Chapter 271 : No Way to Avoid!

Chapter 271: No Way to Avoid!

What kind of damned place is this, damned place, damned place!

At this moment, Lü Yang had only this single thought left in his mind.

To be honest, just now, for a moment, he had almost activated the 【Book of a Hundred Lifetimes】 by self-detonating.

‘It is definitely 【Ang Xiao】!’

‘Although I used a clone, I did not split my divine sense, but instead entered with my consciousness, yet in the end, it was used as a medium to influence my true body!’

Lü Yang’s expression turned bitter.

He had not split his divine sense to enter the clone.

His original intention was to prevent the clone from being controlled by others, eventually developing its own consciousness and betraying the true body.

That was why he had used his own consciousness to control the clone.

Yet in the end, his guard had failed, and he had been remotely influenced by a True Lord!

Moreover, it was better when he was still confused.

Once he became clear-headed, it was even more terrifying.

Everything that had happened earlier seemed like a dream.

Many of his decisions and words felt like they had been shrouded in a layer of confusion.

It even made Lü Yang afraid to recall them too much.

‘I must have gone mad!’

‘I actually thought before that by coming overseas, as long as I could find the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend, and break through to the peak of the mid-stage, I could even fight a Great True Lord.’

Was that really me?

‘Forget about whether I could win or not, even if I could, why would I fight? Wouldn’t it be easier to use the power of a Great True Lord to bully those in the early and mid Foundation Establishment stage?’

The more Lü Yang thought about it, the more his scalp tingled.

However, very soon, an even greater doubt surfaced in his heart: ‘Why me? I am just a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator. What virtue or capability do I have to be schemed against like this?’

Those involved are confused, while bystanders are clear.

Once Lü Yang finally jumped out of the influence of the Knowledge Barrier, he immediately understood 【Ang Xiao】's intention.

He wanted Lü Yang to search for the Magnetic Divine Mountain!

‘Luckily… luckily!’

Lü Yang looked at the magical sword in his hand.

Recalling the decision he had made earlier to ‘first increase his strength’, his eyes showed a trace of relief.

Fortunately, his nature was hard to change.

Even under the influence of the True Lord, he had still firmly held onto the idea of ‘playing it safe’.

First, seeking Suo Huan to refine a spiritual treasure, which by a lucky mistake, had actually allowed him to regain his clarity.

‘No… it might not have been just a lucky mistake.’

‘Would a True Lord really allow such a variable to occur?’

Lü Yang turned his head and looked at Suo Huan beside him, and asked in a low voice, “Daoist friend, tell me honestly, do you truly have full confidence in refining this spiritual treasure?”

Upon hearing this, Suo Huan also looked over, but only gave a bitter smile: “Full confidence? If it were an ordinary spiritual treasure, that would be fine. But you brought out so many spiritual treasures—how could I possibly melt them all with just my skills alone? Unless a True Lord intervenes! If I really want to refine it, at least ninety percent depends on heaven’s will.”

Suo Huan’s voice grew softer and softer.

Lü Yang also looked at the magical sword in his hand, but he only felt as if he was holding a piece of burning charcoal, unbearably hot.

For a moment, he did not know whether to keep holding it or to throw it away.

Without the intervention of a True Lord, the success of the refinement depended entirely on heaven’s will.

And yet it had actually succeeded?

Who would believe there had been no True Lord’s hand behind it?

But if it was 【Ang Xiao】, why go through all this trouble to wake the two of them from the confusion?

Could it be…

‘…is there another True Lord?’

‘Could it be that what Suo Huan and I experienced was actually just the result of True Lords fighting each other?’

Lü Yang rubbed his temples.

For the first time, he experienced the feeling of having no backing from a True Lord.

Everything was like looking at flowers through mist, being sold off and still helping count the money!

If this had happened before Cleansing Snow True Lord entered seclusion, how could he have ended up like this?

“Senior Brother? Senior?”

At this moment, Chongming looked at Lü Yang with a confused expression, then turned to look at Suo Huan: “Weren’t you two still in a hurry to go to the Magnetic Divine Mountain—”

“Bang!”

Before Chongming could finish his sentence, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Suo Huan, however, remained calm and said, “Could you trouble Daoist friend to shine that sword light on him as well?”

Lü Yang shook his head and replied, “I already did. It’s useless.

The sword light’s mystery is indeed remarkable, but his cultivation is too low.

