Returning from the Immortal World - Chapter 669

Chapter 669: Buying Time To Settle The Account Afterwards

"You all wait here."

Tang Xiu took a deep breath and after giving this order, his body instantly floated and after several seconds of flying, he then dove down towards the mountain valley. In just a dozen seconds, he appeared in the middle of the battle where both sides had mutually suffered heavy losses.

"WHO IS IT?"

"HOW IS HE HERE?"

Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie converged together and instantly retreated back to the crowd of Strange Door's people.  They looked panicked and full of horror as they set their vision at Tang Xiu's figure intently, while Western Nefarious Sangha was trembling and Golden Armored Zombie who had yet get up from the ground wore a disbelieving expression.

Crack…

With a loud slap of his palms, Tang Xiu pulled Western Nefarious Sangha dozens of meters high to the air and stretched his hand out to catch the jet-black spear. He coldly hummed and said, "Hmph, this really is depicting the old adage that humans will die for riches like bids will for food. Nefarious Sangha, you do have some good means and good plots indeed!"

Western Nefarious Sangha wailed in anguish inside. Never did he dream that Tang Xiu would come back here. He knew that he was finished. Tang Xiu probably would not spare him for concealing the matter about the Immortal Trove, and that he had already seen through whatever schemes he had in mind. However, he did not want to die because Tang Xiu had imparted the cultivation technique he had yet to try, and he wanted to become a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse in the future as well.

Therefore, under the watchful of everyone present, he suppressed his fatal injury and threw himself at Tang Xi's front, kneeling and bitterly weeping, "Boss, please forgive me. I'm willing to help you open the entrance to the Immortal Trove left by Daoist Tu Yang and help you obtain everything inside it."

At this moment, Golden Armored Zombie had finally gotten up. A chill filled his heart after seeing Tang Xiu and hastily called out, "You came, Immortal Master! You won't have any problems cleaning up these people. I'm severely injured now and I'll take my leave."

With that said, he then tried to leave.

Tang Xiu sneered and threw the black spear in his hand. In a thousandth of a second, it pierced Golden Armored Zombie's head and directly slayed him. He had spared this Golden Armored Zombie's life previously and thought that this old zombie would be of a little use, and even gave him a suitable cultivation technique to practice as he wanted to foster an expert out of him.

But now, he utterly detested this Golden Armored Zombie who appealed mercy for Western Nefarious Sangha! What he abhorred was his small calculation to scheme him.

Turning his head to look at the frightened Western Nefarious Sangha, Tang Xiu sneered, "I gave you a chance already. Pity that your ambition is way too high and you missed this opportunity in vain. So, you must die as well."

With a flick of his thought, Western Nefarious Sangha's heart directly exploded, and even his body exploded into a cloud of blood and completely disappeared from the world. After having vented the anger inside and taking back the black spear, Tang Xiu shifted his gaze to the large crowd in the forest, toward Jin Sanchi and Jin Shijie and the dozens of people of the Strange Door who were still alive.

"Are you people not going to introduce yourselves?"

Tang Xiu did not intend to kill these people. After all, their goal was the Immortal Trove and the people they attacked were Western Nefarious Sangha and Golden Armored Zombie. However, you'd better think about the owner when you want to beat the dog. He did not mind exterminating these people as well if they did not act like losers and paid nothing.

While trying his best to suppress the poison inside his body, Jin Sanchi watched in vigilance when Tang Xiu killed Golden Armored Zombie and Western Nefarious Sangha. After a moment of silence, he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"The Boss of Golden Armored Zombie," answered Tang Xiu.

"You know clearly well what I'm asking about that," said Jin Sanchi.

"You're not worthy enough to know my identity," said Tang Xiu with indifference. "What I want from you is how you will make up for this. You, after all, besieged my people, and that made me unhappy!"

While covering his chest, Jin Sijie stepped forward and said, "Since you want us to explain it, I'm willing to use my life to work for you to pay off this debt. But I hope Your Excellency can give mercy to my Third Brother and the rest and spare their lives."

"Your life isn't worth anything in my eyes. Besides, your life is about to end." Tang Xiu sneered. "Do you find it interesting to fool me?"

"Then what do you want?" Asked Jin Sijie with a white and bloodless complexion.

