Sage Xuan Shu's group was getting closer and closer to the sea region around Earth Island. Earlier, due to the sneak attack from the yao clan and the appearance of the talisman weapons, several cultivators from the same group had rushed over to kill off the yao cultivators. However, Xuan Shu Laozu did not stop to wait for them. Instead, he led the remaining eight cultivators towards Earth Island.
Seeing that they were about to enter the sea region around Earth Island, Sage Xuan Shu's divine sense fluctuated. Suddenly, he turned his head to look at the surface of the sea, which was several hundred zhang away. At the same time, he shouted, "Who? Come out! "
As he spoke, he pointed at the surface of the sea, which was several hundred zhang away. As everyone was feeling surprised, they saw a huge wave rise up from the spot where Sage Xuan Shu's finger was pointing. It seemed as though something terrifying was about to emerge from the sea.
Suddenly, three wretched-looking figures emerged from the sea. Glancing at Sage Xuan Shu's group, light flashed out from their bodies and they turned to flee in a direction where there was no one around. Just as the three of them left, a large clump of seaweed suddenly rose up from the sea. The clump of seaweed waved about in every direction, seemingly wanting to entangle something. As for the three figures, they had long since escaped from the area covered by the dancing seaweed.
As the three figures turned to look at them, Sage Xuan Shu's group was able to clearly see their faces.
"It's Yin Xuanchu, the one in black."
"That's right. The other one is Lu Xuanping. Look at his flying technique. He has seemingly transformed into a stream of water. Lu Xuanping's master is Liu Tianling, Laozu. He learned a water-type magic technique. As for the one riding a flying puppet, he must be Ji Xuanxuan."
"That's right. It's them. What cunning youngsters! They hid here and made us think that they had gone to Earth Island. If not for Sage Xuan Shu, we would have been easily evaded by them."
"What are we waiting for? Chase them! Stop them and hand them over to Zhenling's Sage Xuan Shu. Let them deal with them! Heh, heh! "
Seeing this, everyone became excited. With a shout, eight mid Core Forging Cultivators from the various sects chased after the distressed trio. Although Yuan Zhan felt that it was inappropriate, in order to let Lu Ping experience the feeling of being chased, Yuan Zhan happily chased after them.
Just as Xu Weihong was about to chase after him, he saw Sage Xuan Shu frowning as though he was thinking about something. Xu Weihong rolled his eyes and said, "What's wrong? Is Senior Xuan Shu going back on his word? These three from your esteemed sect are known as the strongest third generation disciples. If Senior Xuan Shu did not make a move, we might not be able to keep them here. "
Reverend Xuan Shu looked at Xu Weihong with a strange expression and suddenly laughed, "Nephew Xu is right, maybe the Old Man will also have to make a move, let's catch up."
This time, it was Xu Weihong's turn to be surprised.
Although the three people in front of them were extremely fast, the sea was vast and there was nothing to hide them. Therefore, the three of them were unable to shake off the pursuit of the people behind them. Although Dao Master Xuan Shu only started to chase after the three of them, he was after all a peak Core Forging Eighth Layer cultivator. Very quickly, he caught up and closed the distance between him and the three of them.
The closer Sage Xuan Shu got to the three fleeing people, the more he felt that something was wrong. Although the three's speed was fast, their escape techniques were constantly supported by talismans and not their own escape techniques. Moreover, although the three's aura fluctuated, making it difficult to grasp, but compared to Lu Xuanping's fifth layer Core Forging Cultivator and Yin Xuan Chu and Ji Xuan Xuan's fourth layer Core Forging Cultivators, there was still a clear gap. Moreover, as the pursuit dragged on, the three fleeing people in front of them actually felt exhausted and their speed slowly decreased.
The escape light under Sage Xuan Shu's feet suddenly burst out with light. His figure flashed several times in the sky and appeared in front of the three fleeing people. The three fleeing people were startled and wanted to change direction, but it was already too late. Xu Weihong, Yuan Zhan and the others had already surrounded them from both sides.
Seeing that they could no longer escape, the three simply stopped in front of Sage Xuan Shu.
At this time, Xu Weihong, Yuan Zhan and the others also felt that something was wrong. Yuan Zhan saw that although the three of them had the appearance of Lu Ping, Yin Xuan Chu and Ji Xuan Xuan respectively, their height and build were wrong. Their aura was also completely different. Yuan Zhan's expression changed and he said sternly, "That's not right. Who are the three of you? Why are you pretending to be Lu Ping and the others?"
Among them, 'Lu Ping' chuckled and said, "Junior Brother Yuan has good eyesight. You noticed it so easily?"
Sage Xuan Shu smiled faintly and said, "I don't know if you're a Martial Nephew of the Refining Hall or a Martial Nephew of the Puppet Pavilion. These three masks are made to perfection. If you conceal your aura more tightly, I'm afraid that even the Old Man wouldn't be able to distinguish you."
The three of them wiped their faces and immediately revealed their true appearances. The one pretending to be 'Lu Ping' was Chen Lian, while Sage Xuan Tao was wearing Ji Xuan Xuan's mask. As for Du Feng, who was not good with words like Yin Xuan Chu, he was disguised as Lu Ping.
Chen Lian smiled and said, "Martial Uncle Xuan Shu's discerning eyes are like torches. These masks are something that my master, Sage Enigma Flame, and the puppet, Grandmaster Xuan Huai, worked together to refine. This disciple felt that it was a novelty so he took a few from Master to play around. Unexpectedly, Martial Uncle misunderstood."
