Chapter 6522: The Netherworld Sect’s Sacred Item

Chapter 6522: The Netherworld Sect’s Sacred Item

“Senior, it’s normal for me not to trust you after what you did to me back then, but I have a conscience. You have saved and helped me. I’d be an ingrate if I continue putting up my guard against you,” Chu Feng said.

“Eesh, I just didn’t want to scare you. Shall we be honest with each other from now on?” Wen Xue asked.

“All right. Senior, how many more means do you possess that I don’t know about?” Chu Feng asked.

Even if Wen Xue had resorted to special means, Wuma Hanshuang was still a rank four Heavenly God. Chu Feng couldn’t even imagine what it would take to control such a powerful individual.

“I am a person of many means,” Wen Xue replied with a shrug.

“Senior, aren’t we going to be honest with each other?”

“Be good and stop asking. You have your secrets too, right?”

“Fine, I shan’t probe. Senior, you should be able to safely escort them out of here, right?” Chu Feng emphasized the word ‘safely’ here.

“No problem.” Wen Xue nodded. “I’ll return to join you after escorting them out.”

“You don’t have to. There’s not much Wuma Hanshuang can do beyond this point.”

“Hmph! That’s not what you said earlier.”

Chu Feng chuckled. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. I’ll be honest with you. I have tricks up my sleeve. The Netherworld Sect and the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion won’t be able to catch me, even if I don’t suppress their cultivation. I’m more worried about the rest of you.

“Senior, take them out of the Undying Starfield to somewhere safe, where Miss Li Wu can channel her energy with ease of mind and aid me in grasping control over the sacred item. Following that, bring them to where we first met. I’ll meet you all there once I’m done settling things here.”

“Take care, junior,” Wen Xue said. She turned to Li Wu and Bai Yunqing and said, “Let’s go. We’re all baggage here. Let’s not become a hindrance to my junior.”

Li Wu looked at Chu Feng apologetically. “Chu Feng, even though we didn’t know each other back then, I apologize for harming your friend, and I’ll find a way to make it up for that. Feng Ling is the most important person to me in this world, so...”

“Don’t worry, Feng Ling is my friend as well. Even if not for that, your relationship with my brother makes you my sister-in-law. I’ll definitely rescue Feng Ling.”

Bai Yunqing grinned at those words, but that only prompted Li Wu to shoot him a cold glare.

Bai Yunqing quickly clarified, “N-not yet, big brother. She’s not your sister-in-law yet.”

Chu Feng could tell that Li Wu wasn’t fond of such jokes, so he responded with an awkward smile. “Miss Li Wu, I was just trying to lighten up the situation. I didn’t mean anything by that. I hope you don’t take it to heart.

“It’s fine. I know you don’t mean harm. I’ll entrust Feng Ling to you then,” Li Wu said.

Wen Xue began leading Li Wu and Bai Yunqing out of the Undying Starfield. It didn’t take long for their silhouettes to disappear amid the vast expanse of space, leaving Chu Feng alone.

“We’re back to fighting by ourselves. Chu Feng, do you think Wen Xue was telling the truth? She was able to control someone as powerful as Wuma Hanshuang. What kind of ridiculous ability is that? Could she be much stronger than what we see?” Eggy asked.

She had a much better impression of Wen Xue after their encounter at the Ancestral Martial Spiritist Sect’s remnant, but even so, she found it inconceivable how Wen Xue could control Wuma Hanshuang.

It would be terrifying to make an enemy out of Wen Xue.

“My senior is an enigmatic one. I don’t think she was scheming anything when she obediently joined the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect; it did look like she was forced into it. I don’t think she was that powerful then. She might have grown after going through some fortuitous encounters. Personally, I think it’s a good thing.”

Chu Feng didn’t think much of it. While he was initially guarded against Wen Xue, she had helped him a lot afterward. He could most definitely sense the goodwill she harbored for him. That was enough reason for him to trust her.

He wasn’t too bothered about Wen Xue’s strength.

Every cultivator was bound to have their fortuitous encounters, just like how Chu Feng was swiftly growing through his fortuitous encounters. Besides, Wen Xue was an old monster who had lived through the ages. The knowledge she had accrued was bound to serve her well, and she might have also prepared many hands in the meantime.

She was bound to have an advantage over Chu Feng when it came to cultivation.

Chu Feng continued his journey forward and soon saw the so-called sacred item that the Netherworld Sect was trying to awaken.

It was a towering black door, standing at a height of over hundreds of thousands of meters, making it conspicuous even from far away.

The door was closed, but it was shrouded in an eerie dark red aura. It was fused into the surrounding space. It resembled a bottomless hole as energy from the surroundings flowed ceaselessly into it.

That was no ordinary energy; it was the Bloodline Galaxy’s galactic energy.

Chu Feng finally understood why the Netherworld Sect had sealed off the Undying Starfield. That was not just a simple seal; it doubled as an auxiliary formation. It siphoned energy away from the Bloodline Galaxy to feed the sacred item.

“To think that the sacred item the Netherworld Sect seeks to awaken is a door. What a sinister door this is,” Eggy assessed the door with widened eyes.

“It is quite sinister.” Chu Feng felt uneasy just looking at the door.

If the door could already stir such unease in him, whatever power is in it must be worse.

Chu Feng’s greatest enemy at the moment was the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion, but he felt like the one who might bring devastation upon the world of cultivation was the Netherworld Sect. This realization sparked a thought in him.

If possible, I’ll stop the Netherworld Sect from awakening the power inside the door.