Although he was only affected through me, the influence on him is even deeper than on me.

Unless… that person willingly withdraws the divine ability, or a True Lord lends a hand, he probably won’t wake up.”

After speaking, the two fell silent.

Lü Yang instinctively tried to divine by pinching his fingers, but then gave up.

This was obviously a scheme set by a True Lord.

What was there for him to calculate?

He might even be misled further.

‘Can I choose not to go, and return to the Sky-reaching Sea of Clouds?’

Lü Yang’s first thought was to flee.

But very soon, a chilling realization struck his heart: he had managed to leave the Primordial Saint Sect smoothly!

Lü Yang did not believe that the fact he had been influenced by 【Ang Xiao】 had gone unnoticed by the True Lords.

Yet he had been allowed to leave the Sky-reaching Sea of Clouds without any obstacles, so naturally, so smoothly.

He hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but now the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.

Did this indirectly reveal the Primordial Saint Sect’s attitude?

‘Have I been abandoned?’

This was not surprising.

After all, in most people’s eyes, he was just a True Person whose Dao path had been severed.

No matter how brilliant he had been, it was useless.

He was not indispensable.

‘If there is something more important, it’s only natural to abandon me.’

‘But what is this matter?

And what kind of role do they want me to play in it?

What kind of effect does the True Lord behind the scenes want me to produce?’

Thinking of this, Lü Yang suddenly turned his head.

Almost at the same time, Suo Huan also glanced at him, then revealed a bitter smile.

Clearly, his thoughts had not lagged behind Lü Yang’s.

‘Just like back then in the 【Ten Thousand Weapons World】, I was merely incidental.

Suo Huan was the true target!’

‘【Ang Xiao】’s real target was him, using me to push Suo Huan to seek that Magnetic Divine Mountain?

Impossible, the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend were useless to him.’

Under the illumination of the sword light, Lü Yang’s thoughts became even clearer, turning as quickly as lightning.

The next second, he suddenly lowered his head and looked at the magical sword in his hand.

‘The reason this spiritual sword could be refined was because a True Lord had secretly intervened.

And precisely because of it, Suo Huan and I were able to wake up from the confusion.’

‘That’s it! This is my true purpose!’

“My role is to help Suo Huan regain his clarity!”

In an instant, Lü Yang’s face finally showed a look of sudden realization:

‘I was wrong! Completely wrong!

The mastermind behind this is actually not 【Ang Xiao】!’

Until just now, Lü Yang had thought that 【Ang Xiao】 had hooked their fates, dragging him and Suo Huan into this game, and then a mysterious True Lord had stepped in to save them.

However, the truth might be the exact opposite.

【Ang Xiao】 was actually the one who had come to save them!

‘Suo Huan was the one deeply trapped in the scheme without realizing it.

Ang Xiao used my hand to pull him out, refining this magical sword to wake him up!’

That made much more sense!

As this realization dawned, Lü Yang’s expression grew even more bitter:

“If that’s really the case… then this means they want me and Suo Huan to move forward together!”

After all, both of them had relied on the sword’s mystery to regain their clarity.

Once they separated, although Lü Yang himself did not care, Suo Huan would inevitably fall back into confusion.

Under such circumstances, how could 【Ang Xiao】 possibly allow him to leave?

‘If I’m not mistaken, I must have already provoked a powerful enemy…

That’s right, the Four Seas Sect!

Because I killed the Dragon King Sui Ying!

Originally, the Heaven-Seeking Instrument had concealed the karmic ties, and no one should have been able to calculate it.

But now, who knows?’

‘If the karmic ties have really been calculated by the Four Seas Sect, and I am now overseas, I’m afraid only Suo Huan can protect me.

If I leave him, I will surely die at the hands of the dragon clan!’

What karmic mysteries?

It was clearly another form of True Lord’s chess match!

Thinking of this, Lü Yang couldn’t help but look at Suo Huan.

“Senior… what exactly have you done?”

As the words fell, Suo Huan also glanced at him and bitterly smiled:

“Seeking a way to survive.

Unfortunately… it seems that someone won’t even allow me that single path of survival.”

“It seems I have implicated you, Daoist friend.”

“Don’t mention it.”

What’s done is done.

Lü Yang naturally wouldn’t complain any further.

After all, regardless of everything, they were now clearly like grasshoppers tied to the same rope!