298: Wait, so I am actually...

On the other side, the blood-red rainbow formed by Murong Jingyang dragged a trail across the sky above the Black Sha Marsh.

He changed directions several times in succession and repeatedly wove through several areas thick with toxic miasma, finally plunging into an isolated peak in the southwest corner of the marsh that was shrouded in miasma all year round.

Inside the mountain, he had long secretly excavated a hidden Immortal Cave. The entrance was set with a triple-layer concealment Formation, which would be extremely difficult for an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator to discover unless they searched it inch by inch.

"Pfft—"

As soon as he landed, Murong Jingyang violently spat out a mouthful of blood, which even contained tiny fragments of his internal organs.

He had just finished Undergoing Tribulation for his Lightning Tribulation, only to be besieged by Liu Wusheng and the other, and the injuries in his body could finally no longer be suppressed.

"Hmph, Liu Wusheng, Teng Qianjue! Very good!"

Murong Jingyang gritted his teeth, every word seemingly squeezed out from between them.

Having just achieved Core Formation, he should have been high-spirited and intimidating, yet in full view of everyone, he had been forced by the two of them to burn his Essence Blood to flee.

This was nothing short of naked humiliation!

"This matter absolutely cannot end like this."

If he were still at the Foundation Establishment stage, facing irresistible factors and choosing to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, or even abandoning the Family to flee, could still be called assessing the situation.

But now that he had stepped into the Golden Core stage, if he still had to hide like a stray dog, wouldn't this Golden Core have been achieved in vain?

But Murong Jingyang was, after all, a person who had experienced many storms, and his anger did not cloud his judgment.

He was clear that he had just entered the Golden Core stage and was still in the exploration phase regarding Golden Core-level combat and mana usage; talking about revenge at this time was no different than courting death.

A cold light flickered in Murong Jingyang's eyes, and in the end, he decided to execute his original plan.

That was to first quickly sweep through and annex several Foundation Establishment forces around the Black Sha Marsh, and after plundering their resources, use the Teleportation Array to return to the Southern Wilderness Region.

Although there were four old monsters guarding that place, with his current cultivation, as long as he developed in secret, he could still secure some benefits for himself.

Anyway, no matter what, it would be much easier than being in this perilous Black Sha Marsh.

"Wait until I have accumulated enough power in the Southern Wilderness, and then I will return to kill them..."

This was not being cowardly; this was a strategic retreat!

However, Murong Jingyang suddenly remembered one thing.

"That person from the Hu Family... why did he never appear today?"

If the Hu Family Ancestor had also made a move, with three against one, he would have had absolutely no chance of survival.

But the other party had been completely still from beginning to end, which made him both relieved and vaguely uneasy.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Whether they were watching the tigers fight from the mountain or had other motives, I must recover from my injuries first!"

Immediately, Murong Jingyang stopped thinking about it, composed his mind, and began to operate his Cultivation Technique with all his might.

The Spiritual Qi in the Immortal Cave gradually thickened. As he inhaled and exhaled, it turned into wisps of pure Qi that seeped into his limbs and bones, treating his injured body.

However, at this moment, Murong Jingyang suddenly stiffened.

The clarity in his eyes receded like a tide, replaced by a vast, hollow emptiness.

He slowly lowered his head, looked at his own hands, then raised his head to look at the stone wall of the Immortal Cave, and a strange smile suddenly tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"Huh, so I am actually the vanguard sent by the Honorable One."

He seemed to be stating a fact, but it carried a chilling sense of dissonance, as if a different Soul had suddenly replaced the one inside this body.

"Right! For the great cause of the Honorable One, how can I leave? I must clear away all obstacles for the Honorable One!"

He stood up abruptly, completely disregarding that his internal injuries were in a critical recovery phase, and actually took out a blank Jade Slip from his storage ring. Using his Divine Thought as a pen, he began to rapidly inscribe it.

He did not know why he was doing this, but it was as if some will was demanding him to do so!

