Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Talented Stain Sect Disciples

The Array in the wilderness wasn’t very advanced. Lü Yang could tell with a single glance that it wasn’t even Seventh Grade. It had only two effects: Searching for and Revealing enemies.

Rather than protecting its users, the Array seemed designed to find enemies.

Lü Yang hadn’t intentionally concealed his aura, so the moment he and Qin Tianhe arrived, the Array activated, casting a beam of light down on them.

At the same time, dozens of gazes fell upon Lü Yang.

Lü Yang’s eyebrows raised slightly at this. He realized that the owners of these gazes were very different from the Stain Sect disciples back in the Sea of Clouds.

Their stares held scrutiny, apprehension, and even ferocity... but no fear.

But Lü Yang quickly understood.

This was normal.

There weren’t many rules on the Front. Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking those in Qi Refining and other dishonorable tactics were commonplace. Anyone who felt fear was long dead.

Those who remained were a reckless bunch.

Lü Yang’s gaze swept over them. He could even see many disciples silently taking medicine, focusing on their breathing, and tending to their wounds, yet without a hint of complaint or despair.

In the snippets of conversation he overheard, some mentioned acquaintances who had been cornered and killed. These Stain Sect disciples were completely unfazed, some even laughing mockingly.

Apparently, the fact that the Stain Sect disciples were being jointly targeted by the Dao Court and the Pure Land didn’t bother them much—let alone someone like World Purger Fei Xue on the outside.

Being killed only meant you were too weak. ’Look at us, the ones with real strength. Didn’t we carve out a path to survival?’

Weak? Then train harder. Can’t handle the stakes? Then quit.

Meanwhile, Qin Tianhe, looking completely used to this scene, casually beckoned a Stain Sect disciple over. ”Where’s Xu Xin? Is he still alive?”

”...Still alive.”

The disciple replied, leading the two deeper into the Array. There, a handsome youth with red lips and white teeth was waving his arms at the crowd.

”Everyone, we must unite!”

”Two Direct Disciples have already been killed! If we don’t band together now, we’ll be picked off one by one! Do you want to die in this broken place?”

”If you don’t want to die, then accept my leadership!”

”Follow my orders, and at least thirty percent of us will survive! I trust that all Stain Sect disciples are my brothers and will surely cooperate with me...”

Before the youth could finish, a disciple in the Late-phase of Qi Refining suddenly spoke up, his tone dripping with contempt.

”Listen to you? Where does that put Senior Brother Chongming? He’s of Master Chong Guang’s bloodline, and his strength is undeniable. If anyone should lead, it’s him...”

THWACK!

The disciple hadn’t even finished his sentence when a palm struck his chest, sending him flying. He landed hard and began vomiting blood uncontrollably.

After doing all this, the youth calmly wiped his hand.

”Anyone unwilling to cooperate is no brother of mine.”

”Xu Xin, you’re courting death!”

Across from them, a dashing young man erupted in fury. A Sword Pill materialized out of thin air, exploding into a magnificent rainbow of Sword Light that swept toward the youth’s body.

”Little young master, others may spoil you, but do you think I will?”

Xu Xin’s figure vanished in a flash, dodging the Sword Light’s Slash. He then faced off against the young man named Chongming, killing intent rising in his eyes.

Meanwhile, two others nearby paid them no mind, instead wearing excited smiles as if watching a good show.

”...Both of you, stop!”

Seeing this, Qin Tianhe roared and, without another word, stepped aside to reveal Lü Yang. ”Who dares act so brazenly before a Perfected Person?!”

The moment he spoke, the atmosphere changed instantly.

”A Perfected Person? Impossible!”

”Qin Tianhe? Are you kidding?”

”Who’s the Perfected Person?”

In an instant, everyone’s gaze fell on Lü Yang. At first, their eyes held scrutiny, but a subtle change quickly followed.

Xu Xin, in particular, had a drastic change in expression.

