Chaotic Sword God

Lan Caidie seemed extremely elderly in appearance. Her face was covered with wrinkles, and her eyes had been reduced to just a crack. She stood there with a walking cane in hand. Her presence was contained, and she hid all of her pressure. She seemed like a regular old woman devoid of any threats.

“I sincerely apologise to you for the misunderstanding several months ago. I hope you can forgive me for the offence I initially caused.” Lan Caidie bowed slightly towards Jian Chen.

As one of the vice cult leaders of the Ghost Immortal cult and someone who had received the recognition of an extremely powerful Remains of the Ghost Immortal, Lan Caidie had basically been designated as the next cult leader. Yet right now, she was performing such a great gesture of apology to an Immortal Emperor junior, which was unbelievable.

“I never thought that when we met again, your attitude would shift so drastically. This must all be due to Xing Caijian.” Jian Chen stared straight at Lan Caidie.

“It was indeed due to her highness. If it were not for what her highness said, I never would have known that fellow Yang Yutian had such a close relationship with senior heavenly emperor,” Lan Caidie said gently.

“Close?” Jian Chen was taken aback. He could not help but become curious. “What exactly did Xing Caijian tell you?”

As if she had noticed Jian Chen’s confusion, Lan Caidie said after a moment of thought, “Please forgive me, fellow. I can’t tell you about the contents of my conversation with her highness without her permission.”

“Looks like Xing Caijian occupies quite a bit of status in your heart.” Jian Chen had no plans on asking any further. He waved his hand at Lan Caidie and said, “Alright. In consideration of the small assistance you’ve given me this time, I won’t dwell on the matter from before. You can go now.”

With that, Jian Chen turned around to leave, returning to the protective formation around the medicinal garden nearby. He planned on powering the Energy-devouring Furnace to continue with draining the formation’s spiritual Qi.

Lan Caidie did not leave. Instead, she remained where she was and hesitated before finally making some kind of decision. “Fellow Yang Yutian, if you don’t mind, I’m willing to remain by your side and assist you. Although I know you have your trump cards and that you basically fear none of the threats in the Skyscraping World, I also understand that using the peerless formation comes with a sizable cost each time. You can’t use it often. If you encounter any small troublemakers, I can deal with them.”

“After all, I’m different from the Demon Exalt. I entered the Skyscraping World officially. I can act as I please in the Skyscraping World, while the Demon Exalt is an existence who must hide in the shadows. Once he’s exposed, all the experts in the Skyscraping World will know that fellow Yang Yutian possesses a treasure of that level.”

“Even with your superior strength, you’re actually willing to remain by my side and assist me?” Jian Chen was surprised. He looked back at Lan Caidie in interest and said, “Tell me, what do you want in exchange? Don’t tell me it’s the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit?”

With her thoughts read, Lan Caidie felt slightly awkward, but she still said stubbornly, “You’re right, fellow Yang Yutian. I am indeed after the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit. The Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit is extremely important to our Ghost Immortal cult, so I hope you could grant it to us.” As she said that, Lan Caidie bowed deeply towards Jian Chen, not only showing great sincerity, but also showing great humility.

Jian Chen hesitated as if he was weighing the benefits against the cost.

Lan Caidie added, “Originally, I planned on using other precious resources to exchange for the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit, but after seeing the heavenly resources you’ve gathered in the Skyscraping World, who knows how many of them you’ve already accumulated. Why would you still be interested in what I have? As a result, I came up with another plan.”

“It’ll come down to whether you’re strong enough or not if you want to assist me. If you fail to assist me, you might just end up becoming deadweight,” Jian Chen said.

Seeing how Jian Chen was showing signs of budging, Lan Caidie immediately beamed with joy. “You’ve witnessed my strength. It’s not a problem at all for me to deal with those Third Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts. As for the Fourth Heavenly Layer, I might not be able to defeat them but keeping them occupied for a while is no difficulty.”

“Of course, this is only limited to regular experts. If I encounter supreme prodigies who can challenge those stronger than themselves, my advantage will become negligible.”

“Can you still use that power lurking inside you?” Jian Chen asked.

Lan Caidie shook her head and said, “I won’t be able to use the power of the Remains of the Ghost Immortal any time soon, but if I ingest a Blood pill and use an ancient secret technique to stimulate it, I’ll be able to use it again in just a year’s time.”

“Then do you carry this Blood pill with you?” Jian Chen looked at Lan Caidie in interest. If she could still use that power, she could be of great help when it mattered.

“I obviously do, but these pills are quite precious, so I am reluctant to use them unless I have to,” said Lan Caidie.

“If you use one of those pills right now, then I can agree to your conditions. Assist me with your full strength before we leave the Skyscraping World. In return, I will give you the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit.” With a flip of his hand, he took out the jade box that contained the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit.

“Deal!” Lan Caidie agreed without hesitation. She immediately took out a blood-red pill from her Space Ring and ingested it.

With the pill, she only needed a year’s time to recover and use the power of the Remains of the Ghost Immortal again. It was so powerful that it could rival the Divine Formation of the Heavens at its current level.

“I want to destroy the protective formation of the medicinal garden now. You will work together with the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt to power the Energy-devouring Furnace.” Afterwards, Jian Chen roped Lan Caidie into his group of labourers as well.

However, with Lan Caidie’s participation, the Energy-devouring Furnace immediately erupted with unprecedented light as if all of its potential had been completely released. It began to absorb spiritual Qi faster than it had ever before.

Jian Chen’s rate of going through medicinal gardens immediately multiplied.

Finally, after three days, the protective formation had all of its energy drained by the Energy-devouring Furnace. It collapsed by itself.

However, as soon as the formation collapsed, Lan Caidie seemed to sense something. She immediately vanished silently before backing a thousand kilometres away.

At the same time, the power of a soul appeared in the medicinal garden. An illusionary figure silently appeared from the stone tablet in the centre of the medicinal garden, radiating with tremendous pressure.

This was a powerful Immortal Exalt who had reached the Sixth Heavenly Layer at the very least.

However, he had only left behind an insignificant shred of the power of his soul here, primarily to serve as a deterrence.

“Thousand Soul Demon Exalt!” Jian Chen called out.

The Thousand Soul Demon Exalt let out a strange laugh and took action without any hesitation. His surging demon Qi turned into a huge hand that struck the soul clone without any hesitation.

“You…”

The expert’s soul that guarded the place flew into a fury, but he only managed to utter a single word before the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt shattered him.

He had left behind a wisp of his soul primarily to learn who the intruder was. It did not possess any particularly great strength, so the Thousand Soul Demon Exalt destroyed it effortlessly.

Lan Caidie only returned after the soul had dissipated, returning to Jian Chen’s side.

“This organisation is not much weaker than our Ghost Immortal cult. In order to avoid making too many enemies, I have no other choice but to hide. Please forgive me, fellow,” Lan Caidie said apologetically to Jian Chen.