When Xu Weihong saw the three of them changing their appearances in the blink of an eye, he recalled that when he urged Sage Xuan Shu to chase after them, Sage Xuan Shu's reaction showed that he had noticed something amiss. However, he still chased after them. Clearly, he was also pretending to not know how to protect his own sect's disciples. However, at that time, Xu Weihong was the one who urged Sage Xuan Shu to chase after them. Sage Xuan Shu had used the excuse of not discovering that the three of them were pretending to be Lu Ping. Naturally, Xu Weihong had no choice but to viciously say, "These people are clearly not respecting your sect's Laozu's orders!"
Sage Xuan Shu smiled gently and said, "These disciples are indeed naughty and mischievous. Although they did it out of their desire to protect their fellow sect members, they still violated the sect's laws. I, Zhenling, will naturally punish them. There's no need for Martial Nephew Xu to worry about it."
Xu Weihong angrily remained silent. Sage Xuan Shu's expression turned serious and he said, "The three of you will return to Heaven Spirit Mountain now and inform your respective masters of your mistakes. After that, you will become woodcutters at the back of Heaven Spirit Mountain for three years. You will chop three loads of firewood every day. You are not allowed to use your True Essence or magic power. During these three years, you will not be allowed to enjoy the sect's benefits as punishment. Do you accept this?"
Chen Lian and the other two looked at each other, then respectfully bowed to Sage Xuan Shu and said, "Martial Uncle, you enforce the law fairly. We accept this!"
Sage Xuan Shu nodded and said, "In that case, the three of you may return to Heaven Spirit Mountain."
After saying that, he turned to the other sect's disciples and said with a smile, "My sect's disciples are unfilial and have made a fool of themselves in front of all of you. Now that the sea of Universe Island is close at hand, I'm afraid that Yin Xuanchu will arrive on Universe Island soon. In order to prevent Yin Xuanchu from escaping to the Eastern Sea through the transportation formation, the Old Man will need to go first. All of you can catch up later."
At this moment, Xu Weihong took a step forward and said, "Junior should go with Senior. Since I'm here to be a witness, I naturally need a legitimate reason. If there's another fake like this, I'll be able to give an explanation to the sect's elders."
Sage Xuan Shu looked displeased and said, "If Martial Nephew Xu can keep up with the Old Man, then the Old Man will naturally have nothing to say."
After saying that, there was a flash of light under Sage Xuan Shu's feet and he was already several hundred feet away. With another flash, he was already more than a thousand feet away.
Xu Weihong smiled confidently and raised his hand to toss out a flying boat. Xu Weihong leaped up and stood on the flying boat. His True Essence surged all over his body and the flying boat immediately drew a huge white trench on the sea's surface. It instantly disappeared before everyone's eyes. As expected, its speed was not inferior to Sage Xuan Shu's.
The remaining Yuan Zhan and the disciples from the various sects looked at each other. After a while, they remembered their respective missions and helplessly chased in the direction of Huan Yu Island.
When everyone returned to the place where they had met the fake Lu Ping and the other two, they coincidentally met up with the few practitioners from the various sects who had chased after the Core Forging stage bird demon with the intention of stealing the seal weapon from the bird demon's hands. Only then did they realize that the bird demon was actually the demon pet of Zhenling's disciple. Everyone realized that they had been tricked and originally wanted to teach the three early Core Forging stage disciples a lesson. However, unexpectedly, one of the female practitioners took out four seal weapons in a row and said that Zhenling's Tiankang Laozu, who had just reached the mid Dharma stage, was her grandfather. This scared the four mid Core Forging stage adepts so badly that they wet their pants and could only turn around and chase in the direction of Sage Xuan Shu and the others.
The two parties met up and each recounted their encounters. They all hated Zhenling's disciple to death, but in their hearts, they deeply suppressed their admiration for the camaraderie between Zhenling's disciple.
Thousands of miles away from Huan Yu Island, the calm surface of the sea suddenly split open. Three disheveled figures rushed out of the sea one after another and flew desperately in the direction of Huan Yu Island.
Immediately after the three of them, eight or nine mid Core Forging stage beast cultivators jumped out of the water and chased after them. However, at this moment, a low roar suddenly came from the bottom of the sea. The eight or nine beast cultivators who were chasing after them suddenly stopped. Seeing the three of them fleeing in a disheveled manner, they all let out a long roar and turned around, leaping into the sea and disappearing.
The three of them fled for a distance and only stopped when they saw that the beast cultivators behind them were no longer chasing after them. They were Lu Ping, Yin Xuanchu, and Ji Xuanxuan.
At this moment, the three of them had ugly expressions on their faces. Lu Ping's brows were tightly furrowed, while Ji Xuanxuan and Yin Xuanchu's faces were slightly pale, as if they had overexerted their True Essence. Ji Xuanxuan even revealed a hint of helplessness, while Yin Xuanchu's hint of coldness actually carried a hint of determination.
"Motherf * cker, man proposes, but God disposes!" Lu Ping finally fiercely cursed, and said, "There are actually so many Core Forging stage beast cultivators hiding here. We almost ran into them."
Ji Xuan Xuan received a Water Spirit Pellet from Lu Ping. This was a True Essence recovery medicinal pellet concocted using the Water Spirit Alchemy Technique. Although each pellet consumed a lot of True Essence, its effects were fifty percent better than ordinary True Essence recovery medicinal pellets.
Ji Xuanxuan swallowed the Water Spirit Pill, looked at his good friend who was in despair, and said worriedly, "Senior Brother Lu, why are there so many beast cultivators there? It can't be that your secret teleportation formation was discovered by the beast cultivators, right?"
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