"Hand over that Sky Piercer Halberd and that golden bell. That simple," said Tang Xiu lightly.

Jin Sijie threw the Sky Piercer Halberd to Tang Xiu and then turned to look at the dozen people of the Strange Doors and shouted, "Give it to him."

They did not even hesitate to do what he ordered. They could feel how powerful Tang Xiu was and simply did not dare to offend him at the moment. Provoke Tang Xiu's anger and the chance of them surviving this predicament would be close to negligible. After handing over the golden bell to Tang Xiu, they immediately returned to their original positions.

Jin Sijie coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and said, "We will not dare to set our eyes on the Immortal Trove again, Your Excellency, so we can't be considered as enemies. Can we take our leave now?"

"The matter here has indeed been solved, but there are still some private matters that need to be addressed. Of all you people from the Strange Doors, who among you are from the Serenity Sect and Jin Family?" Asked Tang Xiu lightly.

"I'm the Sect Master of Serenity Sect, Xuan You. Six of our experts came out this time, but the other five have died," said a sturdy middle-aged who stepped out from the crowd and cupped his fists.

"I'm a member of Jin Family," said the middle-aged woman, who had sneak attacked and killed Shipo, took two steps forward. She was seriously injured at this moment due to Western Nefarious Sangha's attack previously, and her chances of surviving were slim had she not treated her injuries timely.

With an indifferent expression, Tang Xiu nodded and said, "Two of you, you had better commit suicide immediately if you don't want to suffer the fate of wanting to live and die and yet you can't have both. Furthermore, I don't think there is any need for either the Serenity Sect and Jin Family to exist anymore. You don't have to fear being lonely on the road to the Underworld after you die!"

With a great change in expression, Xuan You hurriedly shouted, "BUT WHY? Has our Serenity Sect ever offended you, Your Excellency?"

Elegant Chess Saintess hastily cupped her fists and said, "This… Immortal Master, where and how my Jin Family has inadvertently offended you? Please tell me directly."

"Hmph, I'll explain it to you since you two want to die." Tang Xiu snorted coldly. "Xuan Yugu, from the Serenity Sect, and Wang Hu, a disciple of Elegant Chess Saintess, signed the Life and Death Pact with me in the hunting grounds since they wanted to kill me quickly. I have killed both of them now. That's right, that Justice Hall's Master of the Serenity Sect was also killed by my subordinate. Do you think I will spare your lives since I've killed your people and give you a chance for revenge?"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Xuan You's pupils constricted and he staggeringly took two steps back, almost sitting on the ground. Xuan Yugu was his only child, part of his soul, and his treasure. And yet, he was actually killed by this bastard?

Elegant Chess Saintess looked so grieved and wretched while intense regret grew inside her. The reason why she took Wang Hu as a disciple was because his family could help her a bit. Furthermore, Wang Hu also had a good constitution and was suitable to inherit her mantle. But she never expected that that damn bastard would turn out to court such a huge trouble for her and the Jin Family.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

Xuan You suddenly flashed towards Tang Xiu while Elegant Chess Saintess was filled with regrets. He pulled the two-handed saber from his waist and brandished it towards Tang Xiu.

"DON'T!" Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie exclaimed at the same time.

However, a cold glint flashed in Tang Xiu's eyes as he pierced the long black spear in his hand towards the man's chest and instantly killed him. After which, Tang Xiu looked at Jin Sanchi and Jin Shijie, as he said, "I don't feel like killing these people from the Serenity Sect. You two will kill them."

With that said, he flicked his finger and shot a Holy Healing medicine towards Jin Sijie.

Jin Sijie looked stunned as he glanced at the Holy Healing medicine in his hand. After smelling it, he then immediately exclaimed, "This medicine is…"

"Take it. It can preserve your life," said Tang Xiu indifferently.

With an ecstatic expression, Jin Sijie replied without hesitation, "Thank you, Daoist. I'll exterminate the Serenity Sect's people on your behalf."

Tang Xiu nodded at him and then looked at Elegant Chess Saintess.

At the moment, Elegant Chess Saintess's face was constantly changing. Under Tang Xiu's gaze, she braced herself forward and bitterly said, "Immortal Master, I don't know how that scoundrel disciple of mine offended you. Since he already died in your hands, it's a death he deserved for his punishment. But I hope you can work around my Jin Family this once, Immortal Master. My family is willing to compensate you."

