I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Chapter 74 Reunion with Pei Hong

Do we really want to go back with these two disciples of the Nanhua Sect?

Zhou Tai, on the wooden boat, frowned as he looked at the two Nanhua Sect disciples on the white crane's back.

His true intention was not to get involved in those trivial matters, since the benefits were minimal but the risks were considerable.

But now that his whereabouts have been exposed, even if he doesn't get involved, he may not be able to continue living freely.

Unless he can keep these two Nanhua Sect disciples without causing a major commotion.

But if he fails to capture these two after making his move, that would be a huge problem, and he might find himself with nowhere to go in either the immortal or demonic realms!

After much deliberation, Zhou Tai still dared not act rashly. He could only tentatively look at the two and say, "Fellow Daoists, it's fine if I want to go with you, but you should at least let me know the current situation of your team. Otherwise, how will I know that you're not deliberately trying to trick me into coming ashore to my death?"

Upon hearing his words, the female cultivator on the white crane's back immediately retorted, "Bah! Who do you think you are? We invited you to join us, which was already saving your life and giving you a chance to live. How dare you question us? I think you really want to die!"

The male cultivator's eyes turned cold, and he looked at Zhou Tai with murderous intent, saying, "We're not here to discuss anything with you. Either come with us, or die. The choice is yours!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai looked disappointed and said, "Nanhua Sect is supposed to be the number one sect in Heng Kingdom. Is this how you usually treat disciples from other sects?"

These words were not only harsh to the two men, but they also instantly exhausted their already limited patience.

"You ungrateful wretch, die!"

With a shout, the female cultivator waved her hand, sending out a magic talisman that transformed into a fiery cloud that drifted toward Zhou Tai's location. Then, fist-sized fireballs rained down on the wooden boat below.

Before the female cultivator could even react, the male cultivator raised his hand and a cyan feather fan appeared in his palm.

He channeled his magic into the blue feather fan and gently waved it at Zhou Tai, sending out a series of crescent-shaped wind blades, each about a foot long.

Zhou Tai was prepared for the two to make a move, so he acted the instant the female cultivator attacked.

He then unleashed two magic talismans simultaneously. One transformed into a gust of white, cold wind that swept towards the white crane in the air, while the other became a lightning spear that shot out.

At the same time, a bluish-gray stone tablet magic artifact flew out from his waist, instantly releasing four balls of spiritual light, which transformed into four bluish-gray stone shields that protected him. A yellowish hazy light shield then appeared immediately afterward.

The fireballs falling from the sky were mostly blocked by the stone shields and light barriers, but some landed on the ship and ignited the small boat.

Zhou Tai hurriedly summoned the white silk scarf magic artifact again, and used it to fly into the air, throwing away the small boat that was bound to sink.

At the same time, he quickly reached into his pockets, taking out a defensive talisman with one hand and activating it to cast a new protective spell on himself, while with the other hand he pinched an offensive talisman and threw it at the white crane in retaliation.

The two disciples of the Nanhua Sect clearly hadn't expected that the pushover they thought they could crush at any moment would actually possess such strength.

The two were already startled after Zhou Tai activated his first Thunder Spear Talisman.

Fortunately, the male cultivator reacted extremely quickly, swiftly activating a black round shield magic artifact to block the lightning spear and absorb most of its power.

However, the surging lightning and the subsequent cold wind were too much for the white cranes they were riding, and they immediately cried out and plummeted downwards.

"Stop! Stop right now!"

While continuously activating his magical artifacts to intercept Zhou Tai's attacks, the male cultivator shouted "Stop!" repeatedly.

While he was shouting, the female cultivator didn't stop. She continued to summon a teapot-shaped magical artifact that could unleash firebird attacks, constantly releasing firebirds that flew towards Zhou Tai.

Seeing this, Zhou Tai naturally ignored the male cultivator's words and immediately unleashed two more lightning strike talismans at the white crane that was still struggling.

