183. Long since had plans

  The two were still thinking about their next move. Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came from inside! Then there was a strong spiritual fluctuation.

  Mo Tian Ge and Jiang Shang Hang exchanged a glance, what happened with this intense spiritual fluctuation?

  The next moment, the aura that permeated the Temple of the Dragon God suddenly stirred, as if it had a consciousness of its own, surging towards the back. At first, this phenomenon was slow, and they only felt the dragon's breath slowly flowing towards the position of the dragon statue. Later, it became faster and faster, as if something behind them was sucking them in!

  The two of them became more and more astonished, they were certain something was wrong, but for a moment didn't know what to do.

  The end of this stone path is the grand temple dedicated to the divine dragon, there's no other way, something must have happened behind the Divine Dragon Temple. However, in this underground palace, the pressure from the divine dragon's aura is too overwhelming, and it's impossible to spread one's divine sense. The only option is to personally go to the end of the temple to see what's happening. But with such an eerie phenomenon before him, he doesn't know if it's safe to approach even if he goes in person.

  No time to think, a loud noise came from the depths of the great hall. It seemed that the stone gate had been smashed open, followed by a flurry of footsteps, interspersed with urgent cries: "Hurry, hurry and go!"

  This sound...

  Two people turned their heads and bumped into several people who were rushing out in a hurry.

  "Brother Tang!"

  "Brother Jiang!"

  Jiang Shanghang and Tang Fang stared at each other, both stunned. Then Tang Fang ran over, grabbed Jiang Shanghang's hand and pulled him to run outside: "Brother Jiang, let's go quickly!"

  Mo Tian Ge swept a glance, these orthodox sect cultivators who ran out from behind the Divine Dragon Hall were only four people: Tang Fang, Yu Xiao Ran, Qiu Zhi Ming, and Xia Hou Yuan.

  The four of them looked flustered and pale, with Yu Xiang Ran's body still bearing injuries. The other four people were nowhere to be seen.

  As soon as the four of them came out, Tang Fang pulled Jiang Shanghang and ran desperately outside. As a result, Mo Tian Ge could only follow suit. The Buddhist monks from Zheng Fa Sect were very fast with their water escape technique, even with the Cloud Treading Boots on him, Mo Tian Ge felt it was somewhat strenuous to keep up.

  "Tang Shidi, what's wrong? Where are Ren Shixiong and the others? Why do we need to run, what happened?" Jiang Shanghang asked while running.

  Tang Fang took a deep breath: "Ren Shixiong... Ren Shixiong he..."

  Tang Fang hadn't finished speaking when Qiu Zhiming angrily shouted: "Still calling him Shifu, he's been designing us from head to toe!"

  "Wait, what? Did Shifu also...?"

  Qiu Zhiming supported the injured Yu Xiaoran, pointing at the wound on Yu Xiaoran's chest: "This is what Ren Shixiong did. There's no treasure here at all. He just used us to enter this ancient tomb, passed down the Dragon's Breath himself, and then silenced us!"

  "What?" Jiang Shanghao was shocked, although he had suspected this earlier. But he thought the possibility was zero! He didn't expect Ren Yu to be thinking like that. "Is he trying to get himself killed? The Dragon's Breath is something even our Yuan Ying ancestors dare not offend, and yet he..."

  "It was Xiahou Yuan who spoke, and she was also furious: 'Actually, he obtained the secret technique from here last time, which can use the breath of the ancient divine beast to transform his body into having the inheritance of the divine beast. After obtaining this secret technique, he prepared himself properly, then used us to enter this underground palace, and after finishing, he even wanted to silence us!'"

  When she heard this, Mo Tian Ge was not surprised. Earlier, she had discussed with Jiang Shang Hang that Ren Yu Feng must have some secret method to think of obtaining the Dragon's Breath. Xia Hou Yuan said so, which just verified this statement.

  "What about Lu Shixiong and them?"

  Tang's face turned sorrowful: "Lu Shixiong and Xiang Shixiong had exhausted their spiritual energy, and were injured by the Water Carp Beast while maintaining the formation. They couldn't escape from the start and were killed by Ren Shixiong... Ai Shijie was also... Ai Shijie had always been close to Ren Shixiong, but he actually killed even her..."

  "What's going on now?" Jiang Shanghao heard this and turned his head nervously to see if Ren Yu had caught up, "Brother Ren has already reached the late stage of foundation building. He still has over a hundred years of lifespan left, and it's clear that he has a chance at forming a core, so why would he do something like this?!"

  "Who knew," Qiu Zhiming said coldly, "I was suspicious from the start why he wouldn't look for a senior fellow with whom he had a good relationship, but instead looked for us. I thought he just wanted to take advantage of us, but it turns out he had this idea in mind!"

  The difference between the late and early stages of foundation building is quite significant. At that time, during the chaos of the demon beasts, at the front gate of Tianhuo Mountain, there was friction between the Xuanqingmen and Gujianpai disciples, all because of Kuang Zhu's existence as a late-stage foundation-building cultivator, those Gujianpai disciples didn't dare to act rashly. Later, it was still because of Wan Hong'an's malicious provocation that they prepared a sword array and started fighting, but as soon as Kuang Zhu made his move, he easily gained the upper hand, and victory leaned towards them.

  Ren Yu Feng was in the late stage of foundation building, apart from him, Lu Xiang Er and Mo Tian Ge were in the middle stage of foundation building, and the remaining six were in the early stage of foundation building. The three foundation-building middle-stage cultivators could still win if they joined forces against a foundation-building late-stage cultivator, but the six foundation-building early-stage cultivators couldn't defeat even one foundation-building late-stage cultivator.

