Chapter 401: Attacked from Both Sides

"Wang Shouyi! Chen Huaian! Just you wait!"

In a small room of Qingfeng Sect, Li Buyi slammed his fist on the table, gritting his teeth.

But the punch looked... oddly comical—his fist was no bigger than a child's, completely out of proportion with the rest of his body.

An elder of Qingfeng Sect nearby tried hard not to laugh. When he saw Li Buyi’s gaze sweep over, he quickly straightened up and said with a stiff face, “Immortal Li, your body hasn’t recovered yet. I’ll get you more Bone-Mending Balm. We’ll try to have your limbs back to normal size before Honored One’s birthday banquet.”

“Then what the h*ll are you waiting for?” Li Buyi’s face darkened. “Just standing around watching a joke?”

The elder didn’t dare linger, forced a chuckle, cupped his hands, and retreated quickly.

Only Li Buyi was left in the room, simmering in frustration as he plotted how to make Wang Shouyi pay.

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“Master, this should be the place—Qingfeng Sect.”

Yue Qianchi compared the buildings in front of her with what she remembered. Back in the small world, the Grandmaster had shown them information on Qingfeng Sect using something called a “cell phone.” It had included the sect’s approximate location, landmarks, and the target—Li Buyi’s portrait.

She had to admit, that phone was amazing—way better than those expensive Image Stones.

“Make it quick. You go first. I’ll set up the trapping array to prevent outside interference,” Su Qinian calculated the time silently.

If he could get this done fast, maybe he’d have time to bring back some local specialties.

This world had stores called “supermarkets” full of strange and wonderful stuff.

“Master, don’t you dare ditch me again!” Yue Qianchi shot Su Qinian a look.

She was seriously worried that he’d use the array setup as an excuse to run off shopping. The old man totally seemed like the type to do it.

The Grandmaster had warned them—this target had a powerful trump card. Caution was critical, so she had to remind him.

“When have I ever ditched you? You can absolutely trust me!”

“Heh, if you were as handsome, reliable, and competent as the Grandmaster, I wouldn’t need to remind you~”

“Excuse me?!” Su Qinian’s face darkened. “You saying I’m ugly? Back in the day, I was the heartthrob of the entire Cangyun Realm... You know what? Forget it. I’m going to set up the array!”

With that, Su Qinian vanished into thin air, transforming into a wisp of clear air.

Yue Qianchi smirked and stepped toward the small building’s door.

Inside, Li Buyi heard the movement and assumed the elder had returned with the balm. “Wow, that was fast,” he thought.

The next second—

CRACK!

The wooden door exploded under sheer force, splinters flying everywhere. A black-clad woman with a veil over her face burst in.

With her came an overwhelming aura that made Li Buyi’s whole body go cold, sending chills down his spine.

“Who are you?!”

Li Buyi scrambled to his feet but had to hold onto the wall for balance.

Yue Qianchi sneered. “From the Sword Pavilion—Su Qinian. Li Buyi, your game’s up. Time to die.”

Sword Pavilion folk didn’t waste time with small talk. Before her words even settled, the greatsword in her hand was already swinging around in a full arc toward Li Buyi.

With a full major realm of difference in cultivation, plus injuries he hadn’t recovered from, Li Buyi had zero chance to fight back. The shockwave alone from the sword hitting the ground sent him flying.

The small building he’d been staying in vanished, replaced by a deep pit.

Standing in its center, Yue Qianchi stomped the ground with one foot—BOOM!—then launched herself like a cannonball, both hands gripping her sword for an aerial strike.

Seeing her plummeting from the sky, Li Buyi was so terrified his soul nearly fled his body. He scrambled and crawled, desperate enough to wish he had more legs.

His mind raced with questions.

Sword Pavilion?

He’d never heard of that sect.

More importantly, he had never crossed paths with them.

So why were they sending a Nascent Soul cultivator to kill him?

Wait, weren’t Nascent Soul Ascenders still forbidden from entering the world?

“No... the first Well of Heaven has opened. Nascent Soul Ascenders must be partly awakened now…

But why target me? Is this revenge from the Kunlun Immortal Palace’s old enemies?”

Ten thousand questions filled his head, but none of them made him want to fight Yue Qianchi.

Just one strike had made it crystal clear—he was no match for her.

A shrill sound tore through the air from above. At the brink of death, Li Buyi bit his tongue hard, ignited his blood essence, and transformed into a bolt of lightning fleeing into the distance.

BOOM!

Yue Qianchi missed and blinked. “Huh,” she murmured.

The guy was weak, but he sure could run.

But could he really escape?

She looked in the direction he’d fled. The air currents were subtly shifting.

Anyone versed in formation arts would recognize it as the disturbance caused by the array’s core.

High-end arrays could conceal such traces, but for a late-stage Golden Core cultivator like this, there was no need to bother.

Li Buyi thought his Five Elements Thunderflight Escape Technique would get him out.

Even though it burned up most of his vitality, once he reached Kunlun Immortal Palace, the Honored One would surely save him.

What he didn’t expect was to slam right into a barrier.

“An array?! When the h*ll was this set up?!”

He was dumbstruck.

This was Qingfeng Sect’s base—how had someone set up a trap array and no one from the sect noticed?!

“Useless f*ing trash!**”

He dashed left and right but couldn’t break through. Furious, he let out a string of curses.

When he turned back, he saw the female Nascent Soul cultivator flying in on her sword.

Li Buyi took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

He was out of options.

It was time to use that move.

The Honored One had said the Divine Descent Talisman was extremely valuable—only to be used against the guardian demon beasts of the Demon-Sealing Tower.

Using it recklessly was a severe crime, and even if his foundation and cultivation were damaged, she wouldn’t lift a finger to help.

A brutal punishment.

But right now, it was do or die—rules be d*mned.

“If you want me dead, you’d better be ready to die with me!”

He reached into his storage pouch and pulled out a talisman, just about to activate it—

—when a hand shot out from the void and snatched it away.

“Oho~ So this is the trump card the Grandmaster mentioned? Interesting.”

Su Qinian turned the talisman over in his hand, sensing the faint divine aura. His expression grew serious.

“Tsk, if you’d actually managed to summon a god, this would've been a pain... Too bad—Grandmaster planned ahead.”

Activating the talisman only took a moment.

But because Li Buyi had burned his blood essence to flee, he was a beat too slow.

That small delay was all Su Qinian needed.

“Give it back! That’s mine!”

Li Buyi’s eyes bulged with rage as he lunged toward Su Qinian to grab the talisman.

But behind him came a sharp sonic boom.

A gale blew past—PFFT!

A massive sword blade pierced through his chest, the tip stopping just half an inch from Su Qinian’s nose.

Yue Qianchi stood behind Li Buyi, pushing her sword forward again. “Ha! Nailed it!”

“You little brat! You did that on purpose!”

Su Qinian wiped the blood off his face, rolling his eyes in exasperation.