Chapter 837: Inevitable

Lu Zhou flew at a slow speed as he continued controlling the Yong. In fact, the flight was slightly shaky, making it look as though it was severely injured.

Lu Zhou continued to control it for two hours, crossing mountains, rivers, and forests before he arrived near the Sky Wheel Mountain Range.

When Lu Zhou saw the Sky Wheel Mountain Range, he found it rather familiar. Apart from the height of the mountains and the flora and fauna, it was rather similar to the golden lotus realm.

As he continued to survey his surroundings, he muttered to himself, “Fortunately, I didn’t encounter any cultivators during my journey here... Otherwise, I would have to kill them...”

After a moment, he flew toward the top of the Sky Wheel Mountain Range and continued to observe his surroundings.

The Sky Wheel Mountain Range was not high, but it was vast. The terrain was complex and rugged. As he hovered above the mountain range, he did not see a suitable place to land.

“Where could the Yongs be?”

Lu Zhou flew east from the Sky Wheel Mountain Range, passing the most rugged area before he saw a deep valley. His eyes lit up immediately. “A valley? This should be the Sky Wheel Rift Valley...”

There was no doubt the valley was a perfect hiding place for the vicious beasts to hide. In fact, there might even be Birth Chart beasts hiding in this place.

Just as Si Wuya had said, “The word ‘maybe’ indicates a possibility.”

Nothing was impossible in this world, and Lu Zhou needed to confirm it.

Towering trees covered one-third of the valley, obscuring Lu Zhou’s view. After looking around for a moment, he found a place and muttered, “This is it...”

He brought the Yong with him as he dove and landed under one of the trees. Subsequently, he flew to a nearby hill and waited.

“Disguise Card.” Lu Zhou brought a Disguise Card out and quickly shattered it. After all, there were many disciples on the Twelve Sects of Cloud Mountain who knew what he looked like. After the incident with Ye Zhen, he could not be certain if there were still spies among the Cloud Mountain disciples. This was also the reason he decided to act alone.

The Disguise Card took effect immediately. He felt a cooling sensation on his wrinkly face before he felt it distorting and changing. At the same time, the color of his hair was changing at an astonishing speed as well. In just a few breaths, his appearance had changed drastically. From an old man with grey hair, he now looked like a mature and calm middle-aged man.

After his appearance changed, he could not help but mutter to himself, “When will my appearance change to that of a handsome young man?”

He recalled all the times he had used the Disguise Card and confirmed his appearance would look younger and younger and each time. He wondered if the card would make him younger was related to his cultivation base.

He was rather satisfied with the appearance of a middle-aged man. At the very least, he was certain no one from Cloud Mountain would be able to associate this middle-aged man with him.

Lu Zhou looked at the sun before he finally sat down cross-legged and adjusted his breathing to recover his strength. Although it did not consume much of his energy to travel with the Yong, he liked to be in peak condition at all times.

With this, Lu Zhou entered his state of cultivation in the silent valley as the cooling sensation from the Purple Glazed Ceramic permeated his body.

...

Meanwhile, in the Sacred Hall of the Sky Martial Court.

A disciple was giving a report. “Court Master, there’s a new discovery. The Yong, the Birth Chart Beast, has successfully escaped from Cloud Mountain. It’s flying toward the great valley in the Sky Wheel Mountain Range!”

Mo Buyan was pleasantly surprised by this report. He exclaimed, “That’s great! It seems like Cloud Mountain isn’t capable of taking down the Birth Chart Beast!”

Jian Tingzhong said, “Court Master, we shouldn’t wait any longer. We have to set off immediately. We have to take down the Birth Chart Beast when it’s at its weakest! If we don’t make a move, the other forces will definitely make a move!”

Everyone present on the scene knew the importance of a Birth Chart Beasts, after all. Even the youngest elder had gone to the library to learn more about the Birth Chart Beasts.

The life heart of a Birth Chart Beast was the key to activating one’s Birth Chart. Would there be anyone who would not be tempted by this?

Yu Chenshu looked at the disciple and asked, “Are you sure?”

