CHAPTER 538: CHAPTER 500: RETURN TO THE SECT

"Zhou Shoufan, put away your Divine Skills! If I draw my entire Immortal Sword, you might not be my match."

Over there, Shang Yu spoke while his sword sheath continuously knocked away the ropes entangling him.

"Young friend Shang, you injured me, and now you want me to surrender first. Don’t you think you are being a bit too overbearing?"

As Zhou Shoufan spoke, she began healing her own wounds.

Although her body was severed at the chest, such an injury meant little under the self-healing of a Nascent Soul expert. Soon, her wounds were healed completely, but unfortunately, the clothes from the chest upwards couldn’t be restored immediately.

Left with no choice, her smooth, fair chest was exposed to the air, a most eye-catching sight.

"I admit that I injured Sect Master Zhou; but to be fair, Sect Master Zhou, when you attacked me, didn’t you also show no mercy?"

"So, if we can’t trust each other, what’s left to talk about?"

While they spoke, Tian Lin was not idle.

Taking advantage of their fight, Tian Lin suddenly flew up, attempting to escape.

But how could Shang Yu let Tian Lin escape? The reason for today’s struggle was all due to Tian Lin.

Similarly, Zhou Shoufan was also not willing to let Tian Lin escape.

In a hurry, as Shang Yu pointed at Tian Lin, Zhou Shoufan similarly aimed a finger towards him.

Sword Qi and a rope flew towards Tian Lin. With a snap, a Paperman appeared in front of Tian Lin, taking the ropes’ entanglement and the Sword Qi attack on his behalf.

Shang Yu sneered, "Trying the same trick again?"

He paid no mind to Tian Lin’s papercraft technique, but currently, he was helplessly entangled in a fight with Zhou Shoufan.

Zhou Shoufan had never encountered Tian Lin’s papercraft technique, thus was momentarily surprised when he broke his ropes, involuntarily exclaiming softly.

However, it was only a brief surprise, and he quickly released another rope to entangle Tian Lin.

Seeing this, Tian Lin promptly produced two Papermen.

Don’t be fooled by his generous moves now; internally, he was already lamenting. His Storage Bag was almost out of Papermen. This was only because Shang Yu and Zhou Shoufan had no intent to kill him.

If they decided to kill Tian Lin, the substitution power of the Papermen wouldn’t have been effective.

Luckily, a sudden burst of buddha-light appeared from afar.

"Freedom Buddha Hand Seal!"

Zhou Shoufan, being knowledgeable, recognized the giant hand descending from the sky as a Divine Skill from Little Leiyin Temple.

His face changed slightly, speaking to Shang Yu, "Today is indeed lively; even Little Leiyin Temple has sent someone."

Shang Yu’s face changed slightly; his biggest difference from Monk Kong Wu was that Monk Kong Wu could use Immortal Artifacts without restraint, whereas Shang Yu couldn’t wield them as freely and had to pay a high price.

Furthermore, Monk Kong Wu had two Immortal Artifacts in hand, and in a real battle, Shang Yu was no match for him.

"I’ve truly lost sense, even thinking about collaborating with Brother Tian. Next time we meet, I’ll just draw my sword and attack."

He stopped fighting with Zhou Shoufan, using his sword sheath to flick the ropes aside, and then vanished into a stream of light.

Zhou Shoufan, too, didn’t want a life-and-death struggle with Shang Yu; she retracted her ropes, looked at Tian Lin, and smiled, "The green hills stay constant, the waters flow long, Young friend Tian, until we meet again."

Shang Yu was chased by Monk Kong Wu, but Zhou Shoufan’s identity wasn’t clear either.

The Shuiyun Sect’s pursuit order against Zhou Shoufan was still ongoing.

After both left, Monk Kong Wu and a few others, including Mei Fairy, arrived leisurely.

Seeing Tian Lin unharmed, the sisters Cui’er finally felt relieved.

Monk Kong Wu wasn’t planning to stay any longer and said to Tian Lin:

"This small monk has lingered in this world for quite some time without a trace of Shang Yu. Now that I’ve finally encountered him, how can I let him easily escape? Benefactor Tian should head to the Goddess Sect for sanctuary; I shall return to you once I’ve found Shang Yu."

He rarely acted decisively, and after speaking, he disappeared from the spot.

At this point, Mei Fairy asked Tian Lin, "I seemed to see a woman’s figure just now, who was she?"

"It was Zhou Shoufan. After occupying Tong Yao’s body, her strength is almost on par with Shang Yu."

Mei Fairy knew Tong Yao and was aware that Zhou Shoufan was once a Guest Elder in Tong Yao’s family, a target for Shuiyun Sect’s capture.

Hearing news of Zhou Shoufan, Mei Fairy was somewhat surprised. But evidently now wasn’t the time to dwell on this. He asked Tian Lin, "Shall we head to the Goddess Sect now?"

"While Shang Yu is preoccupied and can’t bother me, let’s go back to the Wenda Sect quickly, not the Goddess Sect. When we arrive at the Wenda Sect, we’ll write a letter to apologize to Master Kong Wu."

Tian Lin didn’t want to delay too much, so he carried the sisters Cui’er and flew towards another prefectural city.

He worried Zhou Shoufan would wait at Quzhou for him, so he decisively took the Transmission Array to Cangzhou first, then from Cangzhou, he detoured to the North Wilderness.

Returning to the North Wilderness, observing the devastation and undead everywhere, Tian Lin felt shocked yet somehow unsurprised.

The Southern State, due to New Heaven Sect’s rebellion, left Goddess Sect unable to protect Southern State, making Evil Spirits and flying locusts hard to control.

But the North Wilderness has a land of mass burial, with a significant portion natively inhabited by Evil Spirits. Once there’s a stir from Evil Spirits, the situation is harder to manage than in the Southern State.

Moreover, with Wenda Sect planning to evacuate into the secret realm, they wouldn’t care about the common people’s survival.

So, seeing mostly deserted cities now comes as no surprise.

"I wonder how it’s in Beiyed County! Wang Yanyu may not be an ordinary woman, but facing this situation she might be troubled."

Just as Tian Lin lamented, Mei Fairy mocked, "Wang Yanyu’s connections within Wenda Sect are probably stronger than yours. Instead of worrying about others, you should worry about yourself."

Tian Lin said nothing; Wang Yanyu’s fate wasn’t something he was deeply concerned about. Besides, if there were danger, with Wang Yanyu’s cleverness and decisiveness, she wouldn’t take risky adventures just to hold onto Beiyed County.

They all hurried towards the Wenda Sect, and along the way, finally saw several cities with signs of life.

They were groups of migrating people, and Tian Lin could recognize these migrants as mostly servants of aristocratic families.

Among these migrating people, Tian Lin even saw Ju Yunhai.

"Brother Tian, Sister Mei."

Having not met for over two years, Ju Yunhai seemed significantly more weathered.

Beside him, flying boats carried people, heading toward the Wenda Sect.

Tian Lin scanned the people on the flying boats before asking Ju Yunhai, "Brother Ju is bringing his clan members into Wenda Sect?"

Ju Yunhai nodded, "The sect plans to take all sect disciples and elders into the secret realm, but the original mountain gate can’t be left unattended. So, all families are bringing their clan members into the Wenda Sect; firstly, the Mountain Protection Array can shield them from Evil Spirit disturbances, and secondly, they can help protect the sect’s mountain gate."

At this moment, a woman from a flying boat approached Ju Yunhai, asking, "These two must be Brother Tian and Sister Mei, I presume?"