txolops Chapter 152 Cao Yunfeng
Chapter 152 Cao Yunfeng
Luo Ming showed a hint of regret on his face and cupped his hands, saying, "I appreciate Fellow Daoist Cao's kindness. However, unfortunately, I have an urgent matter to attend to and need to leave the city immediately. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep our appointment. I'm truly sorry. I will apologize to Fellow Daoist Cao when I return to Tianxing City, and I will certainly trouble you then."
Upon hearing this, Cao Yunfeng's smile remained unchanged. He waved his hand and said heartily, "No problem, no problem. Cultivation is the most important thing. Since Fellow Daoist Wang has important matters to attend to, how could I dare to insist that you stay? It's just a bit of a pity, though, as I was hoping to introduce a few of my friends to you. Well then, we can meet again when you return!"
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Cao Yunfeng bowed and took his leave, turning to merge into the crowd and quickly disappearing from sight.
Luo Ming stood there and watched them leave. He didn't go to the nearby shops. Instead, he rode a simple black light and took off, leaving the bustling yet turbulent metropolis.
A sea breeze caressed my face, and my view suddenly opened up. Below me stretched the boundless blue sea, where the horizon met the sky in the distance, vast and endless.
Instead of flying at full speed immediately, Luo Ming flew at the speed of an ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivator towards a remote sea area marked on the map in his memory. There were scattered islands there, the spiritual energy was relatively thin, and few cultivators set foot there, making it a good place for the Wind Fox Beast to advance in peace.
After flying for a full half month, the azure light stopped in the sky above a desolate sea area.
Below lies a small island, only a few miles in circumference, with jagged rocks and a few low, salt-tolerant shrubs stubbornly growing on it. The surrounding seawater is a deep, inky blue, and the sound of waves crashing against the rocks echoes across the vast expanse of water.
Luo Ming slowly landed on a relatively flat rock in the center of the island. The restlessness of the Wind Fox Beast in the spirit beast pouch was nearing its limit, and the hazy blue spiritual light was almost about to burst out of the pouch.
He was about to take out the Wind Spirit Stone to set up the Spirit Gathering Array when he suddenly frowned and looked up at the southeast sky.
Two streaks of light, one blue and one black, were hurtling through the air at an extremely fast speed, their target clear: the direction he was in.
"They're here," Luo Ming thought to himself, but his expression remained unusually calm. He did not immediately adopt a posture of fleeing or engaging in battle, but simply stood quietly in place, even putting away the few wind spirit stones he had just taken out.
A few breaths later, the two streaks of light landed on the other side of the island, facing Luo Ming across a patch of jagged rocks.
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As the azure light dissipated, Cao Yunfeng's face, still bearing a hearty smile, was revealed. However, beneath that smile lay an undisguised chill and greed. Emerging from the black light was a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a sinister face, clad in a black robe. His aura had reached the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm, and a faint, chilling corpse aura emanated from him. His gaze, like that of a venomous snake, was fixed on Luo Ming.
"Fellow Daoist Cao, what a coincidence to meet you again in this desolate place." Luo Ming spoke first, his voice calm and even. His gaze swept over Cao Yunfeng, finally settling on the gloomy man. "May I ask who this fellow Daoist is? And what brings you two here in such a hurry?"
Cao Yunfeng's smile faded slightly, and a complex emotion flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a resolute expression: "So Fellow Daoist Wang's original name was Luo Ming. Now that things have come to this, why pretend to be confused? Handing over the Void Heaven Remnant Map might save you some suffering."
"A fragment of the Void Heaven Map?" Luo Ming raised an eyebrow, his gaze towards Cao Yunfeng filled with inquiry. "I don't understand what Fellow Daoist Cao is talking about. Fellow Daoist Cao, you were so warmly inviting me the other day, and today you've turned on me and are chasing me. This speed of your change of heart truly surprises me. I ask myself, I have no grudge against Fellow Daoist Cao, so why this?"
Cao Yunfeng sneered: "Luo Ming, your identity has been exposed. You can read the latest updated chapters of 'A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting at the Spirit Beast Mountain' on the 'Renren Bookstore' APP, where over a million books are available for free. Visit the APP's official website to read them. Blame it on you for possessing such a treasure yet failing to conceal it, and for getting too close to Jin Qing. Young Master Wu is determined to obtain that incomplete map, and as for you… knowing things you shouldn't know, I can only ask you to die."
"Young Master Wu?" Luo Ming's gaze shifted to the gloomy man, sensing the familiar, chilling aura emanating from him—the same one he had felt in the auction house pavilion. He understood immediately. "So that's it, Extreme Yin Island. When did Fellow Daoist Cao become a lackey of Extreme Yin Island?"
"You!" Cao Yunfeng's face darkened, and his eyes revealed murderous intent.
"Enough." The gloomy man spoke hoarsely, his voice like the scraping of rusty iron. He stared coldly at Luo Ming, his withered fingers lightly twirling a black domino at his waist. "Brother Cao, why waste your breath on a dying man? What waves can a mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator make? The young master is waiting for our report. Let's finish this quickly and take him down first."
He seemed to underestimate Luo Ming, but his mid-stage Core Formation cultivation made his divine sense even more acute, and Luo Ming's overly calm attitude made him vaguely suspicious. This person was facing two Core Formation cultivators chasing him, yet he neither panicked and fled nor immediately begged for mercy or fought desperately, which was truly abnormal.
"Corpse Demon Claw!" Cao Yunfeng exclaimed, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes. At the same time, he summoned a cyan flying sword, its light flickering as it attacked Luo Ming from the flank, complementing the gloomy man's attack.
Before the claws even arrived, the overwhelming corpse aura swept over them, hissing and corroding the rock surfaces with faint marks. The protective mana shields of ordinary Core Formation cultivators would likely be insufficient to withstand this attack of highly poisonous and corrosive corpse aura.
Faced with this pincer attack, a cold glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes, and instead of retreating, he advanced!
With a flick of his sleeve, twelve beams of blue light shot out—these were his meticulously crafted natal magic treasures, the Xuan Yuan Pearls! The twelve pearls did not attack directly, but instead traced mysterious trajectories in the air, instantly forming a simple yet radiant array that stood perfectly positioned between the gloomy man's corpse demon claws and Cao Yunfeng's flying sword.
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A surge of blue light erupted, forming a thick, aquamarine light barrier. The Corpse Demon's claws slammed into the barrier, the black-gray corpse energy clashing violently with the blue light, producing a sizzling, corrosive sound. The barrier trembled violently, but instead of shattering immediately, a gentle yet resilient force dissipated, gradually neutralizing the fierce claw strike. Cao Yunfeng's azure sword light struck the other side of the barrier, but was similarly blocked, unable to advance an inch.
"A complete set of magic weapons? That's quite something!" A look of surprise flashed in the gloomy man's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by ruthlessness. "Let's see how long you can hold out!" He unleashed his magic power, and the Corpse Demon Claw shone with intense black light. The claw shadow seemed to solidify as it pressed down hard once more. The light barrier immediately groaned under the strain, and the blue light rapidly dimmed.
Taking advantage of the moment, the Corpse Demon Claw and the cyan flying sword penetrated deep into the blue light barrier, getting less than a foot away from Luo Ming. It seemed that Luo Ming was about to be pierced by the spiritual light of the two magical treasures.
Just then, the rapidly dimming blue light curtain returned to its original state, and the two magical artifacts abruptly stopped advancing.
Immediately afterwards, the twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls trembled violently, shooting out streams of deep blue water that rapidly wrapped around the two magical treasures, binding them tightly like chains.