Chapter 400: Assembly


    Right at this moment, themunication array beside Han Li suddenly lit up, following which a crimson projection of Daoist Hu Yan appeared, and it dered, "Fellow Daoist Li,e meet us at Sea Fig Ind right away."


    This was the exact same ind that all of the Transient Guild members had been instructed to assemble at prior to carrying out the mission on Red Moon Ind.


    "Sea Fig Ind... Could it be that the entrance of the Infernal Frost Immortal Manor really is beneath Red Moon Ind?"


    "It sounds like you''ve also seen that piece of information circting in the guild. The news is most likely true, soe and meet up with us right now," Daoist Hu Yan urged.


    "Alright, I''ll set off right away," Han Li replied with a nod, then concluded themunication and stowed themunication array te away before flying toward the surface of the sea.


    Momentster, a streak of azure light emerged from the sea, then flew away into the distance.


    ……


    Elsewhere in the ck Wind Sea, all of the Vast Flow Pce''s cultivators were traveling on arge blue flying boat.


    "Red Moon Ind... Its location isn''t very secluded, nor is it close to the center of the ck Wind Sea, so it can be easily missed," Luo Qinghai murmured to himself with a contemtive expression as he stood at the bow of the boat.


    Hovering in front of him was a small blue light screen that depicted all of the inds littered throughout the ck Wind Sea.


    At this moment, there were four people standing behind him, consisting of a middlea-ged man wearing a feathered hat, a young schr with a fairplexion holding a blue feather fan, a quiet and serious-looking elderly man with a ck beard, and a man wearing a conical bamboo hat that was positioned very low to conceal his facial features.


    What was particrly noteworthy was that the man in the conical bamboo hat was missing both of his arms.


    As for the other Vast Flow Pce cultivators, including Nan Kemeng, they were all standing a bit further away.


    "I did previously conduct a search on Red Moon Ind, but at the time, I wasn''t able to find anything. Perhaps I was too negligent," the young schr said slightly furrowed brows.


    "If the Northern cial Immortal Pce really did set up concealment restrictions well in advance, then it would be impossible to uncover the location of the entrance through conventional means, so don''t me yourself. I don''t know who leaked this piece of information, but my intuition tells me that it''s true," Luo Qinghai said.


    A hint of excitement appeared on the young schr''s face upon hearing this, and the serious-looking elderly man also raised his head with a faint gleam in his eyes.


    Even the conical bamboo hat of the armless man shifted ever so slightly, and all of the other Vast Flow Pce cultivators that were further away were also disying reactions of excitement.


    Luo Qinghai didn''t say anything further as he made a hand seal, and the blue flying boat instantly sped up, flying onward as a giant blue shadow.


    ……


    In the sky above another area of the ck Wind Sea, all of the Dawn Fall Sect cultivators were gathered together.


    "Do you think this piece of information is true or not, Senior Martial Brother?" the Dawn Fall Sect Master asked as he turned to Feng Tiandu.


    "There must be some truth to it. In any case, none of you have been able to find any leads thus far, so we may as well pursue this one," Feng Tiandu replied in an expressionless manner.


    A slightly awkward look appeared on the Dawn Fall Sect Master''s face as he said, "In our defense, the Northern cial Immortal Pce is clearly somehow concealing the entrance of the immortal manor, so..."


    Before he had a chance to finish, Feng Tiandu swept a sleeve through the air, releasing arge ck cloud that enveloped everyone before surging away into the distance, vanishing out of sight in the blink of an eye.


    ……


    Hovering in mid-air above a lush ind was the silver-robed woman by the name of Qu Ling.


    She was wearing an azure mask that was projecting an azure light screen, and she was inspecting the light screen with a hint of a smile in her eyes.


    Right at this moment, a ball of white light appeared on the distant horizon before rapidly approaching her, and Qu Ling took a nce in that direction, then removed the mask on her face before stowing it away.


    Upon arriving above the ind, the ball of white light faded to reveal the Xue n cultivators, and there were even more of them thanst time.


    "Fellow Daoist Qu, have you heard the rumor that the entrance of the immortal manor is located beneath Red Moon Ind?" the square-faced elderly man asked with an excited expression.


    "I have. That piece of news has caused quite a stir in the Transient Guild," Qu Ling replied with a nod.


    "Do you think the news is reliable?" the square-faced elderly man asked.


    "There are many people in the Transient Guild doubting the validity of this news, but no one has been able to present any concrete evidence against it, so there''s a chance that it could be real. Regardless, we''ll have to make a trip to Red Moon Ind and take a look for ourselves," Qu Ling replied.


    The square-faced elderly man nodded in response with a contemtive expression.


