Chapter 2357 - 2047: You Really Did Us a Huge Favor
Upon hearing Xu Jingshu’s concerns, Yun Yudie calmly said, "Considering our current speed of realm advancement, it’s uncertain when we will be able to break the confinement of this world and return to our tribe."
The reason why Yun Yudie had different ideas than the four Deceit Kings was because she believed that even if they killed all humans in Dazhou and devoured their vitality, their strength wouldn’t reach the level needed to break the world’s confinement.
So her idea is to first herd humans, to treat the human world as a pasture, and to harvest them only after they break through to higher realms. Such high-quality blood nourishment would provide greater assistance in elevating their realms, and high-quality blood is sustainable.
In this way, they only need to endure patiently, and sooner or later, her strength will be able to break through the restrictions of this world.
However, even if they could leave this world, it would take a long era.
But the appearance of Lu Chen gave Yun Yudie hope to quickly break the restrictions of this world.
If Lu Chen could become her exclusive blood feed, they might soon gain the strength to leave this world, so the temporary humiliation is worth it.
As for whether this matter will be criticized by her tribe once they return, she no longer cares.
They have been trapped in this world for countless ages, and for them, leaving this world is the urgent necessity.
This world is not friendly to their mysterious forces, as their mysterious power within them has been polluted by enigmatic forces, undergoing significant changes.
Originally, their mysterious power was pure, but after entering this world, it became deceitful evil within them.
If they continue to stay in this world, one day they might be assimilated by it, and the pure mysterious forces they possess might completely dissipate.
Of course, the most dangerous thing for them is being assimilated by this world.
Yun Yudie increasingly feels she has lost many memories, and the reason for this is the influence from this world.
Lu Chen’s appearance further validated her suspicion, so they must quickly increase their strength.
The reason those Deceit Kings are so anxious is likely because they sense assimilation by this world, thus their desire to destroy all of Dazhou, devouring the vitality of all humanity to advance their realms.
Hearing Yun Yudie’s words, Xu Jingshu fell into silence, unsure of what to say.
At this time, Yun Yudie coldly said, "If you consider this a disgrace, once I break into the Heavenly Realm, I will then keep him contained."
"At that time, you may torment him as you wish."
Xu Jingshu returned to her senses, deflated as if giving up, and replied in a low, sullen voice, "Sect Hierarch, I understand."
Seeing Xu Jingshu resigned to her fate, Yun Yudie said no more. She then leaped down to the valley bottom, approaching Lu Chen and said, "We can leave now."
Once she leaves the Heavenly Fate Sect, the mysterious and evil spirits in the sect will hide away and stay out of sight until Yun Yudie issues new commands.
However, Yun Yudie understood that once she left the Heavenly Fate Sect, the four Deceit Kings would certainly try to poach her followers, leading to many of the mysterious forces joining the Deceit Kings.
Of course, this was a loss she could accept; once she breaks into the Heavenly Realm, those Deceit Kings would be of little threat.
At that time, consolidating all the mysterious forces in Dazhou would be a trivial matter.
Therefore, the urgent task was to quickly undergo dual cultivation with Lu Chen. Although she was almost sure that Lu Chen’s vitality was infinite, she needed personal experience to confirm whether Lu Chen was the quality blood feed she needed.
She could hardly wait to pounce on Lu Chen and voraciously consume his vitality.
Zhao Yu and the others remained constantly vigilant as they observed Yun Yudie beside Lu Chen.
Although there was a Heavenly Realm strong person beside Lu Chen, this mysterious one intended to have close contact with Lu Chen. Should the Deceit King suddenly lash out, Qu He might not react in time, so caution was essential.
At this moment, Lu Xun approached Lu Chen and asked, "Princely Heir, should we keep moving forward?"
Lu Chen glanced at the corpses of evil spirits strewn in the valley and then said, "No need, let’s head back to Dongxing City."
Like Yun Yudie, he was also eager for dual cultivation with her.
Moreover, their carriages were destroyed, so there was no reason to proceed further. It was an opportunity to regroup at Dongxing City before heading south with the convoy from Zhen Nan Prince Manor, who remained in Dongxing City.
Then, Lu Chen led Yun Yudie and the others back to Dongxing City.
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By the time they returned to Dongxing City, it was already evening.
In the room, the setting sun’s glow streamed through the window, casting light on the face of Yun Yudie’s maid.
At the moment, the four women remained silent.
Lu Chen arranged accommodations for them, but Xu Jingshu and the Zhou sisters, Zhou Xiaoxiao and Zhou Youyou, went to Yun Yudie’s room, hoping to receive any orders she might have.
Zhou Youyou stood beside Zhou Xiaoxiao, one step behind, her head bowed, not daring to meet Yun Yudie’s eyes.
At that moment, no one felt guiltier than Zhou Youyou.
After all, she had already betrayed Yun Yudie in her heart, and now in her mind, Lu Chen was the most important.
Yun Yudie cast a cold gaze over the three of them.
At this moment, Xu Jingshu stared intently at Zhou Xiaoxiao, saying, "Right Protector, you sure gave us a lot of trouble."
Xu Jingshu’s tone was icy, exuding an almost invisible deceitful evil.
Hearing Xu Jingshu’s sarcastic words, Zhou Xiaoxiao naturally understood why she said that.
If it weren’t for them transmitting false intelligence, Yun Yudie wouldn’t have come to Dongxing City to meet Lu Chen, let alone make a move on him, resulting in the current situation.
Zhou Xiaoxiao, standing before Yun Yudie with her head lowered, shyly looked up to gauge Yun Yudie’s expression, then said, "Sect Hierarch, we were also deceived by Lu Chen."
"Initially, he told us that the elder was only at the late-stage Earth Realm; we had no idea he was a Heavenly Realm strong person."
Xu Jingshu gave a cold laugh and said, "You didn’t know? I suspect you knew all along, or why did you stay at Zhen Nan Prince Manor?"
Xu Jingshu reflected on the Zhou sisters’ actions over the recent time.
Since the two sisters, Zhou Xiaoxiao and Zhou Youyou, went to Zhen Nan Prince Manor, they disappeared for a while.
Upon reappearing, they re-established contact with the Heavenly Fate Sect, leaking a trove of information on Lu Chen. This raised suspicions they knew all along about the Heavenly Realm strong person’s presence with Lu Chen.
Perhaps fear from the Heavenly Realm strong person compelled the sisters to succumb to Lu Chen’s coercion, betray the Heavenly Fate Sect, trap their Sect Hierarch, and ultimately doom everyone to Lu Chen’s mercy.
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