CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 343: SITTING AT HOME!

When Liang Yi came out of the Mystic Star Palace once again under the lead of Pang Qingshi, all players from the Senluo Wanxiang Sect received news of their alliance with the Purple Cloud Grand Coalition.

At the same time, they could now join in on the grand quest to hunt down the Devouring Spirit Sect.

In an instant, the players were exhilarated, and the Mystic Star Palace, which specifically managed the sect’s quest assignments, became packed with enthusiastic players, with more arriving every moment to pick up various quests related to hunting down the Devouring Spirit Sect.

Before, even if they took on these quests, they’d only get the most basic rewards from the sect, but now it was different. In addition to their own sect’s rewards, there were also rewards from the System and the Purple Cloud Sect.

Spend the same amount of time, reap three times the joy! Why wouldn’t they rush to join in?

Backlogged quests of a month were swept clean within just a few hours, nearly shocking the Mystic Star Palace elder into confusion.

Previously, they had only seen players in their most basic state, but now they were witnessing the frenzied state of the players, which was nearly unbearable.

Currently, on the player forums, only the pitiful players from the Blood Control Sect were bitterly eating lemons, and with eyes red with jealousy, they stared hatefully at the Senluo Wanxiang Sect players.

The agreed-upon unified front, these damn traitors silently turned their backs on the revolution?

But the Senluo Wanxiang Sect players all said this was a false accusation!

They were just sitting at home when the handsome Boss Liang descended from the heavens. How could anyone resist that dazzling Charm?

This is indeed the trouble of happiness!

At this moment, Liang Yi was clueless about all this. He was just marveling that only the Blood Control Sect was left unhandled.

Aside from his own Taoist Sect, among the seven Super Forces on the continent, now there was only one left. A large part of the smooth progress was due to these sects giving face.

Chen Hua and the Zen Sect are now guarding the entrance to the Abyss. If Chen Hua hadn’t been there by chance at that time, the Mystical Mechanism Continent would likely have been plunged into war by now.

Whoever it was, they owed Chen Hua this favor.

So when Liang Yi sought alliances, even someone like the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, who didn’t have the best relationship with Chen Hua, was willing to quickly form an alliance with the Purple Cloud Sect.

Even considering the factor of Boss Liang, the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, as the leader of the Demon Clan, wouldn’t rashly form alliances just because of this.

"My master has urgent matters and cannot see you off, sirs!" Only Pang Qingshi was there to send off Liang Yi and the others, and now she gave Liang Yi a slightly apologetic look.

After negotiating with the Master of Senluo, Liang Yi reached a smooth consensus, almost unbelievably easily.

But both Liang Yi and Wan Wan knew this was repayment for Liang Yi’s action in rescuing Lu Shanxing and exposing Wang Fuxian’s conspiracy. Even Liang Yi felt that it might have been hush money from the old man, keeping him from spreading word around.

What puzzled Liang Yi and Su Youyi, though, was that after reaching a consensus with Liang Yi, the Sect Master abruptly turned around and walked back into the Star River.

When he took the first step, the body of the Master of Senluo already began to blend with the river. By the third step, the Sect Master’s body had completely disappeared into the Star River, with only a few remnants of starlight left behind.

Boss Liang scratched his head, still dumbfounded by the old man’s behavior. Was this man looking to jump into the river in despair?

"Never mind, it’s just that the Master of Wan Wan was..." Liang Yi was still curious about the Sect Master’s behavior. And he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off about the Master of Wan Wan.

"You’re not wrong; indeed something is off," Zhou Yuqing said, standing to one side with arms crossed, her long hair red and flickering like flames, adding a splash of brilliant color to the night sky.

Su Youyi’s eyes widened slightly. So, it wasn’t just her who felt something was amiss?

On hearing Zhou Yuqing’s words, Pang Qingshi managed a bitter smile. Indeed worthy of being Banished Immortal’s disciple, huh? Even without any obvious signs, she still detected it.

"It’s alright to tell you," Pang Qingshi composed herself, and after thinking it over, decided to be truthful, as her master had not instructed her to keep it from Liang Yi.

"In fact, my master’s spirit has been wandering in the Star River all this time, and what just transpired was merely a wisp of his astral projection."

Hearing this, Liang Yi was not surprised. In the brief interaction, the omnipotent panel had already revealed the discrepancy.

Level unknown, attribute unknown, but Liang Yi could only see a [Astral Projection] notation clearly marked next to the unknown name.

Zhou Yuqing and Su Youyi showed understanding on their faces. So that’s how it was!

Zhou Yuqing hummed in dissatisfaction, thinking that Wan Wan really went too far in treating them so negligently! What was even worse was that she only detected something slightly off and hadn’t noticed anything at the beginning.

This was truly embarrassing!

Thinking of this, Liang Yi and the others noticed the temperature in the air rising rapidly.

"My master had no intention of this, Senior Zhou, please calm your anger!" Pang Qingshi sensed Zhou Yuqing’s discontent and spoke up to explain on behalf of her master.

"Oh? Then do tell," Zhou Yuqing reined in her anger. She was only a little dissatisfied, after all. Failing to discern the truth was mainly due to her own lack of cultivation, and taking her frustration out on others was not a sign of strength.

Now that Pang Qingshi had offered an olive branch, Zhou Yuqing naturally would not refuse the gesture.

"My master has, in the past few decades, devoted his heart and soul to delving into the Star River, leaving only a wisp of his astral projection to deal with sect affairs," Pang Qingshi said, with a hint of helplessness in her words. She was confused about the Sect Master’s current situation. "At first, the sect elders didn’t see any problem, but later on, they realized something was amiss."

"Decades?" Liang Yi and the others exchanged looks of confusion, all seeing puzzlement in each other’s eyes.

Decades were insignificant for a Great Cultivator at the pinnacle. Sometimes a simple closed-door meditation might last for hundreds or thousands of years.

But the Master of the Senluo Wanxiang Sect wasn’t meditating now; it was more like he was using the sect’s inherited treasure to perform divination.

What kind of divination requires decades and still no result after so long?

"How to defeat the Complete Heaven Sect and how to conquer the Abyss." Pang Qingshi said indifferently, revealing the issues her master was currently trying to explore.

"Conquer the Abyss? That’s a promising ambition!" Now that they were talking about this, Boss Liang wasn’t sleepy anymore, even eager to chat about it for an extra day or two.