“The reconnaissance team we hired has long left. However, I sent some of our people nearby to monitor Cloud Mountain. Our people witnessed the Yong flying in the direction of the Sky Wheel Mountain Range. Moreover, its movement as it flew seems to indicate it’s injured.”

A frown appeared on Yu Chenshu’s face as he asked, “Didn’t the people from Cloud Mountain chase after it?”

“No.”

At this moment, Jian Tingzhong said, “The people from Cloud Mountain won’t dare to make a move unless that Lu person makes a move. Otherwise, Nie Qingyun would only end up like Sikong Beichen.”

Yu Chenshu mulled over the matter for a moment before he finally said, “Mo Buyan, Jian Tingzhong, come with me. The rest of you will stay here to guard the Sky Martial Court!”

“Understood!”

Soon after, a flying chariot could be seen rising to the sky, leaving the Sky Martial Court and flying rapidly toward the east.

...

At this time, Yu Shangrong and Yu Zhenghai were flying swiftly to the Sky Martial Court at a low altitude.

After an hour, when the duo flew into the range of the Sky Martial Court, they saw a flying chariot in the sky.

Both of them exchanged a look before they sped up.

....

In the great valley of the Sky Wheel Mountain Range.

At this time, Lu Zhou had recovered all the energy he had used when he traveled here. Out of curiosity, he used the power of hearing from the Human Scroll of Heavenly Writing.

His range of hearing expanded quickly.

In order to save his extraordinary power, he did not use his power of insight. Moreover, compared to the power of insight, the consumption of energy of the power of hearing was still acceptable.

Soon enough, the sound of people whispering rang in Lu Zhou’s ears.

“It should be around here. Lower your voice, and don’t alarm the Yong. When we find the Yong, think of how to deal with it. If we get its life heart, we’ll be rich!”

“Alright, alright, let’s end this quickly. When the people from Cloud Mountain catch up, it’d be over. Hurry!”

At this moment, several cultivators were flying at a low altitude in the valley.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhou used the Purple Glazed Ceramic to conceal his aura.

The cultivators continued flying in the sky.

Based on their auras, they seemed to be Nascent Divinity Tribulation Realm cultivators.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhou stayed silent and glanced at the corpse of the Yong lying in the valley. ‘It’s obviously there. Why is it so difficult for them to find it?’

Those cultivators flew back and forth three times before they finally found the Yong.

“It’s here!” An excited voice rang in the air.

One of the cultivators quickly dove and landed next to the Yong. “Huh? The Yong is dead?”

The other cultivators hurried over and landed one after another. All of them had an expression of confusion and disbelief on their faces.

“How strange! The Yong should’ve flown back to its nest, right? How did it die here?”

“Look! It has a fatal wound...” a young cultivator said as he kicked at the Yong’s fatal wound.

It did not matter if the young cultivator used a lot of force in his kick, but the corpse of Yong split into two immediately as soon as he kicked it. The wound looked clean as well.

The cultivators grew even more dumbfounded.

“This...” One of the cultivators sighed at this moment. He lamented, “Someone has already killed the Yong. We’re too late!”

“What a pity! I can’t believe someone is actually a step ahead of us! Based on the wound, it seems to be caused by a sword. For that person to be able to kill the Yong, he has to be a top swordsman!”

All of the cultivators felt regretful and were about to leave when...

“The life heart is still here!”

Everyone turned back immediately.

One of the cultivators stepped forward. He disregarded the mess and the gore as he dug the corpse open with his bare hands, bringing out the Yong’s life heart. Everyone was shocked and quickly looked over.

The life heart shone with a red light, and its intensity was not inferior to that of the sun in the morning.

The cultivators widened their eyes in surprise and joy. They managed to obtain the life heart that could help one to activate one’s Birth Chart! Alas, they were so overwhelmed by happiness that they did not wonder why someone would leave the Yong’s life heart behind after killing the Yong.

At this time, a cultivator who was standing next to the cultivator who was holding the life heart suddenly drew his saber and decapitated the cultivator who held the life heart.

As soon as the head rolled to the ground, the murderer quickly grabbed the life heart before he leaped backward and flew to a nearby hill. Following that, he shouted, “Let’s see which one of you dares to make a move against me. This is my...”