"What compensation can your Jin Family give me, huh?" Tang Xiu sneered. "You must know, only a few things can enter my eyes."

Elegant Chess Saintess was silent for a while, before she suddenly stepped forward and took out a red-colored Water Caltrop from her waist and handed it over to Tang Xiu, "This is a magic weapon I accidentally obtained from a certain place in the Miao Region. But I'm not a cultivator and have no means to use it. I'm now offering it to you, Immortal Master. I hope you can see my sincerity and spare us this time."

A magic weapon?

Tang Xiu took the red Water Caltrop and was immediately surprised since it was indeed a magic treasure, a magic weapon especially tailored to women. He really could not figure out something. When did so many magic weapons exist on Earth?

Half a minute after, he looked at Elegant Chess Saintess again and indifferently said, "You're not bad. I saw you act to kill Shipo and saved me some energy to act, so I'll spare you this time. Jin Sanchi, Jin Sijie, since the two of you dare to lead a lot of people to come here, I'm sure you have a way to open the entrance to this Immortal Trove, isn't that right?"

Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie exchanged looks, as the brothers then shook their heads in answer. Jin Sanchi then said with a helpless expression, "Fellow Daoist, we have yet to grasp any means for it. We dragged in a lot of people this time chiefly to exterminate Western Nefarious Sangha, Golden Armored Zombie, and Shipo to seize this place. Only then would we try to slowly conduct a research to find a way to break through this Immortal Abode and get the Immortal Trove."

"Then leave now if you don't know anything!" Tang Xiu said. "But do remember! This place is not for you to come in the future. I hope you stop being avaricious and give away your life in vain."

"Understood!"

Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie were helpless and yet they had no choice but to comply. There were all injured now, and their remaining strength at this moment was only at 50%. They would probably lose their lives if they fought with Tang Xiu.

Immediately after, more than a dozen people left quickly, leaving only Tang Xiu and several dead bodies there. After storing the golden bell and red Water Caltrop, Mo Awu and the others caught up fast. Tang Xiu ordered them to deal with the dead bodies and then took the black spear and entered the cave where Western Nefarious Sangha planted medicinal herbs.

It was an Immortal Trove! He did not know what treasure it stored inside, but since it could drive Western Nefarious Sangha and the Jin Brothers to lose all decorum and have a fallout, then it could only mean that the treasures it held were outstanding.

Chapter 670: His Identity

Kanas hunting grounds.

After Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie Brothers arrived there with the remaining dozens of people from the Strange Doors, they secretly met with the owner of the hunting grounds, Gesangjor. After getting all the way there, Jin Sanchi had finally suppressed the poison in his body and it would no longer threaten his life. As for Jin Sijie, he had taken the Holy Healing medicine and, despite his injury having yet to fully heal, his life was no longer in danger.

"Two Seniors, you are…"

Gesangjor wore a strange expression. Especially when he saw the miserable appearance of Jin Sijie and the bloodstains all over his body. He was about to speak out his mind but hesitated and stopped after letting out some words.

"We are fine," said Jin Sanchi indifferently. "The reason we came here is that there are some things we need to ask you. As far as I know, the son of Sect Master of the Serenity Sect was killed along with Elegant Chess Saintess' disciple here. What I want to know is, who exactly is the person who killed them?"

Gesangjor stared blankly and was secretly worried about Tang Xiu. Though he did not have much friendship with Tang Xiu, he liked his character and felt that the young man was a very capable person, and yet he too knew how terrifying these two people were.

Nowadays, the number of cultivators in the entire Strange Doors were far too few, while two or three of them were also disciples of Jin Sanchi and Jin Sijie. Therefore, their words were held in high esteem and held much weight in the Strange Doors, as they were also their biggest patron.

As a member of the Strange Doors himself, Gesangjor was someone who possessed authority over one of the parties under it. He naturally did not dare to hide anything and truthfully disclosed everything he knew about Tang Xiu. He then finally concluded, "What I know about him is only this much. But my old friend for many years, Jie Walie, might know more. I'll go look for him if the two Seniors need to inquire more."