He had met Lü Yang with Qin Tianhe before and had personally witnessed the scene of Lü Yang calming the Sea of Balance with one move. He was naturally horrified.

’He’s really a fucking Foundation Establishment cultivator!?’

At this thought, Xu Xin immediately retracted his power and walked over to Lü Yang with the utmost respect. ”Disciple Xu Xin greets your Perfected.”

And while the others had never met Lü Yang, they weren’t blind. Even without Su Nu’s enhancement, the sheer Position accumulated from his Legendary Techniques was something they could only look up to in awe. They had only ever felt a similar aura from the strongest of the Direct Disciples.

The tension in the air immediately eased considerably.

At the same time, Lü Yang’s gaze fell on the handsome young man who had just been confronting Xu Xin. Surprisingly, he had actually met him once before.

Not in this life, however, but in his Last Last Life.

’Back then, I went to the Simulation Realm to cultivate Theft to Sainthood. A Direct Disciple before me had attempted it and failed... that was him!’

’Chongming, son of Perfected Chong Guang?’

Before coming here, Qin Tianhe had given him a rough introduction to the Direct Disciples participating in this Battle for the Dao, including their personalities.

According to him, although Chongming was the son of Perfected Chong Guang, he hated it when people called him a Second Generation Immortal. He was determined to rely on his own cultivation and had even publicly declared that he would surpass Perfected Chong Guang through his own effort and Talent Skill... To this, most of the Stain Sect’s Direct Disciples had only one comment:

”An enviable fool.”

Next, he looked at Xu Xin. He was without a doubt a smiling tiger—one moment calling you his brother, the next striking out to harm you.

And the man’s audacity was off the charts.

No matter how you looked at it, Chongming was the direct blood descendant of a Perfected at Foundation Establishment Perfection. Yet Xu Xin dared to publicly challenge him, and when he struck, there was even killing intent in his actions.

Calling him a madman would be no exaggeration.

As for the two Direct Disciples who had been watching the show without a word from the beginning, they were a man and a woman.

The man had no name; even Qin Tianhe only knew him as Daoist Jiao Long. The woman was named Bi Feiyuan, a Direct Disciple from Heaven Mending Peak.

Having escaped the encirclement, their strength was naturally not to be underestimated.

Daoist Jiao Long was from Demon Breeding Peak, one of the Inner Four Peaks.

His greatest dream in life was to turn himself into a dragon. Thus, after joining Demon Breeding Peak, he spent nearly every day transplanting parts from demon beasts onto his own body.

According to him, a True Loong has nine forms. In other words, if he could gather the nine types of demon beasts that represent these nine forms and integrate them into his body, he could break through Foundation Establishment and transform into a True Loong. Therefore, beneath his seemingly normal body were nothing but demon beast components.

...A classic lunatic.

As for Bi Feiyuan, she was equally infamous.

Outwardly, Bi Feiyuan was a stunning sixteen-year-old woman. Her curvaceous body was draped in only a thin layer of gauze, the rosy pink parts beneath clearly visible.

If that were all, it would be nothing special.

This was Heaven Mending Peak, after all. Quite normal for them.

What truly made her stand out from the countless Stain Sect disciples and ascend to the rank of Direct Disciple was the Legendary Technique she majored in: Desire Sowing Technique.

As the name implies, this Legendary Technique causes anyone who feels desire for her to suffer from Qi deviation and descend into madness.

That’s why Bi Feiyuan dressed so revealingly. Whenever she entered Combat, the first thing she would do was brazenly rip off her clothes and fight her enemies stark naked.

The effect was practically striking.

Without a doubt, she was one formidable bitch.

Oh, right. And then there’s Qin Tianhe.

He’s a slacker.

Thinking of this, Lü Yang couldn’t help but sigh.

’Looking around at the fool, the madman, the lunatic, and the bitch... in this entire, vast Stain Sect, was there really not a single other normal, decent person like him?’