Clang——

Clang——

Clang——

A large bell hung behind the Wuliang Palace on Tongtian Peak, in a solitary pavilion, unattended and without a hammer. Yet on this day, the bell suddenly rang, its sound echoing throughout Tongtian Peak.

“It’s the Heavenly Warning Bell.” A response immediately came from within the Wuliang Palace, “Three rings, a calamity is happening in the mortal world. The Law Enforcement Elder should go and check.”

“Alright.”

At the same time, these three bell tolls also resounded in Yunque Temple, Penglai Upper Sect, Heavenly Strength Gate, Endless Sword Sect, Taiyin Sect, Misty Immortal Mountain, Heavenly King Sect…

The Nine Heavens were all in motion!

The Heavenly Warning Bell was established when the Nine Heavens were named. When one side rings the bell, the other eight sides will immediately gather. But if there is no major event affecting the entire mortal world, none of the Nine Heavens would ring the bell first.

At this moment, there were only three rings, so the Shu Mountain only sent the Law Enforcement Elder. If there were seven rings, the leaders of the Nine Heavenly Immortal Sects would have to gather!

The Law Enforcement Elder, dressed in a fluttering Taoist robe, with his black hair tied up, looked like a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He had bright eyes and handsome eyebrows, quite elegant.

He did not move, but instead sat cross-legged on a cushion, closing his eyes. His soul arrived in a vague realm somewhere unknown.

This place was filled with immortal energy, just like an immortal realm.

It was the realm where the Nine Heavenly Immortal Sects gathered.

The soul realm gathered by Chu Liang’s Soul Summoning Order was similar to this, but the perception and scale were worlds apart.

There were nine platforms in the space. In just a moment, nine huge figures formed by cloud energy appeared in the space, each settling in their respective positions, looking at the figure at the head.

The one who rang the Heavenly Warning Bell this time was from the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion, and the cloud figure was vaguely an old man.

“The Heavenly Warning Bell has not moved for a hundred years. This time, it is really an urgent matter.” He spoke directly, “Our Pavilion Master just divined the fortune of the mortal world and found that the Immortal’s Favor is about to bring forth a calamity!”

“What?” The bald monk from Yunque Temple was the first to speak, “The Seventh Realm Calamity?”

“Didn’t that appear two hundred years ago?” The Law Enforcement Elder of Shu Mountain asked.

“Indeed, in the long past, calamities usually occurred once every thousand years.” The old man from the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion continued, “But this does not mean that the Immortal’s Favor must gestate a calamity every thousand years. It might just be a coincidence.”

“That thing will bring disaster as soon as it goes out. It must be killed within the Immortal’s Favor!” The person from the Taiyin Sect seemed to be a tall woman with loose long hair, speaking in a cold voice.

“Kill.” The middle-aged Taoist from Penglai Upper Sect, only coldly spat out a word.

“Just like last time, each sect sends a Seventh Realm to meet at the Immortal’s Favor. Don’t be too nervous, the calamity is earth-shattering and hard to hide.” The person from Misty Immortal Mountain was an old man with a hoarse voice, who seemed to have participated in the last siege more than two hundred years ago.

“Then let’s do it.” The man from the Heavenly Strength Gate did not hesitate.

The person from the Heavenly King Sect seemed to have a gloomy expression and did not seem to be very sociable. He just nodded his head without saying much, but presumably, he would not be absent from the upcoming action.

Only the aloof sword cultivator from the Endless Sword Sect, made no expression at all, standing silently like a cloud sculpture throughout the whole process.

The old man from the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion specifically asked, “Elder Mo from the Sword Sect, did you hear clearly?”

“Hmm.” The sword-carrying elder finally responded.

If he didn’t respond, it would be hard to tell if he was still there…

“Then everyone go back and inform your respective sects to prepare. Gather above the Immortal’s Favor in half an hour.” The old man from the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion finally said.

The cloud figures immediately dispersed.

…

Inside the cave at the bottom of the Immortal’s Favor.

A little girl who seemed a bit dazed bared her tiny fangs at Chu Liang, but as soon as she got close, she seemed to find something strange, her nose twitched as if sniffing.

Her little eyebrows furrowed.

She was puzzled.

Chu Liang quickly turned around to face her again, saying, “Don’t worry, I’ll take you out right away.”

He gently rubbed the little girl’s head and sighed.

Who knew he could pick up a child? Originally, he was already in a dangerous situation in the Immortal’s Favor. Now that he had left his strongest support, Old Fei, he had taken on a little burden, which made him feel a bit weak.

This child couldn’t speak yet, and he didn’t know where her parents were. She looked dazed and silly… Could it be that she was abandoned by her parents?

