" Shen Xu asked.
"Enter the space and return to your plot first. I will meet you outside." Zhen Yuan said, and the double nodded before entering the space.
After Shen Xu left, Zhen Yuan walked around plot one hundred and eight, assessing the situation.
The puppets had already mined many golden rocks and harvested some spirit grasses.
However, although the plot was seemingly barren, it was still a large area, and one month was not enough to mine everything.
After confirming that everything was okay, Zhen Yuan opened the formation and walked outside.
"You are fellow Daoist Zhen Yuan?" A voice asked, and the man turned to see a female cultivator.
"Is something wrong?" He asked.
"My name is Liu Na, a level eight formation master and a core disciple of the Hanging Garden sect." She said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.
"You want to challenge me?" He asked, but Liu Na shook her head.
"Don’t get me wrong. I just want to exchange knowledge with fellow Daoist Zhen." She said.
"There will be time in the future." Zhen Yuan said and began walking away.
Seeing this, Liu Na sighed but didn’t stop him.
After all, they were in the middle of a competition, hence the time was not right for a friendly exchange.
An incense stick later, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu reunited at the edge of plot eighty-one.
"Have you been challenged?" The double asked, and Zhen Yuan shook his head.
"What about you?" He asked, and Shen Xu chuckled before speaking.
"I have placed forty perfect-grade qi replenishing pills at each of my plots. I don’t think that anyone will dare to challenge me." He said with a proud expression.
"My Xiaoxu is so powerful." Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair with a doting face.
"You are not so bad yourself." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan chuckled in amusement.
"Jokes aside..." The double started with a mischievous expression.
Seeing the face, Zhen Yuan tilted his head and raised an eyebrow.
"What are you plotting?" He asked, but Shen Xu didn’t speak out loud. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to prevent the tribulation transcending realm ancestors from eavesdropping on their conversation.
[Ayuan, you and I are not afraid of trouble, but I am not reconciled with how the sect elders are maliciously drawing attention to us.] He said, his eyes narrowed into slits.
[What do you want to do?] Zhen Yuan asked, and Shen Xu smiled.
[I want to be unscrupulous.] He said, and Zhen Yuan chuckled.
[Aren’t you always unscrupulous?] He asked.
[Do you want to hear my plan?] Shen Xu asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded.
[I want to grab plots from the Ten Evils sect.] The double said, and Zhen Yuan tilted his head with a thoughtful expression before speaking.
[It’s a good plan.] He said.
He and Shen Xu originally didn’t plan to win plots from others. After all, they each had six plots and could guarantee that no one would be able to win them away.
However, after thinking about it, he felt that grabbing plots from the Ten Evils sect was not a problem.
First, they already had a few with the Ten Evils sect, and not grabbing plots would not end it.
Second, they would receive rewards for winning more plots while simultaneously causing some trouble to the sect.
[We are just returning the favour.] Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan agreed.
[I support you.] He said.
After that, the two left the area and began walking around.
However, because there were no specific regions for each faction, finding a Ten Evils sect disciple wasn’t as straightforward as going to a particular area.
[I don’t know when we will come across a Ten Evils sect disciple.] Shen Xu complained, but suddenly smiled.
[There is one ahead.] He said and led the way to the plot.
The plot owner was a male cultivator who wore a loose black robe and had oily hair and reddish eyes.
"Let’s look at the challenge requirements." Zhen Yuan said, walking to a notice that was placed on a small stool.
After reading the notice, the two exchanged a glance, and Shen Xu nodded.
"I will take it." He said.
[Okay.] Zhen Yuan agreed and stepped back.
"I want to challenge." Shen Xu shouted, and the plot owner raised his head to sneer at him.
"You? A peak-stage fusion realm cultivator dares to challenge me?" He asked with a contemptuous expression.
However, Shen Xu was not deterred.
"Stop wasting time." He said, but the opponent laughed, not taking him seriously.
"Little double, do you know what will happen to you when you lose?" He asked, and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.
Seeing this, the opponent laughed again and began speaking.
"I will drag your soul out and throw it in my ghost banner." He said.
At the same time, he released an eerie-looking flag and waved it.
Soon after, shrill screeches filled the air, and Shen Xu subconsciously rubbed his arms to smooth the goosebumps.
’He is a ghost refiner; a disciple or elder of the fourth branch of the Ten Evils sect.’ He thought, recalling what he knew about the Ten Evils sect.
However, he wasn’t afraid.
On one hand, he was confident in his soul power and will power, and wasn’t worried that he would lose to the ghost banner. Most importantly, he had the chaos flame physique, which was fundamentally yang and a ghost’s natural enemy.
Thinking this, Shen Xu smiled, looking at the opponent with an excited face.
"Let’s start." He said, and the opponent sneered.
"You don’t know what’s good for you." He shouted and waved the flag to release the sealed ghosts.
A moment later, one hundred level five evil ghosts rushed towards Shen Xu, screeching and howling, filling the night with an ominous atmosphere.
’All these souls have already turned into evil ghosts and can no longer be reincarnated.’ The double thought as he looked at the ghosts with a melancholic face.