This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 301 - 290: I’m Just Passing By

Chapter 301: Chapter 290: I’m Just Passing By

Fu Changxing’s merchant caravan was waiting in a dense forest north of the city. The rare spirit wood, Bai Qing Tian Ge Wood, was extremely special; the weight of a single, whole piece could literally crush a Fifth Realm cultivator to death.

Moreover, this type of spirit wood is exceptionally effective at blocking Spiritual Power, making it quite difficult to store in a Storage Ring. In fact, too much of it could even burst a storage magical treasure of poor quality.

This was why even with only four or five pieces of spirit wood, it was necessary to call upon Fu Changxing, a Seventh Realm Cultivator.

When a guard relayed this explanation to Fu Changxing, he wasn’t concerned, because this was, after all, beneficial to their Devouring Spirit Sect.

As for the thought that their plan might be discovered and allowing An Mujing to escape and signal the alarm, this idea lingered in Fu Changxing’s mind for less than a second before he completely dismissed it.

How could that possibly be?

What he needed to consider now was how to eliminate Liang Yi while completing the mission. If he could claim credit for both, he might regain some voice in front of the Sect Hierarch and even compete for the position of the Azure Dragon Representative.

Ah, pure delight!

If it had been him who became the Azure Dragon Representative in the beginning, with the support and resources of the sect to cultivate in peace, he would have already reached the Eighth Realm just like Shi Jun.

Fu Changxing glanced at the blood-red runes floating slowly in his Sea of Consciousness. Blood mist swirled around the runes, faintly visible as the Abyssal Aura flowed. This was a treasure bestowed upon him and the Azure Dragon Representative by the Sect Hierarch before this mission, capable of concealing the Heavenly Mechanism.

For a normal cultivator, taking an Abyssal object into their bodies would definitely lead to disaster—either becoming a puppet of the Abyss or having their Dao Foundation corrupted and shattered.

But their Devouring Spirit Sect practiced cultivation techniques passed down from the Abyss. Although the Sect Hierarch had made various improvements, the core remained unchanged.

Therefore, this Abyssal Rune would not only do no harm to them but would also promote the increase of their cultivation. For him, a Seventh Realm cultivator, it was a treasure of great value.

Without this rune, he and the Azure Dragon Representative might have been calculated by Fang Zhi as soon as they stepped into the Complete Heaven Sect’s territory.

That annoying Azure Dragon Representative had already sneaked in with the help of insiders, waiting to ambush the weakened Fang Zhi when the plan commenced.

Now, all he needed to do was to safely escort himself in. As for the Devouring Spirit Sect disciples following them, they were just expendable cannon fodder for their safe retreat.

"Are you ready?" Fu Changxing switched back to his appearance of an honest and simple man, asking with a naive smile towards Liang Yi and the others behind him.

"Yes, we can leave at any time," Liang Yi replied, his hand on the Bai Qing Tian Ge Wood beside him, almost twice his height, noting the spirit wood was of excellent quality.

"Then let’s go!" Fu Changxing felt a slight excitement in his heart, as this operation could very well be the beginning of his bright future.

Upon Fu Changxing’s order, the surrounding guards’ Spiritual Power surged, activating the weight-reduction array carved on the beast-drawn cart.

Seeing the Array’s Spirit Light flicker, Su Youyi hurried to pick up the big orange cat that was sharpening its claws on the Bai Qing Tian Ge Wood.

With a wave of his large sleeve and the essence of his Dantian stirring, Fu Changxing emanated a grandmaster’s presence.

Although Liang Yi commented that he still couldn’t see Elder Fu’s eyes, the Seventh Realm’s imposing aura still affected his Mental State.

But just as Fu Changxing was about to lead everyone away, his movement abruptly stopped. He sensed a little mouse nearby.

"Is it one of Liang Yi’s people?" Without moving, Fu Changxing stealthily watched the expressions of Liang Yi and the others.

Liang Yi, Su Youyi, and even the big orange cat on their heads all looked confused and puzzled, seeming not to understand why Fu Changxing suddenly stopped.

"Sir, should I..." a guard approached Fu Changxing quietly, making a covert throat-slitting gesture with his hand.

"Your targets are too obvious... let me handle it," Fu Changxing replied with an even colder look in his eyes.

He had already spotted an Abnormal Person hiding in the distant dense forest, who seemed to be trying to sneak away quietly after spotting them.

Considering how their disguises as Devouring Spirit Sect members were inexplicably seen through by Abnormals during the battle at Qingliang City, Fu Changxing had reason to believe their whereabouts had been exposed.

Despite having all the overt Devouring Spirit Sect members go into hiding immediately after the emergence of the Abnormals, and picking a deserted, forested location for their current rendezvous, they had still been detected!

"However, it’s just a small mouse, after all." He knew that Abnormals had the ability not to die, so he wasn’t planning to kill this little mouse, just restrain him here.

Fu Changxing slightly moved his left foot, appearing just as if he was shifting his stance from standing too long. But beneath the surface, a hidden current of Spiritual Power shot towards the distant Abnormal Person.

