newbobooks Chapter 97 Mystery
Chapter 97 Mystery
"Now that I've broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, let's see how those old guys can compete with me now..." said the cultivator who had just successfully transcended the tribulation.
Unbeknownst to him, a cultivator was approaching with murderous intent not far away.
Zhang Yunling used the Divine Speed Ghost Step, and while the True Yang Finger in his hand was charging up, the purple flames burst forth and wrapped around his index finger, making the power contained in this strike terrifying.
When launching an attack, the stealth effect of the Swift Steps will completely disappear, and Zhang Yunling's figure will be revealed. The cultivator who just experienced the tribulation is now very weak.
His reaction time had become sluggish, and by the time he discovered Zhang Yunling, it was too late for him to put up a fight.
In an instant, the purple flames on the True Yang Finger burned away the cultivator's automatically activated protective magic treasure. Then, with a single strike, the finger blasted a bloody hole in the cultivator's heart, causing blood to spurt out and splatter onto Zhang Yunling's green robe, making it quite gruesome.
The cultivator was severely injured by this attack. Because he had just refined his Golden Core into a Nascent Soul, his internal energy and blood were still unstable. Zhang Yunling pierced his heart with a single finger, leaving him without even the strength to struggle in his death throes.
While gathering his True Yang Finger again, Zhang Yunling pondered. Since there were other cultivators besides him and Dong Wan here, it was not hard to suspect that this person, like them, had come from the outside world through the Immortal Ruins and belonged to the Dao Tian Continent.
But after recognizing the purple robes worn by the cultivator, Zhang Yunling had a second thought:
This person belongs to this secret realm, and is also an official of the Tang Dynasty!
Having served the Tang emperor for over a decade, how could he not know what clothes Tang officials wore? The embroidered patterns on these garments further prove this point.
While this analysis aligns with the current situation, it also proves one thing:
There are cultivators in this mortal court!
Without further ado, Zhang Yunling rushed forward and struck the cultivator's abdomen with another finger, completely piercing his dantian. The nascent soul that had just formed was also shattered by this attack.
His soul rose from his dantian and was burned to ashes by Zhang Yunling's primordial fire.
"It's a pity to burn the soul of a Nascent Soul expert, but there's no way to make use of it right now."
Zhang Yunling muttered a couple of words, then walked straight towards the cultivator's corpse, snatched the storage bag hanging from his waist, and at that moment Dong Wan also ran over excitedly, praising:
"You're quite something, kid! You've grown so much in just three years, killing a Nascent Soul cultivator in just two moves!"
But Zhang Yunling was not arrogant at all. He knew very well what the strength of a real Nascent Soul cultivator was. He was able to succeed this time only because the other party had just completed his breakthrough a second ago, and he had taken advantage of the situation the next second.
He had truly witnessed the battle of a real Nascent Soul cultivator, and the terrifying scene of its destruction still gave him goosebumps even now.
Zhang Yunling's divine sense probed towards the storage bag, but it was immediately blocked by the cultivator's remaining divine sense. Unfortunately, this was a meaningless struggle; with just a thought, the masterless divine sense was easily dispersed.
Dong Wan curiously peeked out from the side: "Let me see, what good things are in here?"
Other pills of the third or fourth grade and ordinary magic treasures could be ignored; what caught his attention most was a piece of yellow brocade.
"This is... an imperial edict?" Zhang Yunling's eyes widened suddenly. He grabbed the imperial edict and threw the storage bag to Dong Wan. All his attention was now focused on the imperial edict.
Dong Wan caught the storage bag, raised her eyebrows at the yellow cloth in Zhang Yunling's hand, then looked at the contents of the storage bag and was immediately startled:
"The Seven Treasures Purple Cloud Shield, a Heavenly-Rank Magic Treasure?! The Ice Heart Powder, a Grade 4 Pill?! The Five Qi Gathering Pill, a Grade 6 Pill?! Zhang Yunling, you wasteful brat, you don't want any of these good things?"
Zhang Yunling looked at the imperial edict in his hand and said calmly, "If the information brought by this yellow cloth is useful, I can have as many of these treasures as I want."
"You...this..." Dong Wan was still a little confused, but based on her judgment of this kid, it shouldn't be false.
Back in Qiankun Dao, this kid's wicked nature was already evident. Now, seeing how swift and decisive he is at killing people, it's truly frightening even for Dong Wan, a cultivator who has officially entered the early Nascent Soul stage.
"Imperial decree: Grand Secretary Li Linfu shall come to the East Side Hall of the Inner Palace tonight to await orders."
Zhang Yunling trembled as he looked at the sentence recorded on the imperial edict. When he turned back to look at the corpse lying on the ground, his mind was racing with thoughts.
"I stayed secluded in the palace, detached from court affairs, spending my days drinking and reveling with Emperor Xuanzong. I never imagined there was such a figure in the court... Right Chancellor Li Linfu, the root cause of the An Lushan Rebellion, was actually a cultivator..."
Looking at the simple sentence on the imperial edict, Dong Wan asked in bewilderment, "What does this mean? What kind of crazy idea do you have now?"
"Let's go. Before the An Lushan Rebellion breaks out, I need to figure all this out first." Zhang Yunling put the imperial edict into his storage bag, got up, and flew towards the palace.