"No, you don't need to look for him." Jin Sanchi waved his hand. "Knowing him as the young miracle-working doctor of Star City Chinese Medical Hospital in Shuangqing Province is a little clue in and of itself, and by following this clue, we can naturally find his real identity as well. Alright, we'll be staying in your place to heal ourselves for a while. After the people from Strange Doors have left, you will be closing your hunting grounds for some time!"

"Junior will arrange everything as per your instructions," said Gesangjor hastily.

After Gesangjor left the room, Jin Sanchi's expression turned grim and gloomy. He did not speak for a long time and then said indifferently, "His identity as a Chinese medicine practitioner is definitely a disguise he intentionally uses to those in the outside to cover the real one. For him to be able to make Western Nefarious Sangha submit and become his Boss only means something: he's not some a simple man! Furthermore, Gesangjor said that he brought eleven of his subordinates, and one of them killed the Justice Hall's Master of the Serenity Sect. That kid had a fortuitous encounter and was a hair away from the final push to become a cultivator by virtue of his martial arts. For him to be killed by one of Tang Xiu's men means that his subordinate is also a cultivator. Now, I'm suspecting that Tang Xiu is not only an itinerant cultivator but also someone from a large cultivaton sect."

Jin Sijie frowned, "Where would such a large cultivator sect exist in today's society? We, Brothers, also know that the number of cultivators in the entire China is probably not more than ten, right?"

"That is because we know nothing of the rest." Jin Sanchi sneered and rebuked him. "There are more than a billion people in China, and Heavens knows how many cultivators and those who inherited Dao heritages are there. That Amur Tiger boy was buried in Beijing some time ago, and we don't know who killed him. Do you think ordinary people can kill him?"

Jin Sijie's expression moved and he immediately nodded without refuting it. "So, what do we do next? Tang Xiu is now occupying the Immortal Abode and its Immortal Trove and forced us to pay a heavy price. Don't tell me we are just going to let it go like this?"

"… Let us wait and see first!"

Only then did Jin Sanchi replied helplessly after having been silent for a long time. "Western Nefarious Sangha occupied that Immortal Abode with Immortal Trove for so many years and yet he was still unable to open its entrance at all. Tang Xiu just learned about it, and he probably won't be able to open its entrance either for the time being. The first thing we must do now is to treat our injuries and then find his real identity. We'll scheme against him if he doesn't have a formidable cultivator force behind him, but we have no other choice but to give this up if it is otherwise, and… we gotta try to be in good terms with him as much as possible.

"The Strange Door has suffered heavy losses. Should we give them some compensation?" Asked Jin Sijie.

"I thought about it on the way back and made up my mind. Those eight families and forces paid quite a disastrous price, thus they will be bitterly disappointed if we can't pacify them, so let us just give them eight quotas!" Said Jin Sanchi. "And we should accept a few disciples."

"But, the cultivation resources we have…"

Jin Sijie refuted quickly, but he could not finish his words as Jin Sanchi interrupted him with indifference, "I'm aware that cultivation resources we have now is scarce, so we cannot provide too many resources to foster disciples. But they are members of those eight families who want to train under us. Don't tell me they don't even have some resources? Those eight families must have amassed quite a lot of good things all these many years."

"True that!" Jin Sijie nodded without refuting.

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In the Immortal Abode, Longquan Bay.

Tang Xiu painstakingly studied the array of the Soul Tranquilizer Stone and solidified Dragon's Eye on the ceiling of the cave, yet he could not find any clues whatsoever no matter how hard he tried. He even spent several days to refine a spirit tool and the spear to unleash a powerful might, yet he was still unable to destroy the array.

"No way to take it down, and neither can I destroy it."

Tang Xiu stood in the middle of the cave with a long, distressed face. One must know that he was once a Supreme in the Immortal World and had an extremely deep knowledge and attainments in arrays. And yet, he had never seen nor heard of the strange arrangement of this array before.

"Forget it. I can only give up for now! But this place is indeed good. I cannot leave it unguarded."

Tang Xiu went out of the cave. As he came outside and saw that Mo Awu's group of eleven were cultivating there, he then ordered four of them to stay here, responsible for guarding the Immortal Trove. Following which, the then left with Mo Awu's group of the remaining seven men quickly. There were a lot of things he had to do, and he could not waste his time staying here.

