Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 650 - 627 Betrayal

"A big deal."

The middle-aged man took a moment to examine the jade talisman Gu Jinlai had handed over, his pupils suddenly constricted as if he had realized something, and immediately returned the talisman while solemnly promising, "Distinguished guest, please follow me."

With that said, he led Gu Jinlai straight to the third floor of the store.

"Please wait a moment; we have already sent the message back to the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, and Immortal Qiu Yu will soon arrive."

said the man.

Gu Jinlai nodded.

He hoped Immortal Qiu Yu could provide him with some useful information.

...

While Gu Jinlai silently waited in the Magic Artifact Store, three thousand miles away from Star Sword City, amidst continuous mountain ranges, several powerful auras converged.

These auras, each belonging to the master of an individual peak, spared no effort in unleashing their True Yuan as they traversed the mountains. In just a dozen breaths, all of them had descended into Immortal Qiu Yu’s courtyard.

Among these people, in addition to Immortal Qiu Yu, was the current Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, the Supreme True Immortal Riyi.

Yes!

Supreme True Immortal!

Theoretically, the Strongest True Immortals are the pinnacle of what True Immortals could achieve, and Supreme True Immortals often refer to those Heavenly Immortals who have departed from their Grotto Heavens.

However, there are a few extraordinary beings who, at the stage of Strongest True Immortals, forcefully break through limitations and step into the realm of Supreme True Immortals. freēwēbnovel.com

Riyi was one of them.

He had once come upon a fortuitous opportunity, integrating the carcass of an Innate Sacred being into his body, which contained the Heavenly Dao’s essence, and had a trace of an Immortal Master’s power. This allowed him to unleash a strength surpassing even the Strongest True Immortals.

Such a being, to a certain extent, was comparable to a Heavenly Immortal.

"Has Zhao Xi’s person relayed the message to you?"

Immortal Riyi asked.

He looked somewhat displeased.

After all, before this, they had already expended tremendous effort and resources in a thorough investigation inside and outside the Sect to find the hidden spy that had infiltrated the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, only to come up empty-handed.

Just as they were about to give up, the spy had delivered himself to their doorstep.

If it hadn’t been for their successful conversion of the previous wave of Dark Sons, led by Qiu Yu, they would have been unaware of the catastrophe he could have potentially unleashed.

"He has arrived at the location we agreed upon."

Immortal Qiu Yu nodded.

"Elder Qiu Yu, you’ve done well."

Immortal Riyi softened his expression, allowing a hint of a smile to show, "We shall have a good ’conversation’ with this ’Gu Jinlai.’ He does not belong to the pure Immortal Country people, so he may be more understanding of our philosophy."

"We should make haste. According to the information from Sui Mu and Zhen Tu, this Gu Jinlai should have the battle power of Top True Immortals. Still, to be safe, we must consider him as a Peak True Immortal. The Sect Master, I, and the Second Elder shall take action together to ensure there’s no chance of failure."

Another elder then spoke.

This was the Great Elder of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, Immortal Su Yuan, a powerful entity who had possessed the battle power of Strongest True Immortals sixty years before.

At that time, he had the opportunity to merge his Dao Fruit into the Grotto Heaven and become a Heavenly Immortal, but due to Immortal Taibai being at a critical juncture in his breakthrough, and the Sect’s Spirit Mechanism being inadequate, Su Yuan had given up the opportunity to ascend, preferring to hand it to the more promising Immortal Taibai.

Though his previous breakthrough attempt failed, with Immortal Taibai personally obtaining several Spirit Crystals from the Immortal Country over the past decade, Su Yuan’s conditions for becoming a Heavenly Immortal were nearly fulfilled, and it was estimated that he would attempt another breakthrough within the next thirty to fifty years and step into the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

"Star Sword City is our Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect’s city, and it’s only a few thousand miles away from several Grotto Heavens of our Sect. To the Supreme Elders in the Sect with Heavenly Immortal Realm, a few thousand miles are no different from their doorstep, and there’ll be hardly any reduction in the projection of a Grotto Heaven’s power. So what if Gu Jinlai has the battle power of the Strongest True Immortals? Could he still escape unscathed?"

The Second Elder said with a relaxed smile on his face.

"The point is valid, but if we are to have a Supreme Elder take action personally, it would only highlight our incompetence. Hence, the quicker we set out, the better," insisted Immortal Riyi, nodding while glancing at Immortal Qiu Yu, "Lord Qiu Yu, we kindly ask you to join us on this task. Let’s see if you can also persuade him."

Immortal Qiu Yu nodded.

Exposing the spy known as "Gu Jinlai" left her with mixed feelings.

However, she soon convinced herself.

The devils’ power was tremendous, and even if the Immortal Country were to exert all its strength, it would at best result in a war at the Blood Moat Demon Abyss.

Yet now the entire Longevity World had fallen. Even if the devils were to suffer defeat at the Blood Moat Demon Abyss, they could simply rise again on other fronts.

Moreover...

They might have already secretly nurtured other Demon Abysses, allowing those abysses to expand to the magnitude of a large Demon Abyss.

After all, there is more than one Demon Lord in the Demon Realm, with Cangming being just one of them.

As long as the Immortal Country cannot secure a comprehensive victory in the wars of the Longevity World, the war will never end.

Instead of letting the endless war between the Demon Realm and the Longevity World drag on, it would be better to bring the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect into play, to leverage the Sect’s power to swiftly crush the devils, then build a plethora of Grotto Heavens to nurture the Heavenly Dao within them, fundamentally blocking the possibility of Demon Spirits from the Demon Realm from entering the Longevity World.

After all, both the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and the Longevity World are worlds ruled by humans.

Even the inheritance of the Immortal Country and the Profound Immortal Realm are essentially from the same source.

