Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Staying Behind
"Tell the Matriarch that I decided to remain in this world and I'll be seeing her in a hundred years." Lu Zhen's voice floated in the lady's ears. Her name was Yan Yanru, a cultivator at the Soul Purification Realm. Her status was equivalent to that of the Sect elders. After hearing his words, she widened her eyes and increased her pace.
Her back was drenched in sweat as her face became pale. She wasn't frightened by Lu Zhen's words but by the fact that Lu Zhen had long discovered her. 'When did he notice me and how did he do it?' is what surprised her.
It was not that surprising that Lu Zhen had discovered her since his divine sense could cover a large area, plus he had placed his mosquitoes all over the place. They had alerted him the moment she approached.
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At night, Lu Zhen was sitting close to the fire with his eyes closed. He then opened his eyes and looked deep within the darkness, three people could be seen walking towards his campsite. It was two men and a woman. "Fellow Daoist, do you mind if we camp here for today?" politely asked one of the men. "Help yourselves." said Lu Zhen calmly with his eyes already closed.
They introduced themselves, the lady was called Bai Yue and the two male youths were Peng Ye and Cheng Fan respectively. "Brother Zhen, have you heard about the human fiend that goes around hunting Guardian Beasts, he killed so many of them that we have to catch the beasts in different regions." said Peng Ye. "That human fiend should pray that he doesn't cross paths with me or I'll definitely teach him a lesson." added Cheng Fan.
Lu Zhen definitely knew that they were talking about him and he didn't mind it. "I heard that fiend subdued the Luminous Radiance Pegasus."
"Impossible!"
Cheng Fan doubted Peng Ye's words. 'Subdued the Luminous Radiant Pegasus?' not just him, if anyone heard this, they'd immediately reject that statement. The Pegasus was a powerful existence that was sought by everyone who entered the Guardian Beast Holy World.
A guide had been created by the previous generations who had visited this world and the Pegasus was ranked near the top. For Peng Ye to say such words was unbelievable. "Brother Zhen, ignore him, do you already have a Guardian Beast or you're also still looking?"
"Still looking." said Lu Zhen nonchalantly.
The lady kept quiet the whole time, she literally didn't say anything from beginning to end.
The two guys stopped bothering him and chatted amongst themselves.
The following morning, the group of three and Lu Zhen parted ways. The next beast on Lu Zhen's menu was the Diamondback Scorpion, the two guys had given him information about the kind of beasts one came across.
Lu Zhen walked for thirty minutes before arriving at the desert region. He continued walking within the desert region until there was movement below ground which forced him to stop. He suddenly jumped a hundred meters in the sky as a scorpion as large as a school bus pounced on him from below. Its back shone beautifully as the sun fell on it, the scorpion's exoskeleton looked majestic and impenetrable like the Impenetrable Armored Rhino, its skin was made from diamonds.
Lu Zhen knew that he couldn't waste too much time on this battle because he wasn't immune to poison, especially the scorpion's famous Sting Of Death poison. Numerous chains shot out of his body and as he was floating above the scorpion. His chains forcefully broke through the exoskeleton and pinned it down, its movements were then restricted and Lu Zhen easily killed it.
"Come."
Lu Zhen called his mosquitoes, he had a bold idea that he wanted to put to the test.
He ordered the mosquitoes to suck some of the scorpion's poison, he of course sealed it and released it in miniscule amounts. This was to help the mosquitoes to be able to fight it and become immune to it. After hours and still seeing the mosquitoes kicking, his plan had worked, he then ordered all his mosquitoes including Queen to absorb the poison into their bodies.
Lu Zhen wasn't the only person working hard the whole time, all disciples that entered this world were working really hard to obtain a Guardian Beast and some of the geniuses of various Sects had already accomplished their goal, some even having dual beasts.
Lu Zhen was looking for poisonous beasts the whole time to create his assassin mosquitoes.
They currently have absorbed fifty different kinds of poison into their bodies. They could now be called the Poisonous Mosquitoes.
Time quickly passed and it was time to leave the Guardian Beast Holy World. Everyone felt something envelop them and before they could see what it was, they were already outside the Guardian Beast Holy World. Lu Zhen was already prepared for this day, he imbued his sealing power to his chains and created a chain sphere that sealed him within it. The energy tasked with kicking out everyone from the Guardian Beast Holy World was helpless against him and there was nothing it could do.
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In the Origin World, a commotion broke out, the disciples of different Sects had showcased their talents, some disciples had obtained beasts that their elders could only dream of having while others rubbed salt in the elders wounds who were unable to contact a single beast by having a group of them. It was quite joyous and lively, elders of different Sects fetched their disciples and left the area.
The Matriarch looked happy when seeing all her disciples return but later frowned when she couldn't see Lu Zhen's figure. She called the Core Disciples to the side and asked them about Lu Zhen. They naturally didn't know this Lu Zhen even after describing him, she then dismissed them but Yan Yanru asked for an audience. She then told her everything about Lu Zhen, the Matriarch had a grim expression but after hearing that Lu Zhen would come back in a hundred years, she sighed in relief.
The Matriarch was always curious about Lu Zhen, that's why she wanted him to stay in her Sect. She felt that Lu Zhen was not as simple as he seemed.