And unbeknownst to him, two figures had quietly stood in the shadows, three feet behind him, just watching Murong Jingyang silently.

It was none other than Lu Ming and Ji Ruge!

The two had no aura at all, their forms appearing both illusory and real, and even the Formation inside the Immortal Cave had no reaction to them, as if they had always been there!

"I really didn't expect this!" Lu Ming's gaze was calm: "The Golden Core Cultivator I killed casually turned out to be the Hu Family Ancestor."

He had actually never been far away; from the moment Murong Jingyang was Undergoing Tribulation to being chased and fleeing, he had been observing from the shadows.

Initially, he had intended to secretly intervene to help Murong Jingyang at the critical moment of Life and Death.

Who would have thought that Liu Wusheng and Teng Qianjue would not deliver a killing blow, and the Hu Family Ancestor, who should have appeared most, was nowhere to be seen.

Lu Ming was suspicious, so he sent his "dharma body" to the Hu Family Territory, casually captured a Hu Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator to search his Soul, but the truth left even him somewhat amused.

It turned out that the Hu Family Ancestor had been the mantis stalking the cicada, preparing to seize Murong Feiyu's "Golden Core Pill", but ended up being casually dealt with by Lu Ming like a stray dog on the roadside.

The high-level members of the Hu Family naturally noticed that the Hu Family Ancestor's Soul Tablet had extinguished. To prevent the leak of information from causing turmoil, they were currently trying their best to conceal it, so how could they possibly come to join the excitement of Murong Jingyang's Core Formation?

"Every drink and every bite is Karma, truly profound..." Lu Ming sighed with some emotion.

However, he did not overthink it, but raised his hand and grabbed, drawing the Jade Slip that Murong Jingyang had just finished inscribing into his palm.

Then, his Divine Sense delved into it, and suddenly, Lu Ming's eyes lit up slightly.

"So that's how it is, there really is a Teleportation Array!"

The Jade Slip recorded in detail the coordinates of a Teleportation Array, as well as the activation technique.

And according to the description within, Lu Ming also understood the ins and outs of the matter.

It was back in the Southern Wilderness Region, when Murong Jingyang and the Zheng Family Ancestor, Zheng Tianming, joined forces to explore an ancient Cultivator's Immortal Cave.

The two discovered a third-tier Cultivation Technique inside, and because of this, turned against each other and fought, eventually triggering a series of subsequent events.

However, what Zheng Tianming did not know was that Murong Jingyang had concealed the most critical point.

In the deepest part of the Immortal Cave, he had also discovered a Teleportation Array that was still relatively well-preserved.

At the time, he did not pay much attention to it; after all, the situation on the other end of the Teleportation Array was unknown, and the Spirit Stones required for activation were not cheap.

It was not until he was forced to flee the Southern Wilderness Region that he remembered this array again.

By borrowing this, he arrived at the Profound Spirit Domain.

"It seems that the Southern Wilderness Region may very well have been pioneered by some Cultivator or group of Cultivators from the Profound Spirit Domain, and in this process, they left behind Cultivation Technique, as well as traces like the Teleportation Array."

Lu Ming had once had such a guess, and now it could be considered confirmed.

"Perhaps the Southern Wilderness Region can really be well developed; who knows, I might even be able to unearth some things from it!" Lu Ming thought to himself.

"However, this third-tier Cultivation Technique is quite interesting. 'Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art', is it..."

Lu Ming looked at the information in the Jade Slip, a trace of thought flashing in his eyes.

Believe it or not, he actually knew the origin of this Cultivation Technique; it had to be traced back to the "Six Desires Demonic Sect", one of the Seven Grotto-Heavens.

There was content about this in Mu Han's memories.

He might not have paid much attention to the outer regions and did not know much, or it could be said he did not care.

But he had a very deep understanding of the "Six Desires Demonic Sect", which was one of the Seven Grotto-Heavens and also a Demonic Path Sect.