The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 182

Chapter 182: The Collapse of Demon Peak

You XiaoMo stood outside those wide-open doorways and examined the lofts. He discovered that these lofts seemed to be where practitioners would practice. Some lofts were so simple and bare that there was only a bed. Some of the floors were in a complete mess with scattered weapons and combat techniques.

To pass off as a qualified treasure hunter, You XiaoMo prepared a magic bag and collected everything in the lofts, good and bad. He then moved onto the next loft. As for the tightly closed stone rooms, he didn’t dare to touch them for now. Who knew if some living thing wouldn’t suddenly rush out from inside.

Just when You XiaoMo finished clearing out the tenth loft, he suddenly caught a whiff of medicinal fragrance. The medicinal fragrance was extremely strong, continuously diffusing out from the neighboring stone room.

You XiaoMo walked up to the stone room and looked at the tightly shut stone door. The stone door seemed as if it hadn’t been opened for a long time, with green moss growing on top of it. Could it be that this stone room was where magic herbs were stored?

No matter what the answer was, the presence of medicinal fragrance meant that there must be magic herbs inside.

You XiaoMo rolled up his sleeves immediately and exerted all his strength. The door finally opened a tiny crack. At this moment, the medicinal fragrance emitted from the magic herbs immediately rushed out from the cracked door. Breathing it in invigorated the soul.

After half of a quarter hour later, the stone door was finally pushed by him enough to reveal a gap that was just enough for his body to enter.

After forcing his way into the stone room, panting and wheezing, and seeing the magic herb fields filling the room, he felt that it was all worth it.

This place was even more spacious than the great hall. It couldn’t be considered a stone room, because this was like a miniature world. Above was not a ceiling, but an expanse of blue sky. The floor was covered with magic herb fields. There were those that had matured, those that had yet to mature, and some that were even just germinating.

Most were low level magic herbs, followed by mid-level magic herbs, and finally the high-level magic herbs.

What was rather disheartening was that there were not many high-level magic herbs. By the time You XiaoMo found them, he only saw a small patch of high level magic herbs lying pitifully in a corner. At a glance, it was not more than a hundred stalks.

You XiaoMo lamented as he moved all the high-level magic herbs into his dimension.

At this time, Luo ShuHe and the rest finally reached the peak of the mountain after enduring one thousand sufferings and ten thousand hardships. If Ling Xiao had not dealt with that level nine water demon, they would probably be even slower.

But what greeted them was a great hall that was already riddled with a thousand wounds and a hundred holes.

Luo ShuHe’s expression was extremely unsightly, “Sure enough, someone beat us here.”

However, the extent of destruction of the great hall exceeded his expectation. He had thought that even if someone would beat him to it, their strength wouldn’t be high enough to charge past the guards. He didn’t expect the other party’s strength to be even higher than he thought possible.

The other forces had also arrived. Seeing the condition of the great hall, their reactions mirrored that of Luo ShuHe.

At this moment, the Qing Cheng Sect’s Elder Mo shrewdly noticed that the Tian Xin Sect’s Lin Xiao was not here. He whispered into Luo ShuHe’s ear to inform him.

Luo ShuHe looked over to the Tian Xin Sect’s location and, true enough, he did not see Lin Xiao. He couldn’t but have his suspicions piqued, could it be that the person who beat them here was Lin Xiao?

But it didn’t seem right after thinking it through. Lin Xiao’s strength was still two-star Star level. The Elders of the Tian Xin Sect who were stronger were still here. Even if they sent Lin Xiao to go ahead of them, he couldn’t have caused all this by himself. Furthermore, that little mage who was by his side was also not here.

The condition of the palace was beyond everyone’s expectations, and so the few major forces decided to put aside their differences to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

Luo ShuHe glanced at the Tian Xin Sect representative and remarked seemingly offhandedly, “Elder Shi, why was it that fellow Lin Xiao is not among you? Could it be that you all let him go ahead?”

With his remark, the other people finally noticed this bit, all of them turning to look at the rather gloomy-looking Elder Shi.

Of course, Elder Shi couldn’t tell them that the Tian Xin Sect did not tell Lin Xiao anything about Demon Peak. This was an internal matter of the Tian Xin Sect. If they were to find out, they could use it against them. If Lin Xiao found out, he might act out in retaliation.

