"After joining the sect, it didn't take me long to become an inner disciple. The man who crossed me was just a servant, an outer disciple, who was far beneath me in status. How could he dare to mess with me? Nevertheless, I didn't let him off, just because he glared at me once. That look felt like a huge humiliation! I hated him, and I still do! Even after I killed him last year, I still wasn't satisfied. It couldn't end like this. So I went to his lover's place and took the woman, who was pregnant with his child... She begged me to spare her, saying she'd do whatever I wanted," Chen Jiu said with a proud grin, almost forgetting his current situation.

He continued, "After I had my fun, I thought 'why should I let the child of my enemy live?' and I took out my sword... and stabbed it into her belly! The look of despair and hatred on her face at that time... Hah!"

At this point, Chen Jiu seemed to realize that he was getting carried away and remembered his predicament. He looked at Chu Mo warily and asked, "Who... Who are you? Why did you capture me? We don't... We don't have any grudges, right?"

Chu Mo looked at Chen Jiu and said, "Do you think the Lingyue Sect would light a soul lantern for an inner disciple like you? You think soul lanterns don't need energy?"

Chen Jiu suddenly stiffened, as a sense of foreboding arose. Looking at Chu Mo, he broke into tears, "Don't kill me... Please don't kill me. What I said earlier, it's all made up... it's all lies!"

Chu Mo glanced at him indifferently, "Just because someone glared at you a decade ago, you took vengeance, took his life, killed his woman and unborn child. Just moments ago I choked your throat and threatened you… wouldn't my grudge be bigger?"

"No, it's not the same! It's really not the same! If you let me go, I can give you anything you want. I have some wealth in the Lingyue Sect…", Chen Jiu's urge to plead was cut short as he suddenly fell silent. A bloody hole had appeared between his brows.

"One more word from you would make me sick." Chu Mo withdrew his hand, then flicked his finger, sending a spark of fire straight to Chen Jiu's body, burning the sinful disciple of the Lingyue Sect to ashes.

After Chu Mo walked out from there, he looked up at the brillant blue sky, feeling the rich spirit energy surrounding him.

As the most significant sect here, the location of the Lingyue Sect is not only peaceful and serene, but the spirit energy is also much thicker than other places.

Chu Mo muttered to himself, "How could such a beautiful place give birth to such scum? Or is it… something inherent?"

Even though he now considered Feng Jianghai and the entire Lingyue Sect as his mortal enemy, in his deepest heart, Chu Mo's hatred for Feng Jianghai was nothing compared to the hatred he felt for the man he just impersonated.

Feng Jianghai at least had a reason to try to kill him: for breaking through, for better resources, for cultivation techniques... Even though his actions were despicable, they were more tolerable than bearing a grudge for being glared at, and destroying someone's life over it, right?

At that moment, Chu Mo sensed a robust aura approaching from the distant horizon. Feng Jianghai! He had finally pursued him here!

Chu Mo rolled his eyes, then calmly turned around and walked in the direction of the Lingyue Sect.

For someone like Chen Jiu, a veritable piece of garbage, there wouldn't be many friends in Lingyue Sect. In many disciples' eyes, Chen Jiu was a somewhat odd loner.

He has few friends, he's greedy and holds grudges. Very few people interacted with him.

Which made Chu Mo very happy.

Following the earlier instructions from Chen Jiu, it didn't take long for Chu Mo to find his dwelling.

The distance of more than a thousand miles was nothing to a practitioner of Foundation Establishment. However, by the time Chu Mo arrived at Chen Jiu back at his dwelling, Feng Jianghai had already flown over the entire Lingyue Sect.

At that moment, more than a dozen figures flew out of the Lingyue Sect. The powerful aura they emitted surprised Chu Mo.

The Lingyue Sect had managed to maintain its superiority among all the other sects for thousands of years, growing into a powerhouse with hundreds of thousands of disciples. No wonder they had a solid foundation!

All of those people were high-level practitioners at or above the mid-stage of the Primordial Infant realm!

Chu Mo was secretly calculating in his heart, wondering whether he could escape if surrounded by a dozen of these mid-stage Primordial Infants.

After some careful consideration, he came to a conclusion: Even if he managed to escape, it would likely cost him half of his life!

Unless by now he had already cultivated the second life of the Nine Lives Technique...

But even if it's a fake life, wasting two lives on a sect like the Lingyue Sect didn't seem worth it.

Chu Mo cast aside his previous fake life without any hesitation. If he hadn't done so, not only would he have been unable to escape from Feng Jianghai's pursuit, but Fang Lan and the others... would likely be in danger as well!

But after his attack and drawing so much attention from the Lingyue Sect, those people... wouldn't dare to kill Fang Lan and the others until they confirmed his death.

"The most likely scenario is that Fang Lan has been brought back to the Lingyue Sect," Chu Mo thought as he sat in Chen Jiu's room. "I must seize this opportunity to rescue Fang Lan unnoticed and let my presence wreak havoc on the Lingyue Sect... They should live their days in anxiety."

"I'm going to make them search in vain, then stir up some trouble now and then. When the heat dies down, I'll retreat and cultivate!"

"Feng Jianghai... You old scoundrel, wait for me. When I reach the peak of the Golden Core, ready to face the Heavenly Tribulation... I'll repay the favor!"

Phew!

Chu Mo let out a sigh.

At that moment, the sound of a bell suddenly rang from outside.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

It sounded eighteen times.

The sound woke almost all of the Lingyue Sect.

Chu Mo sensed that something was about to happen, and he walked out of the cavern.

At that moment, another person also came out from their cavern. He was startled to see Chu Mo, then immediately turned his head away with a look of disgust on his face.

Chu Mo's lips twitched. 'Chen Jiu really isn't loved in the Lingyue Sect,' he thought.

At this time, he overheard some whisperings among the disciples.

"Why did they suddenly ring the warning bell? There were eighteen chimes... My God, it's only rung five times since the sect was founded thousands of years ago!"

"Yes, this is the sixth time. Something terrible must've happened."

"The previous five times the bell rang, the Lingyue Sect was in grave danger. But now... everything is calm, where's the danger?"

"Didn't the Sect Leader leave with several high-ranking officials before? Now only the Sect Leader has returned..."

"What are you suggesting? Don't scare me!"

"Shh... We'll know soon enough, don't speculate."

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