Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 697: Crooked Melons and Cracked Dates

Chapter 697: Crooked Melons and Cracked Dates

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There are indeed two Demon Sealing Pagodas in the Shenlongjia area.

Both of these Demon Sealing Pagodas originally fell under the management jurisdiction of the Great Thunder Temple.

But now the Great Thunder Temple doesn't even have many people left.

The two Demon Immortal avatars still need to spend considerable time cultivating their followers.

After all, Ascenders and their believers are two completely different things.

Ordinary people are easily deceived by Demon Immortals, but Ascenders might not necessarily fall for the tricks of Demon Immortal avatars.

"Big Brother, when should we make our move against the Fierce Beasts in those two Demon Sealing Pagodas?" Wu E asked sneakily.

"Three days from now," Chen Niu narrowed his eyes, gazing into the night behind Wu E, speaking cautiously. "You weren't followed, were you? The methods of the variable are unpredictable, did you carefully check along your way here?"

Wu E's face stiffened at the question, "It shouldn't be that cunning, right? Big Brother, rest assured, I was very careful when coming here, thoroughly checked, and no one followed me!"

In reality, he hadn't checked at all, simply hadn't done any proper inspection.

He just spread his Divine Sense to sweep the surroundings, took a quick look, and when he found no one tailing him, he didn't bother further.

In the darkness a hundred zhang away, Chen Huaian immediately concealed his aura even more upon hearing Wu E's thoughts.

"This Demon Immortal avatar is quite cautious. From the name, it seems to be called Chen Niu? I wonder if the Purple Gold Gourd would work on Chen Niu."

Chen Huaian murmured to himself.

There was definitely no way to test it now.

Otherwise, it might alert the enemy.

"Hmph, you definitely didn't check properly!" Chen Niu felt anger rising when he saw Wu E's confused expression.

What kind of character Wu E was, how could he, as the big brother, not know?

"From now on, let's continue our conversation through voice transmission via this mirror." Actually, starting from this sentence, Chen Niu's voice only sounded in Wu E's mind.

"Let's change the timing. To prevent eavesdroppers, originally we planned to attack those two Demon Sealing Pagodas three days from now, let's change it to five days later!"

Wu E's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, is such caution really necessary?

But he still nodded without speaking.

Five days later then, not much difference from three days anyway. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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A hundred zhang away.

Chen Huaian chuckled inwardly.

"Chen Niu, oh Chen Niu, no matter how cautious you are, what can you do? As long as This Venerable One can hear Wu E's thoughts, your plans cannot escape This Venerable One's detection!"

He snorted coldly.

Five days later? Even better, that gives more time to improve strength and make preparations.

After all, the Fierce Beasts wouldn't recognize him, and if persuasion fails, a tough battle would be unavoidable.

After Wu E finished negotiating with Chen Niu, he returned the same way he came. On the way back, Wu E checked around suspiciously and nervously.

But indeed found no signs of being tracked.

Little did he know that Chen Huaian had already returned long ago.

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When Wu E returned to the banquet and found everyone still there, with Chen Huaian still appearing thoroughly drunk, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This almost eliminated the possibility of being tracked by Chen Huaian and the others.

As for those variables, from the current situation, they didn't seem interested in the Demon Sealing Pagodas, so even if the variables learned of the plan, it wouldn't be a big problem.

And besides...

Chen Niu told him not to sleep after returning, to wait properly.

Wu E didn't know what he was supposed to wait for.

Imitating Muscle Tyrant's previous behavior, he settled at the dining table before returning to Containment Area 0 to recover from the wound on his buttocks.

Chen Huaian wasn't in a hurry to return to the Cangyun Realm either. Now that Kunlun Immortal Palace had Celestial Jade Marrow resources, and the Great Thunder Temple couldn't pose a threat to Kunlun Immortal Palace for a while, it was time to start preparing his and Zhang Yibai's infiltration plan.

The banquet ended with cups and plates scattered in disorder.