“Lin Xiao is held up by some matter. He should be on his way now. Everyone knows that there are layers upon layers of dangers in the Paradise Realm. No one knows what can happen. It’s only normal that plans change accordingly.”

Luo ShuHe dusted off his sleeve while laughing, “Looks like fellow Lin Xiao’s luck is not too good!”

Elder Shi narrowed his eyes, looked at the Qing Cheng Sect’s disciples behind him and said, “Putting Lin Xiao aside, there doesn’t seem to be any sign of the esteemed Ye Dan and Elder Li. It can’t be that they are ‘also’ held up by some matter?”

Luo ShuHe’s expression darkened. A hardly detectable murderous intent flashed across his eyes.

Of course, Elder Shi didn’t know that Ye Dan was already dead under the hands of Ling Xiao. And that the Qing Cheng Sect already knew that the ‘murderer’ was them. These words were tantamount to a thorn driven deeply into the hearts of everyone in the Qing Cheng Sect. Clearly this was not the time for them to act out. This was probably what was called the highest state of ignorance.

“If you all want to ‘reminisce’, we, the Xing Luo Sect, will not keep you company.” Looking at the two of them trading barbs one after the other, the expression on Xing Luo Sect’s Twelfth Star was rather impatient. They already did not get along well with the two major forces. On top of that, they also had another motive this time, so they loathed even more to collaborate with them. They then set off by themselves to charge through the barrier.

With the departure of Xing Luo Sect, the other people also felt that there was no need to work together. They were originally depending on their own strengths so in a flash, Elder Shi also brought his people with him. The three independent forces followed suit. Only the Qing Cheng Sect remained in the great hall.

“Young master, why aren’t we taking advantage of the situation to kill off the people from the Tian Xin Sect?” Elder Mo asked in frustration.

Luo ShuHe shook his head, “Not now. The injuries of the Heavenly Bird of Six Thunders were too grave. Although it had recuperated for half a month, it only recovered twenty to thirty percent. We have few strong ones on our side. If we were to fight now, the other forces would be at an advantage. Furthermore, the Tian Xin Sect, that side seemed to have bonded with a few mid-level demon beasts. We can’t take their combat ability lightly for now.”

A dissatisfied disciple spoke up, “Young master, you can’t mean to let them go just like that?”

Luo ShuHe scoffed in disdain, “Of course not. Wait till we leave Demon Peak. I will make the Tian Xin Sect pay the price.

Unfortunately, man’s plans were nothing compared to God’s plans. Just as the various major forces went their separate ways and prepared to search deep into the palace for treasures, another shockwave traveled through the palace. This time, the frequency of the shaking was much stronger than what they felt when they were halfway up the mountain. The ground was shaking non-stop, as if it were about to split open at any time.

At this time, the demon beasts on Demon Peak also suffered a shock. A few high-level demon beasts were taken aback to discover that the barrier that imprisons the Demon Peak seemed to have gotten much thinner than before, as if it could split open at any time.

“Roar!!!” An immense and limitless power pressed down from the top of Demon Peak downwards.

All the demon beasts looked at the palace on the peak in terror. But a second later, they lost all control over themselves and fell to the ground. Each one of their faces was bright red with bulging blue veins. The terror rooting in their hearts would never be eliminated.

This phenomenon didn’t only affect the demon beasts at the foot of the mountain. It also included the demon beasts who had been bonded.

Tang YunQi almost fell to the ground. She kicked the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox who was crawling on the ground, “Idiot, what are you doing on the ground? Why are you not hurrying up to protect me?”

The Seven-Tailed Demon Fox was her bonded demon beast. Its strength was one-star level seven. It just had a breakthrough not long ago. If it wasn’t because it had just had a breakthrough, it wouldn’t have been caught by Elder Wang and the rest at that time. After that, although it had a smooth breakthrough, it also lost its freedom. It was bonded by Tang YunQi and it wasn’t even a life-bond.

However, no matter how Tang YunQi kicked it, it remained cowering on the ground shivering. Not that it didn’t want to get up; it couldn’t, because that pressure was too terrifying. It was simply unable to put up any resistance.