"Junior sister, stop!"

The male cultivator seemed to understand Zhou Tai's meaning. While hurriedly blocking the lightning that was falling from the sky, he roared at the female cultivator beside him.

The female cultivator seemed surprised that her senior brother would yell at her like that, and was stunned for a moment, involuntarily stopping her attack.

Zhou Tai also stopped his offensive at the right time.

After his earlier probing, he realized that killing these two people was indeed not easy.

And even if he kills those two, so what?

If the two really have a large team behind them, their disappearance in the swamp will definitely attract more people to search for them, and the commotion they just made will not be kept secret.

Therefore, the idea of ​​silencing them was unrealistic from the start.

The male cultivator breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him stop. He then whispered something to the female cultivator beside him before loudly addressing Zhou Tai: "It was all a misunderstanding before, Fellow Daoist Zhou, please allow me to explain."

"Oh, how does Fellow Daoist wish to explain this?"

Zhou Tai looked at the male cultivator with a calm expression and asked.

The male cultivator said with a serious expression, "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Zhou, tomorrow marks the end of the one-month period, which is also the day of our agreed-upon decisive battle with those demonic villains. Therefore, both sides are temporarily trucing today and searching for survivors within the ruins."

"The commotion from our fight has surely been noticed by the other Daoists on the shore. If you don't come back with us, even if we can cover for you, there's no guarantee that no demonic thieves will come after you."

Hearing the implicit threat in his words, Zhou Tai remained unmoved and said, "Perhaps you're right, but I'll say it again: I know nothing about your team, how could I dare to go with you so easily!"

Upon hearing this, the male cultivator immediately said with a confident expression, "That's easy. I will answer Fellow Daoist Zhou's question right away."

After saying that, he spoke eloquently: "Our team is mainly composed of disciples from my Nanhua Sect, originally consisting of twenty-four people. After merging with Master Pei Hong's team from the Lingxu Sect yesterday, the number has now reached forty-three!"

At this point, he glanced at Zhou Tai again and said, "Moreover, there are two disciples from Spirit Beast Mountain in our team. If you come back with us, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you won't be all alone and helpless!"

He thought that revealing the existence of disciples from the Spirit Beast Mountain would lower Zhou Tai's guard.

Little did they know that Zhou Tai had an idea as soon as he heard the name "Pei Hong".

After feigning a moment of contemplation, Zhou Tai nodded slightly and said, "In that case, I'll go with you. I hope you haven't lied to me!"

"Absolutely not!"

The male cultivator gave a firm and resolute guarantee.

"Then please lead the way!"

Zhou Tai stretched out his hand and said calmly.

"Of course, of course."

The male cultivator responded and immediately instructed the female cultivator to ride the white crane in a circle, flying towards the shore.

Zhou Tai first flew to the water's surface, collected the Thunder-Patterned Frog Yuanbao that was still in the swamp, and then flew away on his magical artifact to catch up.

As he flew forward following the white crane, he sneered inwardly.

These two disciples of the Nanhua Sect had been so rude before, and now they're not even bothering to say their names. Their sincerity is questionable.

However, if the other party thinks he is easy to fool, they will eventually realize who the fool is.

After flying for nearly 15 minutes, Zhou Tai finally returned to the shore.

Just as he expected, there were no other cultivators on the edge of the swamp; the two disciples of the Nanhua Sect were merely a lone scout on the sidelines.

The white crane flew to the shore and landed, placing the male cultivator on the ground before carrying the female cultivator away alone.

After Zhou Tai flew ashore, the male cultivator immediately cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, I have already sent my junior sister back to inform them. I will personally take you to the camp!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, fellow Daoist."

Zhou Tai nodded slightly, without asking why the male cultivator had acted on his own initiative.

After following the man in cultivation for a while, he suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist, how far is it from your camp?"

Upon hearing this, the male cultivator leading the way casually replied, "It's not far, only twenty or thirty li away."