Thinking about it, it wasn’t impossible. There were many poor areas in the Southern Territory. A silly child like this who couldn’t speak at a few years old might have been brought to the edge of the Immortal’s Favor by her parents and abandoned here.

If that was the case, the little girl was quite pitiful.

He didn’t know if the fight outside was over yet. Old Fei and Xu Ziyang were still struggling against the Golden Calamity.

Looking at their strength on paper, they seemed to be not losing, but the Golden Calamity had a strong physical defense. Old Fei, who had been refining Confucianism and Soul Techniques in his lifetime, was not good at attacking.

Although Xu Ziyang was strong, there was still a hard gap in the realm.

The two of them would have a hard time breaking the Golden Calamity’s defense for a while, and if it took too long, Old Fei would be drained.

Thinking about it, they were not necessarily going to win.

He hoped that even if they couldn’t win, they could at least escape safely from the Immortal’s Favor.

The most challenging part was that there was more than one Gold Ba outside, and countless Silver Ba, Bronze Ba, and Iron Ba… There was a great uproar in the Immortal’s Marsh, and the thought of how many Ba were wandering around gave him a headache.

How was he supposed to get out?

Huh.

Why not let his clone go out and scout first?

At this moment, he suddenly thought of the three golden hairs. If he didn’t use them now, when would he?

However, to use this item, he had to focus all his consciousness on the clone, leaving his own body immobile and without any perception of his surroundings.

He had to ensure absolute safety around him.

After some thought, he felt that his current location was relatively safe. If there was any danger, it was the little girl in front of him.

But the little girl seemed normal, it was just strange that she appeared here. If she was a powerful evil spirit disguised and managed to evade all his investigations, then…

So he pointed behind her and asked, “What’s that?”

The little girl turned to look, and Chu Liang took out the golden brick from mid-air, lightly tapping the back of the little girl’s head with it.

Smack.

Nothing changed.

The little girl neither revealed her true form nor fainted, but the dizzying effect of the Demon Revealing Brick was only a probability… Chu Liang even suspected that the reason they always fainted before was because he hit them too hard, and only the evil spirits could withstand it.

Seeing the little girl turn back, Chu Liang quickly withdrew his hand, looking around as if nothing had happened.

The little girl touched the back of her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Chu Liang quickly reached out and rubbed the little girl’s head again, “What’s wrong? Did a stone fall and hit you? Let me rub it for you, does it hurt?”

The confusion in the little girl’s eyes deepened.

After testing with the Demon Revealing Brick, Chu Liang was sure she was not an evil spirit in disguise, so he had to take her out of the Immortal’s Marsh safely.

He whispered to the little girl, “I’m going to cast a spell to scout the way, can you stay here and protect me for a while?”

The little girl still looked up at him with those straightforward eyes, not knowing whether she understood or not.

Chu Liang ignored her, sat cross-legged on the ground, and then took out a golden hair.

Whoosh—

The hair, guided by his consciousness, flashed golden and instantly transformed into a human figure identical to Chu Liang in height, appearance, temperament, and expression.

Even the closest person would not be able to tell the difference.

Chu Liang’s consciousness immediately transferred to this clone, and then it flew out of the cave opening above.

After he left, the little girl stood there blankly, watching him. After a while, she frowned again.

She came closer again.

She bared her teeth, sniffing Chu Liang’s body, finding it very strange.

There was a scent on this man that made her very hungry, she really wanted to take a bite… But it was mixed with the stench that was everywhere in the Immortal’s Marsh, which she found very annoying…

In short, it was both stinky and fragrant.

For such a long time, her instinct was struggling whether to take a bite or not.

Just as she was hesitating, the daylight above the cave was suddenly blocked, and a tall figure appeared there.

The figure was dressed in tattered golden clothes, missing an arm and half of its body, and there was a hole in its right chest. If it were a human, it would surely be dead, but it was a Ba, so it could still survive.

And it was a powerful Gold Ba.

Yes, it was the sixth realm Gold Ba that they had briefly fought before, it had escaped from Xu Ziyang and Fei Qi’s siege!

The Gold Ba was full of murderous aura, its hollow eye sockets staring at Chu Liang, radiating intense greed and killing intent. It seemed to say, I’ve finally found you.

But then, it sensed another aura.

The little girl in the cave looked up at the powerful Gold Ba above, bared her teeth again, and let out a “ha…” sound, with a hint of babyish ferocity.

The Gold Ba’s body shook, it actually started trembling, its legs shaking, then it turned around and fled without looking back, turning into a golden light!

The Gold Ba, which had dared to charge fearlessly against three cultivators, was actually scared away by the little girl’s baring of teeth!

After scaring away that stinky thing, the little girl turned her attention back to the thing in front of her that was both stinky and fragrant.

She was torn.

(End of Chapter)