Taibai Ge carefully retreated backward, unaware of what was happening.

He was simply following Liang Yi’s instructions to hide along the road leading to the Complete Heaven Sect and then pretend to discover something while retreating towards Taibai City.

Honestly speaking, he was merely passing by; he hadn’t seen or discovered anything.

Besides the pitch-black forest around him, he hadn’t noticed anything else—he was of low level, hadn’t learned any Daoist Techniques, and was just an ordinary person.

But just as he was about to step out of the dense forest, the fallen leaves under his feet suddenly exploded, and Taibai Ge only felt a flash of white light, his health directly plummeted to a critically weakened state, and a "Paralysis" debuff appeared on his status panel.

"Ding! NPC Fu Changxing has launched an attack on you. You have entered a weakened state."

"Ding! Devouring Spirit Sect’s favorability-100."

Despite being critically wounded and weakened, Taibai Ge didn’t panic at all, instead, he even felt like bursting into laughter because his quest was already showing more than half completed.

He took out the talisman that Boss Liang had given him from his bag, planning to use it to commit suicide by using the talisman after seeing the tunneling light leave, and then go to Complete Heaven Sect to complete the next part of the quest.

Noticing that the weak Abnormal Person had already been paralyzed in place, Fu Changxing then smiled and explained to Liang Yi:

"There might have been a small mishap during cultivation, I felt a bit of a blockage when channeling my mana just now, but it’s all good now."

"So that’s it, then Elder Fu should be careful about his health." Liang Yi didn’t care about whatever reason Fu Changxing gave, as long as the plan proceeded as normal.

The starlight-infused spiritual power unique to Complete Heaven Sect carried a twinkling of stars, directly enveloping everyone behind him as well as the spirit wood and soared into the sky, making a rapid dash towards the Mountain Gate of Complete Heaven Sect.

"Hopefully Sister An’s plan is also going smoothly."

Meanwhile, An Mujing was waiting anxiously at the foot of Ziwei Peak for the Sect Master’s notification.

"The Sect Master hasn’t sent a message yet?"

"Sister An, why don’t you come back later? Sect Master Fang is currently discussing important matters with Sister Yu and Brother He and the others up there," a Complete Heaven Sect disciple at the foot of Ziwei Peak advised with a wry smile.

"No, there won’t be enough time if it’s too late," An Mujing said with a resolve, firmly refusing.

"Then there’s nothing I can do, Brother Fu has been waiting outside the main hall for a long time and hasn’t seen the Sect Master or Brother He come out either."

An Mujing clenched her silver teeth and fixed her gaze upon Ziwei Peak hanging inverted in the sky.

"Eh? Isn’t this Niece An? Didn’t you go down the mountain?" A rich, mellow voice rose up from behind An Mujing.

"Elder Qu? And who is this junior brother?" An Mujing turned around upon hearing the voice, looking somewhat surprised at Qu Tianfei and the somewhat unfamiliar Complete Heaven Sect disciple beside him.

"Ha ha, this is a nephew of mine who’s been traveling. He’s just returned from his travels these last few days." Qu Tianfei’s laugh was hearty as he affectionately patted the shoulder of the young man next to him.

"Tianjun, this is your Sister An, who became a True Disciple while you were traveling."

"Nice to meet you, Sister An!" The young man looked at An Mujing carefully, his greeting laced with an inexplicable smile.

"Um."

Although An Mujing was puzzled as to how she had never heard of this venerable and famously kind elder of the sect having a nephew, she still nodded in response.

"What are you doing here, Niece An?" Elder Qu asked casually, as if by the way.

"Oh... I’m looking for Sister Yu, but Sister Yu, Brother He, and the others have been with the Sect Master the whole time and aren’t letting anyone up. So I’m waiting here," An Mujing replied without hesitation and with a calm expression.

She had long since prepared for such situations.

"I see. Well, this nephew of mine and I have some matters to attend to, so we’ll be leaving first," Qu Tianfei said with a cheerful face, after a brief exchange of pleasantries with his nephew Qu Tianjun, they left directly.

"Strange, does Elder Qu have a nephew?" The Complete Heaven Sect disciple on duty at Ziwei Peak today scratched his head with some confusion as he watched Elder Qu’s retreating back.

How could he remember a more experienced brother mentioning that the elder, who was extremely popular within the sect, had sworn that he had no relatives at all?

An Mujing took a deep look at the two departing figures; her instinct told her there was something off about that nephew of Elder Qu.

"Sister An, the Sect Master has agreed!"

Before An Mujing could ponder deeply, her thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

"Oh? Is it Brother Fu returning? Go on in, Sister An!"

A figure dashed down from the top of Inverted Mountain, excitedly informing An Mujing.

"Thanks!"

An Mujing had no time to consider other matters anymore; her figure turned into a night sky full of stars and sped towards the top of Ziwei Peak.

"Phew, I wonder what the Sect Master and the others are up to that took them so long to emerge." Brother Fu let out a long breath and went back to standing guard at the foot of the mountain.

"I’m not quite sure, but the Sect Master has been rather busy these days."

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