"That's indeed not far!"

Zhou Tai nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Taking advantage of the male cultivator's inattention, he secretly sent out a communication talisman under the cover of the obstacle.

Then he suddenly turned around and broke away from the direction the male cultivator was leading.

The male cultivator was taken aback by this sudden turn of events. After a moment of stunned silence, he hurriedly shouted, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you've gone the wrong way! It's not that way!"

"No mistake, I was definitely going there!"

While responding to the other party, Zhou Tai calmly warned, "I advise you not to follow me, otherwise we'll have to fight to the death!"

These words immediately startled the male cultivator who was about to catch up. His face turned ashen as he watched the retreating figure, a look of struggle appearing in his eyes.

While he hesitated, Zhou Tai quickly disappeared.

"Never mind, let's contact Junior Sister Du first!"

With a long sigh, the male cultivator ultimately dared not chase after them alone and could only send a message talisman to his junior sister first.

On the other side, Zhou Tai saw that the male cultivator had not caught up and quickly turned back to go somewhere else.

When he arrived, he immediately saw Pei Hong, who had arrived earlier.

"It's been quite a while since we last met. I hope you've been well, Fellow Daoist Zhou!"

In a valley, Pei Hong greeted Zhou Tai with a smile as he looked at him rushing over.

Zhou Tai sighed with emotion, "When we parted, I knew that Daoist Pei would surely achieve great things, but I never imagined he would become the leader of all the disciples of the Lingxu Sect!"

Hearing this, Pei Hong felt quite pleased with himself and chuckled, "Hehe, that's just the other fellow disciples praising me."

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Tai with a curious expression and asked, "But why did Fellow Daoist Zhou take the initiative to contact me today?"

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"To be honest, Master Pei, I had no choice but to do this!"

Zhou Tai sighed softly and immediately told the truth.

After hearing his explanation, Pei Hong suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! I was wondering why Fellow Daoist Zhou suddenly changed his mind!"

Then he nodded repeatedly to Zhou Tai and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you guessed correctly. Before I set off to see you, I did see several disciples of the Nanhua Sect leave. If you hadn't been so alert, you would have truly fallen into their ambush!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai immediately said, "The people of the Nanhua Sect are far too arrogant. Even if I truly wish to eliminate demons and uphold justice, I only wish to follow a kind and benevolent leader like Daoist Pei. I hope Daoist Pei will be so kind as to accept me!"

After saying that, he bowed deeply to Pei Hong.

As the saying goes, times change, and things are different now than they are now.

Now that he has taken the initiative to contact Pei Hong for protection, he can no longer play by his identity; he must bow his head when necessary.

Seeing how sensible and understanding he was, and knowing his astonishing strength, Pei Hong naturally wouldn't refuse.

He immediately smiled and stepped forward to help him up, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are too kind. It is a great honor for me to join forces with you again to eliminate demons and protect the righteous path!"

Zhou Tai stood up, and the two exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.

Zhou Tai then accompanied Pei Hong to their team's base and listened to his introduction of the current situation of the five factions in Heng Kingdom.

According to Pei Hong, almost all the surviving disciples of the five sects of Heng Kingdom in the trial grounds are now concentrated in their two teams.

As for the two disciples from the Spirit Beast Mountain mentioned by the male cultivator from the Nanhua Sect, they did indeed exist and weren't lying to him.

Although the Nanhua Sect team consisted of 24 people, 19 of them were disciples of the Nanhua Sect itself. Of the remaining 5, 3 were disciples of the Haoyang Sect and 2 were disciples of the Spirit Beast Mountain.

In other words, the five factions in Hengguo are now actually divided into two teams.

However, the situation on the other side of the Six Sects of the Demonic Path was not much different; none of them were more united than the others.

However, the six sects of the demonic path have five or six more survivors than the five sects of Heng Kingdom, and they now barely hold a slight advantage.