Technologies like Grotto Heaven and Spirit Mechanism, came from the Profound Immortal Realm.

Therefore, in Immortal Qiu Yu’s view, what she was doing did not count as betraying the Longevity World or the Immortal Country. It was more about bringing powerful reinforcements to the Longevity World and ending the war between humans and devils, allowing the cultivators of the Immortal Country and the Longevity World to return to their roots.

Everything she did was for the good of the Immortal Country, for the good of the Longevity World.

With this mindset, she quickly rose with the three True Immortals to control their swords and descended like streaks of light toward Star Sword City.

However, just before arriving at Star Sword City, Immortal Riyi suddenly thought of something and instructed the Second Elder, "Gu Jinlai is a top True Immortal. If he stubbornly tries to resist to the very end, we can suppress him, but it will inevitably cause great destruction to Star Sword City. Go and activate the City Protection Array, sealing off the space where Gu Jinlai is located."

"Yes."

The Second Elder bowed and swiftly descended toward the City Lord Mansion.

Immortal Riyi then turned to Immortal Qiu Yu, "You go and see if you can persuade him to leave Star Sword City using your words. We will stay behind you to avoid getting too close and startling him."

"Alright."

Immortal Qiu Yu nodded in agreement.

With a single step, she entered Star Sword City and landed inside the Magic Artifact Store.

At that moment, inside the Magic Artifact Store, Gu Jinlai was quietly waiting for the arrival of Immortal Qiu Yu.

"In the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, True Immortals are equivalent to elders, roughly on par with the Void Immortals of the Creation Gate... From this, it is evident that the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect is more than a dozen times, even several dozen times stronger than the Creation Gate... However, as the hegemon of Xuanjin Dao, ruling the entire Xuanjin Dao decisively, their authority exceeds the Heavenly Fire Sect’s over Flame River Dao. With the power of an entire Dao at their command, this scale of power is not surprising."

Gu Jinlai was reflecting on the status of Void Immortals within the Creation Gate...

Unless they were Void Immortals of direct lineage, like Ye Qingzhu, Yu Xu, and others, they could not access the core information of Creation Gate.

Being a halfway joiner and not a True Immortal cultivated by the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, even if Immortal Qiu Yu did hold any important information, it probably wouldn’t be of much value.

It might not even compare to Immortal Sui Mu...

After all, True Immortals from outside the sect are innately met with rejection by the sect’s own True Immortals.

"Hmm!?"

Thinking this, Gu Jinlai suddenly frowned, "Wait! Given that Immortal Qiu Yu hasn’t been with the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect for long, plus the fact that an outsider True Immortal would be rejected by the sect’s own, how could she have gained trust so quickly?"

He felt a hint of suspicion in his heart.

Before he could sort out the issue, the door to the VIP room opened, and a beautiful figure walked in.

She didn’t speak, but instead took out a Jade Talisman, which was similarly engraved with various patterns.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai also produced the contact Jade Talisman given to him by Zhao Xi.

Once the two Jade Talismans made contact, they resonated uniquely and emitted a flickering light.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai smiled slightly, "Immortal Qiu Yu?"

"It’s me."

Immortal Qiu Yu gave a nod of acknowledgment, "And you, Ancient True Immortal?"

Although the two were aware of each other’s existence, this was their first face-to-face meeting.

"No."

Gu Jinlai directly replied. "My name is Jiang Yufeng. Through a fortunate coincidence outside, I rescued brother Gu Jinlai. He’s gravely injured, and he sent me to find you. He said you know a way to help him, and also mentioned you have something to give him?"

"No?"

Immortal Qiu Yu was briefly taken aback, seemingly unsure how to respond.

After a while, she expressed concern, "Then where is Gu Jinlai now?"

"I’ve come to take you to where brother Gu is. Please make arrangements, bring more useful healing pills, and whatever message you wish to convey."

Gu Jinlai said.

Immortal Qiu Yu looked at Gu Jinlai, trying to gauge whether his words were true or false, and whether his identity as Jiang Yufeng was a disguise.

However, considering that the Sect Master and Great Elder themselves wanted her to bring "Gu Jinlai" out of the city, regardless of whether he truly was Gu Jinlai, she decided to first take him out of the city. As to what would happen next, it would be for the Sect Master and Great Elder to decide.

With that thought, she quickly nodded, "I have the item with me, there’s no time to waste. Let’s leave the city to find Gu Jinlai before anything unexpected happens."

"Good."

Gu Jinlai said and with a beckoning gesture added, "Since you’re more familiar with this area, please lead the way."

Immortal Qiu Yu nodded, quickly leading Gu Jinlai out of the city.

On their way out, Gu Jinlai gradually activated his Child of the Stars trait and began "peeping" at the information changes around him.

Inside Star Sword City, with people coming and going and numerous cultivators around, he could not detect any useful information.

But once outside of Star Sword City, he acutely sensed two mighty presences not far from him.

These two presences...

Without exception, both had reached the peak of True Immortals.

While Star Sword City, as the outer gateway for the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect had its fair share of powerful individuals, Void Immortals were already the utmost one could encounter on a daily basis. True Immortals...

And two of the most peak True Immortals at that—it was obvious to anyone that something was amiss.

Especially when...

As he focused his Perception on the two True Immortals and noticed that they followed him and Immortal Qiu Yu out of the city, he understood what was happening.

His gaze towards Immortal Qiu Yu shifted slightly.

"What’s wrong?"

Immortal Qiu Yu seemed to notice something and asked.

"Nothing."

Mindful of the fact that Star Sword City was too close to the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, he cautiously replied, "The reason brother Gu was seriously injured is because he learned a vitally important piece of information about something that’s problematic. He only wishes to disclose this message to you, so let us hurry on our way and speak more once we meet brother Gu."