Chapter 571: Inviting the Guest into the Jar
"Taoist Nun Qingci is Master Yuyao?"
Zhang Mengchu's eyes bulged wide open.
"Ancestor, you're not joking with me, are you!"
"Do I look like I'm joking with you?" Chen Huaian rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "I recognized Taoist Nun Qingci's true identity long ago. The reason I specifically invited her here alone is precisely to deal with her!"
Zhang Mengchu forced a bitter smile onto his face.
"Ancestor, then you handle her properly. This junior suddenly feels an urgent need to relieve himself. I'll go take care of this first..."
As Zhang Mengchu finished speaking and tried to leave,
Zhang Mengchu turned around with a pained expression, saying helplessly: "Ancestor, I truly cannot handle Master Yuyao. What's my cultivation level? What's her cultivation level?
And it's not like you don't know—she practically hates me to death. Putting me together with her—isn't that asking for my life?"
"My arrangement means I have confidence in the outcome."
Chen Huaian remained unmoved.
This matter absolutely had to be handled by Zhang Mengchu—no one else would do!
The reason was simple.
Zhang Mengchu had taken Master Yuyao's first blood.
The two had indeed been intimately involved after all. If they really fought, Master Yuyao would certainly recall memories—regardless of whether remembering the past brought her embarrassment or hatred.
But as long as Master Yuyao recalled those memories, she would remember certain details.
Then, stimulated by the Ninefold Spring, desire would naturally arise.
If someone else came, this effect wouldn't occur.
As for what to do if Zhang Mengchu couldn't defeat Master Yuyao?
Chen Huaian had already devised a solution.
"You'll be in this room when the time comes." Chen Huaian led Zhang Mengchu into a small chamber that opened onto the courtyard, speaking solemnly: "I will guide her to drink the pre-battle cola. After she drinks it, I will leave immediately. You must enter this room at once without the slightest hesitation, otherwise death is certain!"
Hearing the ancestor speak made Zhang Mengchu's heart tremble violently.
It seemed today they were really playing with their lives...
"I will set up an additional layer of formations around this room. Master Yuyao won't be able to break through for a while. You only need to wait until certain... conditions appear on Master Yuyao's body." ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel·fiɾe·net
"Wh-what conditions?"
"You'll know when the time comes." Chen Huaian patted Zhang Mengchu's shoulder, comforting him: "Old Zhang, I've always considered you talented. Only you can accomplish today's task. Your responsibility is immense, concerning the entire sect's safety. But I believe you definitely won't fail!"
Made Zhang Mengchu feel even more apprehensive.
What exactly did the ancestor want him to do?
Surely not to fight Master Yuyao again?
The key point was—he truly couldn't win!
Even back at Jade Pool Holy Land that time, he had been the one getting beaten up.
"Alright, I'm setting up the formations now!"
Chen Huaian opened the Electronic Girlfriend store.
Click-click—he made a series of purchases.
Then, under Zhang Mengchu's bewildered gaze, he layered formation after formation over the small room.
But in Zhang Mengchu's eyes,
The ancestor simply pointed his hand toward the spot without doing anything.
In the next second, complete formations appeared.
What kind of divine ability was this?
He had never seen formations deployed in this manner before.
Indeed, the ancestor was truly the ancestor.
While others needed hours, even days or months to set up formations, the ancestor only needed to point casually... Incredibly powerful!
Zhang Mengchu instantly stopped worrying.
With such a powerful ancestor, he wouldn't even know how to die.
Chen Huaian didn't realize that his formation-deploying actions had inadvertently given Zhang Mengchu reassurance. He only noticed that after setting up the formations, Zhang Mengchu had become completely emotionally stable.
"Alright, these formations can't completely withstand Master Yuyao—after all, she's ultimately at the Great Ascension Three Tribulations realm. But I'm confident these formations can buy you enough time."
Zhang Mengchu nodded like a pecking chicken: "This junior will follow the ancestor's arrangements completely."
"Excellent. Then I'll bring Master Yuyao in now. Remember—don't reveal yourself before Master Yuyao drinks the cola!"
Zhang Mengchu nodded again, guaranteeing he absolutely wouldn't expose himself.
Seeing Zhang Mengchu so obedient put Chen Huaian's mind half at ease.
He then went out to find Master Yuyao.
"I've finished setting up. The formations will suppress spiritual sense and cultivation—this is to equalize your cultivation with Zhang Mengchu's, so you can't say my Moon Shadow Sect is bullying the weak with strength."
Master Yuyao looked at Chen Huaian with disdain in her heart.
What garbage formations—she could break them with a casual gesture.
And did she need Zhang Mengchu to suppress his cultivation?
Just as she was about to say suppressing Zhang Mengchu's cultivation wasn't necessary, Chen Huaian continued: "For fairness, your duel with Zhang Mengchu will be projected to the main sect hall for all cultivators to watch. So don't think about cheating or using forbidden techniques—we'll all be watching. If you use any forbidden techniques or divine abilities, Zhang Mengchu won't continue suppressing his cultivation either. Remember this well!"
Master Yuyao almost laughed hearing this.
She looked at Chen Huaian with eyes that said he was an idiot.
"Fine, then I'll trouble Chen Sword Master greatly."
Chen Huaian chuckled. "Follow me."
Master Yuyao followed Chen Huaian into the bamboo sea.
She originally thought this bamboo sea would be Zhang Mengchu's burial ground.
Unexpectedly, the scene suddenly shifted before her eyes, revealing a small courtyard.
This sudden change made Master Yuyao secretly alarmed inwardly.
There was actually an illusion formation within the bamboo sea!
But she hadn't detected any aura of an illusion formation at all!
Master Yuyao grew cautious, wondering inwardly: Wasn't Chen Huaian a sword cultivator? Could he also have considerable attainment in formation techniques?
If sword cultivators had the strongest killing power,
Then formation masters were the most mysterious type of existence.
Given enough time and materials, the destruction they could cause far surpassed that of sword cultivators.
Entering the courtyard, Master Yuyao immediately detected multiple restrictions, with her spiritual sense suppressed to around the Void Fusion Realm.
"You'll conduct your martial contest within this courtyard!"
Chen Huaian turned to look at Master Yuyao.
"This place seems somewhat small..." Master Yuyao looked at the smile on Chen Huaian's face, feeling inexplicably nervous.
"Though small, everything here instantly restores after being destroyed. So fight as you wish—fight however you want. Fight until heaven and earth darken, fight until the great dao collapses, fight until you forget the meaning of heaven and earth—no one will stop you!"
Chen Huaian shook his head, his words carrying hidden meaning.
Unfortunately, Master Yuyao was still observing the surrounding restrictions and completely missed Chen Huaian's peculiar tone.
"Zhang Mengchu, you come out too."
Zhang Mengchu emerged from the small room, glanced at Master Yuyao with complex emotions, then averted his gaze.
Chen Huaian seated Zhang Mengchu and Master Yuyao before the Go board, speaking solemnly:
"My Moon Shadow Sect has rules for contests: first drink martial wine, stop at the appropriate point, no deliberate killing!"
"Chen Sword Master, what's in this cup isn't spirit wine, is it?"
Master Yuyao narrowed her eyes at the bubbling black liquid in the cup.
"Indeed it isn't spirit wine." Chen Huaian admitted freely: "This is a specialty unique to our Moon Shadow Sect—cola. When cola was distributed previously, you were the only one who didn't receive any. I thought you didn't like it, but then I saw you gazing longingly at other cultivators who had cola, so I replaced the spirit wine with cola..."
He paused, then said deliberately: "If you're unwilling, I can change it back to spirit wine for you."