The halo of the glazed lamp flickered in the quiet room, illuminating Hua Jin the True One's face that showed slight unease yet contained hidden anticipation.

Earlier, Senior Chen had told her to stay after the banquet and not rush back to Kunlun Immortal Palace.

Saying there was something good for her.

But no matter how much she pondered, she couldn't figure out what medicine Chen Huaian was selling in his gourd.

After a while, Chen Huaian put down his wine cup, his calm gaze sweeping over the Kunlun disciples standing in attendance in the hall, his voice even and steady: "Fellow Daoist Hua Jin, summon all the disciples you've recently gathered who are trustworthy."

A flicker of doubt passed through Hua Jin the True One's eyes, but she responded without hesitation: "Yes, Senior Chen!"

Although it hadn't been long, she had managed to select quite a few trusted followers from among those Ascenders through her own methods.

These trusted followers were her key cultivation targets.

As for their innate talent, that was another matter—after all, the Ascension Pillar's cultivation enhancement didn't depend on what talent the Ascenders possessed.

She only needed to rebuild Kunlun Immortal Palace and have enough disciples to command.

Otherwise, if she and Little YiYi had to handle everything themselves, they wouldn't have time for their shameless private life...

In less than half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, thirty-two disciples wearing Kunlun Immortal Palace's standard Daoist robes stood neatly and solemnly in the center of the banquet hall.

They varied in age, included both men and women, and most had cultivation levels between late Qi Refining and early Foundation Establishment.

These disciples had clearly been informed that this excessively handsome senior before them held an esteemed position.

Each stood with hands respectfully at their sides, bowing slightly, not daring to breathe heavily, their eyes—some reverent, some curious, some nervous—stealing glances at Chen Huaian.

Like soldiers awaiting inspection.

An intangible pressure filled the air.

Chen Huaian didn't rise, remaining seated in his original position.

An invisible Divine Sense spread out like the most precise probes, instantly enveloping all thirty-two disciples completely.

The Divine Sense swept through their dantians, meridians, Seas of Consciousness... every subtle fluctuation of spiritual light, every aspect of their bone structure and innate talent clearly reflected in his own Sea of Consciousness.

After a moment, Chen Huaian shook his head almost imperceptibly.

Misshapen melons and cracked dates.

Truly all misshapen melons and cracked dates.

Although he had expected this, seeing such a combination still made him inwardly complain.

Loose bones and muscles, mixed and dim Spiritual Roots, like dust-covered stubborn stones—not only inferior to outer sect disciples in the Cangyun Realm, but even the children cooking and tending fires on the Servant Peaks had far better bone structure than this. Earth Star lacked the excellent cultivation traditions of the Cangyun Realm, and the Ascension Pillar used methods that forced growth, resulting in these Ascender disciples having foundations that were truly unsightly.

Hoping for them to achieve anything in cultivation in the short term was out of the question.

Chen Huaian made a decision in his heart.

Since all these disciples were misshapen melons and cracked dates, he would select a few usable ones and personally cultivate them.

He slowly raised his right hand, index and middle fingers pressed together, a point of clear light suddenly brightening at his fingertips, like the first cold star lighting up in the dark night.

No complex hand seals, no chanting of incantations, no massive spiritual energy fluctuations.

He simply moved casually, as if casually sketching graffiti in the air, his fingertips tracing through the void.

Hum!

A pale cyan, complex light diagram composed of countless intricate symbols instantly formed beneath his fingertips!

The lines of the light diagram flowed smoothly, carrying an arcane and unfathomable rhythm. The moment it appeared, it stirred the surrounding spiritual energy, causing ripples. The light diagram rapidly expanded, its elusive glow flashing briefly before silently merging into the void as if it had never been there.

But all the cultivators present, including Hua Jin the True One and Zhang Yibai...

clearly felt an intangible ripple instantly sweep through the entire hall.

The air seemed to become thicker, the light slightly distorted.

A sense of isolation from the outside world, of creating a separate realm, spontaneously arose.

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