As he looked at the time, it was almost the day the Shanghai University started the new term, and he had not yet called Han Qingwu for a leave of absence. Although his relationship with Han Qingwu was better now, it was still not a justified excuse if he did not speak about it to her.

On the second day, Tang Xiu returned to Shanghai and phoned Han Qingwu to ask for a leave. Though he spent some effort, Han Qingwu finally gave consent and shortly after, he then headed for the research institute to hold a meeting with Mo Yi and wandered around the Institute for half of the day. When he saw that they were currently preparing for the following research, he contacted Kang Xia and instructed for two capable and trustworthy employees of the Magnificent Tang Corporation to come over.

During the busy days, Mu Qingping returned to Nine Dragons Island with Gu Yin, and Tang Xiaohan went with them. Tang Xiu originally wanted Tang Xiaohan to stay, but upon recalling that he often encountered various incidents and could not spare much time to take care of him, he also agreed with it.

****

South Gate Town.

As Tang Xiu returned from the outside and came to his parent's place. The reason why he came back was that his mother, Su Lingyun, was ill. Though it was not a serious illness and she only had a cold and a fever, he hurried there first. He even did not spare the time to examine the power generator set that had just been delivered from abroad.

"I'm fine, Xiu'er. I just need to take some medicine and get some injections. I'll be fine in a couple of days." Su Lingyun was leaning on the bedhead. Her complexion was a bit pale and looked a bit wilted, but she forced out a smile and spoke after seeing Tang Xiu's concerned face.

Tang Xiu gave her an examination and felt relieved upon finding that his mother had indeed only caught an ordinary cold and fever. He then immediately said with a smile, "Mom, did you forget my identity? The title of Star City Chinese Medical Hospital's Young Divine Doctor is not blown out as flaunting for marketing. Rest assured, Mom! I'll make a prescription for the medicine to get boiled for you to drink up. I guarantee that you will recover by tomorrow morning."

"Alright." Su Lingyun's smiling face was a bit wider than just a moment ago.

Shortly after, Tang Xiu walked out of the room and saw that his father, Tang Yunde, just came out from the inside. His expression was a bit serious as he talked to him, "Dad, there are some things I want to talk to you about."

Upon seeing the bit serious expression on his son's face, Tang Yunde nodded and said, "Let's go to the study room."

In the study room.

Right as Tang Xiu took a seat, he spoke, "Dad, you too know that I'm a cultivator, and you must be perfectly aware what kind of existence a cultivator is. I've been considering all this while to impart a cultivation technique to you and Mom and helping you both to step on the cultivation path. But there have been many things to tend to, so I have not yet been able to realize it until now. So, I'm going to stay in Star City for some time to guide you and Mom in cultivation."

There was a joyful expression on Tang Yunde's face. But after pondering for a short while, he shook his head and said, "I don't think it's time yet. The most important thing for you in your Mom's heart now is your studies. Staying in Star City to tend to your things may be very important to you, but I think the best thing you should do is to hurry up to get your things done here and then return to Shanghai. If you want to teach a cultivation technique to me and your Mom, wait for some time as I and your Mom will go to Shanghai and stay there for some time."

"This…"

Tang Xiu somewhat hesitated. But then he felt that what his father said was correct and reasonable. He finally put away the idea and said, "Then I'll teach some basic knowledge first. For example, the acupoints in the human body, meridians, and the cultivation technique's contents. I will then fully assist you to step on the cultivation path once you come to Shanghai."

"Alright!" This time, Tang Yunde did not refuse. He could feel the kindly intention inside his son's heart, and he too knew that his son had a mature way of thinking. Having such a son not only made him fortunate, but also touched.

"Xiu'er, there's something I need to tell you while you're here." Tang Yunde suddenly stopped him when Tang Xiu was about to leave the study room.

"What is it?" Asked Tang Xiu with a puzzled expression after turning around.

"Just write me that prescription and give it to me directly. I'll get the medicines and boil them while you are going to the airport!" Tang Yunde smiled. "That girl, Wanying, said that she will arrive at Star City this evening, thus you will pick her up."

Mu Wanying?

"What is she doing in Star City?" Asked Tang Xiu. "Doesn't she currently have schooling to attend to at Shanghai University?"

The smile on Tang Yunde's face looked mysterious when he answering, "Don't ask so many questions, will you? In any case, change your clothes to something formal."