Bandit Sect Under Attack

When everyone heard that Tianjizi had been severely injured by a backlash, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, they wondered what on earth could have caused such a thing.

Only Wang Defa's eyes flickered with suspicion. He suspected that the Grand Elder had taken action. After all, he had also tried to divine Lu Ming's situation back then.

If he hadn't been clever and surrendered quickly, he would probably have been deader than dead by now.

At the same time, he was extremely curious about the Grand Elder's cultivation level. How could the backlash have left even Tianjizi half-dead and on the verge of breathing his last?

After all, as soon as he arrived in the Central Province, he had inquired about the diviners there.

He knew that Tianjizi was the most formidable diviner in the entire Central Province.

Just thinking about his own experience with the backlash still made his heart flutter with fear. Yet, even a diviner as powerful as Tianjizi was absolutely nothing before the Grand Elder!

Meanwhile, Lu Ming muttered to himself:

“It must be my Protagonist Halo showing its power.”

Big Yellow looked at Lu Ming with the exact same thought. It had to be because his boss was the protagonist.

“Shouldn't we hurry up and find a way to save Old Third now?”

Seeing that the crisis had passed, Big Yellow couldn't help but ask anxiously.

Lu Ming nodded. It was indeed time to figure out a way to save Huang Tianbao.

With a wave of his hand, he brought out Huang Tianbao's body.

Thanks to the secret preservation technique, Huang Tianbao's body still looked as fresh as if he had just passed away.

“Do you have any way to summon Old Third's soul and resurrect him?”

Lu Ming turned to ask Wang Defa. Out of everyone here, he was the only one who had studied such matters.

That day, they had all witnessed Huang Tianbao's soul screaming as it was dragged away by his own weapon, the Hundred Million Soul Banner.

Alas... what an unreliable weapon, completely screwing over its own master.

Lu Ming believed that as long as they could find Huang Tianbao's soul, they would be able to bring him back to life!

However, he was also somewhat worried. He hoped Huang Tianbao's soul hadn't transmigrated to another world like he had.

If that happened, it would be incredibly difficult to find him, especially if he ended up transmigrating into someone else's body!

Wang Defa stroked his beard. He had lived for more than half his life, yet he had never witnessed a soul-summoning resurrection. For a moment, he was also at a loss.

But seeing the anxious expressions of Lu Ming and Big Yellow, he calmed his mind, stroked his beard, and began to analyze the situation for them in a low voice:

“There are some insidious, evil cultivation techniques in this world that allow one to survive by possessing another person's body...”

“Some evil cultivators will secretly plant a natal soul seal beforehand, quietly binding the target. Once the target's cultivation wavers and their mind is weakened, they will force their way into the target's sea of consciousness through the soul seal, displacing the original soul to seize the physical body...”

“There are also evil cultivators who use their own essence blood to set up evil arrays, luring others into them to slowly drain their life force and soul. Once the victim's consciousness is depleted, they will seize the opportunity to take over the body...”

“...”

“But the Third Sect Master's situation is quite tricky! His soul has run off!”

Hearing Wang Defa's explanation, Lu Ming frowned.

Setting aside whether they should use possession, they didn't even know where Huang Tianbao's soul was right now!

Just then, Ji Chen hesitated for a moment before suddenly speaking up:

“Fellow Daoist Lu, I once heard that the Danji Sect possesses a sect-stabilizing precious pill called the 'Soul-Returning Pill.' I just don't know if the rumor is true, or if it would be effective in this case.”

Lu Ming and Big Yellow's eyes lit up. Just from the name, it sounded like it was tailor-made for Huang Tianbao's situation!

Lu Ming whipped his head toward the Guiyi Saint:

“Is that true?”

The Guiyi Saint nodded. “It is true. However, I heard it is meant to be used shortly after a person dies, so I don't know if...”

The Saint of the Guiyi Sword Sect didn't finish his sentence, but Lu Ming understood what he meant.

Ji Chen was worried that because Huang Tianbao had been dead for too long, it might be impossible to save him.

No matter what, they had to try.

However, since it was the other sect's stabilizing precious pill, it would undoubtedly be extremely important to the Danji Sect.

Lu Ming had already made up his mind. No matter what, he would get his hands on that Soul-Returning Pill.

“Boss, let's hurry to the Danji Sect and ask for the pill!”

Big Yellow wagged his tail and urged.

Just as Lu Ming was about to agree, the Bandit Sect's sect-protecting array came under attack!

Everyone was startled. Had the Tiansheng Sect and the others come to attack them?

Hadn't they just heard that Tianjizi was severely injured?

Just then, Jia Wang, wearing his bandit hood, rushed in and cried out in alarm.

“Sect Masters, the Desolate Soul Sect is attacking!”

Jia Wang had been incredibly happy these past few days. The Great Sect Master and the Second Sect Master had returned.

Not only did they bring back a vast amount of resources, but they also officially recognized the Bandit Sect's status.

The Bandit Sect was no longer an illegitimate sect; from now on, they were a legitimate, closely-related branch!

Earlier today, Lu Ming had suddenly ordered them to activate the sect-protecting array.

He had warned that a sect might come to attack the Bandit Sect.

He just hadn't expected that a sect would actually launch an attack so soon.

Hearing that it was the Desolate Soul Sect, Lu Ming and the others were somewhat surprised.

They didn't understand why the Desolate Soul Sect would attack them.

Sure, Sun Xiaosheng had offended their Saint, but the problem was, the other party shouldn't know about their connection.

Lu Ming then looked at Jia Wang and asked, “Did you guys offend the Desolate Soul Sect?”

Jia Wang nodded. “Earlier, the Desolate Soul Sect sent someone to order us to submit to them, but we refused!”

Hearing this, Lu Ming immediately frowned.

“Well, look at that. Bullies are actually trying to push me around.”

“Let's go! Let's go out and take a look!”

At this moment, the Soul Transformation cultivator from the Desolate Soul Sect frowned as he stared at the unbroken protective array.

He had never expected that this tiny sect, guarded by only a few Nascent Soul cultivators, would actually possess such a formidable protective array.

The reason their Desolate Soul Sect wanted to subjugate the Bandit Sect was that their subordinate, the Kaoshan Sect, had been wiped out by the Bandit Sect.

Since their lackey had been destroyed, they naturally needed to find a replacement.

Upon investigation, they discovered that the Bandit Sect actually had four Nascent Soul cultivators.

Even though three of them had only recently advanced, the fact that they could wipe out the Kaoshan Sect—which also had three Nascent Soul cultivators—proved their strength was decent, making them a suitable replacement lackey.

They just hadn't expected the Bandit Sect to be so uncooperative.

They really didn't know what was good for them. Daring to refuse a major power like them was simply courting death.

Thus, he had brought people along to teach this Bandit Sect a proper lesson.

“I advise you to be smart and surrender quietly! Otherwise, once we break this array, it will be the day you die!”

Meanwhile, the members of the Bandit Sect, wearing their hoods, stared back with dark, mocking eyes, looking at them with schadenfreude.

“These fools are dead meat. The Great Sect Master, the Second Sect Master, and several elders have returned.”

They all felt that their sect was now terrifyingly strong.

The fact that they hadn't gone out to bully others was already them doing a good deed.

Yet, someone actually had the audacity to come and bully them instead.

Seeing the expressions of the Bandit Sect members through the protective light screen, the Desolate Soul Sect's Soul Transformation cultivator felt a bit puzzled. Why did the look in their eyes seem so off?

“Could they have been scared witless?”

After all, their Desolate Soul Sect possessed Unity-stage cultivators.