  It seems that Ren Yu had planned this from the start. He let Lu Rongsheng and Xiang Zhiyang take charge of the formation, and eliminated two of them. Then, when opening the seal on the Dragon God Stele, he also calculated against Mo Tian Ge, so all three mid-term Foundation Establishment cultivators were unable to oppose him. The remaining six early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators could not defeat him either, and once they entered the underwater palace beneath the Dragon God Stele, everything was under his control!

  Mo Tian Ge sneered inwardly, she didn't sympathize with these Orthodox Sect cultivators because when Ren Yu Feng was plotting against her, they all stood by and did nothing. However, now that they had also fallen out with Ren Yu Feng, it seemed possible to join forces with them.

  "Brother Jiang," she whispered to Jiang Shanghang, "ask them what's going on now, how is Ren YuFeng?"

  Jiang Shanghao nodded slightly and continued to ask, "What about Ren Shixiong now? Did he really get the Dragon's Breath? Can we escape?"

  "I don't know." It was Qiu Zhiming who replied, "We followed him all the way into this underground palace, entered the Divine Dragon Hall, and arrived at the Dragon Bone Altar in the back. There, we saw a dragon skeleton. At that moment, Ren Yu suddenly burst out laughing, saying he had finally seen the dragon bones and wanted to obtain the Divine Dragon's Breath to become the Divine Dragon's son. Then, using some unknown secret method, the Divine Dragon's Breath on the dragon bones indeed surged towards him. Lu Shixiong was shocked and asked what was going on. Ren Yu smugly said that last time he had entered this underground palace alone, he found a stone tablet outside the Divine Dragon Hall with a mural that passed down the Divine Dragon's Breath. He became interested in it and spent several months studying the mural thoroughly. Then, he asked us to help him enter the Divine Dragon Hall again to perform the Divine Dragon Secret Technique!"

  Mo Tian Ge and Jiang Shang Hang exchanged a glance. Actually, they had already guessed some of it earlier, but still didn't expect that Ren Feng would be so ruthless. Bringing them in was simply to silence everyone!

  But then, the Dragon's Breath, is it really the Dragon's Breath? There's even dragon bones, could it be that dragons truly exist? The legendary king of spiritual beasts, the closest to God's tribe, left behind such a strong aura, how powerful would the real dragon be? What about this temple, could it be the burial site of ancient dragons?

  Qiu Zhi Ming continued: "Lu Shixiong questioned him, wondering if he was taking advantage of them. Ren Yu Feng became enraged, saying that he had already inherited the Dragon's Breath and was no longer human, soon to become a divine beast. Lu Shixiong dared to speak to him like that... Then... he killed Lu Shixiong!" At this point, Qiu Zhi Ming's eyes turned red with anger. "He killed Lu Shixiong, we were all shocked. Ai Shimei asked him another question, and Xiang Shixiong also questioned why he had to harm his fellow disciples. He... he then killed Ai Shimei and Xiang Shixiong together!"

  Upon hearing this, Mo Tian Ge and Jiang Shang Huan exchanged a glance. It seemed that Ren Feng had already lost his mind and was completely crazy, to the point where he would even harm his own sect members!

  Although the Immortal Realm is realistic, they are after all the Orthodox, the Taoist school, and within the sects, there are still rules that restrict them from harming their fellow disciples. How can Ren Yu Feng ignore these rules? Is it because he has obtained the Dragon's Breath that he no longer needs to stay in the Zheng Fa Sect? Or is he certain that these people will not be able to escape?

  Thinking of that possibility, Mo Tian Ge couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

  If it were the original Ren Yu Feng, she still had some confidence in herself with so many treasures. Fighting a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't be a problem. But what about a Ren Yu Feng who was said to have obtained the Dragon's Breath? How strong would she be? She didn't know.

  Jiang Shang Hang asked out the question she wanted to know: "Is Ren Shixiong very strong now?"

  Qiu Zhi Ming fell silent, and it was Tang Fang who spoke up: "Ren Shixiong is now very terrifying. He killed Lu Shixiong and then turned to attack us, and we discovered that something was off. He has indeed become stronger than before, so we hastily retreated. Ren Shixiong seemed to want to chase after us, but he hadn't yet successfully absorbed the Dragon God's Breath, so he stopped. Therefore, we also don't know just how strong he is now. However, with the Dragon God's Breath being that powerful, it definitely won't be weak!"

  After hearing Tang Fang's words, Mo Tian Ge felt a sense of foreboding. If Ren Yu really had a way to absorb the Dragon God's breath, but that Dragon God's breath was such a powerful force, they all knew it. If he could truly withstand the backlash of this powerful force, how strong would he become? Even if advancing to the Yuan Ying stage was impossible, for someone who was already in the later stages of foundation building, obtaining the Dragon God's breath and suddenly entering the Dan forming stage was entirely possible!

  Moy Tian Ge believed that she could dance with a fifth-grade demon beast, and even escape in the Void Sky Realm. However, she absolutely couldn't withstand a Dan-forming cultivator! Because humans have something that demon beasts don't - intelligence. Under relatively equal intelligence, the strength of one's power was enough to decide the outcome. No matter how many treasures she had, it would be useless in the face of sufficiently strong power, and schemes were also useless.

  She was thinking quickly, already having the idea of escaping. The simplest way would be to enter the Void Sky Realm, but then how could she avoid the eyes and ears of the people in front of her? Moreover, even if others didn't care, she at least wanted to keep Jiang Shanghang safe.

  It's finally time to go home, long-distance bus, will leave the door soon, estimated to arrive at midnight, so next update time is still early morning.