My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion-Chapter 939 - 546: She Was Cheated On! (Bonus 4-in-1)

This place is not a thousand miles but rather eight hundred miles from Dragon and Tiger Mountain. The path the White Lotus Sect takes is not a normal path, but a secret realm carved out by them.

The White Lotus Sect has countless secret realms like the one Chu Yiyuan led a group of the old and infirm to excavate. Even the main altar within the sect seems to be built upon a secret realm.

The path is sinister, a hundred times more treacherous than the road Chen Yi took when entering the White Lotus Sect's main altar. It's not that foggy darkness, but like the shadow beneath a dim black room's bed, making you always feel as if there is a person under you also breathing faster due to fear...

Even those living at the main altar of the White Lotus Sect unconsciously breathe faster, as if before them is truly a ghostly underworld, thinking if they stay here, even if they die, their souls will be tormented for eternity, never returning to the Vacuum Home.

The White Lotus Sect splits into groups to enter the Demon Refining Abyss through the secret realm, with nearly two hundred zhang between the front and the rear. Each group is split into several small teams, with only about ten zhang between them. Chen Yi and his party are in the front section of the team, accompanied by familiar faces like Chu Yiyuan among the White Lotus Sect.

With the canyon cut across, looking up one feels the cliffs on both sides soar into the clouds. The terrain ahead seems to have been cleaved open by a giant sword, narrow at first and gradually widening, akin to delving into the underworld.

The surrounding trees are dense, yet not a single fallen leaf is in sight. Chen Yi observes that all are deadwood; thousands of tree barks have stripped away completely, leaving behind only the ravaged trunks, pitted and scarred as if… bitten, with scratch marks from nails.

His foot steps over a skeleton, and with a light kick, it disintegrates like a pile of dust.

One person couldn't help but exclaim, "Who would have thought that Dragon and Tiger Mountain would have a place like the Demon Refining Abyss."

"What respectable house doesn't have unspeakable secrets hidden where filth gathers? I've even heard that the monks have loose morals. Dragon and Tiger Mountain isn't even the worst." He Yong, a close confidant of Chu Yiyuan, replied.

That person shivered and asked, "How long will we stay here?"

"I don't know, maybe three or four days at most, ten days or more at the longest." Chu Yiyuan responded.

Carrying a coffin, Chen Yi surveyed the path, while Yin Tingxue clutched his hand tightly, afraid of getting lost.

She glanced back two or three times, then turned her head back; this small action did not escape Chen Yi's attention. He asked, "What is it?"

"Someone behind… wants to kill you." Yin Tingxue whispered.

Chen Yi nodded slightly, knowing exactly whom Yin Tingxue was referring to.

Earlier, at a banquet, the Violet Compassion Sage had introduced him to the Fengzhu of Lifeng Pavilion—Gu Jue, and his subordinate Zhong Hou.

The assassination attempt by Lifeng Pavilion had been cast aside by Chen Yi since Shantong City. Assassins like them usually cut their losses; if an assassination failed, they moved on. He never expected to run into them at the White Lotus Sect.

The fact that Lifeng Pavilion continues their attempts suggests someone is willing to pay a handsome price. Given Lifeng Pavilion's network, it seems to be someone from Western Jin?

He planned to sort it out after dealing with the initial kill.

Having cut down two corpses, Chen Yi was no longer as impulsive, his earlier bloodlust completely vanished. Hence, he was exceedingly calm when it came to matters of killing. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The time before and now were not the right moments to strike. Once deep within the Demon Refining Abyss, opportunities would abound.

As they ventured deeper, cold winds came increasingly frequent, abruptly hitting their faces, until someone finally muttered:

"When will this road end."

"You better not say anything unlucky," He Yong hastily said, much like on a ship where you don't say 'flip the fish' but 'turn the fish'. In places like this, there's a fear that words might become a curse and regret would be too late.

Chu Yiyuan said, "Good fortune, great fortune, with Battalion Commander Chen here, we've got a long road ahead yet."

This statement instantly dispelled the ominous vibes, several people laughed dryly for a while, but as the laughter went on, they all stopped.

The laughter didn't stop.

Suddenly, a bone-chilling cold rose from the base of their spines.

They knew not where the laughter originated; it seemed everywhere and nowhere, causing everyone to halt silently. Chen Yi casually glanced around and pointed to the right ahead.

Everyone followed his gaze and saw an old woman with disheveled hair, laughing repeatedly, slowly approaching, murmuring fragmented words.

"Go, go… go…" Her voice was scattered, hard to discern, "If you don't go, blood will flow like a river… blood will flow…"

Before her words could finished echoing, He Yong suddenly slashed a blade over.

With a flash of the blade, the old woman's silhouette vanished like mist, gone instantly.

"Just a remnant soul, playing tricks," He Yong said, glancing around at everyone, who also laughed briefly, but feared more laughter would come in and overwhelm them.

He Yong immediately looked to Chen Yi, attempting to rally morale, "We still have Battalion Commander Chen here—blood will flow like a river? Ha!"

Just as Chen Yi was about to respond, a cold gleam suddenly shot out from the shrubs—it was a flying sword, and in an instant, He Yong's head was severed.

His head rolled away, dropping to the ground, where blood gushed profusely.

Yin Tingxue had her head down, watching the path; then all of a sudden, silence fell. She hadn't yet grasped the situation fully when she was fiercely yanked by Chen Yi. Suddenly she saw several flashes of cold light sweeping past from all directions, while startled screams erupted around her ears.

It was also at this moment that shadows surrounded them, bursts of sword light shot forth, directly targeting the White Lotus Sect members invading the Demon Refining Abyss. This sudden and strange attack caught everyone off-guard, leaving no premonition, as gushes of blood blossomed swiftly.

Chen Yi intended to follow the aura of the flying swords but then abruptly sensed another aura secretly locked onto him. In the chaotic situation, he almost instinctively pulled Yin Tingxue and dove back into the forest.