Lei Ju’s level six bonded demon beast was also in the same situation. But he was not as brainless as Tang YunQi. He could feel that there was an immense pressure. Clearly that roar just now from inside the palace was terrifying his bonded demon beast.

At the same time, the Heavenly Bird of Six Thunders almost fell off Luo ShuHe’s shoulder.

Although it was a high-level demon beast, under the pressure of an emperor demon beast, he could not resist.

Very quickly, Luo ShuHe’s expression changed drastically as he sensed his condition, “What happened?”

The trembling voice of the Heavenly Bird of Six Thunders was transmitted into Luo ShuHe’s mind, “It can’t be a mistake. That roar just now is from an emperor demon beast. But how can an emperor demon beast appear on Demon Peak?”

It was as if he were talking to himself, but it caused Luo ShuHe to gasp.

Emperor demon beast, none other than one of the royal class. If he could bond with an emperor demon beast, wouldn’t that mean he would be able to march across Long Xiang Continent with nothing to fear? Luo ShuHe couldn’t help feeling a slight twinge of regret at this thought, but he very quickly suppressed it.

He already had a life-bound demon beast, so he absolutely couldn’t dream of other demon beasts.

Furthermore, the majesty of emperor demon beasts would not allow them to bond with practitioners, even a life-bond wouldn’t do. Unless there was unbelievable good luck, no practitioners would dare to dream of emperor demon beasts.

Just as everyone was still in shock, the palace finally collapsed.

Not only that, everyone heard a cracking sound, and an extremely deep fissure appeared in the mountain under their feet.

Some people yelled out ‘not good’ as everyone tried to get away. A second later, the fissure started to extend downward from the peak, as if someone split it open with brute force. The Demon Peak barrier was also totally gone.

Each demon beast fled from the disaster, striving to be the first to escape down the mountain.

You XiaoMo was still digging magic herbs in the stone room when it also started shaking as the ground split open. Because it happened suddenly, in a moment of carelessness, a few of the roots of the halfway-dug-out stalk of level seven magic herb in his hand snapped, making his heart ache unbearably. This was a high-level magic herb. He still put it into his dimension anyway.

He had wanted to dig up some mid-level magic herbs, but the magic herb stone room was already starting to crumble. The falling stone fragments smashed onto the magic herb fields, flattening the magic herbs that had been growing for who knows how long.

Before You XiaoMo could feel the pain in his heart, an enormous boulder dropped down towards him, frightening him so much that he quickly entered his dimension. Damn, what a reckless waste of a heavenly treasure!

It seemed that all the demon beasts in the Paradise Realm were able to sense the collapse of Demon Peak.

Even the demon beasts that were amid killing and shredding stopped on their own, everyone turning to look towards Demon Peak.

As the palace fell with a loud sound, bursts of light stroke down from the mountain peak. Those were practitioners fleeing the disaster because of the collapse of Demon Peak, the restriction on both practitioners and demon beasts disappeared. The practitioners who couldn’t fly earlier all took to their flying swords to flee down the mountain.

However, because Demon Peak was too large, and because everyone was fleeing in a hurry, quite a few disciples were separated from their group, such as Tang YunQi.

Under the protection of the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox, Tang YunQi staggered and stumbled down the Demon Peak. Although she could have let the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox bring along one or two other people with no problem at all, now of life and death, she only cared about herself.

As a result, as the first one to flee the scene, she found herself separated from everyone else. When she reached the foot of the mountain after much difficulty, the ruins of Demon Peak were all around. An enormous chunk of the peak blocked the way in front of her, cutting off her line of sight.

Tang YunQi cursed at the Seven-Tailed Demon Fox angrily, “Good for nothing. Quick, bring me to the others.”

The Seven-Tailed Demon Fox glanced at her with suppressed anger. Damn human. Daring to treat it, who had the ancient lineage of the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, this way. There will inevitably come a time when you’ll undoubtedly regret it ten thousand times!

Right at this moment, a yelp of pain came from behind them.

“Ouch, damn it. Why are there so many sharp rocks over here? I must have landed wrongly!’

“Who is it!” Tang YunQi was shocked, turning around abruptly. After shouting, she realized that the voice sounded rather familiar but that grumbling voice immediately stopped. She rushed to the rock to look, and her eyes immediately widened, feeling both astonishment and excitement.

“It’s you, You XiaoMo!”