    "I don''t know much about this Red Moon Ind," Qu Ling continued. "Your Xue n was once a local power of the ck Wind Sea, so I''m assuming you must know more than me about this ind, Fellow Daoist Xue Shan."


    "In the past, Red Moon Ind wasn''t all that renowned in the ck Wind Sea, and our Xue n left the ck Wind Sea tens of thousands of years ago, so I''m afraid I don''t know much about the ind, either. All I''ve heard is that the ind master was quite a renowned and formidable Earthly Immortal, but for some reason, he was killed, and Red Moon Ind has been left abandoned since then."


    "I see..." Qu Ling mused as her eyes narrowed slightly in contemtion.


    "Seeing as we''ve already decided to go to Red Moon Ind, we should set off right away. If the entrance of the immortal manor really is there, then we have to strive to get there before anyone else," Xue Shan urged.


    "Alright, let''s go," Qu Ling replied with a nod.


    Xue Shan immediately swept a sleeve through the air upon hearing this, releasing a burst of white light that enveloped all of the Xue n''s cultivators, but before he had a chance to do anything else, a gentle breeze suddenly blew over his back, following which a burst of sharp pain speared through his lower abdomen.


    He looked down to find a white snake head protruding out of his lower abdomen, and locked in the mouth of the snake was none other than his nascent soul.


    Xue Shan''s eyes immediately widened with incredulity.


    Even though there wasn''t much spiritual light radiating from his body, he was wearing apact suit of spirit armor that he had refined over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, yet it wasn''t able to pose any resistance against the white snake.


    A burst of white mes shot out of the snake''s mouth before striking the nascent soul, instantly freezing it solid.


    Immediately thereafter, the white snake opened its mouth up wide to devour the frozen nascent soul before shooting back toward Qu Ling.


    Xue Shan gave a muffled groan, and his body was turned around by the force of the white snake''s withdrawal.


    Standing behind him was Qu Ling with a cold look on her face and arge white snake wrapped around her body, flicking its forked tongue out in a menacing fashion.


    "What the hell are you doing, you insane woman!"


    "Patriarch..."


    All of this had taken ce so abruptly that only now did the Xue n cultivators realize that their patriarch had been attacked, and all of them immediately red up with rage, releasing a vast array of spirit treasures in the blink of an eye, as if they were already prepared for something like this.


    A cold sneer appeared on Qu Ling''s face as she swept a sleeve through the air to release a ball of golden light, which transformed into a giant golden beetle that was several hundred feet in size to keep the barrage of oing spirit treasures at bay.


    "Why..." Xue Shan asked with great difficulty as the vitality rapidly seeped out of his body.


    "I only approached your Xue n as I wasn''t familiar with the ck Wind Sea and required a guide. Now that the location of the immortal manor''s entrance has been revealed, I no longer require your services," Qu Ling exined in a cold voice, then flicked a finger through the air, and a hole was instantly punched through Xue Shan''s be.


    The light in his eyes faded, and his lifeless body crumpled to the ground.


    Qu Ling then cast her gaze toward the giant golden beetle, which was standing firm against the barrage of spirit treasures with ease,pletely unscathed by the attacks.


    However, it certainly didn''t enjoy being attacked, and a furious look appeared in its eyes as it swept its two front legs through the air, releasing two translucent streaks of light that severed a pair of spirit treasures like a hot knife through butter.


    All of the Xue n cultivators were astonished to see this.


    "There''s no way we can defeat her! We have to split up and run!" the long-faced man roared, then flew away as a streak of white light, doing so in such a hurry that he was even leaving his spirit treasures behind.


    Everyone else immediately snapped back to their senses upon hearing this before also fleeing in different directions.


    "None of you are getting away!" Qu Ling sneered as she flicked a finger through the air, and the golden beetle instantlyshed out with its two front legs once again, releasing two thick streaks of translucent light that were each over 100 feet in length.


    The two streaks of light shuddered slightly, then split up into around a dozen smaller streaks of light that swept toward the Xue n cultivators at an astonishing speed, reaching them in the blink of an eye before slicing through their protective treasures and the protective spiritual light around their bodies with ease.


    A string of agonized wails rang out as all of the Xue n cultivators were sliced to shreds along with their spirit treasures, and a faint smile appeared on Qu Ling''s face as she swept a sleeve through the air to release a burst of silver light, which swept up Xue Shan''s body before dragging it toward her.


    She inspected the body briefly, then stowed it away as she turned to the golden beetle with a smile and said, "Golden Immortals make for good sources of sustenance, but there''s no need to hurry, the best delicacies are still yet toe."


    After that, she withdrew the giant golden beetle as well before flying away as a streak of silver light.